Tractor tyres, lobster pots and plastic bottles have been cleaned off the beaches of Northern Ireland's most famous coastline.

Although he would be lambasted after The Decision, with people in his hometown of Cleveland so scorned they’d burn his Cavaliers jersey, history has proven that LeBron James made the right call that summer of 2010 by opting to join the Miami Heat.

The only statline James’s critics were interested in was that he was now three from eight in the NBA finals, in contrast to Michael Jordan’s flawless six for six record.

Police in the UK are appealing for mobile phone footage of a supermarket raid after the death of a suspected robber who was restrained by members of the public.

Here are the top three films you don’t want to miss this week, writes Declan Burke.

Kellogg, the world’s largest cereal company, has raised its annual earnings forecast after its cost-cutting programme helped make up for a slumping breakfast business.

A senior Labour MP says he suspects Jeremy Corbyn voted for Brexit after the party leader declined to tell him which way he cast his ballot.

A pro-Brexit campaign has sparked a furious reaction by drawing links between the killing of at least 50 people in a US nightclub and the EU referendum debate.

LeBron James savoured every bump from Kobe Bryant in the low post.

Los Angeles Lakers great Kobe Bryant, arguably the best NBA player of his generation, will retire at the end of this season.

Los Angeles Lakers guard Kobe Bryant is set for nine months out after undergoing surgery on a shoulder injury.

For many years, England worried about squeezing Steven Gerrard and Frank Lampard into the same midfield. Now America frets about getting them into the same league, writes Larry Ryan.

Tom Brady sparked the New England Patriots to their seventh consecutive victory in a 34-9 rout of Detroit, while Indianapolis receiver T.Y. Hilton scored a touchdown for his newborn daughter.

It’s hard to think of as bad a team that’s been as compelling to follow as the current Los Angeles Lakers.

USA: A Maine man who bit off a portion of another man’s ear during a fight has been acquitted of assault charges-

For a guy whose skills you can only admire, doesn’t Cristiano Ronaldo make himself so hard to like?

The parents of a Swansea City fan have spoken of their devastation after their son died watching his team on TV.

BASKETBALL IRELAND NATIONAL CUP SEMI-FINAL:

Kobe Bryant and Messi face off in selfie showdown

One of the signposts welcoming traffic to Brooklyn from Queens calls on those who pass by to “Believe the Hype”, paraphrasing that classic Public Enemy hip-hop track.

Even weary fans of the Dallas Cowboys could not have imagined how they would succumb to their nightmare defeat by the Detroit Lions when apparently in control of their NFC clash in Motown on Sunday.

Janie Bryant, the coostume designer for TV's "Mad Men", will host a new reality programme which challenges aspiring designers to create a garment in the style of an iconic Hollywood film or star.

Michael Jordan turns 50 on Sunday and there couldn’t be a more appropriate day to do it.

Back when I met Dave Hopla last March, he told a story which gives an insight into Kobe Bryant.

As the kick-off was dropping into Jacoby Jones’ hands deep in his end zone, every Baltimore Ravens fan in the stadium and Dallas Cowboy on the pitch expected him to take a knee.

Cork driver Keith Cronin duly wrapped up his third British Rally Championship title with a measured drive through the six stage International Rally of Yorkshire, the final round of the series.

If sportswriting was a sport itself, then America would dominate it something like it dominates basketball.

Mississippi's governor has described the refusal by a predominantly white church to allow a black couple to get married there as "unfortunate".

Even President Barack Obama took time out of his busy re-election campaign to wade into last week’s debate-du-jour.

A fast-acting glue is being hailed as a breakthrough treatment for varicose veins.

Rupert Murdoch’s decision to launch a Sunday version of The Sun was denounced by politicians as “massively premature”.

Sprung from the bench, he destroyed the New Jersey Nets with 25 points and seven assists.

James Murdoch was reappointed as a director of BSkyB at the company’s annual general meeting today.

Virtus Bologna owner Claudio Sabatini expects Los Angeles Lakers superstar Kobe Bryant’s signing to be completed in the next few hours.

Hurricane Irene opened its assault on the Eastern Seaboard today by lashing the North Carolina coast with wind as strong as 115 mph and pounding shoreline homes with waves.

BRITISH police investigating phone hacking and police bribery by the defunct tabloid News of the World arrested a 43-year-old woman yesterday who British media identified as Rebekah Brooks, Rupert Murdoch’s former British chief executive.

Senior police chiefs in the UK will be quizzed over the phone hacking scandal today as two MPs called for a top officer to resign amid accusations he repeatedly lied to parliament.

Rupert Murdoch was today facing a deepening crisis at News International amid claims that journalists from one of his newspapers accessed the medical records of Gordon Brown’s son.

David Cameron was tonight accused of committing a “dangerous” gaffe when he appeared to suggest that Iran had a nuclear weapon.

THERE’S winning pretty, and there’s just plain winning – and the Los Angeles Lakers will to continue their no-nonsense winning approach as they look to outmuscle the Boston Celtics in tomorrow night’s Game Two of the NBA Finals (tomorrow 1am Irish time, Live on ESPN).