It’s known as one of the most glamorous red carpets of the year, with movie stars, models, and even the occasional athlete putting on their most fashion-forward outfits for the Metropolitan Museum of Art Costume Institute gala.

Even indigenous fans of American football are able to laugh at the irony.

Taylor Swift won her second consecutive entertainer of the year award at the Academy of Country Music Awards last night, just 24 hours after she was saluted by first lady Michelle Obama for her charity work on The Kids’ Choice Awards.

As New York bade farewell to an icon, the world spun on and the city opened its arms wide for the most high-profile low-quality player the NFL has ever concocted

Katy Perry reportedly "isn’t ready" to talk about Russell Brand.

Katy Perry dedicated a song to Tim Tebow during a pre-game Super Bowl performance.

If both teams or participants are praying to God before a game or contest, and only one wins, doesn’t that prove that God is on one side but not on the other?

WHEN Bob Lipsyte was a kid in New York, he went to a total of two professional baseball games.

THE New York Giants have a habit of beating the Superbowl favourites.

ON Monday morning Twitter spiked with 9,420 tweets per second about him.

Katy Perry's parents want her to date religious NFL star Tim Tebow.

TIM TEBOW collected a cool quarter of a million dollars for his part in the Denver Broncos playoff win over the Pittsburgh Steelers.

ONLY Tim Tebow could resurrect Tebowing and early yesterday morning even Dan Marino joined the growing procession of adoring fans genuflecting to the Denver Broncos quarterback.

THE Pittsburgh Steelers will be hoping star quarterback Ben Roethlisberger can survive 60 minutes of football tomorrow as the NFL wild card round gets going this weekend.

THE HEADLINES ebb and flow but this last week in American sport gushed in an entertaining torrent of confusion. It didn’t matter if the moment was glorious, seedy, violent or downright miraculous, skill and common sense ranked low and we, the humble onlookers, were all the better for it.

TOM BRADY threw three touchdowns as the New England Patriots crushed the Philadelphia Eagles 38-20 and Tim Tebow led the Denver Broncos to their fourth straight win in National Football League action on Sunday.

IN A win that evoked their Superbowl triumph from the 2007 season, the New York Giants beat the New England Patriots in dramatic fashion on Sunday with a touchdown pass from Eli Manning in the final seconds.

THE New Orleans Saints suffered a shock 31-21 defeat to the previously winless St Louis Rams and the Pittsburgh Steelers beat the New England Patriots in NFL action on Sunday.

A coalition of US women’s groups called on the CBS network to scrap its plan to broadcast an advertisement during the Super Bowl featuring college football star Tim Tebow and his mother, which critics said is likely to convey an anti-abortion message.