Xander Bogaerts thrashed a 451-foot, three-run homer in the first inning as the Boston Red Sox claimed a history-making 19-3 win over the New York Yankees at Fenway Park.

These will be their first Irish shows since they headlined Slane Castle in 2015.

Friends in 18 countries across six continents have contributed to a video in memory of a young Kerryman who died a year ago in Australia.

Shane O’Donnell will be back in a Clare jersey far sooner than envisaged with confirmation that the 2013 All-Ireland final hero will be lining out for the Banner County in the Aer Lingus Fenway Hurling Classic in Boston on Sunday.

Last week, the Irish Independent reported four counties — Armagh and Laois footballers and Waterford and Wexford’s hurlers — are to lose home advantage for their opening 2019 Allianz League home game after breaching the pre-Championship training camp rule, writes John Fogarty.

Last week, the Irish Independent reported four counties — Armagh and Laois footballers and Waterford and Wexford’s hurlers — are to lose home advantage for their opening 2019 Allianz League home game after breaching the pre-Championship training camp rule, writes John Fogarty.

Peter Duggan never feared that Gerry O’Connor and Donal Moloney would be lost to the Clare senior hurlers over the off-season.

Much like the persistence of racism, to be still talking about a problem that existed in the days when Graeme Souness had a moustache and a perm feels like a depressing indictment of humanity’s inability to change for the better, writes Tommy Martin.

Tipperary manager Michael Ryan said notions that Kilkenny won’t be contenders this year are well wide of the mark and he expects a big response from Brian Cody’s men.

Galway manager Micheal Donoghue is keen to have Johnny Glynn continue with the Tribesmen next year, though Glynn is working in America.

AT the end of the last Super 11 hurling game in Boston, a woman ran down to the front of  the stand in Fenway Park and called Donal O’Grady over.

The assault on the importance of language and facts continues apace. Propagandists are not new to our world, but their capacity to spread their message is now much greater than before. 

Investigators still have not found a motive for the Las Vegas shooting rampage that killed 58 people, Undersheriff Kevin McMahill has said.

Investigators are looking into whether gunman Stephen Paddock scoped out bigger music festivals before shooting scores of country music fans in Las Vegas.

Around teatime last Sunday week a pal rang: “Well, what did you think?” He was referring to Cork-Tipperary, lately ended, and was clearly settling in for a long chat. I pointed out I was not only still working, but actually right in the middle .... “What, you’re still there? Still?” 

The GPA’s Super 11s hurling concept is set to return to Boston next November with a strong possibility of two games taking place.

It’s not easy to eat your way through a baseball match.

New York’s World Trade Centre at Ground Zero, the Big Wheel on Place de la Concorde in Paris, and City Hall in Tel Aviv are three of the latest landmarks to join the growing list of famous international attractions that will go green this St Patrick’s Day.

Dublin GAA secretary John Costello has accused Croke Park top brass of behaving like Ebeneezer Scrooge after their request for a share of the gate receipts from the Dublin-Mayo All-Ireland semi-final replay yielded the “princely sum” of €7,500.

GAA President Aogán Ó Fearghail says he’s partly in agreement with Seamus ‘Cheddar’ Plunkett’s criticism of the recent Super 11s hurling tie in Boston.

Rejection in any form is a wretch. The GPA are no strangers to it having been outside the GAA tent for so long. But denial is a relatively new experience now that they are inside it.

Next year the Olympics is taking place in Rio, as you are no doubt aware. Are you looking forward to the event? Should you be?

The Fenway hurling classic may be under review by the GAA for the “mass brawl” that broke out between the Dublin and Galway hurlers midway through the second quarter, but one thing seems certain: the Americans loved it.

Galway 50 Dublin 47: A second quarter flashpoint enlivened the AIG Fenway Hurling Classic between Dublin and Galway in Boston, the sin bin filling up after a major skirmish in front of the Dublin goal.

A full house of 30,000 will watch Galway play Dublin in Boston in Super 11 hurling. It provides a platform to present hurling to larger audiences, writes Donal Óg Cusack from Boston.

The only way they win is if they succeed in deepening the wedge that already exists between the West and Islam, writes Fergus Finlay

Anthony Cunningham’s future as Galway hurling manager is to be resolved on Monday night.

Following today’s announcement of Cork Airport’s first transatlantic flights to the US with Norwegian Air, here are ten great things you can do in Boston.

Hurling at Croke Park has been listed among 10 of the world’s ultimate sporting destinations by travel bible Lonely Planet.

A US woman who was struck in the head by a broken baseball bat is in a serious condition in hospital.

Liverpool chief executive Ian Ayre has not ruled out taking Anfield’s capacity beyond the 60,000-mark in the future, but insists it does not make financial sense at this stage.

Now that Derek Jeter has left baseball, the rest of the sport can focus on the real business of October, the play-offs and the suddenly dramatic road to the World Series.

The singer slams Rolling Stone, Foo Fighters and Kardashian Coverage in a three minute rant.

The way the Boston Red Sox clinched the World Series this past week is almost too corny to be true.

Forever burned into my memory from the New York Jets game this past Sunday will be my good friend Rob Gallo leaning back at an almost impossible angle, silent joy gripping his face, his eyes wide, his happiness complete.