Playing for pride might sound trite and defeatist but it has different and meaningful connotations for Ian Galvin as he gears up his New York team to face Mayo in Gaelic Park this Sunday.

Nearly 150,000 homes and businesses are still without power following a massive snowstorm that swept across the North East of America.

Davis Love today insisted there was no lingering ill-feeling between the opposing Ryder Cup teams after the controversial scenes in the last contest at Brookline.