I see verbal intimidation is now coming under the microscope of GAA discipline. Maybe under the dictaphone would be a better term, though. Or the boom microphone.

American Sniper may have several Oscar nominations but it’s a movie that divides opinion due to its patriotic portrayal of snipers.

To cheer or to jeer, that is the question, writes Kieran Shannon.

Whatever Dominic Ryan’s personal fortunes regarding a place in Ireland’s RBS 6 Nations squad, the Leinster and Irish Wolfhounds back-rower was clear there would be plenty to work on ahead of Saturday’s championship opener in Italy.

Pat McEnaney would like to see the use of two referees in hurling experimented with in the National League.

A powerful Dáil committee is seeking to delete the names of politicians accused of having Ansbacher-linked accounts from the official record and haul in a TD who named them for a private dressing-down.

The NFL loves it when a good plan comes together. Or so it must seem for the poor Detroit Lions, whose play-off demise on Sunday was sparked by a highly-questionable refereeing decision.

New historical allegations of child sex abuse by priests in the Kerry diocese have been received since a report on clerical abuse in the diocese was published just over a year ago.

There’s nothing like a good fireworks display, is there? But this explosion at a pyrotechnics factory in Colombia puts all other displays to shame.

Chinese New Year is of particular significance to the thousands of adopted Chinese children living in Ireland and their parents writes 

Jonny Evans admits Manchester United have failed to produce the kind of attractive football their fans have become accustomed to this season. 

Kerry’s Paul Geaney admits the hooter played a part in UCC’s Sigerson Cup victory last year. 

While nearly all health professionals deny a link between the MMR vaccine and autism, rates of measles are rising in the US and the author of the discredited study is unapolegitic, writes Stav Ziv

Such a pity. Such a wasted opportunity. Twenty of the 65 motions to be debated at GAA Congress on Saturday week are changes to the playing rules as proposed by clubs. They won’t be afforded another such opportunity until 2020.

Louis van Gaal has been telling Manchester United’s players to think of beating Stoke while they are in bed.

It’s no small irony that the 2014 World Cup finals in Brazil, although almost universally hailed as one of the best tournaments ever, is destined to retain a unique place in football history, not for all its great games and great goals, but because of one match when, to put it at its mildest, the sublime gave way to the ridiculous.

The Liam Burke-trained newcomer Nambour lit up yesterday’s well attended but bitterly cold Kanturk-Duhallow point-to-point meeting at Dromahane by destroying the opposition in the second division of the four-year-old geldings’ maiden.

When it comes to dishing out plaudits, prop forwards are rarely if ever at the top of the pecking order.

A look back at the last few months of 2014

Here's the sporting year in [guff] quotes.