The McGregor conundrum

The Dubliner divides opinion, but in a time when we’ve been forced to rethink much of what we thought we knew about the world, the face of the UFC fits in better than maybe any other athlete on the planet, writes Joe Callaghan

AS one of the most gifted minds of an era that places less and less stock in such gifts, Ta-Nehisi Coates is often a source of comfort. Often... but not always.

In an enthralling interview this week, the writer was asked where his balance was in a world jarred from its axis after 12 tumultuous months. Coates hesitated a second, before responding: “I don’t know. I’m a big believer in chaos...”