Ultimately, the heavily armed police dotted around the security barriers ended up as bored observers.

Bill Walton had it good and he was a leading light for a generation that is starting to realise just how good they had it.

The least offensive and by far the funniest jab was provided by Kevin Hart's reworking of oft-stated irony

Timberwolves guard Anthony Edwards is as box office as it gets and there seems to be a general acceptance that he will carry the torch for the next ten years.

LeBron and the Lakers will linger for as long as possible but the champion Nuggets are on a mission that is staring way past LA.

Every intercounty panel forces players to make choices most of us would shy away from. But it’s a whole other level of soul searching in New York. 

The interminable madness of American's St Patrick’s Day festivities has given way to another festival, basketball’s March Madness.

He is Gen Z, very online and pretty moody, loving life in Hollywood but also with more than one eye on a triumphant return to his homeland to fire up a card of boxing. The sooner, the better; he’s not exactly showing any signs of patience.

Unless some very intensive infrastructural improvements are set in motion, there is a real danger that the next Men’s World Cup final will be a mess.

Play Rugby USA’s high school graduation rate is 100% and although the aim is to make college a possibility for those who want it, a rugby scholarship is an extra avenue that would have seemed unthinkable a decade ago.