Mmm… that’s interesting

The New York Times attempt to track down an octogenarian Mets fan, who suddenly stops ringing into a late-night radio show.

Sports Illustrated blow the lid on the 2009 Hot Dog Eating Contest in New York.

Dan Carter kicks a crazy conversion.

Sport is a TV show on the connection between the Tour de France and Scottish indie kids The Delgados

The Guardian’s own pink-shirted Wexford man Mikey Stafford on Mick Wallace.

Remembering Steve McNair, the NFL star who was found shot dead in a hotel room this weekend.

And on the Examiner sports blog: John Riordon previews the Ashes series which gets underway in Cardiff on Wednesday.

Donal Linehan writes about a trip to a South African township.

Brian Canty on Armstrong v Contador.

And Darren Norris on the joy of Cesc Fabregas.