He has won and lost millions in a remarkable life built around a gambling obsession, but that startling statistic only tells part of the Harry Findlay story.
Ireland’s Mark O’Donovan and Shane O’Driscoll from Skibbereen Rowing Club have struck gold at the World Rowing Championship in the searing Florida heat.
To call last weekend in the NFL a momentous one would be somewhat underplaying it. A week when the football was extraordinary but still comprehensively overshadowed by what went on before a whistle had even been blown.
Ben Stokes' fading Ashes prospects may hinge on the next stage of police investigations after England suspended him and Alex Hales from all future international matches until further notice.
Olympic silver medallist Paul O'Donovan and European silver medallist Denise Walsh remained on track for medals at the World Championships in Florida yesterday.
Belfast super flyweight Jamie Conlan will fight for the IBF World title while Paddy Barnes will defend his WBO European flyweight crown on Carl Frampton's homecoming night.
Alejandro Villanueva, who stood on his own for the US national anthem while his Pittsburgh Steelers team-mates sat in the locker room, insists the whole thing was an accident.
American football is sport's best copy of American life: a struggle for territory and power. So we might have guessed it would become a battleground for the Trump presidency, which has hijacked a protest about police brutality and sold it back to the nation as an attack on the US military and the flag.
Undefeated boxing legend Floyd Mayweather has revealed an enormous 8ft portrait of Ireland's Conor McGregor, made from broken glass, hanging in his €20m Beverly Hills mansion.
