Ewan MacKenna: Many sports fans, particularly grown men, take their sport far too seriously

Don’t underestimate the arrogance, obnoxiousness and delusion of many sports

Conor McGregor address his fans after beating Dennis Siver earlier this year Picture: Sportsfile

There were still over 48 hours until the opening bell when Jet Blue flight 611 left New York for Las Vegas. Already delayed after an Irish passenger travelling to the Conor McGregor-Jose Aldo fight kept interrupting safety announcements with roars of “Olé, olé, olé” and “Oggy, oggy, oggy”, there were still over 48 hours to the bell too when it was forced to return to JFK Airport after a mid-air punch-up between fight ...