Sports fans know about the phenomenal exploits of Brendon McCullum, Lydia Ko and the All Blacks this year. Michael Burgess looks back at 10 other feel-good sports stories that captured the imagination in 2014.

The small but perfectly formed NFL season is a classic example of how to turn less into more. Much more. It's a lesson some of our major sports codes would do well to imitate.

Blake Ferguson will be required to attend monthly welfare meetings with the NRL and Roosters officials next season to ensure his career never spirals out of control again.

The Warriors are set to seek a six-figure sum in compensation from Auckland Council over the ongoing saga of next year's Eagles concerts at Mt Smart.

When a group of young Mt Wellington flatmates advertised for a new addition to their house, they didn't expect an NRL player to come knocking.

Golden Boot winner Shaun Johnson describes winning the prestigious award as a "massive honour" but predicts the best is yet to come in his league career.

Auckland City's public spaces will be transformed into 'fanzones' to allow the public to fully engage with a bumper summer of international events.

The Warriors' ability to win on the road will be put under thorough inspection next year with the club facing successive away games at the start and end of next year's campaign.

The Warriors will play the Gold Coast Titans in a historic Anzac Day clash at Mt Smart Stadium in Auckland, as part of the NRL's tribute to the 100th anniversary.

New Warriors signing Bodene Thompson expects to face some strong competition to secure a place in the club's 18-man NRL Auckland Nines squad.

The NRL is looking at a radical overhaul of the game - with the idea to change to four quarters and extending to 100 minutes of game time.

While most NRL players were planning their off-season trips to exotic destinations, new Warriors signing Jonathan Wright was wondering if his professional football career had come to an end.

The 2015 NRL season launch will be on this side of the Tasman for the first time in the game's history.

ACC releases new guidelines for suspected concussions following high numbers of head injuries in sport.

The Warriors remain determined to snare Kiwis five-eighth Kieran Foran but concede they face a difficult task to lure him away from Sydney's northern beaches.

Former Cronulla Sharks outside back Jonathan Wright has been signed by the Warriors on a one-year contract for the 2015 NRL season.