NBA Finals Game 5 highlights, score and reaction: San Antonio wins one for...
The Heat pushed way ahead early in Game 5, but it proved to be their final punch. The Spurs responded like the five-time champions they are, and Miami had nothing left. In the end, it was another Spurs...
View ArticleFor love of country: Celebrating the U.S. Men's National Team, its underdog...
In theory, you could support the U.S. Men’s National Team without really loving America, but it would be a waste of emotion. If you weren’t bound by blood or dirt to this country — if you could choose...
View ArticleWorld Cup Day 5 scores, reaction and analysis: The USA have themselves a day
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View ArticleWho wants to be a commissioner?: Presenting six completely serious candidates...
Longtime MLB Commissioner Bud Selig will step down and retire at the end of the 2014 season. That means we're going to spend an awful lot of this summer hearing about who his successor could be....
View ArticleWorld Cup Day 6 scores, reaction and analysis: The highs and lows of goalkeeping
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View ArticleThe Essence of Velocity: The pitching theory that could revolutionize...
It had been a good meeting as far as Perry Husband was concerned. The 15 minutes he had been promised to convince the Houston Astros' team brass to fundamentally revamp their organizational approach to...
View ArticleWorld Cup Day 7 scores, reaction and analysis: Spain humbled, Cameroon get...
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View ArticleRanking the top 75 NBA free agents for 2014
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View ArticleThis is not the Bosnia you were looking for
A nation still carrying a heavy heart has a symbol of reconciliation at their doorstep, but the want and desire to answer still has a ways to go.Continue reading…
View ArticleWorld Cup 2014 scores, reaction and analysis: Suárez saves Uruguay,...
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View ArticleWorld Cup 2014 results, reaction and analysis: Costa Rica qualify while...
Italy0-1RecapCosta RicaSwitzerland2-5RecapFranceHonduras1-2RecapEcuadorWorld Cup Bracket3 ThingsCelebrating Costa Ricaby Graham MacAreeCosta Rica have made a point of humiliating so-called giants so...
View ArticleWorld Cup 2014 results, reaction and analysis: Klose gets #15, Iran and...
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View ArticleWorld Cup 2014 results, reaction and analysis: Highs and lows for the U.S....
Belgium1-0RecapRussiaSouth Korea2-4RecapAlgeriaUSA2-2RecapPortugalWorld Cup Bracket3 ThingsMore drama for the United Statesby Graham MacAreeA late winner in game one; an even later equaliser (but of...
View ArticleWorld Cup 2014 results, reaction and analysis: Brazil throw a party, but El...
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View ArticleWorld Cup 2014 results, reaction and analysis: Suárez sins again, Greece...
Italy0-1RecapUruguayCosta Rica0-0RecapEnglandJapan1-4RecapColombiaGreece2-1RecapIvory CoastWorld Cup Bracket3 ThingsSuarez did it again (but it's the English media's fault, obviously)by Andi ThomasIt's...
View ArticleWhy We Play: Doing what we love, despite the risks
I can still hear the quick crunch of his vertebrae cracking. That's the meddling of hindsight, of course — he was too far away, out in the middle of the night-dark field, and there were too many people...
View ArticleWorld Cup 2014 scores, reaction and analysis: Messi begins his takeover of...
Nigeria2-3RecapArgentinaBosnia and Herzegovina3-1RecapIranHonduras0-3RecapSwitzerlandEcuador0-0RecapFranceWorld Cup Bracket3 ThingsMessi leads the way, againby Graham MacAreeFootball, at least at the...
View ArticleWorld Cup 2014 scores, reaction and analysis: USA advance, Belgium keep on...
Portugal2-1RecapGhanaUSA0-1RecapGermanySouth Korea0-1RecapBelgiumAlgeria1-1RecapRussiaWorld Cup Bracket4 ThingsPepe: American heroby Graham MacAreePortugal's 2-1 win against Ghana, aided and abetted by...
View ArticleWorld Cup 2014 results, reaction and analysis: James takes the tournament by...
Brazil1-1 (3-2p)RecapChileColombia2-0RecapUruguayWorld Cup Bracket3 ThingsAll hail Haimezby Kirsten SchlewitzAfter the first match of the knockout round went down to penalties, the World Cup was going...
View ArticleWorld Cup 2014 scores, reaction and analysis: Late goals and penalties ahoy...
Netherlands2-1RecapMexicoCosta Rica1-1 (5-3p)RecapGreeceWorld Cup Bracket4 ThingsBrazil is still magical, even in the knockout roundsby Graham MacAreeWatching a genuinely entertaining World Cup has...
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