Lukas Rosol has the match of his life and ousts the two-time Wimbledon champion
Scoring the Goals That Sank Germany, Balotelli Says it Loud: He’s Black, Italian and Proud
As the first black player to represent Italy at a major tournament, ‘Super Mario’ can’t avoid a confrontation with his country’s racial prejudices
David Beckham Left Off Britain’s Olympic Soccer Team
He’s Britain’s most famous soccer export, but he won’t be a part of its Olympic team
Euro 2012: Why Spain Wins, But Fails to Thrill
Spain’s opponents struggle to score because they don’t see much of the ball – not even to retrieve it from the back of their own net
Dead Heat: How the U.S. Track And Field Trials Got All Muddled
Will a coin toss, runoff, or a new twist – rock-paper-scissors! – break the Allyson Felix-Jeneba Tarmoh tie in the women’s 100 meters?
Dara Torres: Oldest Olympic Hopeful at Swim Trials
She’s 45 and trying for her sixth Olympic Games. And she admits it isn’t easy
A College Football Playoff Is Here! So Why Does It Feel Like A Letdown?
A four-team playoff is a start for fixing college football. But it doesn’t go far enough
Euro 2012 Superfan Dies from Sleep Deprivation
Jiang Xiaoshan went 11 nights without sleep to watch the tourney
10 Things We’ve Learned About Soccer from Euro 2012
Some things are apparently worse than racism; the haunting of Cristiano Ronaldo; why England’s team is like Stoke City; and more
Serena Williams Q&A: How Off-Court Interests Help Her On-Court Game
Serena Williams has won 13 Grand Slam singles titles and earned more than $36 million in prize money. Even so, critics sometimes suggest that her outside interests—which include designing two fashion lines and creating a line …
Go Home, England: The Curse of Penalty Kicks Strikes Once Again
Utterly outclassed by Italy, but hanging around to lose, again, on PKs.
Hair’s to England’s Soccer Success: Wayne Rooney and the Four-Dollar Hair Gel
In which the British tabloids play up every available opportunity to make a pun.
True Team: How LeBron James and the Miami Heat Took the NBA Title
With LeBron James playing at an all-time level and the Big Three getting plenty of help, Miami cruised past Oklahoma City to win its second NBA championship