Ted Ligety Puts an Olympic Stamp on his Reign
The skier easily won the gold for giant slalom in Sochi
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Group of Death? Nope. It’s Worse Than That
Oh Ghana, not again. For the last two World Cups, the road to the semifinals for the United States went through Ghana. And it’s been a dead end. In South Africa in 2010, the U.S. surrendered a goal in extra time to lose 2-1 in …
Adidas Releases Soccer Ball Worth a Half Billion Dollars
The sports giant has called it the “brazuca” and its bound for the globe’s most competitive pitch at the 2014 World Cup in Brazil. The last World Cup ball made the company $650 million and caused nightmares for goal keepers
U.S. 2, Mexico 0; Olá Brasil!
NBC Plays Soccer Everywhere
Why the network is betting on the English Premier League.
How The U.S. Soccer Team Is Grinding Towards Brazil
The Americans are a good bet to make the World Cup. But there’s plenty of work to do before they get there.
Champions League: Bayern Beats Borussia 2-1; But Don’t Expect a New German Era
In the lead-up to the Champions League final, we kept hearing about the new era of German football as the perfect complement to that nation’s dominant economy. The final score tells a different story
Why The New York Yankees And Man City Are Buying Into U.S. Soccer
The New York City Football Club is the latest Major League Soccer expansion club
What David Beckham Meant To Soccer, And The World
Measuring the impact of a global icon
Appreciation: How Sir Alex Ferguson Ruled The Game
Combining gruffness with the right touch, no one motivated players better than Ferguson
How U.S. Soccer Plowed Through a Blizzard To Beat Cost Rica
A snowstorm in Denver gives the U.S. home-field advantage in a World Cup qualifier
Sunday’s Daytona 500 Drops the Flag on New NASCAR Gen-6 Car
I ran into Carl Edwards at Daytona this week. So, in fact, have a lot of people—especially other people driving race cars. Edwards has crashed a number of times during practice and qualifying rounds, leaving him behind the …
Viewpoint: Why Lance Armstrong Couldn’t Stop Himself (and Still Can’t)
A writer’s experience with a tarnished icon