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The professional women’s soccer league has received a barrage of harsh comments from US national team players. How best to resolve the dispute?

The Americans are favorites in most team sports, and the gymnasts are as strong as ever. But staying ahead of the rest of the world remains a challenge

There’s no US pro league in men’s volleyball. But these guys aren’t sitting around in California beach houses – they’ve been hardened by tough competition in Europe and Asia

Beau Dure: The fighter’s sudden death and the Ariel Helwani uproar have showcased the complex and compelling nature of a sport that is becoming difficult to ignore

US race walker Erin Taylor-Talcott pushed for the right to compete alongside men in the 50km walk – and now she hopes more women will follow her lead

The crowd was smaller, and there was no bald eagle swooping down to the field this time, but 15 years after its professional debut, the US women’s league is going to places it’s never been before

The collective agreements in place are confusing and complex – but the players are taking a shrewd gamble that may force US Soccer to show all of its cards

Too many sports, too high costs, too many white elephants – hosting the Summer Olympics has become a burden. But the solution is simple: spread the wealth

NBA and college games can end in a mindnumbing parade of free throws and timeouts. Maybe the more positive team should be rewarded

The gold-medal winning shooter has had to overcome thyroid cancer, hitting the wrong target and a new home country as he pursues glory in Rio this summer

Male boxers in Rio will fight without headgear. And while that could reduce concussion the increase in cuts may cause problems

With safety concerns on the rise, heading the ball has become a major issue in US youth soccer. Can coaches teach kids a valuable technique safely and legally?

YouTube videos and spiffy websites espouse the conspiracy theory – but is the movement doomed to once again fall flat over countless schisms?

The lightsaber is perhaps the defining image of the Star Wars series, and fencing’s top brass are hoping it can do for the sport what the Hunger Games did for archery

The cost of developing student athletes are rising. And college officials are hurrying to stop the trend from hurting the next generation of Olympians

If the mark of a good biography is something that makes you think about several aspects of life, then The Man Watching is a very good biography. The subject, North Carolina and former U.S. women&#8…

Dan Borislow’s larger-than-life reputation was so great that, upon hearing of his death this morning, I immediately thought I needed to get his side of the story. I was sorely tempted to text…

This year’s Women's World Cup begins Saturday, with host nation Canada facing China in Edmonton’s Commonwealth Stadium.

Beau Dure: As College Football Playoff Selection Day draws near, the process remains imperfect. A sensible fix is as obvious as it is inevitable

Youth sports are being hijacked. Let's put it more directly -- your sports are being hijacked. The sports that your kids play are being taken over by a well-intentioned but misguided and counterproductive drive to make them better athletes in the hopes of attaining glory at "the next level" -- college, pro, the World Cup, etc.

The USA has a mosaic of youth leagues, organizations and clubs, each doing things a little differently and often getting in each other's way. We're a democratic and capitalist country, and in soccer, we take those traits to the extreme.

Soccer is the shining example of U.S. sports trends today -- it's getting more serious, with youth clubs scrambling for places in national competitions, while fewer kids are playing.

The pettiness of the International Olympic Committee will be key when the IOC decides whether to approve women's ski jumping for the Winter Olympic program next week. Will they have fresh reasons to say no?

Whatever your nationality, this World Cup has shown few glimpses of the game at its best and many of the game at its worst.