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One common theme in the NSCAA Convention sessions I attended today: Regret. Regret over yelling at kids. Regret over being too cautious and nervous to fully appreciate the opportunities of youth so…

U.S. women’s soccer coach Jill Ellis talked with Grant Wahl, at last giving someone a chance to ask questions that have been kicking around in the Twittersphere for a while. On Twitter, they …

USWNT vs. Mexico friendly offers Tom Sermanni to look at USAs new crop of stars USWNT vs. Mexico friendly offers new stars to showcase talent

When we say the first NWSL season was uneventful, that's mostly a good thing. Underneath the radar, the league had some success stories -- good games, breakthrough players and some good crowds, particularly in soccer-mad Portland.

You may not have noticed this, but I’m old. I’m not yet in the AARP, but by the standards of modern journalism, I’m a fossil. (How ironic in an age of long life expectancy that ou…

The United States is, as Schoolhouse Rock reminded us, a great melting pot. It’s not always pretty. As Dave Chappelle said on Dr. Katz: “I saw two Irish guys beating an Italian guy &#82…

The numbers are in on the World Cup, and it appears 40 billion Americans are watching on ESPN, another 40 billion are watching on Univision, and another 120 billion are watching online.

Beau Dure: An omnipotent corporation pacifies the masses with a violent sport while suppressing all individuality. Is today’s UFC a case of life imitating art?

The UFC couldn’t have picked a better night to unveil its new look. Let’s face it — the UFC of a few years ago was big but a little predictable. Georges St. Pierre would take peop…

The news that a district court judge has allowed a lawsuit to proceed against MLS and U.S. Soccer is worrisome for the league and federation. The details of the ruling (see the PDF) are downright d…

Update: I’ve added a column for “actual” now that the Games are done, and I’ve posted a recap of what we learned. To recap for newcomers: I went event-by-event through resul…

The U.S. Olympic Committee may soon select a bid city for the 2024 Olympics, picking from a pool that includes Boston, Los Angeles, San Francisco and Washington, D.C. The correct answer is … …

From the botched format to the economic and environmental concerns surrounding the Rio course, Olympic golf is on course to be a major letdown

Ronda Rousey’s claim to dominance is certainly strong, and Katie Ledecky is up there – but if Serena Williams wins the US Open, we have our answer

The US tanked at the Winter Olympics in Sochi, winning just one medal, after several years of off-ice chaos. Has a change of management made a difference?

Unless world champion Lindsey Van and her fellow plaintiffs win an appeal of a court case to be heard in November, women's ski jumping won't be on the Olympic program.

“The blues ain’t about feelin’ better. The blues are about making other people feel worse.” — Bleeding Gums Murphy Journalists and blues musicians have a lot in common…

In covering Iceland’s handball team today, I got this quote: What we thought before this game is just to do what our forefathers did. They at most endured, like, two or three days at home in …

The amateurs from Baltimore put a good scare into D.C. United on Tuesday night, taking an early 1-0 lead and remaining tied through the 80th minute, but were unable to match Dallas Roma FC (2006) and…

In his fourth Olympics, U.S. biathlon veteran Jay Hakkinen was determined not to let his team go out meekly from a disappointing Games.

When Todd Lodwick was a minute away from finishing the last race of his fifth Olympics on Thursday, his mind was on what was happening ahead, down the hill and around two turns at Whistler Olympic Park.

Whistler Village's outdoor nightlife has been lively during the Games. For a daytime party, Whistler Olympic Park's biathlon venue is the place to be.

Nordic combined world champions Todd Lodwick and Billy Demong, pioneers in their sport in the United States, are Olympic medalists at last.

Kikkan Randall and Caitlin Compton posted the best U.S. result ever in women's Olympic cross country skiing, placing sixth, as the team sprint lived up to its wild reputation Monday with mishaps, fast times and the occasional bit of vomit.

Imagine Michael Phelps climbing out of the pool after completing the butterfly leg of a medley relay, cheering for a teammate, then hopping on the starting block to go again. That's the team sprint in cross country, where each skier on a two-skier...

Biathlon can be a cruel sport, and U.S. favorite Tim Burke felt that cruelty once again in Sunday's 15k mass start.

Kris Freeman competes in the grueling sport of cross country skiing with Type I diabetes. Most days, he manages it well; some days, he posts results such as his two fourth-place finishes in World Championship competition. In Saturday's men's...

Simon Ammann of Switzerland became the first ski jumper to win four individual Olympic titles with his victory Saturday in the large hill event.

Norway's Marit Bjoergen won her second gold and third medal of the 2010 Olympics on Friday on a day as suitable for sunbathing as it was for skiing at Whistler Olympic Park.

As a toddler, Anders Johnson followed his ski-jumping sister up the hill to try the sport for himself. On Friday, Alissa Johnson stood at the bottom of the large hill at Whistler Olympic Park to see her 20-year-old brother take what might be his...