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Union acquire F Ezekiel Alladoh for club-record feeThe Philadelphia Union acquired forward Ezekiel Alladoh from Sweden's IF Brommapojkarna on Wednesday for a reported club-record transfer fee of $4.5 million.,The 20-year-old Ghanaian striker is under contract through 2028 with options for 2029 and 2030.,Alladoh recorded eight goals and one assist in...

Oscar Piastri edges out Lando Norris for pole position in QatarOscar Piastri edged out McLaren teammate Lando Norris to take pole position in Sunday's Qatar Grand Prix on Saturday in Doha, Qatar.,Piastri, who led the World Drivers' Championship standings for much of the season, trails Norris by 22 points entering the penultimate race of the season. The 24-year-...

If Roy Williams and John Calipari accepted NIT bids, so can Hubert DavisWhen college basketball’s postseason officially begins on Tuesday evening — on the men’s side — a familiar face will be missing from the fields as the NIT and the NCAA Tournament will tip off. North Carolina’s season is over. And it’s not just because they weren’t good enough to make the field of 68...

Qatar definitely understands how this whole 'sports media' thing works

We’re less than a week away from the opening ceremonies for the World Cup (which, by the way, still don’t have an announced performer, after being turned down by Rod Stewart, Dua Lipa, and now Shakira), and things in Doha are progressing just about as well as expected when you hold a World Cup in a ...

The casual American soccer fan's guide to the best international players ahead of the World Cup

For the fair-weather soccer fan, and let’s be real, that’s 99 percent or more of American sports fans, the World Cup is the one event taking place over multiple weeks where general interest is at a high. The United States men’s national team didn’t make the world’s best 32 in 2018, and a huge chunk ...

Qatar is conscripting its citizens to be security for the World Cup, so this is definitely going to go well

Here’s the thing about Qatar hosting the World Cup in about six weeks: Even if you could ignore the disgusting and egregious human rights abuses that built the infrastructure for it (which you can’t), or if you could ignore the country’s homophobia and sexism as state policy (which you can’t), or th...

Legendary coaches hand picking their successors is a great idea, until it isn’t

Tonight will mark the final time Mike Krzyzewski coaches a basketball game at Cameron Indoor Stadium after 42 seasons as Duke’s head coach. It’s a game against archrival North Carolina, with Hubert Davis patrolling the other sideline in his first season guiding the Tar Heels after the retirement of ...

It’s time to crack down on racist and abusive fan behavior at the high school level

Since spectators have returned to high school sporting events, hate speech and verbal abuse from fans has become more noticeable, if not more common. It’s almost as if the decline in social interactions reset fans to their baser instincts, and they forgot how to at least act civilized. Across the co...