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Australian FA Is Salty AF Over World Cup Loss
Yesterday, we beat Australia 3-1 in each nation’s opening match at the Women’s World Cup. (Yes, “we.” Don’t look so modest! We couldn’t have done it without you.) But from reading today’s Football Federation Australia recap of the match, you wouldn’t know we gave them a Coriolis-clockwise swirlie....
NBC Sports Chairman Has Pushed NHL Players To Shave Their Playoff Beards
NBC appears to “get” hockey in a way that ESPN never wanted to. That’s apparently mostly thanks to middle management, because the head of NBC Sports thinks one of hockey’s most venerated traditions is just getting in the way of marketing....
How Augusta National Became Golf's North Korea
The following is excerpted from Slaying the Tiger: A Year Inside the Ropes on the New PGA Tour....
<i>Sports Illustrated</i>'s American Pharoah Cover Is Marvelous
Horse racing is a gorgeous, cinematic sport, but a horizontal one. The length of the track, the laterality of movement, the dimensions of the horses themselves, all lend themselves to landscape. So how to translate the biggest racing moment in 37 years to the cover of a magazine? Sports Illustrated ...
USWNT Defeat Australia 3-1, But Still Have Room To Improve
The United States Women’s National Team eventually beat Australia by a comfortable two-goal margin, but for 45 minutes Australia looked to be their better, or at least their equal. Saved by a brilliant performance from Megan Rapinoe, the USWNT will have to play much better to win the World Cup. ...
Every Streaming Service Is The Same
Today Apple announced a new streaming music service, dubbed Apple Music, with a little help from Drake. It may be a new venture for Apple, but don’t be duped: it’s the same as all the other streaming services out there now....
UConn Football Coach Bob Diaco Might Not Understand How A Rivalry Works
Did the UCF Knights want a new college football rival? Probably not, but UConn head coach Bob Diaco started one anyway....
Barcelona's Perfect Season May Have Been Their Hardest
As we said after Barcelona took the (severely hobbled, it must be said) champions of Germany and ground them up into a fine powder to be mixed in with the mate the club’s South American contingent is always going on about, this team deserved to end the season surrounded by every trophy available. Th...
"Bro-topia" Is As Hellish As It Sounds
If you’re going to go to all the trouble of forsaking New York City for a cool treehouse compound in Washington State, why would you ruin it by talking about it in an interview with the New York Times? If you leave New York City without making a huge fuss about it in the New York Times, have you rea...
Following Dress Rehearsal, Here's What We Know About the USWNT
The U.S. Women’s National Team kicks off their World Cup campaign tonight. They’re ready, or at least, that’s what they’re saying. For the rest of us, any predictions or expectations we might have for the Yanks’ seventh World Cup appearance are clouded in uncertainty. ...
How The Most Iconic Photo In Women's Soccer Was Almost Never Taken
It was arguably the biggest moment in the history of American women’s sports, and the single most memorable and reproduced image of the celebration. Brandi Chastain had just converted the penalty kick that cemented the 1999 Women’s World Cup for the United States over China. She then experienced a f...
Justin Rose Bunker Shank Drills Spectator In The Head
Justin Rose was co-leading today’s Memorial at Muirfield Village when, on the 18th, his bunker shot went awry and brained a spectator whose reflexes or attention span weren’t enough to avoid it....
<i>OTL</i>: Hope Solo's Redemption Tour Is Utter Bullshit
Citing police reports, depositions and interviews with Hope Solo’s half-sister and nephew, ESPN’s Outside The Lines is alleging Solo has been lying publicly about the events of a domestic violence incident last June, and Solo’s half-sister and nephew accuse Solo of punching them both in the face rep...
Luis Suárez Puts Away Rebound For 2-1 Barcelona Lead
Just thirteen minutes after Álvaro Morata drew things level, Luis Suárez put away a Lionel Messi rebound to restore Barcelona’s 2-1 advantage. Juventus now has 10 minutes plus stoppage time to get a goal, or the Champions League trophy will go to the Nou Camp....
Álvaro Morata Goal Draws Juventus Level
Barcelona controlled the opening minutes of the second half and had a few gilt-edged chances, but weren’t able to bury them. Juventus took advantage of Barcelona’s profligacy to draw the game even, when Álvaro Morata put home a rebound off of Carlos Tevez’s shot. It should be a cracking final 30 min...
Barcelona Carve Up Juventus, Score First Goal Of Champions League Final
All that talk about Barcelona’s terrifying front three and it’s actually midfielders Andrés Iniesta and Ivan Rakitić who combine to score the opening goal of this Champions League final just four minutes in. (Though to be fair, Messi and Neymar made the two key passes to open everything up.)...
Pat Venditte Makes Major League Debut, Gets Outs Using Both Arms
Switch-pitcher Pat Venditte made his big-league debut tonight at Fenway, and pitched a nearly perfect sixth inning—retiring Brock Holt with his left arm, seen above, and then after allowing a single inducing a Mike Napoli double play with his right (which you can watch below)....
IT'S REALLY TRUE, AMERICA WON FIFA, WE ARE THE BEST!
Right now I couldn’t care less if this was some pointless post-season friendly (and it really wasn’t, both on the USMNT’s end, who want to prove themselves against the world’s best, and for the Netherlands, who wanted to use this as a warmup for next week’s crucial Euro 2016 qualifier), and sure, th...
After Years Of Climbing, Have Australia Finally Reached The Mountaintop?
There’s a narrative that national teams understandably try to claim for themselves during World Cup years. That narrative goes something like this: Since our inception, we have slowly climbed the mountain, making slow, sure strides toward the summit. There are hiccups and rockslides and detours and ...
If Anything, The USWNT Might Be <i>Too</i> Stacked
When the United States Women’s National Team takes the pitch, they’ll be tasked with navigating the largest and deepest World Cup field ever. Though the Olympic gold medal more or less belongs to the USWNT—remember this?—they have tended to come up short on the sport’s biggest stage. They’ve advance...