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Pool Player Naoyuki Oi Is The Best Interview
Naoyuki Oi is crushing it at this weekend’s World Pool Masters, both on the table and in the post-match interviews with Sky Sports....
The Perfect End To The World Ski Championships Was An Emotional Slalom
ST. MORITZ, Switzerland — If you wanted to script the most fitting, the most unnerving-yet-uplifting race to cap off the two-week World Alpine Ski Championships, you couldn’t have done better than today’s men’s slalom....
Roland Leitinger's Parents Couldn't Even Hide Their Shock At His Success
ST. MORITZ, Switzerland — With a line-up like today’s, it’s easy to make the mistake of predicting the podium....
Air Force Flyover Severs Cable Cam, Nearly Downs Ski Lift At World Ski Championships
ST. MORITZ, Switzerland — There was a crash today at the men’s giant slalom in the Alpine World Ski Championships, but it wasn’t a racer that hurtled to the ground. It was a cable camera, its wires severed by a too-close flyover from the Swiss Air Force. That was frightening enough, but it was just ...
Here Are The World Baseball Classic Rosters
A snowstorm is blanketing the Northeast, but baseball is oh so close. Pitchers and catchers start reporting next Tuesday, and this is a special spring: It’s almost time for the quadrennial World Baseball Classic....
Shohei Otani Won't Pitch In The WBC, But He Might Get A Chance To Smash Dingers
Unfortunately for Team Japan, who have won two of the first three World Baseball Classics, Shohei Otani won’t be able to pitch in this year’s tournament due to a sore right ankle. He was scheduled to start the team’s first game on March 7 against Cuba but recently told reporters in Arizona, where th...
The World Cup Is Probably Expanding To 48 Teams, But That Might Be Okay
The docket at the FIFA governing council’s meeting tomorrow morning in Zurich includes the following items: “Approval of the Media and Marketing Regulations for the FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup Bahamas 2017”; “Monitoring Committee Israel-Palestine”; as well as “Format of the 2026 FIFA World Cup.”...
Jung Ho Kang's Off-Field Issues Likely To Cost Him A WBC Roster Spot
Major League Baseball has yet to issue a ruling on the potential suspension of Pirates’ third baseman Jung Ho Kang following a series of incidents including a sexual assault allegations and a DUI. But it seems increasingly likely that his off-field issues will cost him playing time at least in the W...
No, Canada
The U.S. beat Canada 3-1 at the World Juniors today to take Group B, and in doing so earned the raising of the Stars And Stripes. Alas, Canada was unable to complete that task either—and in doing so provided us one final cap-off of what was a stellar 2016 for this country....
Why Is HBO Refusing To Deny That <i>Westworld</i>'s Robots Poop?<em></em>
HBO’s Westworld, the haunting tale of what can happen when cowboy sex robots go awry, spent its first season unwrapping many of the mysteries that so captivated its audience—save, that is, the question that has tormented fans most of all. And that’s apparently exactly how HBO wants it....
What The Hell Is <i>Westworld</i> Gonna Do Next Season?
Television’s best show about murderous sex robots, HBO’s Westworld, wrapped up its debut season last night in the way most prestige TV shows do. Characters died, twists were revealed, and the season ended on a somewhat ambiguous note....
When Did You Figure Out <i>Westworld's</i> Big Twist?
The most fun I had watching the first season of HBO’s Westworld, a show about a theme park full of murderous robots owned by an angry gamer, occurred during last night’s finale. Spoilers ahead, for anyone who has watched fewer than three episodes of this show and also doesn’t have an internet connec...
Broken Tiger Woods Now Reassembled For Golf Functionality
Not long ago, noted golf lecher Tiger Woods looked to be limping out of the game, his luminous career snuffed out by the back injuries that required surgery in March. “My health is good, and I feel strong, but my game is vulnerable and not where it needs to be,” he said as recently as October, while...
U.S. Soccer Fires USMNT Head Coach Jurgen Klinsmann
U.S. Soccer has fired United States Men’s National Team head coach Jurgen Klinsmann after a disappointing start to the final round of 2018 World Cup qualifying, the federation announced this afternoon. Klinsmann was also removed from his role as technical director. ...
The Four Best Men's Tennis Players Will Sort Out Where They Sit On The Food Chain
Novak Djokovic, who’s been blessed with some well-timed cakewalks lately, rounded up and slapped a group full of youngsters right in their apple cheeks. Meanwhile Andy Murray hacked his way through a death group, culminating in today’s dismissal of Stan Wawrinka (and a very respectable Stan, too) in...
The Good Stan Wawrinka Showed Up This Time
Stan Wawrinka woke up, shook off his three-match losing streak, and played passable tennis against Marin Cilic in the ATP World Tour Finals, winning 7-6(3), 7-6(3). It was a relief to see a different Stan this time in London....
Kei Nishikori Had All The Tools To Beat Andy Murray, But He Spilled Them All Over The Floor
That these three sets sprawled for three hours and 20 minutes should explain a lot about this grind session between tennis’s two fastest players. Eventually Andy Murray—or at least his empty, deadened husk—edged out Kei Nishikori, 6-7(9), 6-4, 6-4, in their consistently high-quality, often infuriati...
The USMNT Lost To Mexico And Everything Was All Right
Since they were first unveiled, I’ve had highly mixed feelings about the design of the 2016 USMNT jerseys, especially the road uniform. Someone at Nike decided the iconic red, white, and blue was passé and needed a black-and-maroon makeover. Why, who knows? The flag, perhaps, just isn’t cool enough....
Mexico Hands USMNT First Home World Cup Qualifying Loss In 15 Years
The United States Men’s National Team lost to Mexico 2-1 in Columbus, Ohio, tonight, its first loss in World Cup qualifying on home soil since 2001. It was the fifth straight World Cup qualifying cycle the U.S. has opted to take on Mexico in Columbus, and the first time they didn’t win 2-0. Dos a ce...
Swedish Soccer Guy Appears To Be Some Kind Of Free Kick Wizard
France’s goalkeeper Hugo Lloris is generally regarded as one of the best shot-stoppers in the world, but Swedish winger Emil Forsberg fooled him and everyone with this knuckleball of a free kick. Lloris screwed this one up by starting in the middle and moving towards the wrong side, but Forsberg hit...