When George Foreman, a teen from Texas, won gold at the 1968 Olympics and waved a tiny American flag in the boxing ring, he had little awareness of the political minefield below…
‘Star making not star taking’: how LA Galaxy rose back to top of US soccer
Lionel Messi was not present when the Major League Soccer champions were crowned in December. He, Luis Suárez, Sergio Busquets, and the rest of the Inter Miami galácticos had been dispatched in…
Missing madness: NCAA first round bereft of buzzer-beaters and big upsets
The calendar says it’s March. Most of the madness has been missing so far. There certainly have been upsets. Just ask the owners of the 99.9956% of brackets with at least one…
Women’s Elite Rugby: new league aims to boost US game and – finally – pay its players
The US Eagles won two World Cups under Wagner Ruiz’s direction. He will lead the Boston Banshees in a historic Women’s Elite Rugby match on Saturday against the New York Exiles, a…
Mauricio Pochettino’s US honeymoon is over, but it’s not time to panic
n the eve of what turned out to be his first loss in a competitive match in charge of the United States men’s national team and the end of his honeymoon with…
Bronny James sets new career highs in depleted LA Lakers’ loss to Bucks
On a night when not much went right for the short-handed Los Angeles Lakers, Bronny James was the bright spot. In his most extensive NBA minutes, the oldest son of LeBron James…
Global women’s seven-a-side football series launched with $100m investment
The first event in a new, lucrative seven-a-side global women’s football series will take place in Portugal from 21 to 23 May. The new competition has been named the ‘World Sevens Football’…
Canada’s Alistair Johnston: ‘Our country is under threat, under attack’
The style and system Jesse Marsch has molded for the Canadian men’s national team is predicated on pressure; hemming in and harrying opponents until they are deprived of options. It is lovingly…
Cooper Flagg looks like a future NBA superstar. He may choose to stay in college
In the first half of Duke’s recent game against Georgia Tech, Blue Devils star Cooper Flagg suffered an ankle sprain so gruesome that he had to be helped off the court in…
I have a baby’: how women in baseball are redefining work and motherhood
Endy Hoppel, the Cleveland Guardians’ director of baseball administration, landed home in Ohio to see she had missed several calls from her social worker. She was returning from the offseason meetings of…