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North Korean leaders are convinced the country can produce next Lionel Messi, but the national team’s coach isn’t. (Muhammad Hamed/Reuters) North Korea isn’t exactly a soccer super power, but that hasn’t stopped the country’s sports leaders from boasting that one day it will be. “Our goal is to train our students to become a great national team member, and to make them super-talented players who can surpass Lionel Messi,” youth…

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Canada forward Sidney Crosby celebrates after scoring against Sweden in the second period of the gold medal game in 2014. Canada won 3-0.(Photo: Scott Rovak, USA TODAY Sports) NHL officials believe the reality of Olympic participation has never lived up to the romance of the idea. After five trips to the Olympics since 1998, the league’s enthusiasm for committing to PyeongChang, South Korea, for the 2018 Games is tepid at best….

Otani, who plays for Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters of Nippon Professional Baseball’s Pacific League, is widely considered the best player outside the USA’s Major League Baseball (MLB). READ MORE: ‘Drought finally over’: Internet reacts to Chicago Cubs win after 108yrs And it’s easy to see why after he smashed the ball through the roof panels of the Tokyo Dome, where the friendly game was being played. via GIPHY Otani’s strike whistled…

In the wake of the Cowboys’ late touchdown to beat the Steelers on Sunday, this video purporting to show a very angry Steelers fan destroying his TV went viral on the internet: Wow! Steelers fan loses it after Ezekiel Elliott scores GWTD: pic.twitter.com/ojKBrAeN2N — jesus flores (@WFAAJFlo) November 15, 2016 Not trying to be a buzzkill, but anyone whose buzz this kills doesn’t deserve to be buzzed: This is fake….

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There’s no doubt what Cubs fans will be expecting when the Baseball Writers’ Association of America announces its Most Valuable Player awards Thursday. Wrigley Field chants of ‘‘MVP! MVP!’’ have made it clear fans think the National League award should go to Cubs third baseman Kris Bryant. The numbers agree with the fans. By wins above replacement at Baseball-Reference.com, Bryant was the NL leader at 7.7. Dodgers shortstop Corey Seager…

VATICAN CITY –  Pope Francis now has a blue Chicago Cubs hat to go with his traditional white skull cap. Chicago Archbishop Blase Cupich presented Francis with the hat and what looks like a signed baseball at the Vatican on Tuesday, nearly two weeks after the Cubs won their first World Series since 1908. Cupich shared a photo of Francis holding the items on Twitter . He included…

After ripping off four consecutive victories, including beating the San Diego Chargers, 31-24, on Sunday, the Dolphins are now a legitimate playoff contender. Gase has done a great job turning this team around. His no-nonsense approach, which included cutting several veterans and starters when they weren’t playing well, has the Dolphins playing good football. His quarterback-whisperer ways have made Ryan Tannehill a much better player, which was especially true beating…

9:44 AM ET Facebook Twitter Pinterest Email print comment FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — Neither the New England Patriots nor Rob Gronkowski offered an update on the tight end’s status Monday, after he absorbed a crunching hit that knocked him out of Sunday night’s loss to the Seattle Seahawks for five plays. But ESPN’s Adam Schefter has been told the injury is “not overly serious” and that Gronkowski does not have a…

26. Tampa Bay Buccaneers (4-5, LW: 28) They’re in second place and only a game-and-a-half back of first-place Atlanta. They also got Doug Martin back on Sunday, and Martin looked pretty good. Hey, I’m not saying I’m a believer, I’m just pointing out facts. 25. Cincinnati Bengals (3-5-1, LW: 18) That should about do it for the Bengals this season. The defense is too soft to turn things around. 24….

Regardless of the outcome of Sunday’s Ford EcoBoost 400 at Homestead-Miami Speedway, history will be made, and it will be significant. Tony Stewart, the man who has won the USAC Triple Crown, the IndyCar title, and three NASCAR Premier Series championships, is scheduled to drive his last NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race. For that matter, it’s Sprint’s last race as a title sponsor. If Carl Edwards or Joey Logano wins…

There’s no doubt what Cubs fans will be expecting when the Baseball Writers’ Association of America announces its Most Valuable Player awards Thursday. Wrigley Field chants of ‘‘MVP! MVP!’’ have made it clear fans think the National League award should go to Cubs third baseman Kris Bryant. The numbers agree with the fans. By wins above replacement at Baseball-Reference.com, Bryant was the NL leader at 7.7. Dodgers shortstop Corey Seager…

Seth Pyle | Published 8 hours ago “Air Bud” may be the best sports movie of all time Photo taken from Sports Illustrated In honor of today being the 20th anniversary of “Space Jam,” I compiled a list of the 10 best sports movies of all time.* *No list of best movies can be put together objectively, thus this list was put together in the most subjective way possible. The movies…

7:35 AM ET Facebook Twitter Pinterest Email print comment FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — Neither the New England Patriots nor Rob Gronkowski offered an update on the tight end’s status Monday, after he absorbed a crunching hit that knocked him out of Sunday night’s loss to the Seattle Seahawks for five plays. But ESPN’s Adam Schefter has been told the injury is “not overly serious” and that Gronkowski does not have a…

Amid the acres of coverage about England’s win over South Africa in the rugby autumn test last weekend, there was no mention at all of the player appearing on the international stage for the 115th time, becoming England’s most-capped player in the process. How to explain this editorial oversight, especially as the player scored the opening try in the game that made her a record-breaker? Unless of course the pronoun…

Ultra supporters and fans of the Beijing Guoan FC celebrate together after a goal against Chongcing Lifan FC during their Chinese Super League match on June 28, 2015 in Beijing, China. Kevin Frayer / Stringer China has already come a long way in its plan to become a world soccer superpower by 2050, according to a new report from Nielsen. Soaring interest? Check. Big investments? Check. A winning national team?…

5:55 AM ET Facebook Twitter Pinterest Email print comment Historically reticent when it comes to retirement talk, Venus Williams finally opened up about when she might call it a career. Appearing on the Hallmark Channel’s “Home & Family,” Williams said she hopes to play long enough for another opportunity at gold: “I’m kind of targeting the next Olympics [Tokyo 2020], and that’s in, what, three-and-a-half years … and I’m not…

Eric Lindros carved an unprecedented path to hockey stardom, including where the incoming Hall of Famer lived when he entered the NHL. It was about a month into Lindros’ rookie season with the Philadelphia Flyers that the prodigy asked to move in with veteran teammate Kevin Dineen and his newlywed wife, Annie. “And I was like, ‘Ah, let me go home and talk to my wife about that,’” Dineen recalled…