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The USMNT ditched pretty soccer for throwback grit, and they’re into the semifinals – FOXSports.com
Throughout the group stage of Copa America Centenario, the United States showed signs of growth. Even in defeat or struggles, they did everything they could to get numbers forward and keep the ball. They were “proactive,” just like Jurgen Klinsmann promised five years ago. But when they got to the quarterfinals, that all went out the window. After a bright first half-hour, the U.S. were ugly and physical. In the…
TCU’s Schlossnagle has mastered the art of baseball – Fort Worth Star Telegram
By now, TCU pitching coach Kirk Saarloos is not surprised by a very late text or an email time-stamped 4:30 a.m. It’s the boss. “I call him the CEO of TCU baseball,” Saarloos said. “I’ve never been around someone who has more of an idea of how to run a program. I’ve learned more in my four years here of how to be a head coach from him than I…
Sports|A Sport Without Referees? It’s the Ultimate Debate – New York Times
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Europe|France Arrests More Than 300 in Euro Soccer Tournament’s First Week – New York Times
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Russian Track Team Faces Ban From Olympics: Here’s What We Know – New York Times
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Teen killed in Scotch Plains crash was star hockey player – NJ.com
SCOTCH PLAINS — “Tough on the ice, but a gentle spirit off the ice,” is how Bill Buckley remembers Dan Triano, the Kenilworth teen who was fatally injured in a head-on collision on Cooper Road yesterday. Buckley’s son Charlie played with Triano on the Devils Youth Hockey Team, a competitive traveling team. Triano played at the AAA level, the highest level of play for a travel team, and with the Dayton-Brearley…
Hooliganism isn’t the soccer tradition we want to bring to America – For The Win
On Wednesday night NASL side New York Cosmos beat MLS’ NYCFC in a U.S. Open Cup match 1-0. It was a big win for the second division club, on a nice night that should have been a spirited rivalry game between two New York clubs. The game was marred, however, by pre-match fights between supporters of the two clubs. Reports vary from both sides about who caused the fight, but the…
Soccer Players’ Fatigue Grows as Matches Go on, and on, and on – New York Times
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TCU’s Schlossnagle has mastered the art of baseball – Fort Worth Star Telegram
By now, TCU pitching coach Kirk Saarloos is not surprised by a very late text or an email time-stamped 4:30 a.m. It’s the boss. “I call him the CEO of TCU baseball,” Saarloos said. “I’ve never been around someone who has more of an idea of how to run a program. I’ve learned more in my four years here of how to be a head coach from him than I…
Sports|A Sport Without Referees? It’s the Ultimate Debate – New York Times
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Deep discounts for shoppers as Sports Authority ends its run starting Sunday – Philly.com
The final buzzers will begin sounding for Sports Authority on Sunday as its Cherry Hill sporting-goods store closes for good. Slideshow Other Sports Authority stores will soon follow. The…
LA Galaxy nominated for Sports Humanitarian Team of the Year – LA Galaxy
CARSON, Calif. (Thursday, June 16, 2016) – The LA Galaxy have been nominated in the Sports Humanitarian of the Year Awards, presented by ESPN, as a finalist for Sports Humanitarian Team of the Year. The second annual Sports Humanitarian of the Year Awards will celebrate and honor leagues, teams, individuals and members of the sporting community that are using the power of sport to make a positive impact on society. The…
Daniel Defense “Fires” Academy Sports For Moral Cowardice – Bearing Arms
Daniel Defense DDM4 rifles was a strong-selling product line for Academy Sports. The sporting good chain literally couldn’t keep the premium AR-style rifles on the shelves in the chain’s firearms departments. Now they’ve lost the right to try, after the chain disgracefully pulled all their AR-15s off of public display in the wake of the deadliest Islamic terrorist attack since 9/11 by an American-borne supporter of ISIS, but still sold…
Russian Track Team Faces Ban From Olympics: Here’s What We Know – New York Times
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France Arrests More Than 300 in Euro Soccer Tournament’s First Week – New York Times
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Hooliganism isn’t the soccer tradition we want to bring to America – For The Win
On Wednesday night NASL side New York Cosmos beat MLS’ NYCFC in a U.S. Open Cup match 1-0. It was a big win for the second division club, on a nice night that should have been a spirited rivalry game between two New York clubs. The game was marred, however, by pre-match fights between supporters of the two clubs. Reports vary from both sides about who caused the fight, but the…
Soccer Players’ Fatigue Grows as Matches Go on, and on, and on – New York Times
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What baseball fathers know: Advice from Cubs and White Sox dads – Chicago Tribune
To mark Father’s Day, we asked Cubs and White Sox players what fatherhood has taught them and what advice they would give their children if they say they want to play professional sports. WHAT HAS FATHERHOOD TAUGHT YOU THE MOST? Zach Duke, White Sox pitcher (children: Madison, 5; Weston, 2, Ella, 1) “You have to be really patient with them. They each learn at their own pace and they listen…
Rougned Odor says ‘people who don’t know baseball’ have bad impression of him – CBSSports.com
Back on May 15, the Blue Jays and Rangers got into a bit of a tussle. Specifically, Rougned Odor clocked Jose Bautista with one of the hardest and well-landed punches you’ll ever see in a Major League Baseball fight. As if you haven’t seen it a million times by now, the footage! Regarding the fight and much more, ESPN Deportes’ Marly Rivera has a good interview with Odor that ran…
Sports|A Sport Without Referees? It’s the Ultimate Debate – New York Times
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