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I’ve been playing FIFA since its first title launched on Super Nintendo, when characters on the screen looked like nothing more than colorful stick figures. Nowadays, thanks to the power of modern gaming consoles, the visuals and gameplay are as close to the real thing as it gets. So much so, in fact, that oftentimes when FIFA is on my TV someone asks, “What game are you watching?” FIFA 17,…

I’ve been playing FIFA since its first title launched on Super Nintendo, when characters on the screen looked like nothing more than colorful stick figures. Nowadays, thanks to the power of modern gaming consoles, the visuals and gameplay are as close to the real thing as it gets. So much so, in fact, that oftentimes when FIFA is on my TV someone asks, “What game are you watching?” FIFA 17,…

I’ve been playing FIFA since its first title launched on Super Nintendo, when characters on the screen looked like nothing more than colorful stick figures. Nowadays, thanks to the power of modern gaming consoles, the visuals and gameplay are as close to the real thing as it gets. So much so, in fact, that oftentimes when FIFA is on my TV someone asks, “What game are you watching?” FIFA 17,…

FILE – In this Jan. 15, 2016 file photo, Japanese architect Kengo Kuma, second left, speaks about his design of the 2020 Tokyo Olympic stadium during a press conference in Tokyo. A Tokyo government panel is set to propose moving more venues outside of the city — including hundreds of kilometers (miles) away — in order to save money, the latest in a series of changes since the Japanese capital…

Sam Allardyce left his position as England manager on Tuesday after only one match in charge over a series of damaging comments to undercover reporters that the English Football Association deemed “inappropriate.” The FA acted swiftly after British newspaper The Daily Telegraph published video of Allardyce appearing to offer advice on how to sidestep an outlawed player transfer practice and to also negotiate a 400,000-pound ($519,000) public-speaking contract with…

The World Cup of Hockey, revived after a 12-year absence and reformatted to include six national teams and two hybrid teams, has been an artistic and competitive success. But it hasn’t gained the high level of regard that players and coaches have for the Olympics and playing for their respective national teams, a sentiment that the NHL’s marketing folks might not be happy to hear. “The World Cup is great….

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For Kelvin Garcia, growing up in a Dominican family from New York City meant two sports took priority. “As a Latino kid in the Bronx, all I ever played was basketball and baseball,” says Garcia, who now lives in Texas. As a boy, soccer was barely on Garcia’s radar. He remembers working at a sports camp with European counselors during the 2010 World Cup and wondering what the excitement was…

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I have taken the liberty of abridging the debate in case you were one of the six or so Americans who did not watch.  LESTER HOLT: Welcome to the debate! I have somewhere else to be for the next half hour, so do not look for me to say anything or fact-check anyone. I will not. First, who will be better for business? Secretary? HILLARY CLINTON: Look at me. Now look…

Concussion symptoms relenting, Dale Earnhardt Jr. is ready to return to the racetrack. Earnhardt Jr., who has not raced since July 9 because of challenging post-concussion symptoms, will not race again in 2016 but he plans to be at XFINITY Series and NASCAR Sprint Cup events at Dover International Speedway this weekend. “My eyes are really, really good,” Earnhardt said on his “The Dale Jr. Download” podcast that is produced…

When the US women’s soccer team rose to fame in the late 1990s, they projected an image that was a well-polished composite of fun, friendship and teamwork in the pursuit of excellence. Two new memoirs, Carli Lloyd’s When Nobody Was Watching and Abby Wambach’s Forward, shatter that perception. But they do so in a way that should open a more realistic discussion on what we expect from athletes, especially but…

For Kelvin Garcia, growing up in a Dominican family from New York City meant two sports took priority above all else. “As a Latino kid in the Bronx, all I ever played was basketball and baseball,” says Garcia, who now lives in Texas. As a boy, soccer was barely on Garcia’s radar. He actually remembers working at a sports camp with European counselors during the 2010 World Cup and wondering…

I have taken the liberty of abridging the debate in case you were one of the six or so Americans who did not watch.  LESTER HOLT: Welcome to the debate! I have somewhere else to be for the next half hour, so do not look for me to say anything or fact-check anyone. I will not. First, who will be better for business? Secretary? HILLARY CLINTON: Look at me. Now look…

When the US women’s soccer team rose to fame in the late 1990s, they projected an image that was a well-polished composite of fun, friendship and teamwork in the pursuit of excellence. Two new memoirs, Carli Lloyd’s When Nobody Was Watching and Abby Wambach’s Forward, shatter that perception. But they do so in a way that should open a more realistic discussion on what we expect from athletes, especially but…

By Andy Ross, Swimming World Contributor It has been a little over a month and a half since the Rio Olympics ended. It was an emotional rollercoaster for us fans at home, watching some of our favorite swimmers succeed (as well as fail) on the biggest stage in the sporting world. We’ve all had some time to digest the results that happened and it got me thinking….

RELATED: Full race results | Series standings | Chase GridSHOP: Keselowski gear | Chase gear LOUDON, N.H. — As one of the resident wizards of the “Magic Mile” over the past five years, it was a little curious to see Brad Keselowski — who sports a 6.27 average finish at the track since the fall race of 2011 – come out a little flat in Sunday’s Chase for the NASCAR…

By Andy Ross, Swimming World Contributor It has been a little over a month and a half since the Rio Olympics ended. It was an emotional rollercoaster for us fans at home, watching some of our favorite swimmers succeed (as well as fail) on the biggest stage in the sporting world. We’ve all had some time to digest the results that happened and it got me thinking….