World Sports

The 1977 season is remembered fondly as one of Chicago baseball’s great summers, the White Sox and Cubs each taking division leads into August. The winning didn’t last. First the Cubs fell out of contention, then the Sox, taking World Series fantasies down with them. What survives are the two musical traditions born of the South Side swagger, giddiness and gusto that marked the first two-thirds of the White Sox’s…

Two years ago, Nick Purdy of Wayne downloaded the Rocket League video game. He liked it and so did many others as it became a huge hit, with 1.6 million daily players who kick around soccer balls with souped-up cars. And this Saturday, Purdy and teammate Dylan Fowler, of Dermott, Ark., will take their Rocket League game…

Would you have come to PSG without all the other Brazilians being here? Neymar: “To be really honest, that wouldn’t have changed my approach. “Of course I have friends here, but I arrive here because the global environment is very positive. “It was not easy – I had to think a lot, I had to think what I wanted to do with my life. “A lot of people wanted me…

Two years ago, Nick Purdy of Wayne downloaded the Rocket League video game. He liked it and so did many others as it became a huge hit, with 1.6 million daily players who kick around soccer balls with souped-up cars. And this Saturday, Purdy and teammate Dylan Fowler, of Dermott, Ark., will take their Rocket League game…

Tennys Sandgren came up short early Friday morning in a two-set loss to fifth-seeded Alexander Zverev. (Geoff Burke-USA TODAY Sports) Tennys Sandgren lost to fifth-seeded Alexander Zverev early Friday morning at the Citi Open 7-5, 7-5, but took strides in Washington toward making a name for himself on the ATP Tour beyond, well, his name. Tennys — pronounced just like the sport — was named for his Swedish great-grandfather. Both of…

Sports Direct has lost its biggest independent investor as some fund managers fear the crisis-hit retailer is incapable of addressing its corporate governance issues. The Guardian has learned Standard Life, the largest independent investor at last year’s annual meeting, has bailed out of the stock, selling its entire 5.8% holding, and Aviva said it had sold down its stake. Both had been vocal critics of the firm, which on Thursday…

DENVER, Colo. (CBS4) – Score one for motherhood. With an assist from a major hospital network, downtown Denver’s professional sports teams are producing a winning combination for new mothers who are avid sports fans. New nursing suites are being installed at Coors Field, Sports Authority Field at Mile High, and Pepsi Center. UCHealth purchased the new Mamava units for mothers to have a secure, private, and comfortable space to breastfeed or pump…

Breanna Stewart’s little brother plays a lot of video games. For the first time this fall, he will have the opportunity to play basketball as his sister now that the WNBA will be included as part of EA Sports’ “NBA Live 18.” The question is, will he do so? After all, Connor Stewart will have more WNBA rosters to choose from — not just his older sister’s Seattle Sound —…

Breanna Stewart’s little brother plays a lot of video games. For the first time this fall, he will have the opportunity to play basketball as his sister now that the WNBA will be included as part of EA Sports’ “NBA Live 18.” The question is, will he do so? After all, Connor Stewart will have more WNBA rosters to choose from — not just his older sister’s Seattle Sound —…

Sports Direct has lost its biggest independent investor as some fund managers fear the crisis-hit retailer is incapable of addressing its corporate governance issues. The Guardian has learned Standard Life, the largest independent investor at last year’s annual meeting, has bailed out of the stock, selling its entire 5.8% holding, and Aviva said it had sold down its stake. Both had been vocal critics of the firm, which on Thursday…

Herculez Gomez explains why MLS and European leagues shouldn’t be compared following Bastian Schweinsteiger’s recent comments. Miami FC is taking its battle to require the U.S. Soccer Federation to introduce promotion and relegation to the Court of Arbitration for Sport. The club won this year’s spring season title in the NASL, designated by the USSF as a second-tier league, though it has no hope of being promoted to the top flight…

By that time, Tiger Woods, “the Chosen One,” had replaced Arnold Palmer, “the King,” as the TV presence who would make golf great again. In the 1950s and 1960s, Palmer, the handsome, charming son of a Pennsylvania golf club groundskeeper, was the leading man in the process of making golf spectatorship, if not actual participation, a national phenomenon. Palmer, who died last September, was present in 2015, along with The…

Getty Images A winner, that is for sure. Neymar’s list of honours include: Barcelona Champions League (2015) La Liga (2015, 2016) Copa Del Rey (2015, 2016, 2017) Club World Cup (2015) Santos Copa Libertadores (2011) Campeonato Paulista (2010, 2011, 2012) Copa do Brasil (2010) Brazil Olympic gold medal (2016) Confederations Cup (2013)

A pep squad greets fans outside the Verizon Center before a Wizards playoff game. (Photo by Ray K. Saunders/The Washington Post) Monumental Sports & Entertainment is engaged in active conversations with Capital One about renaming Verizon Center, and a person familiar with the deal suggested that an announcement could come by next week. The existing naming rights deal with Verizon, which predated Ted Leonsis’s ownership of the downtown arena, was…

Nationals Manager Dusty Baker is giving sports-talk radio plenty to yap about. (AP Photo/John Minchillo) When I wrote last week about the sports-radio fueled debate concerning the Nationals lineup, the top reaction I got was this: never write about sports-radio fueled baseball debates again. I heard that this is a pointless and silly discussion, an attention-seeking gimmick from needy radio hosts, an unnecessary bit of dissent in a Nationals season that…

American sports fanatics stand to miss out when the State Department ban on travel to North Korea takes effect on September 1. Only journalists, humanitarian workers and people promoting U.S. national interests will be exempted. North Korean ruler Kim Jong Un’s focus on his country’s nuclear development program is well documented, but he has also nurtured ambitious goals for tourism. In 2015, he reportedly decided he wanted to increase the number of…

Yes, the Wednesday match between the MLS All-Stars and world soccer power Real Madrid is a friendly, but anyone thinking the exhibition will be void of intensity and importance would be making a mistake. The two sides will meet before a capacity crowd at Soldier Field in Chicago as the MLS’s All-Stars will look to continue a surprising run of success against the top-drawer European teams that have made this…

The city’s convention and visitors bureau, eXplore Lawrence, has hired a sales manager to help bring major athletic competitions to Lawrence. The new position will be filled by B.J. Harris, who will promote and sell the city as a destination for sporting events. Leaders at eXplore Lawrence said they think the organization needs a “strong presence” in that realm. “We see that this is one of our niche markets and…

“We have to go to the ballgame tonight. Adrian Beltre’s in town!” — nobody, ever. I get that 450 HRs and 3,000 hits is quite an accomplishment, but there is no statistical threshold for the Hall of Fame. The guy’s a compiler. Over a 20 year career, he’s averaged 23 homers and 150 hits per season. That sounds a lot less impressive. When you’ve played for that long in the…

– Nearly 20 years after setting a record for rollerblading and skating around the world, Fabrice Gropaiz plans to travel 15,534 miles around the world in 2018. ()