When this World Cup qualifying cycle began, we had hoped that the U.S. would surprise us and break new ground on what they could do. And they’ve done that, we just didn’t know it would be showing us how bad they can play at times. Read more…
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We said depth would be the main thing
If it feels like World Cup qualifiers are boomeranging right back into your consciousness after not much of a break from the last ones, you’re not alone. This is the particular normal calendar, you just had a year off from it thanks to the pandemic, but just wait until qualifiers are crammed into January and […]
So here’s one of the worst tweets of all time
Generally, I don’t subscribe to the well-held belief that Twitter is the ultimate cesspool of our society. It definitely visits there a lot, but it can be what you make it, most of the time. And every so often, it provides something so wholly bewildering that you really do have to question if it’s art […]
U.S. Soccer offers equal pay to USMNT and USWNT… kinda?
It’s been one of the longer lasting sagas in American sports, as the U.S. Women’s National team seeks either a new contract or a resolution to their lawsuit against U.S. Soccer that sees them make huge gains in pay for representing their country. U.S. Soccer would have you believe that it’s recently made an offer […]
A nod to Toni Kukoč and all of the 2021 Basketball Hall of Fame inductees getting their dues today
We’ve feted Paul Pierce , Ben Wallace , Bill Russell, Rick Adelman, Jay Wright , Lauren Jackson, Yolanda Griffith , Chris Bosh , and Chris Webber this week for their induction into the hoops Hall of Fame. Read more…
Tom Brady makes news? You don’t say…
Tom Brady couldn’t catch a pass in Super Bowl LII , but he did catch COVID-19 after the Buccaneers’ parade for their Extremely Bowl LV victory. Read more…
Kansas wins football game for first time in while
Kansas won an actual football game, its first in nearly two years, coming from behind at home to notch a 17-14 verdict over South Dakota. Read more…
It’s showtime!
It’s time to play the music, it’s time to light the lights, it’s time to dodge the bags of piss… wait, those aren’t the original lyrics, are they? Well, for the USMNT they might as well be. Read more…
Olympics hoops just ended, but it’s already time to look towards the men’s FIBA World Cup
The 2019 FIBA World Cup featured the infamous Gregg Popovich-led Team USA club that finished in seventh place shortly after losing to France in the quarterfinals, and then Serbia in the 5-8 seeding determination. Team USA eventually beat Poland in the seventh-place game, and this past summer, they avenged the France… Read more…
With World Cup qualifying imminent, let’s check in on how many rakes Berhalter is stepping on
Good God, would someone take the air out Tim Ream’s tires or barricade his apartment door for a couple days so Gregg Berhalter will stop picking him for the national team? Read more…