Indignance Betrays Blanc’s Nerves
It was, frankly, quite shameful to hear Laurent Blanc whining petulantly on Saturday after UEFA drew their qualifying pools for the 2014 World Cup. “I don’t know why France are […]
It was, frankly, quite shameful to hear Laurent Blanc whining petulantly on Saturday after UEFA drew their qualifying pools for the 2014 World Cup. “I don’t know why France are […]
Robbie Kendrick, the 31-year-old American journeyman from Fresno, apparently was notified by the International Tennis Federation that he had tested positive for methylhexanamine during the French Open. Accepting his claim […]
Today at the FINA World Championships in Shanghai, Ryan Lochte got his second straight victory over Michael Phelps to assert a potential changing of the guard among the American contenders […]
There will be few tears shed by American soccer fans after the men’s national team released head coach Bob Bradley from his duties on Thursday. Seen by many as the […]
Before there was Global Turnstile, there was A Non-Traditional Sports Fan in America. The column, formerly a staple of weekly coverage of international sports, is being revived at the new website […]
Sebastian Vettel shouldn’t need to sweat too much that he missed his first podium of the Formula 1 season on the Nürburgring in his native Germany last Sunday. With a […]
Well, I finally had the time to sit down and watch the replay of the legendary fight between Muhammad Ali and Joe Frazier from 1975, the “Thrilla in Manila”, on […]
Jeret “Speedy” Peterson December 12, 1981 – July 25, 2011 In the year following an Olympiad, most Americans barely give a passing thought to the antics of the athletes they […]
The Tour de France finished this year amidst a lot of excitement. There was the inspirational tale of Cadel Evans’ realization of the long-fought quest to become the first Australian […]
In the past twenty years, the entire concept of food has become glamorized from start to finish of the process. For time immemorial food has been intertwined with sport — […]