When we heard about the LPGA’s “English-only” rule, we were kind of left scratching our heads. Apparently using the sex appeal of players like Anna Rawson and Natalie Glubis to sell a women’s sport wasn’t working, so they decided...

Friday’s Olympic Opening Ceremony was a big deal (even if it was broadcast over 12 hours later here) . Over 32 million Americans watched that guy walking on the stadium to light the torch, had their heartstrings tugged when...

It looks like the 31-point blowout the US Men’s Basketball team handed the Chinese delegation yesterday won’t be the most embarrassing thing the home bball team will face this Olympics. That honor of offense goes to the Spaniards, and...

For those who’ve forgotten, ESPN does have a playful side. The fact they haven’t made a good Sportscenter commercial since Charlie Steiner implored us to “follow him to freedom” was made moot when their quick witted ad agency started...

Barcelona—the team, not the city—must be in a pretty cranky mood today. You have to be any time you A) lose a battle with your league and B) thoughts of this happening to your most prized player while not...

When people learned that Mets’ GM Omar Minaya fired Willie Randolph yesterday, the response of most people was to shrug. It’s not like it was that unexpected. But when they got into the details of it, those shrugs quickly...

Representing your country on the national sporting stage is such an honor that athletes are primed for long stretches of time, sometimes from birth, to do so. The Barbadian soccer selection committee is just hoping for upright citizens because...

Out of all the major American sports, baseball lends itself most to being bogged down with numbers minutiae. Billy Beane, GM of the Oakland A’s, swears by the numbers and runs his team on what they tell him. But...

When LA Times columnist Bill Plaschke decided to wonder out loud whether Paul Pierce’s Game one knee injury was authentic, he probably understood what he was getting into with Celtics fans. “How dare the Angeleno columnist question the authenticity...

When we think of the song “Singin’ In The Rain,” two things come to mind—Fred Astaire traipsing in a downpour, or Roddy McDowell kicking the crap out of the old man in A Clockwork Orange. Now we have a...

Can a Red Bull house divided by itself stand… each other? That’s the question after the two Red Bull franchises—MLS’s New York and Salzburg—met in Austria for an exhibition game against each other. And like every family gathering, it...

We’re the last people who need to be given an explanation of why rival fans need to be separated, but EPL team Chelsea may have to explain this. They’ve banned anyone with a Greek surname from buying tickets online...