Six months ago, Tom Brady lifted his record-tying fourth super bowl trophy on a night in which he should have never been allowed to put on a Patriots uniform and touch a single football. It’s been six long months since the deflategate scandal first broke, in which 11 of 12[Read More…]
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The Mexican National Team wins pointless CONCACAF Gold Cup again
The Mexican national soccer team beat Jamaica 3-1 in the Gold Cup final on Sunday to lift a record tenth CONCACAF regional tournament trophy that no one, not even Mexico, cares about. Not Mexico, not the U.S. National Team, not CONCACAF and especially not the rest of the soccer world[Read More…]
What’s in a name? For D.C. football, nothing good
Remember your high school yearbook; among the messages of “keep in touch” or “stay cool,” there’s usually one person that wrote “don’t ever change.” That is really not the person that you should be listening to. Change is progress and it’s often inevitable. As each year progresses, it seems that[Read More…]
Serena Williams dominates professional tennis
Serena Williams is one of the greatest, if not the greatest, female athlete in sports. Her professional tennis career has been dominant and transcending to say the least, but unfortunately the world is not ready to see an African American woman dominating a predominantly Caucasian sport. Williams’ career is full[Read More…]
L.A. Angels faltering off the field
The Angels are currently playing their best baseball of the season; they are on a four game win streak, have won eight of the last nine and have two starters in the 2015 MLB All-Star Game. The Angels are also on the cusp of falling apart as an organization. General[Read More…]
Women’s World Cup highlights gender gap issues in sports
The U.S. Women’s World Cup team just became stars. In addition to the team winning the cup in dominating fashion, the final game became the most viewed soccer game in the history of American television, with more than 25 million viewers. But what will that accomplish as far as gender[Read More…]
Kansas City, greedy Kansas City: Royals attempts to rig All-star Game will backfire
Kansas City thought it could outsmart a flawed system of voting for the MLB All-Star Game this year without any ramifications. They thought wrong. When those four, five or, god forbid, six Royals step on the field in Cincinnati on July 14, their 16th ranked offense will let the entire[Read More…]
Lakers, Clippers hoping to thread a needle this offseason
The NBA’s free agency period opened on Wednesday with teams lining up to pitch unsigned players on their vision of the future. A flurry of early signings have gotten hoops die-hards salivating for next season, but for basketball fans in Los Angeles, next season looks like more of the same.[Read More…]
Exciting quarterfinals set for Women’s World Cup
Only eight teams remain in the Women’s World Cup in Canada and seven in the Copa America in Chile, but the women’s game has grabbed a stronger hold of soccer fans in the United States. According to Forbes, 4.7 million Americans checked in to USA’s match against Colombia on Fox[Read More…]
America’s newest dynasty: ‘Hawks 2015 Stanley Cup champions
When the clock hit zero at the United Center in Chicago, Illinois on Monday, the Chicago Blackhawks clinched their third Stanley Cup in six years and cemented their right to be called a dynasty. After falling behind 2-1 in the series, the Hawks won three games in a row to[Read More…]