Ten years after helping change the scope of Major League Soccer, Seattle finally got to see its home team host the championship match. And it was rewarded with a second celebration in the past four years.
After losing all three games in Washington over the weekend to Houston, the underdog Nationals became the first team in major league history to win the World Series by claiming four games on the road in.
When it comes to pitching strategy, anything could happen.
Kurt Suzuki hit a tiebreaking homer in what became a messy six-run seventh inning.
Marieke Vervoort, who was 40, won gold and silver medals in wheelchair racing at the 2012 London Paralympics, and two more medals three years ago in Rio de Janeiro.
Like the sub-four minute mile and walking on the moon, running a marathon in less than two hours had seemed impossible — until Saturday.
The Chugiak High grad has played in more HSBC Sevens Series tournaments than any other American woman.
Salazar was kicked out of the world championships in Qatar in a case long pursued by the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency.
The first-in-the-nation law, signed by Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom and set to take effect in 2023, could upend amateur sports in the U.S. and trigger a legal challenge.
Andreescu’s victory prevented Williams from claiming what would have been her record-tying 24th major singles championship.
Simon Biles began her preparation for the 2020 Games by drilling her boundary pushing triple-twisting, double-flip (aka the “triple-double”) at the end of her first tumbling run on floor exercise Sunday night, the exclamation point of another dazzling performance.
During their medals ceremonies at the multi-sport event in Lima, fencer Race Imboden took a knee and hammer thrower Gwen Berry raised her fist.
“I’d love to be back in the NBA, especially to get in my 10th year. But other than that, I just love to play basketball,” said the 2005 Bartlett High grad.
This triumph earned Djokovic his 16th Grand Slam trophy overall, moving him closer to the only men ahead of him in tennis history: Federer owns 20, Rafael Nadal has 18.
The United States has won the Women’s World Cup for the fourth time after beating the Netherlands 2-0 on Sunday.
Interest in the sport has spiked worldwide during this exceptionally well played tournament. But it’s not yet certain if its sustainable.
The top-ranked United States will face the winner of Wednesday’s semifinal between the Netherlands and Sweden.
Skaggs was with the team in Texas when he was found unresponsive in his hotel room. He was pronounced dead at the scene. Police said they are investigating, but no foul play is suspected.
Rest assured, British fans: Most baseball games are not like this, not even the crazy ones between the New York Yankees and Boston Red Sox.
France’s home-field advantage and the flag-waving crowd that belted out La Marseillaise didn’t faze the ever-confident U.S. team.
