Lotta goals in the desert – World Cup Daily Diary: The Final
Leo MessiPhoto: Getty Images How do you chuck the trophy away twice and still walk away with it? Some would suggest there was a higher…
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Exploring how a 1-0 advantage in soccer compares to leads in other sports
GOOOOOOALImage: Getty Images The World Cup comes to a conclusion this weekend with the third-place game wrapping up earlier today — Croatia defeated tournament Cinderella…
Leo’s legacy is on the line
A World Cup title is the only thing missing from Messi’s resumeImage: Getty Images After Argentina easily dispatched Croatia in the World Cup semifinals, the…
Thank the lord FIFA is going back into its hole Sunday
Gianni InfantinoImage: Getty Images The people who scream that sports should be an escape are usually the ones most in need of a reminder about…
Iranian soccer player facing possible execution after demonstrating for women’s rights
In surreal sporting news, Iranian soccer player Amir Nasr-Azadani is apparently facing possible execution for taking part in a protest for basic women’s rights in…
The NWSL wants transparency, as long as no one’s looking at that moment
Image: Getty Images You would think that there wouldn’t be much of anywhere to hide for the NWSL after not only the Yates Report came…
World Cup 2022 Diary: Day 25 – Morocco’s historic run comes to an end
Image: Getty Images France 2 – 0 Morocco What if you just Morocco’d Morocco? That’s the question Didier Deschamps and France asked themselves before and…
Maybe Neymar is just unlucky
NeymarPhoto: Getty Images While this World Cup has had its share of great stories, the overarching one that started well before the tournament was Lionel…
Remembering Grant Wahl
Image: Getty Images It would be folly and insulting to not write something about Grant Wahl. With the story breaking, and all that surrounded it…
World Cup 2022 Diary: Day 21 – It’s no Kane do for England again and Ronaldo walk off a loser… again
Harry Kane missed penalty, Olivier Giroud didn’t. France moves on. Image: Getty Images First things first: As the sport of soccer mourns, take a moment…