Cheap real estate and widespread Wi-Fi haven't been enough to overcome the lure of the urban lifestyle. In fact, the number of millennials is growing fastest in some of the most expensive places.

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Are we doomed to believe things that are demonstrably false? Brendan Nyhan (Dukie!) has devoted much of his career to fighting falsehoods, and he is depressed by a three-year study he conducted to …

I thought about writing an “open letter” to mass shooter Elliot Rodger in response to his manifesto of suffering women’s rejection. Perhaps even borrowing the “It gets bette…

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The USWNT is again in a labor dispute that could delay their players’ appearances at NWSL pre-season camps – but a lack of urgency isn’t helping matters

With the Pyeongchang Games just one year away, the US team will depend on older athletes more than ever before in their quest for a record medal haul

The US soccer federation’s annual meeting is this weekend in Hawaii, where a number of decisions impacting the tone of the future could be made

World Cup holders suffer worst defeat in nearly a decade in 3-0 loss to France at Washington’s RFK Stadium

There are still many unanswered questions about the new agreement between team and federation, but the deal is done, and much of the anger is gone

Beau Dure: Things are looking up for the National Women’s Soccer League, which opens its fifth season with a new TV deal and is no longer merely fighting for survival

Players such as Carli Lloyd and Alex Morgan have chosen to pursue spells in Europe. But it’s not just money that proves an attraction

The outspoken USA goalkeeper, who turns 36 this summer, is inching back into the spotlight after a six-month suspension and shoulder replacement surgery

In the 1970s, the Cosmos created a team of stars, including Franz Beckenbauer and Carlos Alberto – and an equivalent team today would set you back plenty

Beau Dure: The labor dispute between US Soccer and the women’s national team got a rare prime-time audience on Sunday, whether equal pay is realistic remains unclear

Disputes over pay mean that the NWSL is struggling to keep hold of top international talent

The single final is insufficient, and the two-leg final doesn’t reward the higher-seeded team for their regular-season performance. So why not combine the two?

Lloyd says she doesn’t want “drama,” unlike many of her team-mates. “Unfortunately, in a dozen years on the US women’s national team, I’ve been around enough drama queens to fill a royal palace,” she writes. Yet “drama” is the bulk of this book. And it’s actually much of her career. Prodded by trainer James Galanis, she always has a chip on her shoulder, and she readily admits she plays better with an underdog mentality. She always has to have someone to prove wrong, whether it’s a media critic, an opposing coach (based on whispers of disrespect), or any random person who doubted her.

Sick of players parking the bus and playing for a draw? Then maybe it’s time to start making sure they feel the wrath of the referee for sitting back

Hope Solo sounded a petulant note after the team crashed out of the Olympics but the warning signs were there in the USWNT’s performances at Rio 2016

The American is the only person to have won an individual swimming gold past the age of 31. Persistence, money and freakish talent have helped

It wasn’t much of a surprise but Simone Biles was in awesome form as she won gold for the US with her compatriot Aly Raisman in second

USA won a second straight Olympic gold thanks to a brilliant all-round performance while Britain finished in fourth place

The professional women’s soccer league has received a barrage of harsh comments from US national team players. How best to resolve the dispute?

The Americans are favorites in most team sports, and the gymnasts are as strong as ever. But staying ahead of the rest of the world remains a challenge

There’s no US pro league in men’s volleyball. But these guys aren’t sitting around in California beach houses – they’ve been hardened by tough competition in Europe and Asia

Beau Dure: The fighter’s sudden death and the Ariel Helwani uproar have showcased the complex and compelling nature of a sport that is becoming difficult to ignore

US race walker Erin Taylor-Talcott pushed for the right to compete alongside men in the 50km walk – and now she hopes more women will follow her lead

The crowd was smaller, and there was no bald eagle swooping down to the field this time, but 15 years after its professional debut, the US women’s league is going to places it’s never been before

The collective agreements in place are confusing and complex – but the players are taking a shrewd gamble that may force US Soccer to show all of its cards