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Duke, Wilmington memories rekindled with NCAA matchup

We just stayed and jammed. I’m not even sure why Mr. Carter, a social studies teacher, was in the music trailer behind the gym. But he and I and Mr. Sherman, the merry ringleader of the eclec…

In two months, if all goes well and schedule permits, I will attend my 25-year reunion at Duke. I never really wanted to go anywhere else for college. In high school, I had a list of schools that m…

As with many other Internet shoutfests, it all started with an innocuous tweet: Can’t blame Sinclair for venting there. Bedbugs are every traveler’s nightmare. The big hype about bedbug…

On Saturday, I had the honor of speaking at the NSCAA Convention, presenting what I’d put together toward my Single-Digit Soccer book, sharing ideas, and making bad jokes about my youth team …

My U12 House league team finished its season on a chilly, windy Saturday morning, completing a four-team mini-tournament with a win on penalty kicks. After the game, the parents gave me a photo boo…

No, no — not talking about parents raising voices during games. We need to be restrained and supportive. If someone shoots video of you at a game and posts it on YouTube, it needs to be one o…

About 10 days ago, I posted a rough recap of what I discussed at my NSCAA Convention presentation on Single-Digit Soccer. Now, feel free to read along with the actual slides: SingleDigitSoccer_Dure…

One common theme in the NSCAA Convention sessions I attended today: Regret. Regret over yelling at kids. Regret over being too cautious and nervous to fully appreciate the opportunities of youth so…

U.S. women’s soccer coach Jill Ellis talked with Grant Wahl, at last giving someone a chance to ask questions that have been kicking around in the Twittersphere for a while. On Twitter, they …

USWNT vs. Mexico friendly offers Tom Sermanni to look at USAs new crop of stars USWNT vs. Mexico friendly offers new stars to showcase talent

When we say the first NWSL season was uneventful, that's mostly a good thing. Underneath the radar, the league had some success stories -- good games, breakthrough players and some good crowds, particularly in soccer-mad Portland.

You may not have noticed this, but I’m old. I’m not yet in the AARP, but by the standards of modern journalism, I’m a fossil. (How ironic in an age of long life expectancy that ou…

The United States is, as Schoolhouse Rock reminded us, a great melting pot. It’s not always pretty. As Dave Chappelle said on Dr. Katz: “I saw two Irish guys beating an Italian guy &#82…

The numbers are in on the World Cup, and it appears 40 billion Americans are watching on ESPN, another 40 billion are watching on Univision, and another 120 billion are watching online.

Beau Dure: An omnipotent corporation pacifies the masses with a violent sport while suppressing all individuality. Is today’s UFC a case of life imitating art?

The UFC couldn’t have picked a better night to unveil its new look. Let’s face it — the UFC of a few years ago was big but a little predictable. Georges St. Pierre would take peop…

The news that a district court judge has allowed a lawsuit to proceed against MLS and U.S. Soccer is worrisome for the league and federation. The details of the ruling (see the PDF) are downright d…

Update: I’ve added a column for “actual” now that the Games are done, and I’ve posted a recap of what we learned. To recap for newcomers: I went event-by-event through resul…

The U.S. Olympic Committee may soon select a bid city for the 2024 Olympics, picking from a pool that includes Boston, Los Angeles, San Francisco and Washington, D.C. The correct answer is … …

From the botched format to the economic and environmental concerns surrounding the Rio course, Olympic golf is on course to be a major letdown

Ronda Rousey’s claim to dominance is certainly strong, and Katie Ledecky is up there – but if Serena Williams wins the US Open, we have our answer

The US tanked at the Winter Olympics in Sochi, winning just one medal, after several years of off-ice chaos. Has a change of management made a difference?

Unless world champion Lindsey Van and her fellow plaintiffs win an appeal of a court case to be heard in November, women's ski jumping won't be on the Olympic program.

“The blues ain’t about feelin’ better. The blues are about making other people feel worse.” — Bleeding Gums Murphy Journalists and blues musicians have a lot in common…

In covering Iceland’s handball team today, I got this quote: What we thought before this game is just to do what our forefathers did. They at most endured, like, two or three days at home in …

The amateurs from Baltimore put a good scare into D.C. United on Tuesday night, taking an early 1-0 lead and remaining tied through the 80th minute, but were unable to match Dallas Roma FC (2006) and…

In his fourth Olympics, U.S. biathlon veteran Jay Hakkinen was determined not to let his team go out meekly from a disappointing Games.

When Todd Lodwick was a minute away from finishing the last race of his fifth Olympics on Thursday, his mind was on what was happening ahead, down the hill and around two turns at Whistler Olympic Park.