The Los Angeles Clippers and NBA commissioner Adam Silver announced Tuesday that they will host the 2026 NBA All-Star game in their new home: The Intuit Dome in Inglewood.
Pelé was simply “The King.” He embraced “the beautiful game” of soccer in his 1958 World Cup debut for Brazil and never really let go.
Kobe Bryant went to China for the first time in 1998, making the trip to Beijing to help operate an instructional basketball clinic for about a dozen kids. The local coaches working with him didn’t know a lot about the game. Barely anyone noticed that an NBA player was in town.
The last time Thailand and the US women met up, it was a 9-0 thrashing in favor of the United States. It was not much different on this occasion. The score was 3-0 by halftime with the ball staying in Thailand’s final third nearly the entire time.
When Kylian Mbappe netted France’s final goal in a 4-2 win over Croatia last July, the rising star became only the second teenager to score in a World Cup final — emulating soccer great Pele.
Notes, quotes and things picked up on the run from coast-to-coast and all the stops in between and beyond!
The French have managed to integrate their marginalized communities into society in a way that almost mirrors the American strategy.
The Black and Gold were back in action at home on Sunday, July 15th against the Portland Timbers.
Russian President Vladimir Putin came late to the Helsinki Summit with Donald Trump on Monday and spoke first at the news conference afterward. He handed Trump a soccer ball from the World Cup, but he clearly walked away with the trophy for the World Cup of politics, largely because Trump, in a bizarre and unprecedented performance, kept scoring own goals on Putin’s behalf.
Notes, quotes and things picked up on the run from coast-to-coast and all the stops in between and beyond!
On Saturday June 23rd, after a brief international break for the start of the World Cup, LAFC were back in action against a strong Columbus Crew FC. It was also the return of Gyasi Zardes to LA, a native of Hawthorne who was traded to the Columbus Crew from the LA Galaxy last year.
On Saturday, June 9, 2018 the Los Angeles Football Club travelled north to Silicon Valley to face the San Jose Earthquakes
They were also without the defensive prowess of Laurent Ciman, who has since been placed on the Belgium National Teams stand-by list should one of the Belgians on the final 23 roster pick up an injury. It would be a test proven too difficult on this occasion, as they fell to FC Dallas 2-1.
People throughout the African diaspora have shown off their skills and inspired others with their talents on the field.
Japan’s fate was written after U.S. women’s national team (USWNT) midfielder Carli Lloyd scored a hat trick — punishing Japan’s defense ruthlessly