Thierry Henry's career has been a remarkable one. He's won titles in France, England and Spain, as well as the World Cup. But with two touches, he turned a world of admirers into enemies.
Soccer is struggling to shake off the curse of flopping -- when a player dives through the air to win his team a penalty. Here's a list of the top soccer floppers.
Soccernomics explains how the lessons of Moneyball (sports teams are not completely rational) applies to the world's favorite sport.
Is she a perpetrator of shameful behavior? Absolutely. But she is also a victim of a media that thrives -- dare I say, survives -- on such lurid episodes.
Slovakia is a good team by which to judge the US. Despite the harsh scoreline, the US looked the better side against a European team that won their qualifying group.
Slovakia is also exactly the type of team that the US will likely have to beat to advance out of the group stages of the World Cup, so this should be a very good yardstick for which to judge the prospects of the USMNT.
It is the more significant developments happening off the field that are providing the foundation underlying the growth of the game and making 2009 the year we can finally say soccer is here to stay in America.
Brought to a point, sports represent one of the ligaments that binds our society together.
She showed us that women can be just as nasty, vicious, and "in your face" as any guy. And isn't that an important step forward in the evolution of women in our society?
The film gets its name from the movie's protagonist, a motherless little boy who escapes both his self-absorbed and overbearing father by playing a computer soccer game featuring Zidane.
I guess if I had to sum up all that God has taught me in three points, it would be 1. Keep it real, and 2. People are jerks, so always fake them out.
A noble effort to overcome dependence of conflicting visions of a common history should not be done at the expense of ignoring the reality of the present and promise of the future.
I've got nothing against sports films that exult in good sportsmanship and the triumph of the underdog. But I'm more inclined towards films like The Damned United that scrape past the noble veneer of sports.
It is a significant challenge to open a blockade for 16 boxes of gently worn sports shoes -- would you like to help?
In a nation where sports and politics cooperate to form a sense of national identity, the Argentine Football Association selected Maradona, who has been out of the game for a decade, over a group of more qualified candidates.
The Rebuilding Alliance, the organization I founded to rebuild war-torn communities, just sent a shipment of sports shoes donated by hundreds of people for Gaza. Will our shipment make it through the blockade? Will it make a difference?
R.E.M. will be releasing Live At The Olympia, a 39-song, two CD set containing "working rehearsals" from 2007. I was lent a track that captures the band's energy and insightful views.
At Y-3, the bags, clutches and purses were divine. The shorts were great, and so were the tux-inspired overcoats.
DirectTV has a program called the "Red Zone Channel" that allows subscribers to feast on only the most exciting, inside-the-20-yard-line bits from all games going on around the league.
Have you seen a 7-foot tall bronze statue of former basketball wacko Dennis Rodman?
Any sport that can do no better than charges of "ungentlemanly behavior" can never claim to be a sport of the people.
