Category: Sports
Liverpool soccer celebration is marred by car crash
Seven charges have been filed against Paul Doyle, a 53-year-old British man who allegedly drove a Ford Galaxy into a street crammed with pedestrians celebrating Liverpool soccer club’s Premier League championship with a parade Monday. At a news conference Thursday, the Merseyside Police said Doyle had been charged with seven offenses, including dangerous driving, causing…
Trump threatens to strip funds to California over trans youth athletes
President Trump on Tuesday threatened to cut federal funding to California if the state continues allowing transgender athletes to compete in women’s sports. Trump blasted Gov. Gavin Newsom in an early morning post on Truth Social, saying the state under his leadership “continues to ILLEGALLY allow MEN TO PLAY IN WOMEN’S SPORTS.” “I will speak…
French Open: Coco Gauff wins opener despite forgetting her rackets | Coco Gauff
Coco Gauff brought her usual weapons to her first round victory at the French Open on Monday – her withering groundstrokes, blazing speed and booming serve. The only thing that was missing was perhaps the most important though: her rackets. The No 2 seed grinned sheepishly when she realised her error just after she stepped…
Olympic champion Mary Lou Retton arrested for DUI in West Virginia | Gymnastics
Olympic gymnastics champion Mary Lou Retton was arrested for DUI earlier this month, according to records on the West Virginia Judiciary website. The 57-year-old was charged with “driving under influence of alcohol, controlled substances, or drugs” on 17 May after police responded to reports of someone driving a Porsche erratically. According to the records, Retton…
Prep talk: Four players to watch in Division 1 baseball semifinals
There’s no holding back for Tuesday’s Southern Section Division 1 baseball semifinals. The quarterfinals were full of drama and close games. Now comes the real fun: ace vs. ace, top team vs. top team. It will be St. John Bosco hosting Corona on its new field and Santa Margarita hosting Crespi. Here’s four players who…
Bruce Arena wary of his L.A. return against a Galaxy team
The last time Bruce Arena and Dave Sarachan stood together on the sidelines at Dignity Health Sports Park, the Galaxy were beating the Colorado Rapids in the MLS Western Conference semifinals. That was 2016 and the win was the pair’s 18th playoff victory in eight seasons with the Galaxy. It was also the last game…
Why Angels might have their best TV broadcast team in 50 years
The adjective hit me like a line drive. Wayne Randazzo, the television voice of the Angels, was detailing just how poorly the team’s relievers had performed. He recited the Angels’ earned-run average in the late innings, inning by inning. Over 5.00. Over 6.00. In the ninth inning, at that time, over 7.00. “The numbers,” Randazzo…
Why are big-name U.S. players passing on World Cup tuneup?
“To represent my country in a soccer game, there’s just nothing better than that.” —Christian Pulisic, 2020 Never mind. —Christian Pulisic, last week With the World Cup, one the U.S. will play at home, just 380 days away, Captain America has decided to take a pass on the national team’s last major competition ahead of…
Pulisic’s surge to Balogun’s plunge: how USMNT stars fared in Europe this season | USA
There is, understandably, a lot of angst going around the US men’s national team fanbase. Recent performances have not been up to standard, and disappointing results are creating a distinctly doom-y feeling just over a year out from the start of a home World Cup. What might be lost in all of this is what…
How the word ‘womyn’ dragged the National Spelling Bee into the US culture wars | National Spelling Bee
We’re living through turbulent times, to say the least. Authoritarianism and fascism threaten the United States. The conspiracy thinking, paranoia and manufactured outrage so characteristic of QAnon and the big lie about the 2020 election have colonized our political discourse like a fungus. Even the National Spelling Bee, a cultural institution which will be celebrating…