Richard Swanson, a 42-year-old embarking on what was supposed to be an inspirational, life-changing adventure, had his journey abruptly brought to its end on an Oregon highway Tuesday night in a depressing, life-ending accident made all the more grisly because it was caught on his digital tracker.
Soccer aficionados love to bludgeon American troglodytes: We don't understand the beauty of soccer, they say, and today's anointment of human sports bullhorn Gus Johnson as the voice of the World Cup won't change that. They may be wrong, but they're not giving in.
The E.U.'s joint police force announced the conclusion of a years-long investigation into soccer-match fixing on Monday, and the results are a little troubling — and the source of the scandal perhaps even more troubling still.
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FIFA's next World Cup is slated to take place in Brazil, which doesn't allow alcohol sales at sporting events, but FIFA's commissioner made clear Thursday that little things like "laws" won't stand in the way of soccer fans and their brew.
The Middle Eastern nation has designs on bridging East-West gaps in business, and, with the World Cup, in sports. But permissive Western attitudes toward liquor won't fly with locals.
Today in sports: FIFA is worried about Brazil's "nightmare" traffic jams, Urban Meyer returns to college football after a 355-day hiatus, and the NFL offers China an olive branch (and Tony Dorsett).
The government of Brazil sent 3,000 troops into Rocinha, the hillside shanty town overlooking Rio de Janeiro, in an effort to drive out crime and violence in advance of the 2014 World Cup.
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They said this day would never come
Longtime fans swoon, as dream nears reality
Oh, that's what a goal looks like!
The Americans advance to the round of sixteen, and there is much rejoicing
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There was a basketball game last night too, you know
Robbed?! Or a good call?
Celebrate something else about South African culture
We take it she likes the sport
Commentators fret over whether they can cheer
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Apparently the country has a few fans
Will he be pulled from the starting lineup?
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