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They had been together so little time, barely a season of true international competition when you factor in the year disrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic, and yet Alexa Knierim and Brandon Frazier had still accomplished so much. So, at the end of a whirlwind 2022 season, when they missed the national championships after Frazier contracted […]
Sep 24, 2022; Charlotte, North Carolina, USA; Team USA golfer Xander Schauffele celebrates after making his putt on the 15th green during the four-ball match play of the Presidents Cup golf tournament at Quail Hollow Club. Mandatory Credit: Jim Dedmon-USA TODAY Sports Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.comRegister CHARLOTTE, N.C., Sept 25 (Reuters) […]
Kanoa Igarashi slammed his hand against his surfboard in exultation before throwing it back in the ocean. The Huntington Beach native delivered another winning performance Saturday afternoon on the south side of the Huntington Beach Pier. This one, though, had implications for more people than just himself. Igarashi, the two-time U.S. Open of Surfing winner, […]
Fifty years ago this week, two African American athletes, Vincent Matthews and Wayne Collett, won gold and silver respectively in the 400m at the Munich Olympics. At the medal ceremony they threw themselves into the maw of history. During the US national anthem, the athletes shared the top tier of the podium – which would […]
The USA has had nine different goal scorers while Canada has eight players who have tallied. This is the first meeting since the semifinal of the delayed 2020 Olympics, a match won 1-0 by Canada on a late penalty kick award by VAR. It was one of just two shots on goal for Canada in […]
U.S. Under-20 Men’s Youth National Team 2022 Concacaf U-20 Championship Final USA vs. Dominican Republic Estadio Olímpico Metropolitano; San Pedro Sula, Honduras July 3, 2022 8 p.m. ET (FS1, TUDN) AFTER EARNING OLYMPIC BERTH, USA FACES . . .
Placeholder while article actions load An Olympic men’s soccer berth does not come close to carrying the importance of qualifying for the World Cup, but the U.S. program’s inability to secure passage to the Summer Games had become a source of quadrennial embarrassment. On Friday, the Americans ended their drought in resounding fashion, scoring . […]
Olympic champion Sydney McLaughlin has now set world records in three of four of her past 400m hurdles finals. Running a blazing world record of 51.41 seconds in the women’s 400m hurdles at the USA Track and Field Outdoor Championships on Saturday, McLaughlin effortlessly broke her own record of 51.46 from the Tokyo Olympics, where she […]
Story Links PITTSBURGH – Today, University of Pittsburgh alum and famed track & field and football athlete Roger Kingdom will be inducted into the U.S. Olympic & Paralympic Hall of Fame, Class of 2022, as announced by the U.S. Olympic & Paralympic Committee. The class of 2022 is comprised of eight individuals, […]
CHICAGO (June 6, 2022) – Two-time Olympic gold medalist and two-time FIFA Women’s World Cup Champion Mia Hamm will be inducted into the U.S. Olympic & Paralympic Hall of Fame. The United States Olympic & Paralympic Committee announced the Class of 2022 today, who will be honored and inducted in a ceremony held Friday, June […]