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IAM.BEYONCE.COMBeyonce will play the Super Bowl in February.First I’d like to say, you’re welcome NFL.Maybe my impassioned plea to have Beyonce and her husband Jay-Z perform at the wasn’t the only reason they chose one of the best live performers around.
AP Photo/Anthony Nesmith/CSM Briann January is a guard for the Indiana Fever, who are facing the Minnesota Lynx in the best-of-five WNBA Finals.When we left Indianapolis after Game 2 of the best-of-three Eastern Conference finals against the Connecticut Sun last Monday, we didn't know whether we would be back in three days or 10 days.
Courtesy of Sonia Thompson Because Ole Miss has the reputation of having one of the best college tailgating experiences in the country, and my husband is a sports writer, football season brings a lot of visitors to our house.
Antti Aimo-Koivisto/AFP/Getty ImagesIf dog years are something like seven human years, then athlete years must be something like 63 years per average human year. Two-and-a-half years away from competitive figure skating, a sport I've been training in since age 12, felt like an eternity when I took the ice for my first competition last weekend in Finland, my first since completing the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver.
Robert Deutsch/USA TODAY SportsI am writing at 2 in the morning, after returning home from what I can only describe as the first baseball game I’ve ever attended that felt like a funeral. And I was at Game 7 of the 2004 ALCS.
AP Photo/Jae C. HongI’m what outsiders might call a “townie.” I’m a proud Minnesotan, born and bred, and wouldn’t have it any other way. I grew up in Hutchinson, Minn., a town of 13,000 people about an hour and a half outside Minneapolis.
Brian Babineau/NBAE/Getty ImagesThere’s nothing better than celebrating a big win at Bobby’s Burger Palace! Just kidding … but when you’re looking for a place to eat at midnight, your options are slim. Of course, we were so thankful to have something to celebrate that any kind of food sounded good to us!
Jim Rassol/Sun SentinelHomecoming coronation or no homecoming coronation, South Plantation High School football coach Doug Gatewood was not exactly in a festive mood Thursday night.His undefeated Paladins were leading Hollywood Hills only 13-0 at halftime of a lackluster effort when his third-string quarterback, Erin DiMeglio, was pulled aside for the ceremony that crowned her the school’s homecoming queen.
We are through the looking glass, people. I’m not an A-Rod fan and I certainly never expected to be coming to his defense, but here we are. Alex Rodriguez, the future Hall of Famer and one of the greatest players of our generation, has been benched for Friday’s critical ALDS Game 5 against the Orioles.
Ryals LeeAug. 1, 2009 marked the first day of meetings for the FSU soccer team that year. I shared the experience with two current teammates, Ines Jaurena and Kelsey Wys.Sitting in the classroom, setting expectations for the coming season, seems like it was just a couple of months ago, not 3 1/2 years.
AP Photo/Michael LynchWe're up here in the middle of nowhere in Lake Placid, so we're often a bit removed from the media and news. But apparently the recent visit from a trio of U.S. Summer Olympians -- Lolo Jones (hurdles), Hyleas Fountain (heptathlon) and Tianna Madison (long jump and 100 meters) -- has come under fire for being a publicity stunt.
Penn State women's soccerHey guys, the Pennsylvania State University women's soccer team is back on the road again this week playing Friday night vs. Nebraska. After having a week to recover from our trip to Northwestern, Illinois and Ohio State, we are looking forward to playing another tough Big Ten battle.
Natasha Anasi and the Duke women's soccer team ham it up during team photo day.
Courtesy Micaela CapelleThe soccer program at the University of Portland is incredible, the campus is beautiful and the food really isn't too bad. But one of the best parts about going to this Oregon college is fall break.
Over the past month, 18 emerging leaders from throughout the world participated in the inaugural group of the U.S. Department of State/espnW Global Sports Mentoring Program. One of this year's mentees, Aparna Popat, shares her experiences from the program.