Takumi Jeannin remembers a time, not so long ago, when being an agent for women’s soccer players was a little like being a telemarketer. No one would take his calls and no one wanted to pay for what he was selling. “It was crazy. We had to almost harass some clubs,” said Jeannin, an agent…
Ohtani, though, is beating the Americans on their own terms. “He can hit a home run 500 feet and throw a ball 100 miles per hour, and he’s bigger and stronger than most Americans,” said Robert Whiting, who has written several books on baseball in Japan, including “You Gotta Have Wa.” Ohtani’s Ruthian contract might…
COLUMBUS, Ohio — LAFC’s 2023 season ended in rain, cold and disappointment at 6:07 p.m. Eastern time Saturday evening, which means its preparations for 2024 started at about the same time the Columbus Crew’s victory celebration did. Saturday’s 2-1 loss to the Crew in the MLS Cup final, which made first-year Columbus coach Wilfried Nancy the…
COLUMBUS, Ohio — LAFC entered Saturday’s MLS Cup final 90 minutes from history. It finished the game looking ahead to next year after losing 2-1 to the Columbus Crew on a chilly, rainy night in central Ohio. “The season was a success for us, regardless of the result tonight. I don’t think any other teams has…
COLUMBUS, Ohio. — MLS commissioner Don Garber gave his annual state of the league address Friday. And the state of the league is so good, Garber said, that he expects no major initiatives will be adopted for the coming season. No news is big news for a league whose only constant has been change through its…
COLUMBUS, Ohio — There are a number of ways to describe LAFC coach Steve Cherundolo. He’s the only person to win the MLS Cup and Supporters’ Shield in his first season as a manager. With his team’s appearance in Saturday’s MLS championship game against the Columbus Crew, he’ll become one of only three coaches to take…
Patience might be a virtue, but it’s not always a popular sentiment in a win-now, tweet-fast world. When the burden and high expectations that go with being chosen second overall in the 2020 NHL draft weren’t sitting comfortably on the broad shoulders of 6-foot-5, 225-pound Quinton Byfield, he was condemned by some fans as a…
There was no champagne courtside. So, as Matteo Berrettini embraced Jannik Sinner after Sinner’s victory over Alex de Minaur last month to clinch Italy’s first Davis Cup title in 47 years, their teammate, Matteo Arnaldi, did the next best thing: He shook a water bottle and poured it over Sinner and Berrettini. Sinner, 22, ended…
COLUMBUS, Ohio — The U.S. was drawn into a group with Uruguay, Panama and Bolivia for next summer’s Copa América while Mexico will play Jamaica, Venezuela and Ecuador. The 16-team tournament, featuring 10 teams from South America and six from CONCACAF, will kick off June 20 in Atlanta with reigning World Cup champion Argentina facing the…
Didn’t Kelce get like 500k+ followers on socials? Didn’t his jersey sales skyrocket? This is probably a once ina lifetime opportunity for the NFL to cash in on making more money from doing nothing different and acquiring a large subset of fans they otherwise wouldn’t have… — Schiller (@Schillerverse) October 2, 2023
