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Hope Solo’s future in soccer is looking more uncertain than ever. Solo’s team, the Seattle Reign FC of the National Women’s Soccer League, announced that the goalie had been “granted a personal leave” before the team faced off against the Portland Thorns on Saturday night. “Hope Solo has been granted personal leave and will be […]
Indianapolis 500 pole-sitter Scott Dixon was knocked out of the annual race Sunday after a destructive and terrifying crash. Dixon’s car flew over the car of Jay Howard, another driver, and hit the retaining wall and shredding to pieces. The tub of the car stayed in place and Dixon was able to climb out of […]
Elon Musk may have caught a ton of headlines Tuesday with SpaceX’s launch of the Falcon Heavy rocket, but aboard the International Space Station (ISS), another first was also taking place: Space’s first badminton game. American astronauts teamed up with Russian cosmonauts and a Japanese astronaut to make the game happen. Playing in zero gravity […]
IDEAS Van Gundy is head coach of the NBA’s Detroit Pistons. I do not claim to be an expert on race in America. But in addition to working to be an informed citizen and learning about the issues that derive from race, I have been coaching for about 20 years in the NBA, a league […]
IDEAS Gregory is a TIME senior writer. The Wimbledon champion on defeating the Williams sisters, her chances at the upcoming U.S. Open and people staring at her in the street You’re 23 and have won two Grand Slam titles in two seasons. Serena Williams is taking a break for her pregnancy and nearing the end […]
Around 350 victims have reported child sexual abuse within United Kingdom soccer clubs, following a former player’s allegation that he was sexually assaulted as a young boy by a coach in the 1980s. Here’s everything you need to know about the ongoing scandal: How did it start? On Nov. 17, The Guardian published a front […]
President Donald Trump once again took aim at former San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick. Speaking at a rally in Louisville, Ky., on Monday night, Trump appeared to take credit for Kaepernick’s failure to get signed from free agency since he opted out of his contract with the 49ers on March 3. The Brief Newsletter […]
President Donald Trump said Nike‘s decision to feature Colin Kaepernick as the face of its new “Just Do It” ad campaign sends a “terrible message.” “I think it’s a terrible message,” Trump told conservative news site The Daily Caller. “Nike is a tenant of mine. They pay a lot of rent.” Trump was referring to […]
President Donald Trump sent mixed messages about the kneeling movement sweeping the sports world — appearing to support some of the unprecedented solidarity among NFL players Sunday after he encouraged football fans to boycott games if players took part in the silent protest during the national anthem. Following early-morning tweets where he criticized the NFL’s […]
The New York Giants may have lost on Sunday, but Odell Beckham Jr. still got to experience a moment of triumph when he spotted a similar looking fan in the crowd. While OBJ was on the sidelines of the Giants’ game against the Carolina Panthers at Bank of America Stadium, one of his teammate’s pointed […]