by Andrew Coppens | May 21, 2015
Bitter pill to swallow, unaccustomed to politicking or simply another victim of corruption? Either way, former Real Madrid and Portuguese star Luis Figo announced he was stepping down from his run to become FIFA president. It means a clear path for incumbent president...
by Andrew Coppens | May 8, 2015
Oh FIFA, the gift that keeps on making us shake our heads in shame and disbelief. Let’s just say the 2015 FIFA Women’s World Cup in Canada hasn’t exactly gone off without a hitch. There were threats of a boycott after FIFA decided that they would...
by Andrew Coppens | Apr 14, 2015
Shock, horror…how could Jill Ellis do that to….oh wait, this isn’t last summer and Jill Ellis isn’t Jurgen Klinsmann. On Tuesday afternoon Ellis unveiled the 23-woman roster for the 2015 Women’s World Cup, and unlike her male counterpart,...
by Andrew Coppens | Apr 6, 2015
Bo Ryan may be the second-most polarizing head coach in college basketball after Kentucky’s John Calipari. He didn’t make many more friends with some in the national media or sporting public after Monday night’s loss to Duke in the national title...
by Andrew Coppens | Mar 31, 2015
A very familiar theme is developing for this version of the United States men’s national team — score first, hunker down…make a mental mistake and give up a road lead in Europe. It happened against Denmark last week to cost the USMNT a chance at victory...
