The World Awaits By John Conroy When Brazil and Croatia kick off the 2014 World Cup on June 12, the loudest sound inside Arena de São Paolo may not be the delighted screams of the fans but the relieved sighs of FIFA and Brazilian officials. Given the fraught nature of the preparation for the 20th […]
Continue ReadingCrowd Pleasers By John Conroy Tim Mayer and his crew will take about 20 days to transform the streets around Miami’s AmericanAirlines Arena next year into a track for the seventh race of the Formula E series, the first circuit ever to feature all-electric cars. Mayer, director of the Indianapolis-based Andretti Sports Marketing, called the […]
Continue ReadingRecords in Reach By Greg Echlin In today’s world of collegiate sports, where powerhouse universities often make it to the championships, the beauty of the NCAA men’s and women’s Division I basketball tournaments—where dozens of teams large and small all have an equal shot—is that the dream of a Cinderella team lives on. Who would […]
Continue ReadingMore of the Outdoors By John Vivirito The National Hockey League plans to enjoy the great outdoors much more this season. Fueled by the success of its recent outdoor Winter Classic events, the NHL will offer fans six regular-season games alfresco in 2014, establishing a new single-season record over the previous mark of two. The […]
Continue ReadingStaying Power By Greg Echlin Twelve new head coaches, a new team nickname and a new commissioner—such a shakeup could signal rough waters for the National Basketball Association. But the upcoming 2013–2014 season will likely be seen as more of a transition period as the league has stabilized itself on the labor front and in […]
Continue ReadingHome of Their Own By John Conroy The faithful arrived by the thousands that Sunday morning. Greeting them were some 6,000 shovels, their blue blades thrust in the waiting earth. Over the course of two minutes in the early hours of October 21, 2012, San Jose Earthquakes fans, team executives and local government officials used […]
Continue ReadingWORLD POWER By John Conroy The buzz of vuvuzelas and the beat of the hit “Ya’alili” blasting from the speakers at Roger Dean Stadium in Jupiter, Florida, last September were audible proof that the World Baseball Classic may be rounding third base in terms of worldwide popularity. Fans of South Africa were blowing the […]
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