Tag: Megan Rapinoe
LANE ONE: The U.S. Women’s National Team’s equal-pay suit lost in court, but the...
The highly-publicized lawsuit brought by the U.S. Women’s National Team was gutted by the opinion of U.S. District Judge Gary Klausner on 1 May,...
HEARD AT HALFTIME: Track not dead; UK Sports asks for more money; UK Athletics...
News, views and noise from the non-stop, worldwide circus of Olympic sport:
● Vox Populi ● On the responses to our 24 April story about...
HEARD AT HALFTIME: Comments on Guy Drut and reinventing the Games; pole vaulting for...
News, views and noise from the non-stop, worldwide circus of Olympic sport:
● Vox Populi ● We received a lot of comments following our 29...
HEARD AT HALFTIME: Tokyo 2020’s Mori reports apology from Board member suggesting delay; new...
News, views and noise from the non-stop, worldwide circus of Olympic sport:
● Games of the XXXII Olympiad: Tokyo 2020 ● The head of the...
LANE ONE: Edwin Moses is right when he says protests can’t be stopped, but...
While the Tokyo organizers fret about the potential impact of the expanding coronavirus threat to this summer’s Olympic Games in Japan, discussions about the...
HIGHLIGHTS: Where no man has gone before! Duplantis clears world-record 20-2 3/4 in Torun!
Headline results of noteworthy competitions around the world:
● ATHLETICS ● Saturday was one of those dream days in track & field, where athletes around...
GLOBETROTTING by Phil Hersh: With gold haul from world meets, Biles and Dressel get...
Courage was the key word on the international sports scene in 2019.
Competitive courage, like the grit alpine skier Lindsey Vonn showed in making her...
TSX REPORT: Was holding the IAAF Worlds in Doha a good idea? The competition...
= TSX REPORT ~ 7 October 2019 =
| 1. | LANE ONE: Was the IAAF World Championships a success or failure in Doha?
The IAAF World Championships in Doha,...
FOOTBALL: U.S. women end Jill Ellis Era with a 1-1 tie vs. Korea in...
The U.S. women’s National Team finished its Victory Tour in front of 33,027 at Soldier Field in Chicago with a 1-1 tie against South...
TSX REPORT: IOC chief Bach worried about Salazar case + upsets galore at track...
= TSX REPORT ~ 4 October 2019 =
| 1. | LANE ONE: IOC’s Bach says Salazar case “raises serious concerns”; no vote on 2032 Games...
FOOTBALL: Allie Long and Mallory Pugh score as U.S. women ease past Korea, 2-0,...
After a month off, the U.S. women’s Victory Tour continued in muggy Charlotte, North Carolina with the first of two games vs. South Korea....
TSX DAILY: WADA confirms Russian doping inquiry on data “discrepancies”; Nye and Rogers in...
≡ TSX DAILY ~ 24 September 2019 ≡
| 1. | LEADING OFF: Russian doping data “discrepancies are not random” per AIU
The World Anti-Doping Agency confirmed...
THE BIG PICTURE: Future of U.S. Women’s National Team clouds with Ellis leaving and...
After developments on Monday and Tuesday, the U.S. women’s World Cup victory in France just 23 days ago already seems far behind in the...
FOOTBALL: Dutch are game, but U.S. too strong and wins fourth World Cup, 2-0,...
Europe dominated the 2019 FIFA Women’s World Cup, but the best team was the no. 1-ranked United States, which overcame a tight Dutch defense...
FOOTBALL: U.S. defense frustrates France and two Rapinoe goals move U.S. to semis, 2-1
The cliche is “defense wins championships” and it was the much-maligned American defense which held up and allowed the U.S. to defeat France, 2-1,...
FOOTBALL: U.S. starts slow, then hammers New Zealand, 5-0, in World Cup tune-up in...
The U.S. Women’s National Team is ranked no. 1 in the world, but hasn’t always looked it, especially against opponents who pack in their...
FOOTBALL Preview: Women’s Send-Off Series continues vs. New Zealand in St. Louis
The U.S. women won the 2015 World Cup in Canada, warming up with a 4-0 win over New Zealand at Busch Stadium in St....
FOOTBALL: U.S. hardly sharp, but dominates South Africa, 3-0, in Santa Clara
The United States women’s national squad didn’t have to play much defense against South Africa, but found the going tougher on offense and settled...
FOOTBALL: U.S. women get untracked with wild 5-3 win over Australia in Colorado
The U.S. women’s National Team entered a crucial test against Australia on Thursday with lots of questions.
Could they score? Could they defend? Could they...
LANE ONE: Fascinating parallel games being played by U.S. Soccer and its Women’s National...
The 28 members of the U.S. Women’s National Team in soccer filed a complaint for damages in U.S. Federal Court against the U.S. Soccer...
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