JOHANNESBURG, South Africa – When Major League Baseball umpire Jim Joyce stole a perfect game from the Detroit…

JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA (WLOX) – From the moment I got out of the taxi on the streets of Johannesburg near Ellis Park stadium, I realized how special soccer fans here really are.

Johnny Boswell practices what some would consider a grueling tradition. Every summer for the past decade, Boswell has driven across the United States. Throw in a drive from his home in Mississippi to Oceanside, California and a drive from Annapolis, Maryland back to Mississippi, and Boswell puts 6,000 miles on his vehicle. The cycling enthusiast does it all in the name of the Race Across America …

Going into the World Cup I didn’t expect much from US soccer, so when the US comes that close to win only to be cheated by a ref is blasphemy. Slovenia was winning 2-0 and Landon Donovan got free to score on an incredible kick that looked like it could have killed someone. Later on there was a loose ball in the box only to be kicked right over the Slovenian goalie by Michael Bradley. The score …

June 18 (Bloomberg) — The U.S. team members arent sure what denied them a go-ahead goal in their 2-2 World Cup tie with Slovenia, and were left frustrated by referee Koman Coulibalys silence.

What’s Your Reaction? We’re too angry after that botched World Cup call to write an intro but here goes: After Hillary Clinton let slip that the government will get all litigious on Arizona’s “Leave No Mexican Behind” law, an administration official confirmed that DOJ is planning a suit.

England couldn’t have given manager Fabio Capello a better 64th birthday present today in South Africa. England fully deserves every bit of abuse heaved at them after their performance today against Algeria in Group C of the World Cup. The England squad looked lost on the pitch compared to the Algerians. The balance of possession was only 53%/47% in favor of the English, and though they had ten …

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa When Major League Baseball umpire Jim Joyce stole a perfect game from the Detroit Tigers a few weeks ago, he did the honorable thing. He fessed up. Admitted he had erred. And we forgave.

Many people in the U.S. have embraced “liberated fandom”: supporting teams from other countries. What this says about where the planet is headed. United States – Sport – World Cup – Association football – Soccer

Goalkeeper Tim Howard’s injured ribs will be the focus of the Americans as well as the Slovenians.