Author: Michael

The former USSF executive addresses the 2022 World Cup, the USMNT’s coaching search and more, before joining PSV Eindhoven as director of football.
The destination was pretty much expected, perhaps even predictable, despite the plot twists, close calls and a high-profile pelvic contusion suffered along the way. The 16th-ranked U.S. men’s national team was eliminated in the Qatar World Cup’s round of 16. 
The precocious Americans had the talent to finish above Wales and Iran in a tight group topped by England, and they did. But the U.S.

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Aston Martin driver Lance Stroll will miss pre-season testing after suffering a training injury
Formula 1 returns to the track this week, with pre-season testing slated to kick off on Thursday at Bahrain International Circuit. All ten teams will put their new cars through the paces over three days, in a final attempt to get everything right before the season kicks off the following week with the Bahrain Grand Prix.
Aston Martin, however, will enter pre-season testing without one of their two top drivers.

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Ricky Stenhouse Jr. won his first Daytona 500, and that’s cool. It was also the longest Daytona 500 in NASCAR history, and that’s a neat stat, too.
But, boy … did it ever feel like the longest 500 ever. And, man … couldn’t it have been just a little longer seeing as it’s the most-hyped, most-watched, most-attended race of your season?
Seems like a swing and miss to have that bad boy end under caution.
More of my bitching in a bit, but I don’t want to be all negative today.

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Plus: A few teams to watch in the season’s second half.
Face it: The NBA All-Star Game will never be what it used to be. No one who has received the honor of traveling across the country to take part in a weekend-long series of basketball-related activities while their teammates and peers are taking ATV tours in Costa Rica is interested in playing defense.

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