Pregame: Klinsmann continues to chop and change his lineup as he has done throughout the tournament. Brooks and Evans take places on the back line in the center and right, respectively. Brooks was suspended for the quarterfinal win over Cuba but he returns to the starting 11 at Omar Gonzalez’s expense. Evans replaces Timmy Chandler, who suffered a minor knee injury in the first half against Cuba. Evans has been a stabilizing force when has played in the Gold Cup. Klinsmann goes with the same front six that tore Cuba to shreds. Johannsson will lead the forward line, bringing mobility and clinical finishing to the U.S. attack. Dempse...
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Riley Curry Celebrates Third Birthday In Style With Dance (Video)
Riley Curry is back, and this time she’s showing off her dance moves. Curry, daughter of Golden State Warriors point guard Stephen Curry, turned 3 years old on Sunday, and she celebrated the occasion with some dancing. Her mother, Ayesha, caught the moment on video and posted it to Instagram. The birthday girl certainly rocked the Whip/Nae Nae dance, but she’s got some competition from another Bay Area athlete’s child: San Francisco 49ers wide receiver Torrey Smith’s son, TJ. Riley stole America’s heart after taking over her father’s press conference after a Game 1 of the Western Conference finals. She returned after the...
Caitlyn Jenner Honored With Arthur Ashe Courage Award At ESPYs (Video)
by Zack Cox on Wed, Jul 15, 2015 at 11:26PM 1,101 Moments after Devon Still delivered a tremendously powerful speech at the 2015 ESPY Awards on Wednesday, Caitlyn Jenner followed with one of her own. Jenner, making her first public appearance since coming out as a transgender woman earlier this year, was awarded the Arthur Ashe Courage Award. U.S. women’s national soccer team captain Abby Wambach presented the award. In her acceptance speech, Jenner, who won the gold medal in the decathalon a...
Johnny Oduya Among Best Unsigned 2015 NHL Free Agents (Photos)
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Danica Patrick Was Really Mad At Dale Earnhardt Jr. For Hitting Her Saturday
Didn’t your mother ever tell you to never mess with an angry woman driving 200+ miles per hour, Dale? Danica Patrick wasn’t pleased with Dale Earnhardt Jr. on Saturday when the latter bumped into the back of Patrick’s car on Lap 206 at the Quaker State 400 at Kentucky Speedway. Patrick responded by bumping Dale Jr. on their way into pit row, which led to Earnhardt cutting Patrick off. “F — 88,” Patrick said, angrily, to her team. “Did he f — ing hit me? Go f — yourself. Really?” For his part in the altercation, Dale Jr. was recorded telling his team “I don’t have any brakes,” according to NASCAR.
UFC 189: Chad Mendes Wants, Deserves Another Shot At Conor McGregor
For a few minutes, Chad Mendes shocked the world. Mendes, a last-minute replacement for UFC featherweight champion Jose Aldo, more than held his own against Conor McGregor at UFC 189, before ultimately giving way to a technical knock out and losing the interim featherweight belt in the second round. McGregor, the current face of UFC, came out firing. The moment the fight began, the Irishman pounced at Mendes, launching punches like rockets blasting off to Mars. Mendes was slow, if not steady, and strategically made his moves. But with every Mendes strike landed, McGregor — eventually bloodied by a gash over his right eye — raised his arms and...
Former King Isaiah Thomas Trolls Sacramento After Rajon Rondo Signing
Isaiah Thomas has been there before. The Boston Celtics point guard was drafted by the Sacramento Kings in 2011, but their breakup wasn’t exactly amicable. So when the Kings reportedly inked former Celtic Rajon Rondo to a one-year, $ 9.5 million contract Friday, leaving starting point guard Darren Collison in the dust, Thomas took a jab at the team on Twitter. While Thomas’ situation in Sacramento didn’t play out exactly like Collison’s, it wasn’t much better. Thomas became a free agent after the 2013-14 season, during which he enjoyed a career year with 6.3 assists and 20.3 points per game. Despite that (and the fact that Sacramento went 28-5...