US enjoys Swede redemption
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Jimmy Connors and John McEnroe couldn't beat Sweden in the Davis Cup in this city 23 years ago. Andy Roddick delivered this weekend.
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Mikael Silvestre said he liked the United States âbecause everything is big.â But apparently the soccer is not yet big enough to entice him to relocate across the Atlantic.
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ATHENS, Greece - Redemption came from the perfect spot for Sarunas Jasikevicius. The Lithuanian guard, whose off-target 3-pointer kept his team from pulling off the biggest upset of the Sydney Olympics, didn't miss when it counted Saturday night in a thrilling 94-90 victory against the United States...
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Abby Wambach scored two goals and Carli Lloyd got her fourth of the tournament, leading the United States over Sweden 3-2 Monday night for a place in the Algarve Cup final.
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Monitoring the recent elections in Bosnia brought home to me in a special way that the United States is indeed a blessed country. The war in Bosnia ended nine years ago.
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Although the visitors did not get a victory, the United States is still in a good position after what figured to be the most threatening game of the regional semifinal round.
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A few US women&#39;s soccer players scooped up small pieces of sod at Karaiskaki Stadium after their emotional gold-medal victory last week.
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Sometimes, change for change&#39;s sake can be a good thing. Team USA proved that last night. After inserting five fresh sets of legs into the lineup because of extremely poor
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Thomas Johansson gave the home crowd something to cheer with victory over Xavier Malisse on day one of the Stockholm Open. The Swede came through 7-6 (7-4) 7-6 (7-1) and goes on to face a compatriot in Thomas Enqvist or Robin Soderling.
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GRAND FORKS, North Dakota -- And so the freefall continues for Team USA. Roughly 24 hours after losing to Belarus and missing an opportunity to clinch top spot in Group A, the United States slipped from first
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Jason Blake scored the winning goal in  the first period as the United States won their first game at  the World Cup of Hockey with a 3-1 victory over Slovakia in St  Paul, Minnesota on Friday.
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WORCESTER -- Controversial Olympic gold medalist Paul Hamm is back in the United States and ready to move on.
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six of the last nine competitions -- the United States appeared to have the stronger team, yet Europe won. The US squad is, at best
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The net was getting smaller and smaller for Sweden, and so were its chances of advancing in the World Cup. Fredrik Ljungberg changed that with an 89th-minute header for a 1-0 win Thursday night that put the Swedes in position to move into the second round.
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Where the United States was concerned, there was little unlucky about Day 13 of the Athens Olympic Games. Abby Wambach&#39;s goal in the second overtime vaulted the United States women&#39;s
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Barcelona striker Henrik Larsson has undergone an operation in the United States to repair a knee ligament injury that will leave him on the sidelines for the rest of the season.
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ATHENS -- Almost a clean getaway . . . Team USA is trying so hard to be the international good fellas. No showboating. No mugging. No smiling. No complaining to refs (when Lamar Odom angrily threw down a towel in response to one call against his team, coach Larry Brown whirled around, directed him back to the bench, and kicked ...