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Leading the group with four points and a plus-three goal differential, the USA can advance to the Round of 16 with a win or draw against Portugal. The USA could even advance to the knockout rounds with a loss to the Portuguese but that would call for the unlikely scenario of a Vietnam win over the Netherlands with USA keeping its lead of the Dutch on goal differential. The USA will win the group with a victory over Portugal and a loss or draw by the Netherlands against Vietnam. The Americans could also top the group with a win and...

What happened? Who started it and why? When will it end? Will it ever end? Or is it over when it’s over for you, when you no longer can stomach it? Why have the most influential forces in sports — TV execs, advertisers, the media and the top administrative authorities — determined that our sports be denuded of sports? Why have the conceited, vulgar and selfish — assorted creeps antithetical to sports — been given the keys to the kingdom? Even if it remains flabbergasting, it’s hardly a surprise that Fox and marketing geniuses seized upon the overwhelming disgust with...

When the United States Women’s National Team opened its play in the 2023 FIFA World Cup during a match against Vietnam last week, the players made headlines when the majority of the team chose not to single the national anthem before the match. And despite the backlash they received, those players stood silent once again on Wednesday night. As Yahoo Sports points out, the majority of the players in the starting lineup for Wednesday night’s match against the Netherlands refused to sing the national anthem or place their hands over their hearts as The Star Spangled Banner played before the...