It’s no secret that U.S. sports have designs on world domination. Basketball has already had some relative success, with a world championship having been played since 1950. The NFL has recently played in-season games outside its borders…
Nothing beats going to a live game: not the most incisive analysis by TV pundits, nor the most amazing graphics or funniest adverts. For me, watching sports is all about the atmosphere, and however big your TV might be, you just can’t get that at home…
This Sunday, the San Francisco 49ers travel across the Atlantic Ocean to play their home game against the Denver Broncos at London’s Wembley Stadium. It will be the fourth regular season NFL game to be in the UK since the…
Last Friday, I wrote an article arguing that the future of soccer may well lie in the hands of the United States, not because of its great interest in the sport, but rather because of its apathy. Soccer wants to be big here, and so the average American sports fan could wield serious influence on the game…
It’s no secret that I don’t like golf. I even wrote a column a year ago arguing that it’s not really a sport. So it comes as a bit of a surprise even to myself that last weekend I not only showed some interest in the happenings of the Ryder Cup, I even watched some of it on TV…
Every student on the Farm can join the Red Zone, the official student fan club, simply by going to a game with a Stanford ID card. For just showing your face you reap some pretty nice benefits: a free weekly e-mail from Stanford Athletics (though not everyone might view that as a benefit!), a free T-shirt…
At last, the long wait is almost over. This weekend, after a drought of 13 weeks, the new football season kicks off in England…
It’s the last few seconds of the quarterfinal of the World Cup. Tied 1-1 after regulation, the opposing teams have already played through most of the 30 minutes of additional time, and the game looks certain to go to penalties…