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Playing for England will be 'wicked' says starlet defender Mancienne

On a day when Germany announced that all their key players would be available for Wednesday’s encounter with England in Berlin, Fabio Capello was waiting on a young defender whose previous senior international experience...

CFP: African American Civil Rights and Germany in the 20th Century

’s famous visit to the city in 1963 but also that of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. the following year. Surprisingly, however, neither King’s visit in September 1964 nor the role of Germany in the history of the African American...

Top 15 Greatest Sports Moments of All Time

Fifteen of the sporting moments that will be forever remembered in history.^Fifteen of the sporting moments that will be forever remembered in history.^Fifteen of the sporting moments that will be forever remembered in history....

RealClearSports: Long recession will force sports to adapt

RealClearSports.com: Already it’s being written that the coming economic slowdown – especially if turns into a severe recession – will be catastrophic for sports. Maybe. But a look at what happened during the Great Depression...

Wrestlers eye 2nd NCAA title

Tom Brands knows a thing or two about high expectations. After a year in which the Hawkeyes reasserted themselves as the team to beat, expectations are as high as they've been in Iowa City since Dan Gable prowled the edge of...

The greatest British boxer

by Gary Lockett - Madison Square Garden to cover Calzaghe vs Jones – not a bad fight to make my debut. Joe Calzaghe, the self-styled, humble Newbridge based Italian Stallion put on a breathtaking display to outpoint a...

A Moment for the Ages, Many Years in the Making

"Obama Makes History," said the headline in this newspaper on Wednesday, a statement of the obvious, but no less momentous for that. Everybody knows it's true -- nearly everybody has been saying it since Tuesday night. But what...

Kids at Michelle Obama's school: They're 'just like us'

When Principal Kim Sims of Chicago's Bouchet Math and Science Academy used to talk to kids about misbehavior, one favorite line was, "How would your parents feel about this?'' But these days, Sims is using another approach.

Obama came, Saw, conquered - Will he be transformational?

published: Sunday | November 9, 2008 Edward Seaga It is common knowledge now that history was made on Tuesday, November 4, 2008, when an Afro-American, Barack Obama, became president of the most powerful country in the world,...

A Changed America: Sport helped level the playing field

Sport can't cause a society to change course suddenly, the way this earthquake of an election can. Instead, like an aftershock, sport produces ripples that nudge people in a different direction. ... Sports commentary

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