Yankees are team to beat as 2nd half starts

DeMarco: Now that we know the National League pennant winner finally will have home-field advantage in the World Series — thank you very much, Brian McCann — it’s time to take a stab at who the Fall Classic combatants will be. View full post on NBCSports.com: Sports

Team USA finally runs out of time at World Cup

The United States was eliminated from the World Cup by Ghana for the second straight time as Asamoah Gyan scored 3 minutes into overtime, leading the Black Stars to a 2-1 second-round victory Saturday night. View full post on NBCSports.com: Sports

Steward: De La Salle baseball team, area restaurants cook up plan to help injured pitcher Gunnar Sandberg of Marin …

Walsh Jesuit baseball players featured in Sidelines video See Plain Dealer reporter Mike Peticca’s Sidelines video this week featuring some of Walsh Jesuit’s standout baseball players. Infielder/Kansas State recruit Johnny Fasola, pitcher/Ohio State recruit Greg Greve and pitcher/Virginia recruit Tyler Skulina discuss their 8-0 start to the… Read more on The Cleveland Plain Dealer Steward: [...]

Beat Canada twice? Sounds golden for Team USA

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U.S. National Team Alarm Klaxons Downgraded To Annoying

Remember a few weeks ago when Clint Dempsey had just done something terrible to his knee and the USMNT was forced to seriously consider putting Eddie Johnson on a plane to South Africa? With Dempsey probably shelved, Charlie Davies laid up after a horrific car crash, and Oguchi Onyewu still recovering from a serious knee [...]