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By Arnie Leshin  Call it soccer or football, regardless of your choice, Wednesday’s Netherlands match with Sweden was an absolute thriller, a tense physical clash between European countries hosted by France.   It was a “heated” fierce tussle in the Women’s Soccer World Cup semifinals at Stade de Lyon Stadium, …

By Arnie Leshin  Unless it’s on their home soil, home sweet home at this stage of the Women’s Soccer World Cup is not where Germany and Italy preferred to be.   But that’s where 2nd ranked Germany and much-approved Italy are in route to after getting bounced Saturday out of …

By Arnie Leshin  The words could not express the feelings I had. The tears did. They began streaming down little by little, from the former players, coaches, and others who are no longer with us, to those that remain, some able to attend and others who weren’t.   Tom Seaver …

By Arnie Leshin  A lot to be learned here for a national figure like Megan Rapione. In her case, it should start with silence is golden, as in running her mouth in step with Thursday’s World Cup soccer quarterfinals against host France.   Especially since her defending champions wearing the …

By Arnie Leshin  For unranked Michigan, In quest of its first NCAA Division I Baseball championship in 57 years, it was a good start in the deciding game, but not nearly enough to keep 2nd ranked Vanderbilt from winning its second title since 2014 at TD Ameritrade Park in Omaha, …

By Arnie Leshin  Learning the game of basketball in such a short time is what has Pascal Siakam living like a champion.   In being selected Monday by the NationalBasketball Association as its Most Improved Payer at its annual awards presentation, it comes after the Cameroon native played two years …

By Arnie Leshin  Until Monday, the United States national soccer team’s trek through the Women’s World Cup was a demonstration in style and grace, in ruthlessness and scoring surges.   But after 90 minutes at sticky Stade Auguste-Delaune, then another seven minutes of stoppage time caused largely by the referees’ …

By Arnie Leshin  “Take me out to the ball game,” a national pastime favorite, will set the tone for the 74th annual NCAA Division I Baseball World Series that grabs the spotlight on the big stage at TD Ameritrade Park in Omaha, Neb.   For everyone of the field of …

By Arnie Leshin  Taking a page from the come-from-behind script pieced together all season by Mississippi State, Louisville put on its own late clinic and slipped past the 6th ranked Bulldogs, 4-3, Thursday to send the SEC team packing and advancing it in today’s Final Four at TD Ameritrade Park …

By Arnie Leshin  Unranked Auburn was hanging on, hanging on, seeking to get past 4th ranked Mississippi State to continue on its magical run out of the 64-school field to the biggest stage of the Division I Baseball Tournament, the World Series at TD Ameritrade Park in Omaha, Neb.   …