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How Musa Smith's love for his family and his hometown survived his father's link to terrorism.

Doug McIntyre and Luke Cyphers explain that though the euphoria of the Yanks' win over Mexico might die down, the game will have roster implications for years to come.

Blog | Conversation | August 16, 2012

Doug McIntyre and Luke Cyphers take a look at five newcomers to the U.S. Men's National Team who could see action against El Tri.

Blog | Conversation | August 14, 2012

Doug McIntyre and Luke Cyphers look at Landon Donovan's situtation with the L.A. Galaxy and discuss why circumstances and sources in the know suggest this could be a good time for him to head to Europe for club play.

Blog | Conversation | August 13, 2012

Doug McIntyre and Luke Cyphers look at the reasons for diminishing presence of MLS players on the national team under Jurgen Klinsmann.

Blog | Conversation | August 08, 2012

U.S. interest in the decathlon has faded, and that's just fine with Ashton Eaton, who isn't especially interested in fame, writes Luke Cyphers.

Doug McIntyre and Luke Cyphers look at Landon Donovan's situtation with the L.A. Galaxy and discuss why circumstances and sources in the know suggest this could be a good time for him to head to Europe for club play.

Blog | Conversation | August 02, 2012

Al Buehler hasn't been to an Olympic Games in 25 years. But now that the legendary former Duke track coach plans to be in London, chances are something extraordinary will happen. Buehler's life reads like a travelogue through some of the most hist...

Forty years after his Munich milestone, U.S. runner Dave Wottle celebrates his gold medal, his wedding anniversary and all the happy memories that go with it. Even his lucky golf cap.

Doug McIntyre and Luke Cyphers detail the many missed opportunities for U.S. Soccer not making the Olympics, including the potential to medal and necessary experience together for the players.

Blog | Conversation | July 25, 2012

Jamaica has been the unquestioned power in the world of sprinting ever since Usain Bolt floated across the finish line in world-record time at the 2008 Beijing Games. So, what is does the team have in store for its second act?

There is the LaShawn Merritt the track world has come to know -- a man perfectly suited for the 400 with the sad backstory and stony demeanor who intimidates even the toughest runners in the sport's most demanding race. But it's not the whole picture. Yes, Merritt wants something more.

Doug McIntyre and Luke Cyphers talk with Marc Pelosi, a promising young U.S. player who has landed with Liverpool.

Blog | Conversation | July 11, 2012

Watch out, world. U.S. women's team will bring unprecedented depth to London in the 1,500 meters and long jump.

The U.S. is sending not one, but two mothers to the London Olympics in the high jump, an event not normally associated with maternity.

Colorado's Emma Coburn and Shalaya Kipp took first and third in the 3,000 steeplechase, beating a field of pros for a trip to London and headlining what turned out to be a banner day for collegians.