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In case you were murdered on the steps of some forum or another Friday, here's what you missed in sports this weekend: The NCAA tournament field is set with Kansas, Indiana, Louisville, and Gonzaga your four top seeds for March Madness. Expect u...

I was in an e-mail exchange with the writer Kevin Sampson recently and I happened to mention the name Djimi Traore and his recent move to Seattle Sounders. If it's possible to beam with pleasure in an e-mail, that's what I got back, as he described T...

Last week's news that Robbie Rogers had come out, while also "stepping away" from soccer, was both encouraging and discouraging for the context and reaction it received. Encouraging, in that Rogers's announcement was met with overwhelming support, an...

"It was tough out there on the wing — that side of the field is really hard. I think they use it for cricket ... " I'm talking to a young hopeful at the MLS Combine, the selection trials for the SuperDraft, after he has dragged himself off t...

The Seattle Sounders boast Major League Soccer's strongest fan base, with an average of more than 43,000 packing into CenturyLink Field for the team's home games. Soon, they might have one of the strongest analytical units as well. Over the past ...

Sunday night, the L.A. Galaxy gathered in the cold rain on a stage on Century Link Field, amid a chorus of boos from the remaining Seattle Sounders fans, waiting to receive the trophy as the MLS Western Conference champions. They had just beaten the ...

Last Thursday, in the waning moments of the Seattle Sounders' playoff victory over Real Salt Lake, left back Marc Burch was caught on camera calling an opposing Real player a "f----t." (Fair warning: Links to YouTube clips in this piece might not be ...

Owing to a stupid clause inserted into the Designated Player's MLS contract while I was busy browsing real estate listings — mainly for penthouses without views of the shacks my Grantland teammates are kept in — I apparently have to "part...

Eddie Johnson's first goal for the United States Men's National Team came in the forward's first start on October 10, 2004. Johnson, then 20 years old, netted three more three days later against Panama and finished 2006 World Cup qualifying with seve...

The Portland Timbers vs. Seattle Sounders: Taking the temperature of MLS' fiercest rivalry.