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Posted September 10, 2013 The U.S. team played Mexico to a 0-0 draw at Azteca Stadium in March. (Miguel Tovar/Getty Images) Will the U.S. men’s national team qualify for the World Cup by tonight? Jurgen Klinsmann’s squad continues its qualifying campaign tonight in Columbus, Ohio vs. arc...

Posted September 10, 2013 The U.S. team played Mexico to a 0-0 draw at Azteca Stadium in March. (Miguel Tovar/Getty Images) Will the U.S. men’s national team qualify for the World Cup by tonight? Jurgen Klinsmann’s squad continues its qualifying campaign tonight in Columbus, Ohio vs....

By Julian Linden BUENOS AIRES | Tue Sep 10, 2013 6:40pm EDT BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) – Increasing concerns about Rio de Janeiro’s tardy progress in preparing to host the 2016 Games may have played a decisive role in Tokyo being awarded the 2020 Olympics ahead of Istanbul and...

Posted September 10, 2013 Chip Kelly thinks his offense needs to move even faster. (Rob Carr/Getty Images) Chip Kelly’s offense looked sharp in the first half, and his team beat the defending NFC East champions in his NFL debut. But the new Eagles coach said Tuesday that he thinks the team...

German Olympic Sports Confederation (Deutscher Olympischer Sportbund, DOSB) President Thomas Bach smiles during a Reuters interview in Berlin July 31, 2013. Credit: Reuters/Pawel Kopczynski

Barton Silverman/The New York Times Matt Harvey was 9-5 with a 2.27 earned run average this season. Sometime soon, a decision will have to be made regarding the partially torn ulnar collateral ligament in Matt Harvey’s precious right elbow. If he has Tommy John surgery to repair it, he will...

Posted September 10, 2013 “I wasn’t by any means going for [the] knees,” Ndamukong Suh said of the low block. (Gregory Shamus/Getty Images) The NFL has levied a $100,000 fine against Detroit Lions defensive tackle Ndamukong Suh for his low block on Minnesota Vikings center John Sullivan...

Posted September 10, 2013 The U.S. is 6-0-3 when playing at Crew Stadium, including 3-0 against Mexico. (Jamie Sabau/Getty Images) COLUMBUS, Ohio – There is no official national stadium in the United States, but a case can be made that American soccer – or at least its most popular team...

The Yankees are close to completing an agreement that will take them from WCBS-AM to WFAN next season, knocking the Mets off WFAN, their longtime radio home, for a destination to be determined. Lonn Trost, the Yankees’ chief operating officer, declined to give any details of the change, but...

German Olympic Sports Confederation (Deutscher Olympischer Sportbund, DOSB) President Thomas Bach smiles during a Reuters interview in Berlin July 31, 2013. Credit: Reuters/Pawel Kopczynski

BUENOS AIRES — Thomas Bach, a German lawyer, on Tuesday became the first gold-medal-winning Olympic athlete to be named president of the International Olympic Committee. Bach, who will be 60 in December, won in team foil fencing for West Germany at the 1976 Montreal Games. He is the ninth...

Posted September 10, 2013 The U.S. is 6-0-3 when playing at Crew Stadium, including 3-0 against Mexico. (Jamie Sabau/Getty Images) COLUMBUS, Ohio – There is no official national stadium in the United States, but a case can be made that American soccer – or at least its most popular team...

Lotus F1 Formula One driver Kimi Raikkonen of Finland holds his sunglasses during the third practice session of the Italian F1 Grand Prix at the Monza circuit September 7, 2013. Credit: Reuters/Max Rossi By Alan Baldwin LONDON | Tue Sep 10, 2013 8:08am EDT LONDON (Reuters) – Kimi...

Doug Kapustin/Reuters The umpires separated Joe Girardi and Buck Showalter, who got into a shouting match in the first inning. BALTIMORE — Buck Showalter charged out of the Orioles’ dugout wagging his finger, spitting tobacco juice and invective in the direction of Joe Girardi. In...

Lithuania advanced to the second round of the European basketball championships despite losing, 78-72, to Bosnia-Herzegovina. Needing to win by 10 to squeeze out Lithuania, Bosnia-Herzegovina led by 72-58 after Mirza Teletovic knocked down a 3-pointer with five minutes left. Teletovic finished...

Andy Murray of Britain hits a return to Stanislas Wawrinka of Switzerland at the U.S. Open tennis championships in New York September 5, 2013. Credit: Reuters/Eduardo Munoz

It was a sleepy September matchup between the middling Washington Nationals and the Mets on Monday at Citi Field, and things only got worse for the Mets hitters as the night wore on and they found themselves lulled into a trance by the crisp fastballs and looping curves from Nationals starter...