... notable achievement and psychological boost to soccer in this country. Will elevate soccer to a higher status among the average sports fan in America? Doubtful. COLLEGE WORLD SERIES: Now, a dozen championships for both LSU and Texas. It was pretty ...

... financial support to a greater degree than any time in history. To achieve that, ASU athletics will have to convince the average sports fan that the school is not simply a Division I-AA athletic program trying to put on Division I-A airs. The ASU ...

... Josefa Salinas believes motoring through the urban wilderness of America's second largest city requires more than your average sport utility vehicle. She encases herself inside a Hummer H2, a hulking but luxurious version of the military Humvee ...

... stuff. Rarely in Arkansas history has an individual athlete had such a meteoric rise. A few weeks ago, not many average sports fans could identify Jermain Taylor, much less Bernard Hopkins. Now, Taylor has ridden one of the most craftily ...