The surprising victory of the United States over Pakistan in a World Cup game casts a spotlight on its rising popularity in the U.S. and significance to immigrant communities.
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Rodeo events descend from traditional ranching duties like breaking horses and roping sick calves, but as the number of family ranches has declined and urbanization has increased, there are concerns that rodeo could soon join the Old West and small family ranches as a relic of the past.
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As impressive as the championships are, the defeats are just as significant. Andy Murray is a human able to touch the heavens through sheer force of will.
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Safety concerns have made high school football controversial. The view from Texas shows those challenges but also how the drive to make football safer has focused on saving the good the sport does.
Read moreLiving on the border means living with things most Americans don’t, and to live with them without batting an eye. Recently, though, those tensions of border life feel as if they’ve been dialed to 11 – and even a beloved sports event isn’t providing a respite.
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The champion boxer if anything had an even larger impact outside the ring than in it, becoming a symbol of black pride and war opposition in an era of upheaval.
Read moreWhile all major league sports have now joined the effort to green stadiums and arenas, baseball is the undisputed leader, with teams such as the Seattle Mariners setting the pace
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