Mark Zeigler

San Diego State is down to five guys at basketball practice this week, and judges across the country are handing out court injunctions like Halloween candy that temporarily grant fourth-year seniors from last season an extra year of eligibility. Don’t con... See more

Maybe it actually works this time. Maybe those who cannot remember the past are not actually condemned to repeat it. Maybe U.S. Soccer federation execs are actually the smartest people in the room. If rehiring Mauricio Pochettino as men’s national coach t... See more

Trinity Audioplayer ready... New coach JR Blount gathered his University of San Diego men’s basketball team last month for its first day of summer workouts. There were no balls. First there was a two-hour meeting to outline standards, philosophies, identi... See more

Trinity Audioplayer ready... EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — Soccer withdrawal officially began Monday morning, with the realization that after a record 104 matches in 39 days, the largest World Cup in history is over. No more imperious Spanish passing sequences.... See more

EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — After Argentina won the 2022 World Cup, the Emir of Qatar approached Lionel Messi and adorned him in a bisht , a traditional hand-woven black robe reserved for Arab royalty.There’s an enormous mural of it on the side of a building ... See more