Soccer-MLS targets American mainstream with more big signings

Major League Soccer is aiming to break into the American sports mainstream with a series of high-profile signings as the league looks beyond the "Beckham effect" and seeks to capture the enthusiasm generated by the World Cup.

2010 NBA Season: The Top 10 Best Foreign Players In The NBA

In a sport dominated by American-born players, it is becoming more and more common for an extremely talented player to be from across the pond. Within the past 20 years, international players have come to the league, and changed the normal style of play. Big men from Europe have come over with the ability to shoot a solid mid-range jumper. Countries like Canada, and countries like France have ...

Sounders trade Freddie Ljungberg to Chicago Fire

Ljungberg, 33, was traded within Major League Soccer to the Chicago Fire on Friday in exchange for a conditional selection in the 2011 or 2012 MLS SuperDraft.

Shaun Whites Next Move May Be Trying Hollywood

With the next Winter Olympics more than three years away, Shaun White has returned his attention to skateboarding, where he will compete in the Vert and Vert Best Trick events Friday at the X Games.

Sauk Prairie grad moves on from soccer, but still competing

For much of her life, Carla Correa wasa soccer player with a conventional love of sports.