Going ahead with its presidential election despite a week of indictments and arrests of nine key executives, FIFA was absolutely unrepentant in re-electing Sepp Blatter to his fifth term as the head of its organization. 133 of 206 voting members voted for the entrenched incumbent, almost all certainly hailing from nations that rarely...
As we approach the start of the 2014 FIFA World Cup on June 12, the Sports Unbiased Crew will be releasing guides to help make better sense of what you watch as the world's best soccer players converge on Brazil this summer. Check in regularly as we preview the eight groups, 32 teams, and key players that will play an integral role...
The Olympics are almost a week in the rearview mirror, and now that there is some room for hindsight it is time to finally gauge the truly important, jingoistic matters that prevail when discussing the Olympics:
Which country did the best?!
It is a perpetual dilemma when discussing the Olympics, whether Winter or Summer. While the...
Welcome to week 3 of the Sports Unbiased Mailbag. A lot went on this week and Chris and I are back once again to break it all down. We agree sometimes, but disagree most of the time giving you a multi-level article you can’t get anywhere else besides Sports Unbiased. Remember, if you want to be involved in the Sports...
With one week left to go in the Olympiad and 42 medals left to hand out, we're just beyond the halfway point of the 2014 Sochi Games. With that in mind, let's take a quick look at where each nation stands in the medal count and then look how the top countries took charge of their...
Schedule of Events
When you get down to it, the depth of talent at the men's level always makes it hard to predict the Olympic ice hockey tournament. But one interesting trend is the way in which the United States and Canada have dominated Olympiads in North America and then largely fallen flat in years where the...
Team USA came painstakingly close to upsetting the Canadian Olympic squad in their own backyard during the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics. Zach Parise gave them the opportunity to write a legendary overtime ending to what would have been unthinkable to most Canadian hockey fans. Parise's goal was scored with 24 seconds...
