Luke Cyphers

2 weeks ago | sportico.com | Luke Cyphers

On the same day the U.S. men’s national team laid a 4-0 egg against Switzerland in a friendly, getting booed off the field at halftime of a fourth straight loss Wednesday, U.S. Soccer laid a big bet: that the organization can transform the sport at the college level and create a world-class minor league. The juxtaposition was stark. Off the field, U.S. Soccer is aggressively pushing boundaries.

2 weeks ago | sportico.com | Luke Cyphers

Brian Rolapp, a longtime NFL executive who was thought to be in line as the successor to commissioner Roger Goodell, will leave the league to become CEO of the PGA Tour, according to a source granted anonymity because the matter is private. In the newly created CEO role, Rolapp will work alongside the tour’s commissioner, Jay Monahan, as the golf circuit continues to navigate the tumultuous change brought about with the advent of the Saudi-backed LIV Golf.

2 weeks ago | sportico.com | Luke Cyphers |Daniel Libit

A new, experimental intercollegiate soccer model may be in place as soon as next year, part of a U.S. Soccer Federation plan to “integrate the college game more deeply” into the American player development system. In an embargoed news release Tuesday, U.S. Soccer announced the formation of what it calls the NextGen College Soccer Committee, a group consisting of corporate and league executives, team owners and college sports administrators tasked with charting reforms in the college game.

1 month ago | sportico.com | Michael McCann |Luke Cyphers

Former players alleging sexual abuse by the multimillionaire founder of New York City’s Riverside Hawks basketball program—which pioneered the elite travel-team model of youth sports—have filed an answer in their lawsuit saying the defendant, Riverside Church, missed the mark in the church’s motion for summary judgment. Three plaintiffs, including 56-year-old Robert L.

1 month ago | yahoo.com | Michael McCann |Luke Cyphers

Former players alleging sexual abuse by the multimillionaire founder of New York City’s Riverside Hawks basketball program—which pioneered the elite travel-team model of youth sports—have filed an answer in their lawsuit saying the defendant, Riverside Church, missed the mark in the church’s motion for summary judgment. Three plaintiffs, including 56-year-old Robert L.