The Copa America is just around the corner, kicking off on Friday when the US and Colombia face off.Every major tournament comes with major surprises. Who would have thought that Spain would be the first team eliminated from the 2014 World Cup after almost a decade of dominance? Who would have expected Costa Rica to be the little engine that could for a while or that Brazil would get demolished 7-1 at home as it fell from grace? Or even last summer when Peru became a Copa America darling, finishing third. Or who would have expected Lionel Messi to score a total of zero goals in leading Argentina to the final of the Copa?Yet many people likely predicted some of these outcomes, bold as those Prophesies might have been. Here are five bold predictions for this Copa America.
It's time for LeBron James and Stephen Curry to let their games do the talking in a face to face battle against one another that shapes up as a showdown for the ages.
The WWE is offering another opportunity for a handful of fans to visit and engage with its Performance Center in Orlando, Fla., but it'll cost fans quite an amount of money.
Of all the Groups in the Copa America 2016, none has less drama than Group D mainly because the biggest piece of drama in the group gets taken care of right off the bat.
Spain continues its Euro Cup preparations as it takes on South Korea in an international friendly. Spain continues its Euro Cup preparations as it takes on South Korea in an international friendly.
The Golden State Warriors somehow managed to keep their poise in a thrilling, come-from-behind win over the Oklahoma City Thunder in Game 6 of the Western Conference Finals.
The Group of Death is usually the one most viewers get excited about in a major tournament. Group E fits that bill at this year's Euro competition. The contestants include Belgium, Italy, Ireland and Sweden, all teams more than capable of making a long run in the tournament.
France takes on Cameroon in an international friendly on Monday at 3 p.m. EDT. The match means nothing to either side, but presents France with a solid tune up before it hosts the Euro 2016 next week.
For the 11th time in its history Real Madrid won the Champions League final.Rivals Atletico Madrid, despite being the better side for most of the game, choked when it counted most getting burned in the penalty shootout.But that said, Atletico's path to victory was shut down tremendously with the team surprisingly losing the edge in a number of ways against rivals that it had owned throughout the last two years. Here are reasons why Real Madrid ultimately managed to win it all.
The 19-year-old pitcher from Sinaloa made his major league debut Friday night, lasting less than three innings. Based on how memorable Latino pitchers fared in their first career appearance, Urias has nothing to worry about.
Mexico and Paraguay will continue their Copa America 2016 Centenario preparations on Saturday with an international friendly.Both teams are poised to make noise in their respective groups with Mexico perhaps more highly favored for a deep run in the tournament.
