Daily Madden: Jumping On World Cup Bandwagon
Mexico held off Brazil in an action-packed 0-0 draw in World Cup play Tuesday, and well-known soccer unenthusiast John Madden was among the TV spectators.
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Mexico held off Brazil in an action-packed 0-0 draw in World Cup play Tuesday, and well-known soccer unenthusiast John Madden was among the TV spectators.
The World Cup and Team USA's participation in the tournament is coming just at the right time for the San Jose Earthquakes.
McDonald's is opening up a new location along San Francisco's Market Street, but not to take your order. Instead, the fast food chain will use the space to recruit the best talent to boost its digital presence.
Is it the passion, the face paint or the elaborate costumes? Perhaps all three, but these "futbol fanatics" take cheering to an entirely new level. Here are the wildest, wackiest fans from the tournament's first weekend.
More than a thousand people packed San Francisco's Civic Center Plaza under a clear blue sky Monday afternoon to watch the U.S. team take to the field against Ghana in its first World Cup 2014 match.
Dutch offensive forward Robin van Persie can now add "Internet phenomenon" to his resume. The forward scored on an impressive header on June 13th against Spain with a beautiful dive, prompting a wave of memes showing van Persie in various stages of flight. (RadioAlice.com)
Bay Area soccer fans were thrilled to see Danville-born Chris Wondolowski crack the team USA roster for World Cup 2014 in Brazil, but the San Jose Earthquakes star is perhaps even more popular in the Lawton, Oklahoma area – home of Kiowa Nation.
With the World Cup hijacking TVs, live streams and conversations pretty much everywhere, how do you distinguish yourself from the masses of people who 'kind of' know all about it and align yourself with the cream of the World Cup aficionados?
To become one of two teams to advance from World Cup 2014's "Group of Death" the United States squad is going to need a little luck, and they may have just received it in the form of a 4-0 drubbing by Germany of the number four ranked team in the world.
Mario Balotelli scored with a second-half header Saturday to give Italy a 2-1 win over England at the World Cup. The Italy striker was left free by his marker Gary Cahill and nodded a cross from Antonio Candreva past goalkeeper Joe Hart in the 50th minute.
The Make-A-Wish foundation is sending a Salinas teen who suffers from leukemia to see the World Cup soccer matches in Brazil.
World Cup soccer fans in San Francisco will have another opportunity to view games outdoors in Civic Center Plaza beginning Saturday morning.
Americans love their sports, just not soccer. With the start of the 2014 World Cup, here are 5 ways to make Americans care.
Mexico meets Cameroon and Spain faces the Netherlands in the World Cup Friday, a day after Brazil defeated Croatia 3-1 in the opening match.
Researchers at University of California, Berkeley are working to build an affordable exoskeleton to allow paraplegics to walk again.
If you are one of the suckers that can't watch World Cup 2014 with friends you have two options: Get a job at CBS and they give you a TV at your desk OR you can just stream the games online via a couple of major broadcasters, ESPN and Univision.
One of the newer aspects of international soccer on display at the 2014 World Cup in Brazil will be the use by referees of vanishing spray to mark areas on the field.
There's noting worse than settling in for the big game only to find out that the guy camping out next to you at the bar is a loudmouth fan of the opposing team. So where do you go in the Bay Area if you want to be surrounded by like minded hooligans puffing their vuvuzelas at appropriate times? Were on a hunt to find all of the best viewing locations by country. This is our first crack at it, so if you have a great watching spot for Ivory Coast fans or know the go-to place for Ghana fans, help us out with a comment below.
Take your pick at some of the sexiest athletes ever to grace the international soccer field!
Thousands of tourists attending the World Cup in Brazil priced out of scarce hotel rooms are turning to online room-sharing service Airbnb to rent out rooms in some of Rio de Janeiro's vast slum neighborhoods.
A survey of what fans expect to see from the upcoming World Cup reveals a staggering level of homersim here in the United States.
Few fans are as dedicated as the Dutch soccer enthusiast who drove almost 13,000 miles from San Francisco to Brazil to watch his team play in this year's World Cup.
Social media & messaging apps progresses in stadiums from Sao Paulo to Rio De Janeiro...
Fourteen cameras -- seven trained on each goalmouth -- have been hung up in all 12 World Cup stadiums. The cameras will record 500 images per seconds, and a computer will digest the frames. Within a second of a ball crossing the line, the referee's special watch will vibrate and flash "GOAL."
Each country can only bring 23 men to Brazil to compete for the World Cup this year. A few notable men were left off rosters for various reasons and some may surprise you ...
