Nigeria

BEIJING -- The U.S. men's soccer team is out of the Olympics after its 2-1 loss to Nigeria on Wednesday. And while the Americans did plenty of commendable things in this tournament -- gutting out a 1-0 win over...

TIANJIN, China -- Nine thoughts after the U.S.'s pulsating 2-2 tie against the Netherlands left the Americans (4 points) tied atop Group B with Nigeria (4) and ahead of the Dutch (2) and Japan (0):

Foppe de Haan is facing some problems in preparing the Netherlands for their next match Olympic encounter. He won't be able to use his captain Roy Makaay, with midfielder Evander Sno also unavailable.

Welcome to this week's installment of the Dean's List, where it's been a bad week for role models. Batman beat up his mom and sister, Indiana Jones' son got drunk, flipped his car and had to have extensive hand...

Just as the MLS transfer window was closing, the Columbus Crew picked up Nigerian Under-23 National Team midfielder Emmanuel Ekpo to add to a side that has started out the season on a positive note with a 2-1 record.