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Man bikes from Pittsburgh to Dallas to watch his home team’s World Cup match

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Man bikes from Pittsburgh to Dallas to watch his home team’s World Cup match – CBS News Watch CBS News A 22-year-old business student from Japan is biking from Pittsburgh to Dallas to see his home team play in the World Cup. KXII-TV reporter Austin Hedgcoth has the story. Source link

NYC’s 9/11 memorial fundraises to educate youth with $25M match from Mike Bloomberg

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NEW YORK — The 9/11 Memorial and Museum has launched a $75 million fundraising campaign as the nonprofit tries to educate the millions of U.S. youth who don’t remember the terror attacks on their upcoming 25th anniversary. Boosting The Never Forget Fund’s latest appeal, announced Wednesday, is Mike Bloomberg. The former New York City mayor, … Read more

Could a soccer match help mend ties between North and South Korea?

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Rivals. Neighbors. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and exclusive content. It’s a storied sporting narrative, but one that has rarely carried such meaning. A North Korean women’s soccer team will take the field Wednesday in South Korea, becoming the first sports team from the isolated, nuclear-armed state to … Read more

Ronda Rousey defeats Gina Carano seconds into joint comeback match

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When Ronda Rousey finally got back into a mixed martial arts cage after 9 1/2 years away from her sport, she couldn’t wait even one more minute to collect another arm — and to have her own arm raised one last time. Rousey stopped Gina Carano with her signature armbar just 17 seconds into the … Read more

The cage match is on for tickets to Trump’s UFC fight at the White House

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As something of a professional Republican, April Melton has attended her fair share of ho-hum events in the nation’s capital. But there’s one coming up that the chair of the Black Hawk County, Iowa, GOP is dying to see up close: an Ultimate Fighting Championship extravaganza on the South Lawn of the White House next … Read more