The Sports World as We Know It

Sports     From Erik Wander, your About Spectator Sports Editor     That’s right, sports fans. Another World Cup has come and gone. That means you can go back to caring about baseball or a golf major or your future fantasy football team or where LeBron James is taking his talents this time without feeling guilty that you’re only half paying attention to a major world sporting event that everyone else, including friends who don’t otherwise watch sports, seems to really care about. You’re free!   Follow us on:     The Open Championship: A Major Primer They used to call it the British Open. It dates back to the 1860s. It’s the third of golf’s four majors, and it starts today at Royal Liverpool Golf Club in England. Need some stats, facts, trivia, tournament records or any other Open Championship info? You’ve come to the right place. READ NOW How Phil Won it All Last Year 23 All-Time British Open Records   How Cleveland Can Be so Forgiving Well, let’s see. The Indians haven’t won the World Series since 1948, the Browns have never even been to the Super Bowl, and the Cavs haven’t won an NBA championship since they’ve been in the league. There’s ample reason to forgive, forget and welcome LeBron back. READ NOW Where Carmelo Could Have Gone Why the Nets Gave up on Jason Kidd   Baseball's Best Teams at the Break Does the injury to Yankees ace Masahiro Tanaka's pitching elbow end the Bronx Bombers' playoff hopes? Probably. Then again, they do play in the AL East, which, according to the All-Star break edition of our MLB power rankings, doesn’t exactly look like it’s going to yield a World Series winner this year. READ NOW Why the Rays Should Deal David Price Baseball's Best Players by Position   The Final Word on the World Cup But of course there’s more to say about the World Cup. Germany deserved to win. Lionel Messi probably didn’t deserve the heartbreak. And was Mario Gotze an unlikely hero or just a hero nobody saw coming? Here’s what the players and coaches had to say about it. READ NOW Five World Cup Flops The World Cup's Top Scorers   ADVERTISEMENT Featured Articles Ranking Fantasy Football Players by Position College Football's Preseason Top 25 The NFL's 6 Worst Coaches The NHL's Top-Paid Players How to Build a Stanley Cup Winner Is Mayweather-Maidana II Worth Watching? More from About.com Sign up for Shareables! An every-morning rundown of the day in history, with headlines and trends produced by your pals at About.com. Click here to sign up! It's free (of course) and we think you'll like it! Want More From About.com? Check out our social channels tailored to every interest! Sign up for more free newsletters on your favorite topics You are receiving this newsletter because you subscribed to the About.com Electronics newsletter. If you wish to unsubscribe, please click here. If you would like to unsubscribe from all newsletters sent from About.com, please send an email to optout@about.com with "Unsubscribe" as the subject line. Contact Information: 1500 Broadway, 6th Floor New York, NY, 10036 © 2014 About.com