Second-half goals by forwards Aldo De Nigris and Javier “Chicharito” Hernandez helped Mexico survive a first-half scare to come from behind and defeat Guatemala 2-1 in a 2011 CONCACAF Gold Cup quarterfinal on Saturday night at New Meadowlands Stadium. It marked the third straight Gold Cup semifinal appearance for Mexico, who will take on Honduras [...]
Aside from a 17-month stint in the English Premier League — a time in which he spent all but 2 games on the bench — Demar Phillips’ career has been spent largely off soccer’s grandest stage. But like his surprising Jamaican team as a whole, perhaps that’s beginning to change. Demar Phillips scored 2 goals [...]
Move over, Butler. Virginia Commonwealth University is crashing the Final Four. Two weeks ago, the team so doubted they would get into the NCAA tournament that they didn’t watch the selection show. Now, they’ve made it to Houston. 11th-seeded Virginia Commonwealth is heading to the Final Four, and No. 1 seed Kansas is heading home [...]
Be that as it may, the Marathon is once again the leadoff event for Breeders’ Cup weekend. Extended by a quarter mile for last year’s running, the 14-furlong test is – fittingly – the longest BC race. The first two runnings were won by horses coming from off the pace. (Muhannak tracked the longshot Booyah before overtaking [...]