December 2, 2011 Boston Herald
Maybe it’s because he’s been around the game for more than 40 years, or because he’s the first New Englander to manage the Red Sox [team stats] since Joe Morgan in 1988, or because he’s no dummy when it comes to the delicate state the team is in right now, but Bobby Valentine certainly seemed to grasp the significance of his first day on the job.Read More
02 de diciembre, 2011 El Universal
Los Ángeles.- Los jugadores de la NBA anunciaron que reformarán el sindicato, un paso más para poner fin al cierre patronal y que la liga comience el 25 de diciembre, informó DPA.Los profesionales disolvieron el sindicato el 14 de noviembre con el fin de presentar una demanda antimonopolio contra la liga y sus propietarios después de que las negociaciones para firmar un nuevo convenio colectivo se rompieran. Read More
02 de diciembre, 2011 El Universal
Río de Janeiro.- El ex astro del fútbol Ronaldo no podrá vincular sus patrocinadores personales a sus actividades como co-responsable del comité organizador del Mundial de Brasil 2014, advirtió la FIFA.En declaraciones que publica hoy el diario brasileño “Folha de Sao Paulo”, la FIFA afirmó que Ronaldo “puede tener a patrocinadores personales en su posición de ex jugador”, pero advirtió que estas empresas “no tienen autorización para crear ningún tipo de asociación con el Mundial y con la FIFA”, destacó DPA.Read More
December 1, 2011 Boston Herald
You never say never with a hot commodity like Rajon Rondo [stats]. Celtics [team stats] general manager Danny Ainge skated circles around the subject of the likelihood of trading his all-star point guard during this morning’s press conference at the Sports Authority Center.Ainge said he didn’t intend to trade Rondo. He said he didn’t want to trade Rondo. He said he wasn’t close to trading Rondo.Read More
December 1, 2011 Boston Herald
FOXBORO — After Thanksgiving something happens to the Patriots [team stats]. As December hits, Bill Belichick flips another switch, the level of play gets cranked up, and the Patriots kick it into another gear.It’s a trait you’ve been able to count on since Belichick arrived, a trademark of his coaching. Just as Saturdays are moving day in golf tournaments, Belichick has used December as moving month.Read More
December 1, 2011 Boston Herald
Here’s all you need to know about the road that led to Bobby V. When the season ended in disaster and Terry Francona departed, Red Sox [team stats] officials told at least one player that the new manager “won’t be someone like Bobby Valentine.”It was just a throwaway line, but that fascinating tidbit — first reported by WEEI.com and seconded yesterday by a Herald source — illustrates the improbability that has become a reality.Read More
30 de noviembre de 2011 Reuters
ZURICH (Reuters) - La FIFA debería limitar los mandatos de sus principales directivos y controlarlos regularmente para asegurarse de que se comporten éticamente, dijo el miércoles un informe independiente.El órgano rector del fútbol está abierto a conflictos de interés en su relación con sus 208 asociaciones miembro, según el reporte de Mark Pieth, del Institute of Governance de Basilea.Read More
30 de noviembre de 2011 Reuters
MADRID (Reuters) - La última vez que Argentina enfrentó a España en la Copa Davis de tenis fue en la final del 2008 en Mar del Plata, donde el equipo sudamericano era el gran favorito a lograr su primer título pero terminó derrotado y con conflictos internos.Read MoreLos españoles, entonces sin su talismán, Rafael Nadal, consiguieron una sorpresiva victoria en una cancha dura y bajo techo para sumar su tercer título en nueve años, luego de que Fernando Verdasco luchara contra una desventaja para vencer a José Acasuso y sentenciar un 3-1 inalcanzable en la serie.
November 30, 2011 Boston Herald
Before the Celtics [team stats] play basketball, Danny Ainge will have to play a game of Boggle.The general manager must look at the scrambled NBA marketplace and find the name of an affordable big man hidden in the misplaced letters.Before the lockout began, Ainge was asked if he’d be able to acquire a center for the 2011-12 season.Read More
November 29, 2011 Boston Herald
David Krejci’s numbers are nowhere near where they’re expected to be, and he knows that.But the talented Bruins [team stats] center says his game, and the games of linemates Milan Lucic and Nathan Horton, are starting to come.Krejci has no goals in his last nine games. Lucic hasn’t scored in his last eight games, and Horton hasn’t scored in his last four.Read More
November 29, 2011 Boston Herald
FOXBORO — When Patriots [team stats] quarterback Tom Brady [stats] tucks the football and runs, it can look like he’s sprinting through quicksand. His nightmarish 5.2-second 40-yard dash at the NFL combine in 2000 set the stage for a career that included scant few 20-yard runs.Read More
November 29, 2011 Boston Herald
Say it ain’t so, Larry Lucchino. You’re not really going to go all Gene Lamont on us, are you?Have you really come this far to settle on the safe choice, the boring choice, the dreaded compromise candidate? It’s been more than two months since your team’s historic collapse, and I was really hoping the delay was all part of a bloody palace coup by you.Read More
29/11/2011 El Caribe
Nueva York- Los jugadores de la NBA retiraron la demanda interpuesta contra la liga tras llegar a un acuerdo sobre el nuevo convenio colectivo.
El tribunal de Minnesota, donde estaba interpuesta la demanda conjunta, recibió una carta de los profesionales que pide que no se continué con el procedimiento hasta el 9 de diciembre. Ese día debería comenzar la preparación para la temporada 2011/2012.Read More
29/11/2011 El Caribe
BARCELONA. El club Barcelona buscará hoy reducir la brecha que le separa del Real Madrid y recuperarse de su primer fracaso de la campaña, cuando reciba a Rayo Vallecano. Las esperanzas del campeón defensor recibirán un impulso con el regreso de los mediocampistas Andrés Iniesta y Cesc Fábregas. Iniesta se perdió los últimos dos juegos con una lesión en el muslo izquierdo, y Fábregas fue dejado fuera como precaución en la derrota sufrida por el Barça 1-0 ante Getafe el pasado sábado.Read More
29 de noviembre, 2011 El Universal
Río de Janeiro.- El ex delantero Ronaldo será nombrado en las próximas horas como nuevo comandante del comité organizador del Mundial de fútbol de Brasil 2014, aseguró hoy el portal de noticias G1.El anuncio será formalizado el jueves en Río de Janeiro. Según el informe, el “Fenómeno” reemplazará en ese puesto al presidente de la Confederación Brasileña de Fútbol (CBF), Ricardo Teixeira, informó DPA.Read More
29/11/2011 Nacion
Brasil, tetracampeón del mundo de futsal, jugará acá dos partidos ante Costa Rica, el 14 y 16 diciembre.Rafael Vargas, presidente de este deporte en Costa Rica , así como la página oficial de la Confederación Brasileña, fueron los encargados de confirmar la visita del combinado brasileño. Ambos juegos tendrán lugar en el Polideportivo de Cartago, aquellos dos días, a las 8 p. m. Read More
November 28, 2011 Boston Herald
The details of the NBA’s new collective bargaining deal have yet to be ratified, and some issues still remain. But what is at least known is there will be more restrictions on the higher-spending teams.That means the Celtics [team stats] will have to thread a marketplace needle as they try to fashion a workable roster around their Big Four.Read More
November 28, 2011Boston Herald
The Red Sox [team stats], as an organization, have trended toward youth in key positions ever since John Henry became principal owner in 2002. They made Theo Epstein the youngest general manager in history at that time. His Brookline High School classmate, Sam Kennedy, became one of the youngest VPs of sales in baseball.Read More
November 28, 2011 Boston Herald
PHILADELPHIA — The flurry of punches came early, body blows to a patchwork Patriots [team stats] defense that provided hope for an Eagles team on life support.On the road, in front of maybe the NFL’s most volatile fans, it was the kind of start that has knocked lesser teams on their backs. It knocked the Patriots back to being themselves.Read More
November 22, 2011Boston Herald
MONTREAL — In many ways, a 1-0 victory was far more impressive than a 6-0 laugher.The Bruins [team stats] had the easiest of nights in New York on Saturday, when they outclassed the lowly Islanders by a half-dozen goals. Read More
November 22, 2011 Boston Herald
A man accused of taking a swing at Celtics [team stats] point guard Rajon Rondo [stats] inside a Lowell nightclub was released yesterday on personal recognizance.Eric Valarezo of Haverhill said he’s innocent but had no further comment after leaving a Lowell court following arraignment on a misdemeanor disorderly conduct charge. The case was continued after a prosecutor asked for more time to investigate.Read More
11/22/2011 The Boston Herald
Nobody had a more volatile relationship with Bobby Valentine than Steve Phillips.As the Mets’ GM-manager tandem for six seasons (1997-2002), Phillips and Valentine frequently feuded, often through the media. During a 1999 season in which the Mets made the playoffs, Phillips fired three coaches, including pitching coach Bob Apodaca, without consulting Valentine. Once, Phillips grew so sick of Valentine that he ordered him to stay home during the winter meetings. Their relationship went well beyond merely dysfunctional.Read More
November 22, 2011 Boston Herald
FOXBORO — The friendly handshakes and jovial back slaps lasted until kickoff. The two franchises are bound by so many ties that it could be no other way.Patriots quarterback Tom Brady [stats] greeted old friend and Chiefs assistant coach Otis Smith with a hug, while Chiefs general manager Scott Pioli camped out on an unfamiliar sideline and greeted familiar faces. There were countless examples.Read More
November 21, 2011 Boston Herald
DENVER — Patrick Marleau had a hat trick, Thomas Greiss stopped 35 shots and the San Jose Sharks beat the Colorado Avalanche 4-1 on Sunday night.Joe Pavelski also scored, Mark-Edouard Vlasic had three assists and Joe Thornton added two assists for the Sharks, who have won three straight and five of their last six.Read More
November 21, 2011 Boston Herald
FOXBORO — In the past, Bill Belichick has feasted on plenty of inexperienced quarterbacks. He’s tortured quite a few Tyler Palko types who have crashed and burned trying to figure out his schemes.But that was when Belichick had a much more formidable defense executing his game plan and carrying out his marching orders.Read More
November 21, 2011 The Miami Herald
The concession came in the form of a Tweet.@JacobyEllsbury: Congrats to Justin Verlander. Thanks to all the writers that voted for me. #MLB.With that, Jacoby Ellsbury acknowledged his second-place finish in the AL MVP balloting. Tigers ace Justin Verlander became the first AL starting pitcher since Roger Clemens in 1986 to win the award, voted upon by members of the Baseball Writers Association of America, including Herald colleague Michael Silverman. Verlander finished with 13 of 28 first-place votes and 280 overall points, edging Ellsbury, who got four first-place votes, 13 second-place votes and 242 points. Ellsbury somehow received one 10th-place vote, but it didn’t cost him the MVP. Verlander won despite being left off one ballot entirely.Read More
20 de noviembre de 2011 Reuters
MADRID (Reuters) - El Real Madrid conservó su ventaja de tres puntos en la cima de la liga española de fútbol al vencer el sábado 3-2 al Valencia en un emocionante partido, mientras que el Barcelona goleó 4-0 al Real Zaragoza con un tanto de Lionel Messi para seguir a la caza de su archirrival.El francés Karim Benzema abrió el marcador para el Madrid en el estadio Mestalla con un fuerte remate cruzado a los 20 minutos y Sergio Ramos amplió la ventaja de los dirigidos por José Mourinho a los 72.Read More
11/20/2011 CNN
(CNN) — La polémica declaración de Joseph Blatter con respecto al racismo en el fútbol es la última de una larga serie de incidentes que avergonzaron al presidente de la FIFA durante la última década.Desde acusaciones por mala administración y corrupción en el organismo gobernante del fútbol mundial, hasta su tristemente célebre declaración acerca de la homosexualidad de las futbolistas, la infidelidad marital y la esclavitud deportiva, el funcionario de 75 años pocas veces se aleja de los titulares de prensa.Read More
18 de noviembre, 2011 EUD
El equipo culé volverá a la acción este fin de semana, para enfrentar al Zaragoza luego de tres semanas sin fútbol en el Camp Nou, con un Lionel Messi exigido al limite tras sus compromisos con la albiceleste.
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November 18, 2011 Boston Herald
This wasn’t training camp, but it had to do.Doc Rivers stood at the end of the floor at a Boys & Girls Club gym in Dorchester yesterday, and watched young kids scramble to turn over small orange cones.Beyond the occasional blind walkthrough with his coaching staff, this fitness clinic on behalf of the Celtics [team stats] and healthcare leader Covidien is about as much court time as the Celtics coach has logged in the last three months.Read More
November 18, 2011 Boston Herald
MILWAUKEE — Bobby Valentine has been a candidate for the Red Sox [team stats] manager job from the early stages of the team’s search process, a club source said yesterday. Valentine was one of the first people interviewed by general manager Ben Cherington, has met with team president and CEO Larry Lucchino, and is one of a handful of remaining candidates, according to the source, who stressed Cherington and the owners are on the same page in the search.Read More
November 18, 2011Boston Herald
WARWICK, R.I. — The Boxer sits alone with his thoughts, wearing a rueful half-smile as he gazes across the gym at a moving remembrance of who he once was.The Kid shuffles along 50 feet away, popping a heavy bag as if there’s something personal between them. He’s got speed, agility and comes armed with the blind faith of youth, just as The Boxer had when he started down this path 26 years ago.Read More
November 17, 2011 Boston Herald
Now that the NBA players have disbanded their union and taken their labor fight with the owners to the courts, they have given up a considerable level of control in how the whole process plays out.Two groups of players have filed antitrust lawsuits against the league — one in California and one in Minnesota — in hopes of turning up the heat on the owners after negotiations for a new collective bargaining agreement broke down Monday.Read More
November 17, 2011 Boston Herald
FOXBORO — The fairy tale has been canceled. Matt Cassel, the former Patriots [team stats] draft pick who famously took over for Tom Brady [stats] in 2008, won’t be the Chiefs starting quarterback against his old team on Monday.Thanks to recent hand surgery, Cassel is out. In his place is journeyman Tyler Palko, an athletic lefty who was once cut by the California Redwoods of the UFL.Read More
November 16, 2011 Boston Herald
David Ortiz has sung the same tune for the last five years, and he won’t stop just because he’s a free agent and technically hurting his bargaining position: The designated hitter wants to return to the Red Sox [team stats].In fact, Ortiz said yesterday, if he receives an offer from another team that he’s considering accepting, he will give the Sox a chance to counter it.Read More
November 16, 2011Boston Herald
LAWRENCE — In April 2010, after Rob Gronkowski was selected in the second round of the NFL draft, he walked onto the stage at Radio City Music Hall with a Patriots [team stats] helmet in hand, gave commissioner Roger Goodell a bear hug, then proceeded to throw the helmet on, huddle up with family and friends, and provide flying chest bumps all around.Read More
16 de noviembre, 2011 El Universal
La Vinotinto ocupa el primer lugar de la clasificación junto a Uruguay y Argentina, después que consiguiera una victoria (1-0) ante la nación altiplana, en Pueblo Nuevo, en el partido que cerró la cuarta jornada del PremundialRead More
November 15, 2011 Boston Herald
NEW YORK — Unable to deal successfully with the NBA across a bargaining table, the Players Association now will try its luck in court.Union leadership yesterday announced its intention to file a notice of disclaimer, turning the group into a trade association and clearing the way for players to bring an antitrust suit against the league.Read More
November 15, 2011 Boston Herald
What, you were expecting sentimental?Jonathan Papelbon doesn’t do sentimental, as he demonstrated yesterday during his introductory press conference with the Philadelphia Phillies.Donning his new pinstripes for the first time, Papelbon was very matter of fact about the circumstances that led to his signing the biggest contract for a closer in history, a four-year, $50 million (and $58, naturally) deal with a vesting option that could push the total value past $60 million.Read More
15 de noviembre, 2011 EUD
San Cristóbal.- Con siete puntos Venezuela terminaría igual que Uruguay, líder de la eliminatoria a Brasil 2014, al cierre del año. Tendría en el bolsillo aproximadamente cerca del 30 por ciento de los puntos que necesitaría para clasificar a su primera Copa del Mundo.Así que, ganar, empatar o perder ante Bolivia hoy en el estadio Pueblo Nuevo de San Cristóbal marca una diferencia, aunque no sea determinante. Read More
15 de noviembre, 2011 EUD
El pelotero venezolano Wilson Ramos agradeció la acción de las autoridades, las oraciones de fanáticos y del pueblo venezolano en general por su liberación. Dijo que hoy volverá a sus entrenamientos y que tendrá que esforzarse para dejar atrás el impacto psicológico que el cautiverio le causó. Read More
November 14, 2011 Boston Herald
WILMINGTON — Milan Lucic will not be suspended for his hit on Buffalo Sabres goalie Ryan Miller on Saturday night. Lucic had a hearing with NHL disciplinarian Brendan Shanahan earllier this afternoon.“I had the hearing because I did make an initial assessment of the play as I do with all plays, but I did have some questions for Milan and I wanted to hear directly from him,” Shanahan told NHL.com. “They were regarding his intent; at what point did he know there was going to be a collision, and whether or not he felt he had the time to avoid the collision. I was satisfied with his answers.”Read More
November 14, 2011Boston Herald
NEW YORK — The leadership of the National Basketball Players Association today chose to file a notice of disclaimer, essentially turning the union into a trade association and throwing the 2011-12 NBA season into serious jeopardy.Billy Hunter, executive director of the union, said the league office was notified of the move before he and player representatives from the 30 teams met with the media at a hotel in the Times Square area.Read More
November 14, 2011 Boston Herald
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — The Patriots [team stats] played defense last night with more spare parts than a junkyard.By the end of a long evening wrestling with the Jets, they often had as many as six former undrafted rookie free agents facing the likes of one-time first-round picks Mark Sanchez, LaDainian Tomlinson, Plaxico Burress and Santonio Holmes. Facing them down would be more to the point.Read More
14/11/11 Clarin
La Selección Argentina pisó suelo colombiano y ya se instaló en el Hotel Estelar. La delegación arribó con Germán Lerche a la cabeza, presidente de Colón y Secretario de Selecciones de AFA a las 23.04 hora local, la 1.04 en Argentina. Pero los hinchas colombianos sólo querían ver a Lionel Messi.La Pulga se bajó del micro, se sacó una foto con un policía y pisó el lobby. En ese momento explotaron las fanáticas en un grito. Como si la última estrella adolescente de la música pop -llámese… ¿Justin Bieber?- hubiese arribado a Barranquilla para ofrecer un concierto.Read More
November 13, 2011 Boston Herald
Be a part of the conversation as the sports staff hosts Boston Herald Game Day Live—a live chat during Sunday’s 8:20 p.m. clash between the Patriots [team stats] and Jets at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, N.J.Read More
13/11/2011 Nacion
Las Vegas (AP). El boxeador filipino Manny Pacquiao fue llevado al límite el sábado antes de llevarse una decisión sobre el mexicano Juan Manuel Márquez en la pelea por el título de peso welter de la OMB.Pacquiao fue considerado el ganador en dos tarjetas de los jueces, mientras que el tercero decretó el combate como empate. Fue una cerrada victoria del congresista filipino, que recibió mucho castigo a lo largo de los 12 asaltos.Read More
13/11/2011 Nacion
Alajuela. La Selección Española de Futbol, actual campeona del mundo ya se encuentra en nuestro país tras llegar a las 4:00 a. m. en un vuelo privado proveniente desde Inglaterra. El seleccionado, dirigido por el español Vicente del Bosque, salió al área de arribo del aeropuerto Juan Santamaría a las 4:26 a. m., tras los trámites de migración pertinentes.Read More
November 11, 2011 Boston Herald
FOXBORO — The rules are simple, and understanding them isn’t the problem. It’s following them that takes impeccable discipline beyond the years of the Patriots [team stats] younger players.Want to earn quarterback Tom Brady [stats]’s trust?Read More
11/11/2011 -El Caribe
Nueva York- El conflicto en la liga norteamericana de baloncesto NBA sigue sin resolverse, después de que los jugadores rechazaran una nueva oferta salarial de los representantes de los clubes."La propuesta no concuerda plenamente con nuestras demandas en algunos puntos que nosotros consideramos muy importantes. Por eso decidimos interrumpir las conversaciones y dar un paso atrás”, dijo en la noche del jueves tras 11 horas de negociación en Nueva York el presidente del sindicato de jugadores, Derek Fisher.Read More
11 de noviembre, 2011 EUD
El arquero español dará mañana un paso más en su camino hacia la leyenda al igualar los 126 partidos internacionales de Andoni Zubizarreta, récord hasta el momento en la historia de la selección española. Read More
November 10, 2011 Boston Herald
NEW YORK—The NBA and Players Association concluded 12 hours of talks at 1 this morning, agreeing to reconvene at noon today.While both sides cautioned that nothing was solved, the fact they breezed through yesterday’s 5 p.m. deadline for the union to accept a 50-50 offer or face a far worse proposal was taken as positive sign in the now 133-day-old lockout.Read More
November 10, 2011 Boston Herald
If the Red Sox [team stats] aren’t careful, they’re going to start having a perception problem on top of their image issues.Sooner or later, the Red Sox have to start adding and stop losing people.New faces, new blood — bring it on Read More
11/10/2011 The Boston Herald
FOXBORO — Bill Belichick did not make all of his offseason moves based on one loss. The Patriots [team stats] coach and chief decision-maker doesn’t roll that way.That said, it was easy to connect the dots and see at least a small connection to the 28-21 home playoff loss to the New York Jets [team stats] back in January.Read More
November 9, 2011 Boston Herald
Glen Davis is anxious to exercise his union right to vote. And he hopes that opportunity comes soon.If it were up to Davis, as the NBPA attempts to reach agreement with the NBA on a new collective bargaining agreement before today’s 5 p.m. deadline, the union would accept ownership’s offer.Read More
November 9, 2011 Boston Herald
Two more candidates have emerged on the Red Sox [team stats] list of possible managers.With Cleveland Indians bench coach Sandy Alomar Jr. set to visit Fenway Park [map] today, the Red Sox announced Toronto Blue Jays first base coach Torey Lovullo and Detroit Tigers third base coach Gene Lamont will interview on Friday and Saturday, respectively.Read More
November 9, 2011 Boston Herald
We all called it a low-risk, high-reward move by Bill Belichick. That’s what bringing aboard Albert Haynesworth was on the surface back in July.What it turned out to be was a colossal failure.Five days before the biggest game of the season against the Jets, the Patriots [team stats]’ archenemies and chief rivals, Belichick bounced Haynesworth, the poster boy for all that has gone wrong and all the doubts about the team going forward.Read More
November 08, 2011 USA Today
Joe Frazier, a tough, underrated heavyweight boxer from Philadelphia and one of the sport’s fiercest competitors who spent a lifetime playing second fiddle to his nemesis, Muhammad Ali, died Monday night from liver cancer. He was 67.Read More
November 8, 2011 Boston Herald
Cross Mike Maddux’ name off the list of potential Red Sox [team stats] managers.The Texas Rangers pitching coach, considered a darkhorse candidate with a legitimate chance of getting the job, withdrew from consideration yesterday for family reasons.Read More
November 8, 2011 Boston Herald
Even in defeat, there always is something to be thankful for. Be thankful for Dallas coach Jason Garrett’s lack of gumption, because if he had kept throwing late in the Cowboys’ loss in Foxboro, the Patriots [team stats] likely would be saddled with a three-game losing streak instead of two.Sunday’s disappointing defeat ended Tom Brady [stats]’s personal 31-game home winning streak, the longest in NFL history. If he’s looking to dish out some blame pie, he can give himself the first slice. Even though he led four straight scoring drives to get the lead back, there would have been no need for a rally had he been more accurate earlier in the game.Read More
7 de noviembre de 2011 Reuters
ZURICH (Reuters) - La liga española de fútbol tiene demasiados clubes y debería despojarse de cuatro de ellos, dijo el lunes el presidente del Barcelona, Sandro Rosell."Mi opinión es que nuestra liga tiene demasiados clubes”, declaró Rosell durante un debate en la conferencia International Football Arena."Tenemos 20 y deberíamos reducirlo a 18, y luego a 16. Eso implicaría que todos los clubes serían más competitivos y podríamos reducir los salarios de los jugadores”, añadió.Read More
November 7, 2011 Boston Herald
WILMINGTON — The Bruins [team stats] meet the New York Islanders tonight in a colossal showdown to see which team climbs out of the Eastern Conference cellar.Yep, it’s another giant game for the Bruins, who, after Saturday night’s 7-0 rout of the Maple Leafs in Toronto, may finally and truly be back on track. If so, two points tonight in Game 1 of a five-game homestand is an absolute must.Read More
November 7, 2011 Boston Herald
FOXBORO — Sunday is how dynasties end: with small broken pieces, not large ones.Dynasties do not end in spectacular collapse or fiery conflagration. They end from the corrosive effect of winning, eaten bit by bit until the edge is no longer on your side of the line of scrimmage.Read More
November 7, 2011 Boston Herald
He arrived as the wonder boy who’d end the Curse. He left under trying circumstances a decade later, obscuring the fine job he had done for most of his tenure.Theo Epstein? Try Dan Duquette.The Duke, as he came to be known, never got the credit he deserved for the stamp he put on two World Series winners. A number of the players he acquired, from Pedro Martinez to Manny Ramirez [stats] to Kevin Youkilis [stats], contributed to those championships, and a number of the prospects he signed were still being used in deals years later.Read More
7 de noviembre de 2011 El Universal
Tras 15 horas y 22 minutos de recorrido, el venezolano Maickel Melamed acaba de cruzar la meta del Maratón de Nueva York, con lo que completó la distancia de 42 kilómetros.Al inicio de la carrera, el joven aseguró que con su participación buscaba demostrarle al mundo que “nada es tan grande como para no intentarlo”. “Este maratón es la plataforma internacional perfecta para traer un mensaje, un lugar donde fluye mucha gente de muchos países con deseos de lograr cosas. Es un ambiente espectacular y creo que es uno de los maratones más emblemáticos del mundo”, añadió. Read More
November 7, 2011 The Boston Herald
FOXBORO — By the time Patriots [team stats] linebacker Tracy White was grasping futility for the final pass thrown by New York Giants quarterback Eli Manning, his team had run the gamut of emotions.From lost in the wilderness in the first half to helplessness in the second half to the high for what appeared to be a thrilling last-second comeback, and finally the despair that comes with visitors celebrating at a quiet Gillette Stadium.Read More
November 6th, 2011 Boston Herald
The Patriots raised some eyebrows last night by releasing the fact that Taylor Price tweaked his hamstring. That made him questionable for the game, and he was on the field earlier warming up.How did it work out?For Price, not so good. He’s inactive after testing out his hamstring in warmups. But, believe it or not, that’s not the biggest surprise.Read More
05/11/2011 El CaribeMadrid -
Kaká se perderá los dos amistosos de la selección brasileña a causa de una lesión en su pierna derecha, según aseguró hoy el entrenador del Real Madrid, José Mourinho.El mediocampista brasileño no podrá acudir a los partidos de su combinado nacional contra Gabón y Egipto, debido a un fuerte golpe recibido en el músculo sóleo de su pierna derecha durante el pertido de la semana pasada contra la Real Sociedad.Read More
04/11/2011 El Caribe
Los propietarios y los jugadores de la NBA se alistan para otro capítulo de su disputa laboral, el cual se perfila como el más enconado hasta ahora.
Las dos partes tienen previsto reunirse el sábado en Nueva York al tiempo que las conversaciones están atoradas, un grupo de jugadores amenaza con desarticular al sindicato y un sector de los propietarios insiste en su ofrecimiento para llegar a un acuerdo.Read More
November 5, 2011 Boston Herald
Rajon Rondo was far from the mad crowd in New York yesterday, visiting friends in North Dakota — a place that couldn’t be more removed from the NBA pulse.The Celtics [team stats] point guard didn’t just sound bored from his inactivity.“I am bored,” he said. “I’m extremely bored. I’m ready to get this thing over with.”Read More
November 5, 2011 Boston Herald
FOXBORO — Albert Haynesworth’s Patriots [team stats] career has not been overflowing with statistics. The massive defensive tackle has just three stops in five games, a paltry number.Yet, it’s the way Haynesworth improves the plight of others that is the reason the Patriots acquired him from the Redskins. On one of defensive end Andre Carter’s sacks a week ago, for example, it was Haynesworth drawing a double-team and pushing up the middle that helped free up the veteran. Fine with him.Read More
November 5, 2011 Boston Herald
Amidst the avalanche of text messages and well-wishes Dave Page received after being dismissed as Red Sox [team stats] strength and conditioning coach, one stood out. It came from a Red Sox starting pitcher whom Page declined to identify. And it said, “I feel this is all my fault.”Read More
4 de noviembre de 2011 El Universal
Madrid.- El delantero portugués Cristiano Ronaldo recibió hoy la Bota de Oro que le acredita como el mejor goleador de las Ligas europeas, aunque el jugador del Real Madrid afirmó que cambiaría el trofeo “por ganar la Champions o la Liga española”. Cristiano Ronaldo logró un hito la pasada temporada al convertirse en el mejor goleador de la historia de la Liga española gracias a los 40 tantos conseguidos, según reflejaron las actas arbitrales precisó DPA. Read More
November 4, 2011 Boston Herald
Things will look a little different when the NBA and Players Association resume negotiations tomorrow in New York. According to sources, the session will be much larger than the recent talks in terms of participation.Read More
November 4, 2011 Boston Herald
FOXBORO — Devin McCourty still speaks with the veteran secondary group that surrounded him in training camp. Former Patriots [team stats] Leigh Bodden, Brandon Meriweather and James Sanders [stats] are still on his Twitter feed and his speed dial.Read More
November 4, 2011 Boston Herald
In describing his awkward final days with the Red Sox [team stats], Theo Epstein invoked Milton Waddams, the character from the movie “Office Space” who mumbled to himself nonsensically while roaming the hallways with little more than his red Swingline stapler.Read More
04.11.2011 Siglo XXI
Lionel Messi. La gran pregunta que se hace el planeta futbol es dónde está el límite de Leo. Tras dos hat-tricks seguidos, ya suma 202 goles con el Barsa y sus números no paran de crecer desde que juega como falso delantero centro.La mejor noticia para el barcelonismo es que dos Balones de Oro después, Messi sigue hambriento. Lo demuestran sus 202 goles con la camiseta del Barsa, cifra alcanzada el pasado martes en Praga tras otro soberbio triplete. Read More
November 3, 2011 Boston Herald
FOXBORO — New York Jets [team stats] coach Rex Ryan has come up with some exotic defensive schemes to effectively neutralize and/or take out Tom Brady [stats]. So has his brother Rob Ryan, the defensive coordinator of the Dallas Cowboys.Last week, Pittsburgh Steelers resident defensive mastermind Dick LeBeau finally joined the club. LeBeau hatched a formula to finally crack the Brady mystique. But long before these defensive gurus made their mark in bottling up Brady, a blueprint had already been established.Read More
3 de noviembre de 2011 Reuters
LONDRES (Reuters) - Cristiano Ronaldo no quiso ser menos que Lionel Messi y llevó al Real Madrid a los octavos de final de la Liga de Campeones del fútbol europeo, en la victoria del miércoles del equipo español por 2-0 ante el Olympique de Lyon.Messi, el gran rival de Ronaldo en el fútbol mundial, anotó el martes su gol número 200 con la camiseta del Barça al marcar una tripleta en la goleada 4-0 del equipo catalán sobre el Viktoria Plzen checo, y Ronaldo respondió con su gol número 100 con el Real Madrid.Read More
November 2, 2011 Boston Herald
NEW YORK — Adrian Gonzalez, Dustin Pedroia [stats] and Jacoby Ellsbury [stats] became the first three Red Sox [team stats] in 32 seasons to win AL Gold Glove awards together.The Red Sox players joined Dodgers trio Clayton Kershaw, Matt Kemp and Andre Ethier, who became the first Dodgers trip to win the NL award in the same season.Read More
November 2, 2011 Boston Herald
FOXBORO — Rodney Harrison [stats] remembers when the Patriots [team stats] secondary was feared. He remembers when it was among the NFL’s best. That’s because it was an aggressive, take-no-prisoners unit that made plays and buried opponents.No wonder watching how the secondary performed against the Pittsburgh Steelers made him angry. It’s not just a matter of having a lack of talent. That’s one thing. What seems to really irritate Harrison is how it played. Safe, soft schemes don’t compute with the former Patriots safety. It was never in his repertoire.Read More
November 1, 2011 Boston Herald
NEW YORK — Sports fans are a forgiving lot.Many of us are liars, too.Each time a league is interrupted by strike or lockout, a rising chorus proclaims it has had enough and will never again watch or support said enterprise. The people might be sincere in their displeasure, but the numbers and general eye test seem to indicate a break in the stream between intent an action. There is a distinct absence of follow-through.Read More
November 1, 2011 Boston Herald
Over the past three seasons, Pete Mackanin has left his distinctive mark on the Philadelphia Phillies by writing out the lineup card in calligraphy.Yesterday, the Phillies bench coach discussed the imprint he could make on the Red Sox [team stats].Mackanin was the first candidate to interview for the Sox’ managerial vacancy. A 60-year-old baseball lifer, though never a full-time major league manager, he arrived at Fenway Park [map] at about 9 a.m., didn’t leave until after 6 p.m. and described the process as “very thorough.”Read More
November 1, 2011 The Boston Herald
New England Patriot wide receiver and special teams star Julian Edelman was arraigned today on a charge he groped a woman on the dance floor during a Halloween party in a Back Bay bar.The 25-year-old Edelman pleaded not guilty to indecent assault and battery in connection with the alleged sexual assault that had one witness wanting to take on the Patriot right away, according to a police report.Read More
01/11/11 Clarin
Barcelona se presentará hoy en Plzen, República Checa, con una novedad que señala el notable plantel con el que cuenta: ocho de sus jugadores quedaron seleccionados entre los 23 futbolistas que aspiran a ganar el Balón de Oro de este año. Los elegidos son: Lionel Messi, Xavi, Andrés Iniesta, David Villa, Cesc Fabregas, Dani Alves, Eric Abidal y Gerard Piqué. Los otros dos del equipo de Pep Guardiola que estaban entre los 50 preseleccionados (el capitán Carles Puyol y el chileno Alexis Sánchez) no pasaron este corte que dio a conocer ayer el diario catalán Mundo Deportivo . Read More
October 31, 2011 Boston Herald
If history is any guide, the odds of David Ortiz [stats] and Jonathan Papelbon [stats] re-signing with the Red Sox [team stats] are long.In the last decade, management has tended to allow its top free agents — Adrian Beltre, Victor Martinez, Jason Bay, Johnny Damon, Pedro Martinez, Derek Lowe — to sign elsewhere in exchange for the extra draft picks, either out of a belief that those players’ most productive seasons were behind them or an unwillingness to meet their desired price tag.Read More
October 30, 2011 Boston Herald
PITTSBURGH — The Pittsburgh Steelers found a way to beat Tom Brady [stats]: Don’t let him get the ball.Ben Roethlisberger passed for 365 yards and two touchdowns and the Steelers finally solved their Brady problem with an emphatic 25-17 victory over New England.Read More
30 de octubre, 2011 EUD
Estados Unidos.- Los jugadores estrella del beisbol de las Grandes Ligas, encabezadas por el segunda base dominicano Robinson Canó, de los Yanquis de Nueva York, ya se encuentran en Taiwán, donde tienen previsto disputar la próxima semana una serie de cinco partidos con la selección nacional, informó EFE. El vice presidente de la Asociación de Beisbol de Taiwán, Peng Cheng-hao, con sede en Taipei, la capital de la nación, indicó que finalmente en su ciudad, en donde se vive el beisbol con tanta pasión “después de tantos años de espera, por fin tenemos a jugadores de las Grandes Ligas”. Read More
30 de octubre, 2011 EUD
Madrid. - El Levante, la gran revelación del inicio de la Liga española de fútbol 2011-2012, sufrió su primera derrota este domingo en la 11ª jornada, al caer 2-0 en el campo del Osasuna, con lo que el Real Madrid, que había superado 1-0 a la Real Sociedad ayer, quedó como nuevo líder, informó AFP.El equipo blanco se había colocado provisionalmente en esa posición y tras el resultado de Pamplona queda ya como líder confirmado en esta fecha, con un punto de ventaja sobre el Barcelona (2º), que goleó 5-0 al Mallorca con un ‘triplete’ de Leo Messi, mientras que el Levante es tercero, a dos puntos. Read More
October 29, 2011 CNN
CNN)—The National Basketball Association announced Friday that all games through November 30 are canceled as team owners and players continue to battle over a new collective bargaining agreement."We share the frustrations of our fans, partners, and those who rely on our game for their livelihoods,” NBA Deputy Commissioner Adam Silver said in a press release announcing the cancellation.Read More
28 de octubre de 2011 El Caribe
SAN LUIS. Habrá un séptimo juego en la Serie Mundial y eso se debe a David Freese y a la tenacidad de los Cardenales de San Luis.
Freese pegó un jonrón decisivo en el undécimo episodio y los Cardenales remontaron dos veces ante los Rangers de Texas para forzar un séptimo duelo al cantar victoria anoche por 10-9 en tal vez uno de los grandes clásicos de la historia de las Grandes Ligas. Los Rangers estuvieron a un strike de conquistar el primer campeonato de su historia en el noveno y décimo innings.Read More
28 de octubre de 2011 El Caribe
GUADALAJARA, México.- Los Juegos Panamericanos de Guadalajara tendrán el viernes su jornada más ajetreada con más de cuarenta medallas de oro, una fiesta de 12 finales en el atletismo y campeones en fútbol masculino y boxeo. Estrellas como el cubano Dayron Robles (110 con vallas) saldrán a la pista del estadio de atletismo, en que también se correrán las pruebas de relevo de 4x100 y 4x400, mientras que en el Omnilife, México y Argentina se disputarán el oro futbolístico.Read More
October 28, 2011 Boston Herald
Ben Cherington has been general manager of the Red Sox [team stats] for three days, hardly enough time to order new business cards no less identify a front-runner to replace Terry Francona.But the managerial search is starting to come into focus.Read More
28/10/2011 El Comercio
Los defensas Carles Puyol y Gerard Piqué recibieron hoy el alta médica, por lo que ambos podrán jugar mañana con el Barcelona en casa ante el Mallorca por la décima jornada de la Liga española. Puyol se recuperó de unas molestias en el pubis y Piqué superó una lesión muscular. Ambos están aptos, aunque es probable que su entrenador, Josep Guardiola, no arriesgue y les deje inicialmente en el banquillo ante el Mallorca. Read More
October 27, 2011 Boston Herald
FOXBORO — This probably hasn’t been the best few days in Rob Gronkowski’s life. But as the proverb says: This too shall passGronkowski committed one of the cardinal sins in coach Bill Belichick’s player code book. The Patriots [team stats] second-year tight end made news during the bye week.Read More
October 27, 2011 Boston Herald
Within the next few days, maybe even by tomorrow morning, David Ortiz [stats] will file for free agency, raising the possibility that he may leave the Red Sox [team stats] after nine seasons or at least spark a bidding war with one of their American League East foes.No, not the Yankees.Read More
October 26, 2011 Boston Herald
The NBA has already canceled the first two weeks of the season, and as yesterday wore on, fans were waiting to see if, according to a New York Daily News report, the league would eliminate two more weeks.But none of this means news organizations or the game’s followers should lament the loss of scheduled games in November.Read More
October 26, 2011 Boston Herald
If the Red Sox [team stats] fall apart in 2012, fans won’t have one of their favorite targets to blame.New general manager Ben Cherington dropped a bombshell during his introductory press conference yesterday, disclosing that right-hander John Lackey will undergo Tommy John surgery on his pitching elbow and probably miss the season.Read More
October 26, 2011 Boston Herald
FOXBORO — Albert Haynesworth has come up against the Pittsburgh Steelers more than a few times in his career. He knows what they’re all about, what makes them one of the best teams in the league.“They don’t dance around. They’re not finesse whatsoever,” Haynesworth said yesterday, as he held court at his locker. “Everybody runs hard. They don’t mind hitting. They like to hit. It’s a very physical team. More physical than we’ve seen this year.”Read More
October 25, 2011 Boston Herald
Eventually Bill Murray woke up, heard Sonny and Cher on the radio, and realized it wasn’t Groundhog Day anymore.That day finally has arrived for the Red Sox [team stats], who can take their first step in a month toward detox with today’s announcements that Theo Epstein is headed to Chicago and Ben Cherington will be elevated to general manager to begin retooling things.Read More
