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The Crusaders are well-known for their slow starts. Every year, they sputter along for the first month of Super Rugby, before igniting and embarking on a run that ends in making the playoffs. Yet it seems that every year, we all still question them after some ordinary performances in the first few weeks. Indeed, even with all the doubters out in full force, the Crusaders have a record of four wins...
Published: April 8, 2015
Jesus Manuel Corona has been making a lot of buzz in the Eredivisie lately, which couldn’t come in better time for the Mexico national team. Tecatito started his career with local club Monterrey and quickly became one of the players to follow. He made his first division debut at age 17, in August 2010, as a starter. However, he didn’t appear again until the next year, as a sub versus San...
Published: April 8, 2015
After the drama and excitement of the last race in Malaysia, it’s Shanghai’s turn to put its mark on the Formula One season when it hosts the 2015 Chinese Grand Prix. Held at the Shanghai International Circuit since 2004, the race has a history of producing somewhat unexpected winners. Only four of the 11 races so far have seen that year’s champion mount the top step of the podium—2005,...
Published: April 8, 2015
After Sebastian Vettel‘s surprise win in Malaysia, there is no shortage of storylines ahead of the Chinese Grand Prix, the third event of the 2015 Formula One season. Having seen their eight-race winning streak come to an end at Sepang, there is a certain degree of pressure on Mercedes heading into this weekend, where the reigning constructors’ champions will be expected to provide an instant...
Published: April 8, 2015
Wales approach the 2015 World Cup with a squad full of experience and talent. In 2011 under a callow captain and with Warren Gatland only four years into his reign as head coach, they came agonisingly close to the final, losing to France with 14 men after Sam Warburton’s controversial red card. Four years on, the same coach has guided a Lions squad to victory with Warburton maturing as his...
Published: April 8, 2015
The semi-finals of the European Champions Cup will see Clermont Auvergne take on Saracens and Toulon face Leinster. With just four teams remaining, who is best placed to win the trophy? Which team were “New Zealand-esque” at the weekend, who will have to “improve immeasurably” to progress? Ranking these four teams has taken into account the strengths of each squad, their winning...
Published: April 8, 2015
In some ways, Erik Palmer-Brown is an average, 17-year-old American kid. With the end of the school year approaching, he’s counting the days left in his high school career and reflecting on what life will be like after graduation. But in more ways, Palmer-Brown is anything but average. A veteran of United States national soccer teams at the Under-17, U-18 and U-20 levels, Palmer-Brown has, for...
Published: April 8, 2015
This weekend’s Chinese Grand Prix will only mark the 12th running of the race. The Shanghai International Circuit does not have the glamorous, mystical, dangerous history of older Formula One circuits like Monza or Silverstone or Monaco. Still, the 11 Chinese Grand Prixs to date have produced some great moments and some dangerous ones, some humorous moments and some sublime ones. As the F1 circus...
Published: April 8, 2015
The world’s best golfers have arrived at Augusta National for the 79th edition of the Masters Tournament. All of the players in the field have questions to answer and things to prove. Each player must prove that he can raise his game for the first major of the year. He must prove that he won’t be overwhelmed by the unique challenge of Augusta National. He must prove that he can maintain...
Published: April 7, 2015
The top two favorites to win the Masters this year have never won the tournament, while four-time winner Tiger Woods will enter the first major of the PGA Tour season with his lowest odds ever after being questionable to even play at Augusta National this week. Coming off a career-best finish last year at the Masters—tying for eighth place—Rory McIlroy is the 6-1 favorite to win his first...