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Football Soccer Formula 1 Rugby Racing Golf Blogs TennisPublished: August 2, 2011
Mexico international Aldo de Nigris seems an unlikely candidate for the title of “El Tri’s Newest Star.” Unlike Manchester United ace Javier Hernandez, Mexican NT wunderkind Giovani dos Santos and prodigious Arsenal bench warmer Carlos Vela, who turned 23, 22 and 22 respectively this year, de Nigris hit the ripe old age 28 in July of 2011. Also unlike his young teammates, de Nigris...
Published: July 12, 2011
Two types of stars exist. There are those that, upon reaching a terminal point, explode in an enormous ball of fire, burning more brightly than an entire galaxy for a brief period. These are the massive stars. On the other end of the spectrum sit those stars that, upon reaching a terminal point, die by shrinking to a shadow of their former selves and essentially vanishing into oblivion. These are the...
Published: July 7, 2011
When Mexico winger Pablo Barrera signed to West Ham in July of 2010, it seemed yet another sign post in the rise of Mexico as an international football power. Nicknamed “Dynamite” in Mexico, Barrera looked primed to make an impact on England alongside other young Mexicans in the EPL like Carlos Vela, Giovani dos Santos and Manchester United’s soon-to-be new hero Javier Hernandez. Upon...
Published: June 17, 2011
This weekend the CONCACAF Gold Cup quarterfinals will go down in East Rutherford, New Jersey and Washington DC. The eight remaining teams ostensibly represent the best that North and Central America and the Caribbean Islands have to offer. On Saturday, Costa Rica takes on 2010 World Cup participant Honduras and the mighty Aztecs of Mexico face-off against their southern neighbors from Guatemala....
Published: June 11, 2011
Thursday, June 9th proved one of the more bizarre days in 2011 as five members of the Mexican national team tested positive for doping and the formidable striking duo of Javier Chicharito Hernandez and Giovani dos Santos scored a brace each against Cuba in the CONCAFCAF Gold Cup tournament. Celebrity goalkeeper Guillermo Ochoa, one of the best keepers in the world not playing in Europe’s top...
Published: June 9, 2011
On June 17, 2010, Javier Hernandez—more commonly known to the world as Chicharito—took a perfectly placed pass from Rafael Marquez and, as he has so many times since, found the back of the net with beautiful precision. It was his first World Cup goal, and he scored it against France. When the ball crossed the goal line, Chicharito became the third generation of his family to have scored...