April 27, 2011, 2:37 am
An all-Portuguese Europa League final looks likely after Radamel Falcao’s four goals gave FC Porto a 5-1 victory over Villarreal as Benfica secured a 2-1 lead over Braga in the first leg of their semifinal on Thursday.
Falcao took his Europa League tally this season to 15 with his latest goal burst, while Freddy Guarin added another for Porto, the newly crowned Portuguese champions.
Villarreal went in front on the stroke of halftime when Ruben “Cani” Garcia scored for the only non-Portuguese side still in the competition.
The first all-Portuguese semifinal in a European competition saw Jardel and Oscar Cardozo clinch Benfica’s win over Braga.
April 27, 2011, 2:25 am
In this age of advanced medical technology, it’s almost unthinkable that Tiger Woods could become the Bobby Orr of golf: the game’s best, sidelined by bad knees.
That comparison may be a bit of a stretch, but not as bad as one fan’s on Tiger’s own website, who compared Woods to Elvis, saying “Don’t worry about records, all we need is you being fit and come back to (sic) intertain us. ”
OK, so he’s not retiring, and he’s certainly not ready to be entombed in front of his gaudy Jupiter Island, Fla., mansion, but another injury is reason for concern.
Woods announced this week he will not be competing at the Wells Fargo Championship next week because of what his camp is calling a “minor” knee injury.
Read more info…
April 26, 2011, 8:51 pm
Cleveland Browns defensive tackle Phillip Taylor answers questions at an NFL football news conference at the team’s headquarters in Berea, Ohio Friday, April 29, 2011. The Browns took the former Baylor lineman with the 21st overall pick in the first round of the draft Thursday night. (AP Photo/Mark Duncan)
Browns fans have a new super hero. His name is Phil Taylor, and if he sees a quarterback in a Steelers uniform, Taylor plans to plant him in the sod.
Taylor about 45 minutes before the draft resumed on Friday met with reporters covering the Browns and was informed within a minute after the Browns drafted him Thursday an exuberant fan tweeted: “Welcome to Cleveland.
Read more info…
April 22, 2011, 2:12 pm
Jim Mone/Associated Press The Twins Jason Repko scores on a two-run double by Jason Kubel as Carlos Santana reaches for the throw in the third inning on Saturday.
Read more info…
April 22, 2011, 11:54 am
It can’t continue, can it? Rookies, teens and twentysomethings continue to thrive in the pro ranks and, every week, those in the know say this is the tournament where experience will win out.
That’s what they said would happen at the Masters, but PGA Tour rookie Charl Schwartzel came along and blew that theory, and the likes of Tiger and Phil, out of the water.
And, when three of the four sitting major champions — Schwartzel, Louis Oosthuizen and world No. 1 Martin Kaymer — teed it up in Malaysia last week, it was Matteo Manassero who snuck in his second European Tour victory two days ahead of his 19th birthday.
Already holding the title of the European Tour’s youngest victor after taking the Castello Masters last year, Manassero shot up to No.
Read more info…