The United States women’s soccer team has reached the World Cup final for the first time since it last won the title on home soil in 1999. The U.S. scored twice in a four-minute span late in the second half Wednesday to defeat France, 3-1, in Moenchengladbach, Germany. Star American striker Abby Wambach broke a […]
US Women Edge Brazil in Dramatic World Cup Quarterfinal
Posted July 10th, 2011 at 3:05 pm (UTC-5)
The U.S. women’s soccer team has staged a dramatic comeback to beat Brazil in the quarterfinals of the Women’s World Cup in Germany, setting up a semifinal clash with France. After the two teams ended 90 minutes of regulation time in a 1-1 tie, Brazil scored early in extra time to lead by one goal […]
U.S., Mexico Advance to Gold Cup Championship Match
Posted June 23rd, 2011 at 3:30 am (UTC-5)
The U.S and Mexican mens’s soccer teams will face each other in the CONCACAF Gold Cup championship match, after winning their respective semifinal matches Thursday at Houston’s Reliant Stadium. The U.S. edged Panama 1-0,with Clint Dempsey scoring in the 76th minute on a pass from teammate Landon Donovan. Freddy Adu set up the winning goal […]
Boston Bruins Win First Stanley Cup in Nearly Four Decades
Posted June 15th, 2011 at 11:25 pm (UTC-5)
The Boston Bruins posted a 4-0 shutout of the host Vancouver Canucks Wednesday to clinch the seventh and deciding game of the National Hockey League’s Stanley Cup championship series. Patrice Bergeron and Brad Marchand scored twice for Boston, while goalie Tim Thomas made 37 saves for his second shutout of the series. Thomas received the […]
FIFA Announces 2014 World Cup Qualifying Opener
Posted June 13th, 2011 at 12:15 pm (UTC-5)
Qualifying for the 2014 FIFA World Cup football finals in Brazil officially begins Wednesday in Malabar, Trinidad, with a match between Montserrat and Belize. Preliminary qualification rounds are being held in the North, Central American and Caribbean region and in the Asian Zone this month and next month. Teams are meeting in two-game playoffs to […]
Vancouver Wins Game 5 Stanley Cup Finals
Posted June 10th, 2011 at 11:40 pm (UTC-5)
The Vancouver Canucks beat the Boston Bruins 1-0 Friday in Vancouver, moving one game away from clinching the team’s first National Hockey League championship. The Canucks hold a 3-games-to-2 lead in the best-of-seven games series of the Stanley Cup finals. The Canucks’ Maxim Lapierre scored the game-winning goal with more than 15 minutes left to […]
Boston Bruins Win Second Straight NHL Stanley Cup Game
Posted June 9th, 2011 at 2:00 am (UTC-5)
The Boston Bruins posted a 4-0 shutout over the visiting Vancouver Canucks Wednesday to even the National Hockey League’s Stanley Cup championship series at two games apiece. The Bruins were still carrying the emotions from their 8-1 rout of the Canucks in game three that featured a vicious hit on Nathan Horton by the Canucks’ […]
U.S. Soccer Team Opens Gold Cup Campaign Against Canada
Posted June 7th, 2011 at 1:50 pm (UTC-5)
Three days after a 4-0 trouncing by world football champion Spain in a friendly home match, the U.S. soccer team begins its Gold Cup campaign with a game Tuesday night in Detroit against Canada . The only time Canada has beaten the American men on U.S. soil was back in 1957. The Gold Cup is […]
Boston Bruins Win Crucial Game Three in NHL Stanley Cup Finals
Posted June 7th, 2011 at 12:35 am (UTC-5)
The Boston Bruins trounced the visiting Vancouver Canucks 8-1 Monday to claim their first victory in the National Hockey League Stanley Cup championship series. The slumping Bruins offense came alive after Nathan Horton was taken off the ice on a stretcher following a vicious hit from Vancouver’s Aaron Rome early in the first period. Mark […]
Vancouver Canucks Win Opening Game of NHL Stanley Cup Series
Posted June 2nd, 2011 at 12:55 am (UTC-5)
Raffi Torres scored the game-winning goal with just 19 seconds remaining in regulation to give the host Vancouver Canucks a 1-0 win over the Boston Bruins in the first game of the National Hockey League’s Stanley Cup championship series. The game had been a defensive standoff up until that point, with Vancouver goalie Roberto Luongo […]
