CHAMPION – UTESA wins for the sixth time in a row judo tournament at the University Games
The Technological University of Santiago (UTESA) extended to six its chain of consecutive titles in the judo tournament of the National University Games. The UTESA judokas exhibited their superiority in the tournament, held on Saturday at the National Judo House of the Olympic Center, by winning five of the 12 finals that were played. The […]
JDC and BJK CUPS – Dominican takes honors in tennis tournaments
The Dominican Republic U16 teams, both male and female, took top honors in the Junior Davis Cup By BNP Paribas (JDC) and Junior Billie Jean King Cup (BJK) tournaments, which were played until this Friday at the Parque del Este with 15 male and 10 female teams. The men’s team won the final 3-0, against […]
MANAGEMENT LOCKOUT – MLB players start $1 million fund for affected workers
Major League Baseball players who have been locked out are starting a $1 million fund to support workers affected by canceled games. The players’ union said Friday that the fund will be administered by the union and the AFL-CIO. It will be distributed to stadium workers and others affected by financial hardship from baseball’s ninth […]
TRIPLE TEAM – Interesting final stretch in the NBA
Each NBA team is about 20 games away from the end of the regular series and the start of the playoffs. Many are sailing “with the wind in their favor”, but others are going to have to row very hard to reach a safe port. In the Eastern Conference, the Heat (40-21), Bulls (39-22), Sixers […]
DISTINCTION – Aybar and Tornal, elected Athlete of the Year of Club Deportivo Naco
The brilliant Naco athletes
NFL – The Super Bowl will be emblematic with its return to Los Angeles
The Super Bowl will mark a landmark moment in the NFL‘s return to Los Angeles. One team will be home to a gleaming stadium with Hollywood glamour. The Rams will be looking to excite in Inglewood, much as the Lakers, Kings and Thoroughbreds once did here. “Football hasn’t been in Los Angeles for a generation,” […]
DR already has four players in the Cooperstown Hall of Fame
Santo Domingo, RD. The Dominican Republic shines in the Major League Baseball Hall of Fame with four exalted Creole players inside the temple located in the small town of Cooperstown, one of the most visited museums in the world. The history of Dominican baseball players exalted in the Hall of Fame began with Juan Marichal. […]
BASKETBALL – Chris Duarte shines with 27 points in victory over Warriors
Dominican Chris Duarte played his best game in his brief NBA career and led the Indiana Pacers to surprise Stephen Curry‘s Golden State Warriors after extra time (117-121). Duarte was the top scorer for the Pacers and had 27 points (10 of 16 shooting, 2 of 3 on 3s), 7 rebounds, 3 assists and 3 […]
Baseball will change the life of young Roderick’s family
PEDRO G. BRICENO In one of those stages of life, Henry Arias worked in a lottery bank and just as he opened the establishment, his then little son Roderick was hand in hand with him, who spent long hours watching him work and play around the business. It was a time of certain shortcomings for […]