Carew hopes he can get heart transplant
U.S. men to play World Cup qualifier at Mapfre Stadium
The U.S. men’s team will play a CONCACAF World Cup qualifier against Guatemala in Mapfre Stadium on March 29.
The match will be the United States’ fourth of six matches in the four-team, double round-robin semifinal round. The U.S., which leads its group with a win and a tie, resumes qualification at Guatemala on March 25.
Plans for tickets sales will be announced at a later date. FIFA ethics judge
formally opened cases against FIFA president and UEFA president
for alleged financial wrongdoing.
Blatter and Platini, who are serving 90-day suspensions pending Eckert’s rulings, face bans of at least several years.
In recent FIFA ethics cases, former FIFA officials and were banned for six and seven years, respectively, despite their offenses not including financial corruption.
The latest case centers on $2 million of FIFA money Blatter approved for Platini in 2011 as backdated salary. Both deny wrongdoing and say they had a verbal contract to pay Platini for work as Blatter’s presidential adviser from 1998 to 2002.
Meanwhile, Blatter said he was near death when hospitalized for stress-related problems this month. He said he was “between the angels singing and the devils’ fire. But it was the angels which sang.” Blatter said “happily, I never lost consciousness” in the 48 hours when he was most ill. Toronto forward
was voted Major League Soccer’s Newcomer of the Year.
The 28-year-old forward joined the team in January from Juventus and was ineligible for rookie of the year consideration because of his previous professional experience.
Giovinco scored 22 goals, tied with Crew SC’s
for the league lead. Giovinco won the Golden Boot Award based on his leagueleading 16 assists.
Wake Forest upends Indiana at Maui Invitational
driving layup with 3.2 seconds to play gave Wake Forest the lead, and the Demon Deacons beat No. 13 Indiana 82-78 in the opening round of the Maui Jim Maui Invitational in Lahaina, Hawaii.
Crawford had the ball at the head of the key for about eight seconds before he drove to the basket to give Wake Forest (3-1) the lead for good.
After Indiana (3-1) turned the ball over on a long pass,
made two free throws with 0.7 of a second left.
of Gahanna scored nine of his 13 points in the first half to help No. 3 Michigan State (4-0) pull away to beat visiting Eastern Michigan (2-2) 89-65.
The Spartans were sluggish early in the game, giving up the first four points and leading by just two points midway through the first half. They were ahead by 28 midway through the second half.
scored 25 points, and Florida State (4-1) beat Ohio 90-81 in the fourthplace game of the Paradise Jam in St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands. of Newark paced Ohio (3-2) with
Hall of Famer is hoping to qualify for a heart transplant after suffering a massive heart attack two months ago. Carew told Sports Illustrated that he suffered the heart attack while golfing alone in Corona, Calif., on Sept. 20.
Carew, 70, said he was dead “and they brought me back to life.” He underwent six hours of open-heart surgery and had a device installed that pumps blood for him. The device typically acts as a bridge until a heart transplant. The Dodgers hired
making him the first minority manager in franchise history. Roberts, 43, served as Padres bench coach the past two seasons.
Syracuse fired football coach effective at the end of the season. He is 13-23 in three seasons.