The European Qualifiers for the 2018 FIFA World Cup continue with 54 games in six days starting on Thursday when Italy hosting Spain.• The nine group winners will advance directly to join Russia in the 32-team final tournament.• The eight runners-up with the best record against the teams first, third, fourth and fifth in their groups procede to play-offs to decide the remaining four European berths. September highlights: Spain score eight... UEFA.com - News
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LeGarrette Blount Has Been Much-Needed Workhorse For Patriots This Season
by Zack Cox on Mon, Sep 26, 2016 at 1:41PM 1,668 Share this: With the amount of attention that’s been paid to New England’s quarterback situation, it’s easy forget the Patriots’ No. 1 running back also has yet to see the field this season. They haven’t needed him so far. With Dion Lewis sidelined until at least Week 7 after undergoing a second knee surgery, LeGarrette Blount has thrived as the Patriots’ feature back, leading all NFL rushers in rushing attempts, rushing yards and rushing touchdowns through three games. Blount has been especially explosive following quarterback Jimmy Garoppolo’s shoulder injury, carrying the ball 43 times for 207 yards and three touchdowns since Garoppolo went down late in the second quarter of New England’s Week 2 win over the Miami Dolphins. “We really
What might have been had the Olympics come to Chicago
Let’s give much-maligned Rio de Janeiro some credit. What took years for the late, great Mike Butler and his crew to perfect – the dying of the Chicago River green for St. Patrick’s Day – Rio accomplished in a few days with green swimming-pool water. OK, that’s too easy a shot. The Rio Games have been a struggle, from athletes complaining about accommodations to a massive aerial camera falling and injuring people in Olympic Park to two pools turning green, thanks to hydrogen peroxide accidentally dumped into the water. Any criticism from these parts might be the result of sore-loser-it is. The 2016 Olympics were supposed to be ours. But Chicago got ousted in the first round of International Olympic Committee voting