Friday, March 29, 2013

For Steve Wheatcroft, nothing to lose

On Monday, Steve Wheatcroft was in a qualifier adidas adipure iv trx fg at the nearby Cypresswood Golf Club, where he shot 67 to earn one of the four spots into the Shell Houston Open.

Now after a second-consecutive 5-under adidas adipure iv 67, the 35-year-old former Indiana walk-on has a 1-shot lead heading into the final two rounds.

At a tournament where many players are looking soccer jerseys cheap ahead to the Masters, Wheatcroft is just happy to be playing in a tour event.

Wednesday, March 20, 2013

World figure skating championships: Ashley Wagner, Gracie Gold earn U.S. third spot at Sochi


Neither Ashley Wagner nor Gracie Gold, U.S. figure skating’s discount soccer cleats reigning gold and silver medalists, finished atop the podium Saturday at the world championships.

But by finishing fifth and sixth vapor soccer cleats respectively in the overall, they achieved something no American skaters have since 2008 — earning a third spot for U.S. women at the Winter Olympics, which will be held in Sochi, Russia, Feb. 7-23.

Wagner, 21, a West Potomac graduate, and the 17-year-old 传奇私服 Gold needed a combined placement of 13th or less to secure the third spot that was lost heading into the 2010 Vancouver Games. They achieved it with room to spare.

Tuesday, March 12, 2013

LaFerrari and Golf were Geneva Web winners

Ferrari's new supercar and Volkswagen's award-winning top 传世私服发布网 seller were the big Web winners from this year's Geneva auto show, according to a study.

The seventh-generation VW Golf was the media champion of the show because of the debut of the GTI version of the compact as well as the car's recent victory in the 2013 European Car of the Year contest.

The new Golf was mentioned in 7.0 percent of all the 传奇私服发布网 online stories and blogs from journalists covering the event, according to UK-based Kantar Media. Second was the McLaren P1 (5.4 percent), the Alfa Romeo 4C was third (4.3 percent) followed by the Ferrari LaFerrari (4.1 percent) and Chevrolet Corvette Stingray convertible (3.9 percent).

Friday, March 1, 2013

Figure skating tickets for Greensboro 2015 open to public

All-event ticket packages for the 2015 U.S. Figure Skating 传奇世界私服 Championships in Greensboro will go on sale to the general public Friday.

Pre-sale tickets were sold in February to U.S. Figure Skating members and to people who had bought all-event packages in past U.S. Figure Skating Championships.

The Greensboro Coliseum complex will host the event for the second 传世私服发布网 time Jan. 18-25, 2015. Attendance for the coliseum’s first skating nationals in 2011 was 110,787, and the pre-sale numbers for 2015 are running ahead of the first event.