Sven-Göran Eriksson’s had a rough go at it so far as the head coach of El Tri. But in their friendly against Ecuador—and in preparation for their World Cup qualifier against Honduras—the manager managed the game properly, bringing in...

We wonder if Shaq got the technique he used to take down Yao and Steve Nash busting down doors as a fake Sheriff. [suns.fandome.com]...

Jonás Cuarón, the 25 year-old son of Mexican new wave director Alfonso Cuarón (Y Tu Mamá También), is releasing a film of his own entirely made of photographic stills that he randomly shot over a 12-month period in his...

One of the bigger offseason moves that Tottenham made was to bring Mexican striker Giovani Dos Santos over to White Hart Lane from Barcelona. But while Spurs have had a resurgence of sorts under their new coach Harry Redknapp,...

When Oscar De La Hoya gets into the ring against Manny Pacquiao on December 6th, there will be plenty of Hispanic fans rooting for him in Vegas. But what about back in Mexico, the place where he, you know,...

We have to admit, we don’t love these stories about players with parents from opposing countries up for grabs to national teams. It’s so awkward. We saw it earlier this year when American-born soccer player Edgar Castillo chose to...

Whas Happened In Sports Last Night MLB NLCS Game Five: Not even the Mannysaurus Rex could come in and save the Dodgers as Philadelphia cruises in L.A. to a 5-1 win. They head to the World Series to try...

Playing high school football in Los Angeles, there was only one thing scarier than finding out the team you had to face started a major group of Polynesians on the front lines, and that was finding out the team...

Wow. First of all, lower your computer volume if you’re at work watching this NSFW tirade. While this seems like a couple of benign young men at a gaming tournament, it gets pretty intense after the kid on the...

Colombian Miguel Caballero is one half wizard from Final Fantasy, one half character from The Wire. That’s because he’s known throughout all of South America for creating a range of bulletproof clothes—from trenchcoats to ruffled tuxedo shirts—that have protected...

Former England head coach Sven Goran-Eriksson has always been a fun-loving guy. So when he became successor to Hugo Sanchez heading up Mexico’s national team, the Dutchman went headfirst into soaking up the language (he spends two hours a...

Whas Happened In Sports Last Night International Friendly: Own goal losses suck, but so much more when it’s a team you should be able to handle. Thus is the case of the Mexican national team, who came to Los...

The Florida Marlins’ season was built on a lot of promise, and that promise took a lot to bring down. Like half a season long’s worth. But even though the fans never showed up and the team kept on...

Panamanian pugilist Rafael “El Torito” Concepcion should have known his fight against Mexican fighter Javier “Travieso” Arce would be an uphill battle because there’s no way in hell you’re going to stop a Mexicano from tapping into his inner...

Cuauhtémoc Blanco, the soccer hero beloved by Mexicans and cursed by many a US soccer follower, has decided to call it quits after his team’s World Cup qualifier against Canada Wednesday night. The match was a milestone, Blanco’s 100th,...

We never thought that there could a worse outcome from a media giant owning a major league franchise than when Disney released Angels In The Outfield, but here we are. The Mexican media conglomco Grupo Televisa has gotten into...

The citizens of Mexico have a historic gathering happening this Saturday on the issue of security in their country. Fed up with the state of lawlessness in a nation where kidnappings are an everyday occurrence, a grassroots, citizens group...

While the fans of the Matamoros, Mexico Little League team that were one win away from the championship were saddened by their loss to Hawaii, one fan wasn’t. Marlins’ third baseman and Mexican national team player Jorge Cantu is...

You know how some cultural references get lost in translation? Describing someone as “La Leche” in Spain means they’re cool. A teenager telling his crew in the States that his skateboard is “the shit” could be construed by foreigners...

This goal brought Mexico fans to their knees and Honduran fans to their feet at the Azteca last week. Thus, it’s too brilliant a goal to not isolate on this here amazing feature, and give it the praise it...

Oh, rest of North America. For the first half of the recently concluded Olympics, we were all having a good laugh over Canada’s inability to medal in anything not involving snow, but then they had a good last run...

Whas Happened In Sports Last Night Olympic Men’s Basketball: In an awesome display of fourth quarter prowess, Kobe Bryant willed his squad by scoring 13 of his 27 points in the last frame to beat the Spanish squad (again)...

Usually you’d use GPS to get turn-by-turn driving directions or look for coffee shops or some such. In Mexico, they’re using it to track kidnapped people. Sorta Apple and oranges there....

Witness the explosion projected by Pavel Pardo’s right foot. Do you see how far the rebound flew from the net? It’s not supposed to happen that way. Soccer balls should nest in the net like a baby in his...

The Little League games most of us were associated with usually had a lot of uncoordinated kids missing wildly at pitches—as well as ground balls, juice boxes and any other type of small projectile thrown their way. That is...

The Olympics sensitivity committee won’t be too happy if they happen upon TV Azteca’s latest gimmick with Tom-Brady loving, and Gisele Bundchen-poll beating, Inez Gomez Mont. She’s covering the 2008 Beijing Olympics for the network and decided to go...

Since the British rambunctiously protested foreigners “invading” their league last year, there’s been anti-foreigners movement throughout soccer that’s starting to piss us off. Why? Firstly, it’s a global game people. And when a Brazilian plays in England, or a...

Women’s 10-Meter Synchronized Diving: Tatiana Ortiz and Paola Espinosa, two women who didn’t get always get along, decided the guys were taking too damn long to get Mexico a medal. So they took out the US and almost beat...

Mexico is such an awesome place. Where else can you ride a donkey, carry a machete for whatever reason and see a lion while riding down a road with a picturesque setting? For one woman in Acapulco, Mexico, that...

For Edgar Castillo, the decision as to which national team the 21-year-old New Mexico-born soccer player would play for in the upcoming Olympics wasn’t that hard. He would play for the one who wanted him, which was Mexico, the...

There’s some real life “Amore Perros” gangsta gangsta nonsense going on Mexico when it comes to hitmen. Mexican police are investigating numerous advertisements on public property, as well as on the internet, from purported hitmen. That’s right. Looking to...

Oh, this is a sad day for Michoacan, Mexico. Hometown boy and ex-NFL kicker Tony Zendejas (he’s the one who’s not Luis or Max), was brought into court yesterday because a woman is accusing him of raping her after...

We like Yoga. It builds flexibility in our muscles and tones us up, all the while taking us to our happy place, which looks a lot like the Las Vegas strip somewhere in the Carribean. Anyway, organizers from Border...

Living in Mexico City provides us with a the opportunity to visit multiple beaches. But word on the street is that if we want to visit Ixtapa anytime soon, we’ve gotta stay away from the damn ocean. Here’s one...

When head honcho Alejandro went over to Mexico City, they told him the high altitude would make him sleepy and short of breath. But some tacos and a Negra Modelo put him right. Unfortunately, we don’t think that’s the...

Charreadas, Mexican rodeos that have been a cultural staple since the 17th century, have hit a boom time here in the U.S as more American-born charreadors are entering the fray. But as the scene blows up, the way they...

Chicago Tribune writer Luis Arroyave has a problem with the recently jailed Oswaldo Sanchez. Arroyave, whose Spanish isn’t so great but covers Soccer and thus has to use it, got into it with Sanchez after Mexico’s pasting of Peru....

So after a 4-1 drubbing at the hands of the Argentines, followed up by a 4-0 win over the Peruvians, the captain and goalkeeper of the Mexican national soccer team, Oswaldo Sanchez, didn’t know how to feel. And as...

Even though absolutely no one thought it was a good idea to hire Sven Goran Eriksson for the Mexico soccer coach gig, Mexican officials decided to go through with it anyway. And yesterday, they presented him to the world...

Yesterday we reported on the drunken, coked out driver who torpedoed through numerous bicyclists in Monterrey, Mexico. Today we have images of a panson named Juan “Jesse Campos” being arrested moments after he killed one person and injured 10...

Manuel Caballeros is clothing designer with a mission: to protect and prolong the lives of his most loyal customers. Especially the ones that are against druglords. He recently opened up a clothing shop in Mexico City with some high-end...

We actually had another video of this, but the Asia Brief guy stole the show with his correlation between this game and, er, soccer? More like hockey, buddy. Anyway, this is Mexican fire hockey, a.k.a. “Battle.” It’s part of...

Update: Apparently Mr. Juan “Jesse Campos was also snorting some perico all night and has no recollection of the crash. Ever heard of a drunk bicyclist plowing into 15 cars and killing one person? Of course you haven’t. It’s...

Firstly, how in the world did we miss posting this for so long? Secondly, tis’ pretty ain’t it? Nery Castillo is still sitting like a mangled duck in the marshlands of Manchester City, so glory of this sort is...

Hugo Sanchez is given 16 months to invigorate a national team that’s never seen the glory of World Cup success. And instead of providing him with ample time to mold a team (one that displayed public disdain), they sacked...

The Denver Nuggets’ Eduardo Najera has created a solid, if unspectacular, career playing basketball in the NBA for the past eight seasons. So why does the Chihuahua-born baller grace Gatorade bottles and get to hang out with one of...

Cesar Villaluz scored in last night’s Mexico friendly against China, but this goal is way better. Especially because the goal was remarkable enough to induce the hexagon goal salute from the designers in the press box. More Machochip “Goal...

Whas Happened In Sports Last Night International Friendly: We love how every Mexico game in the US is a “home game.” Jesus Ramirez makes his coaching debut as interim head coach and Mexico breezes by China 1-0. [Seattle Times]...

Mexico: the land of a beleaguered national soccer team. It’s not an enticing endeavor for a coach who’s looking for credibility and support. Take Atletico Madrid coach Javier Aguirre. He’s unequivocally denied a Mexico offer has even been set...

This video above, though we apologize is quite the lo-fi experience, is of Pavel Pardo saving Hugo Sanchez’s tenure as manager. Mexico completely outplayed Ghana in their 2-1 victory and were able to salvage integrity after Ghana’s John Mensah...