The Guadalajara Reporter
Guadalajara's Largest English Newspaper
There was a moment during the third round of last week’s Barclays Championship when the CBS commentators seemed to hesitate when they saw an unfamiliar name at the top of the leaderboard.
Another round in the fierce Mexico-Puerto Rico boxing rivalry will play out at the Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas on November 21 when Guadalajara’s Saul “Canelo” Alvarez takes on WBC middleweight world champion Miguel Cotto
Less than 24 hours after winning the regional CONCACAF Gold Cup tournament, Mexican soccer coach Miguel “Piojo” Herrera was removed from his job after allegedly punching a journalist at the Philadelphia International Airport.
Guadalajara’s Formula One racing driver Sergio”Checo” Perez took time off from the track last week to open a new therapy center for physically disadvantaged children on the outskirts of Guadalajara.
More than 700 hard-core runners congregated in Ajijic Sunday, July 19 to tackle the rocky, rain-slicked trails of the back-to-back 2015 Chupinaya mountain races. At the end of the day, Guadalajara’s Fernando “Dory” Mejia Gonzalez sailed through as the overall champion on the 13.8-kilometer long route.
Although not confirmed officially, it appears Mexico will host regular season NFL games once again.
Although Canada may not end the 2015 Pan American Games with the most medals (that honor usually goes to the United States), they are making a good go of it.
Guadalajara’s two teams in the Liga MX soccer league, Atlas and Chivas, both lost their opening games in the 2015 Apertura tournament last weekend.
Manuel Murillo, a specialist on dietary practices and mental attitudes for healthy living, will be the featured speaker at lakeside’s first Sports Nutrition Seminar, to be held Saturday, July 18 at the Auditorio de la Ribera, La Floresta. He will share (in Spanish) his expertise on bio-energy, organic super-foods, understanding ingredient labels on commercial food products and related themes.
