WAKEMED SOCCER PARK/ CARY—The 4-1 win by the U.S. Women’s National Team over a game but outmatched Switzerland squad Wednesday evening at WakeMed Soccer Park felt faintly like a fait accompli. Switzerland has already qualified for the 2015 FIFA Women’s World Cup, but the no. 19 FIFA-ranked Swiss women were no match for the top-ranked […]
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Penalty-palooza: Carolina RailHawks clipped 3-2 by FC Edmonton for third home loss in fall season
WAKEMED SOCCER PARK/ CARY—For the second straight week, the Carolina RailHawks fell behind to an opponent at WakeMed Soccer Park. For the second straight week, the RailHawks and Zack Schilawski, the team’s leading scorer, clawed back to tie the match in the second half and appeared poised to grab a win. And for the second […]
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Movie review: The Expendables 3 feels as long in the tooth as its cast
The Expendables 3 ★★ Now playing In 1993, Arnold Schwarzenegger starred in Last Action Hero, a satire of the action film genre. While not a well-made film, its premise was prescient. The days of the big Hollywood action star—a lineage that runs from the swashbuckling Douglas Fairbanks through such paragons as John Wayne, Steve McQueen, […]
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Zack Schilawski of Carolina RailHawks to enter law school, possibly ending his pro soccer playing career
Watching last weekend’s Carolina RailHawks game in Cary, you wouldn’t know that Zack Schilawski might be nearing the end of his professional soccer playing career. With Carolina down two goals to the Tampa Bay Rowdies, Schilawski led an early second-half charge, scoring one goal and assisting another. As the RailHawks again surrendered the lead late […]
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Tampa Bay Rowdies grind out wet and wild 4-3 win over Carolina RailHawks
WAKEMED SOCCER PARK/ CARY—Coming off an improbable and important road win against the New York Cosmos last week, the Carolina RailHawks returned to the erstwhile comfortable confines of WakeMed Soccer Park Saturday night against the Tampa Bay Rowdies. However, Carolina stumbled out of the starting gate, eventually falling 4-3 to the Rowdies in a wet […]
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Carolina RailHawks trade Cesar Elizondo to San Antonio Scorpions for Danny Barrera
The Carolina RailHawks and San Antonio Scorpions have agreed to a trade that sends Costa Rican midfielder Cesar Elizondo to the Scorpions in return for 24-year-old midfielder Danny Barrera. Elizondo, who arrived in Carolina in advance of their 2013 season, became a regular in the RailHawks’ starting XI, appearing in 12 games this year and […]
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Carolina RailHawks sign former Elon and MLS midfielder Gabe Latigue
Today, the Carolina RailHawks announced the signing of midfielder Gabe Latigue. Per club policy, the terms of the contract were not disclosed. Latigue played soccer at Panther Creek High School in Cary and then Elon University. He was drafted by the New England Revolution in the 4th round of the 2013 Major League Soccer Supplemental […]
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Get on Up is a slightly neutered but exquisitely acted tribute to James Brown
Get on up Opening Friday In the James Brown biopic GET ON UP, the soul and R&B trendsetterexquisitely portrayed by Chadwick Bosemaninforms an inquisitive reporter that there’s not a single album on the journo’s shelf that sounds like a James Brown record. He declares it matter-of-factly, with good reason. James Brown is to funk music […]
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Zack attack: Carolina RailHawks calm Ottawa Fury 3-0
WAKEMED SOCCER PARK/ CARY—There was a palpable sense of relief among players, coaches and the 4,294 in attendance following the Carolina RailHawks’ 3-0 victory over Ottawa Fury FC Saturday evening in Cary. Sure, the win snaps the RailHawks’ four-match losing streak in NASL play, a skid that saw Carolina outscored 11-2. But what truly shook […]
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Movie review: Sketchy science and superpowers in Lucy
Lucy★ ½ Now playing There’s a clear dividing line between the entertaining parts of Lucy and the tedious ones. It’s when writer-director Luc Besson strays beyond his La Femme Nikita wheelhouse to grasp at some pretentious variation on the grand themes of 2001: A Space Odyssey. This philosophical turn is foreshadowed when Lucy, like 2001, […]