Winter Olympic Special: Team Armenia

Armenia will be competing in its 6th Winter Olympics since independence, and it will be sending delegation of four athletes in two sports: alpine and cross country-skiing.

Here is the official Sochi 2014 link to team Armenia:

2014 Sochi Olympics: Team Armenia

Tonight, we feature our first athlete, Sergey Mikayelyan, who will be competing in the men's 15 km classical, 30 km skiathlon, and 50 km freestyle.

Sergey was born in 1992, and even represented Armenia in the Vancouver 2010 Olympics.

GOOD LUCK TO SERGEY!!!

Breaking News: Sarkisian Hired as USC Football Coach

Steve Sarkisian, previously featured on HyeMarzig, takes reins as the storied USC football program's newest coach. This would be most prestigious college football coaching job held by an Armenian American since the legendary Ara Parseghian era in Notre Dame came to end. Congratulations to Steve Sarkisian!

USC Hires Sarkisian

 

Armenia's final World Cup qualifier at 11:45 a.m. Pacific Time - even though several things would have to go their way for them to qualify, they are still mathematically very much alive.

Onto Victory!

Denmark v. Armenia

Will this be it? Will Armenia beat Denmark to take over the second spot in Group B standings, putting them in prime position to qualify for Brazil 2014?

Denmark v. Armenia Article

Armenia will most certainly have to be weary of a hungry Danish team seeking revenge following a 4-0 thrashing in Copenhagen at the hands of the Armenians. Tune in to espn3.com at 9:00 a.m. Pacific Standard Time.

Onto Victory!

UCLA & Kaprielian on Verge of Championship!

UCLA is on the verge of winning its first ever College World Series baseball title, heavily relying on setup man James Kaprielian in doing so.

Kaprielian is a 6'4", hard throwing right hander who has a 1.55 ERA this season. He has spent all season setting up National Pitcher of the Year finalist David Berg.

Here is James' UCLA Player Profile: UCLA Player Profile

Kaprielian hails from Tustin, California, and grew up a die-hard USC fan. The following L.A. Times article not only highlights his wise decision to attend UCLA instead, but even talks about the support he has received from the Armenian community!: Kaprielian LA Times Article

James threw a scoreless 7th inning in yesterday's 3-1 win against Mississippi State, bringing UCLA one win away from the national title! We wish James incredible success as he vies to join the ranks of such all time Major League Baseball greats of Armenian ancestry as Steve Bedrosian, the 1987 N.L. Cy Young Award Winner. 

Here is some highlight footage on YouTube from James' successful Freshman campaign at UCLA:

 Kaprielian Freshman Highlight Footage

BREAKING NEWS: Mkhitaryan Onto Liverpool?

The Guardian is reporting Liverpool are targeting Armenian Henrikh Mkhitaryan as their top transfer target this summer.

Mkhitaryan Liverpool

More on this developing story shortly!

Kevorken & UCI Anteaters Repeat as Men's Volleyball Champions

Junior middle blocker Scott Kevorken and the UCI Anteaters successfully defended their championship by defeating BYU 3-0 on May 4, 2013, at Pauley Pvillion on UCLA's campus. Kevorken was a defensive stalwart, recording 11 block assists and 1 solo block, and was a key component of the Anteaters game plan.

Here are a couple of articles covering their championship:

ESPN Article

UCI Article

The 6'9" Kevorken has previously competed for the USA Junior Olympic squad, and played for the Pacific Palisades Volleyball Club from 2007-2009.

Congratulations to Scott on a job well done!