Wigan in big trouble after defeat

Blame game ... the inquisition begins in the Wigan defensive line. Source: JON SUPER / AAP

Dwight Tiendalli pushed Wigan Athletic closer to relegation from the Barclays Premier League as Swansea City triumphed 3-2 in a five-goal thriller at the DW Stadium.

The Latics, who tackle Manchester City in the FA Cup final this weekend, twice led against the Capital One Cup winners but were made to pay a heavy price from some woeful defending which leaves them three points from safety with just two games left to play.

Roger Espinoza and James McCarthy found the net for the hosts, but the visitors responded on each occasion to level through Angel Rangel and Itay Schechter, before Tiendalli opened his account for the Swans with the crucial winner 14 minutes from time.

Wigan could have found themselves a goal down with just three minutes gone when stand-in left-back Espinoza's attempted pass to Paul Scharner only succeeded in releasing Wayne Routledge, who forced goalkeeper Joel to push his near-post drive behind.

		P	W	D	L	GD	Pts
1	Man United	36	27	4	5	42	85
2	Man City	36	22	9	5	31	75
3	Chelsea	35	20	8	7	34	68
4	Arsenal	36	19	10	7	31	67
5	Tottenham	35	19	8	8	18	65
6	Everton	36	15	15	6	14	60
7	Liverpool	36	14	13	9	25	55
8	West Brom	36	14	6	16	0	48
9	Swansea	36	11	13	12	0	46
10	West Ham	36	11	10	15	-8	43
11	Stoke	36	9	14	13	-10	41
12	Fulham	36	10	10	16	-11	40
13	Aston Villa	36	10	10	16	-21	40
14	Southampton	36	9	12	15	-11	39
15	Sunderland	36	9	11	16	-12	38
16	Norwich	36	8	14	14	-22	38
17	Newcastle	36	10	8	18	-23	38
18	Wigan	36	9	8	19	-23	35
19	Reading	36	6	10	20	-26	28
20	QPR	36	4	13	19	-28	25

Swansea were presented with another opportunity when Joel inexplicably picked up Gary Caldwell's back-pass, but Ashley Williams blazed the resulting free-kick hopelessly high over the bar, much to the amusement of the home supporters.

The deadlock was broken just before the interval as Vorm could only fist away a hanging high cross and Espinoza volleyed home from inside the box, threading his shot beyond Garry Monk, Williams and the goalkeeper.

Wigan's lead lasted just five minutes into the second period as Swansea started strongly and deservedly drew level when Rangel volleyed home with aplomb via the base of the post after Routledge's neat ball into the box.

The home side responded immediately and in style, as Caldwell's neat through-ball released McCarthy, who burst beyond the Swansea defence to fire confidently beyond Vorm, with James McArthur then passing up a glorious chance to make it 3-1 when he failed to get a clean contact to Arouna Kone's cross.

But Caldwell was guilty of squandering possession in his own half, as Schecter was allowed two bites of the cherry and his eventual shot found the back of Joel's net after deflecting off Emmerson Boyce and clipping the inside of the post in the 59th minute.

Vorm produced an outstanding save to keep the scores level, plunging to his left to push away Caldwell's powerful close-range header after Maloney's corner, with Wigan then culpable in their own downfall 14 minutes from time.

Tiendalli was gifted the opportunity to put his side ahead as McArthur and Maloney both failed to deal with Pablo Hernandez's cross to the far post and the Dutch defender slotted beyond Joel from close range.

Swansea goalkeeper Vorm was stretchered off in a neck brace five minutes from time after a sickening collision with Ben Davies, as Wigan were unable to find a leveller despite nine minutes of added time.

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BOSTON BOMBING: Coach: No Way Defeat Turned Boxer Into Bomber

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  FILE - In this May 4, 2009 file photo, Tamerlan Tsarnaev, left, fights Lamar Fenner of Chicago, in the 201 weight class, during the 2009 Golden Gloves National Boxing Tournament at the Salt Palace, Monday, May 4, 2009. Tsameav was identified as a suspect in the Boston Marathon bombings. Tsarnaev, who had been known to the FBI as Suspect No. 1 and was seen in surveillance footage in a black baseball cap, was killed overnight Thursday during a getaway attempt, officials said. On Friday, April 19, 2013, thousands of officers were swarming the streets in and around Boston hunting for Tsarnaev's younger brother, Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, 19. (AP Photo/The Salt Lake Tribune, Rick Egan) DESERET NEWS OUT; LOCAL TV OUT; MAGS OUTTHE ASSOCIATED PRESS2013

The Boston Marathon bomber’s former boxing coach says his one-time pupil may have been dispirited by boxing setbacks, but that’s no reason for the attacks that killed three people and injured more than 200.

The coach is clear: Don’t blame Tamerlan Tsarnaev’s metamorphosis from a seemingly well-adjusted American immigrant – with dreams of one day representing the U.S. in the Olympics – into a radicalized killer on amateur boxing.

“That’s ridiculous,” Bob Russo, 58, of Portland, Maine, tells FoxNews.com.  “You can’t tie the sport of amateur boxing -- that has helped so many immigrants and unfortunate people -- to his transition to radical Islam.

“It’s a reach.  It takes more than that. I didn’t look at him that closely, the Facebook stuff and all that. But he just seemed like a typical refugee kid, (when I knew him). It’s a reach that amateur boxing dashed his dreams and caused this tragedy.”

“You can’t tie the sport of amateur boxing . . . to his transition to radical Islam."

- Bob Russo

According to The New York Times, Tamerlan Tsarnaev’s transition from a promising pugilist – with a flair for the dramatic – into the Boston Bomber can be traced to two seminal events concerning his boxing career.

The paper reports Tsarnaev won the 2009 New England Golden Gloves Championships for the 201-pound division, progressing to the organization’s Tournament of Champions, held that year in Salt Lake City.

There, Tsarnaev reportedly lost a close decision to the late Lamar Fenner, of Chicago. “It was a close fight, but close is close and you either win or lose it,” Russo tells FoxNews.com. “My opinion was that he had the edge, and most people felt that way, but it wasn’t like they robbed him. I don’t consider it a major robbery.

“As I recall, he was fine, disappointed like everyone else, but fine, and not a bad sport. After he lost, we as a team stayed together and cheered each other on. He was around. He didn’t seem desperately disappointed or crazy, or anything like that.”

The Times reports Tsarnaev again won the New England Championship in 2010, but a rule change enacted by the Golden Gloves that year disqualified him from participating in the Tournament of Champions, or at least until the Russian-born immigrant secured his American citizenship. 

“It was a blow the immigrant boxer could not withstand,” writes The Times in a report published Sunday.

However, Russo -- the co-coach of the 2009 New England team and the current director of New England Golden Gloves -- says that he would have made the same decision had he been in charge.

Prior to 2010, the Golden Gloves allowed non-citizens, like Tsarnaev, to participate in the national championship, unless it was an Olympic year. Usually, winning the nationals secured the victor a tryout for the Olympic team on an Olympic year. But the old Golden Gloves policy, says Russo, resulted in confusion, controversy and numerous grievances on the part of both American and foreign fighters.

“It caused problems,” says Russo. “In the years the Golden Gloves would allow [non-citizens] into the nationals, the local guys didn’t want to fight their fighter against them because they felt the non-citizens shouldn’t have qualified in the first place. It was kind of a rule that needed to be cleared up and definitive. Yes or no. The Golden Gloves finally decided ‘no’ because it was causing chaos and confusion.”

The Times reports that following the rule-change prohibiting Tsarnaev from competing in the 2010 Golden Gloves nationals, his life quickly changed, as he became an increasingly fervent advocate of radical Islam.

“Hell no!” says Russo. “He was a typical immigrant kid who was quiet and it takes a while for everyone to fit in and he had a thick accent. I’ve dealt with many immigrants in my career, and they all kind of seem like that. They’re hard working, old school. It’s a huge reach that amateur boxing caused all of this. A huge one.”

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7 strategies to completely defeat depression

With the mental health care system broken, and many clinicians feeling as though they can offer only stop-gap measures to try to turn back the tide of depression, I think it can be useful for patients themselves to understand that a complete strategy works well more than 90 percent of the time.  

No patient should assume that everything has been done that can and should be done to cure them, without reading this blog.

Here’s the strategy (psychotherapy, as a foundation, with other treatments added, as needed):

1. Psychotherapy. No scientist has ever proven that depression is entirely a brain illness divorced from the life stories of those who suffer from it.  In every patient I have ever met who suffers with depression, the illness has had roots in unresolved emotional conflicts from the past.  

The most talented psychotherapist you can find will be an invaluable resource in conquering your mood disorder.  I prefer insight-oriented psychotherapy, but there are very helpful clinicians out there who use cognitive-behavior therapy, or other modalities.  

If you don’t “click” with one therapist, or have the sense that he or she is a real expert, switch.  There are plenty out there.

Here are some strategies that work well in addition to psychotherapy:

2. Medication.  Psychotherapy and medication together is more powerful, often, than either alone.  And I would never count on a medicine to work, without any therapy at all.  

But today’s medicines can be life-saving.  They include relatively new and effective agents like Viibryd, Pristiq and Lexapro.  Since combining these with synergizing medicines like Abilify,  Adderall and Klonopin may be necessary, opt for a knowledgeable psychopharmacologist to prescribe them.  It’s even better if one talented psychiatrist is performing your psychotherapy and prescribing your medicines.  

3. Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (rTMS).  Exposing certain parts of the brain to magnetic pulses is a very powerful way to treat depression.  Many patients who do not respond to medications, will respond to rTMS.  

4. Ketamine infusions.  While still in the experimental stages at major universities, I have found that giving patients IV infusions of ketamine, just twice a week for 45 minutes each, is a very powerful way to quickly treat depression. This treatment especially works for those whom medicine has not worked, those whom want very fast results while waiting for medicine to work or those whom seem stuck at a partial recovery from major depression and want a more complete solution.  

5. Bright light therapy.  Exposure to wavelengths mimicking sunlight (without any tanning UV rays) can substantially reduce symptoms of depression.  Lights like the GoLite are relatively affordable and can be an extremely effective part of treatment.

6. Vitamins and other supplements.  Anyone who is depressed and has no contraindication to taking magnesium, vitamin D and fish oil supplements should consider doing so.  I also think maca, a plant-based supplement can be helpful.  Your doctor may have other suggestions, too, but make sure to check with him or her before adding any supplement to your diet.

7. ECT. ECT or electroconvulsive therapy has evolved a long way from what people remember.  The stigma is entirely unjustified.  ECT is painless and well-tolerated and leaves most people without significant memory deficits.  If I were depressed and no other treatment had worked for me, I would absolutely be asking my doctor for ECT.

8. Very non-traditional approaches.  Some patients who do not respond to anything else can get relief from depression by using substances like marijuana or even oxycodone.  

If your mental health clinician isn’t employing a comprehensive strategy to treat your depression, get rid of him or her.

This list, while long, is not exhaustive.  I could easily add to it.  And that’s the reason why I can tell depressed patients who come to see me and who ask me if they will get better, “We aren’t going to stop short of making this go away completely.  I think you can get 100 percent better.  And if you were always a little depressed before this terrible episode, you will feel better than ever.”

Make sure to work with and talk to your doctor and/or psychiatrist before attempting these strategies. What may work for one person, could be harmful for another. 

Dr. Keith Ablow is a psychiatrist and member of the Fox News Medical A-Team. Dr. Ablow can be reached at info@keithablow.com.

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