Sports in Brief: Heat threatens Boston runners
SOCCER: Chelsea sealed a meeting with Liverpool in the FA Cup final after thrashing crosstown rival Tottenham Hotspur, 5-1, at London's Wembley Stadium thanks to some ruthless finishing and a controversial goal. The decision to award a 49th-minute goal to Juan Mata , putting Chelsea up 2-0, appeared to be wrong after video replays suggested the ball hadn't crossed the line when it was cleared by Tottenham defender Benoit Assou-Ekotto .
Wayne Rooney scored two goals as host Manchester United beat Aston Villa, 4-0, to restore its five-point lead over second-place Manchester City at the top of the English Premier League.
In Bridgeview, Ill., Logan Pause scored in the 27th minute to lift the Chicago Fire to a 1-1 tie with the Houston Dynamo in a Major League Soccer match shortened to 66 minutes due to lightning.
NFL: Pro Football Weekly analyst Nolan Nawrocki wrote that the Cleveland Browns are interested in drafting Oklahoma
The main concern of those who came to speak out against the variance — many of whom live at the Bridgeview Yacht Club, across the street from where the