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2014-15/0971/en_head.json.gz/1072 | Dec 16, 2008 at 8:00PM
Ten Years Ago
The White River wrestling team got things rolling in its Pierce County League schedule with a big dual meet win over the defending PCL champion Fife Trojans Wednesday night in Fife. The victory catapults the Hornets into the favorite’s role in the eight-team league.
Five of the most respected names in the history of Enumclaw High School sports were the inaugural inductees into the Athletic Department Hall of Fame Friday night at halftime of the Hornets’ basketball game. Frank Osborne, Tommy Thompson, Wes Borreson, Gary Radliff and Frank Lancaster became the Babe Ruth, Cy Young, Ty Cobb, Lou Gehrig and Walter Johnson of the EHS Hall of Fame – The Big Five. “The (Enumclaw) Coaches Association has been wanting to do this for years,” said EHS Athletic Director Shelly Thiel. “And we had no doubt who the first five would be. We don’t even have criteria yet. These guys were just automatic.”
Twenty-five Years Ago
Dr. J. Gordon Adams of Enumclaw was honored at Monday’s City Council meeting for more than 50 years of service. He also served as Enumclaw’s health officer for 30 years and has contributed to the community through his private practice. Thursday, Dec. 15, has been proclaimed Dr. J. Gordon Adams Day by the city of Enumclaw.
A house fire with flames shooting high into the sky took firefighters nearly two hours to bring under control Tuesday evening of last week. Firefighters from Enumclaw, Auburn and Buckley responded to the fire which gutted a 70-year-old home just off Griffin Avenue on the west side of town. A total of 35 firefighters were on the scene.
For the second time this year, Enumclaw High School soccer coach Debbie Barlow has been named Seamount League Soccer Coach of the Year. The first honor came last spring when Barlow led her boys high school varsity team to a second-place finish in the league. She was named Coach of the Year again this fall for her efforts with the girls varsity team.
Fifty Years Ago
The Enumclaw High School Hornets scored an impressive 54-42 victory over the Evergreen Wolverines Tuesday night on the Enumclaw Court, as coaches from Clover Park, Renton and Franklin Pierce scouted the game. John Gambill made a determined effort to keep Evergreen in the ball game in the first half by hitting six field goals and one foul shot for a total of 13 points.
Photo: Mrs. Jesse (Vellma) Monk braves a pouring rain to record the great moment when she became the proud owner of a new 1959 Ford Galaxie. While the cameraman got ready, Mrs. Monk and Bill Merritt, Collins Motor Company salesman, dashed out, posed quickly, and then returned to the warmth of the Collins’ showroom.
Seventy-five Years Ago
With the Enumclaw district suffering thousands of dollars worth of damage and the counties of Pierce and King losing millions of dollars in damages, the most devastating flood in the history of western Washington has shocked city, county and state officials into action to promote some kind of flood control. Principal damage near Enumclaw consists of the washing out of the two bridges on the White River Lumber Co. railroad, and washing out of large sections of the road between Enumclaw and Greenwater.
Enumclaw citizens may well start buying new hats to fit enlarged heads after reading the report of the State Examiner paying high tribute to the finances of our town and to the management.
On Thursday, Doris Fraser was hostess to the Hi Hi Club at her home at a Christmas party. Three new members were initiated. Virginia Ashim, Muriel Hopp and Vivian Estby.
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2014-15/0971/en_head.json.gz/1073 | Josh Cobble Having played tennis at Cowley during the 2002-2003 seasons and having watched his brothers Darren and Sean follow in his footsteps by playing for the Tigers, Josh Cobble begins his seventh season as the teams’ head coach.
With Cobble at the helm, the Tiger men and women’s tennis teams captured region titles during the 2011 and 2012 seasons. The Tiger men made it three straight region titles, while the Lady Tigers placed second in the region during the 2013 season. The Cowley men would go on to finish 10th nationally, while the Lady Tigers placed 11th at the national tournament during the 2013 season. Cobble, who was named the Wilson/ITA Men’s National Tennis Coach of the Year in 2012 and Wilson/ITA Women’s National Tennis Coach of the Year in 2011, has helped the Tiger tennis teams capture a combined seven region championships in his six years as head coach.
He has coached 22 All-Americans, four national finalists, 14 national semi-finalists, 34 Region VI champions, and one national champion. He has also coached four NJCAA Academic All-Americans, 21 ITA Scholar-Athletes, 14 top-10 ranked singles players, and nine top-10 ranked doubles teams. Cobble was an All-State high school tennis player in Oklahoma and an All-American tennis player at Cowley in 2002. He also was a Region VI doubles champion and NJCAA national doubles semifinalist, while helping the Tigers capture the Region VI championship in 2003. Prior to coaching at Cowley he helped coach the Duncan High School tennis teams. He coached the boy’s team to a state title and the girl’s team to a runner-up finish at the state tournament in 2007.
Cobble has also worked at the Baylor University tennis camp.
Cobble played No. 6 singles both years at Cowley. As a freshman, he advanced to the finals of the national tournament. As a sophomore, he teamed with Tim Frick to reach the semifinals of the national tournament at No. 3 doubles.
After Cowley, he spent two years playing tennis at Cameron University in Lawton, Oklahoma. His brother, Darren, played at Cowley during the 2003-2004 seasons, while his brother, Sean, played at Cowley during the 2007 and 2008 seasons.
Coach Cobble’s wife, Rashelle, works as the associate director of enrollment management at the college. He can be reached at (620) 441-5302 or at cobblej@cowley.edu
Assistant coach Charity Andrews
Charity Andrews begins her second season as an assistant coach with the Tiger tennis teams. During her first year at Cowley she helped the Tiger men capture the region title and place 10th nationally, while the Lady Tigers finished second in the region and 11th at the national tournament. Andrews was an all-district singles and doubles player at Caprock (Texas) High School. She went on to play collegiate tennis at Seward County Community College from 2004-2006. During her sophomore season at Seward County she won the singles consolation bracket at the national tournament.
She then transferred and played tennis at Saginaw Valley State University in Saginaw, Michigan. She has also provided tennis instruction at the Windridge tennis camp in Vermont.
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2014-15/0971/en_head.json.gz/1107 | Rodney Harrison Questions Josh Freeman's Concussion
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My apologies for being a bit scarce the past couple of days, folks. . .our Korean counterparts hosted a "Friendship Day" for the weather units here on the peninsula on Friday afternoon. Let me tell you. . .between the soju and whatever other beverages were flowing throughout the afternoon and evening, I was feeling mighty darn friendly by the time we had to jump on the bus to go home.
But even in the state I was in yesterday, I don't think I would have had it within myself to say something as utterly uninformed as was spoken by NBC NFL analyst Rodney Harrison.
(We call that a "segue". . .and a pretty good one, if I might say so.)
Harrison will be part of the crew that will be working this Sunday's game between the Minnesota Vikings and the Green Bay Packers from the NBC studios. While it was expected that the Vikings were going to give Josh Freeman a chance to make amends for the disaster we saw on Monday night at MetLife Stadium, it was revealed a couple of days later that he had a concussion, and the Vikings said they would, instead, start Christian Ponder at quarterback for the "Border Battle."
For whatever reason he might have for saying it, Rodney Harrison decided to say the following about Josh Freeman:
"I can't say that I believe he has a concussion. I can't say I'm 100% sold out. I'm not trying to doubt the seriousness of his injury if he has one, but it just seems like a convenient excuse to get out of a situation."
"I played safety at a high level for a long time and I was bangin' and I never missed a game because of a concussion so it just seems like an excuse to me."
(Thanks to the folks at Awful Announcing for the sound file and the link.)
It blows my mind that Harrison would accuse Freeman of something like this. . .but maybe it shouldn't, given the age that we're in and the attitude of many sports fans. After all, when it was revealed that Christian Ponder had suffered a rib injury and was being replaced, there were many (who have obviously seen too many Hollywood movies and/or have their tin foil hats strapped on way too tightly) that immediately concluded that the injury was simply an excuse to get him out of the lineup for a team that was 0-3.
But a concussion isn't a rib injury or an ankle sprain or something like that. . .those sorts of things probably could be easily faked (though I doubt that was what happened with Ponder). Things like concussions, on the other hand. . .well, the human brain is something that you don't mess with. We saw it first-hand with Percy Harvin and his migraine headache issues when he was with Minnesota, and there are numerous players across the National Football League and many other sports that have serious issues with concussions.
People need to look no further than our own NFC North to find a guy like Jahvid Best, who went from being a first-round pick to being out of the league in two years because of his problems with concussions. Ryan Swope, a receiver from Texas A&M, was drafted in the fifth round of this year's draft by the Arizona Cardinals, and his concussion issues from college caused him to retire before he even took the practice field. Closer to home, former Minnesota Twins' first baseman Justin Morneau was a former American League Most Valuable Player. . .and after he suffered a concussion in a game against Toronto a few years ago, he was really never the same player.
With all of the focus that the National Football League is putting on safety in general, and the concussion issue in particular, I find it amazing that anyone would think that a guy could fake his way through something like this. The league just settled a lawsuit to the tune of $765 million that centered, largely, around concussions and brain trauma. The documentary League of Denial, which recently aired on PBS (and which you can watch right here) and the book of the same title have kept the spotlight on the issue. Not to mention the fact that, if a player is believed to have suffered a concussion, they have to be cleared by an independent doctor before they're allowed back on the field again.
Rodney Harrison says that he's never had a problem with concussions. Well, good for him. He should consider himself blessed. I bet that the Jahvid Bests, the Ryan Swopes, and the Justin Morneaus of the world wish they could say the same thing. But they can't. And unless you can bust out a degree in neurology, you're probably not in the position to say whether someone else is faking a concussion or not.
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2014-15/0971/en_head.json.gz/1116 | MLS game #27: DCU @ Houston Dynamo October 12, 2008 Must win? It's pretty close to it with just three games left in the season and several teams vying for the final four playoff spots. Following a courageous 2-2 draw versus Saprissa in Costa Rica on Thursday, United will attempt to replicate the gritty, spirited performance against the Western Conference leading Houston Dynamo. See the current League standings here. The team trained yesterday afternoon at Robertson Stadium. The field is relatively hard and, unfortunately, covered with tons of football lines and graphics - not great for those watching on TV. Speaking of which, tonight's game - set for 7 p.m. ET - will be broadcast live on Comcast SportsNet and on the radio in English (1050 AM) and in Spanish (1540 AM). Read these articles:
In the Washington Post, Steve Goff writes that the team is keeping hope alive. John Haydon in the Washington Times says it's a must-win game.
dcunited.com games notes.
The AP preview shows the dichotomy between the two teams' last seven weeks. In the Houston Chronicle, Bernardo Fallas' preview focuses on former United defender Bobby Boswell. If you correctly predict today's score, you'll have a chance at winning two tickets to one of United's last two home games. Drop your best guess in the comments section below. facebooktwitter Follow @dcunited | 体育 |
2014-15/0971/en_head.json.gz/1124 | Collins Is Adapting (Depressed Fan)
Collins Is Adapting
When Doug Collins was hired to coach the Sixers, a lot of time was spent checking out his bona fides. Everywhere he'd been, he'd engineered big turnarounds in his first season, but he also had Michael Jordan and Grant Hill and the teams were ripe to be turned. He'd coached several top-ten defensive teams but that's not so hard when you have Jordan and Pippen on your roster. The biggest concern seemed to be how Collins' slow, plodding style would translate to this young, athletic roster. The answer is, it simply hasn't. The slow pace hasn't translated, because the Sixers have been playing at a pretty brisk pace. Faster, in fact, than they played under Eddie Jordan last season. Faster than they've played in the past six seasons (relative to league-wide pace).
Here's a quick look at how Collins' teams ranked in pace (possessions/48 minutes) in each of his full seasons as a head coach in the league:
Dead last
23rd of 25 teams
28th of 29 teams
The Sixers are currently playing at the 10th-fastest pace in the league, 95.8 possessions per 48 minutes.
Now, before we throw a parade for Collins for being the first coach to finally realize this team needs to be in the open floor, we need to take a look at why the pace has increased. The Sixers weren't a slow team because they didn't run in the past couple years. They were slow because they (a) made opposing teams work hard for looks on the defensive end (b) got bogged down themselves when they were in the half-court, (c) grabbed a decent number of offensive rebounds and (d) didn't turn the ball over at an alarming rate.
Just from observation and a quick glance at the stats, I'd say they're still doing a decent job at a couple of these things. Elton Brand has been a monster on the offensive glass. They're using traps and zones to slow the opposing team's offense, with mixed results (though they're doing an excellent job of defending the three - opponents are shooting 30.7% from three against the Sixers, which is stellar).
The big changes, to me, have come in half-court offense and turnovers. One thing they've used this season, that I really can't remember seeing at all last year and rarely in the previous couple seasons, is a sort of delayed transition game. The ball is pushed up the floor by Jrue, or Turner, or whoever gets the ball, the break isn't really there, but the other guys hustle down the floor as well, especially Brand. Pushing the ball over half court quickly causes the defense to scramble back and get into position. They don't have a chance to set up properly, meaning Brand can either (a) establish position deep in the paint against his man or (b) beat his man down the floor and force someone else to cover him on the blocks. Several times this season, we've seen Brand get down the floor, seal whoever's guarding him, get the ball right away and convert. That's not technically a fast break, but it's early offense before the defense has a chance to take anything away. It's a quick, productive possession. Iguodala has done this a handful of times as well, and we've seen Jrue attack off the dribble a number of times while the defense was in that state of flux, catching their breath from having to hustle back to stop the break.
What I just described is heartening, and smart, but I'm not sure it really accounts for much of a boost in the overall pace of the game. It helps their scoring efficiency, certainly, but we're only talking about a play or two per game and a couple seconds saved on each. If we're looking at pace in a vacuum and trying to figure out the difference, the main contributor is turnovers. The Sixers are turning the ball over about 1.35 more times per game this season, which is kind of understandable, considering (a) their offense no longer consists of only high-percentage passes around the perimeter for low-percentage long jumpers and (b) they have a 20-year-old point guard and a rookie doing the majority of their ballhandling. I'd love to see their team TOVs/48 minutes down below 15 (it's currently at 15.79). So you've got a negative there, they're turning the ball over more.
The huge positive, though, is the turnovers they're forcing. Last season, they forced an average of 14.4 turnovers/48 minutes. This year, that number has jumped up to 17.1. Collins has them pressuring the ball - perhaps gambling more than they did - and creating the transition opportunities they need to pump up their offensive efficiency. He's done it with his rotations, to a degree, but it's also a mindset. Trapping, playing the passing lanes, being active with their hands. All these things are paying off.
Overall, I think Collins has done a good job so far. It's refreshing to see a coach change his methods to meet his roster and I'm hoping we continue to see it as the season wears on.
by Brian on Nov 11 2010
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2014-15/0971/en_head.json.gz/1208 | Stack Attack
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08:04 AM ET 08.24 | As of late, football has been at the top of "the stack", but today, The Stack has a bigger story to lead off with. Time to find out what it is and what else is in "the stack" for today, Friday, August 24:Lance Armstrong banned from cycling for lifeLance Armstrong made an announcement and the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency came down swiftly. After Armstrong said he would no longer fight against the claims that he never used steroids, the USADA announced its punishment: stripping Armstrong of his seven Tour de' France titles and banning him from the sport for life. For life!! He can never do anything with the sport, can't be an owner, trainer, nothing. This ridiculous witch hunt for lack of a better term finally led Armstrong to just throw in the towel rather than continue to fight. He still proclaimed his innocense, pointing to the fact that he has taken hundreds of drug tests and passed every one of them during his dominance on the tour from 1999-2005. Armstrong said "he toll this has taken on my family and my work for our foundation and on me leads me to where I am today -- finished with this nonsense." So he is still saying he is innocent, he just doesn't want to fight the charges anymore. Only Armstrong knows if he is truly innocent. If he knows he cheated, he'd have to live with that the rest of his life and it would eat at him. Call me a sucker, but I belive Armstrong and have believed him ever since this attack on him began. Ever since people started questioning him, Armstrong has defended himself and said look at the evidence. There was nothing that showed that he had taken steroids. He was just a physical specimen who trained like no one else. Perhaps I just want to believe in an athlete who could overcome so much like Armstrong had with his cancer bout. A lot of people did. The USADA just wanted a face to put on their wall after failing to get others like Roger Clemens. France has been after Armstrong for years. Who knows why. But I can tell you one thing, I believe Armstrong and I am disgusted and appalled by the USADA and their consistent attack and persistence in trying to proclaim this man's guilt. Anyone else feel that way? Rodgers runs for two scores, Locker looks good, Ravens thump JaguarsThree Thursday games started off week three of the preseason. This is the game where the starters play the most and fans can get the best sense of what the season is going to be like for their favorite team. Well, in Cincinnati, Aaron Rodgers ran for two scores as the Green Bay Packers beat the Cincinnati Bengals 27-13. In case you didn't know, Rodgers is the Packers quarterback. But he wasn't the only player running the ball well for the Packers. Cedric Benson also had a good game. Six carries, 38 yards. Ran hard. Was tough to bring down. He'll bring ballance to the Packers offense, making them even more dangerous.In Tennessee, Jake Locker proved his coaches right, throwing for 134 yards and two touchdowns in the Tennessee Titans' 32-27 win over the Arizona Cardinals. Locker had command of the offense and made throws and decision that he wouldn't have made last year and didn't make in college. Very impressive performance. Bad news for the Titans though is that return man and wide receiver Marc Mariani suffered a gruesome knee injury and is out for the year. For the Cardinals, neither quarterback John Skelton or Kevin Kolb looked all that impressive. Their performances probably did not please the Cardinals coaches who were looking for one of the two to assert themselves as the starting quarterback. Could be a long year for the Cardinals.And in Baltimore, the Baltimore Ravens put a whooping on the Jacksonville Jaguars 48-17. Joe Flacco was most impressive throwing for 266 yards and two touchdowns for the Ravens. If he can play like that during the regular season, the Ravens will have no trouble winning the AFC North and maybe making it to the Super Bowl.Friday's NFL preseason action is as follows:Philadelphia Eagles @ Cleveland Browns 7:30 PM ET Atlanta Falcons @ Miami Dolphins 7:30 PM ET New England Patriots @ Tampa Bay Buccaneers 7:30 PM ETSan Diego Chargers @ Minnesota Vikings 8:00 PM ETSeattle Seahawks @ Kansas City Chiefs 8:00 PM ETChicago Bears @ New York Giants 8:00 PM ET Plenty of intriguing storylines and some good games with plenty of action and battles in store for Friday and the weekend. In other NFL news, NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell says he believes in the replacement refs. Apart from him, some in the NFL office and owners Jerry Jones and Bob McNair, no one else thinks that. Get a new deal done with the officials and get them back on the field. Ed Hochuli and Mike Carey must get back on the field.Vikings fans will get to see running back Adrian Peterson on the field tomorrow...but only for warmups. He'll test it out and see how he feels. Peterson and the Vikings are still aiminig for a return date of September 9th in the Vikings regular season opener against Jacksonville.And the always-interesting-tweeting Indianapolis Colts owner Jim Irsay is tweeting once again that "trade winds blowing" most likely meaning the Colts are trying to get a big name such as Pittsburgh Steelers wide receiver Mike Wallace or Jaguars running back Maurice Jones-Drew. Maybe someone else? Who could it be? Maybe Irsay is just pulling our legs. Wouldn't be the first time. Before we go, the NHL met with the NHLPA Thursday, but little progress was made. A large amount of work needs to be completed before the end of the current CBA September 15th. At this point, it doesn't look very good. Get a deal done!!And next week, The Stack's college football preview and NFL preview will be posted. Make sure you check back for those. Enjoy the weekend everyone. See you Monday. Coming up Monday: Top NFL preseason headlines from the weekend plus other top sports stories. Comments
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2014-15/0971/en_head.json.gz/1228 | Home MSU with multiple Super Bowl XLVII connections
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MOREHEAD – Super Bowl XLVII, referred to by many as the Harbaugh Bowl, will have multiple Morehead State University connections when the Baltimore Ravens face the San Francisco 49ers on Feb. 3 at the Superdome in New Orleans. This will mark the first time in National Football League history that two brothers will face each other in the championship game.John Harbaugh, the head coach of the Ravens, was an assistant coach at Morehead State during the 1988 campaign under Head Coach Bill Baldridge. Harbaugh served as the special teams and defensive backs coach that season and also was the strength and conditioning coordinator. He left after one season with the Eagles to take the special teams coordinator position with the Cincinnati Bearcats.Former Morehead State star Phil Simms will serve as the lead analyst of the Super Bowl on CBS. A native of Louisville, he played quarterback for the Eagles from 1975-78. Simms was then drafted seventh overall by the New York Giants in 1979. He played 15 seasons for the Giants and led them to two Super Bowl victories, including a Super Bowl Most Valuable Player award in 1986. Simms has worked in the studio and broadcast booth for CBS Sports since 1988.Jim Harbaugh, the younger brother of John and current head coach of the 49ers, led one of Morehead State’s Pioneer Football League opponents, San Diego, from 2004-2006. USD won two consecutive PFL championships in 2005-06, going 11-1 both seasons. Harbaugh went 2-0 against the Eagles as the head man at San Diego.Jack Harbaugh, the father of John and Jim, was also an assistant coach at Morehead State in 1967. Harbaugh coached the Eagle defensive backs in his first collegiate position. He left after one season to become an assistant coach at Bowling Green. Harbaugh, who compiled a 117-94-3 record as a head coach, went on to lead Western Michigan and Western Kentucky.Super Bowl XLVII will kickoff at 6:30 p.m. ET. | 体育 |
2014-15/0971/en_head.json.gz/1235 | Laudrup: Board have delivered
Michael Laudrup says summer strengthening was vital at Swansea as he revealed he turned down job offers from big clubs.
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Michael Laudrup: Welcomes Swansea transfer business The Dane's role at the Liberty Stadium was cast into doubt last month, reportedly due to a dispute over transfer funds.
Swans chairman Huw Jenkins was involved in a war of words with Laudrup's agent Bayram Tutumlu which resulted in the latter being cut off from transfer negotiations.
While Laudrup insists his own working relationships with both men remain unchanged, the row has been followed by an increase in arrivals in south Wales. On Tuesday, a deal was agreed to sign striker Wilfried Bony for a fee of around £13million from Vitesse Arnhem, making him the sixth new face at Swansea this summer.
Laudrup has suggested there were frustrations behind the scenes but insists the problems were not down to his transfer budget, but rather getting a consensus that Swansea needed to go on a recruitment drive.
"The board have delivered on signings," Laudrup told the South Wales Echo.
"But it wasn't about saying I wanted this, this and this. Or I want £18m, £21m or £24m.
"It was about knowing we had to strengthen our team.
"We achieved so much last season, but just to maintain that position we had to improve.
"We've bought in the right standard of player."
Big clubsWhile the dispute was raging, Laudrup was being linked with a host of top clubs, including Paris Saint-Germain, Monaco and Fenerbahce. However, he insists he was never going to leave having extended his contract by another year in March and was focused on the 2013/14 campaign, in which Swansea will play in the UEFA Europa League.
"Yes, there were clubs - a couple of big ones as well - who wanted me," he added.
"But it never became anything more than that. As I've said and confirmed many times, I wanted to stay and I told players when they asked me before they extended their contracts.
"I didn't want to run away from that.
"It's normal after a season which was good for everybody that there is a lot of interest and eyes on all of us - domestically and internationally.
"But I didn't have to speak to anyone because I want to stay here. Please, never again ask me about my future - it's a waste of time."
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2014-15/0971/en_head.json.gz/1236 | A Villa v Southampton Saturday, 19 April 2014, 15:00
Saints boss fumes after defeat
Southampton boss Mauricio Pochettino was furious at the denial of a "blatant" penalty in the 1-0 defeat at Norwich.
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The Saints slipped to their first defeat of the season after Nathan Redmond's fine strike in the 68th minute but Pochettino believes his side should have been given the opportunity to take the lead much earlier, when Bradley Johnson blocked Adam Lallana's shot with his hand in the first half.
The decision by referee Howard Webb left Pochettino dumbfounded.
"The overall feeling is that we played well and deserved a bit more from that match," the Argentinian said.
"We don't want to take credit away from Norwich, they actually played very well, but there was a penalty call that was not given and that would have changed completely the nature of the game. It was a penalty that should have been given.
"I don't understand why it wasn't given. The referee was very close to the action, so I really have no idea why it wasn't given.
"It was blatant. It could have changed the game completely."
With two weeks until the next match due to the international break, the attention is now focused on the final few days of the transfer window.
Saints are hoping to shift a few players before Monday's deadline and there were reports that Jack Cork was subject of a bid from Fulham.
"I don't know anything about that," Pochettino said.
"There's no offer from Fulham, I don't know anything about what you're saying.
"He's a first-team squad member, he's a part of this team. If we start selling players we're only going to be left with just 11 players, so no."
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2014-15/0971/en_head.json.gz/1237 | Rodgers backs selection policy
Brendan Rodgers defended his selection policy after fielding a weakened team as his Liverpool side went down to a 1-0 defeat to Anzhi Makhachkala in the Europa League.
Brendan Rodgers: Felt his young Liverpool side held their own in Moscow The Reds boss, who left the likes of Steven Gerrard and Luis Suarez at home, went down to Lacina Traore's sublime late first-half goal in Moscow.
However, Rodgers felt his young team, which contained nine Englishmen and a debutant in Conor Coady, held their own against Guus Hiddink's more experienced outfit.
"Not at all. I think that is a little disrespectful to the players who are here," said the Northern Irishman in relation to whether bringing Gerrard and the others would have made a difference.
"They have been magnificent and I thought they did really well and we just got punished for a mistake.
"That led to us losing the game but I don't think it was anything to do with Suarez, Gerrard, Joe Allen, Martin Skrtel or Daniel Agger not being here.
"It was just one of those things. We will take it as a team, we are disappointed but there are so many positives from tonight.
"We are disappointed with the result. I thought the players put everything into the game."
TerrificWith the team having an average age of just under 24, Rodgers praised his young stars and believes the experience will benefit them in the future.
He added: "Tactically our concentration was very good. We controlled the game for 44 minutes and 50 seconds of the first half
"We made a bad mistake and got punished and that is the level.
"Some of the young players were terrific and we are disappointed not to have got something from it.
"I thought the performance level was good on a difficult pitch but I thought the players played the system tactically very well.
"We just find ourselves unfortunate not to get something from a very difficult place."
Anzhi manager Guus Hiddink was happy to gain revenge for their defeat at Anfield a fortnight ago.
"They had a young side but that does not mean they were not experienced as some of those players play frequently in the Premier League," he said.
"They were good players, skilful players who were tactically good.
"They tested us but we also have some young players so it's a good result for us.
"We didn't finish it off in the second half, we had two big opportunities, but it was an interesting game on a very bad pitch.
"They tested us so we have to be happy with this result." | 体育 |
2014-15/0971/en_head.json.gz/1238 | Celtic Park to stage cup final
Celtic Park will stage the final of the William Hill Scottish Cup next year.
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Peter Lawwell: Celtic Park 'an atmosphere like no other' The home of the champions was chosen as Hampden Park is unavailable due to development work ahead of the Commonwealth Games.
The Scottish Football Association also announced that Ibrox Stadium will host both semi-finals next spring.
Celtic Park, the country's largest football stadium with a capacity of 60,355, will stage the showpiece event on Saturday, May 17.
This season's semi-final matches will be played on the weekend of 12/13 April at the home of League One side Rangers which has a capacity of 51,082.
SFA president Campbell Ogilvie said: "We are fortunate in Scotland to have three world class football stadia.
"And with Hampden Park due to undergo redevelopment work ahead of the Commonwealth Games, it is natural we would seek to utilise both Celtic Park and Ibrox Stadium as venues for Scottish football's premier cup competition.
"We are delighted to stage both semi-finals at Ibrox and the final at Celtic Park and on behalf of the Scottish FA I would like to thank both Celtic and Rangers, as well as the SPFL, for their support in hosting these matches."
Celtic chief executive, Peter Lawwell, said: "We are delighted that Celtic Park has been chosen to host the William Hill Scottish Cup Final.
"As we have seen this season, Celtic Park continues to be one of the finest stadia in European football, producing an occasion and an atmosphere like no other - we are sure our stadium will provide a brilliant setting for our national cup final.
"Clearly, Celtic are cup holders and I am sure Neil and the team will be doing all they can to ensure that we go as far as we can in the competition and hopefully be part of this great final at the end of the season."
Rangers finance director, Brian Stockbridge, said: "We are delighted Ibrox Stadium has been chosen to host the Scottish Cup semi-finals in April.
"The Scottish FA's decision to play these ties at the home of Scotland's most successful club underlines the fact that Ibrox remains one of European football's elite arenas.
"Of course we hope to travel far in this competition ourselves but no matter who plays at Ibrox they can be certain of the warmest of welcomes."
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2014-15/0971/en_head.json.gz/1244 | Post-test Q&A with Tony Kanaan
Post-test Q&A with Tony Kanaan 30 Sep 2005
The 2004 IRL champion Tony Kanaan made his Formula One debut on Thursday when he got behind the wheel for BAR at Jerez.Kanaan began running shortly after 9am in chassis 007-01, which is the team's 2006 development car. He completed 18 laps in the morning session familiarising himself with the car and the circuit. Unfortunately an electrical problem cost him some running time early in the session.The Brazilian got back on track at the start of the afternoon session and despite a couple of spins, he continued to improve his lap times, completing a total of 51 laps. A gearbox problem towards the end of the afternoon ended his running slightly early. Afterwards he spoke to the team about his first impressions.Q: How did it go?Tony Kanaan: It was a good day. I had no major expectations before I came here and just wanted to enjoy the experience and try to help the team if I could. It was a short day for us, a long one in terms of time, but short runs. We had a couple of things we had to address in the car which took a long time. But overall I completed 51 laps and it felt really good.Q: You had a few interruptions then?TK: I tried to keep calm. I wanted to run obviously but race cars are like that, especially when you are testing, sometimes they have problems and sometimes they break so you've just got to fix it. So no, it wasn't frustrating, I just tried to calm myself and not be too anxious when it came to driving again. I've been racing for many years and I know what happens, sometimes you have problems like that.Q: How did you find the circuit?TK: It was fun and very challenging, a fast track with very hard braking corners. It's also very abrasive so you lose the grip on the tyres after a couple of laps. I had already practised driving the circuit on a computer game but it was more fun to do it live. It's a driver's circuit for sure.Q: Did you find it tough physically?TK: I knew a couple of months ago about the test so I've been preparing myself for a long time. It was different to what I am used to. The G loads are higher than in Indy Car but the steering is a lot lighter which makes my life easier. On the neck I couldn't feel a lot, probably because I prepared myself pretty good to come here. I didn't do a long run so I imagine it does get tougher! It's as physical as Indy Cars but in a different way.Q: How did the BAR Honda 007 handle?TK: The car was good. We made some changes and if we'd had more time, I would have changed a couple more things to suit my driving style. We got a good starting set-up from work that Anthony had done on the car previously so that made things a lot easier.Q: Was there anything that surprised you about the car?TK: How good the brakes are. I know everybody says the same thing and obviously I got told that I was going to be impressed, but I was very impressed with the brakes.Q: Your final thoughts on the experience?TK: Overall it was a very fun day and I've got to thank BAR Honda for the opportunity and particularly Wada-san, Gil and Robert Clark back in America for making it happen. And a big thanks also to the guys who ran my car today for all their support. It really has been a dream come true for me. | 体育 |
2014-15/0971/en_head.json.gz/1290 | Arsenal's potential takeover could end trophy drought
Major investment would make Arsenal title challengers. (©GettyImages).
by James Robinson
JuniorContributor Publishedone year ago
Arsenal could challenge for every club honour available if a rumoured takeover bid by a Middle East Consortium goes through.
SunSport announced yesterday (Sunday) that Stan Kroenke could be offered £830 million for his majority share in the club, and with Arsenal looking increasingly unlikely to make the top four following their 2-1 away defeat to Tottenham Hotspur, the bid will certainly be more appealing. Despite their lack of success in the trophy department over the last eight years, Arsenal are a big club and their consistent ability to maintain a champions league spot in each of those seasons has guaranteed they keep this title.
Yet behind the scenes, Arsenal are in a very healthy position. A reported pre-tax profit of £17.4 million for the half year ending November 2012 has shown a clear indication that they have balanced the books since their move to the Emirates Stadium in 2006.
On top of a state of the art 60,000-seater stadium, Arsenal also have fantastic training and youth facilities to match any of the world’s top clubs.
Arsenal have also repaid the money borrowed to develop Highbury square into over 300 properties and saw significant profits in 2010 when the majority of the flats were privately sold. Top range facilities, financially sound and continually well supported, Arsenal already have the potential to return into the elite of the footballing world, yet their lack of investment on the pitch has always been considered a hindrance.
This is where the Middle East consortium could change Arsenal’s fortunes, and with previous examples of investment from the same region in Manchester City and Paris Saint Germaine showing great success in recent years, fans will have plenty to look forward to.
Yet as mentioned earlier, Arsenal already have the structure to be an elite club, something that Manchester City lacked, particularly in terms of Champions League qualification, before their takeover by Sheik Mansour in 2008.
This would enable Arsenal to quickly delve into the top ranges of the transfer market should the takeover go ahead, and would no doubt improve Arsenal’s chances of silverware next season. One key hitch may come if Arsenal don’t qualify for the Champions League next season, however money talks in football and Robinho’s £32million move to Manchester City, who had qualified for the UEFA Cup in the previous season, certainly shows some precedent.
At the moment, the prospect of a takeover remains speculation but if the bid does go ahead, Arsenal fans can look forward to the potential of an exciting summer transfer window and the prospect of breaking their eight year trophy duck in 2014. | 体育 |
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The Nashville Predators took a bit of step backwards last season. They finished in 5th place in the Central Division and just 13th overall in the Eastern Conference. They only managed to record 16 wins and amass just 41 points over the course of the season. The good new for Preds fans is that they have plenty of talented young players on their roster. In the offseason they agreed to a seven-year deal with 23-year old Roman Josi, which will keep him in Nashville until the 2019-20 season. Despite the Predators inability to reach the postseason last year, they will have high expectations for the upcoming season. The Preds are led by head coach Barry Trotz who has been the team’s coach since their inception. He has an incredible amount of experience and is highly-regarded by both fellow coaches and players around the league. The Predators hope that a full season will benefit their inexperienced roster and help them to develop into a playoff contender. Nashville is a town that loves its team, despite being so far from any natural ice, and Nashville Predators tickets at Bridgestone Arena always go quick. The Preds are one of the teams the world of hockey is looking at to continue its dominant play this year, so watch for these guys to try for their first ever Stanley Cup Finals appearance in ‘13-‘14.
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2014-15/0971/en_head.json.gz/1362 | Pidgeon to bowl for HU this fall
HUNTINGTON, Ind. - Head coach Jim Bischoff and the women’s bowling program has announced that Portage High School’s Caitlin Pidgeon has signed her letter of intent to bowl for Huntington University this fall. No stranger to success, Pidgeon helped guide the Indians to the Indiana High School Bowling State Finals where the team finished fourth during her final campaign. The Valparaiso native averaged 191 this past season and won 81 percent of her matches on the way to leading her team to a perfect 13-0 conference record and conference championship. Pidgeon, who plans to studying nursing at HU, logged a high game in high school competition of 252 and a high two game set of 458.Pictured sitting: Coach Deb Gossett and Caitlin. Pictured standing: Mother Pamela and Coach Bischoff. The Huntington University Foresters compete in 16 intercollegiate sports for men and women. In the past decade, Huntington has produced 39 NAIA All-America honors and 213 All-America Scholar Athlete honors. Huntington University is a comprehensive Christian college of the liberal arts offering graduate and undergraduate programs in more than 70 academic concentrations. U.S.News & World Report ranks Huntington among the best colleges in the Midwest. | 体育 |
2014-15/0971/en_head.json.gz/1364 | Local marathoner ‘very fortunate’; was leaving site at time of bombing By: Steve Clark - Thursday, April 25, 2013 7:45 AM
Justin Glancy, of Huntington, may have competed in the Boston Marathon on April 15, but he found out about the terror attack like everyone else.
"I was very fortunate," he says.
"I had a scheduled flight leaving Boston at 4:30 p.m. I was finished with the race right around what would've been 1 p.m. As I finished I kept moving through the stations and got my luggage and headed on the metro out to the airport and while I was going through security - I remember because you can look down and you can see the road area - I remember seeing ambulances start going by and I thought that, you know, later on in the race people might be having some difficulties finishing. I didn't think anything of it.
"As I went through security to get to my gate, I looked at my phone ... and had about five or six missed calls and probably 10 or 12 text messages."
Glancy says many of the missed calls were from his sister and that she was the first person he called back. Prior to that call, Glancy says he was "oblivious to what had happened until I heard word from my sister first and as I turned around to go look at the TV monitors and the replay that everyone has seen over and over again of the bombs going off.
"That was the first time I heard about it."
The bombs, which were pressure cookers packed with shrapnel, killed three people and injured 183 others. Authorities identified two suspects in the attack, Tamerlan and Dzhokhar Tsarnaev; the former was killed in a firefight with authorities on April 19 in Watertown, MA, and the latter was apprehended by police later that evening.
"When I first saw I did not even realize how tragic it was until a little bit later on," Glancy says. "And that's when it kind of hit me that an hour before I was right in that spot."
Glancy notes he's lucky that the birth of his sister's first child on Thursday, April 18, prevented any family members from accompanying him to Boston.
"That took precedence over, in my family, coming to see me," he says. "Which, they could've been close to the finish line as well."
Glancy's desire to compete in marathons remains unaffected by the attack.
"If anything, it's something that has made my will to do Boston again next spring something stronger," he says.
Glancy admits he was initially disappointed with his performance in the race, but that the attack put everything into perspective.
"I definitely wanted to run better than I did," he says, "but that's something else that I've talked about with family, that they kind of knew I was disappointed with my performance, but at the end of the day, when something like this happens, it just goes to show you that running 26 miles down a road doesn't mean a whole lot, but just being here and having that connection with family and friends, just not taking anything for granted in life, is so much more important than any type of achievement." | 体育 |
2014-15/0971/en_head.json.gz/1387 | NBA All-Star Game 2014: Game thread, lineups and more
The NBA's showcase game tips off with Paul George and Roy Hibbert representing the Pacers.
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2013-14 NBA All-Star Game
February 16, 2014 - 8:00 p.m. ET
Smoothie King Center - New Orleans, LA
TV: TNT ---- Radio: ESPN Radio
The NBA All-Star game takes center stage after an anti-climactic slam dunk contest and All-Star Saturday night. Paul George teamed up to win a piece of the dunk contest hardware (I think, still not sure what was going on there) but tonight PG will take the court in New Orleans for the opening tip alongside frenemies LeBron James and the rest of the East starters.
Coach Frank Vogel will be calling the shots for the East and will likely lean on his big man Roy Hibbert to add some size and defense to the East playing rotations. Defense in and All-Star game? Pretty sure Vogel won't know any other way to approach the game.
Starting Tuesday night, things get real serious for the Pacers as they begin the stretch run of the regular season with the final 30 games. But tonight is all about fun and also a chance for the coaching staff and players to celebrate their success so far this season which has them playing a big role in the All-Star game.
Please add your thoughts and observations on the game in the comments. | 体育 |
2014-15/0971/en_head.json.gz/1453 | Early Voting Starts In Texas Monday, October 22, 2012 - 11:25pm
Aaron Rich Sports Anchor/Multimedia Journalist EL PASO — Early voting started in Texas on Monday. A UTEP professor said it's important for people to vote and it doesn't matter when you do.
People around the world watched as presidential candidates President Barack Obama and Governor Mitt Romney battled it out in the third and final debate before election day.
UTEP Political Science Professor Gregory Rocha said the debate was crucial for both candidates.
"This election is so razor thin between the two of them and it's stunning to see the gap that Mr. Romney was able to make up as a result of the first debate and I think the speculation is that this race is going to go right down the wire here on in and so this debate has its importance," said Rocha.
The debate comes on the same day the polls opened for early voting in Texas.
Rocha said more than 60 percent of people who voted in the 2008 presidential election were early voters.
"But in the presidential election, the younger voters turn out in a greater percentage than they do during the non presidential. That explains in part why we see the bump up in the numbers of vote overall and especially early," said Rocha.
Thousands of Texans headed to the polls, many of them here in El Paso where there was a strong turnout.
"Everybody needs to come out and vote early. That way you won't have a big line at the end of the voting date. So today is the best day, the best time," said early voter Francisco Adame.
"To me, if I wait the longest time, to vote on November 6, I don't think I'll get there. I just like to vote early, to get my vote inside," said early voter Mary Ann Eudave.
Rocha said it's important for people to vote, whether early or on election day.
"I think it's important for people regardless of when they do," said Rocha.
Early voting goes until November 2 and election day is November 6. | 体育 |
2014-15/0971/en_head.json.gz/1530 | Official Tour de France FanParks: England from...Monday, April 14thLondoners flocked to the 2013 Tour de France Fan Park to watch Chris Froome power his way to a famous victory in the 100th edition of the Tour de France. In 2014, the Fan Parks, presented by... Read moreAll systems go forCambridge-London!Tuesday, April 8thWith less than three months to go, Cambridge is looking forward to welcoming the Tour de France peloton for the start of stage 3... Read moreReturning to Yorkshire in 2015Friday, March 28thWith Leeds, Harrogate, York and Sheffield as stage cities in the 2014 Tour, Yorkshire is making a big entrance in the world of cycling. And it will stay there for a while with a new three-day race... Read moreD-100: England goes yellowThursday, March 27thThe countdown has begun for the county of Yorkshire, whose annual cultural festival has started 100 days before the start of the Tour de France in Leeds. In the entire region, and even right down... Read moreLa Course by Le Tour de France:Women's Day, Round...Saturday, March 8thWomen are the stars on March 8... It will be very much the same when the elite of ladies' cycling comes together in Paris on July 27 for the inaugural edition of La Course by le Tour de France, a... Read moremore news
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2014-15/0971/en_head.json.gz/1541 | Thursday, March 08, 2007March 8, 2007
In the first game of the double header at Draper Diamond, the Lady Bisons lost a tough extra innings game to visiting Indiana State 7-5.
The Lady Bisons jumped out to an early lead in the fourth inning on a wild pitch by Indiana State to go up 1-0, but then saw Indiana State answer in the top of the fifth with three runs to take a 3-1 lead.
The Lady Bisons didn't waste time in regaining the lead from the Sycamores, with RBI's from Kellie Sirus and Leigh Little to make the score 4-3 heading into the bottom of the seventh.
With two outs in the top of the seventh inning, Indiana State loaded the bases, and scored the tying run to send the game into extra innings with the score 4-4.
After both teams worked out of some trouble in the eighth inning, the Sycamores took the lead in the top of the ninth inning. With the automatic runner put at second base in extra innings, the Sycamores used a lucky bounce on a swinging bunt to put runners at first and third with nobody out.
The next batter up for the Sycamores hit a short pop fly down the left field line that put the Sycamores on top 5-4. Indiana State added two more insurance runs in the inning to lead it 7-4 heading into the bottom of the ninth.
The Lady Bisons were only able to manufacture one run in the bottom of the ninth and lost the first game of the double header to Indiana State 7-5.
Christen Campbell (5-5) received the loss, and Meagan McCurdy (5-1) got the win for Indiana State.
With the loss, the Lady Bisons dropped to 9-10 while Indiana State improved to 12-7. | 体育 |
2014-15/0971/en_head.json.gz/1547 | Nick Kennedy joined London Irish in 2001 aged 20 after some success as a basketball player at Portsmouth University, from where he graduated in sports science.
He learned his rugby at Claire's Court School in Maidenhead, where he played on the wing. Having moved into the scrum Nick was picked up by London Irish in his final year at university and signed professional forms the following year. He made his Exiles' debut against Newcastle Falcons in November 2002.
An athletic forward, he quickly proved his class at London Irish and progressed to the professional squad, being named as the club's 'Young Player of the Season' in 2002-03. He has made 141 appearances and scored three tries for the Exiles, whom he helped reach the 2009 Guinness Premiership Final, although he was unable to take his place in the starting XV due to an injured knee.
Nick was a member of the 2007 England Saxons squad for the Barclays Churchill Cup, playing against the USA in the opening game and played in both the Saxons' Six Nations victories over Ireland A and Italy A in 2008. He toured New Zealand with the senior squad that summer but failed to win a cap.
Nick finally celebrated his England debut with a try against the Pacific Islanders at Twickenham in November 2008 and went on to feature in all five of England RBS 6 Nations games in 2009. Click the squad picture and the action pictures on the left to zoom them.
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Young Player of the Season 2002/2003
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2014-15/0971/en_head.json.gz/1550 | 2010 February Subscribe to our Newsroom RSS feed | What is RSS?
Drew Brees to speak at Loyola's unified commencement ceremony
Loyola press release - February 18, 2010
Photo on homepage by marketing senior Tyler Kaufman.
Super Bowl MVP Drew Brees will address Loyola University New Orleans’ Class of 2010 during the university’s unified commencement ceremony in the Louisiana Superdome on Saturday, May 8.
Brees led a dominating performance against the Colts on Feb. 7, resulting in the Saints’ first Super Bowl victory in the franchise’s history. The quarterback dedicated the win to the City of New Orleans, his adopted home since 2006, coincidentally, the same year Loyola’s graduating class enrolled in the university.
The parallels between the class and Brees don’t end there. Both the grads and Brees invested themselves in New Orleans when the city was at its lowest point, and both had faith that it would come back stronger than before.
Since the class of 875 students first stepped on campus, Loyola University has made tremendous strides in its own recovery. Enrollment has increased to pre-Katrina numbers, the university’s bond rating is back to an A+, and $35 million has been allocated for building enhancements and infrastructure improvements over the next year.
Kevin Wm. Wildes, S.J., Ph.D., Loyola’s president said, “Like our graduating students, Mr. Brees made a decision to come to New Orleans four years ago. Through his leadership of the Saints and his work in rebuilding the city, he has been a leader in the renewal of New Orleans just as our students have been leaders in this renewal though their work and volunteer service.”
Since his arrival to New Orleans, Brees has played a fundamental role in efforts to rebuild the city, dedicating his time to fundraising as well as hands-on work. He and his wife Brittany are extremely active philanthropists, having established the Brees Dream Foundation in 2003 with a mission to advance research in the fight against cancer and provide care, education and opportunities for children. The Brees Dream Foundation’s ongoing efforts include rebuilding homes with Habitat for Humanity, supporting Children's Hospital and the American Cancer Society’s Patrick F. Taylor Hope Lodge, and rebuilding schools, parks, playgrounds and athletic fields in New Orleans, San Diego and Purdue communities. For more information regarding the Brees Dream Foundation, please visit www.drewbrees.com.
Brees paid tribute to the people of New Orleans after being named Most Valuable Player of Super Bowl XLIV. He said he and the team owed much to their support in the years following Katrina.
"Four years ago, whoever thought this would be happening,” said Brees. “Eighty-five percent of the city was under water. People were evacuating to places all over the country. Most people left not knowing if New Orleans would ever come back, or if the organization would ever come back. We just all looked at one other and said, 'We are going to rebuild together. We are going to lean on each other.' That's what we've done the last four years and this is the culmination in all that belief."
A native of Austin, Texas, Brees has ranked among the NFL's elite quarterbacks, including being named the Associated Press Offensive Player of the Year last season and having four times been voted to the Pro Bowl. Few players in the era of free agency have made the impact that Brees has had on the Saints. He led the club to the NFC Championship Game in 2006, has started all 64 regular-season contests, has recorded a league-high 23 games with at least 300 passing yards and has been named the NFC Offensive Player of the Week seven times. Brees was also honored as the co-winner of the 2006 NFL Walter Payton Man of the Year, in large part for his charitable contributions and volunteer work in the New Orleans community.
For more information, contact Meredith Hartley, director of Loyola's Office of Public Affairs and External Relations at 504-722-6078 or mhartley@loyno.edu. Loyola University New Orleans is a member of the Association of Jesuit Colleges & Universities | 体育 |
2014-15/0971/en_head.json.gz/1614 | MLB Breaking News
Yankees begin search for Teixeira's replacement
By Steph Bee
@StephBee118
US PRESSWIRE
The Yankees are probably out of luck in trying to replace Mark Teixeira's bat.
The rumble in the Bronx you might be hearing isn't coming from Jackie Chan's lethal martial arts moves; it's the sound of the Yankees scrambling to field a competitive roster with less than a month to go until Opening Day. New York lost Alex Rodriguez to hip surgery in January, Curtis Granderson to a broken forearm in February, and has now lost Mark Teixeira to a wrist strain.
This power outage will cost the Yankees three hitters who combined to bop 85 homers last year, not even including the losses of Nick Swisher and Russell Martin to free agency. As ESPN Stats & Info points out, eight of New York's top 10 home-run hitters in 2012 are either unavailable for Opening Day or are on another team. With no natural first baseman beyond Teixeira currently on the Yankees' 40-man roster, what are their options to fill the first-base void both internally and externally? Let's take a look.
40-Man Roster Options
Kevin Youkilis to First Base, Eduardo Nunez to Third
When the Yankees signed Youkilis to a one-year, $12 million deal in December, it was with the intention of him playing third base in place of Rodriguez, who will be out until at least the All-Star break. However, desperate times can call for desperate measures, and the Yankees are not in a position to be picky about who to place at the infield corners. Youkilis has the most experience playing first base, won a Gold Glove at the position in 2007, and has actually played 607 games at the cold corner versus 442 games at the hot corner in his nine-year major-league career.
Furthermore, Youkilis has coped with a laundry list of injuries for the last few seasons, including multiple lower back injuries and a sports hernia surgery. Playing first base is considerably less demanding than third base, and a couple months at each infield corner could help to preserve Youkilis' health during the regular season.
If the Yankees choose this route, Eduardo Nunez could step in to play third base—that is, assuming Derek Jeter is healthy by Opening Day. Nunez spent the majority of the 2012 season in Triple-A, after a thumb injury caused him to lose the utility infielder role to Jayson Nix, who is currently a non-roster invitee. In his brief major-league career, Nunez has hit .272/.318/.384 with a significant platoon split between righties (.254/.308/.346) and lefties (.298/.332/.436). The 25-year-old won't provide the power the Yankees' lineup desperately needs, but he does have speed and versatility to help plug the gaping holes in their roster.
Once upon a time, Travis Hafner played 72 games at first base. However, a bevvy of injuries derailed his career, and Hafner has not appeared at any defensive position since 2007. The Yankees need all the bats they can get; they won't risk sending Pronk anywhere that does not involve the use of batting gloves and a stick made of wood.
Of the infielders on New York's non-roster invitees list, Nix stands the greatest chance of making the Opening Day roster. Though the Yankees designated him for assignment following the 2012 season, he cleared waivers and quickly accepted an assignment to Triple-A rather than pursue free agency. The 30-year-old filled the utility role well for the Bombers last year, playing up the middle and in the outfield while hitting .243/.306/.384 in 202 plate appearances.
Nix does not have any major-league experience at first base, but he has played 138 games at third base, so he could be a secondary option to Nunez should New York choose to shift Youkilis to first base. Like Nunez, Nix is a right-handed hitter who hits lefties significantly better than righties, so he would not be a platoon option.
The 33-year-old Johnson is primarily a first baseman, having played 328 career major-league appearances at the position. His Triple-A numbers have never translated to sustained major-league success; since his flukey rookie year with the Athletics in 2005, Johnson has hit a paltry .222/.331/.397 in 1,117 plate appearances. Johnson does have more power than Nix, but it does not seem likely the Yankees will open a roster spot for a Quad-A player, no matter how nice a career .294/.408/.533 line at Triple-A looks.
Rivera will never be remembered for his grace afield, and though he has retained some pop, his offense is almost non-existent now. The 35-year-old has bounced primarily between the outfield corners in his major-league career, though he has logged 106 games at first base. It does not seem likely that Rivera will be considered for the Opening Day roster, but the Yankees will probably give him some reps at first base to see if there's anything left.
Addison Maruszak, Luke Murton, Kyle Roller, or Rob Segedin
The very quick and overly simplified synopsis: Maruszak has played just three games above Double-A, Murton is ticketed for Triple-A, Segedin will likely repeat Double-A, and Roller hasn't played a game above High-A. The Yankees will look elsewhere.
Only two first baseman remain on the free-agent market: Huff and Carlos Lee. The 36-year-old Huff last played decent ball with the 2010 world champion Giants. Since then, a series of knee injuries stemming from a sprained PCL sustained while celebrating Matt Cain's perfect game and an anxiety disorder have cut into Huff's effectiveness. He hit a combined .239/.309/.359 with 13 homers between 2011 and 2012, and given his advanced age, Huff is unlikely to regain the ability to hit and field well.
Once a major contract liability, Lee is now struggling to find a job making the major-league minimum. He absolutely will not provide value on defense, but it's possible Lee might have a smidge left in the bat. Playing with the Astros and Marlins last year, Lee batted a combined .264/.332/.365 with just nine home runs, but he's only a year removed from hitting .275/.342/.446 in Houston. Though Lee offered nothing against left-handed pitchers last year, he does not have a major platoon split in his career. If the Yankees don't mind seeing El Caballo gallumphing after bumbled balls in the infield, they could take a flier on his bat and hope for the best.
In short, the Yankees' options to replace Teixeira are few and far between. The Youkilis/Nunez swap seems the most likely, though the Bombers will doubtlessly be hounding the waiver wire while Cashman works the phones to provide depth for a team that can't stand to lose another starter.
Luke Murton
Kyle Roller
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2014-15/0971/en_head.json.gz/1663 | Grant Becomes Jerry Rice Finalist
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Grant recorded a team-best 87 tackles as a redshirt freshman. GREENSBORO - Active
redshirt freshman linebacker D'Vonte Grant was named as one of the 20 finalists
for the inaugural Jerry Rice Award, which honors the top freshman of the year
in the Football Championship Subdivision.
"He has done an outstanding job for us this
season," said North Carolina A&T football head coach Rod Broadway. "This
honor is well-deserved because he has made tremendous strides throughout the
season. His attitude and work ethic are phenomenal. He's only going to get better." Grant
(5-11, 215, Charlotte, N.C.) led the team with 87 tackles, including 10.5 for a
loss. He also had one interception, one
forced fumble, one fumble recovery, one blocked kick, two quarterback hurries and
two pass breakups in 11 games started this season. He is just the second
freshman in school history to lead the team in tackles, and he broke a school
record for tackles by a freshman. Grant
earned a spot on the Jerry Rice Watch List after making 11 tackles against
Appalachian State on Sept. 10, and he followed up that performance with 12
tackles against Coastal Carolina two weeks later. Grant was one of two MEAC players named to
the finalist list. The other was Howard
quarterback Greg McGhee. The
winner of the Jerry Rice Award, presented by The Sports Network and sponsored
by Fathead.com, will be announced on Friday, Jan. 6 in Frisco, Texas, at the
national awards banquet before the national championship game. More than 150 sports information and media
relations directors, broadcasters, writers and others will serve on the panel
that selects the winner.
made receiving look effortless during his amazing career in the FCS (then
Division I-AA) at Mississippi Valley State University. He was a two-time
first-team All-American and finished his career with 310 receptions for 4,851
yards and 50 touchdowns. His 27 TD receptions in 1984 set the NCAA record for
all divisions. He went on to have an historic NFL career with the San Francisco
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2014-15/0971/en_head.json.gz/1670 | ... The Talker: Child gets stuck in claw machine ... Sharper challenges his no-bail status in Arizona ... Circuit Finals Rodeo begins Thursday
Ram National Circuit Finals draws 195 contestants.
By SNS
The Ram National Circuit Finals Rodeo is an important championship for each of the 195 contestants who are scheduled to compete this week. It’s an even bigger deal for 11 cowboys and cowgirls with ties to Oklahoma. From those like steer wrestler Stockton Graves who were born in the Sooner State to transplants like barrel racer P.J. Burger, Oklahoma’s rich rodeo and Western heritage shines brightly. There’s no better way to put it on display than hosting ProRodeo’s National Championship, set for 11 a.m. and 7:30 p.m. Thursday, April 4; 7:30 p.m. Friday, April 5; and 1 and 7:30 p.m. Saturday, April 6, at State Fair Arena in Oklahoma City. The three days family entertainment, from funnyman Justin Rumford of Ponca City, Okla., to Whiplash the Cowboy Monkey to concerts from top country acts Thompson Square and Chris Cagle. “I love the fact that the (Ram) Finals is in Oklahoma City,” said Graves, a seven-time Wrangler National Finals Rodeo qualifier from Newkirk, Okla. “It’s a great event, and I’m glad to see they moved that finals to Oklahoma City from Pocatello (Idaho).” The RNCFR was established in the 1970s and was held on the campus of Idaho State University for decades. It moved to Oklahoma City three years ago and found a fantastic home: State Fair Arena is the former home of NFR and has been the site of numerous championship events over the last half century. “I don’t think it’s a home-field advantage in any way for me,” said Burger, who qualified for the NFR in 2009. “It’s still a good paying rodeo, and it doesn’t matter if it’s close to home or across the country. It’ll be nice to sleep in my own bed and be able to take the horses home each night, but that’s about it.” Burger moved to Oklahoma 13 years ago after spending her formative years in Minnesota. She married Joey Burger, whose mother, Mary, is the 2006 barrel racing world champion. “It’s an honor to represent your circuit at that big of a rodeo,” said P.J. Burger, a two-time RNCFR qualifier who earned the right to compete in Oklahoma City by winning the Ram Prairie Circuit Finals Rodeo average championship last October in Duncan, Okla. “You rodeo all year for a chance to compete at a deal like that, so it means a lot.” Page 2 of 2 - The home-state contingent includes team ropers Destry Graham of Sallisaw, Jimmy Thomas of Hodgen, Hunter Munsell of Arnett and Derrick Jantzen of Ames; bull rider Guthrie Murray of Miami; barrel racers Tana Renick of Kingston and Carlee Pierce, who spent most of her life near Freedom and Woodward; and tie-down ropers Hunter Herrin and Bryson Sechrist, both of Apache. In addition to Graves and Burger, Herrin and Pierce are NFR veterans – Herrin is a six-time qualifier, while Pierce has earned trips to Las Vegas each of the past two years. Now living in Stephenville, Texas, Pierce finished the 2012 campaign No. 2 in the world standings, earning $79,802 at the NFR and finishing the season with $204,322. “It’s always fun to go back to Oklahoma and compete, especially at that rodeo,” said Pierce, who finished second at the RNCFR last April. “It’s always nice to be able to go back to a place that was home for so long. That’s a place that always feels more comfortable. “When you go back to Oklahoma and you’re from Oklahoma, everybody gets excited about it, including me.” Born in Alberta, Pierce moved to Freedom at age 10. She married Steve Pierce years later; the couple began their family in Woodward and didn’t leave the Sooner State until the fall of 2011. “All three of our kids were born in Oklahoma, and I lived there most of my life,” Carlee Pierce said. “I love competing at State Fair Arena. I’ve always done well there and on multiple horses. It’s a good setup, and the ground is always really good. “I wish they had more ProRodeo stuff in that arena.” Oklahoma has a powerful rodeo heritage that goes beyond hosting some of the sport’s greatest events. In addition to the RNCFR and NFR, Oklahoma has been host to the Clem McSpadden National Finals Steer Roping and some of the greatest names in the sport: Shoulders, Brown, Duvall, Etbauer and Ferguson, to name a few. “I think it’s important to have an event like the (Ram) Finals in Oklahoma,” Graves said. “When you look back at the history of rodeo, there’s a lot of it right here in Oklahoma. This is the perfect place for a championship like this.” | 体育 |
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What now, New York?
When Winning The Toss Is Not Enough
By John L. Aaron
As cricket in 2008 limps across the finish line here in New York, it’s a good time to begin reflecting on the season. It may have been a season of discontent for some, or a moment(s) of jubilation for others. Whichever side of the fence you happen to find yourself, it is still an opportune time to gather a perspective of sorts, which may help going forward. Why? Because if we fail to acknowledge or learn from our mistakes, we are destined to repeat them.
Historically, there have always been three dynamic elements that contribute to the success of the sport of cricket in the New York metropolitan area – cricketers, administrators and supporters. The latter category includes official sponsors and anonymous financial backers, as well. Those three elements are interdependent upon each other, for the successful promotion and enjoyment of the sport; always. Therefore, it is no surprise that when one of the three fails to ignite, there is every possibility that the sport will not roll forward.
New York Regional Director Jeffroy Morrishaw.
During this year, we have seen the United States of America Cricket Association (USACA) reinstated by the world’s governing body; the International Cricket Council (ICC), following two successive suspensions for poor governance and issues of non-compliance. With a new constitution, fresh elections, some new faces, new energy, renewed funding from the ICC and a shot at having our national senior team climb out of the doldrums and dust off the cobwebs of inactivity, cricket pundits across this nation looked forward to a brave new world of cricket. The enthusiasm was also fuelled by the passion that Twenty20 cricket was bringing to the four corners of the earth. The Coin Toss
As many a skipper would acknowledge, winning the toss is not enough to win the match, although at times, it may have a significant impact on the outcome of the match, for one team or the other. Having won the toss, it is often left up to the team and the skipper who made the favorable call, to elect to bat or bowl. That first decision is sometimes a pre-determined one, or one made in consultation with the rest of the team after the coin toss. Either way, a skipper does not intentionally make a “bad” decision, at least not consciously, one would imagine.
Deciding to bat or bowl is dependent upon other factors as well, such as the condition of the pitch, outfield and prevailing weather, in addition to other impact areas and assumed psychological advantages, for electing to bat or bowl.
Scripting for Success
With USACA national elections a fait accompli, local elections for a Regional Administration in New York and the other regions of the USA, were finally completed. New York with a rich tradition and culture of cricket, and seven leagues poised to embrace the growing worldwide appreciation of the sport, along with renewed interest globally vis-a-vis the shorter version of the game – Twenty20, launched 2008 with the Mayor’s Cup, sponsored by the New York City Department of Parks and Recreation. The cooperation of all the league Presidents was instrumental in the successful completion of the tournament, as the group worked diligently along with the United States of America Cricket Umpires Association (USACUA). It was a rather successful start to a season that promised so much, and the success of that senior tournament was further enhanced by the highly organized and successful launch of cricket in the New York City public schools athletic program (PSAL). That youth program supported by several of the New York leagues, was followed by an equally successful New York City Police Department (NYPD) cricket program, featuring six teams assembled and outfitted by the NYPD’s Police Foundation.
Thus, the coin had been tossed and New York called it right, or did they?
To Bat or Bowl
Parallel to all the flurry of cricket activity in New York City, was an elected Regional Administration that represented the New York Cricket Region, headed by an elected Regional Director chairing the assembly of seven leagues, each represented by their respective Presidents, and supplemented by a Youth Cricket Coordinator, a Women’s Cricket Coordinator, and two Members-at-Large.
What would the administration do, having won the toss? In American football parlance, punting is sometimes the only option, or least calculated risk available. Would New York punt, run the ball or pass? It appears as though the quarterback of cricket administration in New York is still looking for an audible play from the players who surround him. A good quarterback always enters the game with a set of learned and practiced plays, although leaving himself some room to read the field and adjust the play, as necessary, after the snap.
Sadly, New York’s quarterback appears lost for plays, and with a group of players around him, who are looking for the type of dynamic leadership needed to arrest the momentum of winning the toss and executing flawlessly. Winning the toss is not enough, if you don’t have orchestrated moves to put into play.
Where’s the Beef
Several thousands of dollars are poured into cricket in the New York metropolitan area year after year, after year, through membership subscriptions and participation fees by clubs to leagues, sponsorship by businesses and individual cricket enthusiasts, fundraising activities, and other revenue generating sources. Conservatively, one can argue that at least $140,000 is spent on the administration of cricket alone, and amongst the seven leagues of the region, while another $40,000 or so, is spent on the purchase of cricket paraphernalia by players.
Where is all that money coming from, and where is all that money going? One has to only take a closer look to fully appreciate the depth of the sport and its inherent potential for development in the region. An appreciation that can be accomplished by a regional administration that unveils a strategic plan for the well-being of the sport and the players involved.
Preparing for Success
Strategic plans are rarely taken off of a shelf somewhere, they are the fruits of desire, vision, passion and an acute understanding of the dynamics involved. Those qualities are best found in the leadership of visionaries, beyond an ability to chair meetings and delegate responsibilities. However, some strategic plans are the products of cooperative and bi-partisan efforts. Nonetheless, any such initiative begins with the person at the helm germinating or pitching an idea or a thought, and getting others to buy into that idea. On the contrary, when a leader looks to his followers for leadership, it undermines the strength of his leadership, or abilities therein.
New York has undoubtedly won the toss, now what? Winning the toss is only earning the right to decide what to do next, and at a pace that keeps you ahead of the rest. Anything to the contrary, and you would find yourself falling behind and failing to accomplish your goals, assuming of course you do have goals, and a game plan for executing same.
If New York is expected to be managed (not governed) by committee, then that must be the expectation of both the “management and staff.” What appears to be happening to the regional administrative of cricket in New York is a waiting game by management and some staff, for something positive to miraculously occur.
Seizing the Moment
Fortunately, some staff has seized the initiative to develop their areas of interest, while others are garnering support and ideas to launch their initiatives. I refer specifically to the Youth and Women’s Cricket programs in New York. The rather vibrant youth program unfortunately is the product of an outside “agency,” that effectively manages the energetic Under-15 and Under-19 youth initiatives, with very little help, financial and otherwise, if any at all from the regional administration. Shameful indeed, but before it is perceived as hurling barbs at those who sit on the regional administration, one must examine from where did the support for the adequate representation of the region at national trials and tournaments for our youths come. It is obvious that the broad-based support is there. Then why can’t the regional administration harness, coalesce and manage that support, all under the umbrella of the New York Cricket Region? Therein, lies the need for a more assertive and dynamic leadership.
The 2008 season saw the New York Regional Administration twice reject the suggestion that New York be represented at USACA youth cricket activities, and on both occasions a well coached squad was selected and financed to represent a less than supportive regional administration, and did so successfully. That was only made possible, because some of the visionary leadership resides on the outside of the circle, and are often rebuffed for suggesting that the inner leadership take a more responsible role.
Unilaterally dismissing ideas, concepts, suggestions, and offers of help, appear to be the order of the day by the Regional Director Jeffroy Morrishaw. That is the prerogative of the chair; however, those suggestions should be replaced with ideas from the chairman, ideas that are supported by the wider administrative group. Until such time, any idea and/or suggestion should be fully examined and discussed on its merit.
With the recognized coach of the regional youths “suspended” by an equally dismissive USACA President, the New York Region adopted a stance supportive of the unwarranted suspension, without examining the merits of such action, or appealing for a stay of execution, until a hearing by the national body. Such a spineless position is indicative of the distance created between an administration and a program under its axis, as well as an apparent disinterest in a vibrant youth cricket program, linked to the region.
In this case, the regional body showed a callous and total disregard for the psychological well-being of the very youngsters it should be embracing as the future of cricket in the region and the country. It would have been plausible, if a letter was dispatched to the USACA board, seeking a delay of action in the matter, until after the national Under-19 tournament in Florida. Instead, like the unilateral decision not to send a participating team to the national championships, the Regional Director, misinterpreted the USACA constitution and sided with an equally ignorant USACA President, in upholding the earlier decision of the latter.
Wanted: Dynamic Leadership
Having won the toss, no pun intended, Mr. Morrishaw should have assumed the mantle of leadership by bringing to the table a vision and opportunities for advancing cricket within the New York region, rather than just a flair for chairing meetings without agendas. How long will such a situation continue to be allowed to undermine the very opportunity of winning the toss?
Cricket at the grassroots level is critically important to the overall success of the national organization – USACA, who themselves are struggling for more dynamic leadership. However, the collective spirit of cricket in the New York region is far more energetic than that which obtains at the national level. In other words, it should be easier to manage cricket and its contributors at the local level.
New York is blessed with a group of purpose-driven league Presidents, other cricket administrators and stakeholders. However, capturing all that energy under the same lid requires a less high-handed approach than that which currently prevails. A simple remedy would be a suggested bullet point vision by the Regional Director, for where cricket in the region should be headed. The distribution of those bullet points prior to meeting with the board would not only generate some buzz, but would encourage the members to come prepared to discuss the many opportunities ahead, so that the precious time spent debating the minutiae at meetings would be used to generate more productive energy. Such plans may include short-term and long-term strategic goals.
The fault, however, does not lie solely at the feet of the Regional Director, after all, accountability is not only the responsibility of the leader, but those who continue to accept the status-quo of poor governance. The laissez-faire attitude of some members of the regional administration would definitely prohibit cricket from moving forward, and through an administration that’s seen as being less than dynamic.
All the members of the New York regional administration need to step up to the plate, and decide where they would like to see cricket taken. In doing so, they would demonstrate their seriousness as leaders of the sport in this region, with or without a judicious Regional Director. I am certainly not advocating mutiny, but merely suggesting that it behooves this group of men and lady to not sit idly by and watch cricket in our region continue to be run by others, who have the game at heart and the capacity to positively demonstrate that, from the outside.
So far, the regional administration has had the rather difficult job of managing the senior team’s participation in the national tournament, and is currently struggling to complete an inter-league schedule, or to clearly manage the expectations of the winner with regards to prize money, allegedly promised. All while an ad hoc group - Tri-State Youth Development, Inc. has executed vibrant coaching programs, several tournaments, and orchestrated the means of getting both an Under-15 and Under-19 squad to the national trials and tournament, respectively. This group, with far less than the number of people sitting on the regional administration, were able to guide our youths and bring home a national Under-19 championship title. Were it not for the efforts of such a hard-working and dynamic group of individuals, New York would have very little to brag about. Having won the proverbial toss, a game plan must be in play. Now, is the time for accountability, and the New York Cricket Region to stand and exhibit some character, while presenting a clear vision of where they would like to see junior, senior and women’s cricket headed in the region. Mr. Morrishaw must lead from the front with some original, innovative and dynamic proposals, or the rest of the administration must step up and do the right thing.
Youthful Future
With the recent success of the New York Region’s talented Under-19 squad, the region should be capitalizing on the squad’s success, as a vehicle for branding the image of cricket in the region, while using the national championship success as leverage towards greater community involvement. Such long term branding will undoubtedly draw support from the business community. However, that support will not come without a plan of action aimed at building upon the success of the youths who represent the future of the sport, not only in New York, but across this vast country.
With the recent failure of the US national senior team to climb out of the World Cricket League’s Division 5 bucket in Jersey, it must become apparent that the focus on the future of cricket in this country has shifted to our youth. Therefore, we must now harness and support the energy that abounds within such a group.
Taking to the Field
New York, having won the toss by virtue of the sheer number of leagues, clubs, an energetic group of young cricketers, supportive parents, a very willing City of New York Parks and Recreation Department, Borough President’s Office, local politicians, supporting “players” such as the Mayor’s Cup, the Ed Ahmad Cup, the PSAL, the NYPD, generous sponsors, committed businesses, and two resident members of the USACA board, appears to have most, if not all of the ingredients to take to the field, with confidence.
Unfortunately, that confidence can only be exhibited through the actions of an energetic and vibrant regional administration, that is led by an equally vibrant and energetic Regional Director, who is committed to helping develop cricket in the region, while seeking ways to encourage the three dynamic groups - cricketers, administrators and supporters, to be an integral part of the euphoric rise of cricket in this neck of the woods. Thus, we will prove to the world that having won the toss, we are quite capable of winning the match - as a team.
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2014-15/0971/en_head.json.gz/1687 | Gundy faces old mentor in return trip to Lone Star state
By Jason Elmquist
STILLWATER — When Oklahoma State coach Mike Gundy steps on the field at the Alamodome in San Antonio for Saturday’s 11 a.m. kickoff against the University of Texas San Antonio, he’ll have a very familiar coach stalking the sideline opposite him.
Larry Coker, who became the first head coach for the relatively new UTSA football program after six successful seasons at Miami (Fla.), is a native Oklahoman and was the offensive coordinator at Oklahoma State during Gundy’s playing career.
“I’ve always enjoyed Coach. I think he’s a very intelligent coach and he’s a great person with great people skills,” Gundy said. “It’s no surprise the success he’s had there in such a short time. I remember spending time with him in position meetings and as a player I enjoyed his approach with certain plays in that if they do this then we need do that and it’s pretty simple. He kept the game simple and it wasn’t very complicated, and as a player I enjoyed that part.”
Coker was equally as complimentary about Gundy.
“Mike has done a great job there. He was a very smart player and tremendously competitive,” Coker said. “He was a playmaker when there weren’t plays to be made. He was an outstanding player. He’s very confident and you can see that in their team now.
“He’s had some staff changes and they keep on progressing and getting better. They’re a talented team. They are a Top-25 team, a BCS team and are picked to win the Big 12. It’s going to be a tremendous challenge for us.”
Gundy brings an Oklahoma State squad into San Antonio that will mark the first BCS Conference opponent to visit the Roadrunners in the program’s third year of existence. But not only will it be the first BCS team to visit the Alamodome, it will mark the first BCS team UTSA has played, ever.
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2014-15/0971/en_head.json.gz/1688 | Gamecocks have tough test in surging UCF
By KYLE HIGHTOWERAssociated Press
Posted: Saturday, September 28, 2013 12:38 a.m.
ORLANDO, Fla. — South Carolina coach Steve Spurrier has fond memories of the state of Florida.
At the University of Florida he arguably set the standard in a state that at the time also included coaches like Bobby Bowden.
After a brief NFL stint, Spurrier returned to the college ranks in 2005 with South Carolina and played his first game that year against a Sunshine State team, thumping a UCF program that was then not even a blip on college football’s national stage.
Eight years later no one is surprised with what Spurrier has done with the No. 12 Gamecocks (2-1). But a 3-0 start and upset win over Penn State last week puts the Knights in position to garner some of that elusive national attention.
Spurrier recognizes the challenge and he isn’t downplaying this road game. He expects to be a hostile environment for the Knights’ first sellout since 2011.
“Oh yeah, they know scenario. They know the circumstances that we’re in,” Spurrier said. “They know it’s going to be loud and it’s an opportunity for South Carolina to take our football show on the road and see what we can do. Hopefully we can play very well. It’s the opportunity that’s out there for us.”
UCF is just 1-24 all-time against ranked teams and 2-14 opposite Southeastern Conference opponents.
Gamecocks senior quarterback Connor Shaw is playing some of his best football. He’s thrown six touchdowns without an interception so far and is also completing 65 percent of his passes. A win would be his 20th as a starter.
“Yeah, I do feel like I’m playing well, probably better than I have in the past,” Shaw said. “I’m playing smart, I’m not forcing things, (and) I’m taking what the defense is giving me.”
UCF’s defense is giving just 12.7 points per game and Knights coach George O’Leary said slippage this week isn’t an option against a Spurrier offense and quarterback that’s clicking like that.
“You are who you are, as far as the game’s concerned,” O’Leary said. “You want to be at your best. And we’re playing a very good football team. And we’re gonna have to play that way to get some things done.”
UCF’s offensive line
The Knights didn’t surrender a sack against Penn State despite being without starting tackle Torrian Wilson (knee). He’s back this week.
Passing games
Bortles is the fifth-rated passer in the nation and South Carolina’s defense hasn’t been stingy in that department, ranked 58th nationally and surrendering 216 yards per game.
Ground attack
Both the Gamecocks and Knights have capable running backs. UCF’s Storm Johnson has taken a lot of pressure of Bortles, averaging 101 yards per game to go along with six touchdowns.
South Carolina’s Mike Davis is fourth in the SEC and 21st in the country averaging 113 yards per game, with three touchdowns.
Clowney’s friends
It’s no secret teams have been scheming to avoid defensive end Jadeveon Clowney, so he may need assistance from his teammates to help put pressure on Bortles. Gamecocks DT Kelcy Quarles is a candidate with two sacks this season.
Who will start fast?
South Carolina has jumped on opponents scoring 72 of its 92 points this season by halftime. UCF has been just as impressive out of the gate, scoring 69 of its 110 points in the first half. | 体育 |
2014-15/0971/en_head.json.gz/1702 | DFW07LA010DFW07LA010On October 21, 2006, approximately 1630 central daylight time, a single-engine Taylor Zodiac 601 experimental airplane, N143DT, was substantially damaged during a forced landing following a reported loss of engine power shortly after take-off from the San Geronimo Airpark (8T8), near San Antonio, Texas. The private pilot and passenger were not injured. The airplane was registered to and operated by a private individual. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed and a flight plan was not filed for the 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91 personal flight. The local flight was originating at the time of the mishap.The 1,900-hour private pilot reported in the Pilot/Operator Airplane Accident Report (NTSB Form 6120.1), that immediately after take-off and at approximately 300 feet, "the engine died." According to a Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) inspector, who responded to the accident site, the airplane sustained structural damage during the forced landing. The inspector also noted that fuel was present in the airplane's fuel tanks. An engine inspection was conducted on March 28, 2007. Two of the three wooden propeller blades were found broken off. However, the engine itself did not sustain any damage. A thumb compression test was conducted on each cylinder, fuel was present in both carburetor bowls, and the electric fuel pump operated and displaced fuel. The engine's electric starter was used to rotate the engine, and ignition spark was observed on each top cylinder sparkplug. No abnormalities were found with the engine that could have prevented normal engine operation. The reason for the reported loss of engine power could not be determined. Additionally, an inspection of the airplane's cockpit revealed the absence of labeling or markings for the fuel shutoff valve or the row of assorted electrical fuses.At 1655, the automated weather observation system at SKF, located approximately 15 miles southeast of the accident site, reported variable winds at 3 knots, 7 miles visibility, few clouds at 3,600 feet, temperature 82 degrees Fahrenheit, dew point 68 degrees Fahrenheit, and an altimeter setting of 29.83 inches of Mercury. Use your browsers 'back' function to return to synopsisReturn to Query Page | 体育 |
2014-15/0971/en_head.json.gz/1704 | Syracuse To ACC: Everyone's A Hypocrite
Hey, look at John Marinatto, everyone! He's speaking out in defense of his conference, getting tough on the issues surrounding it and openly trying to save the Big East. So glad he waited until after the s**t hit the fan to do all of that.
Marinatto told the New York Times that he intends on holding Syracuse and Pitt to the contractually-obligated 27-month timetable for teams leaving the conference.
Marinatto said in a telephone interview that he planned to hold Syracuse and Pittsburgh to their 27-month contractual exit obligations, meaning that they would not be able to leave the Big East until June 2014. "We have a track record of coming out stronger than we did before," Marinatto said, referring the A.C.C.’s raid of three Big East teams in 2003. "We may even hold the opening round of our basketball tournament in Greensboro," a frequent site of the A.C.C. tournament, he said in jest. Well done, John. Who knows, maybe if you'd acted this tough at any point in the decade preceding this, we'd still be there.
And so, what was a business decision is now being made personal by everyone reacting to it. It probably didn't help matters that ACC commish John Swofford started talking about the ACC Tournament in MSG already, but, considering what the ACC has done to the Big East in the past decade (swipe five of its top schools), what's to make the ACC think they can't just keep steamrolling the Big East?
So what if we're stuck with this 27-month timeline? That means Syracuse and Pitt will remain lame duck Big East members until January 2014. So the earliest we would likely play in the ACC would be the 2014-2015 season. Does that mean Jim Boeheim won't be here by the time we make the jump? Still a long way to go in this saga but if that timeline holds, it's something to think about.
You've already heard how excited Boehem is about his Syracuse Orange and their impending move to the ACC. Now see Boeheim's lack of enthusiasm and low-simmering contempt in action! (via Chris Pollone).
Meanwhile, there's a bunch of people who have taken this buiness decision and made it oh so very personal...
Former Big East commish Mike Tranghese sounded off on the state of college athletics:
"College athletics is controlled by football and controlled by money," he said. "I don’t blame conference commissioners, I don’t blame schools, we have presidents supposedly in charge but we’ve lost all sense of loyalty, all sense of fairness, all sense of integrity, it is absolute chaos. It is [conferences] getting bigger when they are doing very well and don’t need to get bigger. There is no one in charge."
You're right, Mike. There is no one in charge...of the Big East. That's why we were smart enough to leave now before your Providence crony completely ruins it.
The interview itself is pretty amazing as Tranghese basically goes on to throw every Big East football school under the bus and reveal his true colors as a basketball-only guy. He's stuck in the 80's and can't even begin to grasp the way the NCAA world works now.
If there's any one school that no one is going to feel sorry for in any of this, its Notre Dame. They can't ever complain because they're the ones who always had the power to solve this issue. That won't stop AD Jack Swarbuck from sounding off...
"How do you vote as a collegiate president on something that has the potential to provide some benefit for your institution and the conference you're affiliated with but has a very negative consequence for a host of other members of the academy, as presidents like to call it?
"I'd like to know how much of these discussions are: What's right? What is the best thing for the larger enterprise, and how many other schools would be adversely impacted?
Let's be honest, Jack. You're pissed off because this inconveniences you, not because you're worried about what this does to DePaul. This throws off your perfect plan of using the Big East as a waystation so you can remain football-independent until the day comes you decide to finally join the Big Ten...and then you'd do the exact same thing to the Big East. Please do go F yourself.
Here's the point. If you're going on TV or doing an interview and talking about the "greed" and "lack of integrity," you probably need to shut up right now. Because either you've already made a decision that fits that criteria before or you will very soon. Especially if you're a college AD. And don't even get me started on ESPN personalities calling us out.
Just know that if you are calling us out for it, we're now assuming you will never, never make a decision in your life that contradicts those beliefs. Because we're watching. And we're going to call you out on it. Promise.
Syracuse Athletic Director Dr. Daryl Gross on Syracuse's move to the ACC (Podcast)...Syracuse.com
Former Syracuse Athletic Director Jake Crouthamel on Syracuse to the ACC (Podcast)...Syracuse.com
SU basketball fans lament the loss of Syracuse in the Big East Tournament...Donna Ditota
Syracuse University coaches looking forward to new tests in ACC...Linsday Kramer
Did Syracuse's New York City connections make Orange attractive to ACC?...Donna Ditota
A house divided: Sources say differing agendas led to the departures of Syracuse and Pittsburgh from the Big East...Mike Waters
Move to ACC to change Orange traditions, fandom...Daily Orange
Students, staff react to Syracuse decision....Daily Orange
With Pitt And Syracuse Headed To ACC, Will Big East And Big 12 Merge?...SB Nation | 体育 |
2014-15/0971/en_head.json.gz/1706 | FC Dallas' Luccin out 6-8 months with torn ACL
FRISCO, Texas (AP) — Dallas midfielder Peter Luccin has undergone surgery for a torn left knee ligament and will be out at least six months.
The surgery on Luccin's anterior cruciate ligament Thursday came after he was injured during the preseason in early February.
The 33-year-old Luccin started his career in the youth system of the French club AS Cannes before playing in Ligue 1. He has played 215 matches in Spain's La Liga with Celta de Vigo, Atletico Madrid, Real Zaragoza and Racing Santander.
Luccin and defender Ugo Ihemelu have been placed on injured reserve. Ihemelu is dealing with concussion symptoms. | 体育 |
2014-15/0971/en_head.json.gz/1719 | No, thanks: NHL lockout talks break off again
NEW YORK – Jaymes Hall had a question for NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman about the lockout, which already has wiped out more than a quarter of the regular season: Why not put aside the money in dispute and get back on the ice.
Hall tried to get in his question while Bettman was responding to media members outside the league’s Manhattan office. When the commissioner was done, he turned his attention to the 41-year-old fan from Lancaster.
“When you’re dealing with a union that really isn’t trying to negotiate, make any deal that we can live with for the long-term health of this game, there isn’t much else you can do,” Bettman said while the audience came out of the Roundabout Theater next door following a Wednesday matinee.
“And we’re hoping that with the passage of time, the players’ association will come to realize that what we have proposed has been more than fair. And the fact that we’re keeping this proposal on the table, when it was contingent on an 82-game season, should be evidence of our desire to get this done the right way.”
NHL labor talks broke off soon after they resumed Wednesday, with players maintaining their new proposal was a huge economic concession and Bettman pretty much saying the only deal he will agree to is the one management proposed last month.
On the 67th day of the lockout, the sides headed home for Thanksgiving with no end in sight to the sport’s fourth work stoppage. The union’s negotiating committee planned to brief players and get back in touch with management today.
Informed of Bettman’s comments, union head Donald Fehr said, “my response is they seem to consider negotiating to be merely agreeing with them.”
“We’ve identified what’s important to players, but they seem to be so far at least unwilling to treat those concerns in a serious way,” Fehr said in a telephone interview.
Players made what both sides called a comprehensive proposal. Fehr said the sides were $182 million apart in a five-year deal, which comes to $1.2 million annually for each of the 30 teams.
“On the big things there was as of today no reciprocity in any meaningful sense, no movement on the players’ share, no movement on salary-arbitration eligibility, no movement on free agency eligibility, no agreement on a pension plan,” Fehr said as he left the talks.
Management wants to increase eligibility for free agency to 28 years of age or eight seasons of NHL service, up from 27 years or seven seasons.
Management also proposed adding a year of service for salary arbitration eligibility, hiking it from 1-4 to 2-5 years of service, depending on the age a player signs, a person familiar with the bargaining said. The person spoke on condition of anonymity because that detail wasn’t announced.
“There seems to be a lot of spinning and gamesmanship going on,” Bettman said.
Winnipeg defenseman Ron Hainsey, among nine players at the bargaining session, said the union was “disappointed with the response.”
“There was no meaningful move in our direction on anything that we would consider,” he said.
Fehr nearly said players found the day’s two bargaining sessions, which totaled 2½ hours, to be a waste of time.
“A lot of the people that were there today, given the response we got, thought they had a lot better things to do on the night before Thanksgiving than hear what we got,” he said.
The NHL on Oct. 16 proposed a 50-50 split of hockey-related revenue, down from the players’ 57 percent portion of $3.3 billion last season. With guaranteed contracts likely to push the players’ share over the halfway mark at the start of the next deal, management wants that money to come out of future years to bring the overall percentage down to an even split over the length of an agreement.
Players previously had proposed they receive a guaranteed amount of income each year.
“Gary said we were $900 million or $1 billion apart,” Fehr said, referring to the gap over a five-year deal. “At the moment we are exactly $182 million apart.”
Fehr said players proposed they get $393 million over the length of the deal, while the NHL is at $211 million. Management wants a seven-year deal, which the union says is too long because less than half the current players will be active by the last season.
“To expect our best economic proposal to get better as the damage continues to increase isn’t particularly realistic,” Bettman said. “From an economic standpoint, we’ve given what we have to give. It was our best offer. And again, put it in the context that the business is probably losing between $18 and $20 million a day and the players are losing between $8 and $10 million a day.”
This is the league’s third lockout since 1994. The first settled on Jan. 11 and the last one led to Bettman announcing the cancellation of the 2004-05 season on Feb. 15.
The league has canceled 326 games through Nov. 30 plus the Jan. 1 Winter Classic between Toronto and Detroit at Ann Arbor, Mich. More cancellations are coming.
“That’s something that we’re going to have to look at on a daily basis,” Bettman said. “I think that becomes inevitable as time goes on.” | 体育 |
2014-15/0971/en_head.json.gz/1743 | Putting an end to self-profiling
The Community Bowl aims to show youth more to life
Dawn Burleigh
ORANGE — It’s time to play some football.
Sixth Street Team verses Fourteenth Street Team.
The annual Community Bowl is 3:30 p.m. Saturday at the WO-S Middle School football field.
Profiling a different character is inspiration for this year’s event.
The community football game is dedicated to Trayvon Martin, a young African American shot and killed by George Zimmerman in Sanford, Florida in February 2012. Zimmerman was found not guilty of second-degree murder and of manslaughter charges in July.
The case brought profiling of others to national attention.
“We want to give to our future, our youth,” Jason Alexander, a WO-S graduate, said. “Black or white, if you are looking a certain way you could be mistakenly identified and you are profiling yourself. You could be mistaken for the wrong person.”
Alexander, who served in the United States Navy, also said he could tell when someone has served in the military because of the way they walk and carry themselves.
“A person can have three degrees but if they are walking around with their pants hanging down people think they have done nothing,” Alexander said.
Alexander said the Community Bowl is a way to try to reach the younger children in the community together and show them that violence is not the way of life.
Rashid Dennis, who has played for semi-pro football teams such as the SE Texas Demons, said it is a way to show that Orange is not a stereo-type city.
“We can come together as one,” Dennis said. “This is a must see event.”
DePauldrick Garrett, December 2012 Lamar University graduate and college football player, said all three gentlemen are known for their accomplishments at WO-S High School.
“This is a chance to bring the youth together,” Garrett said. “There is more to life that being in the streets.”
The Community Bowl is an opportunity for the area to pull together and show support for the youth in the area.
“The purpose is to bring the community together,” Alexander said. “We don’t need violence in our own community.”
The admission is free for the game.
Food, such as barbecue, and drinks will be available with 10% of the proceeds to be donated to the Reggie Garrett Scholarship Fund.
Trophies for the Offensive MVP, the Defensive MVP and the Champions will be awarded at the end of the game. | 体育 |
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And sometimes you just got to let them go
As I am spending the early hours of this Saturday morning reading through all the NFL news, I cannot help but notice the widgets staring at me on any given sports based website that point towards the story about Stephen Davis (wearing a Panther uniform) signing with the St Louis Rams. Personally I am insouciant in regards to this headline. I appreciated all that Stephen did for this team and will never abase his contribution to the 2003 Superbowl run. But I have never lost sight of what he was for the Panthers. A free agent acquisition to fill a need. Apropos of the modern day NFL, we as fans should be careful about who we assign loyalty towards in regards to the players. A player like Davis came in as a hired gun. The coaching staff and the team got what they needed out of him and then made the decision to go another way. The Rams are now hiring him to feel the veteran spot vacated by Marshall Faulk. I wish Big Country all the best in his career. But the one thing this news did accomplish was to get me a little nostalgic of some of the players who have come and gone in years past. On the current roster we have at least one player that I feel that if he chose to depart for free agency would incite a lot of passion. That is Julius Peppers. For the most part I do not think we have seen any one former Panther player approach the level of city wide acceptance and love that former Charlotte Hornet Alonzo Mourning received. When he was forced out of town by the weasel George Shinn it laid the seeds for the eventual departure of the Hornets. However there was indeed one member of the Panthers who did at least ignite a measure of emotion and controversy regarding his stay here and his eventual departure. That would the newest member of the Tennessee Titans, quarterback Kerry Collins. In being the fifth overall pick in the 1995 draft Kerry also has the honor of being the first original Panther. He was the rookie QB who stepped in for the aging and floundering Frank Reich during the Panthers first ever home game in 'Death Valley'. He was also the man who helped take the team all the way to the 1996 NFC Championship in Green Bay. Collins was indeed on his way to being the benchmark for all other players who would wear the Black, Blue and Silver. Instead Kerry took a big U-turn from the path to martyrdom and certainly ranks as the most despised original Panther is the teams short history. When the 1997 preseason began, the high flying defending NFC West champion Panthers were dealt a healthy dose of reality when linebacker Bill Romanowski of the Denver Broncos broke Kerry's jaw with a very questionable hit in the game. Collins, and therefore the Panthers, season never really got on its footing after that and the team finished 7-9. During that off-season the media started reporting about Kerry's wild parties and fight with alcoholism. To open the 1998 season Collins got labeled a racist after some off the cuff derogatory words thrown around during training camp. Then after an 0-4 start, he walked into the office of coach Dom Capers and resigned from the team. Carolina placed him on waivers, the New Orleans Saints signed him. As a final curtain call to the Queen City, in November of 1998 Kerry was arrested for driving while intoxicated and gave this city it's first taste of the darker side of professional sports that would haunt it's football franchise for the next few years. For some time after Kerry's irresolute departure the #12 was a four letter word around these parts. One of my friends turned his Kerry Collins jersey into a Halloween costume complete with a missing heart. Panther Nation was not hurt enough to completely lose interest in the team. But the virgin pain of betrayal had a firm grip on most of us at the time. It might intrigue some to know that even when he was throwing interceptions and drink till dawn Kerry was considered one of the most charitable players in the NFL. Immediately upon signing his rookie contract with the Carolina Panthers, he donated $250,000 to the Penn State athletic department to permanently endow the quarterback position. He has donated over 2 million dollars to charities such as Big Brothers/Big Sisters and the Harlem Boys Choir. In 2001, Collins donated $120,000 to Manhattan's Ladder 5/Engine 24 Family Relief following the September 11th attack on the World Trade Center. Through the KC for Kids Fund of the Kerry Collins Foundation, Collins has donated more than $500,000 for the renovation of the Rusk Institute of Rehabilitation Medicine, a children's unit within the NYU Medical Center. Previously Collins donated $100,000 to the Institute, to establish the Kerry M. Collins Computer Center and Classroom, with specially modified equipment for infirmed children. During the 2005 season, Collins pledged $1,000 for every touchdown he threw and every game the Raiders won to the American Red Cross Hurricane Katrina relief fund. On March 24, 2006, Collins was honored by The Second Mile Foundation in recognition of his commitment to others. I know there are fans out there that feel betrayed anytime a player they like switches teams. However in the vast majority of cases it is simply not worth the effort. In today's game players are just a commodity and move around to the situation that suits them best. Maybe it is a selfish notion that for the most part it is about following the money. Of course I find being judgmental right up there with being greedy, so I try and take the more empathic road towards understanding. If a player wants to leave the Panthers, it is their choice and I should be man enough to let them go. Save your loyalty, and jersey money, for those rare and special athletes who don't want to let you the Carolina fan go and choose to remain a Panther for life. posted by PantherFanz at 3:35 PM 0 Comments:
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2014-15/0971/en_head.json.gz/1757 | Eagles seek right relay combos for district By JON FULBRIGHT Staff Writer PECOS, Apr. 6, 2000 -- Pecos Eagle track coaches Ron Arnesen and Lily Talamantez still have some final decisions to make about the lineups for their relay
teams, but have their other track and field competitors set for this weekend's
District 2-4A meet at San Elizario. Preliminaries will begin along with some field event finals at 4 p.m. CDT on Friday, while the remaining field events will start on Saturday at 9:30 a.m. CDT, followed by the running finals at 11 a.m.
Clint is the defending champion in both the boys and girls divisions, while both Pecos teams recorded over 100 points at last year's track meet, and both sent their 1600-meter relay squads to San Angelo. But going into this weekend's event, Talamantez said she would not have a 1600-meter team this time around, while Arnesen is still trying to determine his final lineup for that race and the 400-meter relay.
The main focus is on where junior Daniel Terrazas will run. "I still don't know which relay he'll be in. I might have to wait until Friday or Saturday," Arnesen said. Pecos won the 400 meter relay last Saturday at the West of the Pecos Relays, but without Terrazas, were edged out by San Elizario in the 1600, though that group of Eagles was disqualified for running inside the Lane 1 markers on the northeast curve.
"On both relays right now everybody's within a couple of seconds, so it should be a real close race," Arnesen said. Jason Payne and Len Carson also were members of last year's 1600-meter squad that advanced to regionals, though Carson missed competing at district after hurting himself in the pole vault.
Terrazas will run in the 200 and 400-meter dashes, where Arnesen said he's seeded second, after winning the 400 last year and finishing third in the 200. "J.P. (Payne) is right there on his quarte | 体育 |
2014-15/0971/en_head.json.gz/1788 | USA advances after win over Canada in WBC
USA outfielder Adam Jones delivers a two-run double in the eighth inning. / Mark J. Rebilas, USA TODAY Sports by Bob Nightengale, USA TODAY Sportsby Bob Nightengale, USA TODAY Sports Filed Under
PHOENIX -- Team USA defeats Canada to advance to the World Baseball Classic.
The Game: Team USA not only salvaged their pride, but perhaps the long-term future of the World Baseball Classic with a 9-4 victory over Canada. Adam Jones, on a 1-and-2 pitch, doubled into the left-center gap to score Joe Mauer and David Wright to give them their first lead of the game in the eighth inning. It was perhaps the biggest hit in Team USA history in the 3.0 version of the WBC.
What it means: It wasn't pretty, but Team USA played just well enough to advance to the second round in Miami. They were the No. 1 seed from pool D, advancing along with Italy. If their play doesn't improve in the second round, it may be their final stop.
The scene: It was a quiet crowd at Chase Field, drawing 22,425 fans, that finally awoke in the eighth inning. The USA crowd didn't get loud until Jones' two-run double, and then got jazzed again when Arizona Diamondbacks reliever David Hernandez took the mound in the eighth. Team Canada had almost as many supporters, saying that if the game had been in Canada, it would have been a sellout.
Fun fact: Team Canada used five pitchers in the first eight innings, who combined for a grand total of 45.1 innings. Starter Jameson Taillon, who had a 3.82 ERA in the Florida State League last year, has never pitched above Class AA.
What's next: USA advances to Miami for second round as the No. 1 seed. Canada, playing in the biggest game of the country's international baseball history, will go home.
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“Pretty much they plan on giving me one a game until I get used to returning kicks.”
“When I first came in, he helped me with what I needed to do on passing plays, how deep I had to go, what he wanted me to do when it comes to different coverages. He's helped me out a whole lot.”
“I know it's going to be much different than the preseason. But it's just something you have to experience first. I can't wait.”
“Surprised? No. If I'm able to get more talent, bring him in. That gives us a better chance at getting at our goals.”
“We (UCFPD) don't want people not to have a good time, but we want people to be safe,”
“Losing Randy Moss, even with all his spectacular catches, probably improves their offense because it will make them a more cohesive unit. All that distraction will be gone. And (Daunte) Culpepper is capable of lighting it up.”
“You've got about 50 police officers and beverage agents who are in complete shock,”
“You've got about 50 police officers and beverage agents who are in complete shock at this point,”
“I feel pretty good. There's still a lot of stuff that I need to work on. I'm just trying to get better as I go along.”
“I pretty much knew I had (the defender) beat when he was up on the line. I just turned it up and ran right by him. Then I did what I had to do to catch the ball.” | 体育 |
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4/16/14 - The Green Bay Packers will have their first two exhibition games on the road, and their final two back in Cheesehead Nation. Green Bay opens up preseason play at Tennessee to take on the Titans in Week 1 (Aug 7-10) and will extend their road trip with a visit to the St. Louis Rams in Week 2 (Aug 14-18). The Packers return to Lambeau Field in Week 3 to host the Oakland Raiders during primetime on Aug 22, and will face the Kansas City Chiefs for their final exhibition game, Aug 28. GB will welcome back re-signed Matt Flynn, who will compete with Scott Tolzein to back Rodgers at the QB position, Clay Matthews returned from injury, as well as newly acquired Julius Peppers. Everyone wants to see this difference-maker from Chicago when he takes the field as a Packer for the first time. The green and gold will not be playing any of their preseason opponents during the regular season, so get your Green Bay Packers tickets now and see these rare showdowns in person! 2/11/14 – Two of the biggest games on the 2014 Green Bay Packers schedule are against NFC East champion Philadelphia Eagles at home and versus the Super Bowl champion Seattle Seahawks on the road. In addition to the Packers six games against their NFC North division foes, they’ll play the AFC East and NFC South in 2014 with home games against the New York Jets, New England Patriots, Atlanta Falcons, and Carolina Panthers. Green Bay has the 11th-toughest home schedule in the league with the eight teams combining for a .520 winning percentage in 2013. … more
12/30/13 - Aaron Rodgers made his return to the gridiron in stunning fashion yesterday, with a 33-28 victory on his first day back from a broken collarbone in the blistering cold at Soldier Field. Though things looked thorny for the Packers in the first half, the Green & Gold ate up the Chicago Bears’ leaky defense as Rodgers connected with another returning hero, Randall Cobb, with 38 seconds left for a game-winning TD to secure the division title. The NFC North kings will host the San Francisco 49ers in the Wild Card Round this Sunday afternoon, January 5, at Lambeau Field. The Packers are looking for revenge this Wild Card weekend, after losing to SF last season in the Divisional round for the NFC title—but now with their star QB back in place, Green Bay could take it all the way! Green Bay Packers playoff tickets aren’t much more than a regular season game, at just $169 to get-in, and $369 on average for this epic NFC rematch! 12/23/13 - The Green Bay Packers have their playoff hopes hanging by a thread, after losing to the Pittsburgh Steelers yesterday, 38-31, at Lambeau Field. Despite a fourth quarter surge, a forced fumble disrupted play and the Packers could not score on their final drive. Cheesehead Nation must now gear up for the upcoming NFC North showdown this Sunday against the Chicago Bears, who they lost to earlier this season. Green Bay Packers tickets are the second most expensive of the week, at $432 on average, and $146 minimum to get-in and see which rival team will play past Week 17 in the winner-take-all battle! 12/16/13 - The Green Bay Packer’s postseason chances are alive and kicking, after a miraculous rally led them past the Dallas Cowboys for a 37-36 victory. Matt Flynn led five touchdown drives in the second half, while the defense took advantage of Dallas' major fourth quarter meltdown: Clay Matthews maximized pressure on Tony Romo, who threw two critical interceptions with three minutes left. Next week the Packers will head back home, and may debut their starting QB pitted against the Pittsburgh Steelers. Green Bay Packers tickets are just $19 to get-in for what is expected to be Aaron Rodger’s return to the field!
12/9/13- The Green Bay Packers squeaked by the Atlanta Falcons yesterday at Lambeau Field, with a 22-21 comeback victory and their first win since losing QB Aaron Rodgers. Under light snowfall and biting cold, Green Bay rallied past an 11-point deficit at the half, charging back with 12 unanswered points, thanks in part to Jordy Nelson, who hit 1,000 yards for the second time in his career. Considering Detroit’s loss in Philadelphia, the Packers now trail the Lions for first place in the NFC North by just half a game—remember that awkward Thanksgiving tie? The Packers look to keep their season alive when they face the Dallas Cowboys this Sunday. Green Bay Packers tickets are the hottest of Week 15, at $232 on average. 12/2/13 - Cheesehead Nation did not enjoy their holiday after suffering a gut-wrenching defeat Thanksgiving morning, routed 10-40 by the Detroit Lions (who have taken ownership of the NFC North). Green Bay is now dangerously close to missing a postseason opportunity. They must win out all of their games for a chance at playoffs, a viable outcome, as Aaron Rodgers may start again in Week 14 when they face the Atlanta Falcons—be there for a chance to see the All-Pro QB Packers fans have been dying to see! Green Bay Packers tickets are only $108 on average for Rodgers’ possible return.
11/25/13 - In a rare outcome, the Green Bay Packers tied the Minnesota Vikings on Sunday (26-26), making the NFC North race even tighter! Backup QB Matt Flynn ignited fire on the chilly day, racking up enough points to erase a 16-point deficit in the fourth quarter. Both teams were held to field goals in overtime, resulting in the draw, which is better than the losses the Packers have been suffering since the absence of Rodgers. Next week, the Packers will play division rivals, the Detroit Lions, at Ford Field for a Turkey Day rematch. Be there to cheer on your favorites in the north as the squads face off! Green Bay Packers tickets a lofty $108 at the lowest, and average at $190 Thanksgiving Day.
11/18/13- The Green Bay Packers have slipped to 5-5 with a gut-wrenching loss to the New York Giants, yesterday afternoon,13-27. The Packers gave the G-Men their fourth straight win on their road to improvement, while Cheesehead Nation is sincerely missing their quarterback, as Jason Pierre-Paul scored a 4th quarter pick-6 return on Scott Tolzien. Eddie Lacy, who has been a very reliable rusher for GB, was highly pressured on Sunday, with 14 carries for 27 yards. Green Bay Packers host the Minnesota Vikings in Week 12: tickets are $34 at the lowest, and $176 on average. 11/11/13 - The Green Bay Packers lost to the Philadelphia Eagles at home yesterday, 27-13. Throttled by injuries, the Packers started their third quarterback in three weeks, when practice squad QB Scott Tolzien relieved Seneca Wallace from a groin strain. Other integral players Casey Hayward, Don Barclay and DE Johnny Jolly all left with injuries as well. Tolzien, now starting, finished with 24 of 38 and 280 yards and one TD on Sunday, a performance that may be enough to oust the New York Giants in Week 10. Green Bay Packers tickets are $277 on average, and $31 to get in. 11/5/13 - The Green Bay Packers fell to rivals the Chicago Bears, 27-20, on Monday Night Football. In a face-off that was favored to go Green Bay’s way (because of Jay Cutler’s absence), the Packers lost more than just a game yesterday. The squad lost their quarterback Aaron Rodgers to a fractured collarbone sustained in the first quarter. Luckily, the injury is minor, but the team will still be without their Pro Bowl starter for at least three weeks. In his place, backup Seneca Wallace will attempt to carry the injury-ridden team through what looks like an easier schedule (Eagles, Giants, Vikings). See how the Packers fare when they attempt to hold off the Philadelphia Eagles in Week 10 without their leader; Green Bay Packers tickets are $43 to get into Lambeau, and $261 on average. 10/28/13 - The Green Bay Packers clinched their Sunday night matchup, with a convincing win over the Minnesota Vikings, 44-31. Aaron Rodgers proved his worth as one of the most accurate QBs in the league even without three of his favorite targets, delivering a monster touchdown pass to Jordy Nelson, who finished with 132 receiving yards and two TDs. Rodgers is set to have a career year, finishing Sunday night’s game 24 of 29 for 285 yards and two touchdowns, scoring on nearly every possession. Help from running backs Eddie Lacy (94 yards, 1 TD) and James Stark (57 yards, 1 TD) have propelled the Packers to the top of the NFC North, and Green Bay will look for a fifth consecutive victory next Monday, when they face the quarterback-less Chicago Bears. Green Bay Packers tickets, for Monday Night Football at Lambeau Field are the second highest of the week, averaging $241. 10/21/13 - The Green Bay Packers dominated the Cleveland Browns on Sunday 31-13 in Cheesehead Nation. Donning vintage blue and khaki uniforms, the Packers ruled the Browns and QB Brandon Weeden. Aaron Rogers helped move his team to first in the NFC North for the first time this season, after throwing three touchdowns, and maximizing usage of other wideout (with James Jones and Randall Cobb sidelined) Jarrett Boykin, who caught eight passes for 103 yards and a touchdown. Eddie Lacy, the heart of the Packers running game, made an excellent showing on Sunday with 83 yards rushing and a touchdown. Unfortunately, tight end Jermichael Finley sustained a serious injury to his neck that sent him to the ICU, after being unable to move on the field from a scary hit to the head in the third quarter. Green Bay Packers tickets when they next meet the only undefeated team in the league left, the Kansas City Chiefs, are averaging $110 in hostile territory.
10/14/13 - Green Bay defeated the Baltimore Ravens 19-17 on the road, but it was a costly triumph, as the Packers lost two integral wide receivers during the course of Sunday’s win. Adding even more length to a long list of major injured players, James Jones is day-to-day and Randall Cobb will be out for multiple weeks following a controversial low hit to the knees; they join sideliners Clay Matthews, James Star, Brad Jones, Casey Howard and Nick Perry. The Packers are showing great resilience in the face of this adversity: because the offense is dropping like flies, Packers defense has stepped it up, and Sunday’s game proved it. Green Bay stomped out the Ravens, holding them to just 47 rushing yards, shutting down RBs Ray Rice and Bernard Pierce, allotting only 2.1 yard per carry. Week 7 will see the Cleveland Browns at Lambeau Field, Green Bay Packers tickets are among the higher priced games of the week at $206 on average.
10/7/13 - The Green Bay Packers and Aaron Rodgers came back off their bye week, and had a solid victory over the Detroit Lions on Sunday, holding them 22-9. The Packers threw 30 times and ran it 33 times, displaying their balanced offense and prolonging their at-home winning streak (23 victories) over division opponents. The play of the game came from James Jones, who made a breathtaking 83-yard touchdown reception from quarterback Aaron Rodgers in the third quarter. The Packers capitalized on the Megatron-less Lions, held Reggie Bush to 44 yards on 13 carries and the front seven delivered five sacks to Matt Stafford, a quarterback who previously sustained just three sacks through four weeks. Green Bay will now head to Maryland to play the 3-2 Baltimore Ravens. Green Bay Packers tickets average at a pricey $310, but drop to just $20 to get in. 9/30/13 - The Green Bay Packers are coming off their bye week to face the Detroit Lions at Lambeau Field. Back in action, the boys will get to work and try to overcome NFC North pack leaders the Chicago Bears and Detroit Lions. The Packers have an excellent at home record, having won eight consecutive regular season games at Lambeau Field; in fact, Green Bay’s 21-game at home winning streak over their next opponent the Detroit Lions, is the longest run in NFL history, and the Packers will attempt to proliferate their record next Sunday. Despite their loss to the Bengals in Week 3, rookie running back Jonathan Franklin rushed for 103 yards and had one touchdown, becoming the first rookie to rush over 100 yards in a regular season game since 2007. Green Bay Packers tickets against the Lions are the second most expensive seats of the week (following the Saints v. Bears matchup), averaging $421 and a steep $136 to get in. 9/24/13 - The Packers faced a disappointing loss on Sunday to the Bengals who came back from an unanswered 30 points put up by Aaron Rodgers and company. The Green Bay Packers are 1-2, with each game being determined by a couple close points. Week 4 is Green Bay’s bye week, which should give the team ample enough time to recuperate from a number of injuries including running back James Stark, tight end Jermichael Finley, rookie Johnathan Franklin, and key linebacker Clay Matthews. less Green Bay Packers 2014 Season
6/18/13 - Can Aaron Rodgers lead the iconic Green Bay Packers back to the promised land of the Super Bowl? One thing is for certain: If they do make it, they shouldn’t have much difficulty adjusting to conditions in February at the site, MetLife Stadium in New Jersey — the frozen tundra of Lambeau Field tends to be on the chilly side as well. Rodgers’ passing is the heart of the Packer offense; the team was ninth in average passing yards per game last season, but just 20th in rushing yards. … more
Leading rusher Alex Green will have competition for the featured rusher from second-round draft pick Eddie Lacy from Alabama, and Jonathan Franklin from UCLA, picked up in the fourth round. Receivers Randall Cobb and James Jones will be expected to continue their success, while recent headlines indicate that longtime star (and dancing champ) Donald Driver would come out of retirement if the team asked.
Defensively the Pack will be trying to improve their middle-of-the-league statistics, while negotiating a tough schedule which includes visits to both Super Bowl XLVII competitors (49ers, Ravens), as well as a possible matchup with Robert Griffin III (if healthy) and the Washington Redskins at Lambeau Field, along with the always important divisional games with the rest of the Black and Blue Division: Chicago Bears, Detroit Lions and Minnesota Vikings. Expect to see lots of fireworks this season at the historic frozen tundra of Lambeau.
In addition to tough road games, NFC North division rivalries, and matchups with today's best NFL stars, the 2013 Packers schedule also features a key NFC game with Atlanta in early December that could have playoff implications. Atlanta Falcons vs. Green Bay Packers tickets will be red hot. Not only will the Sunday Night game on December 8th feature two of the League's top quarterbacks in Aaron Rodgers and Matt Ryan, but both the Packers and Falcons will have an eye on top NFC seeds in the 2013 NFL Playoffs. Falcons vs. Packers ticket prices start at $122 in the lower level end zones. It's one of the best Packers deals of any home game during the 2013 season. Seats between the 30 and 50-yard lines range from $221 - $446, with tickets on the Packers sideline costing a little bit more. less | 体育 |
2014-15/0971/en_head.json.gz/1849 | Holgorsen rounds out staff
Galloway hired as assistant HC and wide receivers coach By Cam Huffman
West Virginia once again has a full football coaching staff as it heads into the final weeks of recruiting for the class of 2013.
Head coach Dana Holgorsen completed his staff Thursday by officially announcing the hiring of Lonnie Galloway, who will rejoin the WVU staff as assistant head coach and wide receivers coach.
“We are excited to welcome Lonnie back to West Virginia,” said Holgorsen in a release. “During his three years here, our players had great respect for him, and he brings a lot of energy and enthusiasm with him to work every day. I look forward to the positive infusion his coaching and recruiting will bring to our program.”
Galloway coached wide receivers at WVU for all three seasons of Bill Stewart’s tenure as head coach and was one of the top recruiters on the staff, bringing in players like Tavon Austin and Bruce Irvin to join the program. In 2010, he was named the Big East Recruiter of the Year by ESPN.com.
Galloway was the only offensive coach retained when Holgorsen was brought to Morgantown, first as offensive coordinator and then as head coach, but after 2011 spring practice, Galloway decided to leave to take a job as the wide receivers coach and co-passing game coordinator at Wake Forest.
He spent two years in that position, tutoring players like Chris Givens and Michael Campanaro, but he couldn’t pass up the opportunity to come back to WVU.
“I enjoyed my previous three years living in Morgantown and working for West Virginia University,” said Galloway, a native of Eden, N.C. “I am pleased and excited to have the opportunity to return. This is a strong and successful program with a lot of history and tradition, and hopefully I can make a positive impact. I look forward to coaching in the Big 12 and in Coach Holgorsen’s offensive system.”
WVU’s rebuilt offensive staff will include Shannon Dawson (offensive coordinator, quarterbacks), Galloway (assistant head coach, wide receivers), Bill Benenbaugh (offensive line) and Robert Gillespie (running backs).
The WVU defensive staff will also have a new look and is made up of Keith Patterson (defensive coordinator, linebackers), Tony Gibson (safeties), Brian Mitchell (cornerbacks) and Eric Slaughter (defensive line). Associate head coach Joe DeForest, the defensive coordinator a year ago, will focus his efforts on special teams.
Galloway will have at least one incoming blue-chip prospect with which to work after four-star wide receiver Shelton Gibson verbally committed to the Mountaineers on Wednesday.
Gibson, a 6-foot-1, 190-pound high school senior at Ohio’s Cleveland Heights High School, played in the U.S. Army All-American game. He chose WVU over Ohio State and Kentucky. | 体育 |
2014-15/0971/en_head.json.gz/1873 | Woodworth takes over as Ipswich girls basketball coach
Tue Dec 24, 2013, 04:30 AM EST
Ipswich High School announced yesterday that Doug Woodworth will be taking over for Dot Stanley as the school’s head girls basketball coach for the remainder of the season.Stanley, an Ipswich Hall of Fame member, coached the Tigers for a single game this season — a 38-33 victory over Amesbury.“The Ipswich schools and the Ipswich community have a great deal of respect for Dot’s contributions to Ipswich basketball as both a former player and coach,” Director of Athletics Tom Gallagher said in Monday’s press release. “At this time however, Dot has decided to pursue a new endeavor. We wish Dot the best of luck.”Stanley, who graduated from Ipswich in 1981 was team MVP in both basketball and softball and earned CAL All-League honors, while her basketball team won a state championship.Woodworth, who coached the Tigers’ win over Georgetown on Friday, led the Ipswich boys basketball team for 14 seasons, including a Division 4 state title run in 2005. Woodworth retired from coaching the boys in 2008 and was the winningest boys’ coach in IHS hoop history (182-119).This past spring, Woodworth stepped down from his position as softball coach after 28 years at the helm. | 体育 |
2014-15/0971/en_head.json.gz/1879 | East-West All-Star football: Stoodley leads Rowan trio in West victory
Posted: Thursday, July 25, 2013 12:38 a.m.
West Rowan's Logan Stoodley bears down on East running back Josh Joyner. Photo by Ryan Bisesi, Salisbury Post
HIGH POINT — An hour before gametime of the East-West All-Star football game at Simeon Stadium, West captain Logan Stoodley was out on field before any of his teammates
It was his last organized football game for a while. Stoodley, a West Rowan linebacker who committed to Limestone, won’t have a team to play for until the program’s first season in 2014. Therefore, the eye-black was heavily applied and the warm-up music on his ipod was as loud as possible.
East Rowan's T.J. Jefferson made his presence felt on the West defensive line. Jefferson is headed to Livingstone. Photo by Ryan Bisesi, Salisbury Post
West Rowan's Brandon Hansen blocks East linebacker Jordan Stocks. Photo by Ryan Bisesi, Salisbury Post
Stoodley wasn’t lost on the nuances of the game, nor the week of practice and camaraderie leading up to it. He savored the build-up to this one a little more. It wasn’t one of the state championship games he’s played in but it still carried meaning.
That’s why the West players stormed the end zone in a joyous celebration when Tyriek Able intercepted the ball on a hail mary to preserve the 14-7 win.
Morganton Freedom’s David Burgess had a 79-yard touchdown with 5:13 remaining to break a 7-7 tie that would hold for the final.
“It’s been great bonding with the team,” said Stoodley, wearing the same No. 51 he sported at West Rowan. “We came together in like a week. Usually you don’t bond that fast but we really have.”
Stoodley was in on eight tackles in Wednesday’s All-Star exhibition to cap a year where he was the Rowan County Defensive Player of the Year. His four solo and four assisted wrap-ups were second-highest on the West squad.
“It was a real energetic game,” Stoodley said. “We have a great team, as do they.”
The last time Rowan players went to Simeon Stadium was Salisbury’s dramatic win against High Point Andrews in the 2012 playoffs. There was no such greatness this time, but a trio of players capped a memorable week among the best in the state. The team congregated last week and experienced two-a-day practices at Western Guilford.
“This coaching staff was amazing,” said offensive lineman Brandon Hansen, Stoodley’s teammate from West.
Hansen, 6-foot-2, 255 pounds, was a starter on the offensive line, filling in at guard. Hansen will go to Western Carolina to major in civil engineering. He’s considering walking on to the team if it works out.
“I love football,” Hansen said. “But if ain’t there, it ain’t there.”
East Rowan grad T.J. Jefferson, was a noseguard and made his presence felt at 6-2 and 335 pounds. Jefferson has known Stoodley since their freshman year so playing his final prep game beside a pair of impact guys from Rowan felt right. Jefferson reports to camp at Livingstone August 12. He was an all-county selection as East’s defense anchored it’s return to competitive football in an 8-5 season last year.
“I think we’re going to go good over there,” Jefferson said. “Hopefully we can turn around the program like we did at East.”
The West squad struggled out of the gate with three penalties on its first possession and missed a pair of field goal attempts to stay off the scoreboard in the first half. East led 7-0 at halftime. West got on the board with a 19-yard touchdown run from Burgess, the offensive MVP.
East’s Jarod Richardson was Defensive MVP with 11 tackles and four for loss.
•NOTE: In 65 years of East-West games, it was the first not played at Greensboro Grimsley’s Jameson Stadium. | 体育 |
2014-15/0971/en_head.json.gz/1918 | Falcons say star WR Julio Jones is lost for season Ask the Expert
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Atlanta Falcons wide receiver Julio Jones can't hold on to a pass as he is hit by New York Jets cornerback Antonio Cromartie.
FLOWERY BRANCH, Ga. (AP) — The Atlanta Falcons' fears were confirmed on Wednesday when a second medical opinion found star wide receiver Julio Jones' foot injury will cause him to miss the remainder of the season.
Coach Mike Smith said Jones will have surgery on Monday, but the Falcons still did not release details of the injury.
Jones, the NFL's leading receiver, injured his right foot in Monday night's 30-28 loss to the New York Jets.
Smith had said Tuesday the first reports were not encouraging. Jones wanted a second opinion and was examined Wednesday in Charlotte, N.C., by foot specialist Dr. Robert Anderson.
"Unfortunately, Julio's appointment with the doctor today confirmed our initial findings," Smith said in a statement released by the team.
Anderson repaired a broken bone in Jones' right foot before his 2011 rookie season.
The loss of Jones is a devastating blow to the Falcons, who are 1-4 and entering their bye week. Roddy White, a four-time Pro Bowl receiver, hurt his hamstring in the loss to the Jets and missed Wednesday's practice.
Smith said White, who already was slowed by an ankle sprain, also will miss Thursday's practice.
Harry Douglas, Kevin Cone and Drew Davis were the top receivers Wednesday. After those three, the team's options are practice squad receivers Darius Johnson and James Rodgers.
"Injuries are a part of the NFL and you've got to deal with them," Smith said. "Everybody has to deal with them. Our guys understand it's an opportunity for somebody else to step up. We've done it many times already this season. It's not going to be any different than any other week."
Jones leads the NFL with 41 catches and ranks second with 580 yards receiving. He made his first Pro Bowl team in 2012 when he had 79 receptions for 1,198 yards and 10 touchdowns.
Jones (6-3, 220) provides size mismatches for most cornerbacks and is the Falcons' top deep threat. He had eight catches for 99 yards, including a 46-yarder, against the Jets.
"It's tough to replicate what he can do," said quarterback Matt Ryan. "Certainly he's one of the most gifted receivers in the NFL. That makes it difficult to replace that but we have other guys who need to step up and I think will step up for us."
Ryan said he saw Jones on Wednesday before the receiver left the practice facility for appointment in Charlotte.
"We've all kind of been there before," Ryan said. "It's part of playing in this league. It's a tough, physical game. He's got a great mindset about it though. He's positive, he's upbeat."
The Falcons could seek help at wide receiver during the bye week. Jones' big-play ability will be difficult to replace.
"It's going to take some time to figure out what we're going to do, depending on how long he's out or whatever," Ryan said. "But we'll figure it out and try to find a way to get it done and be explosive in some different ways."
Douglas, who has 16 catches for 219 yards, is in his fifth season. Most of his experience has come as the No. 3 receiver, and he could be asked to join tight end Tony Gonzalez in a lead role when the Falcons return from the bye week to play Tampa Bay on Oct. 20.
"I've been playing football for a long time," Douglas said. "I don't need to go out there and try to be Superman. I've just got to play the game of football."
Cone had his first career catch on Monday night. Davis had four catches in 2012 and none this season.
While his teammates made optimistic predictions about the backup receivers, Cone stated the obvious.
"I'm definitely no Julio Jones," Cone said. | 体育 |
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John Landy: a significant life
By Nick Dunstan
As Melbourne, along with the rest of Australia and, indeed, the Commonwealth, embraces the 2006 Commonwealth Games, we are reminded of moments that were inspiring and sometimes devastating. In reminiscing, who could forget the “Thorpedo” in the pool, Cathy Freeman on the track, or Jacqui Cooper on the slopes? Most such moments require someone to win (or controversially lose), but there are other moments of inspirational sportsmanship, perhaps more rare. While a training teacher, I was fortunate to witness just such a gesture by a Year 6 girl in an 800-metre race involving five schools. It was a final and all points were vital. In the mad dash to gain inside priority at the first bend, legs and bodies were bustling and one of the girls tripped. In a touching display, a team-mate stopped, asked if the fallen competitor was alright, then helped her back on her feet before running on, now out of contention for a place. Witnessing this selfless act, thoughts of a similar moment at Melbourne’s Olympic Park of 50 years ago came immediately to mind. Australian champion runner John Landy and one-mile world-record holder, now Governor of Victoria, was involved in a near identical incident. However, the stakes were somewhat higher. Thousands were packed into the stands where they hoped to witness Landy again break the previously elusive “four-minute-mile” and set another benchmark performance. Huge expectation preceded the event, with all of the pressure and focus on Landy. Entering the third lap of four, the field was beginning to pick up the pace—a world record pace. However, hope was extinguished when Ron Clarke was accidentally tripped by the pack and fell. As Landy leapt over him, his spike caught Clarke and injured him. It was a moment witnessed by well-known Australian Dr Gordon Moyes, who recalls it as if it “happened yesterday.” “Landy ... did the most incredibly stupid, beautiful, foolish, gentlemanly act I have ever seen,” says Moyes. “He stopped, ran back to the fallen young Ron Clarke and helped him up to his feet, brushed cinders from knees, and checking his bloodied shoulder said, ‘Sorry.’”1 Harry Gordon, a journalist for Melbourne’s Sun, also found the moment incredible and wrote on the day of Landy’s courageous action, saying, “Yours was the classic sporting gesture. It was a senseless piece of chivalry, but it will be remembered as one of the finest actions in the history of sport.“In a nutshell, you sacrificed your chance of a world record to go to the aid of a fallen rival. And in pulling up, trotting back to Ron Clarke, muttering ‘Sorry’ and deciding to chase the field you achieved much more than any world record.” For those unfamiliar with the events of the day, Landy, upon helping Clarke to his feet, then ran down the field who were some 30 metres ahead and won the race, just six seconds outside his world record. Experts are in no doubt that Landy was in a form that would have broken his own record that day but for the vital seconds lost in helping Clarke.“I stopped involuntarily,” Landy said later, “and for a moment I thought, I’ve been disqualified. Then I thought, No, I’m still in the race. It looked impossible, with the rest of the field some 30 yards ahead, but I thought I’d better have a go. I was in a blind panic, and I didn’t think about times or tactics. I just ran.”2 John Landy etched a more permanent record into history that day, but for a rather different and more elevated reason. And while Landy may be justifiably renowned for his selfless act that day, we shouldn’t lose sight of the fact that at the time he was an incredible athlete, one of the fastest milers, only bettered by his British nemesis, Roger Bannister. Bannister beat him in the 1954 Vancouver Commonwealth Games in another amazing story—“the backward glance”—two years earlier. In fact, it was just 46 days after Bannister had cracked the seemingly impossible four-minute mile in the “race of the century” at Oxford University, on May 6, 1954, that Landy bettered him in world record time. Two years later, at the colourful opening ceremony of the Melbourne Olympics, on November 22, 1956, Landy shared the limelight with Ron Clarke, who carried the Olympic flame into the arena, where Landy read the Olympic oath.Landy won numerous races and titles in his athletics career, giving him deserved legendary status among track athletes, something now overshadowed by that event, but something we shouldn’t forget. In 1955, he was awarded the MBE for services to sport, but his career off the track is just as distinguished and includes several notable and inspirational achievements. Born in Melbourne in 1930, Landy, now aged 75, can look back on his life away from athletics and still be proud of his accomplishments. He carried his prowess on the track to his commitment in serving the community. Apart from his love for athletics and competition, he has a passion for Australia’s natural beauty and its conservation and restoration. Landy is a foundation member of the Land Conservation Council, in which he played a major role in increasing Victoria’s National Parks from yesterday’s minimal 200,000 hectares to more than one million today. He has also authored two books themed around nature, one of which won the C J Dennis Award. He has served his community, state and country at a high level, chairing numerous committees, including Clean Up Australia, Athletics International, and the Australia Day and the Greening Australia Committees (to name but a few). All these accomplishments add to a significant life, one shared with his wife, Lynne, and two children, Matthew and Alison. Evidently John Landy’s accomplishments, commitment and profile provided the essential attributes and experience necessary to become the 25th governor of Victoria, which he took up on New Year’s Day, 2001. It’s fitting that John Landy, AC, MBE, Governor of Victoria, stand with royalty for the opening of the Commonwealth Games in Melbourne.John Landy’s distinguished career and service to the community is emphasised by the meaning behind the maxim, “One’s true character is revealed in the competitive sporting arena.” Landy’s true character has certainly been convincingly demonstrated not only on the track but also through his devoted and loyal service to Australia.As an amateur sportsperson, and professionally as leader of children, I’m grateful for the inspiration John Landy gives me and those I serve. His life and deeds should inspire us all, running our own race in life. The lesson of life that Landy taught us is that we shouldn’t be so concerned with the position in which we finish, nor how we compare with others, but in how we run our race—how well we serve others in our community, our country and, especially, how we help those who fall. 1. Rev Dr Gordon Moyes http://www.wesleymission.org.au/reachout2000/sermons/landy.asp 2. Peter Cochrane and Brian Hoepper, The Finest Sporting Gesture in the History of Sport? Sources Adrian McGregor, “The real mile of the century,” Good Weekend, July 2004. Young Men in a Hurry, Harry Gordon. http://teachit.acreekps.vic.edu.au/cyberfair2001/johnlandy.htm http://www.unimelb.edu.au/ExecServ/honcausa/citation/landy.html http://www.governor.vic.gov.au/4A25671B00145208/webpages/biography Published in the March 2006 issue
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2014-15/0971/en_head.json.gz/1928 | Tim Duncan: ‘I’m a Spur for Life’British Basketball Says Bulls Pressuring Luol Deng to Withdraw from Olympics
Monday, May 28th, 2012 at 11:30 am | 5 responses
On his birthday, we look back at one of the greatest shooters of all-time, Glen Rice, with a feature from SLAM 15. Slick. Slender. Shooter.
Former Hornets’ coach Allan Bristow, who played with the Iceman in San Antonio, says that Rice’s most striking similarity to Gervin is the certainty that his shot will go in.
“He’s a very confident person, just like George was,” Bristow says. “When Glen steps on the floor, he feels like he’s the best player on the court.”
“I’m honored when people say that,” Rice says. “George was very smooth. When I see him and tell him that people are comparing us, he smiles and says, ‘You’ve got a great jump shot.’”
Ah, the jumpers. Sometimes, it looks so perfect, Rice can’t help but pause to admire it in mid-air. After seeing the ball float effortlessly off of Rice’s fingertips into a rainbow curve, you can’t imagine the ball going anywhere but through the net. When he spots up for a trey, you wouldn’t blame the refs for raising their hands even before he lets go of the ball.
The jumper has been both bread-and-butter and bane for Rice. It helped him win Michigan’s Mr. Basketball award when he was a senior at Flint’s Northwestern High. It helped him win an NCAA title at Michigan in ’89. And it’s helped him average 19.7 points and sink 879-of-2235 treys (.393) over a seven-year pro career.
Bulls’ center and former teammate Robert Parish once said “Who else would I put in Glen’s category as a shooter? Larry Bird.”
As a kid, Rice launched ‘em at night in dimly-lit gyms and parks to fine-tune his shooter’s touch. “I’ve always felt if you can make them in a little darkness, you can make them when the lights come on. If you have the confidence to stroke it, it’s there. You want to keep making more and more.”
But the jumper has also unfairly labeled him, Rice believes. Some think Rice can only prowl the wing, come off a pick and let fly. They say, “Glen Rice? He’s just a shooter.”
No props. They don’t seem to think of his durability (he’s never missed more than five games in a season, and he’s only missed 17 in his career), the long arms he uses to frustrate opponents defensively or the boggling matchup problems the 6-8 swingman presents virtually every team in the league when he plays two guard.
“There’s always going to be someone out there with a little doubt,” Rice says. “That’s good. It motivates me a great deal. I try and find every negative that people look at, and it gives me that extra push.”
Jealous one’s envy. Reggie Miller gets tripped on for the same deal. No D, can’t take the ball to the hole. What’s the problem? When you can bury threes like Rice, you don’t have to drive. Three is better than two.
“A lot of people doubt me on defense, or they say ‘Glen Rice can’t put the ball on the floor,’” he says. “I keep trying to do different things with the ball. It’s sort of like a crutch when you have a good jump shot. If I’m open, why should I put it on the floor? My first option is the jumper.
“I understand that people see me as a shooter, but I want to get that out of their heads. I want them to be able to see that I can put the ball on the floor and do other things, too.”
With the new-look Hornets, Rice will have little choice but to do those other things this season. The buzz around Hive Drive is that Charlotte will concentrate on playing nasty defense this year.
“We lost Larry Johnson, one of the superstars of the league, in my mind, so people look at our team—new coach, different players—and say that we’re searching for what kind of team we’re going to be, what kind of chemistry we’ll have,” Rice says. “I know they’re wrong.
“Everyone thinks of Orlando, Miami, Indiana and New York in our division. They write the Hornets off. I don’t think they can. But I don’t mind if they do, as long as when they walk off the floor, they think, ‘That was a good team.’ This is going to be a surprising year for us.”
It should be fore Rice, too, with him going hard after his spot among the League’s upper echelon again. But one thing likely is more of the same, as in any year of his hoops career—stroke, arc, swish.
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Did anyone else come in here thinking they brought back the Slamonline Sure Shot contest? lol
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Great story about a true #Flintstone! Glen Rice was the man
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Cue the Glen Rice wife jokes!
Man, Rice was scary way back when. He’d rain down eight threes on you, and then run past you when you got up on him, and throw down some double clutch two handed dunks on your poor centers. And he had those CRAZY ankle supports and weird shoes, which made him look kind of bionic. | 体育 |
2014-15/0971/en_head.json.gz/1930 | The NBA's infatuation with high-school juniors, and other commentary from the sports press.
SlateThe Sports pagesA weekly look at the sports commentariat.March 25 2002 6:11 PM
The NBA's Infatuation With High-School Juniors
By Bryan Curtis
The San Jose Mercury News' Skip Bayless says Jeff Kent is more like Barry Bonds—whose selfishness Kent has bemoaned—than he wants to admit. On March 1, the San Francisco Giants second baseman showed up at spring training with a severely injured wrist. He claimed the injury occurred when he fell off his truck while washing it. But on the same day, witnesses saw a man who looked like Jeff Kent perform high-speed wheelies on a motorcycle and then wipe out. After the crash, several unidentified men stuffed the wrecked bike and rider into the back of a van and sped off. Kent has a clause in his $6 million-per-year contract that prohibits him from riding motorcycles. The San Francisco Chronicle's Scott Ostler deadpans, "I understand that Evel Knievel had a clause in his contract forbidding him from playing baseball."
In other baseball news, Pittsburgh Pirates right fielder Derek Bell learned that his coaches weren't conceding him the starting job. His response: "If it ain't settled with me out there, then they can trade me. I ain't going out there to hurt myself in spring training battling for a job. If it is [a competition], then I'm going into 'Operation Shutdown.' " The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette's Bob Smizik writes, "Were it coming from a Pentagon spokesman, the phrase 'Operation Shutdown' might well apply to a military action in Afghanistan. But when it comes from eccentric and grossly disappointing outfielder Derek Bell, it has the ring of a veiled threat."
Junior league: What if NBA teams could draft any amateur player they wanted this year: collegian, foreign star, high-school senior, or even high-school junior? With the help of four general managers, the Los Angeles Times' Mark Heisler has assembled a draft board that includes all of the above. The first pick would probably be high-school junior LeBron James, who has already graced the cover of Sports Illustrated. Qyntel Woods, who logged two year | 体育 |
2014-15/0971/en_head.json.gz/1942 | News in Education Advertise with Us INSIDE THE PATRIOTS: Patriots pay the price for taping
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Bill Belichick, for the second straight day Thursday, said he�d withhold comment on the accusations against the team pending a league decision. Well, now he has it: $750,000 in fines, plus the likely loss of a first-round draft pick.ASSOCIATED PRESS
By DAN PIRES
Inside The Patriots
Belichick: 'It's over and we're moving on'
Four days after the Patriots beat down the Jets by 24 points, their entire franchise got beat by one man from New York City.And they got beat bad, both financially and personnel-wise.
A day before a decision was formally anticipated, the National Football League announced the penalties for Videogate: a $250,000 fine for the Patriots organization, a $500,000 fine for Belichick personally — he reported makes just more than $4 million per year, so the hit's a steep one — and the loss of at least one draft pick.If the Patriots make the playoffs, they'll lose their first-round pick in the 2008 draft, though they'll still have San Francisco's first-rounder from a 2006 draft day deal. If they don't get to the post-season, it will cost them their second- and third-round picks."This episode represents a calculated and deliberate attempt to avoid long-standing rules designed to encourage fair play and promote honest competition on the playing field," commissioner Roger Goodell wrote in his letter to the Patriots.Did the punishment fit the crime? Take our pollClick here to take the pollFor most of Thursday, there weren't any fresh revelations or new information regarding the scandal. The Patriots and their leader were still going about business as usual, as was videographer (and local) Matt Estrella. Estrella continues to be thrust into the hot glare of the national spotlight for doing what he's been asked to do: Like many of us working stiffs, the young man isn't the guy who signs the checks, and he is still rightfully employed.Now, not that he particularly cared for former assistant and current Jets head coach Eric Mangini before, Belichick has at least another half million reasons to despise his former protégé."I specifically considered whether to impose a suspension on Coach Belichick," added Goodell. "I have determined not to do so, largely because I believe that the discipline I am imposing of a maximum fine and forfeiture of a first-round draft choice, or multiple draft choices, is in fact more significant and long-lasting, and therefore more effective, than a suspension.""I accept full responsibility for the actions that led to tonight's ruling," Belichick said in a statement released late Thursday night. "Once again, I apologize to the Kraft family and every person directly or indirectly associated with the New England Patriots for the embarrassment, distraction and penalty my mistake caused. I also apologize to Patriots fans and would like to thank them for their support during the past few days and throughout my career."The league's Game Operations manual says "no video recording devices of any kind are permitted to be in use in the coaches' booth, on the field, or in the locker room during the game."The covenant was later reiterated in a September 2006 league memo to all 32 general managers."Video taping of any type, including but not limited to taping of an opponent's offensive or defensive signals, is prohibited on the sidelines, in the coaches' booth, in the locker room, or at any other locations accessible to club staff members during the game," Ray Anderson, the NFL's head of football operations, wrote."Part of my job as head coach is to ensure that our football operations are conducted in compliance of the league rules and all accepted interpretations of them," Belichick said in his Thursday night statement. "My interpretation of a rule in the Constitution and Bylaws was incorrect."Even before the sanctions, it's been a virtual feeding frenzy of commentary about the Patriots' purported practices. Despite the mounting cries from opponents and other detractors regarding similar video and electronic injustices, support for Belichick and the team is unequivocal within the confines of the Patriots' locker room.Linebacker Junior Seau, one of three new captains on the team, downplayed the colossal distraction that's landed in their laps as they prepare for Week 2."I'm not going to dramatize this and go Oprah. I'm not that smart," Seau said. "We're going to go out and prepare for the San Diego Chargers. We've done a great job of doing that, the history of this organization stands for itself, in terms of where it is. Whatever everyone wants to say about what's happening in '07, that's something that is still questionable. We have to salvage ourselves a new identity in '07 and it starts every day we come to work. With that, '07 is a different year. We have to start over."Wide receiver Donte Stallworth has only been with the Patriots for a few months, but doesn't feel that it's a big deal and that the media frenzy shouldn't have an adverse affect this Sunday night."I don't care. Everybody can have headsets on as far I'm concerned. I'm going to lobby for our equipment guys to let me get some (compact disc) action in my helmet," Stallworth said. "From the outside looking in, it's a lot bigger from the media's standpoint than what it is in here. Nobody's talking about it. Our focus is completely on the Chargers."Linebacker Rosevelt Colvin took it one step further by admonishing the all-consuming coverage."Nobody [in this locker room] really cares," Colvin said. "A lot of it is you guy writing stories, giving the public and the fans something to read, and that's great. I think it's all a part of the game, but the key word is game. It's a game. It's not like we're fighting a war here. There are a lot of bigger, serious issues going on in the world than somebody having a video camera."Not necessarily, Rosey. Yes, this isn't about real life.It's about the NFL, and losing a three quarters of a million bucks and at least one first-day draft pick, which is a pretty hefty price to pay for a piece of electronics and, given the risks, the very questionable decision to use it.Contact Dan Pires at dpires@s-t.com | 体育 |
2014-15/0971/en_head.json.gz/1947 | Officials sorry for Nadal
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Wozniacki engaged to McIlroy? Nadal pulls out of Oz Open SA level at Hopman Cup Melbourne - Australian Open officials on Saturday said they fully understood Rafael Nadal's decision to miss the first Grand Slam of the season in Melbourne and wished him a speedy return to the tour.The Spaniard announced his withdrawal from the tournament on Friday, saying he was still suffering from the stomach virus which caused him to cancel his return to action in the Gulf this week after a six-month injury absence."We consider it not appropriate to play the Australian Open since we will not have enough preparation for a great competition like a Grand Slam tournament," said Toni Nadal, the player's uncle and coach."It is simply not conceivable that his first event is a best-of-five-sets tournament, he wouldn't be ready for that. It is true we have been quite unlucky with this but there is nothing we can do."Nadal , an 11-time Grand Slam title winner, also pulled out of the Qatar Open, which starts Monday and where he was due to play his first official event since losing in the Wimbledon second round in June."It is completely understandable and we really feel disappointed for him," Australian Open tournament director Craig Tiley said."But without any match practice and without sufficient lead-up time on the practice court, it makes it virtually impossible for him to get his body ready."We just hope he gets better quickly and we see him back on the tour as soon as possible."The former world number one had been due to return after a crippling knee injury which saw him miss the London Olympics, where he was defending champion, the US Open and Davis Cup final, where Spain lost to the Czech Republic.By missing the Australian Open, which starts on January 14, Nadal will face another drop in the rankings having been runner-up to Novak Djokovic in the 2012 final.The record-breaking seven-time French Open champion will slip out of the top four for the first time in over seven years.
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2014-15/0971/en_head.json.gz/1949 | SBD / May 10, 2012 / Blues Will Introduce Stillman As New Owner Today
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Tom Stillman Closes Purchase Of Blues; New Ownership Group Will Be Introduced Today
Stillman must correct the Blues' business model to make the franchise sustainableBlues fans might have wanted the sale of the team to a group led by minority Owner Tom Stillman "to happen more quickly," but after a two-year process, the most "desirable outcome in terms of the city's best interest appears to have unfolded," according to Jeremy Rutherford of the ST. LOUIS POST-DISPATCH. The deal that will "put the Blues into the hands of several of the area's most prominent businessmen closed" yesterday with the banks. A press conference announcing the sale has been set for 11:00am CT today at Scottrade Center, "officially beginning the Stillman era." Stillman in '07 "became minority owner of the team," supplying former Blues Owner Dave Checketts with a "local investor and an area business connection." In the last five years, Stillman "hasn't been in the public eye, but he's been as visible as anyone in the organization at games, practices and team functions." His pursuit of the Blues "began about two years ago when Checketts announced that TowerBrook Capital Partners, the club's No. 1 investor, was divesting its 70 percent stake in the team." Stillman's ownership group is a "'Who's who' of area business leaders, a list that is expected to grow in quantity and name recognition when the deal is announced today." Checketts, when asked whether he had any regrets about his time at the helm, said, "Of course I have regrets, but I'm not going to get into them because as far as the way I think about it, we did our very best. We can be criticized for not spending more, I guess. But holy smokes, we put our whole heart and soul and our money into this deal" (ST. LOUIS POST-DISPATCH, 5/10). FIRST THINGS FIRST: In St. Louis, Bernie Miklasz writes Stillman's "sincere and exuberant presence offers hope for a beloved but star-crossed franchise that seems stuck in a perpetual search for stability." Stillman will "try mightily to strengthen this promising foundation to give the Blues a more stable and secure future." Miklasz writes, "That said, it's vital to understand that Stillman's considerable enthusiasm can only go so far. He faces a lot of hard work and tough, harsh decisions. The Blues' wobbly economic structure can no longer be ignored." The team is "near the bottom of the NHL in generating revenue." Fans already are "clamoring for Stillman to increase the player payroll and go on a wild spending splurge in the summer free-agent market." Miklasz: "That's unlikely, if not impossible." It is "wise to temper expectations." Stillman must "find a way to reorganize by cutting costs and increasing revenue, and that won't be easy." He "can't expand the revenue base by keeping ticket prices among the lowest in the NHL" (STLTODAY.com, 5/10). Also in St. Louis, Roger Hensley noted Stillman's "first priority will be getting the business on sound financial footing." Making the Blues "sustainable moving forward will go a long way in helping to ensure a competitive product stays on the ice." Hensley wrote until Stillman "corrects the business model and finds smarter ways to run the organization, fans can forget about high-priced free agents" (STLTODAY.com, 5/9).
COYOTES' PRICE STAYING THE SAME: The Coyotes have advanced to the Western Conference Finals for the first time in franchise history, but NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman said the sale price of the team will not go up because “we've actually been offering a discounted price and accommodation to the city of Glendale to try and get this sold." Bettman: "The reason it hasn't gotten sold has been very complicated. There’s been some interference from third parties, the Goldwater Institute. But we're now on a path we hope that will get it done and get new ownership in the not-too-distant future” (“Fox Business After the Bell,” Fox Business, 5/9).
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Lewis key for MSU off bench
Danny P. story pic.jpg [1] Mississippi State's Wendell Lewis (30) completes a dunk in MSU's win over Arkansas Wednesday. Lewis contributed eight points and six rebounds off the bench in the victory. (Kim Murrell/SDN)
By DANNY P. SMITH
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It was all about finishing on Wednesday night for Mississippi State sophomore forward Wendell Lewis.
Lewis contributed eight points off the bench, two off a career high, and was active in the post for the Bulldogs during the 67-56 Southeastern Conference victory against the Arkansas Razorbacks.
Whether it was scoring on offense or rebounding on defense, Lewis believed he came in and did his part. He was just glad he could help the winning effort for MSU.
It was just a matter of the Selma, Ala., native taking what he does in practice every day onto the court.
"In practice, I'm being more consistent, finishing more and taking my time while I'm down there in the post," Lewis said. "I've been working on it lately in practice and I took it into the game (Wednesday). I scored, finished and did pretty well."
Along with his scoring, Lewis pulled down six rebounds, had a blocked shot and a steal in 15 minutes for the Bulldogs.
MSU coach Rick Stansbury liked what Lewis gave to the team against the Razorbacks.
"Wendell has been good in spurts this year, but there are times when we would like for him to be more aggressive," Stansbury said. "(Wednesday) night, he was huge for us, finished some shots around the rim and blocked a shot or two. That's what we need for him to do every game."
With MSU down 21-18 in the first half to Arkansas, Lewis had a tip-in with 6:25 remaining and then threw down a dunk off an assist from Dee Bost to give the Bulldogs a 22-21 lead with 5:18 left.
"He's probably one of the most athletic bigs in the conference," Bost said of Lewis. "He's just got to go out there and play with heart. Sometimes I don't feel like he plays with enough heart and he'll be soft. (Wednesday), he played great and give him credit. If he can do that every game, it will be big for us."
Lewis gave Mississippi State the advantage for good with a layup at the 17:02 mark of the second half. The Bulldogs extended the margin to 41-36 with 16:23 left in the game on another Lewis dunk.
The biggest lift Lewis gave MSU in the second half was a rest to Sidney, who suffered some sort of knee injury and had to leave the game briefly.
"I don't know what happened to his knee, but I came in and did what I had to do to give him a little break until he was ready to go," Lewis said.
Lewis was a part of the Bulldog bench that out-scored the Arkansas reserves 21-20. Bryan Bryant chipped in nine points off MSU's bench.
"What we got from Bryan Bryant and Wendell was huge," Stansbury said.
Bryant was able to help Bost save his legs for the final stretch of the game by taking the point guard duties and sliding the junior co-captain over to the shooting guard position.
"All week long in practice I've been telling Brian 'this is your time to step up, this is your time to shine," Bost said.
Bryant, who was not only 3-for-4 from the field but made his first three-pointer since Dec. 22 against Washington State in Hawaii. The junior-college transfer was given his most minutes on the floor (20) against the Razorbacks since Christmas Day and the most in Southeastern Conference play.
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2014-15/0971/en_head.json.gz/1993 | Notre Dame 24, Alabama 23 (1973): Championship is Bittersweet as Alabama Loses Sugar Bowl
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Guiding Alabama to an undefeated regular season proved Bear Bryant is back. But the disappointing result in Monday's game will leave a bit of a question mark around this national title
As part of our coverage of the BCS National Championship Game between Alabama and Notre Dame, we're going through the archives and re-running our posts from previous match-ups between the two teams. This one is from the 1973 Sugar Bowl.*
Perhaps the only comforting thing to Bear Bryant and his team after the Sugar Bowl loss Monday is that they are assured a split national title. And though it's all they're going to get right now, that might be good enough after an eight-year drought that raised questions about whether the game had passed Alabama's coach by.
But all that said -- the defeat still had to come as a kick in the gut. The Tide had rallied from a 14-10 deficit at halftime to take a 23-21 lead in the fourth quarter -- but watched its slip away with a 19-yard field goal by Notre Dame that ended up being enough.
In a way, that was the story of the game for Alabama -- the Tide simply had a hard time stopping the Irish. Notre Dame generated 421 yards of offense on 71 plays, or more than 100 yards more than the Tide on just four additional snaps. When the turnover battle is even -- at three apiece -- it's going to be hard to come away with a win.
In a way, the season is already a redemption for Bear Bryant. After all, it was just three years ago that Bryant was wrapping up two consecutive seasons where he just finished above .500, either of which would easily qualify for the worst season since his inaugural year at Denny Stadium. Now he's guided the Tide to an undefeated regular season, and came up one point short of making it all the way through.
Nonetheless, it's a tricky situation for the coaches' poll, which has now seen it's "national champion" lose bowl games twice in four seasons. There will inevitably be a push for it to follow the Associated Press' lead in waiting until after the bowl game for the final vote; whether the coaches' poll's administrators will agree to that is anyone's guess.
That won't change this year's result; Alabama owns one half of this year's mythical national title. He's probably not happy with how his team performed Monday, and he's almost certainly disappointed with the outcome
But we have a feeling that Bear Bryant will take it just the same.
*In case you can't figure this out on your own, we don't really have archives dating back to 1973. We're having fun with a game-by-game look at the history of the Alabama-Notre Dame series. Research includes here and here and a bit here.
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2014-15/0971/en_head.json.gz/2039 | Man City’s Roberto Mancini frustrated by Micah Richards absence
Manchester City manager Roberto Mancini says he can't understand why Micah Richards is still struggling to regain full fitness
By The Sport Review Saturday 9 March 2013, 10:57 UK
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Roberto Mancini admits that he cannot understand why Manchester City right-back Micah Richards is still struggling to return to full fitness.
The England international, making his fourth appearance of the season after recovering from an ankle problem, suffered a serious knee injury in a 2-0 victory over Swansea City in October.
The 24-year-old was forced to undergo an operation on what was deemed to be a torn meniscus, and despite returning to training in February, Richards is struggling to gain full fitness.
“This is strange. I don’t know how it is possible, this. But we can do nothing. I think maybe in three or four weeks he will be ready,” said Mancini.
“I don’t know [the problem]. His knee was not 100 per cent. He continued to work. Now it is two months that he has been working.”
Mancini hopes to have Richards available for the title race’s climax, but the Italian conceded the defender would still take at least another three weeks to be match fit.
“When he starts to work with the team he needs another two weeks. I hope he can start with the team next week,” he added.
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2014-15/0971/en_head.json.gz/2044 | UConn basketball to honor Sandy Hook victims
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Both the men's and women's teams will have a pregame ceremony and wear special patches to honor the victims.
UConn's men's and women's basketball teams will honor the victims of Friday's massacre in Newtown before their games this week, and both teams will wear green and white "SH" patch. Green and white are the colors of Sandy Hook elementary school. Here's the schools release, which acts fans attending the games to be in their seats 10 minutes early for the ceremony:
STORRS, Conn. - The University of Connecticut will hold special pre-game ceremonies before the men's basketball game on Monday and the women's basketball game on Wednesday in honor of the tragic incidents that took place at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown last Friday.
Fans are asked to be in their seats for these games by 6:50 p.m. for the ceremonies. The UConn men play Maryland Eastern Shore on Monday at 7:00 p.m. while the women play Oakland on Wednesday at 7:00 p.m. Both games are at the XL Center in Hartford.
The UConn men's and women's basketball teams will both be wearing patches on their games jerseys in recognition of the tragedy. The patch is a rectangle with a green background, a black outline and the letters "SH" in white. The school colors of Sandy Hook Elementary School are green and white. UConn bench personnel and others associated with the game will also be wearing special green and white ribbons.
And here is what the patch will look like:
As a side note, if you passed by these parts this weekend, or follow us on twitter, you probably noticed we've been very quiet, and that was of course intentional. I love Connecticut and I spent a good chunk of my youth just up the road from Newtown. I was horrified by Friday's news, as I'm sure all of you were, and I just didn't feel like dealing with any of the sports news that broke over the weekend, including the fact that the Catholic Seven announced their departure from the Big East. We'll be back to our regularly scheduled nonsense shortly, and we will have an open thread for tonight's game as well, although it surely won't be as joyous as it should have been. As always, thanks for reading. | 体育 |
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Former Tide great assembles Ravens’ squad that will contend for Super Bowl win
Ozzie Newsome, the Baltimore Ravens general manager and executive vice president, speaks at a news conference on Jan. 25. The Ravens face the San Francisco 49ers tonight at 5:30 in Super Bowl XLVII in New Orleans.
By Tommy DeasExecutive Sports Editor
Published: Sunday, February 3, 2013 at 3:30 a.m.
Last Modified: Saturday, February 2, 2013 at 10:47 p.m.
Ozzie Newsome learned about building championship teams when he was playing on them at the University of Alabama.
Newsome played on three Southeastern Conference championship teams with the Crimson Tide in the 1970s, with Alabama going 42-6 during his four-year career and finishing in the top five in the final polls three times, and never lower than 11th.When building the Baltimore Ravens as general manager of the National Football League franchise, the 59-year-old Muscle Shoals native had only to remember the formula Alabama used in his playing days. Newsome is the architect of the Ravens’ roster that will contend for the Super Bowl XLVII championship today in New Orleans.Newsome knew what a winner looked like by the time he graduated from UA. He knew the best football teams are built from the inside out, starting in the trenches.“The reason why we were able to win all the games that we won and contend for SEC championships and national championships, the line of scrimmage is always huge,” Newsome said. “When you are able to control the offensive line of scrimmage and the defensive line of scrimmage, you have a chance.“Then you have to have the skill players, because no matter how good you’re coaching it’s still going to come down to someone being able to make a play.”A college and pro football hall of fame member who twice garnered All-America honors with the Crimson Tide, Newsome has now built two Baltimore teams into Super Bowl participants. As vice president of player personnel, he built the Ravens into Super Bowl XXXV champions.“It’s a hard thing to do,” he said. “We did it in 2000 and we won it, and we’re back again.”Newsome obviously has an eye for talent, but he also has a system. He played for the Cleveland Browns from 1978-1990, and began his off-the-field career as a scout a year later with the Browns. Cleveland’s defensive coordinator was Nick Saban, now Alabama’s head coach, and Newsome sees the same system he has used to build the Ravens at work at UA.“We have a height/weight/speed chart, and I think Nick uses the same chart we use,” Newsome said. “We had the same chart when we were at Cleveland.”That chart gives the ideal range for players at each position, but there is more to the evaluation process.“Then you have your position specifics: a cornerback has to be able to play the ball in the air, for instance,” Newsome said.But there is still more.“You look at character,” he said. “You have to respect the game and the people.”A look at the Ravens’ starters tells a lot about Newsome’s formula for building a successful team. Linebacker Ray Lewis, who is expected to retire after today’s game, is the only holdover in the starting lineup from Newsome’s first Super Bowl team. The roster has been rebuilt through the draft, through trades and through free agent pick-ups.Newsome’s talent for evaluating draftees is immediately apparent. Starters like wideout Torrey Smith, guard Kelechi Osemele, tackle Michael Oher, tight end Ed Dickson, quarterback Joe Flacco, running back Ray Rice, defensive lineman Haloti Ngata, safety Ed Reed and linebackers Terrell Suggs and Courtney Upshaw were all targeted as first- and second-round selections, and all have risen to prominence within the Ravens system.Newsome has also traded for wideout Anquan Bolden and picked up free agents like center Matt Birk, cornerback Corey Graham and safety Bernard Pollard. Nose tackle Ma’ake Kemoeatu and linebacker Dannell Ellerbe were undrafted, scouted and signed by Baltimore as free agents who made the roster — Newsome brought Kemoeatu into the league as an undrafted player in 2000, then brought him back this season after he spent four seasons on other teams.It is clear that Newsome, even though he came from a powerhouse college program, will take talent from any level: Flacco played in college at Delaware, center Birk at Harvard and cornerbacks Corey Graham and Cary Williams at New Hampshire and Washburn College, respectively.“You have to make good choices,” Newsome said. “We have a process in place with the way we go about drafting. We have been successful. If a guy is on our board, we believe he can be a contributor.”And, of course, Baltimore has two Alabama players on its roster in linebacker Upshaw and second-string nose tackle Terrence Cody, also a second-round draft pick.“He was a dominant player in the run game,” Newsome said of Cody, taken in the 2010 draft. “No. 1, a player at some point has to win individual battles. You look at the film (from Cody’s two years at UA) and you see when it came time for him to control the center or the guard or take on the double-team, he was able to do that.”Newsome saw first-round value in Upshaw, but traded its first-round pick last spring to Minnesota to drop from the 29th overall selection to 35th, the third pick in the second round. Upshaw was still on the board, and the Ravens grabbed him. With the trade came a fourth-round pick, which Newsome used to grab backup center Gino Gradkowski, another Delaware product, who Newsome believes will start next season.“We had value on (Upshaw),” Newsome said. “We could have picked him in the first round, but there was a trade on the table to drop back and get an extra player.“With Courtney, we were able to get a guy who could really set the edge on defense. He stops the run, he rushes the passer and he drops back in coverage. That’s what he did at Alabama.”Newsome, of course, likes Alabama players, but not just because they come from his alma mater.“They have good football IQ and readiness,” he said. “The other thing is their work ethic. They are very good team players. They understand team and they understand commitment.”Sylvester Croom, running backs coach with the Tennessee Titans, is a UA contemporary of Newsome’s who has followed his NFL front-office career. He sees a common thread among his former teammate’s talent acquisitions.“I don’t know if this is his philosophy or not, but I look at his roster every year, and he picks guys who are big, strong, fast, physical, and know how to win, regardless of where they come from,” Croom said. “Guys committed to winning championships. If that’s not the No.1 thing on their priority list, I don’t think he wants them to be part of their program.”If Newsome had it his way, he would have also been able to draft linebacker Dont’a Hightower (who went to the New England Patriots) and cornerback Dre Kirkpatrick (who went to the Cincinnati Bengals) out of UA last year.“We can’t get them all,” he said.Newsome would also prefer to have yet another UA graduate on the roster. Baltimore let outside linebacker Jarret Johnson sign as a free agent with the San Diego Chargers after nine years with the Ravens franchise.“We had to let Jarret Johnson go,” Newsome said. “We knew he was a good player, but we have a salary cap that we have to stay within.”If Newsome is comfortable with Alabama players, there is another reason. He’s one of those recruiting fanatics.“I bleed crimson and white,” he said. “I know who these guys are when they sign with Alabama. By the time they get to the draft, I have a history with them going back to high school.”Croom believes his impact in building championship teams exceeds Newsome’s considerable impact on the playing field.“I’ve told Ozzie this, and I said it jokingly, but I think it’s true, we all know he was a great player and a Hall of Famer as a player,” Croom said. “But I think he’s a better general manager than he was a player. And that’s saying a lot. Since he’s been GM, it’s easier to count the number of years they haven’t been to the playoffs (than years they have). They were a game away from being in the (Super Bowl) last year.“I talk to him after the draft because usually he’s drafted somebody I was hoping to get at whatever team I was at. To draft players and evaluate talent, then also add in free agency, which is a tricky deal, they work out for him. He knows how to build a roster. The other thing people don’t realize, is Ozzie has a lot to do with building the coaching staff. He’s done a tremendous job of adding pieces on that coaching staff as well. I just don’t see any holes in anything that he’s done.”Newsome’s passion for Alabama comes out in any conversation. Many have expressed a desire to see him one day return to UA as athletics director. Newsome realizes the clock is running on that proposition.“That question is asked to me a lot,” he said. “I have a great job here, an unbelievable job. When I do retire from here, I may play golf and tailgate.”Being an Alabama fan is fun for Newsome.“I’ve been to three national championship games,” he said, “because it fit into my schedule. I enjoy it.“On some Saturdays, I’m so worn out from watching Alabama games that I have to recharge because we have a Ravens game on Sunday. I get so involved with it and expend so much energy.”Reach Tommy Deas at tommy@tidesports.com or at 205-722-0224. | 体育 |
2014-15/0971/en_head.json.gz/2153 | Former pro golfer injured trying to stop drunk driver
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FORT WORTH — Surrounded by family outside John Peter Smith Hospital in Fort Worth, Brandi Woods is grateful her husband John is alive.
"He did not realize just how this could have turned out," said a relieved Woods. "Thank God he's making progress in every aspect."
On Friday night, she said her husband — acting on instinct — leaped out of his own car along a busy lane of southbound Highway 360 near Ragland Road on the Arlington-Grand Prairie border and nose-dived, head first, into the driver's side window of a passing truck.
Police said the driver was drunk, traveling in the wrong direction, and asleep at the wheel.
Brandi tried to sum up what would make her husband take such a drastic action. "From the moment he jumped out of our vehicle, it had to be nothing but adrenaline."
Brandi said her husband wasn't trying to be a hero... he just wanted to protect his family and others on the roadway.
But things quickly turned sour when the startled driver woke up and sped off — with John's torso dangling out the window.
"My husband instinctively knew he needed to hang on, because it would have either have been run over right there, or put your arms on the running bars," Woods said. "The two fought to control the steering wheel."
Skid marks along Highway 360 and into a grassy field show how the driver swerved back and forth before tossing John's body almost 40 feet into the air. The pickup driver fled.
Brandi considers its a miracle her husband is still alive.
"God is with him, and still is," she said.
The father of three and former professional golfer is now being treated for a punctured lung, two broken bones, a broken collarbone, a fractured vertebra, and bleeding on the brain.
He is expected to fully recover.
Meanwhile, Brandi Woods has a message for the driver:
"Turn yourself in," she said. "He needs to turn himself in."
Brandi said the driver is a heavyset Latino male with short facial hair. He was wearing a baseball cap when the incident happened on Friday night.
Grand Prairie police described the truck as a newer model silver four-door Ford F-150 or Chevrolet Silverado.
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2014-15/0971/en_head.json.gz/2185 | Cabin fever sets in amid relentless cold, snow
Tuesday - 2/4/2014, 12:38pm ET
ST. LOUIS (AP) -- T.J. Rutherford loves to golf, even in the winter. Just not this winter.With single-digit temperatures and sub-zero wind chills becoming the norm from the Midwest to the East Coast, often combined with snow or ice, the 59-year-old and his Illinois golfing buddies are no longer just bundling up. They're staying inside."I'm on my third 1,000-piece jigsaw puzzle," said Rutherford, who lives in Carterville, about 100 miles southeast of St. Louis. "I haven't done that in a long time."Cabin fever is setting in for countless Americans as bitter cold, heavy snowfall and paralyzing ice storms keep pounding a large swath of the country. School districts across two-thirds of the U.S. are reporting higher than normal numbers of snow days, while social service agencies are trying to work around the forecasts to get to people in need.Heavy snow was falling -- again -- in New York on Monday, and up to 8 inches of snow was expected Tuesday in Kansas City, Mo. Later this week, snow was forecast from the Plains to the East Coast, with no break in the cold.Some records have been broken -- Detroit, for example, recorded 39.1 inches of snow in January, a record for the month -- but the weather isn't especially unusual, said Alex Sosnowski, senior meteorologist for AccuWeather. He said this winter seems worse because so many recent winters have been mild."A lot of people probably are going a little stir crazy," he said. "But if you look at the broad picture, this is probably a once in 10- to 20-year winter. We were probably due for it a little bit."That isn't welcome news for those holed up at home, especially parents whose children keep racking up snow days.In Indiana, where some schools were closed for a full week in January because of the weather and road conditions, Joanne Kehoe has to entertain her four children, ages 2 through 8, when classes get cancelled in Indianapolis. She said it can be especially trying because her oldest is autistic and has a "tendency to bolt" if he is off his routine, so that limits where the family can go.It helps that her husband, an attorney, can often take time off work."We usually divide and conquer," Kehoe said, acknowledging that shoveling snow while listening to e-books provides her "a little quiet time."Amy Murnan has been homebound with her four children -- ages 8, 10, 12 and 13 -- in the Minneapolis suburb of Edina on four snow days, an unusually large number for a region well-accustomed to tough winters. But she welcomes the break."We're really busy and we spend most of the time running around to games and practices and lessons," Murnan said. "So it was actually kind of great for me to have nowhere to be and nothing to do. We don't get that very often."In suburban St. Louis, students in the Rockwood School District have already missed more than a week of school because of snow or ice. One snow day was called because it was too cold for the buses to start."After the eighth snow day, even the kids were like, 'We're happy to be in school,'" district spokeswoman Cathy Orta said. "But safety is our first priority."The weather also has taxed communities' pocketbooks.St. Louis has already opened the city's main emergency homeless shelter more days than budgeted. In Kansas, county officials keep lists of people who live in areas that tend to become isolated in winter storms, and can enlist the National Guard to help if needed, said Sharon Watson, a spokeswoman for the state adjutant general.Programs that provide in-home services, such as Meals on Wheels, have had to plan around the forecasts. Sarah McKinney, who runs the program in Athens, Ga., said last week's ice storm forced the program to shut down for two days. Volunteers, aware of the forecast, provided boxed meals in advance, so the seniors had plenty to eat.The bigger concern, McKinney said, is that the volunteers weren't able to check on their clients."We check on these people five to seven days a week and we're seeing them face-to-face," McKinney said. "We don't like to let two full business days pass."___Associated Press reporters Jim Suhr in St. Louis, John Hanna in Topeka, Kan., Ken Kusmer in Indianapolis and Doug Glass in Minneapolis contributed to this story. | 体育 |
2014-15/0971/en_head.json.gz/2188 | Notre Dame wins NCAA men's soccer title
Notre Dame players celebrate after defeating Maryland 2-1 during the championship game of the NCAA Division 1 Men's Soccer tournament at PPL Park in Chester, Pa., Sunday, Dec. 15, 2013. (AP Photo/Rich Schultz) DAVE ZEITLIN
CHESTER, Pa. (AP) -- Confetti rained down, the Notre Dame fight song "Victory March" blasted over the loudspeakers and everyone on the Fighting Irish's soccer team ran to one side of the field to celebrate.For the first time in the school's proud athletic history, Notre Dame was on top of the men's college soccer world.Led by goals from Andrew O'Malley and Leon Brown, and another big game from College Cup co-Most Outstanding Player Harrison Shipp, Notre Dame won its first men's soccer title with a 2-1 victory over Maryland on Sunday at PPL Park. The Fighting Irish finished the season 17-1-6."We're all smiling big smiles," said 68-year-old coach Bobby Clark, who won his first title in 27 years coaching at Dartmouth, Stanford and Notre Dame.Patrick Mullins, the nation's leading scorer, scored for Maryland (17-4-5). The Terrapins were trying to win their fourth national championship and third under coach Sasho Cirovski."They are worthy winners and I'm genuinely happy for Bobby for all he's done for college soccer," Cirovski said. "I hope he enjoys this one. At Maryland, we shoot for the stars every year. We aim high. And when you aim that high and when you don't reach it, you still end up at the moon, which is higher than most people."Shipp, a finalist for the MAC Hermann Trophy as the nation's best player, set up O'Malley's winning goal with a perfectly placed free kick in the 60th minute. O'Malley leaped for Shipp's kick and directed a header past goalkeeper Zack Steffen's outstretched arms.Coming into Sunday's title game, O'Malley, a senior defender, had scored just twice in his collegiate career -- and, according to Clark, he missed a couple of chances throughout the season.But he didn't miss when it counted."The goal itself was really put on a silver platter for me," O'Malley said. "It would have been tough for me to screw it up, I suppose. Harry just played a beautiful ball and all I needed to do was redirect it to the back post."O'Malley, from nearby West Chester, said it was extra special to score the championship-deciding goal in front of many of his family and friends, who made the short commute to watch him play at PPL Park."I kind of jokingly said after the game -- but I'm a little bit serious --that people think I'm good now," O'Malley said. "So, hopefully, I'll just ride that."Brown tied it at 1 in the 40th minute with a tough-angle shot. He entered the game as a reserve when Vince Cicciarelli was forced to leave when he broke his collarbone in the 10th minute.Luke Mishu and Nick Besler were both credited with assists after Besler flicked on a long Mishu throw-in right to the foot of Brown, who slid a tough-angle shot past Steffen.Mullins, Maryland's own Hermann Trophy finalist, opened the scoring for the Terrapins in the 35th minute.Moments earlier, Mullins thought a penalty kick was warranted when a volley from Alex Shinksy from cleared off the goal line by what looked to be the arm of Notre Dame's Patrick Hodan. But Hodan was not called for the hand ball and then Mullins used his own hand to bring the ball down and deposit a shot past goalkeeper Patrick Wall."In the heat of the moment, I hit it down with my hand and, like any good forward, I hit it in the net," Mullins said. "That's not who I am and I'm very disappointed in how that play resulted. ... I will regret that one for the rest of my life."Mullins, who shared College Cup Most Outstanding Player honors with Shipp, had 19 goals this season and finished his college career with 47, second in program history.But for Cirovski, it was the character Mullins displayed in admitting to an intentional hand ball that shows what MLS teams will be getting when the Maryland senior is likely selected as one of the top picks in next month's draft."When I build my stadium, I'm going to bronze a statue with him out front," Cirovski said. "He's made from the best stuff on earth. It affected him. It affected him a lot. ... His conscience was hurting."For Shipp -- who finished his senior season with 12 goals and 11 assists, including three in the College Cup -- it was not only gratifying to win a national title but to do so for Clark. 1 2 - Next page >> © 2013 WTOP. All Rights Reserved. | 体育 |
2014-15/0971/en_head.json.gz/2192 | Smith Earns Manning Award Player of the Week
By Manning Award Committee for WVUsports.com
NEW ORLEANS – Geno Smith, a senior from West Virginia, has been selected as this week’s Manning Award Player of the Week. Smith earns the honor over seven other Manning Award Stars of the Week after earning the most votes in the Allstate Sugar Bowl’s Facebook contest this season. Smith, a native of Miami, FL, led West Virginia to a 42-12 victory over James Madison on Saturday at FedEx Field. The senior passed for 411 yards, becoming the Mountaineers passing yardage leader. Smith now has as many incompletions as TD passes after two games, which is exactly what former Manning Award winner, Robert Griffin, III accomplished last season. There was not much Smith could have done better as he completed 34 of 39 passes on 11 receptions and threw 5 TDs with 0 interceptions. West Virginia’s 569 yards of offense proved to be too much for the Dukes to handle as the Mountaineers are now 13-0 all-time against FCS schools.This was Smith’s first win and third nomination. He was a candidate for the week of Sept. 3rd as well as once last season. The Mountaineers are now looking to go 3-0 as they host Maryland in Morgantown, WV on Saturday.The West Virginia fans showed their appreciation for Smith’s spectacular performance by voting him to the top of this week’s list. Behind Smith were Texas’ David Ash, this week’s Big 12 QB of the Week and Conor Halliday of Washington State, who stepped up in a reserve role once again. Ash threw for 326 yards with 4 TDs and 0 interceptions as he registered his career-high for passing yards, leading the Longhorns to score 66 points, the most allowed by Ole Miss since 1917. Halliday threw for 378 yards and four touchdown passes in a 35-27 win over UNLV, giving him 13 career TD passes in six games. The Manning Award was created by the Allstate Sugar Bowl in 2004 to honor the college football accomplishments of Archie, Peyton and Eli Manning. It is the only quarterback award that includes the candidates’ bowl performances in its balloting.The honor will be recognizing its eighth winner this year. USC’s Matt Leinart was the inaugural winner of the award in 2005, followed by Texas’ Vince Young in 2006. Both went on to be top 10 NFL draft picks. In 2007, LSU’s JaMarcus Russell earned the award and was the NFL’s No. 1 draft pick. Boston College’s Matt Ryan claimed the award in 2008 and was drafted No. 3, quickly becoming the starting quarterback for the Atlanta Falcons. In 2009, Florida star Tim Tebow earned the honor – he also went on to be selected in the first round of the NFL Draft. The 2010 winner was Texas signal-caller Colt McCoy, the winningest quarterback in college football history, who was selected by the Cleveland Browns in the draft. Auburn’s Cameron Newton earn the award in 2011, prior to being selected No. 1 overall in the 2011 NFL Draft by the Carolina Panthers. This past season’s honoree was Robert Griffin, III, from Baylor, who was also a top NFL draft pick (No. 2 overall by the Washington Redskins). » Follow WVU Football on Twitter | 体育 |
2014-15/0971/en_head.json.gz/2219 | Donaldson, Kiernan excel at nationals
By Alberto Masliah
Indiana’s cloudy midwestern skies on the morning of Nov. 22 did not deter a pair of Yale runners, who both won All-American awards at this year’s NCAA Division I Women’s Cross Country Championships. Lindsay Donaldson ’08 and Cara Kiernan ’07 represented Yale in the championship race at Indiana State University in Terre Haute, Ind. Donaldson came in sixth overall in the 6,000-meter race with a time of 20:40. Donaldson was also the best of any freshmen running in the race and managed to match the time of the second-best finish to date by any Ivy League woman. Kiernan is a veteran of the NCAA championships. This year, she placed 33rd overall in the 6,000-meter with a time of 21:09.4. Her new mark is a significant improvement from last year’s 61st place, where she was also the fourth fastest freshman. “It was a definite change from last year’s race in Iowa, where I was running without any teammates and where the ground was hard and there was a negative two degrees wind chill,” Kiernan said. “Running with a teammate this year was great. We could run together and make strategies and plans, and also have fun.” Although this was Donaldson’s first trip to the championships, she did not let that phase her. “The race was really exciting, considering I was not expecting to make it to NCAAs,” Donaldson said. “I’m still in shock about it and I am so surprised by the outcome. I actually haven’t thought that much about it and I’m trying to focus on the upcoming indoor track season.” According to Kiernan, strategies that she and Donaldson devised before the race included starting conservatively and then going full blast as the finish line became closer. The pair also planned to find each other in the beginning of the race. “We have very similar running styles and that helped out a lot during the race, along with the words of encouragement we gave each other whenever we saw one of us fading,” Donaldson said. “It was just incredible to feel her support through the training, both as a mentor and as a friend.” With a season that ended better than the last, the championship was a nice way for the team as a whole to cross the finish line for the year at third place in the Ivy League, up one spot from last year’s fourth place. “We were disappointed that we did not get a team bid to go to Indiana, especially since I think we would have had a really good overall team performance with Lindsay and Cara,” team captain Ann Martin ’05 said. “But in the end, it definitely worked out.” The team captain also said the two championship runners feed off each other to run successfully. “It works great between them,” Martin said. “Cara needed somebody to run with and Lindsey is the perfect person for her. Just to watch both of them working together is motivating for the entire team.” The race was won by Kim Smith of Providence College, who crossed the finish line just 30.5 seconds ahead of Donaldson with a winning time of 20:08.5.
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2014-15/0971/en_head.json.gz/2234 | Nkemdiche takes recruiting in stride
Greg Ostendorf
TideSports.comHOOVER | Robert Nkemdiche isn't even 17 years old, but he's already a household name in the world of college football recruiting.The 6-foot-5, 270-pound defensive star may not only be the best player in the 2013 class, but in the 2012 as well. Think of Jadeveon Clowney or even Julius Peppers -- his favorite players growing up."First off, his size and his ability to play the game is unbelievable," Nkemdiche's head coach Mickey Conn said. "He's unbelievably blessed by God with great athletic ability and a great physical presence."Conn, who played for the 1992 University of Alabama team that won a national championship, knows a thing or two about great defensive players but said he's never seen anybody like Nkemdiche at this level."He runs really well and he's very big, which is a good combination for a defensive player," Conn said. "He plays relentless. Some guys are that big, but they don't play with a motor. He's got the motor to go with the body and the ability."It's no secret that Nkemdiche is considered one of the most coveted recruits around, but the Loganville, Ga., native is taking his recruitment in stride and focused more on the upcoming season."(The attention) has been good, but I'm just really focused on the season coming up and trying to win a state championship," Nkemdiche said.The coaching staff at Grayson High School is also helping its star player deal with recruiting, but Conn believes that Nkemdiche has handled it well to this point."All of this attention, he's getting from all the schools, he's really handling that well," Conn said. "I know we're still in the early stages of this thing right now, but at this point, he's not letting it go to his head too much. We're trying to keep him grounded as well, but I think he's doing a really good job of handling all this stuff that's around him."Nkemdiche wouldn't name any favorites, but he's already taken a visit to Auburn this summer and it's been rumored that Alabama is at the top of his list."Everybody thinks that's my favorite, and it's up there, but it's not the only school that I have in mind right now," Nkemdiche said. "I have other schools, and I'm just playing the field right now."The elite 2013 prospect visited Tuscaloosa towards the end of last year while the Crimson Tide was practicing, preparing to take on Michigan State in the Capital One bowl."I watched the team while they were doing a bowl game practice," Nkemdiche said. "It was a closed practice, and I was the only recruit there. I talked with Nick Saban and Coach Sal (Sunseri). They told me to keep working hard, and they liked my film. I was probably one of the best people they had on film at defensive end."Even though Nkemdiche played mostly at defensive end last year, the UA coaching staff told him they liked him more at outside linebacker and thinks he would be a perfect at the Jack linebacker position.As a sophomore, Nkemdiche finished with 64 tackles and 20 sacks."I think my strengths are my speed and my quickness, how big I am and my physicality," he said. "It helps me on the field because opposing players get intimidated by how fast and physical I am."Nkemdiche hasn't set up any visits for this fall yet but hinted at a return trip to Alabama.Reach Greg Ostendorf at greg@tidesports.com. ...More... To continue reading this article you must be a member. Sign Up Now! | 体育 |
2014-15/0971/en_head.json.gz/2239 | Premier League - Lambert: Benteke will bounce backAston Villa manager Paul Lambert has challenged striker Christian Benteke to bounce back from his recent goal drought after seeing the Belgian go seven games without scoring.PA Sport – Wed, Dec 4, 2013 03:44 EST
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Lambert has no doubt it is simply a temporary blip but realises it was inevitable that Benteke, 23, would be under the microscope this season after scoring 23 goals in all competitions in his maiden campaign.
"I'm pretty sure Christian's a victim of his own success but he's created that himself," Lambert said. "There's nobody he can blame for that other than himself because he set a really high standard for himself and when you fall below it, that's what can happen.
"The challenge is for him to bounce back from that. People forget how old he is, they think he's been around for years. I'm pretty sure he'll come back from it.
"I think the fact he hasn't scored for a while will affect him but that's normal.
"I was fortunate enough to play with some world class strikers and I saw them having little barren spells. Everybody comes through it and Christian is the same. He just needs a goal to set himself back on that road."
Benteke's general performances, not just his lack of goals, have also caused consternation. Lambert, though, rubbished suggestions the striker is carrying himself any differently.
"It makes me laugh when people talk about 'body language'," he said.
"How do you read somebody's body language? Do people go to a game and just study somebody's movement?
"He's had a little bit of a spell where he's not scoring and not playing as well as he has previously but the thing with Christian is he set himself a really high standard last season - incredibly high - to the extent where people in the media were talking about the fact he was only behind Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo in the European scoring charts for the calendar year.
"His standard was really high and when you fall below that with just a little blip it can be blown up into 'he's having an absolute nightmare', so you've got to watch it."
Lambert hinted he would not rule out dropping his star striker, who handed in a summer transfer request before changing his mind.
"Whatever decision I make I'm sure he'll respect it," said the Scot. "It's not just one player you have to look after here, there's 25 guys. I'll do what I think is right for this club. Chris is a major part of it and I'll make the best decision I can for the club."
Lambert's side travel to face in-form Southampton on Wednesday evening with Austrian forward Andreas Weimann (hamstring) their only slight injury doubt. | 体育 |
2014-15/0971/en_head.json.gz/2241 | The grades are in - CU report card
Geoff Ketchum
Orangebloods.comIf the No.2 Texas Longhorns were hoping to slide into a mid-season groove on the eye of their titanic showdown with arch-rival Oklahoma next weekend in Dallas, then consider Saturday night's 38-14 win over Colorado a miserable failure. Oh, the defense and certain aspects of the special teams looked sensational for the better part of 60 minutes, but the Longhorns offense was a flat out mess against one of the worst defenses in the Big 12. So, which positions excelled and which are lagging behind? Let's look at the Orangebloods.com report for the answers.Grading scaleA - All-American levelB - All-Conference levelC - AverageD - Below averageF - Complete failureQuarterback - There are a couple of ways to look at Colt McCoy's performance against the Buffs. On one hand, the senior All-American completed 32 of 39 passes for 265 yards, a touchdown and an interception. On the surface those numbers look strong, especially in terms of completion percentage. However, there's a lot more to playing quarterback than completing a lot of short passes and on this night McCoy didn't do a lot of those well.Whether it was McCoy's decision-making or the offensive game-plan, McCoy emerged as a one-dimensional player in this game, locking on to Jordan Shipley and often ignoring every other receiver on the team. If the Longhorns are going to continue to remain among the nation's elite undefeated teams, he has to start trusting the other players in the offense because on a night when the Longhorns scored twice on offensive touchdowns, only one Texas player had more than 40 yards receiving. The 6.7 yards per completion and 8.1 yards per completion are frightening numbers. Also, the two turnovers by the Longhorns came via McCoy and he has to share the some of the responsibility on both plays because he too good of a player to not protect the football better inside his own 20. On a lot of afternoons McCoy is often unfairly judged against some of his own best work, but on this afternoon the comparisons to mere mortals was more than adequate and McCoy's body of work on this night didn't add up to much. The bottom line is that he had as many turnovers inside his own 20 yard-line as his offense had scoring drives that resulted in touchdowns.Grade: C-Running backs - This is going to be a short review - they weren't good. In fact, things got so bad on this night that the Longhorns admittedly quit on the running game in the second half against a run defense that was so bad coming into the game that Toledo and West Virginia were able to make season highlight videos out of their games against the Buffs. Starting running back Vondrell McGee had 14 yards on seven carries, while adding four receptions for 23 yards. Back-up Foswhitt Whittaker had the team's only significant run with his almost accidental 12-yard touchdown run in the fourth quarter. All you need to know about this group, outside of their 47 rushing yards on 17 carries, is that the only run of more than five yards all night by a running back was on Whittaker's touchdown, which only required that he bounce out of a clogged hole, reverse field and outrun the entire defense to the pylon. It was a failure of a night for this group.Grades: FWide receivers - Let's get Jordan Shipley's sterling performance out of the way because he's performing a such a high level that if the Heisman Trophy race wasn't the sham of an award that it is, Shipley would be a leading candidate because there's not anyone nationally that is outperforming him. The former Burnet star caught 11 passes for 147 yards and a touchdown, but that doesn't really do him justice because as the Longhorns enter the sixth game of the season, he's emerged as pretty much their entire offense. Hell, we haven't even started talking about his special teams skills yet. He's the best Longhorn receiver in the history of the school in my mind, but to give you an idea of what kind of night he had, even Superman has to own a little responsibility for McCoy's interception because it went off of his hands.After Shipley's contributions there wasn't a lot to speak of from the wide receivers, although Dan Buckner was solid with a career-high six receptions for 39 yards, with two of the six catches moving the sticks for a first down. Junior James Kirkendoll had three receptions for 25 yards, but he also dropped a ball, committed a holding penalty and really had a rough night in the blocking department. All of the chemistry that was supposed to have been built in the spring/summer with McCoy seems lost.Meanwhile, John Chiles had a very limited impact on the game and sophomore Malcolm Williams was a total non-factor. Overall, this group caught 27 passes for 239 yards and a touchdown. Solid numbers, but far from this group's bar.Grade: C+Offensive line/Tight ends - I can't remember a position group in the 10 years of the Mack Brown program that has ever underperformed more than this year's offensive line. When you consider that this group returned so much experience from last season and featured so many players expected to eventually step into all-star caliber play, it's numbing how poorly this group is playing.Normally, an offensive line can take relief in knowing that one of the worst defensive front sevens in college football was headed in their direction, but at no point on Saturday night did this group control the line of scrimmage. On top of that, this group had way too many giveaway plays that left to forced turnovers, sacks and destroyed drives. It's the same old story with this group. If you go back and watch the group play-by-play, there are flashes of hope and some positive signs. It's always one guy here and one guy there that end up having an F-grade performance on a play, and when you have more than a half-dozen of those kind of plays in a game, it just kills your offense. I'm not talking about missing an assignment. I'm talking about guys falling to their knees and barely waving at a defender before he forces runs free into the backfield to blow something up. Also, let's make it clear that it's not just one guy, it's the entire group. At various times in the game, Charlie Tanner, Michael Huey, Kyle Hix and Chris Hall had them - giveaway plays that is. If you're looking for a winner of the Boss Hogg Award, I'm guessing it goes to Adam Ulatoski because he was solid and didn't have of the huge mistakes that the other had.The bottom line is that this group is holding the entire team back and if they don't start playing better, the goals of this season will remain unaccomplished.Grade: FOffensive game plan - Greg Davis is going to need to regroup this offense heading into the Oklahoma game because he currently has a unit that can't run the ball against the worst of teams and a passing offense that appears to be restricted to within 10 yards of the line of scrimmage and to two receivers.Throughout the game the Buffs were able to use Texas' tendencies against them. If the Longhorns had Cody Johnson in the game, Chiles at quarterback or if the offense tried to hurry up to the line of scrimmage with a quick snap, the Buffs defense knew exactly what play was coming and almost the entire defense knew to sell out against the tiredly consistent play-calling.By the end of the game, the Texas offense was nothing more than one quarterback throwing to a single receiver, with everything else representing white noise, while the Buffs defense continued to squeeze 10 or 11 men within 10 yards of the line of scrimmage because they had little fear of Texas throwing over the top of them. That fact is ironic because the Buffs had given up 11 plays of more than 40 yards on defense this season, but the Longhorns generated none on this night.The Longhorns averaged 1.8 yards per rush, 4.8 yards per play and had as many turnovers as touchdown drives. If we're being honest, it was one of the worst offensive performances (considering the competition) in Davis' career at Texas.Grade: FDefensive line - This group continues to generate chaos for opposing offenses, while shutting down whatever resemblance of a running game a team brings against them. The Buffs can't do a lot of things offensively, but Rodney Stewart is their best player and he was held to 1.9 yards per carry on 21 carries, while the team was held to 42 total rushing yards on 34 carries.Lamarr Houston, Ben Alexander (five tackles) and Kheeston Randall might not have dominated the stat sheet with sacks, tackles for loss, forced fumbles or any other headline-making plays, but they stuffed the run between the tackles all night and they provided a steady dose of pressure up the middle in pass rush.Meanwhile, the Texas defensive ends were everywhere. Senior Sergio Kindle faced constant double teams and he still made plays all over the field, recording six tackles and two tackles for loss. Fellow starter Sam Acho was credited with five tackles, three tackles for loss and a sack.Overall, the defensive line was credited with 18 tackles, five tackles for loss and a sack. They were dominant.Grade: ALinebackers - The Longhorns continue to get great play from at least two linebackers in each game and this week it was Roddrick Muckelroy and Emmanuel Acho, which is starting to become a running theme this season.Muckelroy was sensational again with 11 tackles, two tackles for loss, a sack and constant caused mayhem for the Buffs, while the youngest Acho recorded five tackles and three big tackles for loss. Whether it was against the run or in pass coverage, the linebacker unit for the Longhorns did their job. Perhaps the only real negative on this night was the blown coverage by Keenan Robinson on the initial touchdown of the game, but he should have had better safety help than he received.Grade: ASecondary - So far this season it hasn't really mattered who the Longhorns are facing, the opposing quarterback is not having a lot of success throwing the ball against this secondary. While holding the Buffs to less than 100 passing yards and less than 40 percent completion percentage, the group of Aaron Williams, Curtis Brown, Chykie Brown, Earl Thomas, Blake Gideon, Nolan Brewster and Deon Beasley never allowed the fact that they had little offensive security on this game bother the. The scoreboard didn't matter, only that the secondary was not going to give up much of anything through the air.The corners, along with Thomas were especially impressive, as they combined to shut CU's leading receiver Scotty McKnight to one catch for 12 yards.Thomas 92-yard interception return for a touchdown was the play that broke the game open and Gideon's interception was one of the most athletic I've seen since Cedric Griffin's against Arkansas back in 2004.Grade: A+Defensive game plan - Will Muschamp and Co. continue to put together defensive plans that confuse and mostly render opposing teams helpless. One of the wrinkles that Muschamp added in this game to help combat the Buffs' power running game was a switch to a 3-4 look that had Kindle and another outside linebacker (usually Emmanuel Acho) standing up at the line of scrimmage. Look to see this front even more next week against Oklahoma because it gave the Longhorns added protection against the run and it opened up one-on-one opportunities for Texas' most lethal pass rusher.Overall, Muschamp continues to do a great job of mixing up his personnel and defenses, which makes his group deadly when they get a little bit of a lead and can pin their ears back. Colorado's 1.2 yards per rush, 3.3 yards per pass attempt and 2.2 yards per play are just disgusting numbers.Grade: A+Special teams - This is a tough group to grade because there was a lot of bad mixed in with some breathtakingly great. Let's get the bad stuff out of the way. The protection lapse up the middle led to a blocked field goal, Justin Tucker averaged 28.8 yards per punt and mixed in a five-yard effort and the kickoff coverage was mostly abysmal.The good news is that the Longhorns were able to make up for those mistakes with explosive plays from Shipley in the return game (74-yard touchdown return) and a blocked punt return for a touchdown. The consistency from this group is not what it needs to be, but you cannot ignore the fact that this phase of the game contributed as many points to the scoreboard as the offense. Grade: BOverall - If the Longhorns are aiming for a championship level standard, they fell far from it on the offensive side of the ball. However, the defense continues to dominate the opposition and they've pretty much been able to do that through the first five weeks of the season. Now the Longhorns will face their biggest challenge of the season and the level of effort, consistency and production need to improve across the board next week if the dreams of a national championship are to remain alive. Grade: C ...More... To continue reading this article you must be a member. Sign Up Now! | 体育 |
2014-15/0971/en_head.json.gz/2243 | Jones says DL needs to be more physical
UGASports.comWith Justin Anderson no longer in the mix at nose, it's now up to DeAngelo Tyson, Kwame Geathers and possibly Abry Jones to carry the load at the position for the rest of the year.Wednesday, head coach Mark Richt announced that Anderson's turf toe will require surgery which will cause him to miss the rest of the year.Anderson had already sat out games against South Carolina and Arkansas, leaving Tyson to take the majority of the snaps at nose on a defensive line still trying establish itself from a physical point of view.According to defensive coordinator Todd Grantham, he's been pleased with the way Tyson has held up to the grind, although the time may be coming for Geathers to start playing more of a role. "I'm ready if that's what Coach wants me to do," Geathers said. "I'm pretty comfortable out there, but there is more I need to learn." Last week, Geathers received only three snaps against Arkansas but had one tackle for a loss of almost 2 yards.Tyson said Geathers continues to make strides. "He's working hard," Tyson said. "He's still a young guy, but he's getting better every day."As for Jones, playing nose is an entirely new and different position for him to play.Although he received some looks at the spot back in the spring, the sophomore admits his head was spinning when he played the position for the first time in a game Saturday against the Razorbacks. "That's not really what I want to do, but circumstances came up, so I do what they need me to do," Jones said Wednesday. "I didn't play nose at all in high school, but I did get a few reps in the spring, so there was a little familiar ground. But it still wasn't easy."For example? "Just trying to figure out what the offenses might be doing, what I need to do to make a play," Jones explained. "There were a lot of thoughts racing through my head."Grantham feels improvements are being made, although Jones said the defensive line still needs to do a better job of asserting itself from a physical standpoint.Jones concedes he and the rest of the defensive line were handled pretty easily two weeks ago at South Carolina. "We've got to learn to be more aggressive," Jones said. "The game starts and ends with the guys up front. We've got to take more responsibility for our jobs, put it on our shoulders to do our best because everything on defense starts with us."Grantham said he's been pleased with the effort. "Those guys are continuing to work hard and I think they'll come," Grantham said. "I think those guys played the run better last week and showed up so I think now it's just a matter of doing it week in and week out. If you're consistent then the things you're talking about will show up."Jones agreed with what Grantham had to say. "We just need to keep building on our strengths," Jones said. "We've got some weaknesses, but we've got some great coaches who are working on correcting those. As the weeks go by we'll keep on improving."So, what are those strengths? "Our strength is we've got some big bodies on the defensive line and every one of us can move," Jones said. "That's definitely one of the strengths."But there is also a weakness.One of the problems teams often face learning a defense for the first time is being able to play full speed right away due to lingering questions regarding the scheme in live game situations. "Sometimes I think we try to be ready more than attack sometimes," Jones said. "After the South Carolina games, that's something we've tried to work out. We're more in the attacking phase now. It's just a matter of playing more aggressive. That's what we're trying to do."Geathers concurred. "We just need to be more physical and more disciplined," he said. "Basically, we've got to play hard every down." ...More... To continue reading this article you must be a member. Sign Up Now! | 体育 |
2014-15/0971/en_head.json.gz/2247 | Li Na: The power behind the smileBy Richard Talbot | Sportskeeda – Wed 20 Nov, 2013
Author : Richard Talbot Li Na’s charming smile and thrilling tennis game have made her an international sports star. Over the last two years, Li Na has become a tennis superstar adored by both her native China and the western world. When you think about it, that’s an incredibly impressive achievement. From the entertainment world to sports, no star has achieved success in both the East and West like the Chinese tennis star. Some tennis commentators point to her intriguing playing style and smile as reasons for her success, but there’s more to it than that: unlike many other international tennis stars, Li Na seems to ‘get’ the West in a way that other players can’t. At the same time, she helps us Western tennis fans ‘get’ China – a country that, for most of us, is as different as it could possibly be. Li Na is as much an icon to fans in the western world as she is to young girls in China. Think all the praise is a little unrealistic? Think again. Earlier this year, Li Na was a cover feature for Time Magazine, who praised both her quirky look and playing style, and her unique beauty. She was one of the magazine’s Top 100 Most Influential People – an honour that’s incredibly rare for international sports stars. If popularity is anything to go by, she certainly deserves the praise. At the French Open, over 116 million people tuned in to watch her walk away with the first and only Grand Slam victory by an Asian tennis player. UK tennis fans have flocked to buy corporate Wimbledon Debenture tickets* to view the international star in action. Many of those viewers, by the way, weren’t located in China. In fact, Li Na’s slight rebellion against some Chinese customs – clashing with sports organisations and her interest in tattoos – make her a unique icon in a country that’s known for its focus on going with the crowd. At 31 years of age, Li Na is one of the world’s top tennis stars. She deserved a Major victory in this year’s Australian Open – but there’s the future for that. She made it all the way to the semifinals of the US Open. At Wimbledon, she fought all the way to the quarterfinals three times, including the most recent tournament. With Chinese tourism on the rise, hosting the nation’s biggest tennis star isn’t just a victory for sports, but a major ‘win’ for tourism. While many other tennis stars have let fame and fortune turn them into manufactured figures, Li Na has kept things nice and simple, letting her humanity shine through in her ever-present smile. *Debenture tickets give you the best experience of the tournament. All of the debenture seating is in a prime location at the same level as the Royal Box and include lounge passes giving you access to exclusive lounges for the duration of the day. | 体育 |
2014-15/0971/en_head.json.gz/2255 | General Management And Consultancy
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Benitez set to be appointed new Chelsea manager on short-term deal
The former Liverpool boss is expected to be confirmed as Roberto Di Matteo’s successor in time to take charge of Sunday’s home clash against Manchester CityRafael Benitez is set to be appointed the next Chelsea manager in time to take charge of the club’s clash with Manchester City on Sunday.
The former Liverpool boss is expected to be handed a short-term contract by the European champions and confirmed as Di Matteo’s replacement within the next 48 hours.
Chelsea have turned to Benitez after Pep Guardiola indicated that he wants to continue his sabbatical from football and not return to management before next summer.
Despite reports that there has been no contact between the European champions and Benitez, it is understood that a deal is being brokered for the Spaniard to be installed at Stamford Bridge imminently.
Discussions are centring on the length of the contract and the personal terms. Sources have told Goal.com that Benitez is willing to take the job until the end of the season and he is not expected to be given a long-term deal.
Chelsea expect that the 52-year-old will be in the dugout for Sunday afternoon’s Premier League match at home to Manchester City.
Benitez was in Abu Dhabi on Wednesday afternoon speaking at a coaching seminar before preparing to return to the United Kingdom, where he lives with his family in Merseyside, overnight.
Speaking to Sport360, the Spaniard declared that he has an interest in the vacant Chelsea manager’s job and hinted that his representatives had been busy in recent days.
Benitez, who has not worked in management since being fired by Inter in December 2010, said he has been waiting for a “top side who can win things”.
When asked about taking the Stamford Bridge job on a short-term basis, Benitez said: “I have to talk with my agent and see what he has been doing the last couple of days. But I am just trying to go to a team that can win. So we will find ways to have a challenge like this.
“In football a lot of people are talking so we will see what happens in the next few days. I am looking for a club that can challenge for trophies and Chelsea is one of these clubs.”
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2014-15/0971/en_head.json.gz/2256 | Keys to the game - revisited
TheWolfpacker.comNC State had a comeback to remember on Saturday afternoon when it clinched a postseason berth with a 56-41 win over Maryland at Carter-Finley Stadium in Raleigh. The Wolfpack improved to 7-5 (4-4 ACC) while the visiting Terrapins fell to 2-10 (1-7 ACC) in front of 55,323 fans. Here are the Keys To The Game - Revisited:Emotionally regroupWhat we wrote: NC State needs to have a killer instinct this week and finish off the season strong. The coaches, players and fans don't want to face the fallout from losing to injured and downtrodden Maryland, which brings a 2-9 overall record into Carter-Finley Stadium. NC State has to play hungry to get a seventh victory and become eligible for the postseason. The combination of playing for a bowl game with the electricity of playing at Carter-Finley Stadium should help the Wolfpack regain focus this week and finish off the job.What happened: It definitely didn't look good early for the Pack, who were pressing too hard in the first half according to coach Tom O'Brien in the post-game press conference.However, the Pack regrouped emotionally after falling behind 41-14 early in the third quarter. The Red and White went on to score 42 unanswered points and record the biggest comeback in school history while many fans didn't give the team a chance. Wear down Maryland's defenseWhat we wrote: The Terrapins defense has been wrecked by injuries and off-the-field issues, and has continuously started different lineups throughout the season. Maryland hung tough with Wake Forest in the first half last week, tied 7-7. However, the Demon Deacons exploded for 24 second-half points to pick up the 31-10 victory. NC State's passion for a victory should be at a high for this season at the start of the second half. The impact should be felt while the Terrapins start to wear down from having a lack of depth on defense.What happened: This might have been where the Pack did the best job on the day. NC State ran an astounding 96 plays against the Terps and controlled the time of possession, with a 34:53-25:07 advantage. It was evident at the end of the game that the Terrapin defense, which forced all four of its turnovers is the first half, was beyond worn down at the end of the game and had no answer for NC State's offense. Pound, pound, pound What we wrote: This game is for the NC State offensive line, which outside of having to block Maryland star junior defensive tackle Joe Vellano, should be poised for a big game. Teams have been running the football down the throat of the Maryland defense throughout the second half of the season. Boston College rolled up 372 rushing yards on 62 carries, with running back Rolandan Finch tallying 243 yards and two scores on 39 carries Oct. 29. Virginia followed with 220 yards on 45 carries, with star back Perry Jones rushing for 139 and two touchdowns on 22 carries Nov. 5.What happened: NC State rushed the ball 41 times and tried to pound it, but ran for a total of just 133 yards, good for an average of 3.2 yards per carry. O'Brien noted after the game that running back James Washington wasn't his normal self - some tough running at the end helped him total 90 yards rushing - but the Pack was effective with its short passes taking the place of a rushing attack and Tony Creecy totaled 101 all-purpose yards, thanks to eight receptions. However, the Pack was effective on the ground when it mattered the most; the team gained 69 yards on the ground in the final frame after rushing for 64 yards in the first three quarters. Don't give Maryland anything easyWhat we wrote: Redshirt junior quarterback Mike Glennon snapped a four-game streak of throwing an interception against Clemson. He had thrown six interceptions between playing at Florida State, North Carolina and at Boston College. The 6-foot-6, 232-pounder has a strong arm and has been relatively patient in the passing game this season, but has accumulated 12 interceptions on the season. NC State hasn't lost a game this season when the defense forces at least three turnovers, but that also goes hand-in-hand with the Wolfpack offense playing error-free football. Maryland doesn't need any assistance today.What happened: As we mentioned earlier, this was an epic fail for the Pack in the first half and on Maryland's first drive of the second half. However, the Pack tightened up after that and Maryland began giving the game away with turnovers and costly penalties. It certainly was the tale of two halves for State today. Matchups to watchWhat we wrote: Maryland offensive line vs. NC State defensive line: Both Maryland and NC State have battled injuries this season on the lines. Maryland has allowed 15 sacks and 4.8 rushing yards per game, but are breaking in new starters at left guard and center. NC State fifth-year senior defensive tackle J.R. Sweezy should have a favorable matchup on the interior.What happened: Maryland kept mobile quarterback C.J. Brown pretty clean by allowing just two sacks, but the home team came through with six tackles behind the line of scrimmage. Sweezy finished with four tackles, including one for loss, and forced a fumble while defensive tackle Markus Kuhn chipped in a tackle behind the line of scrimmage and Darryl Cato-Bishop notched half a sack.What we wrote: NC State wide receivers vs. Maryland cornerbacks: Maryland benched senior cornerback Cameron Chism, in favor of fellow senior Trenton Hughes. Sophomore Dexter McDougle starts on the opposite side. NCSU seniors Jay Smith, T.J. Graham and Steven Howard, and redshirt junior Tobais Palmer, will be looking to have a big game against Hughes and McDougle.What happened: Glennon enjoyed a big day and tied the school record for touchdown responsibility (6) and also tied the program mark with five scoring throws. However, it wasn't really the wide outs that did the majority of the damage, although fifth-year senior Jay Smith did tally six catches for 63 yards and a score. Most of the aerial attack was spurned by tight end George Bryan (8 catches for 79 yards and a score) and running back Tony Creecy (8 receptions for 52 yards and two scores). T.J. Graham also hauled in four passes and Tobais Palmer tallied a touchdown through the air. Stats to watchWhat we wrote: 10: Number of games between Maryland and NC State that have been decided by 10 points or fewer over the last 11 contests.What happened: O'Brien said after the game that the seniors on the team would not be denied this win and, based on the player's post-game comments, they were intent on making Maryland feel it. It looked like it would be another game with less than 10 points differential on the final tally, but cornerback C.J. Wilson's pick-six with 27 seconds to go gave the Pack a 15-point victory. What we wrote: 20: NCSU seniors who will be honored during pregame ceremonies. Eight of the seniors are expected to start against Maryland. What happened: As mentioned earlier, a lot of the post-game comments centered around getting this one for the senior class and ensuring a bowl game. Mission accomplished. Play of the game: The comeback never would have been possible without a key fourth-down conversion from Glennon to Bryan. On fourth-and-12 with time in the third quarter ticking down, Glennon found his tight end for a 16-yard completion. The Pack finished the drive with an 11-yard touchdown pass from Glennon to Creecy on the first play of the fourth quarter. Run of the game: NC State forced a Maryland turnover on their first play of the drive after cutting the lead to 41-28. After starting with the ball at the Terps' 26, two short passes moved the Pack to the Maryland 11. After dropping back and finding nobody open, Glennon tucked the ball and headed towards the goal-line. It looked like he even got in, although he was ruled down inside the one and he snuck it in on the ensuing play to close the gap to 41-35. Pass of the game: It's been a rough year for Bryan, who has been receiving extra attention from opponents all year, but he performed like the two-time All-ACC tight end that he is today. He snared a seven-yard touchdown pass from Glennon in the fourth quarter with just over two minutes left that extended the Pack's lead from one point to 49-41. Hit of the game: After the Pack took a one-point lead in the fourth quarter, Maryland was looking to respond but Brown was dropped for a one-yard loss on first down. The next play, Sweezy absolutely blew up a Davin Meggett run in the backfield for a loss of three with a nice hit. An incompletion and punt followed for the Terps. Special teams play of the game: With Maryland out to a 14-7 lead, it appeared like the Terps would make it a three-possession game with a 40-yard field goal from Nick Ferrara. However, Kuhn broke through to get a hand on the kick and it never had a chance. Manning returned the loose ball 21 yards to the NC State 43. Offensive player of the game: Although Glennon had a rough start, he was poised and very good after the break. He went 20-of-30 for 183 yards and three scores after the break while he tied school records for touchdown responsibility (6), touchdown throws (5) and set career-highs for pass attempts (55) and completions (36) - both stand among the Pack's top-ten all-time performances. Defensive player of the game: It was kind of surprising to look at the final stat sheet and see that Manning tallied just seven tackles. He was all over the field and also tallied 0.5 sacks, 1.5 tackles for loss, two forced fumbles, one fumble recovery and a quarterback hurry. It's a different defense for the Pack when Manning is not in the game. Special teams player of the game: Freshman punter Wil Baumann was called on to kick four times and averaged 39.2 yards per attempt, with a long of 51 yards. ...More... To continue reading this article you must be a member. Sign Up Now! | 体育 |
2014-15/0971/en_head.json.gz/2257 | Success hinges on Pryor's improvement
Ari Wasserman
BuckeyeGrove.comCOLUMBUS - Coming into his freshman season at Ohio State, quarterback Terrelle Pryor was arguably the most hyped recruit in the history of the college football recruitment game. Needless to say, the only thing that trumped the excitement to watch him play entering last season were the lofty expectations that came along with it. Last year, however, Pryor had the freshman inexperience to fall back on as a crutch just in case everything didn't go according to plan. This season, significant improvement isn't something that people are hoping for but rather expecting. Leading a program of Ohio State's national relevance could be cause for some serious stress, but Pryor's confidence in his ability to make those significant strides could lead to an explosion in his sophomore season. "I expected a lot of improvement (from myself) game after game last year," Pryor said. "I think I improved a little bit. Maybe the passes weren't exactly on point, but I tried and worked hard in every practice and I improved and improved. I will try not to let anyone down, but I am not perfect. No one is perfect. I just come out and play football."In what is a testament to his accomplishments of last season, Pryor admitted to the media that he was truly a rookie when taking over the reigns of the Ohio State offense from then-senior Todd Boeckman early in the year. When regarding the actual understanding of the game, Pryor said that he wasn't fully clued in on everything that was going on around him, whether that means running his own offense or reading the sets of the opposing defenses. This year, Pryor said all that has changed. "I didn't know the offense and I didn't know defenses, and that's a big factor," Pryor said of last season. "I pretty much jumped in. We didn't have time. I came here in the summer time and I didn't have time to spend with coaches 1-on-1 and stuff like that. "(Now) I know the defenses (snap of his fingers) like that," Pryor added.What cannot go ignored is Pryor's progress when it comes to throwing the football given he had been labeled as a pure-rushing quarterback that had issues in the passing game last year. The No. 1 question regarding whether or not Pryor will live up to the improvements is if he will make those steps in the passing game. Ohio State's success is probably hinging on their aerial attack in 2009 and Pryor has done everything he can to be a better passer this season. Now that quarterbacks coach Nick Siciliano is the passing coordinator, Pryor said he expects Ohio State's offense to look different in the passing game and the Buckeyes will try and "get the ball downfield more." "Just footwork and stuff like that. We are working on it," Pryor said of his passing mechanics. "There are a lot of things that go with it. Techniques with the footwork and keeping the back foot good, follow through, drive through, and stuff like that. We just need to work on it� There are things I am working on to get (the new techniques) to be second nature."We will see if I can throw on Sept. 5," Pryor added. "We will look pretty good. We have athletes all around and its up to me to get the ball to them and once I get the ball to them they will go to work with it." While Pryor could be one of the more gifted athletes in terms of athleticism to play at Ohio State for a long time, the fact of the matter is this isn't high school any more. Each opponent has top-grade athletes and the Big Ten Conference is a top-notch group of schools.Pryor understands that now, even if he made some things look easy last season as a freshman. "In high school ball, you just go out and ball. You go out and have fun and score as many touchdowns as you can," Pryor said. "In college you have great coaches all around and they can teach you all types of different things, and techniques and stuff like that. It's a lot different in college."Labeled as one of the best players in the conference, if not the country, the pressure will surely be on Pryor to perform not only on the ground, but also in the passing game. "I can really care less about what people outside the locker room think," Pryor said. What really is important is what he and his teammates think, Pryor said, and knowing the attitude toward the game that he possesses, anything less than those expectations won't be good enough. Like he said, Pryor will let the games decide. ...More... To continue reading this article you must be a member. Sign Up Now! | 体育 |
2014-15/0971/en_head.json.gz/2259 | DSA wraps up recruiting with 95.5
A.J. Jacobson
Duck Sports AuthorityThe Oregon Ducks reeled in a top ten recruiting class, and Duck Sports Authority joined Portland's flagship sports station 95.5 The Game to discuss the results.95.5 The Game's Chad Doing: Even though the Ducks missed out on the defensive ends and defensive tackles that they wanted, I think all in all you have got to look at the program and say 'wow, Chip Kelly has this thing going in high gear' and he's got it going in the right direction. De'Anthony Thomas is obviously huge, the Black Mamba, and Colt Lyerla. Who is the best player that they got? Is it De'Anthony or Colt?A.J. Jacobson: Well, I absolutely refuse to answer that. You can look at these guys and you can see what they do today and right now, but the answer is going to be in three to four to five years. When they go through their career at Oregon, then let's sit down and we'll talk about who was the best they had. But you can't go wrong with the Black Mamba or Colt Lyerla. Both those two guys are just ridiculous, sickening athletes that didn't even exist when I was in high school. Doing: When you look at Thomas, great speed, he's a playmaker, and he has the ability much like Colt Lyerla that are both listed as athletes, they can be used in so many different ways. I think it was after you came on the show yesterday Rick Kimbrel from Rivals, he said that De'Anthony was the best player he had seen in person. He also said that much like Rocket Ishmael during his time at Notre Dame, that Chip Kelly could line him up in several different spots and just find ways to get the ball in his hands and just let him make plays.Jacobson: I'm sure he can do exactly that. The thing with Thomas is yesterday he indicated that he is looking at running back at Oregon and that's the first I had heard of that but of course we haven't really talked to Thomas that much it was such a new thing. You look at the Oregon offense and for him you could talk about running back or wide receiver or Tazer, pretty much anything but the big grunts up front. On the other side of the ball, I've seen film of De'Anthony Thomas just lighting guys up there for Crenshaw High School. The thing is Crenshaw plays in one of the best high school leagues in the country (Los Angeles City Section). So even though it is high school, they are playing against really good athletes there in that league. When De'Anthony Thomas can excel like he has down there, that's as good as exceling anywhere in the country. I think Chip Kelly has really got something that he wants and that is a versatile athlete. As the recruiting classes come in and they hit and miss, a guy like De'Anthony Thomas or Colt Lyerla, they can fill in so many positions. That makes them more valuable than just their athletic ability.Link to the full interview: Post LOI chat with 95.5 The GameStay tuned to Duck Sports Authority as we transition into next year's recruiting crop of 2012, with an eye on spring football practices beginning in less than two months. ...More... To continue reading this article you must be a member. Sign Up Now! | 体育 |
2014-15/0971/en_head.json.gz/2260 | 2013 standout visits bowl practice
Rivals.com Football RecruitingCOLLEGE PARK,MD -Washington (D.C.) Dunbar offensive lineman Derwin Gray is only a junior right now, but his stock is skyrocketing in the eyes of many colleges despite missing almost all of his junior season due to academics. The big lineman visited practice at the Chesapeake Bowl on Thursday and has some goals in mind."I want to improve my footwork and especially get quicker off the ball," said the 6-foot-5, 255-pound Gray. "I also want to work on shooting my hands better."Numerous schools like Notre Dame, Miami and Michigan are interested in the standout lineman. Gray holds offers from 11 schools, including Auburn, Michigan State, Tennessee, Clemson and Maryland."I think Auburn, Rutgers and few others really fit my playing style because I'm an athletic guy and I can do a bunch of different things and can fit into different schemes."Playing style isn't the only thing that Gray is taking into consideration."Education is probably the most important part of my decision," he said. "My parents and I are trying to pick the right school where I can get a good education and succeed on the field."Gray, who recently took a visit to Rutgers, is planning on visiting West Virginia and Auburn."I just got back from Rutgers last week. It's a great school and I liked getting closer with the coaching staff and talking with a few of the players," explained Gray. "I plan on going to West Virginia on February 11th for their junior day and talking with the coaching staff. I also want to see what type of schemes they run and how I could fit in."Rutgers, West Virginia and Auburn are all in different conferences and Gray says he favors one over the others."Most people say the SEC is the most competitive. I want to play against the best and go where the most competition is so I can display my skills. I'll probably go to Auburn during the summer sometime."Gary is back on track after missing most of his junior year due to some academic snafus. Despite the hiccup, no schools have backed off."None at all," he said. "It was frustrating not to be able to play out there with my teammates, but I have a great senior season to look forward to." ...More... To continue reading this article you must be a member. Sign Up Now! | 体育 |
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Nineteenth Century Stars (2012 Edition) Authored by
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With almost 150 years of baseball history, the stories of many players from before 1900 were long obscured. The Society for American Baseball Research (SABR) first attempted to remedy this in 1989 by publishing a collection of 136 fascinating biographies of talented late-1800s players. Twenty-three years later, "Nineteenth Century Stars" has been updated with revised stats and re-released in both a new paperback and in ebook form.Baseball didn't begin as the strictly professional business it is today. Back in the late 1800s, the game changed rapidly: rules, teams, and even leagues varied wildly from year to year. From that primordial soup of competition, camaraderie, and commerce rose the game as we know it. "Nineteenth Century Stars" collects the biographies of 136 men from baseball's early era, the players and club members who played and shaped the game pre-1900. While some stars of the era have "name recognition" and inclusion in the National Baseball Hall of Fame, most would be unknown to modern baseball fans were it not for this book. Alongside Louis Sockalexis, Dummy Hoy, and Alfred Reach are the tales of Icebox Chamberlain, Lipman Pike, and Toad Ramsey. The photographs may be black and white, but the life stories can be quite colorful. These men were more than just baseball players: some owned businesses, others were doctors, one became an evangelist (and a few even became murderers). Nineteenth Century Stars is a labor of SABR's Nineteenth Century Committee. Founded in 1983, the committee first released the book in 1989. Since then, both SABR and the committee have grown more than ten-fold, and interest in baseball's origins has increased. Many wonderful new books on the era are appearing, but Nineteenth Century Stars remains one of the founding works of the nineteenth century baseball canon, including the works of many writers, including Robert L. Tiemann, Mark Rucker, John Thorn, Joseph M. Overfield, Paul Adomites, Richard Puff, and L. Robert Davids.
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2014-15/0971/en_head.json.gz/2354 | Oregon State’s Sean Mannion Earns Manning Award Player of the Week Honor
Sean Mannion, a junior from Oregon State, has been selected as Manning Award Player of the Week. He earns the win over seven other Manning Award Stars of the Week in the Allstate Sugar Bowl's Facebook contest. This is Mannion’s second win of the season.Mannion, a Pleasanton, Calif. native, set a school record for passing touchdowns while tallying his third 400-yard game of the year in leading the Beavers to their fourth straight victory, 44-17, over Colorado. He completed 27-of-52 passes for 414 yards with six touchdowns and just one interception. He was also selected the Pac-12 Conference’s Offensive Player of the Week for the second time this season. He is the first player in the league to be a multi-weekly winner of the offensive, defensive or special teams honor. He leads the nation for touchdown passes with 21 and for yards with 2,018. He has thrown for over 350 yards in five consecutive games, which is also a school record. Mannion’s top competitors in this week’s competition were Nevada’s Cody Fajardo and Georgia’s Aaron Murray. Fajardo, who rushed for 81 yards and two scores, led the Wolf Pack to a thrilling 45-42 comeback victory over Air Force. Murray threw the game-winning touchdown pass with 1:47 to go to cap another strong week, this time leading the Bulldogs to a win over sixth-ranked LSU, 44-41, while also passing Peyton Manning for career passing yards.Check out the final fan voting numbers on Facebook here. The Manning Award was created by the Allstate Sugar Bowl in 2004 to honor the college football accomplishments of Archie, Peyton and Eli Manning. It is the only quarterback award that includes the candidates' bowl performances in its balloting. Visit the Manning Award page here. While the Manning Award selected 30 quarterbacks for its preseason Watch List, additional quarterbacks are expected to be added to the Watch List later in the season. The 10 finalists for the honor will be announced on Wednesday, Nov. 27 and the winner is scheduled to be announced following the BCS National Championship game on Monday, Jan. 6. The Manning Award will be recognizing its 10th winner this year. USC's Matt Leinart was the inaugural winner of the award in 2005, followed by Texas' Vince Young in 2006. Both went on to be top 10 NFL draft picks. In 2007, LSU's JaMarcus Russell earned the award and was the NFL's No. 1 draft pick. Boston College's Matt Ryan claimed the award in 2008 and was drafted No. 3, quickly becoming the starting quarterback for the Atlanta Falcons. In 2009, Florida star Tim Tebow earned the honor - he also went on to be selected in the first round of the NFL Draft. The 2010 winner was Texas signal-caller Colt McCoy, the winningest quarterback in college football history, who was selected by the Cleveland Browns in the draft. McCoy was followed by top-two NFL Draft picks - Auburn's Cameron Newton earned the award in 2011, prior to being selected No. 1 overall by the Carolina Panthers and then Robert Griffin, III, from Baylor, was the 2012 winner prior to being the No. 2 overall pick by the Washington Redskins. This past season's winner was Texas A&M star Johnny Manziel, who became the first freshman to earn the honor. -AllstateSugarBowl.org- | 体育 |
2014-15/0971/en_head.json.gz/2374 | Updated Jul 8, 2013 - 10:43 am Spring training's fifth starter competition has bred recent results for D-backs
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Arizona Diamondbacks pitcher Tyler Skaggs throws in the first inning during a baseball game against the Colorado Rockies on Friday, July 5, 2013, in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Rick Scuteri)
With Patrick Corbin notching his 10th win of the season on Sunday, three of the last five Arizona Diamondbacks wins belong to the trio of pitchers who were competing for the final spot in the team's starting rotation during spring training.
It was Corbin, of course, who ultimately earned the spot over Tyler Skaggs and Randall Delgado, going undefeated in Cactus League play and through the first three months of the regular season, before getting stuck with his first loss on Tuesday at Citi Field against the New York Mets. It seemed apparent by mid-spring training that Corbin would prevail in the competition if he could only find a way to maintain some level of congruence to his performance in the first few weeks of spring. He did, breaking camp with a 2.81 ERA over 25.2 innings pitched, but the decision to give the 23-year-old left-hander the spot didn't keep the other two candidates from making a recent impact in the rotation they failed to make just a few months ago.
Delgado, the new, 23-year-old face at Salt River Fields when Diamondbacks pitchers and catchers reported in late February, turned in a Cactus League performance that was riddled with mediocrity -- compiling a 7.45 ERA and a 1.97 WHIP in 19.1 innings pitched. But Wednesday, the Panamanian national outpitched Mets' phenom Matt Harvey, earning the win to snap the rotation's 24-game winless streak. Delgado struck out nine and walked none in the performance, while allowing just two Mets baserunners to score. Acquired in the trade that sent Justin Upton to the Atlanta Braves, Delgado's win earlier in the week was his first as a D-back.
The other challenger for the job, Skaggs, was widely considered the odds-on favorite to win the intra-squad competition, garnering a reputation as the Diamondbacks' No. 1 prospect prior to the 2013 season. The 21-year-old southpaw had dazzled scouts with his pitching repertoire in each of his previous three professional seasons, showcasing a curveball that drew comparisons to that of Cole Hamels. But Skaggs faltered during spring training, dropping out of contention for the spot before either of the other candidates after accruing an 11.00 ERA while lasting a combined nine innings in his four starts. Opponents batted .350 against him and his WHIP ended up at a 2.44 mark.
Skaggs, the former Angels' prospect who, along with Corbin, came to the Diamondbacks organization in the Dan Haren trade in 2010, got his third call-up of the season on Friday, getting the nod against the Rockies to kickoff a 10-game homestand. He tossed eight innings of shut out baseball, allowing just four of the visiting Rockies batters to reach base while striking out five.
Then, on Sunday, Corbin provided the rotation with something he's been bringing virtually all calendar year -- a quality start -- in an encore performance for the Diamondbacks' dominant showing in their series against the Rockies. The All-Star matched Skaggs' Friday night effort of eight innings, allowing three hits and one walk while giving up a single earned run. With the Diamondbacks' Opening Day No. 2 and 3 starters, Trevor Cahill and Brandon McCarthy, both on the disabled list, the opportunity for all of the original Diamondbacks' No. 5 starter candidates to impact the team's starting mix has emerged and, thus far, materialized.
"I'll tell you what," catcher Miguel Montero said after Sunday's game, "those young busters coming up have been doing a darn good job."
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Share this article: Carl LewisCandidate forNew Jersey Senate District 8PartyDemocraticEducationHigh schoolWillingboro High SchoolBachelor'sattended University of HoustonPersonalBirthdayJuly 1, 1961Place of birthBirmingham, AlabamaProfessionOlympian - Track and FieldWebsitesPersonal websiteCampaign website Contents
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Carl Lewis (b. July 1, 1961) was a 2011 Democratic candidate for District 8 of the New Jersey State Senate. Lewis was ordered off the ballot on September 22 after an extended legal battle over his residency. (See: Candidacy challenges below)
Carl Lewis Biography
Lewis is a nine-time Olympic gold medalist in Track and Field. In 1983, Lewis won the first three of his eight World Championship Gold Medals at the Track and Field Championships in Helsinki, Finland. The following year, he captured four Olympic Gold Medals at the Summer Games in Los Angeles. His career as a track and field champion continued through 1996. In all, he won nine Gold Medals of an overall 10 Olympic medals. Lewis as named Olympian of the Century by Sports Illustrated and Sportsman of the Century by the International Olympic Committee. In light of his achievements, Lewis founded the Carl Lewis Foundation, a charitable endeavor with a special focus on youth physical education and fitness. He has also served as a volunteer track-and-field coach at his alma mater, Willingboro High School.
Lewis attended the University of Houston. Issues
Campaign themes
On his campaign website, Lewis lists these issues as his "Agenda for Change":[1]
Make New Jersey More Affordable - "I will call on the Legislature to impose a freeze on state government spending, as well a requirement that all departments and agencies justify every taxpayer dollar they plan to spend. I will also support efforts to end duplication in government, erasing the multiple layers of bureaucracy through "shared services" among counties and municipalities."
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2014-15/0971/en_head.json.gz/2393 | Teeing it up for a friend and to fight Alzheimer’s
By Patrick Donahue
pdonahue@effinghamherald.net
Rincon Mayor Ken Lee, center, holds a proclamation of support for the second annual David Jimenez Open, to be held Oct. 6 at Lost Plantation Golf Club. Alongside are Joe Fletcher and Arlene Jimenez.
Even as David Jimenez slipped into the grasp of Alzheimer’s, he continued to play golf and impart lessons about the game he loved.
Today, he’s a resident at Savannah Commons’ Arbors Memory Care facility, but his friends and supporters will be teeing it up at Lost Plantation for Jimenez and the thousands of others afflicted with Alzheimer’s.
The second annual David Jimenez Open Golf Tournament will be held at Lost Plantation Golf Club on Oct. 6, with a shotgun start at 9 a.m., skill contests, prizes and a silent auction to follow. The tournament, a four-person captain’s choice scramble, is open to the first 36 teams, and single players are welcome.
But the main goal isn’t just low scores — it’s raising money and awareness for Alzheimer’s.
“David is marvelous. He’s a wonderful guy,” said his wife Arlene Jimenez. “Everyone loves him.”
Even as Jimenez suffered from Alzheimer’s, the new friends he made at Lost Plantation Golf Club in Rincon, including Joe Fletcher, continued to get him out on the course.
“The members at Lost Plantation were amazing to us,” Arlene said. “When we first moved here, he could still play but could not keep score. Joe took him under his wing and off they would go to the golf course. That was David’s element.”
David Jimenez continued to play until about three years ago, but his impact on his golfing partners continues.
“He had just the greatest manners,” Fletcher said. “He taught all of us at Lost Plantation to congratulate each other when you finish your round. So now we all do that. He got us all taking our hats off. It just make you feel more like a pro.”
David Jimenez started playing golf when he was 8 years old in Puerto Rico, alongside his childhood friend, World Golf Hall of Fame member Chi Chi Rodriguez. They would pick up balls at a local course and began playing from there.
“He knew from an early age golf was his passion,” Arlene said of David.
Jimenez joined the PGA Tour in 1967 and that year had his best career finish, seventh at the Minnesota Open. He was in his third year on the tour when he was driving in Puerto Rico, and a truck hit him head-on. The accident broke his right arm and crushed his left arm.
“They were thinking they had to amputate his arm,” Arlene said. “They told him he wouldn’t play golf again. He told them ‘I will qualify for the tour again.’”
Doctors put his arm back together, and Jimenez rejoined the tour in 1971. He represented Puerto Rico five times in World Cup tournaments.
He became a club professional, becoming head pro at Virginia’s Wintergreen Resort, in 1975 and tied for first at the PGA Club Pro Championship that year. He was an exempt player on the PGA European Senior Tour from 1989-97.
Jimenez was head pro and director of golf at Wintergreen Resort until 1993. The friends he made in Virginia have banded together to sponsor a $25,000 hole-in-one contest at the upcoming tournament in his name.
“His Virginia golf family adores him,” Arlene said. “Some of the cart boys he had at 15 are now head pros at some of the prestigious courses in Virginia.”
David was the head pro at the West Bay Golf Club in Estero, Fla., when he first began to show symptoms. He was only 60 years old.
“You can get it in your 30s,” said Arlene Jimenez. “We’re seeing more and more early onset Alzheimer’s.”
According to the Alzheimer’s Association, someone in the U.S. develops the disease every 68 seconds. Estimates show that by 2050, someone will be afflicted with Alzheimer’s every 33 seconds.
“There’s no treatment,” Arlene said, “and there’s no cure.”
Among the items up for bid at the silent auction this year are a gift card from Wiley’s Home Center in Rincon and a sofa from Ashley Furniture. There are also more than $4,000 worth of rounds of golf, donated by 14 different courses, up for bid, and a golf vacation for four at Wintergreen Resort.
“The silent auction last year was wonderful,” Arlene said.
September is World Alzheimer’s Month, and the tournament also has a team for the Savannah Alzheimer’s Walk, which is the main fundraiser throughout the country.
“The money we raise through that goes to the Coastal Georgia Walk,” Arlene said.
The tournament also allows David’s friends to show off his adopted home course of Lost Plantation, which has undergone extensive work in the last year and a half.
“David would be so tickled,” Arlene said. “It’s such in great condition.”
But the main task is to raise awareness and education about Alzheimer’s and to raise to find treatments. Arlene started an Alzheimer’s support group at her church, St. Luke’s Episcopal, and she also beamed over the Effingham Care Center’s new wing dedicated to Alzheimer’s patients.
“It’s something we all really need to be proud of,” she said.
For more information, visit www.davidjimenezopen.org.
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2014-15/0971/en_head.json.gz/2404 | Fantasy Football: 4 Receivers Who Could Dethrone Calvin Johnson in 2012
By Marco Patitucci
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Calvin Johnson is almost unanimously projected as the top fantasy wideout for 2012. He crushed the wide receiver competition in 2011 by a margin of 44 points in standard scoring and simply looked unstoppable most of the season. A huge reason for Johnson’s most successful season yet was that Matthew Stafford was able to complete his first full season without serious injury. If Stafford and Johnson are healthy again, Megatron will be tough to dethrone as the No. 1 fantasy wide receiver, but here are four receivers who will have a shot.
Rob Carr/Getty Images Andre Johnson battled a hamstring injury and missed nine regular season games in 2011. However, he did return for Houston’s final three games and had a good showing in the playoffs (13 catches, 201 yards and a touchdown in two games). Still one of the most talented receivers in the game, Johnson is in a good situation with Houston where Matt Schaub likes to air it out while Arian Foster and Ben Tate keep defenses honest with their running and receiving out of the backfield. Schaub will be returning from a foot injury in 2012 and will be a key to Johnson’s success. The one concern with Johnson is that he has played nine seasons and has yet to record a double-digit touchdown campaign, while Calvin Johnson has three such seasons in his five-year career. « Prev
Gregory Shamus/Getty Images Hakeem Nicks simply took over in the postseason and ended any speculation that he might not be the top wideout in New York. Nicks was No. 1 among all playoff receivers and tight ends in receptions, yards and targets. He was tied for first in touchdowns with 49ers tight end Vernon Davis. Nicks also caught the most postseason passes that resulted in first downs (19). Nicks has two consecutive years in the top 12 for wide receiver scoring, and if the postseason is any indication, he is set for a breakout. Eli Manning and Nicks really solidified their place as a top quarterback-receiver combo in 2011, and with each seemingly still improving, 2012 could be a huge year for Nicks.
Christian Petersen/Getty Images The Arizona Cardinals did Fitzgerald a solid by using their first-round selection on wide receiver Michael Floyd of Notre Dame. Now defenses must account for two quality receivers with size. In addition, Fitzgerald’s fantasy production actually picked up from a down 2010 despite inconsistency at quarterback from both Kevin Kolb and John Skelton. He posted a career-high 17.6 yards per catch. Fitzgerald was the fourth-most targeted receiver of 2011 and is his team’s clear No. 1 offensive threat. A return to double-digit touchdowns is likely with the addition of Floyd and a bit of steady quarterback play from Kolb. Fitzgerald had double-digit touchdown receptions in 2005 and from 2007 to 2009.
Chris Trotman/Getty Images Julio Jones was the No. 19 fantasy scoring wide receiver in 2011, his first season in the NFL. Roddy White was still the Falcons’ clear No. 1 in 2011, but at 30 years old, he’s nearing the end of his prime years. White’s superior production was a result of nearly twice as many targets, a statistic in which he led the league. Jones was superior to White in a few key areas, though, such as YPC, YAC and AYAC (Average Yards After Catch). He had an AYAC of 7.44 while White tacked on an AYAC of only 3.64. Jones is probably the longest-shot of the group to overtake Johnson, but if he gets 120 to 130 targets instead of the 96 he had last season (a real possibility), Jones has the goods to make a run at top five for wide receivers and at Calvin Johnson for the No. 1 spot. | 体育 |
2014-15/0971/en_head.json.gz/2405 | Want more real-time Chicago White Sox news?
Orlando Hudson to White Sox: Should Gordon Beckham Be Worried?
By Tom Firme
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Orlando Hudson signed with the Chicago White Sox on Saturday, according to ESPNChicago. The signing of Hudson adds a dimension to a White Sox infield that had been short on depth. Also, it may challenge White Sox second baseman Gordon Beckham, who has been struggling at the plate since his hot rookie year.Hudson was released by the San Diego Padres on Thursday after an unimpressive 35-game stint. Hudson was a consistent presence on the basepaths, reaching base in 31 of his 35 games with the Padres, but he still ended up with a .211 batting average and a .260 on-base percentage since he rarely reached base twice in a game.He had an NL-leading five triples in his time in San Diego. Also, he had a 10-game hitting streak, running from April 15 to 27.For his career, Hudson has been a decent hitter. He's a career .276 hitter. The 34-year-old second baseman has hit .280 four times in his career and has hit .300 once. The last two seasons have been the only ones in which he's hit worse than .250.Also, this season is the first time he's had an on-base percentage worse than .310.Still, he could serve as competition for Beckham. Beckham hasn't hit well since his rookie year in 2009. Beckham had a .317 on-base percentage with nine home runs in 2010.In 2011, he had a .296 on-base percentage with 10 home runs. This season, he holds a meager .276 on-base percentage with three home runs.
Will Orlando Hudson replace Gordon Beckham as the White Sox's starting second baseman?
Indeed, Beckham is one of the premier fielding second basemen. He was third in the AL in range factor per game as a second baseman (4.92) in 2010. In 2011, he was second (4.80).Hudson is just as good as Beckham as a fielder. He led the AL in range factor per game as a second baseman (5.11) for the fourth time in 2010.Beckham may be a great fielder, but he's coming to the point that former White Sox center fielder Brian Anderson was at in 2008. Like Beckham, Anderson was a great fielder who didn't hit well. Such players don't last very long these days.Beckham will have respond to the challenge in order to keep his place in the middle of the White Sox infield. Hudson won't be a long-term replacement for Beckham, but the White Sox might have to find a new second baseman if Beckham doesn't step up at the plate as the season wears on.
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2014-15/0971/en_head.json.gz/2473 | January 3/06 8:11 am - 2005 Year in Review-April & MayPosted by Editor on 01/3/06 2005 - A Year in ReviewYesterday we began our review of the 2005 season with the early months - January to March. Now we enter the "meat" of the cycling season, beginning with April and May.AprilIn Europe the season began with many of the traditional Classics, while the North American circuit got underway with Redlands. Eric Wohlberg gave Symmetrics a fine result with his fifth place overall (and the team finished fourth overall). In the women's race Erinne Willock (Webcor) showed that she is now ready to take on a team leadership role with a fourth place finish overall.One of the biggest events of the month (from a Canadian perspective) was Marie-Helene Premont's victory at the first round of the World Cup in Spa Francorchamps, Belgium. Premont became the first rider since 2002 to beat World and Olympic champion Gunn-Rita Dahle. Marie-Helene also donned the blue World Cup leader's jersey.The CCA continued to move forward after the hiring of COO (Chief Operating Officer) Steve Lacelle by filling the Mountain Bike Coach position (Michel Leblanc) and advertising for a number of other positions (which would be gradually filled over the next few months).Ryder Hesjedal had the opportunity to ride the Paris-Roubaix with Discovery, and spoke with us about his experience afterwards (Daily News April 10th):RH - The cobbles ... it is insane, full speed. You are always fighting, always at the limit, even before the cobbles. The short sections, 500 metres aren't so bad, over pretty quick, but some sections are 2K, 3K, 4K long ... Just have to stay composed.CC - How does the pounding comparing to mountain biking?RH - There is no comparison. There really isn't any pounding in mountain biking, you get shaken up, but you aren't on the saddle taking the pounding from every crevice of the cobbles for 7 hours.CC - Where does it hurt the most?RH - I don't know yet, just exhaustion right now. I guess I will know tomorrow. (laughs)Hesjedal finished the month off with a strong performance in the Tour of Romandie, placing 10th in the Prologue and 32nd overall, ensuring himself a spot on the Discovery Giro d'Italia squad.In mountain biking, Canadians completely dominated Sea Otter, with Geoff Kabush and Alison Sydor winning the overall titles (and the final deciding cross-country stage). Wendy Simms took third overall in the women's race. Roland Green impressed in his first race back, finishing 8th overall.This was a banner week for Geoff Kabush: He had his birthday on the Thursday, and got engaged, then won Sea Otter. "It was a pretty big week". Geoff's fiance is Keri Pink, who works for Smith Optics, and whom he met at the Interbike the previous fall. You will notice that he is wearing custom pink Smith sunglasses - Photo...On the road side, Gord Fraser won the men's Prologue to take the leader's jersey briefly (and finished second overall). Fraser went on a week later to win the final stage of the Tour de Georgia. Tom Danielson (Discovery) took the overall Georgia title, with Dominique Perras (Kodak Gallery-Sierra Nevada) the top Canadian in 28th place - followed by Kabush in 31st!At the Pan American Road and Track Championships, Mandy Poitras and Gina Grain took silver and bronze respectively in the women's Scratch Race, Travis Smith a bronze in the Kilo, Charles Dionne a silver in the men's road race and the Canadian squad of Smith, Cam MacKinnon and Yannik Morin a silver in the Team Sprint.MayCanada had two riders in the Giro d'Italia (something we haven't seen for a while...) - Michael Barry and Ryder Hesjedal. Both started very strongly, recording top-20 results in the Prologue (15th and 18th respectively). While Barry would go on to finish (in 101st place), Hesjedal had a bad crash in the 6th stage, forcing him to withdraw a few days later (13th stage).Marie-Helene Premont showed that her win a few weeks earlier in the World Cup opener wasn't a fluke, finishing second to Gunn-Rita Dahle. Dahle took over the series lead (by having the most recent win). Canadian men were conspicuous by their absence - none of the top riders were coming to Europe for the World Cups, and Max Plaxton was suffering a series of mishaps which would end up plaguing his entire season.Lyne Bessette returned to the road after spending the early part of the season racing off-road. The dirt riding didn't seem to hurt her pavement abilities too much - she finished fifth overall in the Tour de l'Aude, with Erinne Willock a strong 9th.As part of its restructuring, the CCA announced late in the month that it would be cutting funding to Downhill. This meant that the national DH champions would no longer receive funding to attend the world championships. Reaction on the Forums was immediate, with the Downhill supporters decrying the removal of support, and others pointing out that federal funding is tied to Olympic sports, which DH is not. The jury is still out on this one...The CCA published the preliminary criteria for the Commonwealth Games, proposing a team of 19 athletes, but only 2 each (men and women) for mountain bike (3 are allowed under CG rules). We (CC) immediately pointed out that this made no sense (in our opinion), since mountain bike is the discipline where Canada has the greatest chance of medalling (multiple medals, in fact). The discussion is ongoing still, and the CCA did up the women's team by 1 in the fall.The month ended with Genevieve Jeanson outduelling Erinne Willock (who finished 6th) to take her second Montreal World Cup win in three years - Jeanson was back.Tomorrow - June Return to Canadian Cyclist homepage | Back to Top | 体育 |
2014-15/0971/en_head.json.gz/2522 | Know when it’s too much
Larry Wilson
Jan 03, 2011 | 633 views | 0 | 5 | | A week ago the National Football League decided to postpone the Sunday night football game until Tuesday because of the heavy snowfall the Philadelphia area had experienced. Pennsylvania’s governor chided the powers that be in deciding to postpone the game as being a bunch of “wusses.” He asserted that “real men” could, and in fact should, play in any weather condition.Every football game is overflowing with enough testosterone to float many a battleship, but I think that given the weather and the condition of the roads leading to the stadium the decision to postpone the game was a prudent one. There could have been many accidents coming to and going from the stadium, not to mention that the crowd probably wouldn’t have as much desire to subject themselves to the cold as the overpaid, macho NFL players.If the weather had resulted in less-than-stellar attendance, the profits from the game would have plummeted along with the thermometer. You can’t pay the no-neck players their big wages if there is no money in the kitty to do so. Even with the delay, people had to shovel tons of snow from the stadium to make it presentable to both fans and players. With a more usable stadium, more fans would attend to spend more on refreshments during the game.I think the governor’s comments regarding the wusses are an indication of a more desperate problem our people need to address in this new year. As a society, we have fallen victim to doing everything because we are supposed to be able to do it whether or not it is feasible or even a good idea. We have shied away from calling a spade a spade even if it is the truth.As a people, somehow we have determined that everyone should have a college degree or a high school diploma. We don’t take into account that not everyone is capable of achieving these goals. We have literally dumbed down the process to achieve these goals to the point where it has cheapened the achievement. I am the first one to say that no one should disqualify themselves in the pursuit of a dream or goal, but at some point reality needs to kick in and people might have to adjust to pursuing plan B instead of plan A. It is wrong to let a person, any person, go along through life believing they will achieve plan A when in reality they might only have the tools to achieve plan B or maybe even plan C.In the ancient story of Pandora’s Box, after Pandora opened the box everything but Hope escaped. In remaining trapped, Hope was left for the human race to have something to hold onto while muddling through its existence on Earth. Reality also had to be at play in mankind’s future as well.Our people need to learn that they might have to, at some point in life, face the reality that they might not be able to achieve everything they dream — even in the face of being called a “wuss.” Each person has to have the ability to reach this realization on their own without society meting out this seemingly cruel determination. In doing this, people will be able to have a more assertive control of their destiny and society will be stronger as a result.I would rather see a strong determined society that is self-assured as to its prospects than a society that lives on with a false belief in its ability to achieve because no one has the gumption to point out that the goal is just not in the cards for them. People need to live by the line, “To thy own self be true” and know exactly when life has snowed them in.Larry Wilson is a 50-year resident of Sparks and a retired elementary school teacher. You can contact him at lawilson16@aol.com.
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2014-15/0971/en_head.json.gz/2547 | Dolphins sign Eric Green
The Dolphins reached into their own past be re-signing TE Eric Green, who last played for the team in 1995, and last played in the NFL in 1999. As we hear it, he was quoted as saying "I'm happy to be back in Miami, but I was wondering where Don Shula is these days?" After a few hours, the Dolphins realized their mistake, and contacted the current Eric Green, a db who last played in Arizona last season. They offered him a contract and told the other Green "oops!" A team spokesman said "you can understand our confusion, because the guys both have the same name. But we thank the elder Eric for understanding, and he's welcome to come in for a tryout." Posted by
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2014-15/0971/en_head.json.gz/2581 | By Nick BorgesESPN.comArchive
Chris Vivlamore of The Atlanta Journal-Constitution: The Hawks’ road woes are over — in dramatic fashion. Jeff Teague made a game-winner at the buzzer of the second overtime for a 127-125 victory over the Cavaliers on Thursday night at Quicken Loans Arena. It snapped a five-game road losing streak. Teague scored seven points in the final period. Kyrie Irving scored 12 points in the second overtime and four in the first for the Cavaliers, who lost their third consecutive game. There was some bad news for the Hawks as they lost two starters — Al Horford with a right shoulder injury in the first overtime and DeMarre Carroll to a sprained right thumb in the fourth quarter. Teague made a 3-pointer with 4.2 seconds remaining in the first overtime to tie the score at 108-108. A Cavaliers turnover gave the Hawks the ball with 2.4 seconds left. Teague’s final attempt failed, sending the game into a second extra period. The Hawks (16-13, 5-9 road) hadn’t won away from Philips Arena in more than a month.
Jason Lloyd of the Akron Beacon-Journal: Dion Waiters scored 20 points and shot 9-for-14 in his return from a wrist injury. He had good looks and didn’t really force anything, although he also had five turnovers. Waiters said after the game one of the officials approached him and admitted he blew the call on one of Waiters’ traveling violations. I found it interesting that when Brown was asked about Waiters and the jolt he brings to the offense both before and after the game, Brown spun it and instead spoke of the team’s lack of a defensive mentality. Brown also conceded that this team defends better when shots are falling, hence, having Waiters back helps the defensive mentality. But he stopped well short of saying Waiters contributes to the Cavs’ defense. It’s clear, and Brown is quick to admit, the Cavs are a much better offensive team with Waiters on the floor. Not only because of the shots he makes, but Waiters is also an underrated passer. The Cavs shot 39 percent in the three games he missed and averaged 88 points in losses to the Bulls and Pistons. They shot 52 percent Thursday.
Broderick Turner of the Los Angeles Times: Los Angeles still is coming to grips with the perception that its All-Star forward has become a target. Griffin was ejected by the officials after he was issued a technical foul along with Golden State's Andrew Bogut after the two had become entangled with 10:43 left in the game. It was Griffin's second technical foul of the game, his first coming when the Clippers power forward and Golden State reserve Draymond Green were given double technical fouls at the end of the third quarter. Green, who was fined $15,000 by the NBA for not leaving the court in a timely manner, was ejected after he hit Griffin with an elbow. It's that sort of thing that Green did that makes some think Griffin has been targeted by some of his opponents. "Everyone is a target at some point in their career," Clippers Coach Doc Rivers said. "And you just play through it. Blake is starting to let his game show, like, 'You can keep bumping me and hitting me, I'm just going to keep dropping 20s [points] and 14s [rebounds] on you.' And eventually it'll go away. And that's what he's doing and it will."
Erik Gundersen of The Columbian: The Blazers were sparked in the first half by Mo Williams, who hit three three-pointers in the first half to help the Blazers get going offensively. Williams scored 12 points and dished eight assists on the night in just over 23 minutes of play. While Williams' contributions can be vary from great to atrocious, he gives the game a different feel every time he is on the court and tonight he helped get the Blazers going early on. For Terry Stotts who coached Williams earlier in his career in Milwaukee, there isn't a better back-up point guard in the NBA. "That second unit was very productive in both halves and he (Williams) had a lot to do with it," said Stotts. "I think he's the best back-up point guard in the league and we're lucky to have him."
Jonathan Feigen of the Houston Chronicle: Declaring himself home, Gersson Rosas officially returned to the Rockets on Thursday with “some unfinished work to do.” Rosas spent three months as the Mavericks general manager before stepping down. He returns for his 10th season with the Rockets as executive vice president, largely in the role he had before he left along with Gianluca Pascucci in scouting and player personnel. “At the end of the day, they know where my heart is and they know that I’m committed to this organization, so the opportunity to come back is special. “Being a guy who’s grown up in Houston and being around in the championship years , that was my passion to bring a championship team back. It’s going to take time and it’s going to take a lot of effort, but being in a position to impact it at that level is very special to me.” Rosas was a key member of Daryl Morey’s staff in putting together the current roster, including a central role in recruiting Dwight Howard.
Ronald Tillery of The Commercial-Appeal: Zach Randolph put in another shift on the basketball court with a dominant, all-around performance. The Grizzlies’ power forward and demonstrative leader also let it all hang out in the locker room Thursday night following a 100-92 loss to the Houston Rockets in the Toyota Center. Randolph didn’t even take the time to get dressed before saying what everyone in the locker room was thinking. Randolph sharply blamed the officials for the Grizzlies’ two-game winning streak coming to an end. Houston attempted 40 free throws to 20 for Memphis. Rockets guard James Harden took a staggering 25 foul shots. “It’s obvious. It was the refs tonight,” Randolph said. “It was 8 on 5. In the second half, (Harden) was getting to the free throw line every time. We’re playing hard and they (the officials) were dictating the game. It can’t be like that. We’re out here playing too. It was a horrible game by the refs tonight. Awful.” Randolph’s remarks about how the referees handled the charity stripe likely won’t be free. It is against NBA rules to publicly criticize the officiating so Randolph likely will be fined.
Dan McCarney of the San Antonio Express-News: Danny Green was apparently introduced with the starting lineup before ceding the spot to Marco Belinelli for the third straight game and fourth time in the past six. The move apparently agrees with him as he’s shooting 68 percent (15 for 22) in those contests, highlighted by Thursday’s scorcher. In contrast, Belinelli is shooting 38 percent in five recent starts, a marked — although probably expected — cool down for a player who had been leading the NBA in 3-point shooting. For good measure, Green added three steals and two blocks to one of the most efficient scoring nights in recent NBA history. ... As it should have been all along, DeJuan Blair’s first game against the team that drafted him in the second round of the 2009 draft was rendered squarely to secondary status. He shined with 14 points and 11 rebounds for just his second double-double of the season. But Blair also sat for good with 8:32 left, not long after Green swatted his layup attempt. Never known for his D, he was powerless to slow either Duncan or Tiago Splitter. The former scored 21 points, while the latter drew 11 free throws to come within one of his career-high. The Spurs finished with 46 points in the paint while drawing a whopping 42 foul shots, well over double their season average.
Dwain Price of the Fort Worth Star-Telegram: Before his team hosted the San Antonio Spurs on Thursday night, Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban gave his opinion on what Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones should do with coach Jason Garrett. “I think Jerry would be quite crazy to fire Jason Garrett, not that he would,” Cuban said. “If you’re going to fire a coach you better have something really good to go to before you even think about making a change.” Cuban said unless Cowboys players have lost faith in him, Garrett should return as coach next season even if the Cowboys lose to Philadelphia at home on Sunday and miss the playoffs. “Unless there’s something really fundamentally wrong in the way they play, it’s probably not the coach,” Cuban said. Cuban said Jones shouldn’t allow the media to influence him whether or not he fires Garrett following the season. “The last thing you care about is how the media responds,” Cuban said. “Maybe you come out after the fact and explain your logic so everybody understands. “He has his radio show, TV show, whatever, and he has a chance to do it there and he knows that, so what’s the rush?"
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2014-15/0971/en_head.json.gz/2584 | Share Buc's Offense Comes Alive in 35-21 Win Over VMI
Saturday, September 21, 2002Johnson City, Tenn. (September 21, 2002) - With quarterback Jatavis Sanders (Stone Mountain, Ga.) at the helm and running back Gaven Varner (Summerville, S.C.) trampling defenders, East Tennessee State's offense awoke from it's slumber to defeat VMI 35-21 at Memorial Center on Saturday night.
Varner, who carried the ball 15 times for a season-high 128 yards, rushed for three touchdowns, all in the first half, to lead the Bucs (2-2, 1-0 SoCon) to their second consecutive victory at home. Sanders added 61 yards on the ground and 213 from the air on 20 of 31 passing, as ETSU tallied nearly 500 yards of total offense.
"We have a young offense, but we've been working harder and harder in practice to get better," said Varner. "I give all of the credit for our success tonight to our offensive line. They did a great job of blocking and opening up some holes."
Head coach Paul Hamilton, who has become frustrated with the offense making mistakes in the past, also noted a big improvement on Saturday.
"For the first time we had continuity and consistency on offense," Hamilton said. "We have to continue be able to control the things that we have control over. That's the kind of a team I want to see us become, and if we do that, then we can turn into a good offensive football team."
East Tennessee State enjoyed a 28-0 cushion at halftime as the Buccaneer defense held VMI to a first-half shutout, but the Keydets offense led by the arm of quarterback Joey Gibson, initiated a third-quarter comeback. Gibson hooked up with wideout Greg Carlson on a 73-yard pass play, bringing VMI all the way to the ETSU four-yard line and set up the Keydets first score of the game. Gibson found the endzone on a QB sneak from two yards out to make the score 28-7. After a defensive stop, VMI came back 71 yards on its next possession and scored on another Gibson sneak, this time on the ETSU one-yard line to get within 14.
In the fourth quarter the Keydets kept rolling on the offensive side of the ball when Gibson found John Bell on a 15-yard TD pass to make it 28-21. ETSU's final score on the game came on a 21-yard run draw by Sanders. Cornerback Montreal Harkley (Hanahan, S.C.) led the Buccaneer defense with two interceptions for a total of 80 return yards and seven tackles, while Justin Reinier (Panarama City, Calif.) picked off a Gibson pass with 43 seconds remaining in the game to seal the victory.
The Bucs will travel to Cullowhee, N.C. next Saturday to take on the Catamounts of Western Carolina. Right now Hamilton is happy to be undefeated in the Southern Conference, but went straight to work following the VMI game to prepare his team for Western Carolina.
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I don't know if anyone has read any of the Jack Reacher novels, but 'Worth Dying For' recounts an eerily similar story outline.
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When i was a kid I had a paper route. At the time there were 2 kids from Iowa that were paper carriers that had been abducted and had never been heard from again. My dad told me that if anyone tried to pull up next to me or ask me questions while i was on my bike to just haul a$$ out of there. You always figured that a kid that was kidnapped was eventually killed or sold into slavery in some 3rd world country. It was inconceivable to think they would be held hostage here on American soil and mentally broken to the point where they wouldn't try to escape. It's amazing that in the past 3 years we've seen several cases of young girls that were kidnapped and KEPT. Elizabeth Smart (missing for 9 months), Jaycee Dugard (missing 18yrs), and now these 3 "girls" gone for a decade. While it's a blessing they were recovered, you've got to wonder the emotional hell they've been through, and how much therapy they will need to even be able to function as normal human beings again. | 体育 |
2014-15/0971/en_head.json.gz/2634 | HANSRA STANDS DOWN AS CAPTAIN
BOARD ACCEPTS SKIPPER'S DECISION February 16, 2012 Jimmy Hansra has stepped down as captain of Canada's Senior Men's team. Hansra's decision was conveyed to the board and accepted a short time ago.
In a statement Hansra was upbeat about the upcoming tournament and looked to do his part to ensure Canada qualifies for the 2012 T20 Cricket World Cup
"I would like to thank the organization for giving me the opportunity to lead Canada. In my short stay as Captain, I have thoroughly enjoyed the role and have learned a lot in a very short time. It has helped me grow as a cricketer and as an individual. However, looking ahead and putting cricket in front, I believe I need to focus on my game more and I can offer more to Cricket Canada as a player at this moment than a Captain. I am very happy with the organization and I believe we are definitely heading in the right direction. I am looking forward to the upcoming tournament as a player and I am very confident in this team that if we play together, we will qualify for the T20 Cricket World Cup and make Canada proud. Thank you once again to everyone involved for your trust and support throughout."
Hansra assumed the captaincy following the Cricket World Cup from Ashish Bagai. At that tournament Hansra was one of Canada's top performers with the bat and ball.
Cricket Canada's Vice President Vimal Hardat confimred that the board had accepted Hansra's resignation.
"Jimmy conveyed to us after the Caribbean T20 tournament his wish to stand down from the captaincy. While we asked him to reconsider we accept his decision and look forward to his future contributions to our organization. Jimmy has been a class act since he joined the program and he carried himself with class throughout his period as captain. We wish him all the best."
Hansra's replacement will be named shortly.
Canada will leave for a tour of Sri Lanka on Saturday prior to the T20 Cricket World Cup Qualifiers which will begin March 13th in UAE. « April | 体育 |
2014-15/0971/en_head.json.gz/2646 | Research & Commentary: Subsidizing Sports Stadiums
John Nothdurft – February 16, 2010 Since the 1990s, the building of new sports stadiums has increasingly relied on taxpayer funds, with subsidies growing from just a few million dollars in tax exemptions to unabashed corporate welfare in the hundreds of millions of dollars. Team owners now effectively hold cities and states under siege by threatening to move their teams, creating bidding wars to get as much government money as possible.
Claims that taxpayer-funded stadiums recoup their costs and more in the form of economic development are dismissed by respected economists. A July 2007 article from Reason Public Policy Institute researchers Samuel Staley and Leonard Gilroy notes, "More than 20 years of academic research has failed to find a significant relationship between an investment in a sports stadium and significant job or income growth."
Research also shows that the more heavily a stadium is subsidized, the more it will cost. According to the National Taxpayers Union, "Average taxpayer subsidy per stadium is on the rise; the amount taxpayers paid for each facility rose 41 percent in just the eight years leading up to 2004." Since 2004 there has been enormous further growth in the size, scope, and cost of stadiums built with taxpayer money.
Tourism taxes have become the popular choice for elected officials hoping to raise revenue for stadiums. But hiking taxes on hotels, restaurants, airline flights, car rentals, and other hospitality-related businesses makes those businesses less competitive with those in other cities, suppressing economic growth and tax revenue. A new NFL stadium may bring additional visitors during the few home game weekends, but the rest of the year local businesses are burdened with higher tax rates without the increased consumer traffic.
Far too many politicians see hospitality taxes as an easy way to tap additional revenues from nonvoting visitors while avoiding backlash from their own constituents. Such tax hikes, however, do in fact fall on local residents directly and in the form of lower wages and the burden of decreased economic activity in their communities during the off-season.
The following documents provide further information on the economic impact of publicly funded stadiums.
Research & Commentary: The Damaging Effects of Tourism Taxeshttp://www.budgetandtax-news.org/article/25756/This Heartland Research & Commentary examines how tourism taxes affect the economy and dismisses the myth that such taxes are predominantly paid by visitors.
Sports Stadium Madness: Why It Started, How to Stop Ithttp://www.budgetandtax-news.org/article/9474The trend toward using taxpayers' money for sports stadiums started to take off in the 1990s and continues today, with more than $500 million per year going to subsidize stadiums. This Heartland Policy Study, written by Heartland President Joseph Bast, outlines how we got to this point and what we can do to stop this spending waste.
Green Bay on the Potomac: Why D.C. Should Own the Nationalshttp://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A57857-2005Jan7.htmlInstead of subsidizing sports stadiums and wealthy team owners, Ralph Nader argues, why not follow the lead of the Green Bay Packers and have the city or its citizens take ownership of the team?
Stadiums and Subsidies: Home Run for Wealthy Team Owners, Strike-out for Taxpayershttp://www.ntu.org/main/press_papers.php?PressID=969&org_name=NTUFTeams worth only a few million dollars are getting taxpayer-funded stadiums worth twice as much as the team's value. This paper analyzes the rising cost of stadium construction and shows the relationship between taxpayer subsidies and a stadium's final cost.
If You Build It, They Will Leavehttp://www.reason.com/news/show/28992.htmlMatt Welch describes how publicly funded stadiums actually make it easier for teams to move, as team owners become facility renters rather than owners. Renters move more often than owners. Because the team owner invests little in the stadium itself, the team is less "tied down" to a city.
DC's Stadium Financing Proposal Would Cost the City $900,000 for Every Job Filled by a DC Residenthttp://dcfpi.org/?p=83When Major League Baseball was considering relocating the Montreal Expos franchise to Washington, DC, the DC Fiscal Policy Institute analyzed how much each job the proposed stadium was said to create would cost taxpayers. The analysis concluded there would be little if any positive economic impact for DC from the proposed $339 million in taxpayers' money.
Testimony Regarding Taxpayer Subsidies of Sports Facilitieshttp://oversight.house.gov/documents/20071010171736.pdfHarvard University professor Judith Grant Long, an expert on sports, convention, and tourist facilities, testified before the House Domestic Policy Subcommittee in October 2007, focusing on how much is being spent on sports facilities, how much tax-exempt financing is used, and how much money such subsidies divert from public infrastructure.
Should Cities Pay for Sports Facilitieshttp://stlouisfed.org/publications/re/2001/b/pages/lead-article.htmlSt. Louis Federal Reserve economist Adam Zaretsky concludes that the urge to fund stadiums with taxpayer money is driven by emotion, not economics. He shows that most of the big money created by a team and its stadium goes to the owners, not the local economy.
Is There an Economic Rationale For Subsidizing Sports Stadiums?http://www.budgetandtax-news.org/article/17280In an expansive study done to determine whether subsidizing stadiums makes sense for municipalities, Lake Forest College economist Robert Baade, one of the country's leading experts on sport stadium finance, concludes that subsidized stadiums merely realign economic development rather than growing a local economy.
National Expert Doubts Claimed Benefits of Subsidieshttp://www.budgetandtax-news.org/article/20933Budget & Tax News interviews Professor Allen Sanderson of the University of Chicago, who has extensively studied sports facility subsidies and denounces the notion that sports arenas stimulate economic growth or generate new public revenues.
No Stadium Boondogglehttp://washingtontimes.com/news/2008/may/30/no-stadium-boondoggle/This editorial explains how reckless with taxpayer dollars the District of Columbia has become. After giving $611 million in taxpayer subsidies to fund the Washington Nationals stadium and its wealthy owners, District officials wanted to give $150 million to subsidize a major league soccer stadium while ignoring important services and infrastructure needs.
For further information on the subject, you can visit the Budget & Tax News Web site or The Heartland Institute's Web site at www.heartland.org, where you will find articles on the issue available through PolicyBot, Heartland's free research database.
Nothing in this message is intended to influence the passage of legislation, and it does not necessarily represent the views of The Heartland Institute. If you have any questions about this issue or the Heartland Web site, you may contact Legislative Specialist John Nothdurft at 312/377-4000 or jnothdurft@heartland.org. | 体育 |
2014-15/0971/en_head.json.gz/2676 | Calder Rankings: Seth Jones No. 1
19-year-old defenseman clear favorite, but Tomas Hertl also impressive
Updated: November 7, 2013, 1:47 PM ET
By Corey Pronman | ESPN Insider
Bruce Bennett/Getty ImagesSeth Jones, the No. 4 pick in the 2013 NHL draft, has been exceptional thus far for Nashville.
Every season, the NHL awards the Calder Trophy to the top rookie player, and as we approach the quarter mark within the next couple of weeks, it's a good time to take the temperature of who's in the mix for this prestigious award. We'll revisit the rankings at various points throughout the season.
As we've seen in the past, rookie performance can be inconsistent, so expect to see players move up and down (or even off) this list as the 2013-14 campaign carries on, and we may have quite a few new names later on in the season. This first edition is filled with elite prospects, free-agent signings and former average prospects who have been strong early on.
The Calder is a performance based-award, so output is obviously important. But since raw point totals and stats like shooting percentage can sometimes not reflect the entirety of how a player has looked, scouting notes are also important for consideration.
1. Seth Jones, D, Nashville Predators
The fourth overall pick from the 2013 NHL draft is logging over 25 minutes a game, and it's been nearly a month since he has played under 22 minutes. He's everything you want in a star defenseman. Jones is a big, elite skater with good offensive ability and the extremely advanced hockey sense to make plays at both ends. He looks beyond his years while doing so.
It is so rare to see a rookie 19-year-old defenseman take on this many NHL minutes, play against the opponent's best players in every game and come out looking good. The sky is the limit for Jones, and he's been the best rookie this season by a wide margin.
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by Michael J Smith
Has Dale Jr Gotten His Mojo Back With N’Wide Win?
For a few hours on Friday night, Dale Earnhardt Jr looked like the Dale Jr of old – confident, dominant, happy. Jr Nation hasn’t seen that version of Dale Jr for quite some time. And to many, it was a welcomed sight.
With about 30 laps to go in the Nationwide Series Subway Jalapeño 250 at Daytona International Speedway, Dale Jr took the lead from Kyle Busch and never looked back. He held off Kevin Harvick and Joey Logano, earning his first N’wide win since 2006, and his first NASCAR race since 2008.
A few days removed from Jr’s magical victory, and there is a glimmer of hope in the eye of most, if not every, Dale Jr fan. “Jr’s got his mojo back. It’s only a matter of time before he gets another Sprint Cup win,” I’m sure many of them are thinking.
But, we need to remember the circumstances under which Dale Jr won that race Friday night.
His intention was never getting a top 10 or a top 5. He came to win. Finishing second wasn’t an option, and he knew it. After winning the race, Jr said:
I was so worried that I wasn’t going to win, ’cause nothing but a win would get it — for everybody. If we didn’t win, what a waste of time. … I worked hard to try to win, not only for daddy — I’m proud of him going to the Hall of Fame, and he would be proud of this, I’m sure — but just all these fans.
While there was certainly pressure there – running the legendary No. 3 Wrangler Chevy his dad made famous – it wasn’t the same kind of pressure that comes with trying to make the Chase and racing for points to guarantee a shot at the Sprint Cup championship.
The pressure from Friday’s race seems to be the kind of pressure that Jr thrives under. He ran the No. 3 before at Daytona, in 2001, and won. He also won the first Cup race at Daytona after his father’s tragic death. That type of pressure stems from the emotions involved, and that’s when Dale Jr shines.
But, the pressures of the Sprint Cup Series are a whole different animal. The pressures of emotions are steeped in fan and team expectations. Those pressures are there in the Sprint Cup, but they’re compounded by the pressure to stay in the top 12 in points and make the Chase, and to ultimately win a championship – an expectation if your last name is Earnhardt.
In the Nationwide race, Dale Jr could race for the win. I’m sure he didn’t want to wreck the car, but in the closing laps of the N’Wide race, he would have been willing to wreck the car if it meant a shot at winning. In the Sprint Cup, he can’t do that. He can’t risk losing points. So, he’s forced to race conservatively.
Other teams have to deal with the same sort of pressure, but Jr’s is magnified by his last name and by the fact that the team has struggled with setups so much that he has to race for good finishes rather than wins.
I’m not questioning Dale Jr’s talent, drive, focus, or even his ability to handle the pressure. All I am saying is that before we start to think the old Dale Jr is back, let’s remember the circumstances under which he won on Friday.
The opinions expressed here are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the opinions of Lead-Lap.com
Tags: Cup, Dale Earnhardt Jr, NASCAR, Nationwide Series
Michael J Smith Michael J. Smith is a NASCAR enthusiast and blogger. In addition to founding this website, Michael is a journalist with over a decade of experience writing for prestigious media organizations.
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11 Responses to Has Dale Jr Gotten His Mojo Back With N’Wide Win?
ronsracing says: July 8, 2010 at 4:12 pm Oh there is no problem with his mojo ; Friday just proved what he can do with a good car and good crew chief.
Michael J Smith says: July 8, 2010 at 4:19 pm Thanks for commenting. I’d disagree with you on one point: his mojo. Certainly his confidence is shaky right now because of the way the team is struggling with setups. He isn’t confident that he can get wins right now. That’s why I think he’s focused on good finishes.
I do agree that with a good car and good CC he can win again. Is Eury Jr the answer? I don’t know. I don’t know that he’s better than McGrew, but it seems that even through the rocky times, he and Eury had something that might be lacking with McGrew. Not sure what it is. Might also be a case of, “You don’t know what you’ve got till it’s gone.” I think if they were reunited, they might revert back to how it was towards the end, if given enough time. Again, thanks for reading and commenting.
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Clint says: July 9, 2010 at 7:22 pm Earnhardt/Eury Jr works… when they talk. The problem is they let their feelings get in the way and they stop talking. Those last few races Eury was the #88 crew chief in 2009, Eury said they quit talking a few races before that. I think they are too much alike. While it works while times are good, they suffer when times are bad. Eury Sr on the other hand, had a more dominant personality. I think McGrew has learned Junior and he is talking to him more forcefully now which is what Junior needs.
Marybeth says: July 9, 2010 at 9:51 pm In Victory Lane on Friday night, Richard Childress looked at us and deliberately said that Jr. has more wins to come. I believe him. He also knows Jr. has not forgotten how to drive and still has the will to win. I have given up on the wins being at HMS. 90 races down and 90 races to go until Jr.‘s term at HMS is up. Halfway through and I am beginning to see some light at the end of the long, dark tunnel. I was curious about Jr.‘s saying that he was not doing a burn-out because he wanted to take the engine back to have it analyzed because it was so much better…?
To those who say the NW race was a fix, if it was, so are JJ’s 4 championships.
Michael J Smith says: July 10, 2010 at 1:16 am Thanks for commenting, Marybeth. I believe Dale Jr has more wins in him. I am not sold that none of them will be in a Hendrick car. I also am not sold that Jr will leave the team at the end of his contract. I think he’ll honor his contract and make a decision based on how he feels about the team at the time. All of that said, if he’s still performing the way he is now, I highly doubt he’ll be willing to stick around. I don’t think the race was fixed either. I also suspect that he wanted to take the engine back to the shop to see how they could get that kind of power in the JR Motorsports cars.
Michael J Smith says: July 10, 2010 at 2:51 am Thanks for commenting, Clint. Can’t say I disagree with you. I think you’re right about the communication between Dale Jr and Tony Jr. I also think that McGrew has learned how he needs to talk to Jr, but sometimes I think he might do more harm than good. Still, right now the results are improving so I can’t say I disagree with LM’s methods.
Matt says: July 10, 2010 at 1:31 pm None of these things (Mojo, a Nationwide series win, fixed or not) really matter. Dale Jr. is a good guy, but he’s simply a Novelty in a sport that he would likely be a tire changer on Friday nights if it weren’t for his Novelty. He hasn’t dominated and won a race with the best car in 6 years. He has the best equipment and team money can buy. A Nationwide Series Win doesn’t prove anything…its Busch League, triple A baseball, WNBA, insignificant.
Michael J Smith says: July 10, 2010 at 3:47 pm Thanks for commenting, Matt. I do agree that a Nationwide Series win doesn’t mean he will starting winning again in the Sprint Cup Series. But, I also don’t think he’s a novelty. The man has won 18 Sprint Cup races, which shows truly how talented he is. You can’t argue with that. A driver can get lucky and win a race or two in their career, but 18 races is not luck. NASCAR is not about dominating — we all know that. The best car doesn’t always win. That’s the way things go in this sport. There’s nothing wrong with that. You just have to put yourself in a position to win, like Jimmie Johnson did at Sonoma. I think Dale Jr has good equipment, but he doesn’t have the best team money can buy. I’d imagine, based on performance, Johnson has the best team. You can have good, competitive equipment but if you don’t know how to set it up it makes little difference. That, I think, is why one Hendrick team has always struggled. At the end of the day, he is underperforming, yes. But, I’m unwilling to call him a novelty.
Matt says: July 10, 2010 at 5:50 pm Didn’t mean dominating the circuit, i just meant the last win he had, where he dominated THAT race, had the best car THAT day, and won, was 6 years ago at Bristol.
10+ years on the circuit, 6 years of which could easily be summarized as “underperforming”…that’s 60% of his career in the Cup series!
But, that ALONE doesn’t make him a novelty. The fact that he gets more airtime, more attention from the media, and wins the Most Popular Driver Award year after year and is THE most popular driver in the sport, regardless of his lackluster performance. THAT makes him a novelty. Its hard to argue that.
Very few in the media have the guts to call it like it is. Mainly because of his huge (but shrinking) fan base, and the fact that NASCAR NEEDS Jr. in the sport for it to be successful (make money).
Michael J Smith says: July 10, 2010 at 7:32 pm You’re entitled to your opinion, but that doesn’t make it right. I wasn’t talking about dominating the circuit either. My point was and still is that drivers with dominant cars don’t always win the race. So, it’s more about putting yourself in the position to win than it is about having the dominant car. You need to be in the right place at the right time, and you car needs to be handling well at the right time. He does get more airtime, more media attention and is the most popular driver because he has loyal fans. That doesn’t make him a novelty. Some like him because of his father, others like him because they can identify with him — he’s always been who he is, regardless of sponsor, team or anything. I know a lot of fans who like his candor. Fans have a reason they root for him, just as fans of Kyle Busch have a reason they root for him. NASCAR needs Jr to be successful, I don’t disagree with that. But that still doesn’t make him a novelty. The fact is, any Dale Jr story gets clicks; fans want to know how Dale Jr is doing — that’s why he receives the media attention he does.
But, he’s still a talented driver who is and has been struggling. But again, that doesn’t make him a novelty.
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2014-15/0971/en_head.json.gz/2811 | Bill Belichick Compares Relationship With John Harbaugh to Connection With Bill Cowher, Nick Saban
by Doug Kyed on Fri, Dec 20, 2013 at 2:12PM
FOXBORO, Mass. — Despite their rivalry, there is a lot of love between the Patriots and Ravens.
Bill Belichick said he would “love” to have a closer relationship with Baltimore head coach John Harbaugh, but playing the Ravens nearly every season forbids it. Belichick compared that dilemma to the one he faced when Bill Cowher was head coach of the Steelers.
“It would be a lot better if we didn’t have to play each other every year,” Belichick said about he and Harbaugh’s relationship. “I’d love to have a closer relationship with John if we weren’t in the same competition. It’s kind of similar to, I’d say different but similar to my relationship with Bill Cowher. Before I got to Cleveland when Bill was at Kansas City with Marty [Schottenheimer], we spent a lot of time together, we talked, we visited each other, shared ideas. We were both young coaches anxious to learn and feed off the other guy and get some ideas and techniques and things like that. It was great. Then I’m the head coach at Cleveland, he’s the head coach at Pittsburgh and we play each other twice a year. I love Bill, but you’re playing him twice a year, you’re trying to do everything you can to find a way to beat him. As that situation changed, and then ultimately now with not having to compete against him in the league, it’s a lot easier to have a relationship that isn’t based on the direct competition that you’re in. Different, but there are some similarities there.”
There are a lot of similarities between Belichick and Harbaugh. They both started as special teams coaches, and they are both the sons of coaches. Jack Harbaugh was the head coach of Western Michigan University and Western Kentucky University. Steve Belichick coached at Hiram College, Vanderbilt University, University of North Carolina and Navy. Belichick talked about the value of starting his coaching career as a special teams coach.
“I have a lot of respect for John,” Belichick said. “John’s another guy that kind of started like I did — started as a special teams coach. As he and I have talked about, I think that’s a great way to learn the game of football. You learn situation football, you learn the kicking game, you learn how field position and all those things relate to the other aspects of the game. If you’re an offensive coach, you know defense. If you’re a defensive coach, you know offense. You have to learn those things as part of knowing what’s going on on the other side of the ball. The kicking game is kind of its own entity. John, obviously again had a great background — football family. He grew up with it, as I did. He’s really paid his dues. He’s been a good coach in this league, whether it was on special teams or defense or obviously as a head coach.”
Harbaugh was the Eagles’ special teams coordinator for nine years. Belichick served as a special teams coach for the Lions, Broncos and Giants.
Belichick also compared his relationship to Harbaugh to when University of Alabama head coach Nick Saban was with the Dolphins in 2005 and 2006.
“Two Croatians in the same division,” Belichick joked. “Yeah, it’s crazy. Yeah, I mean Nick, I’ve had as close a relationship with Nick professionally and personally through the years, even before when he was at Ohio State, when he was at Navy, when he was at Michigan State and then obviously the four years in Cleveland and Michigan State again and LSU and then at Miami — that was hard, for both of us because we had a great personal relationship but we’re trying to win, trying to beat each other. I love that he’s at Alabama and he’s not in our division. He’s not shutting us out like he did the last time we played him down there in Miami. But it’s so much better that way on a personal level.”
Belichick’s connection to the Ravens dates back to 1991 when he was hired as the Browns’ head coach. He was fired from the Browns after owner Art Modell announced he was moving the team to Baltimore.
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2014-15/0971/en_head.json.gz/2832 | NHL playoffs: Rangers stay alive with 4-3 OT win over Bruins in Game 4
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NEW YORK — Down three games to none, the New York Rangers kept their season alive with a fair amount of stick-to-it-iveness, and a couple of gifts from their guests, coming from behind twice in regulation and getting the winning goal in overtime to defeat the Boston Bruins, 4-3, and gain a toe-hold in their playoff series. Some thoughts on a back-and-forth Game 4:
• Rangers coach John Tortorella decided it was finally time to sit his struggling veteran center, Brad Richards. For sure, Richards is a Tortorella favorite. The two go back to Tampa Bay’s Stanley Cup victory in 2004. Though Richards, a high-priced free agent, has played on New York’s first line for most of his tenure with the Rangers, he has been seeing fewer and fewer minutes as the playoffs have progressed. Tortorella also benched tough guy Arron Asham. With defenseman Anton Stralman out with an injury, New York added forwards Kris Newbury and Michael Haley and veteran defenseman Roman Hamrlik to the lineup for their first games of the series.
• If the Bruins had a right to ease off the gas after taking a 3-0 series lead, they didn’t cash in their slow-motion card. With the crowd at Madison Square Garden trying to fire up the Rangers, Boston outshot New York, 9-2, during the first ten minutes.
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• Shawn Thornton may be known as an enforcer, but he is also a very smart enforcer. Shortly after Boston’s first goal at 4:39 of the second period, a couple of Rangers pests, Newbury and Derek Dorsett, began poking at Thornton to start a scrap. He would have had a strong advantage in either instance, but with the momentum already squarely in his team’s favor, Thornton didn’t get suckered into either confrontation. Neither did Brad “Little-ball-of-hate” Marchand, who got tangled up with Rangers forward Derick Brassard along the sideboards. Brassard dropped his stick and gloves, but Marchand skated away.
• Boston frequently caught New York running around in its own zone on Thursday. The Bruins’ first two goals — power-play strikes by Nathan Horton and Torey Krug early in the second period — occurred when the Rangers were overloaded with three players on one side of the ice, making it easier for Boston to outman them on the weak side.
• New York took advantage of a lucky deflection to get on the board at 8:39 of the second period. Rangers forward Carl Hagelin, the man who “stinks” on the power play, according to his coach, collected a pass at Boston’s blueline and tried to send a backhand in on Tuukka Rask. Boston’s goalie fell and the puck squirted past him.
• Tuukka took a nap on a Rangers dump-in and it cost him a 2-2 tie at 1:15 of the third period. Rick Nash shot the puck around the boards, leaving Rask to play it behind his net. He then left it for defenseman Zdeno Chara, who looked in front of him, up the ice, assuming he had ample time and space to move it. To Chara’s surprise, Rangers forward Derek Stepan sneaked in behind him, lifted the puck off his stick and tucked it into the open net as Rask was far too slow getting back into his crease. “We gave them a couple of gifts, obviously,” Rask said. “At the end of the day, that’s what cost us.”
• The way Tyler Seguin has pressed the attack, it was a matter of time before he put one in. The Bruins’ leader in shots on goal during the playoffs put six on Lundqvist, who kicked the first one aside with an outstretched right pad, but Seguin potted the rebound to give his team a 3-2 lead at 8:06 of the third period. The Bruins’ sniper then punched the glass behind Rask in relief as much as celebration. It was his first playoff goal in 11 games this year.
• New York’s anemic power play actually knotted the game at 3-3 less than two minutes later. The problem for the Rangers has often been their inability to gain the zone successfully. This time, Brassard managed to get Boston’s Daniel Paille to turn his head the wrong way, enabling New York to enter on the right side of the ice. Brassard made a lead pass to Stepan, who lured Boston’s defense towards the goal line before finding Brian Boyle open in the slot. Boyle then beat Rask for New York’s first power-play goal since Game 4 against Washington in the first round.
• Dorsett may be one of New York’s more aggressive players, but he took better than he gave in the second minute of overtime when Boychuk caught him square in center ice. The Boston defenseman took a step back before gliding back into Dorsett in what is probably one of the hits of the year.
• Chris Kreider’s overtime goal is a feel-good story that could have implications for next season. Kreider came up for the playoffs last season after a good run at Boston College and made a quick impact with his speed and advanced offensive instincts. But without training camp this season, he seemed out of place in New York’s scheme of things and often compounded mistakes with his lack of confidence. With the lineup changes on Thursday, Tortorella moved him onto a line with Nash and Brassard, giving him the type of role that many feel he will play more often as he develops. “Regardless of how people think things have been going for me,” Kreider said after the game, “I’ve never doubted myself.”
• In looking ahead to Game 5, Tortorella wouldn’t commit to keeping the same lineup, but he did make a significant point about Richards, saying that he didn’t feel the veteran center, a former Conn Smythe Trophy winner, could be a seven- or eight-minute per game player, essentially not someone he would want to play on the fourth line. If Richards gets back into the series, it seems, it will have to be on one of New York’s top lines, an unlikely prospect at the moment.
• With the victory, Tortorella ironically moved into third place on New York’s all-time list of playoff coaching wins, with 19, one better than Colin Campbell, whose son, Gregory, now plays for the Bruins. | 体育 |
2014-15/0971/en_head.json.gz/2857 | Márquez Knocks Out Pacquiao in Sixth Round
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Filipino boxer Manny Pacquiao was defeated by rival Juan Manuel Marquez Saturday night. Pacquiao was knocked out in the sixth round of the event. Photo: Associated Press.
LAS VEGAS—It was a night that will go down in the annals of boxing history. Manny Pacquiao, the pugilist widely regarded as pound-for-pound the best boxer on the planet, was knocked unconscious in the last second of round six by a crushing right hook from 39-year-old Mexican fighter Juan Manuel Márquez. All during the long buildup to their fourth meeting, Pacquiao promised that he was going to be more aggressive—that he was going to go for the knockout against the boxer known as El Dinamata, or Dynamite. Pacquiao vs. Márquez
Márquez, left, takes a vicious right hook from Pacquiao.
Reuters And Pacquiao kept his promise, coming into the ring with a fierce glint in his eye. In contrast to his previous meetings with Márquez, there was no feeling-out process. After the first bell, an almost frenetic Pacquiao came out jabbing and blasting away with his vaunted straight left. The Filipino icon took the first two rounds easily. Then, in the middle of the third frame, Márquez caught the Pacman in the web of his own furious attack and nailed him with a wide right. Pacquiao went down hard but got up, shook his head and charged forward again. In the fifth round, Pacquiao was again punishing Márquez. Márquez was bloody, his nose was broken and midway through, Pacquiao knocked him down with a thunderous left. Juan Manuel Márquez stepped away after knocking out Manny Pacquiao.
Reuters Right from the start of the next stanza, Pacquiao was recklessly firing away, closing in, intent on finishing his rival off. But at the very end of the round, Pacquiao backed Márquez to the ropes, missed with a left and, at the same moment, Márquez launched a right hand for the ages that detonated on Pacquiao's chin. Pacquiao went down, face forward, and didn't move for what seemed like a minute. The largely Mexican crowd exploded with jubilation, but at the same time there was a palpable sense of concern as Pacquiao lay motionless on the canvas. Within a couple of minutes, though, Pacquiao was sitting on his stool and then talking with HBO commentator Larry Merchant. Ever gracious despite his deeply dazed state, Pacquiao even went over to congratulate his longtime rival. More Heard : What Now for Manny Pacquiao? On the eve of fight night, Hall of Famer Sugar Ray Leonard told me, "The best punch to use against a left-handed fighter [like Pacquiao] is to feint and then throw a wide right hook, instead of the straight right. They can't see that one coming." Leonard was on the mark. Just before he went to the hospital for a CT scan Pacquiao confessed, "I got hit by a punch I didn't see." Did he ever. For his part, an ecstatic but badly busted up Márquez commented: "I knew Manny could knock me out at any time. I threw the perfect punch." It will take some time to identify the effects of Márquez's right on the boxing world. According to Top Rank's Bob Arum, a fight between Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather Jr. remains a possibility, as does Pacquiao's retirement. Pacquiao is now 61 fights deep into his career and he has been in many a grueling battle. They take their toll. But one thing is certain: Saturday was boxing at its best—an exotic, somewhat unnerving combination of brutality and beauty. | 体育 |
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Posted: Saturday, July 05, 2008 NEW YORK - Yankee Stadium has a history of drama on the Fourth of July.
There was Lou Gehrig's farewell speech in 1939, and Dave Righetti's no-hitter against Boston in 1983. It's George Steinbrenner's birthday, so it's always an important date to circle on New York's calendar.
Kevin Youkilis made the final Fourth at the ballpark truly memorable, sparking a come-from-behind 6-4 victory for the Red Sox on Friday with one of the strangest triples you'll ever see.
Mike Lowell drove in four runs, including a tiebreaking, three-run homer in the fifth against Darrell Rasner (4-7), who lost for the seventh time in eight starts. But Youkilis created the lasting memory, hitting a drive that left New York's Johnny Damon with a sprained and bruised left shoulder, a momentum turner that sent the punchless Yankees to their fifth loss in six games.
"This could be a big trouble spot for us," Damon said.
With New York leading 3-1 in the third, Youkilis hit a two-out scorcher with two on. Damon raced back, jumped and gloved it but as he crashed into the left-field fence, the ball popped out of the webbing of his glove. It bounced up off the top of the wall.
And bounced. And bounced.
The ball came to rest on top of the fence, which was shaking from Damon's impact. And there the sphere sat, like the golf ball teetering over the cup in "Caddyshack." The sellout crowd of 55,130 at Yankee Stadium wondered: Would it fall behind for a home run, roll back onto the field or just sit there?
"It was bizarre," Lowell said. "I've been playing awhile. I've never seen anything like that before."
Finally, the ball dropped back in and landed near Damon, who was sprawled on the warning track. A fan behind the fence frantically pointed to the ball. Youkilis cruised into third base as Boston tied it at 3.
Damon checked his glove to determine whether he made the catch. Then he looked around for the ball.
"I had no clue," he said. "When I didn't see it at first, I thought it might have been a home run."
Damon threw the ball back to the infield, threw his glove down and left the game.
An MRI revealed a sprained acromioclavicular joint, and Damon said he would be out at least a few days. If the pain doesn't subside, he could wind up on the disabled list for the first time in a 14-season major league career.
Damon apologized to Rasner for not making the catch. He wasn't sure whether the shoulder popped out, and couldn't say whether he momentarily blacked out.
"I can't really move it too well," he said. "It's in the socket now. Structurally, everything is fine. And now I just have to deal with the pain and the inflammation."
What would have been the call if the ball had remained on the top of the fence?
"That ball is live, so if that ball had stayed on top of the fence, it would be have been interesting," umpire crew chief Wally Bell said. "We're going to have to find out exactly what the ruling would be on that."
Even Mike Port, Major League Baseball's vice president of umpiring, wasn't positive.
"The guess is that if it had stayed there, it would have been a home run because it had broken the front plane, but we'll discuss it with supervisors in the next few days," he said. "The great thing about this game is that after 100 or more years, you still see things that may not have happened before."
The Yankees wore alternate caps for what was thought to be the first time in their history, participating in a promotion in which all big league teams' hats contained Stars & Stripes logos. The hats had no impact on their bats: The Yankees (45-42) have dropped nine of 14 following a season-high, seven-game winning streak. A postgame tongue-lashing from manager Joe Girardi following Thursday's 7-0 loss in the opener of the four-game series did little good.
New York fell into fourth in the AL East, percentage points behind Baltimore, six games back of the Red Sox and a season-high nine games behind division-leading Tampa Bay. The Yankees scored eight runs in their last five losses, batting .179. A day after going 0-for-10 with runners on base, the Yankees were 2-for-14.
"We've got an uphill battle going up against two very good teams and teams that are, you know, possibly, well, more athletic than us," Damon said.
Josh Beckett (8-5) recovered from a three-run first that included a two-run double by Alex Rodriguez, whose private life again was splashed across New York's tabloids over his relationship with the pop singer Madonna. A-Rod came in on Jason Giambi's sacrifice fly, but New York didn't score again until Derek Jeter's RBI double with two outs in the ninth off Jonathan Papelbon, a ball center fielder Coco Crisp gloved with a diving catch. Bell admitted umpires blew the call.
Bobby Abreu followed with a flyout to the warning track in center.
"Last night was a frustrating loss," Girardi said. "Today's a frustrating loss."
Notes: Boston C Jason Varitek wore a special red, white and blue chest protector that will be auctioned for charity. He also wore special chest protectors for Mother's Day (pink), Memorial Day (camouflage) and Father's Day (blue). ... New York RHP Chien-Ming Wang, who tore a tendon in his right foot June 15, resumed upper-body workouts. He expects to wear a cast for another month. ... There was an 88-minute rain delay in the eighth. ... Papelbon got his 25th save in 29 chances, completing a six-hitter.
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2014-15/0971/en_head.json.gz/2928 | hide Speed skating: Dutch win women's team pursuit
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(L-R) Marrit Leenstra, Jorien Ter Mors and Irene Wust of the Netherlands compete in the women's speed skating team pursuit semi-finals durin By Patrick Johnston
SOCHI, Russia (Reuters) - Netherlands won the women's team pursuit speed skating title in an Olympic record time at the Adler Arena on Saturday.
Poland lost to the Dutch in the final and took silver with Russia claiming bronze.
The Dutch set off at a blistering pace and were over a second up on the Poles after the first of six laps, eventually crossing the line in two minutes 58.05 seconds.
Home fans were left thrilled as Russia downed Japan to take the bronze. | 体育 |
2014-15/0971/en_head.json.gz/2952 | Marvin Miller, Union Leader Who Brought Free Agency To Baseball, Dies
Share Tweet E-mail Comments Print By Mark Memmott Marvin Miller, who rocked baseball, in 1966.
Marvin Miller, "arguably the most significant figure in 20th century baseball" according to Morning Edition commentator Frank Deford, has died. The former head of the Major League Baseball Players Association was 95. His death was confirmed to The Associated Press by a daughter and to USA Today by the union. According to the AP, Miller was diagnosed with liver cancer this summer. As Frank said on Morning Edition in December 2010, Miller was "certainly no less important to the national pastime than was Jackie Robinson or Branch Rickey or Babe Ruth. For that matter, because Miller outsmarted the entire establishment, giving baseball players free agency and abolishing the illegal reserve clause, he not only turned the business of baseball on its ear but effectively overhauled all professional sports in the United States." Miller should be in baseball's Hall of Fame, Frank says. USA Today reminds us that: "Miller negotiated the first collective bargaining agreement in sports history in 1968, and in 1974, successfully ended the reserve clause, enabling players to achieve free agency after six years of service. He also raised the minimum salary from $6,000 to $10,000. Today, the minimum salary is worth $480,000. Miller also bargained for salary arbitration, which has been responsible for salaries to soar for players before entering free agency. Miller led the union through five collective bargaining agreements during his tenure." Copyright 2013 NPR. To see more, visit http://www.npr.org/. View the discussion thread. | 体育 |
2014-15/0971/en_head.json.gz/2992 | Posted: Wednesday October 24, 2012 8:30AM ; Updated: Wednesday October 24, 2012 2:34PM Michael Rosenberg>INSIDE BASEBALL
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SAN FRANCISCO -- He is an old man now. He has been an old man for a while. And so it is easy to see Mike Ilitch only as an old man, as the 83-year-old owner of the Detroit Tigers, as the guy with a slow walk and sunken eyes who looks like he might be overwhelmed at any moment, by anything. It would be easy and wrong. When Justin Verlander throws the first pitch of the World Series tonight, Mike Ilitch will be a young man again. * * * With every game the Tigers win in this series, you will hear one phrase a little bit more. It will come from players and manager Jim Leyland and general manager Dave Dombrowski and everybody in between. The phrase is short and loaded with meaning: for Mr. Ilitch. "It's pretty unique," Tigers starter Max Scherzer said Tuesday. "You do have a sense you want to win one for him." Why? This is hard to explain. Ilitch does not spend a ton of time around the players like some owners do. Scherzer said he sees him a few times a year. People talk about Ilitch's commitment to Detroit. He built Comerica Park downtown, he revitalized the Fox Theater down the street, he opened the Hockeytown Caf� near the Fox. These decisions wouldn't mean much in other cities but were enormous in Detroit, where the traffic all seemed to be one-way: to the suburbs. But that does not quite explain why everybody wants to win for him. They will say he is a great owner who has won a lot but just hasn't finished the job. This is ... well, it's complicated. Ilitch has been a great owner for the Red Wings for three decades. But he bought the Tigers in 1992, as a 63-year-old pizza magnate, and for the next 14 years, he failed. He failed in a variety of ways. He tried to spend: He boosted the payroll to the highest in the majors, and the Tigers didn't win. He tried to be patient: he hired a young general manager, Randy Smith, and gave him free rein and a ton of time, and that didn't work either. Catcher Gerald Laird said Tuesday that Detroit is "a baseball town. It's a Tiger town." But for a long time under Ilitch, Detroit wasn't a baseball town at all. The Tigers seemed like another beloved Detroit institution that left and wasn't coming back -- even though, in this case, the Tigers were still physically there. They were the baseball version of an abandoned building. This seems silly now, but there were a lot of whispers in Detroit at the time that Ilitch didn't really care about the Tigers, that he just cared about the Red Wings. It was nonsense, but it added to the sense that owning the Tigers was no fun at all for Ilitch. The team kept losing games and money. Fans kept complaining about the owner. It seemed pretty clear that people close to Ilitch, including some family members, would have been happy if he just sold the team. Get rid of the big headache. Be done with the whole thing. He never considered it. Instead ... well, as Scherzer said: "He wants to win at all costs. If we're able to win this thing, it's all because of him. You don't find an owner who really wants to win as bad as he does." When the Tigers lost 119 games in 2003, he paid Pudge Rodriguez far more than anybody else would. The next year he paid Magglio Ordo�ez far more than anybody else would. A pattern of spending was set, and it has defined this era for the Tigers. Dombrowski has done a terrific job assembling this team, but Ilitch's signature is all over the diamond. The Tigers were able to draft top prospects Cameron Maybin and Andrew Miller because Ilitch was willing to pay a lot more than other teams; Dombrowski packaged Maybin and Miller in a trade for Cabrera. Money does not buy success in sports. But money and smarts sure do. This past winter, Ilitch did something patently ridiculous. When designated hitter Victor Martinez got hurt, the Tigers signed Prince Fielder to a nine-year, $214-million contract to replace him. It was absurd on several levels. Fielder is their third-best player, behind Justin Verlander and Miguel Cabrera. These contracts rarely work out well, especially for men who have eaten as many cheeseburgers as Fielder has. He is a star but not an all-time great like Albert Pujols or Cabrera. The contract will surely cost the Tigers dearly down the road. When Fielder turns 33 in May 2017, the Tigers will still owe him almost $100 million. The contract makes it almost impossible to sign both Verlander and Cabrera to extensions when the time comes -- the Tigers may have to choose one. We are talking about hundreds of millions of dollars, spent for one reason and one reason only: to win now. Nothing else seems to matter. That is why everybody wants to win for Mr. Ilitch. They know how much it means to him. And the Tigers look like they are finally ready to win now, right now, in October. I don't think the Tigers are the best team in baseball. I don't know if they are better than the Giants. But they are hot at the right time, especially their starting pitchers. They should be favorites in the World Series. Now, what was I talking about? Oh, right. Mike Ilitch, young man. * * * Ilitch's official biography on the Ilitch Holdings website is 14 paragraphs. But to understand the 2012 Tigers, you only need to read two sentences. His link to the Tigers dates back to his youth when he was scouted by the Tigers while playing baseball at Detroit Cooley High School. After serving four years in the U.S. Marines, Ilitch signed with the Tigers and played in their farm system for three years until a knee injury ended his hopes of making it to the big league. Is this really the story? Did the knee injury keep him from the big leagues? Or was he like 99 percent of the kids signed in the 1950s: Simply not good enough? I have thought about that occasionally over the years, and I have decided it probably does not matter. This is not a work of journalism. It is an official biography. It is how Mike Ilitch sees himself. * * * Sometimes, in press boxes or clubhouses or hotel bars, other writers and I will start talking about Someday. You never know when Someday will come up, or why. But it does. And then somebody among us will say that Someday, he wants to get the hell out of this business. He doesn't want to be the oldest guy in the business, hanging around the sports world, hoping much younger men will give him a decent quote or a bit of insight. This is easy for any of us to say. We are in our prime, and what we're really saying is that we would rather be in our 30s than our 70s. But we don't know how we will really feel Someday, when we are much closer to the end of life than the beginning, and many of our closest friends have died, and our body feels OK on certain days and lousy on most others. Maybe then, sports will keep us young. Maybe we will feel invigorated by chasing what we chased as kids. I think that's how it is for Mr. Ilitch. More MLB | 体育 |
2014-15/0971/en_head.json.gz/2996 | THE PROOF, PLEASE
Championship Sports Inc., the promoters, expect Floyd Patterson to defend his title against Sonny Listen in New York in September. It should be one of the most exciting fights in years and will make lots of money for all concerned. We deplore only the" assumption that the fight can take place before it has been demonstrated—beyond any question—that Liston is free of hoodlum control.
PUT THE MONEY IN THE POT CBS bid a record high of $5.1 million a year for the right to televise college football games for the next two seasons, a delightful figure to money-conscious minds in the big schools that appear fairly regularly on fall football telecasts. ( ABC, which aired the games last season, paid only $3,125,000 for that privilege.) But then the NCAA television committee made a gesture to smaller schools that never make TV but whose gate receipts are hurt by the televised games. The committee recommended that 200 of these schools be granted $5,000 each from the bubbling TV pot. This did not please the big schools. Like Al Capp's General Bullmoose, they have a simple, small ambition—to get all the money in the world. The Big Ten in particular is supposed to be chafing under the NCAA's paternal hand and is said to be contemplating talks with other money-minded major conferences about the sad situation.
OF FLIES AND FISH
The movement to allow only fly-fishing in certain areas has reached New Mexico, which joined about 18 other states when it recently set aside some trout waters for nothing but fly-fishing (actually, flies and artificial lures). Angry bait fishermen reacted predictably: "I paid $3.50 for a license and I want to fish anywhere and any way I want to!" Bill Humphries, an area supervisor for the state, gave cogent arguments for the restriction: "It was apparent that our streams and trout could not stand the increasing fishing pressure. Trout stocking helps, but the state [was] planting hand-fed trout in streams and lakes where fishermen stood shoulder to shoulder catching them before their backs were covered with water. Other states and countries had this problem years ago. New Zealand for decades now has had fly-fishing only, with a 14-inch minimum on all trout. Needless to say, their fishing is fabulous. Maine has more than 150 miles of trout streams where bait fishing is prohibited.
"The strongest argument against this holds that restricted fishing will help only the minority group of advanced or 'pure' fishermen, those who spent years learning their art and who own very expensive equipment. But fly-fishing can be very inexpensive, and it's easy and fun to learn. And most bait fishermen will admit that fly-fishing is a more sportsmanlike way to take trout. We have felt an increasing need through the years to stress the sporting or esthetic value of fishing rather than the quantity or 'meat' value that so many fishermen seem to think is the most important thing. We feel that most fishermen can experience as much, or more, satisfaction in catching one or two big ones as they can from taking a bag limit of six-or eight-inchers."
SERVICE At the Arnold Palmer press conference in the Augusta National clubhouse after the Masters, a news photographer removed his shoes and climbed up on a table to get a better angle. After several minutes of shooting pictures, he climbed down and discovered that a porter had picked up his shoes and given them a glistening shine.
SAPERSTEIN'S FOLLY
The American Basketball League tried hard all season to put itself in the category of a major professional league and then just about nullified the few good notices it had by the way it conducted its championship playoff. For one thing, the third game of the final series between the Kansas City Steers and the Cleveland Pipers was started after 11 p.m. so that a game between the Harlem Globetrotters and the so-called U.S. Stars could be played first.
Then, with the teams tied in victories after the first four games—two in Cleveland and two in Kansas City—there was a mean wrangle over where the fifth and final game should be played. Abe Saperstein, commissioner of the league, owner of the Globetrotters and president of the Chicago entry in the ABL, assured the Cleveland Pipers, or so the Pipers thought, that the fifth game would be played either in Cleveland or on a neutral court.
But shortly before the fourth game Saperstein informed both team presidents that any fifth game would be played the next night, Sunday, at Rockhurst College in Kansas City in a gymnasium seating approximately 1,500 people. George Steinbrenner, Cleveland president, declared his team wouldn't show up for a Sunday night game in Kansas City. And Saperstein said he was going to see his lawyer about that. Then the Steers, while changing planes in Chicago on Sunday, were offered the option of playing the final game in St. Louis on April 14 as part of a doubleheader with the Globetrotters and U.S. Stars, or of just sharing the championship with Cleveland. The Steers turned down both offers. Saperstein then announced the playoff would occur Monday night in the Rockhurst College gym. The Cleveland players voted to go to Kansas City, and they won the championship, which by that time had diminished to a minor honor.
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2014-15/0971/en_head.json.gz/2997 | New Game Plan For Mr. Tough
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Frank Kush, a notorious taskmaster as a college coach, is back in Arizona as a USFL Outlaw, but he has a glove on the old iron fist
Far more baffling is Kush's personality transplant. He predictably denies that any such change has taken place. "I'm the same jerk I've always been," he says. But he's not the same jerk. There are times now—as unbelievable as it will sound to hundreds of players who suffered under his hand and mouth—that he's not even a jerk. What he really is is an enigma. Sitting around visiting, he is asked if he wants people to like him. "It's not significant to me," he says. And in the very next sentence he will say, "I'm a people person." Obviously, you can't have it both ways, but Kush doesn't see a conflict.
In fact, he has been telling friends in private that as he reflects on his life, "I've been playing a role for all these years and it wasn't me. From now on, I'm gonna be myself and see how it works." What he has concluded is that as he began to be viewed as a disciplinarian's disciplinarian, he found himself trying to live up to that image. He was always a man's man. Rough, tough (the Outlaws' slogan: "Football Don't Get No Tougher"), no compromise. If something goes wrong, smack 'em with a rope or a pipe or your fist. Whatever's handy. Settle things here and now. Frontier justice. A sawed-off Wyatt Earp. The problem is that such a man can get carried away. Witness Woody Hayes punching that Clemson linebacker, Bob Knight throwing that chair.
"The difference in him," says Outlaw offensive tackle Tony Loia, who also played for Kush at ASU, "is night and day. I don't even know he's out here. In college, I never forgot he was. Before, it was like being forced to play for him. Now you don't even mind. It was so bad in college that even the guys who played a lot bitched." Lathrop agrees: "He used to be in your face all the time. Slap us upside our heads, get our attention. He always made a player go one step further than the player thought he could go. His style was intimidation and fear. He'd antagonize us until we were so mad that we wanted to prove all those awful things he said to us were wrong. He would ride us unmercifully and tell us what pansies we were for getting hurt." Once, Lathrop separated his shoulder. Kush allowed him to miss one day of practice. "He just could not accept pain and injury as an excuse," says Lathrop. "The only valid excuse for injury was if you had received the last rites."
Junior Ah You, a defensive end for the Outlaws, who also played for Kush at ASU, is mystified by the new Frank. "Everybody is waiting for him to be the person he's always been," Ah You says. "The old Frank Kush yelled at you, watched you, hit you. But, hey, you used to get lickin's at home, didn't you? What's the difference? Down the road, Frank Kush helps you. Kids need him."
For his part, Kush says of his old, violent ways, "I grabbed 'em, I hit 'em. I admit that. But I did it because I'd get so frustrated because I knew football was their only salvation, their only way out of some terrible backgrounds. I did it because I cared for 'em so much. What I like most is seeing people succeed. In college, I sold myself in recruiting and parents put their sons in my hands. You felt so responsible." His eyes sparkle with emotion as he goes on. "In college, you work with 'em; in the pros, you cut 'em. Here, limitations mean termination."
Kush is an emotional man, which is as good an explanation as any as to why he had only one losing season at ASU. Ask him about emotion and he says, "I have no emotions. My only emotion is to stay alive. I'm the same guy, just older. What I hope is I continue to get older. What you think I think is what you think."
He is a walking contradiction. He says he cares nothing about his celebrity, about his hero status. Yet he clearly revels in it. He even has a sense of humor. On a radio talk show, a caller says, "Are you serious?" Responds Kush, "I am. And I'm also Frank." And another incongruity: For all this tough-guy stuff, people in the Valley find him readily approachable. Old friends walk into his office without knocking. They wander onto the practice field. Indeed, one of Kush's charms—one of his many charms—is that people feel as if they know Frank. And they are sure he knows them.
When Kush was fired, all kinds of stuff hit the fan. The school ended up on probation for a mess involving bogus junior-college grades for football players. There were other accusations involving expense-account padding and organized-crime links; none was proved. Still, as ASU searches for a new football coach to replace Darryl Rogers (now with the Detroit Lions), guess who is the people's choice for the job? Yup.
What people forget, or choose not to remember, about Kush's record at ASU is that he ran up starry stats with his team competing in the Border and Western Athletic conferences. It wasn't until 1978 that the Sun Devils were admitted to the tough Pac-10. Nobody could win in the Pac-10 with the same consistency as in the WAC. But when it comes to legends, people don't want to be confused with facts. And so it goes with Kush.
Frank Kush grew up tough, in the western Pennsylvania town of Windber, Pa., one of 15 kids born to a struggling coal miner. Paying $9 a month rent for a house in a company town was a big nut; the Kush household had no electricity until 1945, because the family couldn't afford it. Frank stole coal off railroad cars. "But we only stole if we had to," he says. At $1.50 a ton for coal, it was clearly way beyond the Kush family budget. A fragment of steel once lodged behind Kush's eye in a construction accident. It was excruciating; he lived with it for a month before it was removed with a magnet. To this day, his vision is fouled by that accident.
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2014-15/0971/en_head.json.gz/2999 | Giants RB Brown has broken leg East Rutherford, NJ (Sports Network) - New York Giants running back Andre Brown will likely miss the remainder of the season after fracturing his left fibula during Sunday's win over the Green Bay Packers. Head coach Tom Coughlin confirmed the injury following New York's 38-10 victory, and the team placed Brown on injured reserve with a designation to return on Monday. Brown would be eligible to come off IR after eight weeks, which leaves him a possibility to be activated only if the Giants reach Super Bowl XLVII. The 25-year-old had been serving as the main backup to Ahmad Bradshaw and leads the Giants with eight rushing touchdowns while running for 385 yards on 73 carries. Brown recorded a touchdown for the fifth consecutive game in Sunday's triumph and amassed 64 yards on 13 attempts before leaving the contest early in the fourth quarter. "It takes a lot off of the win, to be honest with you," Coughlin remarked during Sunday's postgame press conference. Brown's injury will likely mean an increased role for 2012 first-round draft choice David Wilson, who's been used sparingly on offense so far during his rookie season. 11/26 19:15:51 ET | 体育 |
2014-15/0971/en_head.json.gz/3048 | Christopher J. Kelly
Coach prepped players for more than games
Scranton Prep coach Jack Farrell gets a shower courtesy of his players as he enters the locker room after Prep won the 1989 PIAA District 2 basketball championship.
Anyone who knew Jack Farrell really well is certainly smiling while viewing the picture that accompanies this column. This image sums up his passion for basketball, his passion for coaching young men and his passion for Scranton Prep. It is a classic Jack Farrell moment.He passed away this past Monday at 80. He leaves behind his wife, Alyce, and their five children and nine grandchildren.The picture was taken in 1989 after our Prep team won the PIAA District 2 championship at the old Catholic Youth Center in Scranton. I had the pleasure of playing in Coach Farrell's program for four years. As the story in Wednesday's Times-Tribune so clearly stated, he had a long and successful career coaching high school basketball and most notably as the head coach at Scranton Prep for 28 years. He was a legend.His players respected him. His fellow coaches admired him.Attorney Pat Casey, who was one of four Casey brothers to play for Coach Farrell, said it well when he said, "You know what was great about Coach Farrell? You always knew what you would get from him. He was the same guy on Friday that he was on Monday and his players liked that."I had the opportunity to play for Coach Farrell for three years at Scranton Prep and I had three brothers who also played for him. What I remember the most about him is that while he took his job as coach and mentor to young men very seriously, he never made coaching about himself; it was always about his players. I think that's why he was so successful and why so many players that played for him have such fond memories of playing high school basketball."My brother Jimmy played for Coach Farrell and later went on to be his assistant before becoming the head coach at Prep. I used to kid Coach Farrell that he hired Jimmy as his assistant solely because during our playing days, he got so used to having a Haggerty sit next to him on the bench.Jimmy remembers him as a "no-nonsense" coach. "He was the definition of 'old school,'" Jimmy said. He expected his players and his students to do what they were told when they were told. And they always did!"I considered myself very fortunate to not only have played for him, but also to have coached with him as his assistant. I believe I may have been only one of two former players to return to Prep to coach with him. I knew him as a player, but then I got to know him as a man and a friend. He was a very loyal and good friend."And he was funny. He was funny many times and he didn't even know it. One day I told him a story about getting stuck in a traffic jam for a couple hours at the Viewmont Mall a few days before Christmas. His response was, 'I've never been to the Viewmont Mall.' I thought that was great. Here's a 65-year-old man, with a wife and five kids, and he's never been to the Viewmont Mall. At that moment he became my idol."Jack Kelly, who began assisting Coach Farrell in 1977, remembers a man who cared about his coaches and his players. He said, "His ego was never too big to not give credit to those who earned it and at the same time, take the heat for those who may have erred. Countless times I remember him telling his players and coaches that we all have potential to be successful but in the end we are not going to be judged by our potential but by our performance."In 1984, I finally did get the head coaching job at Dunmore High School and it was Jack Farrell who recommended me. I credit my success at Dunmore to Coach Farrell's mentoring and his coaching philosophy; he molded me into the coach I became, and for his efforts I am forever grateful. As we remember Coach Farrell's prominent impact on one's life, we cannot help but say 'Thank you, Coach' and be forever grateful."Dr. Ward Fitzpatrick played at Prep and went on to play basketball at the College of the Holy Cross. "He was a fierce competitor and an excellent teacher of the fundamentals of the game. He knew the correct way to move in the game of basketball. He was a true x-and-o type coach. He was always prepared and planned everything. I believe it was his ethic for meticulous preparation that brought him much of his success, and the respect of other coaches."My brother Jimmy said that he believes Coach Farrell was so successful at Scranton Prep because he lived the Jesuit ideals. He said, "He was truly a 'man for others.' He dedicated his life to teaching young people. He taught us lessons we carry to this day. He was, above all else, a great husband and father. A loyal friend. And that's how I'll remember him."As his former players and coaches carried his casket down the aisle at the Nativity of Our Lord Church in South Scranton on Friday morning there was a true sense of loss but also a great sense of nostalgia for all of life's lessons that we learned from this very caring man. Go Cavaliers!Thanks for reading.MATTHEW HAGGERTY is publisher of The Sunday Times. Email: publisher@timesshamrock.com.
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2014-15/0971/en_head.json.gz/3080 | - New Look Terps?
Baltimore Sun Blog New Look Terps?
Traditionally, Gary Williams teams run offenses that start from the inside and work their way out to the perimeter, but with the makeup of this year's squad, that might not be the best way to go. Tomorrow night, the Terps tip off their regular season against Bucknell, a team depleted by injuries in the backcourt and by inexperience in the frontcourt. That means you likely won't get a true sense of how effective (or ineffective, for that matter) this particular brand of Maryland basketball can be.
Still, the blueprint the Terps use against the Bison may prove telling. Williams was asked earlier today if this year's squad will have to rely on shooting more three-pointers than have previous Maryland teams. After all, the Terps' frontcourt, particularly from a scoring standpoint, remains highly suspect.
"I think that the best teams are the combination teams that can score inside and outside, but if you’re not going to score inside, then obviously you have to look at ways to get your best scorers points," Williams said. "If it turns out that it goes that way, then we will shoot more threes. We’ll shoot the ball quicker in transition maybe than look inside in transition every time. But that’s still to be decided. I’m still confident our big men can be there for us. They don’t have to score 16 points a game, you know, like a James Gist, for us to be effective. They have to hold us in there where if they do get a good pass inside, they have to be able to score in that particular situation. Rebounding and defense. You know, if you don’t have a good interior defense, you’re in trouble a lot of times because you can’t depend on outscoring people." So it would seem, at least at the season's outset, that the team will attempt to limit the burdens placed on guys like Braxton Dupree by containing its expectations of them to the areas of defense and rebounding. Reasonable? I suppose, but there will come a time this season when the Terps will need either Dupree or another of their big men to supplement Maryland's perimeter scoring ability with some sort of consistent point production in the post. The Terps, I would imagine, are hoping to buy enough time for Dupree, or whoever that post player may be, to grow into that offensive complimentary role.
As a quick side note, I'm not implying that defense and rebounding are not important areas. Of course they are. I'm just pointing out that Maryland will not look to its big men for any significant portion of its scoring, at least not early in the season. "I think you’ll see a lot of our scoring come from our perimeter people," Williams said. "We still want to take the ball to the basket and be aggressive. We’ve been shooting well from the free throw line, and I hate to even talk about it, but the only way you get to the line is to take the ball to the basket or get the ball inside. We just want to stay aggressive. I like the style of play that we played with against Northwood. I’d like to be able to play like that, but we’ll see."
So what do you all think? How long can Maryland go without needing at least one of their big men to emerge into some semblence of a scoring threat? Or do you think the Terps can get away with relying on its depth of guards to tally up the points all season long? Save & Share: Previous: Carroll Hurting
Next: Terps Full Injury Report Comments I think we'll need to see at least 15pts/15reb from our big men, combined. I think we'll have guys (Kim, Mosley, Vasquez, Bowie, Tucker) who can get the ball in the lane and draw the defense, then dish to a big man under the hoop for a layup. That seemed to work last year with Boom - he never shot more than a 5 footer, but scored on put backs and layups. If the bigs can work on getting position and work at offensive rebounding, I think the Terps will do just fine. Posted by: eric_the_red | November 14, 2008 9:08 AM | Report abuse | 体育 |
2014-15/0971/en_head.json.gz/3084 | hide Deadly Djokovic batters Berdych to reach semis
Monday, January 21, 2013 12:21 a.m. CST
Victoria Azarenka of Belarus celebrates defeating Elena Vesnina of Russia in their women's singles match at the Australian Open tennis tourn By Nick Mulvenney
MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Serbian superman Novak Djokovic remained firmly on course for a third straight Australian Open title on Tuesday after dismantling Tomas Berdych in four sets to set up a last four meeting with Spanish comeback king David Ferrer.
Showing no signs of fatigue from the grinding five-hour duel with Stanislas Wawrinka that ended in the early hours of Monday morning, Djokovic defused the big Czech's big serve 6-1 4-6 6-1 6-4 to progress comfortably to his 11th successive grand slam semi-final.
Maria Sharapova was just as impressive as she continued a ruthless march through the women's draw with a 6-2 6-2 savaging of Ekaterina Makarova, while Li Na ended Agnieszka Radwanska's winning streak to continue her love affair with Melbourne Park.
Ferrer staged what he described as a miraculous comeback from two sets down to beat fellow Spaniard Nicolas Almagro 4-6 4-6 7-5 7-6 6-2 but immediately said he would need something even more spectacular if he was to get to his first grand slam final.
Living up to his reputation as the fittest player on the tour, world number one Djokovic returned with his usual deftness and moved his 6ft 5in (1.96m) opponent around the court.
The 25-year-old whipped through the first set against fifth seed Berdych quicksmart, stalled only a little as he lost the second before racing to victory in two and a half hours, sealing the win with his 10th ace.
"It was a great performance," Djokovic said. "I was hoping to have a shorter match and not go over five hours like the last match.
"It is always going to be tough against Tomas ... but I came out and played my best tennis."
Sharapova crushed fellow Russian Makarova in just 66 minutes to set up a last four appointment with Li at a cost of just nine games conceded in the tournament, a record low for the Australian Open.
The second seed and 2008 champion relentlessly pummeled Makarova with a barrage of thumping serves and fierce forehands, leaving the 19th seed scrapping for dignity by the end.
"She's playing unbelievable, so aggressive, and just in the right spot of the court. It's really tough to play against her now," said Makarova.
MIRACLE VICTORY
"In the end I just was fighting for the games, because I was thinking that, yeah, it's tough to beat her."
Ferrer stared defeat full in the face three times before taming Almagro after being dominated by some brilliant tennis from the 10th seed for the first two sets.
The fourth seed looked to be heading for the exit when he faced Almagro serving for the match at 5-4 in the third set but he hustled along the baseline to claw his way back into the contest.
Twice more Almagro had chances to serve out for victory but he blew them both before suffering a leg injury and Ferrer, who had won all 12 of their previous meetings, emerged a winner after three hours and 44 minutes.
Ferrer, 30, has lost all four of his previous grand slam semi-finals, including defeats to world number one Djokovic at the U.S. Open in 2007 and last year.
"It was a miracle I won this match," said Ferrer. "I tried to fight and do my best but next round I need to play my best tennis, better than today," he said.
"Nole is a special player."
Li reached her third semi-final in four years at the Australian Open with a 7-5 6-3 victory over Radwanska in the opening match of the day.
Radwanska had come into the contest bursting with confidence on a run of 13 successive wins but looked underpowered as she was bludgeoned into submission by Li in the 102-minute contest.
There were 10 service breaks in the 21 games and sixth seed Li grabbed six of them to set up a contest against Sharapova, who won all three of their encounters last year.
The former French Open champion clearly likes the bright blue courts at Melbourne Park, even if she will probably need to get her unforced error count under the 40 mark if she wants to reach a second final after 2011.
"I really don't know what it is here," Li said. "It seems whenever I come down here my results are always quite consistent, no big setbacks or anything.
"I'm not sure whether it's the winter training but it does seem like I'm just better at this tournament."
Radwanska, who had not lost a set on her way to the quarter-finals, said it was possible that she had paid the price for playing and winning warm-up events in Auckland and Sydney.
The Pole also thought Li had a good chance against Sharapova.
"I think it's 50/50, to be honest," she said. "They're both playing very well tennis this week, definitely. For sure it's going to be good match."
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2014-15/0971/en_head.json.gz/3098 | hide India players end Davis Cup boycott
Saturday, February 09, 2013 10:43 a.m. CST
By Sudipto Ganguly
MUMBAI (Reuters) - Disgruntled Indian tennis players made themselves available on Saturday for a Davis Cup tie against Indonesia, ending an embarrassing row with the All India Tennis Association (AITA) over demands for better playing conditions.
Eleven frontline players, excluding 13-times grand slam doubles champion Leander Paes, pulled out of the regional first round tie against South Korea in New Delhi last week, which India lost 4-1.
On Thursday, the AITA agreed to most of the players' demands paving the way for the players, including multiple doubles grand slam champion Mahesh Bhupathi, Somdev Devvarman and Rohan Bopanna, to commit to play in the April 5-7 team event.
"We have confirmed to the AITA our availability to play in the Davis Cup tie against Indonesia, subject to all of the conditions and commitments in the AITA's letter being unconditionally complied with by the AITA," the players said in a statement.
"Given that a number of the concerns that we have raised remain unresolved, our confirmation of availability is limited only to the tie against Indonesia.
"Going forward, we are hopeful that a reasonable and comprehensive long-term understanding will be formally documented after a consultative and collaborative process involving us as players."
The AITA agreed to demands for a new coach, a higher share of prize money, the players' involvement in choice of venues for ties and business class airfares for all members of the squad.
The governing body, however, rejected their request to change the captain and snubbed the players' choice of support staff for the team.
"We are happy that the players have made themselves available," AITA chief executive Hironmoy Chatterjee told Reuters by phone. "We are willing to open discussions with them for a long-term understanding."
(Reporting by Sudipto Ganguly; Editing by John Mehaffey) | 体育 |