tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-84091425009973484132024-03-16T02:09:32.673-07:00Trend Watcheremilehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05598238008132817610noreply@blogger.comBlogger4939125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8409142500997348413.post-69983494194078032682011-04-25T10:01:00.001-07:002023-05-23T11:19:56.345-07:00Upcoming health events | PennLive.com<p>Central Pennsylvania Blood Bank will hold the following blood drives:</p><p><b>PinnacleHealth Community General Osteopathic Hospital,</b> 4300 Londonderry Road, Lower Paxton Twp. 8 a.m.-1 p.m. Tuesday.</p><p><b>Masonic Lodge 649,</b> 23 W. High St., Red Lion. 3 -7 p.m. Tuesday.</p><p><b>HACC,</b> Cooper Student Center, Harrisburg. 9:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m. Wednesday.</p><a name='more'></a><p><b>First United Methodist Church,</b> 200 Frederick St., Hanover. 3 p.m.-7 p.m. Wednesday.</p><p><b>PinnacleHealth Polyclinic Campus,</b> 2501 N. Third St., Harrisburg. 10 a.m.-1 p.m. Wednesday.</p><p><b>Comcast CPA,</b> 221 W. Philadelphia St., York, Commerce Center West Building. 9 a.m.-6:30 p.m. Thursday.</p><p><b>York Galleria Mall,</b> 2899 Whiteford Road, Springettsbury Twp. 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Friday.</p><p><b>1st Assembly of God,</b> 2270 Susquehanna Trail, York. 9 a.m.-noon Saturday.</p><p><b>Zumba Dance and Toning Classes,</b> Union Hose Social Hall, Annville, second floor. Zumba Dance 7-8 p.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays, $5. Zumba Toning 6:25-6:55 p.m. Thursdays, $3. Proceeds support Annville Fire Company. Information: Kristy Noll at LebanonZumba@yahoo.com or lebanonzumba.weebly.com.</p><p><b>Zumba,</b> Camp Hill United Methodist Church, 417 S. 22nd St., Camp Hill. Taught by certified Zumba instructor Pamela Kreamer from West Shore Dance & Fitness. No registration required, all levels welcome. 6-7 p.m. Mondays. Cost: $6. Information: 717-756-5319 or www.wsdanceandfitness.com.</p><p><b>Spring Time Mini-Fitness Boot Camp,</b> Fit For You, 3301 Schoolhouse Lane, Susquehanna Twp. Three-day training exercise program. 7-8 p.m. May 12-13 and 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. May 14. Cost: $35. Registration: Call Katie at 717-350-4247.</p><p><b>East Pennsboro Twp. Recreation & Parks Commission is offering the following programs.</b> Information: 717-909-5630.</p><p>Beginners Country Line Dancing, East Pennsboro Twp. Building, 98 S. Enola Drive, East Pennsboro Twp., gym. 6:30-7:30 p.m. May 3-June 14. Cost: $30 residents, $35 nonresidents. Preregistration required.</p><p>Omni Flow Hoop Fitness, Adams-Ricci Park Gazebo Area. Hoop dancing. 1:30-3 p.m. Sundays May 1-June 29. Cost: $33 residents, $38 nonresidents.</p><p>Kickboxing, East Pennsboro High School, old gym. 6-7 p.m. Mondays and Wednesdays May 2-June 6. Cost: $35 residents, $40 nonresidents.</p><p><b>Palmyra Area Recreation & Parks Commission is offering the following programs.</b> Information: 717-838-9244.</p><p><b>Latin Dance Fitness Class,</b> 6 and 7:15 p.m. Wednesdays and 9 a.m. Saturdays at Palmyra Municipal Building. Fast paced. $5 per class.</p><p><b>Zumba with Kathryn,</b> 10 a.m. Thursdays and 8 a.m. Saturdays at Londonderry Twp. Municipal Building, 2nd floor. $5 per class.</p><p><b>West Shore Recreation Commission is offering the following programs. </b>Information: 717-920-9515 or www.wsrec.org for a complete listing.</p><p><b>Men’s Basketball,</b> 8-10 p.m. Thursdays starting this Thursday through June 2 at Negley Park. Cost: $24 for residents, $29 for nonresidents.</p><p><b>Zumba Toning,</b> Allen Middle School. 5:15-6:15 p.m. Thursdays May 5-June 9. Cost: $42 for residents, $50 for nonresidents.</p><p><b>Zumba,</b> Fishing Creek Middle School. 8:35-9:30 p.m. Mondays May 2-June 6. Cost: $42 for residents, $50 for nonresidents.</p><p><b>Zumba,</b> Allen Middle School. 5:15-6:15 p.m. Tuesdays May 3-June 7. Cost: $42 for residents, $50 for nonresidents.</p><p><b>Zumba,</b> Fishing Creek Elementary School. 7:30-8:30 p.m. Wednesdays April 27-June 1. Cost: $42 for residents, $50 for nonresidents.</p><p><b>Pilates,</b> Fishing Creek Elementary School. 8:30-9:20 p.m. May 3-June 7. Cost: $30 for residents, $36 for nonresidents.</p><p><b>Pilates,</b> Allen Middle School. 6:25-7:10 p.m. Cost: $30 for residents, $36 for nonresidents.</p><p><b>Pilates Level II, </b>Allen Middle School. 6:25-7:10 p.m. May 5-June 9. Cost: $30 for residents, $36 for nonresidents.</p><p><b>Sunset Yoga in the Park,</b> Negley Park, Lemoyne. 6-7:15 p.m. Mondays starting May 2-23. Cost: $30 for residents, $36 for nonresidents.</p><p><b>Y</b><b>oga Fitness,</b> Allen Middle School. 7:20-8:05 p.m. Thursdays starting May 5-June 9. Cost: $30 for residents, $36 for nonresidents.</p><p><b>Chair Yoga, </b>Jose Johnson’s Chinese Martial Arts Center, 2233 Paxton Church Road, Susquehanna Twp. Ann Stillwater teaches a four-week chair yoga session. 4:30-5:30 p.m. starting May 3. Cost: $36. Information: 717-724-7320.</p><p><b>Gentle Yoga, </b>Jose Johnson’s Chinese Martial Arts Center, 2233 Paxton Church Road, Susquehanna Twp. Ann Stillwater teaches a four-week gentle yoga session. 5:30-6:30 p.m. starting May 3. Cost: $36. Information: 717-724-7320.</p><p><b>Chair Yoga, </b>Susquehanna Twp. Building, 1900 Linglestown Road, Susquehanna Twp. Gentle form of yoga using the chairs for sitting and standing poses, taught by Gail Ellen Riegler. 10:30-11:30 a.m. Thursdays May 5-26. Cost: $32. Registration: 717-909-9228.</p><p><b>6th Annual Palmyra “Run for the Children” Run/Walk and One Mile Fun Run, </b>Paramount Sports Complex, Annville. 8 a.m. May 7. Cost: $25 for 5K, $10 for Fun Run. Information: 717-838-9244 or www.palmyrarec.org.</p><p><b>Pilates Day Open House,</b> Move with Absolute Pilates, 143 Walden Way, Hampden Twp. Free mat class, food, prizes, discounts. 11 a.m.- 3 p.m. Class from 11 a.m.-noon May 7. Information: 717-585-2592 or www.movewithabsolutepilates.com.</p><p><b>The Women’s Center at Carlisle Regional Medical Center discussion groups for mothers.</b> Information: 717-960-3409.</p><p><b>Postpartum Adjustment Support Group,</b> 6-7:30 p.m. on the first and third Mondays of every month. Free.<b>Mom and Baby Group (5-9 months),</b> 10:30 a.m.-noon on the first and third Tuesdays of every month. Free. <b>Mom and Newborn Group (newborn-5 months),</b> 1-2:30 p.m. on the first and third Tuesdays of every month. Free. <b>Evening Mom and Baby Group (newborn-crawling),</b> 6-7 p.m. on the first and third Wednesdays of every month. Free. <b>Breastfeeding Discussion Group,</b> 10:30 a.m.-noon on the second and fourth Tuesdays of every month. Cost is $7 or free if you participate in their breast-feeding program.</p><p><b>Parents of Amazing Children</b> — A Special Needs Support Group, The Live Well Center, 3 Alexandra Court, Carlisle. Support for parents and family members of special needs children. 6:30-8 p.m. the last Friday each month. Free. Information: 717-602-2554 or ncekovich@gmx.com.</p><p><b>“Mom’s Place,”</b> 20 Erford Road, Suite 11, Lemoyne. Offered by Holy Spirit Health System. Support for pregnant women and new mothers with babies less than 1 year old who might feel alone, afraid, overwhelmed, sad or worried. Led by social workers and therapists. 6-7:30 p.m. every Tuesday. Free. Information: 717-763-2200.</p><p><b>HeartStrings: Bereavement Support for Pregnancy Loss and Newborn Death, </b>PinnacleHealth Community Campus, 4300 Londonderry Road, Conference Room 1, Lower Paxton Twp. Support to families who are grieving the loss of their baby during pregnancy or shortly after birth. 7-8:30 p.m. fourth Tuesday of each month. Free. Information: 717-782-5906 or 717-221-6268.</p><p><b>Postpartum Depression Support Group,</b> Hershey Medical Center, Lois High Berstler Community Health Library, 35 Hope Drive, Room 206, Second Floor, Hershey. 5:30-6:30 p.m. second Wednesday of each month. Free. Information: 717-531-3908.</p><p><b>Pregnancy or Postpartum Depression Support Group,</b> The Mental Health Association of the Capital Region Inc. Wellness Center, 115 Valley St. Extension, Marysville. For moms-to-be or new moms and their family and friends. Babies are welcome. 7:30 p.m. Thursdays. Free. Register: 717-957-4263 or info@mentalhealthassociation.org.</p><p><b>Highmark Partners for a Healthy Community, </b>Hamilton Health Center, 1650 Walnut St., Harrisburg. Offering health screenings (glucose, cholesterol, blood pressure, BMI, vision) and dental services (screenings, fillings, simple extractions). Free. 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Saturday. Appointments: 717-230-3940.</p><p><b>Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center,</b> University Physician Center, Suite 100, Derry Twp., Dermatology Clinic. Free skin cancer screening. 8:30 a.m.-12:15 p.m. Saturday. Appointments required: 800-243-1455. Information: www.PennStateHershey.org/cancer.</p><p><b>Penn State Hershey Cancer Institute Oral, Head and Neck Cancer screening, </b>University Physician Center, Otolaryngology/Head and Neck Surgery Clinic, Suite 400. Free. 4-7 p.m. May 5. Appointments: 800-243-1455. Information: www.PennStateHershey.org/cancer.</p><p><b>Smart Health for Women,</b> Norlanco Outpatient Center, 424 Cloverleaf Drive, Elizabethtown. Free mammogram screenings and fun activities. 5-9 p.m. May 5. Preregistration required: 888-544-4636.</p><p><b>Holy Spirit Health System, offers free and low-cost health screenings at the following locations. </b>For information, call 717-763-2900.</p><p><b>Cleve J. Fredricksen Library, </b>100 N. 19th St., Camp Hill. Free blood pressure screening. 9 a.m.-1 p.m. every Thursday. <b>Joseph T. Simpson Library,</b> 16 N. Walnut St., Mechanicsburg. Free blood pressure screening. 10 a.m.-noon first Tuesday each month. <b>Holy Spirit Hospital Auditorium,</b> 503 N. 21st St., Camp Hill. Blood pressure, cholesterol ($5), colorectal and glucose ($2). 2-6 p.m. first Wednesday each month. <b>Holy Spirit Imaging Centers, </b>various locations. Free bone density screening. To schedule this screening, call 717-972-4900.</p><p><b>Advances in the Approach to Weight Management,</b> Giant Food Store, 2300 Linglestown Road, Susquehanna Twp., Linglestown Community Center. Dr. Luciano A. DiMarco of the PinnacleHealth Weight Loss Center will discuss treatment options. Free. 7 p.m. Thursday. Registration: 717-231-8900 or 877-499-3299.</p><p><b>Allergies with Dr. Batbayar Damdin,</b> The Healthy Grocer, 3800 Trindle Road, Camp Hill. Learn how acupuncture and traditional Chinese medicine can alleviate allergy symptoms while addressing the underlying cause. Free. 7-8 p.m. Thursday. Registration: 717-373-5123 or customerservice@thehealthygrocer.com.</p><p><b>“Put the Power of Healing into Your Hands,”</b> Reiki by Rickie, Health and Harmony Now, 317 Third St., Suite A, New Cumberland. Introduction to Reiki workshop. Fee: $35. 9 a.m.-noon Thursday. Cost: $20. Registration required: 717-732-1000.</p><p><b>Anti-inflammatory Seminar,</b> Senior Commons at Powder Mill, 1775 Powder Mill Road, York Twp. Conducted by Dale Green, a WellSpan nutritionist. Free. 10:30 a.m.-1 p.m. Thursday. Registration: 877-609-6848.</p><p><b>Weight Loss Surgery Seminar,</b> Penn State Surgical Weight Loss Clinic, 4000 Vine St., Middletown. Find out if weight loss surgery is right for you. Free. 11:30 a.m. Friday. Registration: 877-609-6848.</p><p><b>Caregivers Seminar, </b>Hospice of Central PA, Community Center, 1320 Linglestown Road, Susquehanna Twp. Former Pennsylvania Secretary of Aging Dr. Linda Rhodes will present sessions about providing care, tips for self care and information on navigating the health care of your loved one. Free. 9 a.m.- 3 p.m. Saturday. Breakfast and lunch served. Registration required: 717-732-1000.</p><p><b>Seasons of Health 2011 - Brunch in Hershey, </b>Hershey Country Club. Keynote speech by Dr. Nancy Snyderman. Presentations, health fair and book signing. A brunch will be served. 8 a.m.-1 p.m. Saturday. Registration: PennStateHershey.org/seasonsofhealth.</p><p><b>Medical Home Talk,</b> Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, Penn State College of Medicine Junker Auditorium. Dr. Paul Grundy will present “Patient-Centered Medical Home: The Model, the Challenges and the Opportunities,” from noon to 1 p.m. May 3. He will present “Health Care Transformation: Meeting Health Care Needs with Patient-Centered Medical Home and Accountable Care Organization,” at 5 p.m. that day. Lunch and dinner will be served. Registration: 717-531-4660.</p><p><b>Celiac Disease & Gluten Intolerance 101 Class,</b> Gluten Intolerance Group of Southcentral PA, Mohler Senior Center, 25 Hope Drive, Bldg. 35, Derry Twp. Educational packet: $5. 6:30 p.m. May 2. Pre-register by Monday: 717-520-9817 or email SouthcentralPA@gluten.net.</p><p><b>Cinco De Mayo Spring Fashion Show/Luncheon,</b> West Shore Country Club, 4100 Brentwater Road, Camp Hill. Holy Spirit Hospital Auxiliary. Cash bar and lunch followed by fashion show. Tickets: $40. 11:30 a.m. May 5. Information: 717-763-2796.</p><p><b>Spirit Girls’ Night Out,</b> Army Heritage and Education Center, 950 Soldiers Drive, Middlesex Twp. Holy Spirit Health System’s Spirit of Women program. Free screenings and risk assessments. 6-9 p.m. May 6. Registration: 717-972-4879.</p><p><b>Patients as Teachers, Medical Students as Filmmakers: The Best 4 Video Slam Documentaries,</b> The Penn State Hershey Medical Center, Derry Twp., Junker Auditorium. Watch four 10-minute documentaries by first-year medical students. Noon-1 p.m. May 6. Free. Information: 717-531-8778.</p><p><b>Natural Health Education Day,</b> The Healthy Grocer, 3800 Trindle Road, Camp Hill. The Healthy Grocer celebrates its 15th anniversary with music, workshops, food and more. Free. 9 a.m.-2 p.m. May 7. Information: 717-737-5123 or www.thehealthygrocer.com.</p><p><b>Holy Spirit Hospital will host these free support groups. </b></p><p><b>Holy Spirit’s Spirited Hearts,</b> Holy Spirit Hospital, auditorium. Cardiac support group. Dr. Christine McCarty will present “New Advances in Cardiac Robotic Surgery.” 6-7:30 p.m. Monday. Free. Reserve your seat: 717-972-4486. <b>Bereavement Support Group/Lecture Series, </b>Holy Spirit Hospital Pastoral Care Department. For anyone grieving the death of a loved one. 1-2:30 p.m. and 6:30-8 p.m. Wednesdays May 4-June 8. Registration: 763-2118 or 972-4255.</p><p><b>Nicotine Anonymous — Carlisle Group,</b> Bosler Library, 158 W. High St., Carlisle, second floor meeting rooms. 5:30 p.m. every Wednesday. Free. Information: 717-385-5161.</p><p><b>Kidney Conversation Group,</b> Kidney Foundation of Central Pennsylvania, 4813 Jonestown Road, Suite 101, Lower Paxton Twp. A discussion of issues related to living with chronic kidney disease. 3-4 p.m. first Tuesday of each month. Information: 717-652-8123.</p><p><b>Reachout Support Group,</b> Breath Of Life, 64th and Derry streets, Swatara Twp. Christ-centered 12-step support group for those who are struggling with addictions, compulsions, depression, co-dependency and more. 7-9 p.m. every Thursday. Information: 717-939-0572.</p><p><b>Alzheimer’s Association Support Group, </b>Kinkora Pythian Home, 25 Cove Road, Duncannon. Information, support and problem solving for people affected by Alzheimer’s and related disorders. 6-7 p.m. first Monday of each month. Free. Information: 717-834-4887.</p><p><b>Multiple Sclerosis Support Group, </b>Otterbein United Methodist Church, 647 Forge Road, Carlisle. Monthly programs of interest for all MS patients and caregivers. Meets at 6:30 p.m., the fourth Monday of the month. Information: 717-249-8288, 717-258-6989 or www.ottumc.org/mssupport.</p><p><b>CanSurmount Cancer Support,</b> HealthSouth Acute Rehab Hospital, 175 Lancaster Blvd., Lower Allen Twp. For cancer patients, family, friends and caregivers. 7 p.m. first Tuesday of each month. Free.</p><p><b>Pet Loss Support Group,</b> 210 Andersontown Road, Monaghan Twp. For those who have recently lost a pet or who anticipate a loss. 11 a.m. second Tuesday of each month and 7 p.m. fourth Tuesday of each month. Free. Register: 717-691-3294.</p><p><b>THRIVE Cancer Support Group,</b> Tristan Associates Breast Diagnostic Center, 4518 Union Deposit Road, Lower Paxton Twp. A group for women with all types of cancer. 6:30 p.m. first Wednesday each month. 717-652-1438 ext. 4150 for information.</p><p><b>Suicide Bereavement Support Group,</b> Simpson Board Room in the Memorial Building of Polyclinic Campus, 2501 N. Third St., Harrisburg. For any adult who has lost a loved one to suicide. 7-9 p.m. first Wednesday of each month. Free. Information: 717-379-2920.</p><p><b>Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance-Harrisburg Chapter Peer Support Group,</b> meets at the following locations. Free. Information: 717-957-4263.</p><p><b>Trinity Lutheran Church, </b>2000 Chestnut St., Camp Hill. 7-9 p.m. first and third Tuesdays of each month. <b>Pennsylvania Psychiatric Institute,</b> 6th floor Landis Building Training Room 4, 2501 N. Third St., Harrisburg. 7-9 p.m. second and fourth Tuesdays of each month.</p><p><b>Breast Cancer Support Group,</b> Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, Breast Care Center, 30 Hope Drive, Room 1710 A&B, Hershey. 6-6:30 p.m. for new members; 6:30-8:30 p.m. scheduled program. First Monday of each month. Free. Information: 717-531-7492.</p><p>Calendar items can be emailed to health@pnco.com. Items run on a space-available basis.</p><p class="source_url">Source: <noindex><a href="http://www.pennlive.com" target="_blank" rel="external nofollow">http://www.pennlive.com</a></noindex></p>emilehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05598238008132817610noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8409142500997348413.post-66736795286735734592011-10-28T11:21:00.001-07:002023-05-23T11:12:20.339-07:00Things to do in the Coastal Bend this weekend: 10.28.11-10.30.11<p>PERFORMANCE: The Port Aransas Historical Association presents Grammy-nominated singer Don Edwards performing at 7 p.m. Friday at the Third Coast Theater, 502 E. Avenue G., Port Aransas. Cost: $50. Information: 361-749-7300.</p><a name='more'></a><p>WEEKLY ART CLASSES: Art Center for the Islands, 323 N. Alister St., Port Aransas, will host the following classes: Fridays: Beginner/intermediate watercolor with Kay Barnebey, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., $25/drop-in; $80/monthly. First Tuesday portrait drawing with Pat Donohue, 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Cost: $15; $13.50 /members. Also Tuesday drop in and draw class with Pat Donohue, 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Cost: $15; $13.50/members. Thursdays: Soft pastels with Donna Garven, 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Cost: $15; $13.50/members. Thursdays: Oil painting with Donna Garven, 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Cost: $15; $13.50 members. Information: 361-749-7334.</p><p>DINNER/DANCE: A senior dinner and dance is from 4:30 to 7:30 p.m. Friday at the Ethel Eyerly Senior Center, 654 Graham Road. Music by The Swing Rayz. Cost: $5. Information/reservations: 937-3218.</p><p>COMEDY: The Vent Comedy Club at Gators Bar & Grill, 4610 S. Padre Island Drive, will host headliner Big Ed at 8 p.m. . Friday. Featuring Owen Dunn and hosted by John Roman. Cost: $10; $7/students and military. Information/tickets:www.theventnation.com/tickets.htmlor Disc Go Round, 5734 McArdle Road or 361-434-4290.</p><p>HEALTH FAIR: San Patricio County Department of Public Health will host a health fair from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. Friday at the San Patricio County Fairgrounds Civic Center in Sinton. Free. Flu vaccine will be available for $20; Medicaid and Medicare Part B also will be accepted. Information: 361-364-6204.</p><p>PRIMERA ANNIVERSARY: Primera Iglesia Bautista, 1509 Tarlton St., will celebrate its 100th anniversary beginning at 6:30 p.m. Friday with a welcome social praise. Guest speaker will be the Rev. Mateo Rendón. A banquet begins at 6 p.m. Saturday. Free. A concert begins at 10:45 a.m. Sunday at the church. Guest speaker will be the Rev. Ruben Hernandez. Free. Information: 884-3582.</p><p>PERFORMANCE: Canadian R&B recording artist Sean Jones performs at 7:30 p.m. Friday at the Performing Arts Center, Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi. Cost: $12-$55. Information:www.corpuschristilive.comor 980-1949.</p><p>BOOK SIGNING: Max Oliver will host a book signing for "Cries of the Heart" from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. friday at the Bell/Whittington Library, 2400 Memorial Parkway, Portland. Free. Information: 361-777-0921.</p><p>TIME SESSIONS: Victory Life Fellowship, 1201 S. Brownlee Blvd., will host "Time" morning sessions at 9 a.m. and evening sessions at 7 p.m. Friday, Saturday and Sunday. Free. Childcare provided for evening services. Free. Information: 882-5513.</p><p>BRIDGE TOURNAMENT: Unit 187 of the American Contract Bridge League will sponsor a bridge tournament for players of all levels at 9 a.m., 1 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday and at 10 a.m. Sunday at the Omni Hotel Marina, 900 North Shoreline Blvd. The games will benefit the Corpus Christi Food Bank. Fee: $13-$14/game for members; $2 more for nonmembers. Information: 361-537-2353 or 361-232-6181.</p><p>DOG DAYS FESTIVAL: The 6th annual "Dog-Gone Days" music festival fundraiser for local pet sanctuaries is from 5 to 10 p.m. Saturday at the Animal Hospital of Padre Island, 14802 Compass Drive. The event features live music, a dog and owner Halloween costume contest, chili and fajita cook-off, trick dog competition and silent auction. Cost: $5. Information: 816-1424 or 949-8200.</p><p>JOYS OF FAITH: Joys of Faith Gospel Singers will host a musical at 6:30 p.m. Saturday at Bethlehem Baptist Church, 108 N. Burke St., Beeville. Free. A dinner begins at 4 p.m. Nov. 5. Information: 361-241-3349.</p><p>WAFFLE BREAKFAST: West Oso High School Booster Club annual waffle breakfast is from 8 to 11 a.m. Saturday at the school cafeteria, 745 Flato Road. Cost: $8. Information: 814-4836 or 774-3982.</p><p>PARKINSON SUPPORT: The Coastal Bend Parkinson's Support Group meets at 10 a.m. Saturday at the YWCA, 4601 Corona Drive. Free. Information: 726-1670 or 949-7719.</p><p>CANCER AID FUNDRAISER: Ladies Auxiliary of Post 6386 will hold a Cancer Aid and Research fundraiser Saturday beginning with a memorial service at 10 a.m. at the Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 6385, 1452 Highway 361, Ingleside. The event continues with a fun run with first bike out at 11 a.m. Cost: $10/single; $15/double. The event continues with a Trick or Treat youth costume contest and auction. Journals of Love will be donated to people who have cancer and are undergoing chemo. There will be poker hands for $5 and $1 for every card you wish to trade. Information: 215-0482.</p><p>KAYAKING COURSE: The Office of Community Outreach at Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi will offer an eight-hour "Introduction to Kayaking" course from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday. Participants must be 18 or older, or 14-17 if accompanied by a parent. Participants will need to bring a swimsuit, water shoes (or shoes you are prepared to get wet), a towel, a hat, sunglasses, sunscreen, a water bottle and lunch money. Cost: $100. To register online, go to outreach.tamucc.edu/kayaking. Information: 825-5967 or emailjoseph.miller@tamucc.edu.</p><p>PHOTOGRAPHY CLASS: Adult photography class is from 1 to 4 p.m. Saturday at the Art Museum of South Texas, 1902 N. Shoreline Blvd. Local artist Judith Curial will be instructor. Reservations required. Cost: $40; $30/members. Information: 825-3500.</p><p>COUNTRY CHAOS: "Country Chaos — A Wicked Texas Concert" begins at 6:30 p.m. Saturday at Andrews Distributing, 254 Junior Beck Drive. Music by The Bleu Edmondson Band, The Pear Ratz and The Rich Lockhart Band. Cost: $35; $40/door. No one under 21 will be admitted. Tickets are available atwww.cbaf.org, Lone Star Country Store, and Billy Bob's Western Wear in Calallen. Information: 814-2001.</p><p>HEART WALK: The American Heart Association 2011 Heart Walk begins at 8 a.m. Saturday at Whataburger Field. The walk begins at 8:30 a.m. After the walk there will be a health festival with fitness options and a kids zone. Information: 692-0606.</p><p>DRUG FREE WALK: Palmer Drug Abuse Program drug free walk begins at 10 a.m. Saturday at the Water Gardens. Free goodie bag to all participants. Information: 887-8900.</p><p>FOOT FEST: Food Bank of Corpus Christi's second annual Foot Fest 5K, 10K and 2-mile walk begins with a Zumba warm-up at 7:30 a.m. Saturday; walk begins at 8 a.m. behind the H-E-B, Wildcat Drive, Portland. Preregistration $25; $30/day of race. Information: 643-1311 or 887-6291, Ext. 114.</p><p>COMEDY NIGHT: Charlie's Crazy Comedy Night begins at 9:30 p.m. Saturday at Don Miguel Restaurant & Grill, 5253 S. Staples St. Featuring Jade Esteban Estrada. Cost: $10. Information: 986-0028.</p><p>DRIVE-THROUGH CLINIC: The Corpus Christi-Nueces County Public Health District with host a flu and pneumonia vaccine drive-thru clinic from 9 a.m. to noon Saturday at the Sunrise Mall parking lot, 5858 S. Padre Island Drive. Cost: $20/vaccine. Bring proof of insurance. Information: 826-7200.</p><p>DARK DIMENSIONS HAUNTED HOUSE: Dark Dimensions Haunted House begins at 7:30 p.m. today, Saturday and Sunday and at 8 p.m. Monday at 4701 Ayers St., Suite 100. Cost: $10. One dollar from ticket sales go to the United Way of the Coastal Bend. Information: www.darkdimensionshauntedhouse.com</p><p>HAUNTED RITZ THEATER: Ritz Theater/CCPATCH haunted house, 715 N. Chaparral St., is from 7 p.m. to midnight today, Saturday and Sunday and from 7 p.m. to 1 a.m. Monday. Cost: $10/person. Proceeds benefit the Ritz Theatre restoration. Information: 887-6055 or www.ccritz.com</p><p>PIRATES HAUNTED HOUSE: The Pirates Haunted House is from 7 p.m. to midnight through Monday at 3014 Surfside Blvd. Cost: $10. Information: 1-888-718-4253 or visit www.pirateshauntedadventure.com</p><p>FRIGHT NIGHT HOUSE: Fright Night House is today through Monday at 623 Power St. Cost: $13. Information: 548-9865 or visit imnotgoinginthere.com</p><p>NIGHTMARE FACTORY: Nightmare Factory in Hologram 3-D is through Monday at 304 N. Staples St. Cost: $10. Information: www.frightnightaustin.com</p><p>ASBURY PUMPKIN PATCH: Asbury United Methodist Church, 7501 S. Staples St., pumpkin patch continues from 9:30 a.m. to 7 p.m. today and Saturday and from 11:30 a.m. to 7 p.m. Sunday (subject to pumpkin supplies). Pumpkins range from $1 to $40 and come in all shapes and sizes. Photo opportunities are free and storytime groups in the patch also are available. Free. Information: 992-7501.</p><p>PUMPKIN PATCH: Grace United Methodist Church, 11222 Leopard St., pumpkin patch continues from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. today, Saturday and Monday and from noon to 6 p.m. Sunday. Pumpkins of all sizes for show and sale. Storytime among the pumpkins also will be featured. A Trunk or Treat event is from 5:30 to 8 p.m. Saturday. Information: 242-3333.</p><p>WESLEY PUMPKIN PATCH: Wesley United Methodist Church, 3915 Gollihar Road, pumpkin patch continues from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. today, Saturday and Monday and from noon to 7 p.m. Sunday. Pumpkins and gourds for sale. Information: 288-6976.</p><p>ISLAND PUMPKIN PATCH: “Island Pumpkin Patch” is open daily until dusk through Monday at Island in the Son United Methodist Church, 10650 Highway 361. Prices depend on size. A Trunk or Treat event is from 3 to 5 p.m. Sunday featuring game booths, treats and a cake walk. Information: 361-749-0884.</p><p>PUMPKIN PATCH/TRUNK OR TREAT: First United Methodist Church, 4545 Wildcat Drive, Portland, will host a pumpkin patch from 9 a.m. to noon and from 1 to 7 p.m. through Monday. The pumpkin patch features storytelling. Free. A trunk or treat is from 6 to 8 p.m. Saturday in the church parking lot. Free. A Boo Bash for all high school students is from 9 p.m. to midnight following the trunk event. Free. Information: 777-2000.</p><p>SWEENEY TODD: The Harbor Playhouse presents “Sweeney Todd … The Demon Barber of Fleet Street” at 7:30 p.m. today and Saturday and at 2 p.m. Sunday. This production contains material that may not be suitable for children. Cost: $6, $13 and $16. Information: 888-7469or www.harborplayhouse.com</p><p>ROCKY HORROR: “The Rocky Horror Show” begins at 7 p.m. and 11 p.m. today, Saturday and Monday at the Aurora Arts Theatre, 5635 Everhart Road. Special Cost: $15. Due to the mature nature of this show, this production is recommended for those 18 and older. Information: www.auroraartstheatre.com/ or 851-9700.</p><p>FALL CARNIVAL: Del Mar College fall carnival is from 5 to 10 p.m. today at the Harvin Student Center, Del Mar College East, 101 Baldwin Blvd. Free. Information: 698-1279.</p><p>HALLOWEEN CARNIVAL: St. Pius X Catholic School, 737 Saint Pius Drive, will host a Halloween carnival begins at 5:30 p.m. today. The event features live music, dunking booth and games. Information: 992-1343.</p><p>FALL BACK FESTIVAL: The annual Fall Back Festival is from 7 to 10 p.m. Saturday on the grassy knoll at Cinnamon Shore Resort by the ‘C’ Café Bar on Highway 361, Port Aransas. The event features samples of wines/food provided by local restaurants and music by Myndfields and Glynn Garcia. Cost: $30. Halloween costumes welcome. Proceeds benefit the Port Aransas Community Theatre. Information: 361-749-6674.</p><p>CARNIVAL: The Campus Activities Board at Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi will host the annual October carnival from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday in the University Center, Lone Star Ballroom. There will be games, food and prizes. Free. Information: 825-5778.</p><p>St. Paul the Apostle Catholic Church youth ministry will host a Halloween carnival from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday in the parish hall, 2233 Waldron Road. The event features arts and craft show, games for children and haunted house. Free. Information: 361-215-9919.</p><p>MUSICAL MASQUERADE: The Corpus Christi Ballet presents Musical Masquerade from 8 p.m. to midnight Saturday at Mansion Royal, 8001 S. Padre Island Drive. The event includes live music by Flashback, a mini performance, live/silent auction, raffle and dinner. Masked costumed encouraged. Cost: $50/pre-sale (including dinner); $25/door (not including dinner). Information: 882-4588.</p><p>ZOMBIE PROM: The 7th annual Zombie Prom begins at 9 p.m. Saturday at House of Rock, 511 Starr St. Music by The Electrotypes and DJ Johnny Hotcakes. Prom King and Queen will be announced at midnight. Cost: $5/21 and older; $10/ages 18 and older. Tickets available at www.texashouseofrock.com.</p><p>HALLOWEEN BIRTHDAY/MINGLE: Mary Lee & Dance Suave, 2033 Airline Road, Suite E-1, will host a Halloween/Birthday Night mix and mingle party from 9 to 11:30 p.m. today. Cost: $15/person. A Waltz III class begins at 8 p.m. Cost: $10/person. Information: 904-5170.</p><p>JUDGMENT HOUSE: Annaville Baptist Church, 4025 Violet Road, will host “Judgment House” from 6 to 10 p.m. today through Monday. Judgment House is a seven-scene walk-through drama that leads through a series of rooms that tell a story about people whose lives have been cut short through tragedy. Not recommended for children under age 10. Reservations recommended. Information: 361-241-9558 or email drama@annaville.com</p><p>HALLOWEEN PARTY: ABCDancin’ will host a Halloween party from 8:30 to 11:30 p.m. Saturday at Mary Lee’s Dance Suave, 2033 Airline Road, Suite E. The event features a costume contest, three dance lessons, snacks, dance cards. Cost: $15. Information: 765-9030 or 834-6696.</p><p>PUMP-KIN WORKOUT: Pinnacle Fitness Bootcamps, is hosting its annual PUMP-kin Fat Loss Workout to raise funds for CASA (Court Appointed Special Advocates) beginning at 8:30 a.m. Saturday at Pinnacle Performance and Fitness, 3636 S. Alameda St. Cost: $20. Participants must bring their own pumpkin. Information: 361-774-2220 or pinnaclefitnessbootcamps@gmail.com.</p><p>FISH FRY: Halloween bash fish fry with trimmings begins at 11 a.m. Saturday at It’ll Do Saloon, 4125 Gollihar Road. Cost: $6/plate. Live entertainment at noon by Time Piece, Lyrical Bynge, Wheat Field, Ray T. and City Crew and Mando and the Third Coast. The event also features a costume contest and door prizes. Free. Information: 855-2766.</p><p>PUMPKIN CARVING: Stingers Coffee’s annual pumpkin carving contest is from 2 to 4 p.m. Saturday at 1304 Airline Road. Free pumpkins to the first 50 children. Information: 986-1133.</p><p>SPOOKTACULAR BOWL: Del Mar College Spooktacular Scholarship Bowl is from 12:30 to 4 p.m. Sunday at AMF Saratoga Lanes Bowling Center, 6116 Ayers St. Cost: $40/person; Sponsor a team for $150. The event also features a silent auction. Information: 698-1031 or sreigle@delmar.edu.</p><p>CAMP-OUT: The annual members camp-out on the Blue Ghost begins at 3 p.m. Saturday and continues through Sunday. Cost: $35/adults; $25/ages 5-17. Information: 888-4873, Ext. 306.</p><p>TRUNK OR TREAT: Trunk or Treat event is from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Sunday at The Believers’ Fellowship Church, 4420 S. Staples St. The event features free games, food and music. Wear your costumes. Information: 334-9723.</p><p>MURDER MYSTERY: The Social Sciences Organization at Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi will hold a Murder Mystery Theatre from 6 to 9 p.m. Monday in the University Center, Oso Room. Activities include a murder mystery plot, costume contest, movie reel contest to find an indisputable horror movie buff, a candy corn guess jar and a short film of the horror genre. Free. Information: Victor.Garcia@tamucc.edu.</p><p>© 2011 Corpus Christi Caller Times. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.</p><p class="source_url">Source: <noindex><a href="http://www.caller.com" target="_blank" rel="external nofollow">http://www.caller.com</a></noindex></p>emilehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05598238008132817610noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8409142500997348413.post-81405135194171801642011-12-29T14:01:00.000-08:002011-12-30T07:45:39.944-08:00perfect items for your own householdJewellery is amongst the best presents to offer to an individual you care about. When purchasing jewelry as a gift, you should look at the person's pursuits and life-style. One example is, whenever they take pleasure in sports as well as outdoors they could want much more simple items. 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The color mixture goes good with any outfit also.<a name='more'></a>emilehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05598238008132817610noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8409142500997348413.post-20532162824429152952011-12-01T03:00:00.001-08:002011-12-01T03:00:05.903-08:00LeBron James to NFL? It's a possibility<p>Some people, including his former high school football coach, think that if LeBron James won a few NBA championships, he would try to make the jump to the NFL. (Don Ryan/Associated Press)</p><p>There was the 2009 State Farm commercial in which LeBron James daydreamed about playing for the Cleveland Browns. There was an exchange of Tweets last month between James and an NFL analyst, with the locked-out Miami Heat star asking, "When is the deadline for a team to sign a free agent?"</p><a name='more'></a><p>Mostly, it's come across as a joke even though many experts have said James has the talent to play in the NFL. But James' Ohio high school football coach, former Miami Dolphins linebacker Jay Brophy, wouldn't be surprised to see James snaring passes in the league one day.</p><p>"I truly believe that if he can win an NBA championship or two and he's still young enough and athletic enough and healthy enough, that he would want to play in the NFL," Brophy said Tuesday. "I don't think he would anytime soon jeopardize all that he's worked for. But if he won a couple of championships, I think that he definitely would try it."</p><p>While Brophy has needled James about taking his talents to the NFL, he said the superstar never has said that's a serious desire. But Brophy said it's his "gut feeling" that James, 26, wants to "test the waters" in the NFL one day.</p><p>Brophy was on the University of Miami's 1983 national title team before playing for the Dolphins from 1984 to '86 and concluding his NFL career with the New York Jets in 1987. He was as an assistant coach at St. Vincent-St. Mary High in Akron, Ohio, when James was a freshman in 1999, and was the team's head coach when James starred as a varsity wide receiver in 2000 and 2001.</p><p>Despite James' tweets, Brophy never believed there was any chance James would have played in the NFL this season had the NBA lockout lingered before being settled last week. There would have been too much downside.</p><p>"That wouldn't have been a good mix, with the scrutiny and the trouble there would be," said Brophy, now retired in Green, Ohio.</p><p>But if James can get some rings on his fingers while he's still young enough to run routes, Brophy sees it happening. After all, this is a guy who caught 42 passes for 752 yards and 11 touchdowns as a high school sophomore, and 57 balls for 1,160 yards and 16 TDs as a junior while creating major interest among college recruiters.</p><p>James didn't play his senior season to focus on the NBA. But Brophy believes he would have suited up had he not broken his wrist in June 2002.</p><p>"Oh, yeah," Brophy said of James having the talent to play in the NFL. "I consider him a cross between (former Eagles WR) Harold Carmichael and Randy Moss. He's 6-foot-8, like Carmichael, and he has the gracefulness of Moss. This guy can catch and run and he's got a big body. He would just have to change his mindset for football."</p><p>That's a pretty impressive comparison. Carmichael, who played from 1971 to '84, and the 6-4 Moss, a pro from 1998 to 2010, combined for 1,533 career catches and 10 Pro Bowl appearances.</p><p>"If I put all my time and commitment into it, if I dedicated myself to the game of football, I could be really good," James said in 2009, when the State Farm commercial was running.</p><p>Brophy last saw James when he was inducted into the St. Vincent-St. Mary Hall of Fame last August along with four senior teammates from the 2003 state basketball title team. Later during the lockout, James worked out with the high school football team, donning a uniform and snaring passes.</p><p>"Just got done practicing with the St. V varsity football team, full pads and all," James tweeted after that. "Felt great being back on the field. Should I?"</p><p>If he takes care of business in the NBA, Brophy believes he will.</p><p><i>Chris Tomasson can be reached at <b>christomasson@hotmail.com</b> or on Twitter <b>@christomasson</b> </i></p><p class="source_url">Source: <noindex><a href="http://www.foxsportsflorida.com" target="_blank" rel="external nofollow">http://www.foxsportsflorida.com</a></noindex></p>emilehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05598238008132817610noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8409142500997348413.post-77857219451748399532011-12-01T02:08:00.001-08:002011-12-01T02:08:08.249-08:00Shaq getting back into the shoe game<p><strong>Shaquille O'Neal</strong> is looking for someone to fill his shoes.</p><p>Literally.</p><p>The future Hall of Famer has hired <strong>Mary Gleason</strong> to revamp his footwear line.</p><p>"She's the LeBron James of my shoe team," O'Neal said of Gleason who helped him launch his original shoe in 1999 with Starter.</p><a name='more'></a><p>Reports Gerald Flores of Footwear News :</p><p>Gleason said her first priority was to launch a website to showcase O'Neal's personality as well as his products. The site, Shaq.com , went live this month and merges O'Neal's blog and personal social media handles with e-commerce.</p><p>His spring '12 line of sneakers will debut on the Web in February and will make up almost 80 percent of all products sold on the site. Retail prices for footwear range from $20 to $30 for children's, and $25 to $40 for men's.</p><p>...In addition to being distributed on the website, the Shaq-branded footwear also will be sold at retailers such as JCPenney, Academy, Big 5 Sporting Goods, Famous Footwear and Shoe Show.</p><p>To report corrections and clarifications, contact Standards Editor <strong>Brent Jones</strong> . For publication consideration in the newspaper, send comments to letters@usatoday.com . Include name, phone number, city and state for verification. To view our corrections, go to corrections.usatoday.com .</p><p><strong>Guidelines:</strong> You share in the USA TODAY community, so please keep your comments smart and civil. Don't attack other readers personally, and keep your language decent. Use the "Report Abuse" button to make a difference. Read more .</p><p class="source_url">Source: <noindex><a href="http://content.usatoday.com" target="_blank" rel="external nofollow">http://content.usatoday.com</a></noindex></p>emilehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05598238008132817610noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8409142500997348413.post-10114027209352460442011-12-01T01:18:00.001-08:002011-12-01T01:18:04.914-08:00Chris Paul to NY Knicks rumors heat up as Carmelo Anthony and Amar'e Stoudemire get ready to return to action<p>Hornets All-Star point guard could force way out of New Orleans</p><p></p><p>Carmelo Anthony (from l.), Chris Paul, Dwyane Wade and LeBron James help feed needy in Brooklyn. </p><p>The question regarding Chris Paul ’s possible future employer brought a big smile to Carmelo Anthony ’s face as if it were a little inside joke between him and the New Orleans Hornets’ All-Star point guard.</p><a name='more'></a><p>Except the idea of pairing Paul with Anthony and Amar’e Stoudemire may be the worst-kept secret in basketball. And even though Paul sidestepped inquires about the Knicks as deftly as he dribbles around defenders, Tuesday afternoon in Brooklyn served as the unofficial start of the Paul sweepstakes.</p><p>“I try not to pay attention to all that different type of stuff,” Paul said. “My heart is in New Orleans right now. The reason I’m here in New York, like what Melo just said, is for him.”</p><p>Four of the league’s marquee names - Anthony, Paul, Dwyane Wade and LeBron James - handed out boxes of food at the Madison Square Boys & Girls Club in Brooklyn on Tuesday. There were united in one cause, and perhaps at some point in the not-so-distant future they will be fighting for the same goal: an NBA championship.</p><p>Wade, James and Chris Bosh established the blueprint last summer by taking less money to join forces in Miami. Within days, James was advising Anthony and Paul to join Amar’e Stoudemire in New York. Anthony eventually forced his way out of Denver, and now Paul, who can become a free agent on July 1, can do the same.</p><p>Paul’s situation is unique because the Hornets are being run by the NBA, so in theory commissioner David Stern can dictate where Paul ends up. That could be looked at one of two ways. It makes sense for Paul to land in a major market, but one of the league’s goals during the lockout was to make it tougher for franchise players to leave the clubs that drafted them.</p><p>“I don’t see the league trading him to the Knicks because that goes against everything they said during the lockout,” said one prominent agent who does not represent Paul. “They don’t want players like Chris Paul just getting up and leaving.”</p><p>The Knicks used most of their assets to acquire Anthony last February and will likely have to wait until they have cap room in the summer to sign Paul outright. Paul would be leaving millions on the table if he walked away from New Orleans, but the proposed new labor agreement would not preclude him from doing a sign-and-trade with the Hornets.</p><p>Until then, Anthony has a season to prepare for, and the Knicks are expected to open on Christmas against Boston. The truncated preseason won’t give Anthony and Stoudemire much time to develop chemistry. Last season, the Knicks went 14-18 with Anthony, including being swept by Boston in the first round of the playoffs.</p><p>“We had a short run last year when I came here to New York,” Anthony said. “And now we get a training camp together we get some time to jell. We’re just excited about this year. ”</p><p>Carmelo Anthony declined to address the scandal at Syracuse Tuesday, calling it “a sensitive situation, a sensitive topic that I don’t even want to go near.”</p><p>Anthony played one season at Syracuse, leading the Orange to its only NCAA championship in 2003.</p><p>“My heart goes out to the families and that’s it,” Anthony said at the Madison Square Boys & Girls Club in Brooklyn. “I have no comment on the Fine situation or the Boheim situation.”</p><p class="source_url">Source: <noindex><a href="http://www.nydailynews.com" target="_blank" rel="external nofollow">http://www.nydailynews.com</a></noindex></p>emilehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05598238008132817610noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8409142500997348413.post-48771766432270605402011-12-01T00:26:00.001-08:002011-12-01T00:26:05.875-08:00Book Review: The Whore of Akron, by Scott Raab | Entertainment | TIME.com<p>The invective poets of ancient Rome had nothing on Scott Raab, author of The Whore of Akron: One Man’s Search For The Soul of LeBron James. It’s part unauthorized LeBron James biography, part personal memoir, all unabashed diatribe. At different times in Whore, Raab, a writer for Esquire, refers to James as a “mother——,” a “megalomaniacal s—heel,” and an “ass—-.” He wishes a career-ending injury on the ballplayer, who despite growing up in northeast Ohio famously left the Cleveland Cavaliers in the summer of 2010 for the star-studded Miami Heat. A Cleveland native who has suffered through 47 years without one of the city’s major pro sports teams winning a championship, Raab actually saves his most inventive vitriol for former Cleveland Browns owner Art Modell, who moved that franchise from the shores of Lake Erie to Baltimore in 1995. “May he suffer another decade of strokes and spend an eternity tonguing Satan’s flaming anus,” Raab writes.</p><a name='more'></a><p>Is this all too sophomoric? Does it cross some kind of line to call James a “whore” and wish awful fates upon him? Maybe. But that doesn’t mean this isn’t a pleasure (guilty or otherwise) to read. First of all, Raab is an inspired, energetic writer. When explaining why Cleveland has failed to attract top free-agent athletes, Raab hits it perfectly: “The weather is rugged. The economy is rugged. The women are rugged. For a young millionaire not named Bruce Wayne, the art museum and symphony don’t matter. The Cleveland Clinic doesn’t matter. The grit and guts that are supposed to make the underdog beloved don’t matter, either.”</p><p>But it’s not like Raab is picking on James. He’s an equal opportunity offender, starting with his parents. Raab calls his mother a “harridan.” Of his father, who ditched the family early in Raab’s life, the author notes that “Sanford Raab is mourning his recently deceased second wife in the same way he honored her in life, by having sex with some floozy – in this case, a Romani bimbo who hit on him in a supermarket parking lot – who’ll steal every cent she can.” Raab grew up poor and essentially abandoned, and before catching on as a writer, was an alcoholic and drug addict. He writes honestly about his weight issues (he calls himself a “land walrus”) and about tripping out on the Vicodin he needs to cope with overwhelming back pain. When you’ve overcome as much as Raab has, and are struggling with both physical and mental pain, like Raab seems to be, it’s hard to have much sympathy for a multi-millionaire like James.</p><p>As may be apparent, the Whore of Akron can be too revealing. The story didn’t need details of the bedroom activities of Raab and his wife. It really didn’t need a sizing up of James’ private parts (Raab snuck a peek at them in the Cleveland locker room). And a few of the darts are trite. Early in the book, Raab hurls a trio of outlandish insults at Modell. Third time around, they’re much less funny.</p><p>But these are minor quibbles, compared to the insights. Raab never talks to James at any length – once the Heat caught wind that Raab’s book would be less than flattering to James, the team refused to credential him to games — but his sharp eye, while trailing James in both Cleveland and Miami over the past two NBA seasons, makes up for his lack of access. For example the Cavs demurred to James’ every whim, even employing his personal assistant “officially in some security capacity,” Raab notes. “In reality, [the assistant] is James’s Minister of Ritual Handshakes.”</p><p>Raab scores an enlightening interview with Cavaliers owner Dan Gilbert, whose infamous screed against James after he announced his decision to leave for Miami actually helped James’ butchered image. When Gilbert sits down with Raab at the end of March, the emotions are still raw. Gilbert tells Raab why he left his courtside seats at halftime of James’ first game in Cleveland as a member of the Heat, when he scored 38 points in a 118-90 blowout win. “I knew what the ass—- was doing, and I didn’t want to – sometimes I can lose my – he was taunting,” Gilbert says. “He was loving every second of it. I would not have gone after him, but I would have probably said and done some things that I would have regretted.”</p><p>Gilbert also regrets not compelling James to sign a long-term contract in 2007. Instead, Gilbert allowed James to sign a shorter, three-year deal that gave him an enormous amount of leverage; it forced the Cavs to go for a championship at all costs before James could leave. The team fell short of a title, and left themselves woefully undermanned once James did skip town. (Cleveland finished with a 19-63 record last season, and at one point lost an NBA-record 26 straight games). “When he said, ‘I’m signing for three years, we should’ve had the balls to say, ‘Shove it,’” Gilbert tells Raab. “He wouldn’t have left. He wasn’t prepared and ready to leave. We should’ve said, ‘F–k you. Go. Let’s see it.’”</p><p>At its core, and at its best, The Whore of Akron is a poignant exploration of sports fandom. It’s insane, to the point that a respected writer would call the former object of his sports affection a “whore” in his book’s title. And it’s also redeeming. Near the end of the book, Raab says he’s thankful that his own son isn’t emotionally invested in sports teams, like he is. “But I know another kid,” Raab writes, referring to his own experience, “back in Cleveland, fatherless, fat, and frightened, pissing into a Folger’s can at his grandparents’ house, living game to game because the games are all that makes his life seem worth his suffering.” After reading The Whore of Akron, you’ll be hard pressed to think sports don’t matter.</p><p><strong>(MORE: Q&A—Don’t Tell Ann Patchett That Bookstores Are Dying)</strong></p><p><strong>(MORE: Behind the List—The Making of TIME’s Top 10 Books of the Year)</strong></p><p class="source_url">Source: <noindex><a href="http://entertainment.time.com" target="_blank" rel="external nofollow">http://entertainment.time.com</a></noindex></p>emilehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05598238008132817610noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8409142500997348413.post-48184768853072520082011-11-30T23:36:00.001-08:002011-11-30T23:36:04.826-08:00LeBron James booed at Ohio State game<p>What a tremendous confluence of events for Ohio State fans last night.</p><p>Their basketball team hammered Duke, 85-63, the perfect backdrop for celebrating <strong>Urban Meyer's</strong> hiring to resurrect the football program.</p><p>And in addition to chanting "overrated" at <strong>Mike Krzyzewski's</strong> team they also got to boo <strong>LeBron James</strong> .</p><a name='more'></a><p>LeBron was at courtside underneath the basket with Miami Heat teammate <strong>Dwyane Wade</strong> , and was the target of what the Cleveland Plain Dealer described as "hearty boos" as he headed for his seat.</p><p>Having heard it all before in the home state that will never forgive him for abandoning the Cleveland Cavaliers, LeBron shrugged off the jeers.</p><p>"I'm here to support the team," he told the Plain Dealer . "Fans are going to be fans, and I understand that. But this is all about Ohio State basketball, it's not about LeBron James at all."</p><p>To report corrections and clarifications, contact Standards Editor <strong>Brent Jones</strong> . For publication consideration in the newspaper, send comments to letters@usatoday.com . Include name, phone number, city and state for verification. To view our corrections, go to corrections.usatoday.com .</p><p><strong>Guidelines:</strong> You share in the USA TODAY community, so please keep your comments smart and civil. Don't attack other readers personally, and keep your language decent. Use the "Report Abuse" button to make a difference. Read more .</p><p class="source_url">Source: <noindex><a href="http://content.usatoday.com" target="_blank" rel="external nofollow">http://content.usatoday.com</a></noindex></p>emilehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05598238008132817610noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8409142500997348413.post-34416551741844285832011-11-30T22:46:00.001-08:002011-11-30T22:46:04.503-08:00Page 2: Humor, columns, commentary, lists and analysis from ESPN.coms Page 2 - ESPN<p>Donald Faison, who stars in the TV Land series "The Exes" debuting Wednesday, wanted to learn to play basketball so well that he hired a shooting coach.</p><p>No, seriously.</p><p>Despite growing up playing streetball in New York and playing basketball on so many TV shows and movies, the 37-year-old Faison wanted to learn the right technique -- and not just how to showboat.</p><a name='more'></a><p>"At the age of 30, I wanted to be taught the correct way to shoot a basketball," said the 37-year-old Faison, who is known for his role on "Scrubs" and films "Clueless" and "Remember the Titans," among others. "So I hired a shooting coach for five years. His name was Wayne Slappy. That's all I can say about his name. He told me how to hold the ball and when to release it. You have to learn to hold up your shooting arm and pretend you're punching a button with one finger."</p><p>That's Faison for you. Still always learning. Still loving to play the game.</p><p>Joining an experienced cast for "The Exes" was nerve-wracking, even for Faison, who has been acting for about 20 years.</p><p>In the show, divorce attorney Holly (Kristen Johnston) introduces her client, Stuart (David Alan Basche), to his roommates, who share an apartment that Holly owns. Phil (Faison) and Haskell (Wayne Knight) have reservations about Stuart moving in.</p><p>"We've all done shows before but I was nervous on the set. These people are funny in real life," said Faison, who is engaged and has four children. "I'm just trying to keep up."</p><p>And Faison wishes the NBA Entertainment League would return to show off his skills. The league, in coordination with the NBA, would pit celebrities such as Will Ferrell, Jamie Foxx and Adam Sandler, among others, in basketball tournaments in front of thousands. It disbanded a couple of years ago.</p><p>"I really need some place to show off these new skills," Faison said. "I would love to get back to playing basketball against the Leo DiCaprios of the world. I can show how I punch the button."</p><p class="source_url">Source: <noindex><a href="http://espn.go.com" target="_blank" rel="external nofollow">http://espn.go.com</a></noindex></p>emilehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05598238008132817610noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8409142500997348413.post-54784814210621221442011-11-30T21:54:00.001-08:002011-11-30T21:54:05.482-08:00Long past time for Sixers to trade Iguodala<p>Professional basketball is back – or, rather, it’s about to be back. Some of you are excited about that. Others don’t care. Either way, referees will soon toss basketballs into the air and tall men with over-stuffed wallets will jump after them.</p><p>Huzzah. Or something.</p><p>Here in Philadelphia, the Sixers have new owners , but the same old questions remain: Will Evan Turner be a significant contributor or just another average NBA player? Will Jrue Holiday improve and take another (jab) step toward becoming an elite point guard? What kind of talent does the team’s new big man, Nikola Vucevic, posses? Should the Sixers consider clearing some cap space by using the amnesty clause on Elton Brand (even though no one expects them to do so)? And, my favorite forever-unresolved issue: Should the Sixers trade Andre Iguodala?</p><a name='more'></a><p>I’ve long believed that the Sixers should thank Iguodala for his services and then call a cab – or maybe a limo if Adam Aron wants to splurge -- and ship him off to the airport. His proponents contend that Iguodala is an excellent defender and the team’s best all-around player. And while that might be true, Iguodala’s skill-set and shot-selection didn’t help the Sixers in the playoffs last year (11.4 ppg, 7 rpg, 6.8 apg during the postseason). </p><p>In Game 5 of the first-round against Miami, Iguodala had 22 points, 10 rebounds and 4 assists. It was an excellent effort – until it wasn’t. In the end, when it mattered most, when there were 16 seconds left and the Sixers had a chance to win and survive, Iguodala failed. The supposed go-to guy and team leader took and missed a bad shot. It cost the Sixers the game and the series.</p><p>“Those are the shots that I want him to take, the step-back jumper, the crossover jumper,” LeBron James said after the Heat moved on. “I'm playing the numbers."</p><p>James couldn’t have crafted a bigger insult. Those are the shots I want him to take.</p><p>In the NBA, teams with superstars win championships and teams without them don’t. That’s the way it worked for decades before the lockout, and that’s the way it will remain. Iguodala is a nice enough player, but the days of imagining him as a superstar have long since faded.</p><p>Worse, particularly for a new ownership group that’s desperate to reengage a fan base that mostly ranges from distracted to indifferent, Iguodala has never been the over-sized personality the organization hoped he could become after jettisoning Allen Iverson. Right now, the face of the franchise is Doug Collins. The coach can only serve in that capacity for so long. The man has a brilliant basketball mind, but few fans buy tickets to watch him think and point. The Sixers need someone else to climb the ladder and post his name on the must-see marquee – and it isn’t going to be Iguodala.</p><p>“His personality - he's not outgoing,” Ed Stefanski, the Sixers former general manager, admitted last season. “He's not high-fiving. He's not reacting to the crowd. Andre's personality probably doesn't help. . . . Andre is more respected outside of Philadelphia by the executives in the NBA."</p><p>It’s possible that the franchise will be more willing to trade Iguodala now that Stefanski is gone. The former general manager was a huge believer in Iguodala – which is why Iguodala has a contract that will pay him around $13.5 million this year and $14.7 million next year. Iguodala even has a player option in 2013-14 for close to $16 million. Take a moment to let that digest. You might need some antacid tablets and an industrial-sized drum of Pepto.</p><p>The contract isn’t Iguodala’s fault. The Sixers offered him more money and he took it. Makes perfect sense. But in exchange, the Sixers have received good (not great) play from a good (not great) player whom they have so far refused to trade. That makes less than perfect sense – particularly for a team that is still a long way from becoming a legitimate title contender.</p><p>Last season, after the Sixers were dismissed from the playoffs, Iguodala was asked whether he thought he’d be back in Philadelphia. He did his best to dodge the question and said that he expects to “be back in the NBA” this season. Then, since no one else seemed willing to do it for him, Iguodala patted himself on the back for a while in full view of the media and fans watching the press conference at home.</p><p>In one of the stranger unprompted moments of self-aggrandizement, Iguodala prattled on about putting “a stamp on my career in the Sixers record books” and joining “some of the greatest basketball players ever. Doctor J, Maurice Cheeks, Bobby Jones, Hal Greer, Wilt Chamberlain.”</p><p>He was talking about making history as the Sixers all-time steals leader. I think. You know those flash-bangs used by various branches of the military? With each Sixers legend Iguodala mentioned as his equal, my vision became blurrier and the ringing in my ears grew louder.</p><p class="source_url">Source: <noindex><a href="http://www.csnphilly.com" target="_blank" rel="external nofollow">http://www.csnphilly.com</a></noindex></p>emilehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05598238008132817610noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8409142500997348413.post-12807346970559542372011-11-30T21:04:00.001-08:002011-11-30T21:04:04.746-08:00Why Miami Shouldn't Abandon Mike Miller - NYTimes.com<p>The pressure for a team like the Miami Heat to improve is never-ending, as dominance will only bring calls for more dominance, and victories will be met with demands for more victories. It’s only natural, after all, that much would be expected of a team with such potential. But those expectations fly in the face of one important fact: the avenues of improvement for Miami are closing off rather quickly.</p><a name='more'></a><p>That reality brings all eyes to the midlevel-exception-earning elephant in the room.</p><p>Mike Miller oscillated between injured and underwhelming last season after being trumpeted as a natural fit alongside LeBron James and Dwyane Wade. A single bad season would typically not be cause for much alarm, but thanks to the new amnesty clause that will be included in the coming collective bargaining agreement, that campaign could mark the end of Miller’s time in Miami.</p><p>Miller has been put at the crux of a difficult financial situation because of Miami’s proximity to the luxury tax line. If the Heat choose to cut Miller using the amnesty clause, they would have the ability to sign a player using the full midlevel exception (worth $5 million), another using the bi-annual exception (worth $1.9 million) and any number of veterans for the league’s minimum salary. Without cutting Miller, the Heat would only have access to the “taxpayer midlevel exception” (worth $3 million) and the veteran minimum.</p><p>The common logic in favor of cutting Miller points to the full midlevel as the key to Miami’s improvement, as the Heat are rumored to be targeting Samuel Dalembert to bolster their center position for that amount. But cutting Miller merely for the sake of signing a designated center is foolish. The calculus is a bit more complicated than glancing at Miami’s positional breakdown, and the Heat will have to weigh whether losing a valuable shooter is truly worth covering one of their perceived weaknesses.</p><p>The Heat aren’t in need of a center, or even a point guard, for that matter. They’re merely in need of players who can successfully play alongside James, Wade and Chris Bosh, whatever their traditional positional designation may be. Miami already has the roles attributed to the center position covered by committee; last season the Heat had one of the league’s most efficient offenses, a top-five defense, posted elite defensive rebounding numbers, and held their opponents to a lower field goal percentage around the basket than any other team in the league. Thanks to rare overlap in skills among positions, Miami was able to make it all work last season.</p><p>Additionally, we have yet to see the current Heat roster as a fully integrated product. Because of injuries last season, less competent players were forced to step into the roles Miller and Udonis Haslem were supposed to fill. Then, once both players finally did return to the court later in the season, they often looked out of sync with the practiced flow of the team. Add full seasons of Miller and Haslem to the formula that was so successful last year, and it’s easy to see how Miami could continue to progress this season, center upgrade or not.</p><p>With so many productive, versatile players, the Heat can afford to evaluate talent on their own terms. If the team president, Pat Riley, and Coach Erik Spoelstra truly believe that Dalembert can 1) be had for the midlevel exception, and 2) provide more to help the Heat than a healthy Mike Miller (which is certainly debatable), then using the amnesty clause on Miller is the right move. But if Riley is courting Dalembert simply because three of the slots in Miami’s starting lineup are filled, he betrays the unique positional sensibilities that make his team so effective.</p><p class="source_url">Source: <noindex><a href="http://offthedribble.blogs.nytimes.com" target="_blank" rel="external nofollow">http://offthedribble.blogs.nytimes.com</a></noindex></p>emilehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05598238008132817610noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8409142500997348413.post-85178758940842950312011-11-30T20:10:00.001-08:002011-11-30T20:10:03.668-08:00Practice notes: Wilson's emotional speech after loss to Clemson set the tone for remainder of Hokies' season<p><strong>David Wilson </strong> was emotional. He was fiery, ticked off and even cried a little. He didn't take Virginia Tech's 23-3 loss to Clemson in October well.</p><p>He told his teammates as much.</p><p>"The team got in there and just like a rage came over me and I was screaming at my team telling them we shouldn’t have lost that game," the running back recalled of the Oct. 1 matchup's aftermath. "'They’re not better than us.' And I told them we weren’t going to lose any more games. And I told them I mean it."</p><a name='more'></a><p>The Hokies haven't lost since, winning seven straight games to get back to the ACC championship game for the fifth time in the last seven years.</p><p>Wilson said he doesn't normally get like that, but something about the Clemson loss, one in which the Hokies didn't score an offensive touchdown, pushed him over the edge.</p><p>He stormed straight to the locker room, passing up any post-game handshakes at midfield. In the locker room, head coach <strong>Frank Beamer </strong> tried to tell him it was all right. Wilson wasn't hearing it.</p><p>"It was one of those moments where I felt outside of my body," he said. "I felt like I was watching me rage off. Whenever I get that mad, I get numb in my nose and I felt that. I know that’s not good when it gets numb right here."</p><p>Wilson had 23 carries for 123 yards in that game, but he felt like he had more to give.</p><p>"The reason I was real emotional was because it was the first time for me at Tech that I was really involved in a game that we lost," he said. "In the past, I’ve been a backup guy or a special teams guy and didn’t really have a part in the game. But that Clemson game, that was the first time I had a part in a team that lost."</p><p>What was the reaction to the speech?</p><p>"They were shocked," Wilson said. "I don’t know what their reaction was, but everybody was quiet, and I looked up and I seen everybody just looking at me with big eyes."</p><p>"It was real," running backs coach <strong>Shane Beamer </strong> said. "It was real and it was genuine. ... And he spoke for the whole team. We don't like letting a team come in here and embarrass us in our stadium like they did. And we said that night we'd like to get another shot at them."</p><p class="source_url">Source: <noindex><a href="http://hamptonroads.com" target="_blank" rel="external nofollow">http://hamptonroads.com</a></noindex></p>emilehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05598238008132817610noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8409142500997348413.post-79651674424883181722011-11-30T19:18:00.001-08:002011-11-30T19:18:04.748-08:00Yahoo! Sports<p>This article was created on the Yahoo! Contributor Network, where users like you are published on Yahoo! every day.Learn more » <span>Yahoo! Contributor Network</span> Why Shortened Schedule Could Help LeBron James Win His First NBA Championship: Fan’s View</p><p>ByJoe Dorish,Yahoo! Contributor Network 10 hours, 27 minutes ago</p><a name='more'></a><p>With the NBA lockout over, the league and players have agreed to play a66 gameschedule in 2011-12, that begins on Christmas Day. That's 16 games less than the usual 82 game schedule. As a fan of the NBA, I've been thinking how that reduced schedule is going to affect various NBA teams and players.</p><p>My favorite team, theNew Jersey Nets, are playing their last season in New Jersey. So playing fewer games this season means the Nets will play that many fewer games in New Jersey before heading to Brooklyn.</p><p>As far as players in the NBA go, the most intriguing question is how will the reduced 66 game schedule affect <span>LeBron James(notes)</span> and his quest for his first NBA Championship? LeBron is one of the true iron-man players in NBA history. Here are the top five players in NBA history who have played the</p><p class="source_url">Source: <noindex><a href="http://sports.yahoo.com" target="_blank" rel="external nofollow">http://sports.yahoo.com</a></noindex></p>emilehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05598238008132817610noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8409142500997348413.post-91657272222836649842011-11-30T18:26:00.001-08:002011-11-30T18:26:03.507-08:00The Note’s Must-Reads for Wednesday, November 30, 2011<p><strong>The Note’s Must-Reads are a round-up of today’s political headlines and stories from ABC News and the top U.S. newspapers. Posted Monday through Friday right here at www.abcnews.com </strong></p><p><strong>Compiled by ABC News Digital News Associates Jayce Henderson, Jacqueline Fernandez and Amanda VanAllen</strong></p><a name='more'></a><p><strong>PRESIDENT OBAMA:</strong></p><p>The Washington Post’s Anne Kornblut and David Nakamura: “ Pennsylvania becomes major battleground for Obama in 2012 ” The Obama campaign says it is working on an expanded electoral map in 2012, preparing for battle in so many places that it can afford to lose some of the big, traditional states he won four years ago. Pennsylvania is not one of those states. LINK</p><p>The Washington Times’ Dave Boyer: “ Obama takes tax pitch to ‘must-win’ state of Pennsylvania ” The White House is billing President Obama’s trip Wednesday to Scranton, Pa., as an opportunity to talk about tax cuts, but the location just happens to be crucial to his re-election chances next year. LINK</p><p><strong>HERMAN CAIN</strong> :</p><p>ABC News’ Amy Walter: “ Herman Cain: ‘No Way He’s Dropping Out,’ Says Campaign Manager ” Although Herman Cain told his senior staff this morning that he was “reassessing” his campaign’s livelihood in light of an accusation by an Atlanta woman of a 13-year extra-marital affair, Cain’s campaign manager, Mark Block, said in an interview tonight that there is “no way he’s dropping out.” Block said the term “reassessment” was meant to imply a “strategic reassessment” and “not a reassessment of withdrawing” from the race. LINK</p><p>The Hills’ Justin Sink: “ Herman Cain’s exit may be coming soon ” There were growing signs Tuesday that Herman Cain’s beleaguered presidential campaign could be drawing toward a close. The former restaurant executive told supporters that he is reassessing “where we stand” in the race for the White House amid new allegations of a 13-year extramarital affair with an Atlanta businesswoman. LINK</p><p>USA Todays’ Jackie Kucinich: “ Cain reassessing campaign after woman alleges 13-year affair ” Herman Cain said Tuesday he will decide the future of his bid for the Republican presidential nomination within the next few days in the wake of an accusation of infidelity, but some Republicans say it may already be too late. During a conference call with 94 people Tuesday morning, Cain denied a claim by Atlanta businesswoman Ginger White that she and Cain had a 13-year extramarital affair, according to The Des Moines Register , which was invited by the campaign to listen in. LINK</p><p>The New York Daily News’ John Carroll: “ Herman Cain is not able to get it together as campaign implodes under Ginger White, sexual harassment messes ” Aside from his sexual antics, Hormone — sorry, Herman — Cain had one big problem as a presidential primary candidate: He never took his campaign seriously, so why should anyone else have? From the start it was clear that Cain was woefully underequipped for the job, and when he wasn’t trumpeting his ignorance (“Ubeki-beki-beki-beki-stan-stan”), he was blaming everyone but himself for his often comical inadequacies (“What Libya gap? I was just thinking!”). LINK</p><p>The Wall Street Journal’s Neil King Jr. and Cameron McWhirter: “ Cain Mulls Campaign’s Future ” Herman Cain said Tuesday he is assessing whether to continue his presidential quest after a Georgia woman’s allegations that they had a lengthy extramarital affair fed doubts about the viability of his campaign. In a conference call with campaign aides, the Republican candidate said he would decide over the next several days how to proceed after weighing whether the woman’s statement created “too much of a cloud” among his supporters. LINK</p><p><strong>MITT ROMNEY / NEWT GINGRICH:</strong></p><p>The New York Times’ Mike McIntire and Jim Rutenberg: “ Gingrich Gave Push to Clients, Not Just Ideas ” Newt Gingrich is adamant that he is not a lobbyist, but rather a visionary who traffics in ideas, not influence. But in the eight years since he started his health care consultancy, he has made millions of dollars while helping companies promote their services and gain access to state and federal officials. LINK</p><p>The Los Angeles Times’ Michael A. Memoli: “ Game on? Mitt Romney calls Newt Gingrich a ‘lifelong politician’ ” Mitt Romney argued Tuesday that he’d be the best Republican candidate to take on President Obama next fall, saying the party needs to do better than a “lifelong politician” like Newt Gingrich. Romney has long enjoyed skirmishing with President Obama as he campaigns for the GOP nomination. But his comments about Gingrich reflect the growing threat he presents to Romney’s campaign. LINK</p><p>Bloomberg’s Lisa Lerer: “ Gingrich Works to Avoid Rivals’ Boom-Bust Fate After Rising in Voter Polls ” Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich is trying to prove he’s got something his rivals don’t: staying power. After a surge in the polls that revived a candidacy long dismissed as nothing more than a promotional book tour, the former House speaker is positioning himself as the party’s strongest alternative to front-runner Mitt Romney. LINK</p><p><strong>ABC NEWS VIDEOS:</strong></p><p>“ Romney Claims He Talks to Media Almost Daily ” LINK</p><p><strong>BOOKMARKS:</strong></p><p>George’s Bottom Line (George Stephanopoulos): LINK</p><p class="source_url">Source: <noindex><a href="http://abcnews.go.com" target="_blank" rel="external nofollow">http://abcnews.go.com</a></noindex></p>emilehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05598238008132817610noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8409142500997348413.post-34457208472769347512011-11-30T17:34:00.001-08:002011-11-30T17:34:08.256-08:00Texans add Delhomme as backup QB<p>HOUSTON — The Texans added to their quarterback depth Tuesday, reaching a deal with Jake Delhomme.</p><p>Delhomme on Tuesday worked out with the team, along with another retired quarterback, Jeff Garcia. Delhomme, 36, will back up rookie T.J. Yates, a fifth-round pick slated to start Sunday's game against Atlanta.</p><a name='more'></a><p>Rick Smith, Delhomme's agent, said in a phone interview Tuesday that his client has been staying in shape and raising racehorses.</p><p>Houston is thin at the position in the wake of season- ending injuries to Matt Schaub (foot surgery) and Matt Leinart (broken collarbone).</p><p>MINNEAPOLIS — If it seemed things couldn't get much worse for the Vikings (2-9), they will enter the final month with four key contributors lost for the season.</p><p>Receiver Michael Jenkins, long snapper Cullen Loeffler, and safeties Husain Abdullah and Tyrell Johnson were placed on injured reserve.</p><p>To fill the holes, the Vikings re-signed receiver Stephen Burton to the active roster and agreed to terms with long snapper Matt Katula and safeties Jarrad Page and Andrew Sendejo.</p><p>Steelers safety Troy Polamalu is free of concussion symptoms and "all things are positive" for the AFC North showdown with the Bengals, Pittsburgh coach Mike Tomlin said.</p><p>• The Bears placed special- teams contributor Brian Iwuh (hamstring) on the waived/injured list and promoted linebacker Patrick Trahan from the practice squad.</p><p>• The Lions signed defensive back Ricardo Silva off their practice squad and he could make his debut Sunday.</p><p>• The Browns placed starting linebacker Scott Fujita, who will have hand surgery this week, on injured reserve. The team also placed defensive end Emmanuel Stephens (chest muscle) on injured reserve and signed free-agent long snapper Christian Yount to replace Ryan Pontbriand, who was waived earlier.</p><p>• Redskins fullback Darrel Young doesn't appear to have any lingering effects from a mild concussion, and he could return to action this week.</p><p>• Eagles wide receiver Jeremy Maclin didn't practice because of a hamstring injury and probably will miss his third straight game.</p><p class="source_url">Source: <noindex><a href="http://www.denverpost.com" target="_blank" rel="external nofollow">http://www.denverpost.com</a></noindex></p>emilehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05598238008132817610noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8409142500997348413.post-84865687579007875592011-11-30T15:54:00.001-08:002011-11-30T15:54:04.018-08:00Josh Freeman cut his injured thumb at a gun range<p> Josh Freeman (notes) needed five stitches on his injured throwing hand after cutting himself while at a gun range on Halloween night.</p><p>The Tampa Bay Buccaneers quarterback played his next game with a wrap around his thumb. Up until Tuesday, the team had only said he hurt it during the team's London game against the Chicago Bears . It wasn't until the Tampa Tribune asked specifically about the stitches that the team and Freeman confirmed the gun mishap.</p><a name='more'></a><p>He texted an explanation to the Tampa Tribune :</p><p>"My thumb got sprained in the Chicago game and got cut at the range. The cut was only cosmetic and didn't affect my play. The sprain, on the other hand[*], lingered for a few weeks.''</p><p>* He's speaking figuratively. The cut and sprain were on the same thumb.</p><p>Let's take Freeman's statement at face value. (A Bucs spokesman has confirmed that Freeman wore a wrap on the thumb after the Chicago game (on Oct. 23), so there's no reason not to.) Freak injuries happen and just because this one occurred at a gun range doesn't necessarily mean Freeman was doing anything wrong. It's amusing and brings to mind other ridiculous athlete injuries but, as my left index finger can attest, you can cut yourself doing just about anything, like opening a can of olives during a bout of insomnia on Thanksgiving night.</p><p>In Freeman's eyes, this was a simple accident that could happen to anyone. True. Unless you're going to sit in a padded room all day, athletes run the risk of getting injured. But Freeman's explanation glosses over one crucial fact: He went to a gun range with a sprained throwing thumb! That can't be a good way to deal with an injury on the hand with which you throw. I've never shot a gun but have watched the "Die Hard" films enough times to know that holding a firearm and shooting it can't be good for an injured thumb. The cut and the sprain are unrelated, but the cut never would have happened if Freeman was properly caring for the sprain.</p><p>/Checks schedule to see if Buffalo Bills play the Bucs this season, thus affording Stevie Johnson (notes) the opportunity to mock Freeman's gun-related mishap and ... nothing. Our loss.</p><p>Related: Stevie Johnson , Josh Freeman , Buffalo Bills , Chicago Bears , Tampa Bay Buccaneers</p><p class="source_url">Source: <noindex><a href="http://sports.yahoo.com" target="_blank" rel="external nofollow">http://sports.yahoo.com</a></noindex></p>emilehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05598238008132817610noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8409142500997348413.post-92180708831703419832011-11-30T15:02:00.001-08:002011-11-30T15:02:13.786-08:00Art Notes: 16 artists give views on war in 'Out of Rubble' at Space Gallery<p>" Out of Rubble ," works by 16 international artists who consider the consequences of war, from decimation and disintegration to the possibilities of regeneration and recovery, opens from 6 to 8 p.m. Friday at the Pittsburgh Cultural Trust SPACE gallery, 812 Liberty Ave., Downtown.</p><p>Curator Susanne Slavick will give a gallery talk at 7 p.m.</p><a name='more'></a><p>The exhibition, which continues through Jan. 22, is a project of 10 Years + Counting, an organization that, in the 10th consecutive year of the U.S. at war, invites artists and others to creatively illustrate the costs and to imagine a more peaceful world.</p><p>An artist reception for the exhibition "Felix de la Concha: Fallingwater en Perspectiva," paintings made during a year on site, will be held from 7 to 9 p.m. Friday at Concept Art Gallery, 1031 S. Braddock Ave., Regent Square. 412-242-7443.</p><p>"A Dialogue With the Artists," exhibitors in the Associated Artists of Pittsburgh 101st Annual Exhibition, will be held from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Society for Contemporary Craft, 2100 Smallman St., Strip District.</p><p>Participating artists will discuss their works with visitors. Free. 412-261-7003.</p><p>At 1 p.m. Sunday, Sam Wholey, of Wholey's in the Strip, will speak on "Seven Fishes: Seafood Traditions for Winter Holidays," at the Society for Contemporary Craft. Free.</p><p>The finalists in The Sprout Fund's 10th anniversary Downtown Public Art Project competition will be announced during a 2011 Public Art Forum to be held from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Monday at Cabaret at Theater Square, 655 Penn Ave., Downtown.</p><p>The project budget is $100,000 and the artwork will be located at the Law & Finance Building on Fourth Avenue.</p><p>Community input is invited from residents, workers and other Downtown stakeholders.</p><p>Also, Pittsburgh Office of Public Art director Renee Piechocki will discuss the role public art has played in Pittsburgh's revitalization. Free.</p><p>Post-Gazette art critic Mary Thomas: mthomas@post-gazette.com or 412-263-1925.</p><p class="source_url">Source: <noindex><a href="http://www.post-gazette.com" target="_blank" rel="external nofollow">http://www.post-gazette.com</a></noindex></p>emilehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05598238008132817610noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8409142500997348413.post-25100768891996853632011-11-30T13:18:00.001-08:002011-11-30T13:18:09.500-08:00Yahoo! Sports<p>Montoya stopped 30 shots in a 2-1 win over the Sabres on Tuesday, and the first thing that came to the goalie’s mind was how he didn’t allow Vanek to get the better of him as happened when the two first met in the 2003 Frozen Four semifinal—and in this same building, no less.</p><p>“Get out of here, I can remember it like it was yesterday,” said Montoya, who eight years ago was playing for Michigan and gave up the overtime goal to Vanek in a 3-2 loss to Minnesota. “It’s my college hockey nightmare.”</p><a name='more'></a><p><span></span></p><p>This time, Montoya stopped Vanek four times, including a key save coming with the forward parked on the doorstep, and with the Sabres enjoying a two-man power play with 8:02 remaining.</p><p>“It all comes around, right?” Montoya said, breaking into a hearty laugh. “It’s a big win for this team and it’s a big feel-good right now. We’ve got something going.”</p><p><span>Brian Rolston(notes),</span> with the go-ahead goal 9:23 into the third period, and <span>Matt Moulson(notes)</span> also scored for New York. Coming off a 3-2 victory at New Jersey on Saturday, the Islanders won their second straight road game after opening the season 0-5-2 away from Long Island. New York (7-11-4) also won consecutive games for the first time since a three-game streak spanning Oct. 10-15.</p><p>“We showed some desperation and then Al was there when we needed him to be,” coach Jack Capuano said. “We kept coming. We have to play with an attitude that maybe we didn’t play with the first couple of weeks.”</p><p><span>Jochen Hecht(notes)</span> scored for the banged-up Sabres, who have gone 3-4-1 in their past eight and dropped to 6-7-1 at home this season. The Sabres now have the distinction of losing to each of the two conference’s worst teams in less than a week after dropping a 5-1 decision at Western Conference cellar-dwelling Columbus on Friday.</p><p>Buffalo was missing seven regulars, and lost defenseman <span>Jordan Leopold(notes)</span> to an undisclosed upper body injury in the first period.</p><p>Coach Lindy Ruff wouldn’t provide a definitive update on Leopold’s status only to say: “He’s hurting. I don’t know if he’ll miss time or not.”</p><p>Ruff, however, could easily pinpoint the reason behind the loss: Lack of finish.</p><p>“We missed a couple of beauties,” he said. “You miss those, they come back to bite you. We didn’t show enough composure.”</p><p>Buffalo went 0 for 4 on the power play, including a two-man advantage that began 11 minutes into the third period and spanned 1:34.</p><p>A minute into the two-man power-play, Vanek was stopped on the doorstep by Montoya. And then the goalie recovered in time to lunge forward to get a piece of <span>Derek Roy’s(notes)</span> shot from the right circle.</p><p>“He was sound in the net and he made sure there were no good second opportunities,” Roy said. “That’s partly our fault. We have to get to the net a little better.”</p><p>Montoya also came up big by getting out his left pad to stop <span>Jason Pominville(notes)</span> from in close midway through the first period.</p><p>He stopped 14 of 15 shots he faced in the final period, and had little chance on Hecht’s goal, scored two minutes in to tie the game at 1.</p><p>Vanek’s pass from the left boards bounced off Pominville’s skate in front and caromed directly to Hecht in the slot, where he buried a shot inside the right post.</p><p>The Islanders didn’t let down. Rolston scored off the ensuing face-off after he was robbed of a goal when Buffalo center <span>Luke Adam(notes)</span> reached out with his stick to stop a rolling puck at the goal line.</p><p>Set up to the left of the net, Rolston was moving the puck to his backhand when the puck hit off the stick of Buffalo forward <span>Nathan Gerbe(notes)</span> and trickled in through the legs of <span>Jhonas Enroth(notes).</span></p><p>“We’ll take whatever we can get right now,” Rolston said. “We fought hard and it was a good win.”</p><p>NOTES: Prior to the game, the Sabres recalled forward <span>Paul Szczechura(notes)</span> from AHL Rochester, a day after he had been demoted. He filled in for <span>Patrick Kaleta(notes),</span> who missed his fourth game with a lower body injury. … Isles F <span>Jay Pandolfo(notes)</span> missed his first game since breaking his foot in a 3-2 win at New Jersey on Saturday. Rookie <span>Nino Niederreiter(notes)</span> took his place after missing four games as a healthy scratch. … Sabres G <span>Ryan Miller(notes)</span> is expected to practice Wednesday for the first time in more than two weeks since being sidelined with a concussion/neck injury. He’s missed eight games since being bowled over by Boston’s <span>Milan Lucic(notes)</span> in a 6-2 loss at the Bruins on Nov. 12.</p><p>Boudreau: Firing was 'right decision' Capitals lose to Blues in Hunter's debut Canucks' Schneider stays hot, stops 47 Flames' Kiprusoff defeats Predators 1-0 Montoya stops 30 as Isles get by Sabres</p><p>Sabres G Miller returns to practice Panthers ruin Muller's debut with 'Canes Rangers score 4 in 2nd, beat Penguins Smith, Whitney lead Coyotes past 'Hawks Smith, Michalek score 2, Sens top Jets</p><p>0 <span>users liked this comment</span> Please sign in to rate this comment up. Please sign in to rate this comment down. 0 <span>users disliked this comment</span></p><p><strong>Lew Cypher</strong> <span> 3 hours ago </span> Report Abuse I'm not a fan of either team, but I'm very curious about something that maybe an Islander fan can answer. Looking at the numbers, and from the one Isles game that I saw this season so far, I'd say it sure looks as if this Montoya is definitely the best of the three goalies they have. So then the obvious question is WHY do they still keep using Dipietro every chance they get? Is it the usual story of "if you pay 'em you play 'em"? I realize Rick D's contract is ridiculous and all, but there has to be a time when a team just says "do I want to win or not"? Just curious if this is the only reason behind the Isles goaltending situation as it stands, or is there something else going on there?</p><p>1 <span>users liked this comment</span> Please sign in to rate this comment up. Please sign in to rate this comment down. 0 <span>users disliked this comment</span></p><p><strong>Capitals2011</strong> <span> 4 hours ago </span> Report Abuse Why does Buffalo pay Ville Leino and Thomas Vanek the same salary? Vanek has 27 pts while Leino has 6.</p><p>3 <span>users liked this comment</span> Please sign in to rate this comment up. Please sign in to rate this comment down. 0 <span>users disliked this comment</span></p><p><strong>Vange9435</strong> <span> 5 hours ago </span> Report Abuse If I'm the Islanders and want to give my team the best shot to win, Montoya should be in goal 90 to 95 percent of the time. Period.</p><p>0 <span>users liked this comment</span> Please sign in to rate this comment up. Please sign in to rate this comment down. 0 <span>users disliked this comment</span></p><p><strong>Richard</strong> <span> 6 hours ago </span> Report Abuse Post a huge red sign behind the net that reads: I AM A BARN DOOR-CAN YOU HIT ME !</p><p>1 <span>users liked this comment</span> Please sign in to rate this comment up. Please sign in to rate this comment down. 1 <span>users disliked this comment</span></p><p><strong>traperwolf.v.</strong> <span> 9 hours ago </span> Report Abuse GO"SABRES"GO!!!</p><p>1 <span>users liked this comment</span> Please sign in to rate this comment up. Please sign in to rate this comment down. 1 <span>users disliked this comment</span></p><p><strong>Indiana</strong> <span> 13 hours ago </span> Report Abuse It's obvious the Sabres are not a good team even without injuries. Ruff is the coach and he needs to take responsibility soon.</p><p>2 <span>users liked this comment</span> Please sign in to rate this comment up. Please sign in to rate this comment down. 2 <span>users disliked this comment</span></p><p><strong>yahoo user</strong> <span> 14 hours ago </span> Report Abuse Nice job there, Buffaloon. You Buffaloonies already have seen the Bills be eliminated and now you have yet ANOTHER long and cold winter right around the corner with plenty of Sabres losses mounting.</p><p>1 <span>users liked this comment</span> Please sign in to rate this comment up. Please sign in to rate this comment down. 7 <span>users disliked this comment</span></p><p><strong>Neely8</strong> <span> 16 hours ago </span> Report Abuse They should of started that fakin fcker Miller tonight. But wait a second we all know this is CHOKEVILLE,USA SO WHATS FCKN NEW!!!!!</p><p>3 <span>users liked this comment</span> Please sign in to rate this comment up. Please sign in to rate this comment down. 0 <span>users disliked this comment</span></p><p><strong>C</strong> <span> 16 hours ago </span> Report Abuse I bet they spend Wednesday doing passing drills....again again again again and make sure they are heading the toward the opponents goal versus staying parked in their own end. Unbelievable, you guys s*cked tonight. Ruff isnt to blame, their is no team it was a bunch of individual players.</p><p>4 <span>users liked this comment</span> Please sign in to rate this comment up. Please sign in to rate this comment down. 2 <span>users disliked this comment</span></p><p><strong>dingus</strong> <span> 17 hours ago </span> Report Abuse Not impressed with this year's team...seems like they cant get a decent shot on goal ever, no matter who they play...blocked shots, not moving that puck quick enough leads to turn overs and gives players opportunity to get back into the play...i didnt want to say it, but being down here in Carolina...it might be time to get some new blood in at head coach position...i know they have injuries right now...but guys like, leino, roy, stafford, gaustad, gerbe are not producing goals...and pominville, vanek, and hecht line is the only line that seems to score...</p><p>3 <span>users liked this comment</span> Please sign in to rate this comment up. Please sign in to rate this comment down. 1 <span>users disliked this comment</span></p><p><strong>scott</strong> <span> 17 hours ago </span> Report Abuse some thing has to change @#$% how come thay can not play a good game</p><p>5 <span>users liked this comment</span> Please sign in to rate this comment up. Please sign in to rate this comment down. 5 <span>users disliked this comment</span></p><p><strong>mrbaron</strong> <span> 18 hours ago </span> Report Abuse I'll say it again...........fire LINDY RUFF!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Hire a Mike Keenam or Don Chery type of coach, a coach who will not accept mediocrity. Lindy has lost this teams respect. A 2 man advantage for over 90 seconds, against the Islanders, and nothing. I feel sorry for Terry P.</p><p>Lindy Ruff must GO!!!</p><p>3 <span>users liked this comment</span> Please sign in to rate this comment up. Please sign in to rate this comment down. 5 <span>users disliked this comment</span></p><p><strong>David</strong> <span> 18 hours ago </span> Report Abuse It has to be said folks - LINDY HAS GOT TO GO!.......theyve given him the tools and he can't bring it together - falling further and further back of the pack.....ive been behind him since day one but his time is past.....</p><p>2 <span>users liked this comment</span> Please sign in to rate this comment up. Please sign in to rate this comment down. 7 <span>users disliked this comment</span></p><p><strong>dave</strong> <span> 19 hours ago </span> Report Abuse If they can't beat the Scrublanders at home tonight, I may just sell off the rest of my season tickets................</p><p>0 <span>users liked this comment</span> Please sign in to rate this comment up. Please sign in to rate this comment down. 2 <span>users disliked this comment</span></p><p><strong>Jerome Casey</strong> <span> 20 hours ago </span> Report Abuse 4-3 shootout sabres</p><p>1 <span>users liked this comment</span> Please sign in to rate this comment up. Please sign in to rate this comment down. 4 <span>users disliked this comment</span></p><p><strong>Hillbilly Bill</strong> <span> 21 hours ago </span> Report Abuse It will be a grinder, but the Sabres are good at home. Lets go Buffalo !</p><p>1 <span>users liked this comment</span> Please sign in to rate this comment up. Please sign in to rate this comment down. 0 <span>users disliked this comment</span></p><p><strong>Todd</strong> <span> 22 hours ago </span> Report Abuse 17-10....Islanders over the Bills....they'll pick off Fitz 3 times.</p><p>2 <span>users liked this comment</span> Please sign in to rate this comment up. Please sign in to rate this comment down. 1 <span>users disliked this comment</span></p><p><strong>MONKEY MAN</strong> <span> Tue Nov 29, 2011 12:58 pm PST </span> Report Abuse the Sabres will lose to the Islanders tonight, then destroy Detroit on friday. that's the way they roll...</p><p>1 <span>users liked this comment</span> Please sign in to rate this comment up. Please sign in to rate this comment down. 0 <span>users disliked this comment</span></p><p><strong>George D</strong> <span> Tue Nov 29, 2011 11:35 am PST </span> Report Abuse Sabres better show up...man they lost to Yotes and Jackets,, that was 4 points that we needed...better play well at home tonight dammit!!! Sabres 4-2 -agree with Paul! maybe 4-OOOOOOO shut out???? and then Detroit...YIKES!</p><p>2 <span>users liked this comment</span> Please sign in to rate this comment up. Please sign in to rate this comment down. 1 <span>users disliked this comment</span></p><p><strong>Geno</strong> <span> Tue Nov 29, 2011 10:52 am PST </span> Report Abuse Right... Beating a injured team builds confidence!...because they wouldn't beat them if they were healthy. Thanks for that summary at the top, no need to read the rest.</p><p>0 <span>users liked this comment</span> Please sign in to rate this comment up. Please sign in to rate this comment down. 2 <span>users disliked this comment</span></p><p><strong>michael t</strong> <span> Tue Nov 29, 2011 10:20 am PST </span> Report Abuse I feel sorry for Isles fans. The owner and GM are terrible. But this game is one that the Sabres might not show up for. Isles are always strong against the Sabres. That being said, I predict 5-2 Buffalo.</p><p>2 <span>users liked this comment</span> Please sign in to rate this comment up. Please sign in to rate this comment down. 0 <span>users disliked this comment</span></p><p>0 <span>users liked this comment</span> Please sign in to rate this comment up. Please sign in to rate this comment down. 0 <span>users disliked this comment</span></p><p><strong>Andrew</strong> <span> Tue Nov 29, 2011 07:34 am PST </span> Report Abuse let's see. we only have 1 road win this season. not much hope that we'll have 2 after tonights game.</p><p>5 <span>users liked this comment</span> Please sign in to rate this comment up. Please sign in to rate this comment down. 1 <span>users disliked this comment</span></p><p><strong>BrianP</strong> <span> Tue Nov 29, 2011 05:56 am PST </span> Report Abuse Play Montoya, and we have a shot. Play the Albatross, and we are doomed once again!</p><p class="source_url">Source: <noindex><a href="http://sports.yahoo.com" target="_blank" rel="external nofollow">http://sports.yahoo.com</a></noindex></p>emilehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05598238008132817610noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8409142500997348413.post-63639138996261390612011-11-30T11:34:00.001-08:002011-11-30T11:34:06.396-08:008 nominees announced for 39th Lombardi banquet<p>Nominees have been submitted for the 39th annual Vince Lombardi Outstanding Down Lineman of the Year Award 6:30 p.m. Dec. 12 at the Expo Center on the Clinton County Fairgrounds.</p><p>Nominees are Michael Schmitz and Evan Ostermeier from Blanchester High School; Matt Ison and Ricky Habermehl from East Clinton High School; Jared Salisbury and Trent Smart from Clinton-Massie High School; and Jesse McCann and Alex Begg from Wilmington High School.</p><a name='more'></a><p>McCoy’s Catering will provide a buffet, which will include drinks, salad, entree and desert.</p><p>Cost for tickets are $15. All proceeds benefit the American Cancer Society.</p><p>Each of the four Clinton County high schools will nominate two down linemen who will be recognized, and the winner receives the coveted block of granite symbolic of the award.</p><p>The annual event was originated following the death of the legendary Green Bay Packers Coach who lost his battle with cancer in 1970 at the age of 58. It is supported by the American Cancer Society, and Clinton County is one of the few communities which hold the banquet, maintaining the legacy of coach Lombardi.</p><p>McCann, who was given special mention All-Ohio Division II, started 32 games for the Hurricane and earned All-Fort Ancient Valley Conference honors twice. He played on both the offensive and defensive lines.</p><p>Begg started 41 games in four years for the Hurricane. He played offensive line for Wilmington High School.</p><p>Schmitz played defensive tackle for the Wildcats, recording 25 tackles, four sacks and three fumble recoveries. This was his first full year of football and he earned All-Southern Buckeye Conference honors.</p><p>Ostermeier played nose guard and defensive end as well as offensive tackle. On defense, he had 22 tackles, two sacks and two forced fumbles.</p><p>Salisbury was third-team All-Ohio last season for the Falcons. He played primarily on the offensive line but saw extensive action on the defensive line this season for Massie.</p><p>Smart played on both offensive and defensive lines for Clinton-Massie.</p><p>Ison is a three-year letterwinner for the Astros. His blocking graded out at 91 percent this season.</p><p>Habermehl played center and defensive end for East Clinton. He is a two-year starter.</p><p>Bill Ramseyer, the highly successful football coach at Wilmington College throughout the 1970s and 1980s, will be the featured speaker.</p><p>While coaching the Quakers, Ramseyer delivered the keynote addresses in 1975 and 1982. Ramseyer compiled an overall record of 114-58-4 (66 percent). Three times, 1980-1982 and 83, the Quakers reached the NAIA playoffs. He guided the Quakers through the 1990 season.</p><p>In 1991, Ramseyer accepted the challenge of starting the football program at Clinch Valley College, now known as the University of Virginia at Wise. He guided the Highland Cavaliers for 11 seasons, compiling an overall record of 62-46, before retiring after the 2001 season.</p><p>Despite retiring from active coaching in early 2001, Ramseyer never let go of his passion for the game of football, as he wrote the book, “Winning Football,” and just recently he published a second book, titled “Are You Ready for the Coin Toss??”</p><p>Moreover, his desire to return to the coaching sidelines surfaced in 2009, as he accepted an offer to coach a team in Europe. The team was based in Winterhun, Switzerland, located 20 miles north of Zurich.</p><p>Ramseyer has been inducted into numerous Halls of Fame, including the Clinton County Sports Hall of Fame in 2002, the University of Virginia at Wise in 2004, the NAIA Hall of Fame in 1998, the Wilmington College Hall in 1999, and Bluffton College in 1988.</p><p class="source_url">Source: <noindex><a href="http://www.wnewsj.com" target="_blank" rel="external nofollow">http://www.wnewsj.com</a></noindex></p>emilehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05598238008132817610noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8409142500997348413.post-77359707036136868162011-11-30T10:44:00.001-08:002011-11-30T10:44:04.948-08:00Stan The Fan: Uptight about Flacco staying upright?<p>The Ravens are an impressive 8-3 right now. For the first time in the John Harbaugh era, the good guys have it all seemingly going their way with regard to hosting one or maybe two playoff games. And, while winning the Vince Lombardi trophy is what its all about, being there is actually more than half the prize.</p><a name='more'></a><p>Finishing with a 12-4 record, or running the table to a 13-3 mark -- both very real possibilities -- it seems as if the Ravens have a very real chance to return to the Super Bowl for the second time in their 16-year history. Seemingly, nothing can get in the team’s way of heading to the Super Bowl in Indianapolis. Right?</p><p>Well, sort of -- provided the Ravens offensive line can keep their starting quarterback upright for the rest of the season. Perhaps the most impressive piece of the Ravens’ 16-6 win over Jim Harbaugh’s San Francisco 49ers was the offensive line. Joe Flacco seemed like the untouchable one, playing as if he were in some sort of protected bubble.</p><p>Ravens fans have good reason to feel comfortable about Flacco’s durability – he has started all 59 games of his NFL career. But all it takes is one play to knock a quarterback out for the rest of a season.</p><p>Doubt that reality? Just ask the Colts, Chiefs, Texans or Bears about life without a No. 1 quarterback (and in the case of the Texans, without their second-string quarterback).</p><p>The Texans may be able to hold onto their lead in the AFC South, even with both Matt Schaub and Matt Leinart out for the year. But, the Chiefs, who battled back from an 0-3 start to get into contention for a weak AFC West, saw their season flushed down the toilet when Matt Cassell went down and was replaced by Tyler Palco. The Bears were again in the wild card hunt, due in large part to the spirited play of starter Jay Cutler. Chicago’s first game under Caleb Hanie ended with a loss out in Oakland. The Texans were perhaps the most unlucky having just lost Leinhart, just a week after losing Matt Schaub. The results were predictable once the experienced starter succumbed to injury.</p><p>This is where the Ravens come into the discussion. The franchise has struggled for most of its 16 seasons in Baltimore. In his fourth year, Flacco is just starting to silence his critics. Throughout much of his first three seasons, the Ravens starter was a lightning rod for his many critics. However, there is a feeling that No. 5 may just be settling in and growing into the role of leader in the penultimate leadership role in sports.</p><p>But, none of Flacco’s lessons learned can do a thing about destiny delivering him and the team a body blow that takes the team’s breath and chances for that Super Bowl appearance away.</p><p>Of all that Ozzie Newsome and John Harbaugh have done right, they have rolled the dice with Tyrod Taylor, a rookie from Virginia Tech. Caught somewhat off-balance with the labor situation, the Ravens may have assumed that Marc Bulger would return. But, the team never seemed interested in making a play for any other potential backups. Saying all along that Taylor could lead the team if such an emergency would arise, the Ravens just kept playing Flacco and keeping their collective fingers crossed.</p><p>To date, it’s hard to take exception to the plan. Except, it’s hard to imagine the plan was born with intent, but rather out of necessity.</p><p>Usually, when you hear the term in sports that someone is a riverboat gambler, it’s the signal-caller who will proceed without predictability. In the Ravens case, Newsome has been the one all in on an inexperienced backup to Flacco.</p><p>It’s hard to argue with the results to date, because Flacco has been able to stay healthy. The rigors of an NFL campaign are brutal on all. But nobody is as prone to one bad play that can end a season like a quarterback. That’s why, of all the people with skin in this game, perhaps nobody has his breath taken away more than Ozzie Newsome, when he sees his starting quarterback knocked down.</p><p class="source_url">Source: <noindex><a href="http://www.csnwashington.com" target="_blank" rel="external nofollow">http://www.csnwashington.com</a></noindex></p>emilehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05598238008132817610noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8409142500997348413.post-27261166311795255872011-11-30T09:52:00.001-08:002011-11-30T09:52:16.852-08:00Randy Edsall<p>as his football coach.</p><p>If Edsall, a Pennsylvania guy with a wholesome reputation and no real Penn State connections, would have stayed at UConn another year, he would have been high on the list to replace Joe Paterno . Despite that nonsense about Maryland being Edsall's "dream job" when he bolted UConn last January, no one would more love to go to Unhappy Valley to begin the job of rebuilding Penn State morally, spiritually with one scoop of vanilla offense and two self-serving scoops of self-righteousness.</p><a name='more'></a><p>Of course, after going 2-10 in his first season and alienating half the people in the state of Maryland, there's no way that's happening.</p><p>None of these "ifs" give Maryland football fans any comfort today, of course, but we will toss one more in the direction of College Park anyway: If anybody should have recognized a turtle, it's the people at Maryland.</p><p>Didn't they do their homework? Didn't they know what they were getting?</p><p>After the Terrapins suffered a hideous collapse in their season finale Saturday, allowing 42 unanswered points over 21 minutes in a 56-41 loss to North Carolina State , John Feinstein, the respected columnist for The Washington Post , sharpened one edge of his sword, sharpened the other edge of his sword and …</p><p>"Randy Edsall," Feinstein wrote, "should be fired — today."</p><p>There is no shortage of Maryland fans who agree with him. Going from nine wins last year under Ralph Friedgen to two is the second biggest free fall by a first-year coach among power football conferences in the past 50 years. Randy did it with a flourish, too, dropping the last seven in a row by double digits. None of them were his fault. Never are.</p><p>"He doesn't get it," Feinstein wrote. "He didn't get it a year ago, when he didn't have the class to tell his Connecticut players in person that he was leaving. He didn't get it when he started spouting off about rules as if he had invented the idea of discipline."</p><p>Here's the funny thing. Paul Pasqualoni doesn't allow earrings to be worn at the UConn facility or football functions, either. No ball caps or do rags. All beards must be shaved close. These were all Edsall's rules. In fact, Pasqualoni added another. Players must wear suits and ties traveling to games.</p><p>When asked about the biggest difference between playing for Edsall and Pasqualoni, UConn captain Blidi Wreh-Wilson didn't hesitate.</p><p>"We're expected to be more of men and be able to take care of ourselves without having a lot of people in our face all the time," he said.</p><p>How's that for honest?</p><p>Asked the same question, junior linebacker Jory Johnson said: "Edsall is more concerned with the way the process is done. Pasqualoni is more about getting the job done."</p><p>How's that for being precise?</p><p>Hidden in those two answers is the reason why Edsall slit his own throat in Year 1 at Maryland. He forgot that he started his UConn career 11-30 and was never in real danger of his losing his job. He forgot the school's commitment to building a major college program was bigger than one season's record. He forgot early on that the bar was set pretty low. He forgot that the $150 million poured into his program and Dan Orlovsky's decision to stay home and play in Connecticut were as big as reasons of the rising success in 2003 and 2004 as he was.</p><p>Somewhere along the way in the final three or four years at UConn, Edsall began to believe that the program was all about him. Here's the rub: He got others to believe it, too.</p><p>"He knew how he wanted to be viewed as the leader," Wreh-Wilson said. "He had the respect that when he came around, it was like, 'Mind your P's and Q's.'"</p><p>"He just got [to Maryland]. If he wants to implement that kind of program it's going to take a while. I don't know how Friedgen ran his, but there's a change and obviously change takes time."</p><p>Some people employ John Wooden 's success pyramid. Randy Edsall builds pyramids. Football geniuses can do it in a year or two. Edsall, the turtle, isn't a football genius. As a coach, Edsall is an aircraft carrier. He is a program builder. He is a CEO. He is organized, systematic. He needs his kind of players and is able to coach them "up" after they arrive. All that takes time. I give Edsall credit. Although his discipline could be selective, he got his players to graduate. He handled the Jasper Howard tragedy with great care.</p><p>As a man, he is a chief petty officer of that aircraft carrier and when you try to go all military on another coach's 85 recruits, well, you're begging for trouble. Let's face it. The guy was 1-16 against Top 25 teams at UConn and never beat a team that finished the season ranked in The Associated Press poll. The guy never won an outright Big East championship. You come in all military dictatorship and it's not like the Maryland players said, "We better listen. This is Vince Lombardi ."</p><p>"Coach Pasqualoni has his rules, too," Wreh-Wilson said, "but it's not like we feel it's something out to get us."</p><p>"We can walk around the complex and around campus with a little more off our shoulders now," Johnson said.</p><p>Reading Edsall's responses this fall was like watching an old sitcom for the 20th time. I swear the guy rehearses his answers in the mirror. At one point, he threw Friedgen under the bus. When things go wrong, it's always somebody else's fault.</p><p>Speaking directly to Feinstein's points, yes, Edsall exposed himself last January to be like any other ambitious, glory-seeking coach. He made all his talk about family and brotherhood ring hollow. Yet that didn't stop him from taking all his rules and all his talk about discipline to Maryland. Nothing was more ironic than Edsall's enforcing his "no-name" rule on the back of jerseys while wearing the most ridiculous "look-at-us" uniforms in college football history.</p><p>Do I think Edsall will be fired after one season? No. He has $10 million over the next five years coming to him and that's an enormous gulp. Maryland athletics already is in deep financial trouble, with plans to eliminate eight varsity sports in the coming year.</p><p>Does the prospect of thousands of empty seats and dwindling donations scare the hell out of athletic director Kevin Anderson ? Of course it does, just as the prospects of widespread defections by players and recruiting disappointments should. Maybe the whispers that Anderson was told he couldn't hire Mike Leach are true. Yet, if Anderson, who got the job when Hathaway didn't, fired Edsall today, he might as well fire himself, too.</p><p>When Edsall, who had a frosty relationship with Hathaway, left for Maryland, my biggest question was: Can he be more than a program builder? Can he recruit top players and be creative enough to take a run at the national championship?</p><p>Now my question is, can he stop being an anal-retentive control freak long enough to save his job?</p><p class="source_url">Source: <noindex><a href="http://www.courant.com" target="_blank" rel="external nofollow">http://www.courant.com</a></noindex></p>emilehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05598238008132817610noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8409142500997348413.post-9233769347303136432011-11-30T09:02:00.001-08:002011-11-30T09:02:07.118-08:00New York Giants -- Tom Coughlin in danger of losing his job - ESPN New York<p>NEW ORLEANS -- Tom Coughlin has no choice but to reconnect with his team this week, and find something, anything, to restore its credibility. If he fails, Coughlin is not going to lose only his cool or his mind.</p><p>He is going to lose his job.</p><p>Last week, after watching 3-6 Philadelphia commit one felonious assault after another on his lifeless New York Giants, Coughlin went public with his disgust over his team's effort, not merely its execution.</p><a name='more'></a><p>And how did his Giants respond in New Orleans on Monday night? By letting the Saints go marching in, and out, and around, and wherever they felt like marching on their merry way to a 49-24 victory that strongly suggested the Giants are primed to deliver another late-season collapse on muscle memory.</p><p>No, Coughlin can't survive another one of those. They'll never be able to take away his Super Bowl trophy from the greatest night in franchise history, but that trophy and that conquest of the 18-0 Belichicks and Bradys can't carry Coughlin from here to eternity.</p><p>For the record, I was among those who called for his dismissal after the 2006 season, only to be silenced by Coughlin's charmed run to the title the following year. The Giants coach had earned the considerable benefit of the doubt going forward, and didn't deserve the lack of public support he received from his employer late last season.</p><p>But Coughlin is on his own now. The Giants have lost three straight to fall to 6-5, and they have to right themselves at home against the unbeaten Green Bay Packers, as formidable a team as any Vince Lombardi put in pads.</p><p>"There is no effort problem," Coughlin said of Monday night's Giants. "They tried, they tried."</p><p>No medals for trying, Coughlin's former boss, Bill Parcells, was fond of saying, even though the Giants weren't guilty of trying too hard in the Superdome. No matter how much their defense was compromised by Michael Boley's absence and Osi Umenyiora's ankle injury, and no matter how often Coughlin insisted that his players were passionate in their preparation all week, the Giants have no legitimate excuse for allowing Drew Brees to run a glorified passing camp on their watch.</p><p>"We ran into a buzzsaw," Justin Tuck said. "We weren't able to do anything we wanted to do defensively."</p><p>Perry Fewell, defensive coordinator, has to answer for that, as it appeared he borrowed the game plan from his overmatched predecessor, Bill Sheridan.</p><p>Brees threw for 363 yards and four touchdowns and, for good measure, zigged when Giants safety Deon Grant zagged on an eight-yard run for another score. A noted dunker of the football over the crossbar, Brees failed to summon his old elevation while celebrating his rushing touchdown and settled for a botched finger roll. It was the only thing he botched all night.</p><p>Just in case Eli Manning had forgotten on this homecoming trip, Brees reminded the first family of New Orleans, the Mannings, that this is very much his town. Brees made his first mark here in the months after Hurricane Katrina hit, when his free agent choices came down to the sun and fun of Miami or the near-apocalyptic scenes stretched across the Gulf Coast landscape.</p><p>"It looks like a nuclear bomb went off," Brees told himself when he toured New Orleans. He felt a calling, and decided against taking his talents to South Beach.</p><p>Brees would play Peyton Manning's Colts in a Super Bowl, and as much as ol' Archie wanted his sadsack Saints to finally win the big one, he'd delivered some Colts jerseys to Peyton's old high school coach, on Peyton's orders.</p><p>"I wanted to make sure your heart is in the right place," the Colts quarterback told the coach, Tony Reginelli.</p><p>It didn't matter. Brees beat Peyton for the title, and spoke of how his original calling inspired him to lead. "We played for so much more than just ourselves," he said that night. "We played for our city. We played for the entire Gulf Coast region."</p><p>The mission statement is no longer the same. The Saints aren't trying to win a second championship in the name of a devastated people; they're just trying to prove they're not one-and-done wonders.</p><p>Monday night, with Eli in the house, Brees might as well have been pitching against Peyton all over again. The former Super Bowl MVP embarrassed the Giants, made them look Washington Generals silly.</p><p>"I expect perfection," Brees said afterward. "I understand that's impossible to achieve."</p><p>Nobody was asking the Giants for perfection after they managed 29 rushing yards against the Eagles. But this? A virtual no-show that summoned a legion of old second-half haunts?</p><p>"Tremendously shocking," Tuck called it.</p><p>The Giants came up painfully small in so many areas. Jake Ballard didn't do enough to break up a game-shaping Manning interception in the end zone in the first quarter, and Aaron Ross decided to pull up a chair and watch Jimmy Graham score a touchdown on an uncontested slant in the second.</p><p>Manning slapped his hands in frustration after a few maddening drops. On cue, Brandon Jacobs played the fool with a touchdown dance that was mocked by the lopsided score. And just as he did last year as a New York Jet, Steve Weatherford picked the worst possible time to prove that punters are honest-to-God athletes, too.</p><p>Coughlin called his failed attempt to run for a first down "foolish" and "a very bad play on his part," though the coach did take the fall for 14 New Orleans points. "Two of them," he said of the Saints' touchdowns, "are my responsibility."</p><p>Actually, all seven Saints touchdowns were Coughlin's responsibility. Those are the terms of any head coach's engagement, precisely why guys like Coughlin are paid the big bucks.</p><p>"How many wholesale lineup changes would there be available?" he said when asked if a personnel shakeup was in order.</p><p>Yes, the Giants are a physical and emotional wreck, and desperate enough to try 61-yard field goals. It doesn't look good for the Green Bay game, but then again, the 5-8 Giants -- coached by Jim Fassel and quarterbacked by Kent Graham, of all people -- beat the 13-0 defending champs from Denver in 1998.</p><p>Coughlin has to find a way to script a day just like that against the Packers. If that's beyond the realm of possibility, so be it.</p><p>For winning that epic Super Bowl, and for standing among the best coaches in franchise history, Coughlin will always have the memories.</p><p>Those will be his parting gifts.</p><p><i>Ian O'Connor is the author of "The Captain: The Journey of Derek Jeter." "Sunday Morning With Ian O'Connor" can be heard every Sunday, 9-11 a.m. ET on ESPN New York 1050.</i></p><p class="source_url">Source: <noindex><a href="http://espn.go.com" target="_blank" rel="external nofollow">http://espn.go.com</a></noindex></p>emilehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05598238008132817610noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8409142500997348413.post-78954428262366577982011-11-30T08:10:00.001-08:002011-11-30T08:10:06.952-08:00PETER JACKEL: Tradition for the ages<p>It started with four friends and a football.</p><p>It evolved into a half century and counting of Turkey Day Tradition.</p><p>We take you back to the afternoon of Nov. 22, 1962 in the 3000 block of Ruby Avenue in Racine. The 60-and-older crowd might remember it as the day of Vince Lombardi's most humiliating game - Bart Starr was sacked 11 times in the previously unbeaten Green Bay Packers'</p><a name='more'></a><p>26-14 loss to the Detroit Lions at Tiger Stadium - but Tom "Fox" Hansen, John Hanson, Don Paar and Tom Carroll reflect on it from a far more pleasant perspective.</p><p>While hanging out at the house of Carol Totero, whom Carroll was dating at the time, the four St. Catherine's High School classmates became restless. Grabbing a football, they walked over to the vacant lot that was then immediately south of the Totero's house and started throwing passes to each other during the overcast 42-degree day.</p><p>It was just knocking around for an hour or so among four buddies who were less than a year away from going their separate ways in life. Yet, what happened that day somehow marked the beginning of a tradition that extended to its 50th game last Thursday at Armstrong Park.</p><p>"It was four guys getting together, bumping heads and throwing the ball back and forth," Hansen said of that first get-together, just weeks after the world had been terrorized during the Cuban Missile Crisis.</p><p>And it became a revolving contingent of players over the years, representing both the old guard and the newer blood in what has become known as "The Turkey Bowl." Sons with graceful strides going against graying, balding fathers with feet of clay have elevated what started as an impromptu get-together into an annual event that has taken on an iconic local status.</p><p>Hansen, the only one to appear in all 50 games, still plans an annual Thanksgiving trip from Madison, where he moved in 1998, to keep his streak alive. Paar's annual appearances were interrupted only by a two-year stint in the Army from 1965-67 and he's still going strong 17 years after being treated for prostate cancer.</p><p>John Hanson is more of a bystander these days after dealing with serious health issues. Only Carroll among the original four is no longer in the picture, having fallen out of touch after moving away years ago.</p><p>But the list of Turkey Bowl veterans has become extensive, with many names bearing a familiar ring. Jim Winters. The late Len Ziolkowski. Bobby Franks. Larry Czosnek. Dick Stindle. Rocky Falaschi. Dick Meteyard, Bill Bushell. They are just a few who have played over the years.</p><p>And to play in just one Turkey Bowl is to get the bug.</p><p>"Dick Stindle's son, Kevin, was in the Marine Corps about seven years ago," Paar said. "And they told him he had a chance to go home at Christmas or Thanksgiving and Kevin chose Thanksgiving so he could play in the Turkey Bowl with all the guys."</p><p>It's all as innocent as the bygone era from which this tradition started. Those who show up are paired off into blue and red teams. The game, featuring one-touch tackles, starts around 9 a.m. and a mental clock ticks for about 90 minutes.</p><p>Whichever team is ahead at around 10:30, give or take a few minutes, is the winner, unless the other team has a chance to tie with its next possession. Afterward, the newer and older generations relax at the Country Pump for a post-game spread featuring a tray of sausage and cheese and cannibal sandwiches.</p><p>Ballots are passed to select that game's offensive and defensive most valuable players. Photos from the day are placed into what has become Tom Hansen's third scrapbook from this tradition.</p><p>And then another year is in the books. But the promise from this event is that there are endless pages remaining in this enchanting story.</p><p>What would Hansen have said 50 years ago if he could have known such a tradition would have unfolded just because four buddies were bored?</p><p>"I guess I would have said, ‘Wow!' " he said. "Who would have known? When you start something, who knows what it's going to turn into? It just kept gravitating and growing and growing."</p><p>With no end in sight.</p><p>"You know, every year we look so forward to it that I think it's going to go for years and years," Paar said. "I've got two grandchildren now, 10 and 8, who come out and watch us and they're just waiting to be able to play, so I can see this going on for quite awhile. I really can."</p><p>Peter Jackel is a reporter for The Journal Times. You may contact Peter at (262) 631-1703 or by email atpeter.jackel@lee.net</p><p>Copyright 2011 JournalTimes.com. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.</p><p class="source_url">Source: <noindex><a href="http://www.journaltimes.com" target="_blank" rel="external nofollow">http://www.journaltimes.com</a></noindex></p>emilehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05598238008132817610noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8409142500997348413.post-60208473546947172532011-11-30T07:18:00.001-08:002011-11-30T07:18:09.183-08:00Marketing executive McDonald knew how to spin a story<p>Whether it was about advertising, Republican politics, football, or going public with his bedroom stories, Dick McDonald had a flair for the dramatic.</p><p>"I once watched him present a hospital campaign where, in his setup, he quoted Abraham Lincoln, Mahatma Gandhi and Vince Lombardi in five minutes," said Gary Mueller, McDonald's former business partner.</p><a name='more'></a><p>McDonald rose to prominence in Milwaukee as co-founder and president of McDonald Davis & Associates, which he built into one of the area's largest advertising and public relations agencies.</p><p>The award-winning company grew to become an industry pioneer and leader, especially in health care, and was acquired by advertising giant BVK in 1995. After leaving the merged agency, McDonald formed an independent consulting business in 2003.</p><p>"He was definitely a pioneer - he basically changed the way hospitals market themselves," said Mueller, BVK's creative director.</p><p>Richard Edmund McDonald died Nov. 20. He was 77. Diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease about 12 years ago, he moved into an assisted-living facility 21/2 years ago, according to niece Heidi Byerly.</p><p>A Milwaukee-area native, McDonald attended elementary and high school in Whitefish Bay and studied sociology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He later operated his own public relations firm in Dallas.</p><p>In 1963, he started McDonald Davis & Associates in Milwaukee with Charles Davis.</p><p>He married Paula Ann Palangi in 1959 in Pittsburgh and had four children before their high-profile divorce in 1990.</p><p>"His passion was business, and he had very little life outside business," said Paula McDonald, who remarried and is now a writer and photojournalist in Puerto Escondido, Mexico. Paula was the creative director and vice president of McDonald Davis from 1980 to 1990.</p><p>"Dick was a very successful man who went after whatever he wanted and usually pursued it very vigorously," she said. "He was active in Republican politics for quite a while."</p><p>He was marketing adviser to the state primary campaign of presidential candidate Richard Nixon, among other contributions to Republican candidates in the 1960s and '70s.</p><p>He was also known as the producer and anchor of "The Bart Starr Show" with the longtime Packers quarterback.</p><p>Dick McDonald's biggest brush with fame came when he and Paula emerged as the bestselling authors of "Loving Free," a 1973 bare-it-all guide to marriage, family relations and sex. The book made national headlines.</p><p>The explicit contents of the book's section on sex became controversial in their hometown despite the couple's efforts to avoid media attention in Wisconsin at the outset.</p><p>In one story from the time, it was reported that two Whitefish Bay families went as far as to prevent their children from playing with the McDonald kids in school.</p><p>"We were shunned at school events. We were subtly exiled," Dick McDonald said in a 1978 interview.</p><p>More than 1 million copies of the book were sold, and the couple became fixtures on local and even national television, as well as on radio and in newspapers.</p><p>The book was even used as classroom material in some universities and colleges.</p><p>He made the news again in 2001 over a canine brouhaha with Linda McDonald, his second wife. Their Mequon neighbors said the McDonalds' two dogs "terrorized" them - 49 signed a petition supporting the city, which sought a court order to have the animals destroyed.</p><p>But the dogs, a pair of boxers, survived after an Ozaukee County judge ruled they could remain at the McDonalds' home with tighter restrictions. Linda and Dick McDonald later divorced.</p><p>Beyond his colorful life in the media, former colleagues, friends and family remember him as an exemplary mentor.</p><p>"I learned a lot of what I do today from Dick," BVK's Mueller said.</p><p>Former McDonald Davis employee Nancy McDowell said he was a very outgoing individual who enjoyed talking to all kinds of people.</p><p>"He was a family friend who gave me opportunities that were very meaningful," said McDowell, who worked at the agency for 27 years.</p><p>According to a paid death notice, McDonald is survived by his children Eric McDonald and Shain Rutten, Kelly and John Barry, Randi and Rob Nielson and Mike and Rosanne McDonald.</p><p>He is also survived by nieces Lisa Haupt Glassman, Jennifer Haupt Engstrom, Heidi Haupt Byerly and nephew Mark Bellini. Visitation will be held from noon to 2 p.m. Tuesday at Feerick Funeral Home, 2025 E. Capitol Drive.</p><p>© 2011 , Journal Sentinel Inc. All rights reserved.</p><p class="source_url">Source: <noindex><a href="http://www.jsonline.com" target="_blank" rel="external nofollow">http://www.jsonline.com</a></noindex></p>emilehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05598238008132817610noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8409142500997348413.post-2514252605697855302011-11-30T06:26:00.001-08:002011-11-30T06:26:03.722-08:00OnMilwaukee.com Holiday Guide: 2011 picks: Doug Russell<p> </p><p>Of course, we all know what happened that fateful day in the south shadows of the Angeles National Forest, with the bitter pill of disappointment to come home with.</p><p> </p><p>However, on a positive note, the Packers had miraculously played their way into the playoffs, taking us all on a ride that included stops in Philadelphia, Atlanta, Chicago, and finally Dallas before bringing the Vince Lombardi Trophy home.</p><a name='more'></a><p> </p><p>All told, I spent time on the ground in California, Georgia, Pennsylvania, Illinois, Louisiana, and Wisconsin within the first 14 days of the year. Texas and Arizona would soon follow for the Super Bowl and spring training, respectively, and that was all before March Madness and a pair of Sweet Sixteen teams.</p><p> </p><p>There were times I didn't know where I was waking up. But the sports I got to cover? What an incredible dream.</p><p> </p><p>While this year I have had some professional transition, as well, my own personal "Best of 2011" was being welcomed with open arms at OnMilwaukee.com and Yahoo! Sports Radio after spending the previous four and a half years waking up in the middle of the night so I could talk sports with you first thing in the morning. With that, I am able to bring you my best and worst of 2011:</p><p> </p><p><strong>Best sports moment:</strong> Ryan Braun pointing his bat towards the sky the instant after launching his 32nd home run of the season into orbit. Braun's eighth-inning, three run blast all but clinched the division for Milwaukee, and perhaps gave the Brewers signature player his first MVP Award.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Best sports souvenir:</strong> Lombardi Trophy-shaped confetti scooped up from the turf at Cowboys Stadium the evening of Feb. 6. A local radio talk show host brought some back and offered to send a few pieces out to anyone who sent in a self-addressed stamped envelope (fine, I'll consider it my good deed for the year). I have heard from many that they have theirs framed as an heirloom that will be passed down from generation to generation in basements all over Wisconsin.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Best trade:</strong> Doug Melvin solidifying the Brewers bullpen at the All-Star break by trading two minor league players to be named later to the New York Mets for Francisco Rodriguez. The trades for Zack Greinke, Shaun Marcum, and Nyjer Morgan were big, but shortening games an extra inning gave the Brewers the edge they needed to win their first division in 29 years.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Best free agent pickup:</strong> Russell Wilson, University of Wisconsin. You look at the season he led the Badgers to and you wonder how in the world NC State didn't want him back. In just one year, Wilson has become the best quarterback the Badgers have ever had. Without him, a second straight trip to Pasadena wouldn't be possible.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Best coach: </strong>Keith Tozer, Milwaukee Wave. Tozer has been involved in indoor soccer literally since Day 1. Tozer was the first player drafted in the first indoor league and has spent every day of his adult life in the game. Tozer has won five championships with the Wave and is the U.S. national futsal (a hybrid of indoor soccer with a hard court playing surface and no dasher boards) team coach. Within soccer circles, Tozer is world renown.</p><p> </p><p><b>Next >></b></p><p><b>Tags:</b> ryan braun, keith tozer, greg matzek, dennis krause, lori nickel, john axford, milwaukee admirals, milwaukee wave, milwaukee mustangs, milwaukee brewers, milwaukee bucks</p><p> Talkback on OnMilwaukee.com Post comment on Facebook</p><p class="source_url">Source: <noindex><a href="http://onmilwaukee.com" target="_blank" rel="external nofollow">http://onmilwaukee.com</a></noindex></p>emilehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05598238008132817610noreply@blogger.com0