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Thursday, September 17, 2009
HEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEY
Haven't been in the blog scene lately haven't really had a lot to say or blog about I suppose. If anyone has any suggestions that would be great. LETS GO STEELERS
Friday, July 10, 2009
Still Alive
Have been really busy with weddings, softball, golf and enjoying summer. Once it starts to turn cold and I am stuck inside more posts to come.
Monday, March 30, 2009
UNC ALL THE WAY?
Here is a link from ESPN about the games last night. Go Tarheels.
http://scores.espn.go.com/ncb/scoreboard
http://scores.espn.go.com/ncb/scoreboard
Thursday, March 26, 2009
Ode To Chuck Wepner
If it wasn't for this man I would have never been able to enjoy all the Rocky movies, and either would you.
Chuck Wepner
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Chuck Wepner
Statistics
Real name Charles Wepner
Nickname(s) The Bayonne Brawler a.k.a The Bayonne Bleeder
Rated at Heavyweight
Nationality US American
Birth date February 26, 1939 (1939-02-26) (age 70)
Birth place New York City, New York, U.S.
Stance Orthodox
Boxing record
Total fights 51
Wins 35
Wins by KO 17
Losses 14
Draws 2
Chuck Wepner (born February 26, 1939) is a former heavyweight boxer from Bayonne, New Jersey.[1][2] As an obscure boxer who went 15 rounds with world heavyweight champion Muhammad Ali in a 1975 fight, Wepner has often been credited as the inspiration for Rocky Balboa.
Early career
Wepner, nicknamed "The Bayonne Bleeder," debuted as a professional boxer in 1964 and began posting many wins and some losses. He had formerly boxed while a member of the United States Marine Corps, and had worked as a security guard before turning pro.[3][4] He was the New Jersey State Heavyweight Boxing Champion and popular fighter in the Northeast's Club Boxing circuit. But after losing fights to George Foreman (by knockout in three) and Sonny Liston (by knockout in ten) many boxing fans thought that his days as a contender were numbered. After the fight with Liston, Wepner needed over 120 sutures in his face. He also lost a fight to Jose King Roman by a decision in Puerto Rico.
However, after losing to Joe Bugner by a knockout in three in England, Wepner won nine of his next eleven fights, including victories over Charlie Polite and former WBA Heavyweight champion Ernie Terrell.
Muhammad Ali fight
Then, in 1975, it was announced Wepner would challenge Muhammad Ali for the world's Heavyweight title. According to Time magazine ("In Stitches"), Ali was guaranteed $1.5 million and Wepner signed for $100,000.[citation needed] This was considerably more than Wepner had ever earned and therefore did not need any coaxing. Wepner spent eight weeks near the Catskill Mountains under the guidance of Al Braverman (manager) and Bill Prezant (trainer and noted cutman). Prezant prophesied that the fight would be a big surprise. This bout was the first time he had been able to train full time.[5] The fight was held on March 24 at the Richfield Coliseum, near Cleveland. Before the fight, a reporter asked Wepner if he thought he could survive in the ring with the champion, to which Wepner allegedly answered
“ I've been a survivor my whole life...if I survived the Marines, I can survive Ali. ”
The bout was promoted again by Don King who promised Ali the astonishing sum of $1.5 million. King was now firmly associated with Ali and a player on the heavyweight scene.
In the ninth round, Wepner landed a punch to Ali's chest and Ali was knocked down. Wepner went to his corner and said to his manager, "Hey, I knocked him down." "Yeah," Wepner's manager replied, "but he looks really pissed off now..."
In the remaining rounds, Ali opened up cuts above both Wepner's eyes and broke his nose. However, the far-behind-in-points Wepner made a dramatic comeback but lost in the final minutes.
Young actor Sylvester Stallone watched the fight at home on television and was inspired to write the script for Rocky, based on Wepner's gutsy challenge. Wepner would later sue Stallone three times (twice unsuccessfully) for a share of the profits. Stallone settled for an undisclosed amount in the third suit, having publicly stated that Wepner was his inspiration for the script. In 1976, Wepner fought professional wrestler André the Giant, similar to the way Rocky fought Thunderlips in Rocky III.
The "Real" Rocky
Wepner served as the inspiration for the character of Rocky Balboa in the film Rocky.[6] In 2003, Wepner filed a lawsuit against Sylvester Stallone for money supposedly owed to him for the Rocky movies. He has claimed that Stallone has used Wepner's name numerous times without permission when he talks about the inspiration for Rocky Balboa. Two of his other claims were dismissed by U.S. District Court judges, and Sylvester Stallone settled the latest claim out of court for an undisclosed amount. In a published interview by Jim Clash of Forbes, Wepner was questioned about his thoughts on Stallone. Wepner said he thought Stallone was a great actor and writer, and that he still considers Stallone a friend.
Career totals
Wepner had a record of 35 wins (17 of which were knockouts), 14 losses, and 2 draws.
Wepner was indicted in the FBI's sting, "Operation Bullpen", which nabbed millions of dollars worth of forged sports memorabilia. Wepner conspired with a friend to forge thousands of Muhammad Ali signatures which were distributed and sold all over the country. Wepner pleaded guilty to one charge of mail fraud, and received a plea deal which included probation, fines, and one day in jail
Longer NFL Season?
Goodell eyes season of 17-18
DANA POINT, Calif. -- More games that count, perhaps as early as August 2011? That's exactly what NFL commissioner Roger Goodell wants.
There are several hurdles before the league can expand its regular season from 16 to 17 or 18 games. Among them is reaching a new collective bargaining agreement with the players' union.
Still, the commissioner hopes to present a proposal to the owners in May after the matter was discussed at length this week at the owners meetings.
"It's possible that we could vote in May, but we want to have core discussions on this," Goodell said Wednesday. "Anytime you have change, there is some reluctance. But it's clear we don't need four preseason games anymore."
Goodell said the league has not seriously discussed the subject with its broadcast partners. He couldn't imagine them not being interested in more meaningful games.
"I think the quality of NFL programming, that every one of our network partners would say, if they have the chance to have more regular-season programming, they'd be interested in it," Goodell said. "A key point is the fans also recognize players they want to see are not in those preseason games; that's why they are not attractive. They want to see those players play."
As for those players and their union, Goodell recognizes an expanded schedule will be part of CBA negotiations. Owners opted out of the current deal last year, and it expires after the 2010 schedule, which would be an uncapped season.
"Under the current agreement, additional regular-season games would not be covered," Goodell said. "I think our most important priority after we get done with our internal analysis is talking to our key partners, and that includes the players. I think we want to make sure that the right dialogue takes place before we make any final votes."
DeMaurice Smith, the NFLPA's incoming executive director, wants any decision that affects the players to happen collaboratively.
"His hope is that the concerns and interests of the players will be seriously considered," said George Atallah, a director at the public relations firm Qorvis Communications and a spokesman for Smith during his transition. "He was elected by the players to be their advocate on such issues and is more than ready to serve them."
Among the issues team owners must discuss is when the regular season would begin; how many bye weeks would be scheduled; how deep into February the playoffs and Super Bowl would go; and when the offseason programs -- including the combine and the draft -- would be held.
Plus, where would the extra games be played, particularly with 17 of them?
One possibility, an idea Goodell and senior vice president of sales and marketing Mark Waller first mentioned several years ago, would be 17 neutral-site games, including some abroad. That would enable the league to step up its efforts internationally, a particular goal of Goodell's.
"There's been some discussion about that," Goodell said. "That's been one of the appealing features of converting preseason games into regular-season games is it gives you more inventory, more games that you can take to neutral sites, either internationally or domestically. So that is a compelling feature."
Another option would be having one conference play nine home games during a season, and the other conference do so the next year.
An 18-game schedule, obviously, would eliminate such concerns. It also would mean dropping two preseason contests.
"Fans don't believe preseason games are up to our standards," Goodell said.
Clearly, neither does he.
DANA POINT, Calif. -- More games that count, perhaps as early as August 2011? That's exactly what NFL commissioner Roger Goodell wants.
There are several hurdles before the league can expand its regular season from 16 to 17 or 18 games. Among them is reaching a new collective bargaining agreement with the players' union.
Still, the commissioner hopes to present a proposal to the owners in May after the matter was discussed at length this week at the owners meetings.
"It's possible that we could vote in May, but we want to have core discussions on this," Goodell said Wednesday. "Anytime you have change, there is some reluctance. But it's clear we don't need four preseason games anymore."
Goodell said the league has not seriously discussed the subject with its broadcast partners. He couldn't imagine them not being interested in more meaningful games.
"I think the quality of NFL programming, that every one of our network partners would say, if they have the chance to have more regular-season programming, they'd be interested in it," Goodell said. "A key point is the fans also recognize players they want to see are not in those preseason games; that's why they are not attractive. They want to see those players play."
As for those players and their union, Goodell recognizes an expanded schedule will be part of CBA negotiations. Owners opted out of the current deal last year, and it expires after the 2010 schedule, which would be an uncapped season.
"Under the current agreement, additional regular-season games would not be covered," Goodell said. "I think our most important priority after we get done with our internal analysis is talking to our key partners, and that includes the players. I think we want to make sure that the right dialogue takes place before we make any final votes."
DeMaurice Smith, the NFLPA's incoming executive director, wants any decision that affects the players to happen collaboratively.
"His hope is that the concerns and interests of the players will be seriously considered," said George Atallah, a director at the public relations firm Qorvis Communications and a spokesman for Smith during his transition. "He was elected by the players to be their advocate on such issues and is more than ready to serve them."
Among the issues team owners must discuss is when the regular season would begin; how many bye weeks would be scheduled; how deep into February the playoffs and Super Bowl would go; and when the offseason programs -- including the combine and the draft -- would be held.
Plus, where would the extra games be played, particularly with 17 of them?
One possibility, an idea Goodell and senior vice president of sales and marketing Mark Waller first mentioned several years ago, would be 17 neutral-site games, including some abroad. That would enable the league to step up its efforts internationally, a particular goal of Goodell's.
"There's been some discussion about that," Goodell said. "That's been one of the appealing features of converting preseason games into regular-season games is it gives you more inventory, more games that you can take to neutral sites, either internationally or domestically. So that is a compelling feature."
Another option would be having one conference play nine home games during a season, and the other conference do so the next year.
An 18-game schedule, obviously, would eliminate such concerns. It also would mean dropping two preseason contests.
"Fans don't believe preseason games are up to our standards," Goodell said.
Clearly, neither does he.
200th Post
This is my 200th post not alot but a reason to maybe celebrate and look back at all the good times and good posts. Alright that's long enough. I was thinking I should have a good post for my 200th but couldn't really think of anything cool. So this is what you get. A lame post wishing myself congrats on posting 200 lame posts. Yipeeeee. Ok back to work.
Wednesday, March 25, 2009
What a Nice Day
It finally felt nice outside with a forecast of freezing rain tonight. Seems like a typical north country day. Well ummm see ya.
Sunday, March 22, 2009
March Madness
March Madness has consumed me and is the culprit of the lack of posts. UNC kicking ass and in the sweet 16. Cuse plays today and hopefully can beat ASU. I wake up after a day of hitting softballs and almost going golfing to snow. God damn snow. It won't last but it kills the fact that our baseball team has to still be stuck in the gym. Why mother nature do you hate us up here WHY. Anyways ill be watching basketball all day then going to Doug's tonight for the live baseball draft. PEACE.
Wednesday, March 04, 2009
Pirates 2 Twins 1
Seriously I am not making this up the Pirates win again. They are 7-1 and still in contention for winning the Spring Training Championship. (Just incase anyone is confused there is no championship I am just a Pirate fan and look for something positve to root for every season.) Here is the recap from todays game. Gorzo only gave up 1 ER and 1 hit.
MIN (4-2) 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 - -
PIT (6-1) 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 - 2 - -
Final
MINNESOTA (1) AT PITTSBURGH (2)
MINNESOTA AB R H BI PITTSBURGH AB R H BI
D Span rf 1 0 0 0 N Morgan lf 3 0 0 0
J Pridie rf 1 0 0 0 J Salazar lf 1 0 0 0
A Casilla 2b 3 0 1 0 F Sanchez 2b 3 0 0 0
S Tolleson 2b 1 0 0 0 S Ford 2b 1 0 0 0
D Young lf 2 0 0 0 N McLouth cf 3 0 1 0
L Matos lf 1 0 0 0 A McCutchen cf 0 0 0 0
M Cuddyer dh 3 0 1 0 R Doumit c 3 0 1 0
A Machado pr-dh 1 0 0 0 J Jaramillo c 0 0 0 0
B Buscher 1b 1 1 0 0 Ad LaRoche 1b 3 0 0 0
B Peterson 1b 2 0 0 0 A Phillips 1b 1 0 0 0
W Ramos c 2 0 1 1 C Monroe rf 3 0 2 0
J Christy c 0 0 0 0 G Jones rf 0 0 0 0
D Lehmann c 1 0 0 0 B Moss dh 3 1 1 0
C Gomez cf 1 0 1 0 An LaRoche 3b 2 1 1 2
D Martin cf 2 0 0 0 N Walker 3b 1 0 0 0
M Tolbert ss 3 0 0 0 J Wilson ss 3 0 0 0
T Plouffe ss 0 0 0 0 B Bixler ss 0 0 0 0
M Macri 3b 2 0 0 0
D Romero 3b 0 0 0 0
TOTALS 27 1 4 1 TOTALS 30 2 6 2
MINNESOTA 010 000 000 -- 1
PITTSBURGH 000 020 00x -- 2
E--M Macri. DP--MINNESOTA 1, PITTSBURGH 2.
LOB--MINNESOTA 6, PITTSBURGH 6. 2B--W Ramos, C
Monroe 2, B Moss. HR--An LaRoche 1 (1) (off R
Dickey). SB--A Machado 1 (2), C Gomez 1 (2), D
Span 1 (1), A McCutchen 1 (2). CS--D Romero. S--C
Gomez.
IP H R ER BB SO HR
MINNESOTA
F Liriano 3 2 0 0 0 2 0
R Dickey (L,0-1) 2 2 2 2 0 2 1
M Guerrier 1 2 0 0 0 1 0
C Breslow 1 0 0 0 0 2 0
J Mijares 1 0 0 0 2 0 0
PITTSBURGH
T Gorzelanny 2 1 1 1 2 1 0
C Bootcheck 2 1 0 0 1 2 0
S Burnett (W,2-0) 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
T Yates 1 1 0 0 1 0 0
C Hansen 1 0 0 0 1 1 0
J Mateo 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
E Meek (S,3) 1 0 0 0 0 2 0
HBP--D Young by T Gorzelanny. SO--MIN: M Tolbert
2, D Martin, D Lehmann, M Cuddyer, A Casilla. PIT:
Ad LaRoche 3, N Walker, J Salazar, C Monroe, N
McLouth. BB--MIN: D Span 2, D Romero, J Christy, B
Buscher. PIT: A McCutchen, J Jaramillo. T--2:24.
A--3,328.
MIN (4-2) 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 - -
PIT (6-1) 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 - 2 - -
Final
MINNESOTA (1) AT PITTSBURGH (2)
MINNESOTA AB R H BI PITTSBURGH AB R H BI
D Span rf 1 0 0 0 N Morgan lf 3 0 0 0
J Pridie rf 1 0 0 0 J Salazar lf 1 0 0 0
A Casilla 2b 3 0 1 0 F Sanchez 2b 3 0 0 0
S Tolleson 2b 1 0 0 0 S Ford 2b 1 0 0 0
D Young lf 2 0 0 0 N McLouth cf 3 0 1 0
L Matos lf 1 0 0 0 A McCutchen cf 0 0 0 0
M Cuddyer dh 3 0 1 0 R Doumit c 3 0 1 0
A Machado pr-dh 1 0 0 0 J Jaramillo c 0 0 0 0
B Buscher 1b 1 1 0 0 Ad LaRoche 1b 3 0 0 0
B Peterson 1b 2 0 0 0 A Phillips 1b 1 0 0 0
W Ramos c 2 0 1 1 C Monroe rf 3 0 2 0
J Christy c 0 0 0 0 G Jones rf 0 0 0 0
D Lehmann c 1 0 0 0 B Moss dh 3 1 1 0
C Gomez cf 1 0 1 0 An LaRoche 3b 2 1 1 2
D Martin cf 2 0 0 0 N Walker 3b 1 0 0 0
M Tolbert ss 3 0 0 0 J Wilson ss 3 0 0 0
T Plouffe ss 0 0 0 0 B Bixler ss 0 0 0 0
M Macri 3b 2 0 0 0
D Romero 3b 0 0 0 0
TOTALS 27 1 4 1 TOTALS 30 2 6 2
MINNESOTA 010 000 000 -- 1
PITTSBURGH 000 020 00x -- 2
E--M Macri. DP--MINNESOTA 1, PITTSBURGH 2.
LOB--MINNESOTA 6, PITTSBURGH 6. 2B--W Ramos, C
Monroe 2, B Moss. HR--An LaRoche 1 (1) (off R
Dickey). SB--A Machado 1 (2), C Gomez 1 (2), D
Span 1 (1), A McCutchen 1 (2). CS--D Romero. S--C
Gomez.
IP H R ER BB SO HR
MINNESOTA
F Liriano 3 2 0 0 0 2 0
R Dickey (L,0-1) 2 2 2 2 0 2 1
M Guerrier 1 2 0 0 0 1 0
C Breslow 1 0 0 0 0 2 0
J Mijares 1 0 0 0 2 0 0
PITTSBURGH
T Gorzelanny 2 1 1 1 2 1 0
C Bootcheck 2 1 0 0 1 2 0
S Burnett (W,2-0) 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
T Yates 1 1 0 0 1 0 0
C Hansen 1 0 0 0 1 1 0
J Mateo 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
E Meek (S,3) 1 0 0 0 0 2 0
HBP--D Young by T Gorzelanny. SO--MIN: M Tolbert
2, D Martin, D Lehmann, M Cuddyer, A Casilla. PIT:
Ad LaRoche 3, N Walker, J Salazar, C Monroe, N
McLouth. BB--MIN: D Span 2, D Romero, J Christy, B
Buscher. PIT: A McCutchen, J Jaramillo. T--2:24.
A--3,328.
Tuesday, March 03, 2009
Pirates 5 Netherlands 4
Pirates win again in the spring. Guys let's save some win's for the regular season. Either way still going for the Spring Training Championship.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
NET 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 4 - -
PIT (5-1) 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 - 5 - -
Final
NETHERLANDS (4) AT PITTSBURGH (5)
NETHERLANDS AB R H BI PITTSBURGH AB R H BI
E Kingsale rf 4 1 1 0 A Machado ss 4 1 0 0
D Van Klooster rf 1 0 0 0 L Cruz 2b 1 1 1 0
S Schoop 2b 3 0 0 0 S Ford 2b 1 0 0 0
M Duursma ph-2b 1 0 1 0 P Lopez 2b 0 0 0 0
R Simon 1b 5 0 3 2 C Monroe dh 2 1 1 0
G Halman cf 3 1 2 1 S Lerud ph-dh 0 0 0 0
D Rombley cf 2 0 0 0 G Jones rf 4 1 2 3
S Adriana dh 5 0 1 0 P Alvarez 3b 4 0 0 0
Y de Caster 3b 3 0 0 0 A Phillips 1b 4 0 1 1
V Rooi 3b 1 0 0 0 J Salazar cf 4 1 1 1
B Engelhardt lf 3 0 1 0 R Gotay lf 1 0 0 0
C Smith lf 1 0 1 0 E Kratz c 1 0 0 0
K Jansen c 2 0 0 0 M Perez c 1 0 0 0
S de Jong c 2 0 1 0
H Statia ss 2 2 2 0
TOTALS 38 4 13 3 TOTALS 27 5 6 5
NETHERLANDS 100 110 001 -- 4
PITTSBURGH 202 000 01x -- 5
E--A Machado, P Alvarez, K Jansen.
DP--NETHERLANDS 2, PITTSBURGH 2. LOB--NETHERLANDS
10, PITTSBURGH 8. 2B--A Phillips, C Monroe, L
Cruz, H Statia. HR--J Salazar 1 (2) (off M van
Kampen), G Halman 1 (1) (off D Bautista). SB--E
Kratz 1 (1). S--H Statia.
IP H R ER BB SO HR
NETHERLANDS
S Ponson (L,0-1) 3 5 4 4 4 3 0
R Cordemans 2 0 0 0 2 2 0
D Neuman 1 0 0 0 1 0 0
D Markwell 1 0 0 0 1 1 0
M van Kampen 1 1 1 1 1 0 1
PITTSBURGH
R Ohlendorf (W,1-0) 2 4 1 1 0 0 0
M Capps 1 1 0 0 0 2 0
D Bautista 1 1 1 1 0 1 1
J Chavez 1 1 1 0 0 1 0
D Veal 1 1 0 0 0 3 0
R Sanchez 1 2 0 0 1 1 0
J Sues 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
D Haigwood (S,2) 1 2 1 1 1 2 0
WP--D Haigwood, S Ponson. HBP--S Lerud by D
Markwell. SO--: E Kingsale 3, B Engelhardt 2, Y de
Caster, S Adriana, G Halman, D Van Klooster, R
Simon. PIT: P Alvarez 2, A Machado, S Ford, A
Phillips, G Jones. BB--: M Duursma, H Statia. PIT:
R Gotay 3, E Kratz 2, A Machado, S Ford, P Lopez,
C Monroe. T--2:48. A--1,759.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
NET 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 4 - -
PIT (5-1) 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 - 5 - -
Final
NETHERLANDS (4) AT PITTSBURGH (5)
NETHERLANDS AB R H BI PITTSBURGH AB R H BI
E Kingsale rf 4 1 1 0 A Machado ss 4 1 0 0
D Van Klooster rf 1 0 0 0 L Cruz 2b 1 1 1 0
S Schoop 2b 3 0 0 0 S Ford 2b 1 0 0 0
M Duursma ph-2b 1 0 1 0 P Lopez 2b 0 0 0 0
R Simon 1b 5 0 3 2 C Monroe dh 2 1 1 0
G Halman cf 3 1 2 1 S Lerud ph-dh 0 0 0 0
D Rombley cf 2 0 0 0 G Jones rf 4 1 2 3
S Adriana dh 5 0 1 0 P Alvarez 3b 4 0 0 0
Y de Caster 3b 3 0 0 0 A Phillips 1b 4 0 1 1
V Rooi 3b 1 0 0 0 J Salazar cf 4 1 1 1
B Engelhardt lf 3 0 1 0 R Gotay lf 1 0 0 0
C Smith lf 1 0 1 0 E Kratz c 1 0 0 0
K Jansen c 2 0 0 0 M Perez c 1 0 0 0
S de Jong c 2 0 1 0
H Statia ss 2 2 2 0
TOTALS 38 4 13 3 TOTALS 27 5 6 5
NETHERLANDS 100 110 001 -- 4
PITTSBURGH 202 000 01x -- 5
E--A Machado, P Alvarez, K Jansen.
DP--NETHERLANDS 2, PITTSBURGH 2. LOB--NETHERLANDS
10, PITTSBURGH 8. 2B--A Phillips, C Monroe, L
Cruz, H Statia. HR--J Salazar 1 (2) (off M van
Kampen), G Halman 1 (1) (off D Bautista). SB--E
Kratz 1 (1). S--H Statia.
IP H R ER BB SO HR
NETHERLANDS
S Ponson (L,0-1) 3 5 4 4 4 3 0
R Cordemans 2 0 0 0 2 2 0
D Neuman 1 0 0 0 1 0 0
D Markwell 1 0 0 0 1 1 0
M van Kampen 1 1 1 1 1 0 1
PITTSBURGH
R Ohlendorf (W,1-0) 2 4 1 1 0 0 0
M Capps 1 1 0 0 0 2 0
D Bautista 1 1 1 1 0 1 1
J Chavez 1 1 1 0 0 1 0
D Veal 1 1 0 0 0 3 0
R Sanchez 1 2 0 0 1 1 0
J Sues 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
D Haigwood (S,2) 1 2 1 1 1 2 0
WP--D Haigwood, S Ponson. HBP--S Lerud by D
Markwell. SO--: E Kingsale 3, B Engelhardt 2, Y de
Caster, S Adriana, G Halman, D Van Klooster, R
Simon. PIT: P Alvarez 2, A Machado, S Ford, A
Phillips, G Jones. BB--: M Duursma, H Statia. PIT:
R Gotay 3, E Kratz 2, A Machado, S Ford, P Lopez,
C Monroe. T--2:48. A--1,759.
Monday, March 02, 2009
Pittsburgh Update
As we all know the Steelers are Super Bowl champs until next February. The Penguins as of today are the 8th seed in playoffs. The Pirates are 5-1 in spring training. Dammit if only spring training meant something. Even if the Pirates have a miserable season but if they have an awesome spring training and maybe even the best record in spring training i am counting that as a championship. Can the Pirates be the 2009 spring training MLB champions of the world? We will see.
Monday, February 23, 2009
A Day or Two of Detox
Well my little brother turned 21 Thursday, party at Doug's Friday, Outdoor softball tourny Saturday, Cuse game and NASCAR Sunday taking it easy for a couple days sounds wonderful. The Moose Lodge Represented a 1-2 record beating the host Knights of Columbus. We lost 2 games by 1 and we had roughly 5 kids under the age of 12 on our team. Brian Mitchell was runner up of the MVP award he would of got it but was robbed by a stellar diving stop by a 15 year old girl stopping is perfect batting average. Better luck next year. Ahhhh Good times. Well back to work. PEACE.
Friday, February 13, 2009
Friday The 13th
Today is the creepy Friday the 13th which is cool because I can Tivo all the movies and watch them sometime. I don't really have anything cool to say so I will just post a couple Jason pictures, I mean come on who likes to read instead of just looking at pictures anyways.
Thursday, February 12, 2009
UNC Beats Duke Again
Tyler Hansbrough and Danny Green become the first UNC players to ever win 4 games at Cameron. Here is the recap from ESPN.
"Lawson scores 21 second-half points to rally UNC
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Team Stat Comparison
NORTH CAROLINA DUKE
Points 101 87
FG Made-Attempted 34-62 (.548) 34-70 (.486)
3P Made-Attempted 6-15 (.400) 8-24 (.333)
FT Made-Attempted 27-31 (.871) 11-18 (.611)
Fouls (Tech/Flagrant) 17 (0/0) 23 (1/0)
Largest Lead 17 9
Game Leaders
NORTH CAROLINA DUKE
Points T. Lawson 25 K. Singler 22
Rebounds W. Ellington 7 K. Singler 6
Assists T. Lawson 5 J. Scheyer 4
Steals W. Ellington 3 G. Paulus 4
Blocks E. Davis 1 D. McClure 1
· Team Stats: North Carolina | Duke
Game Flow
2008-09 Season
DATE GAME LINKS
· Feb 11, 2009 UNC 101, @DUKE 87 Recap | Box Score
Mar 8, 2009 DUKE @ UNC 4:00 PM ET
Next 5 Games
NORTH CAROLINA (ET) DUKE (ET)
02/15 @MIA 7:45pm
02/18 NCST 8:00pm
02/21 @MD 3:30pm
02/28 GT 12:00pm
03/04 @VT 7:00pm
02/15 @BC 5:30pm
02/19 @SJU 7:00pm
02/22 WAKE 7:45pm
02/25 @MD 9:00pm
02/28 @VT 3:30pm
· Complete Schedule: North Carolina | Duke
Atlantic Coast Conference Standings
TEAM CONF W-L TOTAL W-L
#3 North Carolina 8-2 22-2
#5 Duke 7-3 20-4
#11 Clemson 6-3 20-3
#25 Florida State 6-3 19-5
Virginia Tech 6-3 16-7
#8 Wake Forest 5-4 18-4
Boston College 6-5 18-8
Maryland 4-5 15-8
Miami (FL) 4-6 15-8
North Carolina State 3-6 13-9
Virginia 1-8 7-13
Georgia Tech 1-9 10-13
· View expanded standings
Associated Press
DURHAM, N.C. -- After North Carolina sealed yet another victory for Tyler Hansbrough on Coach K's court, some Tar Heels celebrated by walking off with four fingers raised into the air.
Tarred and Feathered
North Carolina scored its fourth most points all-time against Duke as Danny Green and Tyler Hansbrough become the first pair of classmates to go 4-0 in their career against Duke in consecutive seasons at Cameron Indoor in the Coach K era at Duke. Duke allowed 100 points to an opponent for the first time since Jan. 5, 2000, against Virginia.
North Carolina
Most Points Scored vs. Duke Date
105 March 5, 1983
103 Jan. 22, 1983
102 Feb. 2, 1995
101 Feb. 11, 2009
99 March 4, 1995
97 Feb. 5, 1998
* -- Won all 6 games
"I told our guys, 'The streak is going to stop at some time,'" coach Roy Williams said. "'Let's just put it off for another year.'"
Thanks to Ty Lawson, they did.
Lawson scored 21 of his season-high 25 points in the second half while helping No. 3 North Carolina rally past Duke (No. 5 ESPN/USA Today, No. 6 AP) 101-87 on Wednesday night.
Hansbrough scored 17 points -- and hit another late 3-pointer -- while remaining perfect at Cameron Indoor Stadium for the Tar Heels (22-2, 8-2 Atlantic Coast Conference), who won their eighth straight while becoming the first team in nine seasons to hit triple digits against Duke.
They came on strong down the stretch, using late runs of 25-11 and 14-0 to first take the lead for good and then stretch it to 17. In the process, they snapped the Blue Devils' 14-game home court winning streak while claiming first place in the ACC standings.
Fast Facts
• The Tar Heels have won four straight at Cameron for the first time since Jan. 16, 1982, to March 2, 1985.
• After scoring just four points in the first half, Ty Lawson finished with a game-high 25 to lead UNC (first career 20 point game vs. Duke).
• Tyler Hansbrough finished with 17 points and now is second all-time on the ACC scoring list with 2,604 points.
• The Blue Devils struggled in the second half from 3-point range going just 2-15 (went 6-9 in first half).
-- ESPN research
Wayne Ellington and Danny Green added 15 points apiece. Green and Hansbrough joined former Wake Forest standouts Tim Duncan and Rusty LaRue as the only players to beat Mike Krzyzewski four straight times on the Cameron court that now bears his name.
"Each year it's been different," Hansbrough said. "Our freshman year, no one thought we could come in here and win. ... Tonight was one of those things where you didn't want to think about the record. We just wanted to come out and play."
Kyle Singler scored 22 points and Jon Scheyer added 20 to lead Duke (20-4, 7-3), which kept up with the uptempo Tar Heels for about 30 minutes before spiraling to its fifth loss in six meetings with the hated rival located 8 miles down Tobacco Road.
"In the second half, we kind of had the mindset that we were going to outscore them," Singler said. "But you're not going to outscore Carolina."
Gerald Henderson finished with 17 points -- but was just 1-for 9 in the second half, and that's when they let this one get away.
Duke led 56-48 in the early moments of the half before North Carolina took command, with Hansbrough hitting a short jumper with just under 18 minutes remaining. That started the Lawson-led 25-11 burst in which the efficient Tar Heels took the lead for good, coming away with points on 12 of 15 trips downcourt.
"We did not hit shots for a short period of time there," Krzyzewski said. "And they did, and they got away from us."
Then, Lawson gave North Carolina all the separation it needed a short while later, when he scored nine of the 12 straight points reeled off by the Tar Heels. His three-point play with 3:42 remaining put them up 88-71.
"We didn't think they could stay in front of us," Lawson said. "I just knew I could get to the basket."
That came two possessions after Hansbrough pulled up over David McClure and knocked down a 3-pointer; three seasons ago, Hansbrough hit a 3 at Cameron that he still insists is his favorite shot.
That put the Tar Heels well on their way to their first 100-point performance in the rivalry since their thrilling 102-100 double-overtime victory in 1995 -- also the last time Duke allowed triple digits at Cameron -- while helping them become the first visiting team to win here since they did it last March.
"We come to Duke to win these games," said red-eyed senior guard Greg Paulus, whose career will end without a home victory over the Tar Heels. "It hurts. It really does, and now I don't get another chance to do it at home."
Nolan Smith added 11 points for Duke, which allowed 100 points for the first time since a 109-100 victory over Virginia in January 2000. It lost for the third time in the five games that followed its first appearance at No. 1 in the nation since 2006.
For a while, though, it looked like the Blue Devils might be the first team to 100.
"The worst thing for us was to try to slow it completely down, and put your kids in a position where they're hesitant," Krzyzewski said. "You can't win when you're hesitant."
Duke shot 62 percent while coming on strong late during a first half that was rather miserable for the Tar Heels' top three players. Hansbrough, Lawson and Ellington were a combined 3-for-12 from the field, and Hansbrough, saddled with two fouls, was benched for the final 4:11.
Duke used a 22-5 run in which they hit 9-of-11 shots over a 5 1/2-minute span late in the first half -- a run capped by Singler's baseline jumper with 4:55 remaining -- to take a 40-34 lead.
The Blue Devils held North Carolina to two field goals over the half's final 7 1/2 minutes, then pushed their lead to 50-41 on Scheyer's free throw with 46.4 seconds left -- the first time the Tar Heels allowed a team to score 50 in a half since December.
But that was well before they got back to the fast tempo that helped them take an early double-figure lead. North Carolina jumped out to a 20-10 lead roughly 5 1/2 minutes in after some remarkably efficient play in which it scored on 10 of 11 possessions."
Wednesday, February 11, 2009
Been awhile
Well it's kind of been awhile since my last post been busy celebrating the Steelers 6th Super Bowl, UNC Vs. Duke tonight, alot of good college games on, work, and getting ready to celebrate my 24th birthday. Damn I am getting old. Well besides the MLB steriod scandal not alot of interesting stuff going on off the top of my head. So really this is a boring post, sorry. If your around stop in at Doug's Friday night to have some birthday beers with me. Peace.
Wednesday, February 04, 2009
Steelers Get 6th Superbowl
I know it's old news but to me it just never gets old. Are they the most successful NFL franchise? I think so and I bet several other people agree with me. Anyways I found some awesome pictures I wanted to share.
LEAVE BONDS ALONE
Prosecutors in Barry Bonds' trial intend to introduce notes seized from Greg Anderson's house and a clubhouse tape recording of the personal trainer discussing injections in an effort to get around his likely refusal to testify against the home-run king.
Among hundred of pages of documents unsealed Wednesday was a transcript of a taped conversation between Bonds' personal trainer and then-personal assistant discussing injecting the slugger, plus a list of current and former major leaguers, including Jason Giambi, who are scheduled to testify for the government at Bonds' upcoming trial.Prosecutors: Bonds tested positive
The court documents unsealed by a federal judge Wednesday in the government's criminal case against Barry Bonds included the results of 26 blood and urine tests. Prosecutors contend five are positive for performance-enhancing drugs. Three of the results were seized from BALCO and did not include Bonds' name; the government said it determined they belonged to Bonds through a BALCO log. The other two were taken by Major League Baseball. One later was retested by the government, which is when it came up positive.
• Nov. 28, 2000: BALCO urine test positive for methenolone and nandrolone
• Feb. 5, 2001: BALCO urine test positive for methenolone
• Feb. 19, 2001: BALCO urine test positive for methenolone and nandrolone
• June 4, 2003: MLB urine test positive for THG, clomiphene, exogenous testosterone
• July 7, 2006: MLB urine test positive for D-amphetamine
-- The Associated Press
Among the evidence was a positive test for amphetamines in 2006 in a urine sample Bonds gave to Major League Baseball.
Bonds' attorneys want all that evidence suppressed, and U.S. District Judge Susan Illston is to rule Thursday. Anderson, jailed several times for refusing to answer questions before a grand jury, appears to be at the heart of the government's case.
Steve Hoskins, Bonds' childhood friend and personal assistant, tape recorded a 2003 conversation at the Pac Bell Park clubhouse with Anderson in which injections are discussed.
Anderson: No, what happens is, they put too much in one area, and what it does, it'll, it'll actually ball up and puddle. And what happens is, it actually will eat away and make an indentation. And it's a cyst. It makes a big [expletive] cyst. And you have to drain it. Oh yeah, it's gnarly ... Hi Benito ... oh it's gnarly.
Hoskins: He said his [expletive] went ... that's why he has to, he had to switch off of one cheek to the other. Is that why Barry's didn't do it in one spot, and you didn't just let him do it one time?
Anderson: Oh no. I never. I never just go there. I move it all over the place.
The former San Francisco Giants star is charged with lying to a grand jury in 2003 when he said he never knowingly used performance-enhancing drugs. Federal prosecutors allege that Bonds knowingly used steroids, including a once undetectable designer drug.
His trial is scheduled to start March 2.
Bonds lawyers moved to suppress 24 drug tests from 2000-06; more than two dozen drug calendars; BALCO log sheets; handwritten notes; opinion evidence on steroids, human growth hormone, THG, EPO and Clomid; witness descriptions of Bonds' "physical, behavioral and emotional characteristics" -- including acne on his back, testicle shrinkage, head size, hat size, hand size, foot size and sexual behavior; recorded conversations that didn't include Bonds; and voice mails allegedly left by Bonds on the answering machine of former girlfriend Kimberly Bell.
Bonds' lawyers also want to prevent the jury from hearing evidence of at least four positive steroid tests they argue can't be conclusively linked to Bonds because of how they were processed.
According to records prosecutors took from BALCO, Bonds tested positive on three separate occasions in 2000 and 2001 for the steroid methenelone in urine samples; he also tested positive two of those three times for the steroid nandrolone. Prosecutors want to use those test results to show Bonds lied when he told a grand jury in December 2003 that he never knowingly used steroids.
In addition, a government-retained scientist, Dr. Don Catlin, said he found evidence that Bonds used the designer steroid THG upon retesting a urine sample Bonds supplied as part of baseball's anonymous survey drug testing in 2003, when the designer drug was not yet detectable. Federal investigators seized them in 2004 from the private laboratory used by Major League Baseball before they could be destroyed, which the players were promised.Unsealed documents
View the documents of evidence in the government's criminal case against Barry Bonds here:
Document 99
Exhibits A, B, C
Opposition
Opposition 2
Bonds exhibits
Catlin said the sample also tested positive for Clomid and foreign testosterone.
Included in the evidence was a letter from baseball independent drug administrator Bryan Smith that Bonds tested positive for an amphetamine during a drug test on July 7, 2006. There was also a letter from baseball commissioner Bud Selig to Bonds that Aug. 1 informing him of the positive test and telling him that he will be subject to six more tests over a one-year period.
The New York Daily News reported on that test on Jan. 11, 2007, saying Bonds attributed the positive test to a substance he had taken from teammate Mark Sweeney's locker.
The government said the Giants had Bonds give blood samples to St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center and to Chandler Regional lab, and the government obtained those test results. The government said liver enzymes and cholesterol levels in those results are indicative of steroid use.
The court documents also show prosecutors plan on calling to the witness stand Giambi of the Oakland Athletics, along with his brother and former major leaguer Jeremy Giambi. The government also plans to call Bobby Estalella, Marvin Barnard and Benito Santiago, all former Bonds teammates.
Anderson also worked with those players and maintained so-called doping calendars for them. Prosecutors allege that Anderson maintained a similar calendar for Bonds.
Documents taken from Anderson's house detail steroid distribution from Anderson to Bonds from 2000-03, according to a government brief. And Anderson also discusses steroids with Hoskins during that March 2003 clubhouse chat.
Court papers stated that Hoskins recorded the conversation on his own initiative with no government prompting. And federal prosecutors said that Hoskins will be a key witness at the trial.
Bonds
Bonds and Hoskins had a nasty falling out after slugger went to the FBI with accusations Hoskins stole from him.
According to Hoskins, the following excerpt took place between himself and Anderson in approximately March 2003 at Pac Bell Park near the defendant's locker.
Anderson: ... everything that I've been doing at this point, it's all undetectable.
Hoskins: Right.
Anderson: See, the stuff that I have ... we created it. And you can't, you can't buy it anywhere. You can't get it anywhere else. But, you can take it the day of and pee ...
Hoskins: Uh-huh.
Anderson: And it come up with nothing.
Hoskins: Isn't that the same [expletive] that Marion Jones and them were using?
Anderson: Yeah, same stuff, the same stuff that worked at the Olympics.
Hoskins: Right, right.
Anderson: And they test them every [expletive] week.
Hoskins: Every week. Right, right.
Anderson: So that's why I know it works. So that's why I'm not even trippin'. So that's cool.
Bonds' attorneys argue "there is simply no portion of what Anderson states in reply to Hoskins' questioning that unambiguously refers to Mr. Bonds."
Among hundred of pages of documents unsealed Wednesday was a transcript of a taped conversation between Bonds' personal trainer and then-personal assistant discussing injecting the slugger, plus a list of current and former major leaguers, including Jason Giambi, who are scheduled to testify for the government at Bonds' upcoming trial.Prosecutors: Bonds tested positive
The court documents unsealed by a federal judge Wednesday in the government's criminal case against Barry Bonds included the results of 26 blood and urine tests. Prosecutors contend five are positive for performance-enhancing drugs. Three of the results were seized from BALCO and did not include Bonds' name; the government said it determined they belonged to Bonds through a BALCO log. The other two were taken by Major League Baseball. One later was retested by the government, which is when it came up positive.
• Nov. 28, 2000: BALCO urine test positive for methenolone and nandrolone
• Feb. 5, 2001: BALCO urine test positive for methenolone
• Feb. 19, 2001: BALCO urine test positive for methenolone and nandrolone
• June 4, 2003: MLB urine test positive for THG, clomiphene, exogenous testosterone
• July 7, 2006: MLB urine test positive for D-amphetamine
-- The Associated Press
Among the evidence was a positive test for amphetamines in 2006 in a urine sample Bonds gave to Major League Baseball.
Bonds' attorneys want all that evidence suppressed, and U.S. District Judge Susan Illston is to rule Thursday. Anderson, jailed several times for refusing to answer questions before a grand jury, appears to be at the heart of the government's case.
Steve Hoskins, Bonds' childhood friend and personal assistant, tape recorded a 2003 conversation at the Pac Bell Park clubhouse with Anderson in which injections are discussed.
Anderson: No, what happens is, they put too much in one area, and what it does, it'll, it'll actually ball up and puddle. And what happens is, it actually will eat away and make an indentation. And it's a cyst. It makes a big [expletive] cyst. And you have to drain it. Oh yeah, it's gnarly ... Hi Benito ... oh it's gnarly.
Hoskins: He said his [expletive] went ... that's why he has to, he had to switch off of one cheek to the other. Is that why Barry's didn't do it in one spot, and you didn't just let him do it one time?
Anderson: Oh no. I never. I never just go there. I move it all over the place.
The former San Francisco Giants star is charged with lying to a grand jury in 2003 when he said he never knowingly used performance-enhancing drugs. Federal prosecutors allege that Bonds knowingly used steroids, including a once undetectable designer drug.
His trial is scheduled to start March 2.
Bonds lawyers moved to suppress 24 drug tests from 2000-06; more than two dozen drug calendars; BALCO log sheets; handwritten notes; opinion evidence on steroids, human growth hormone, THG, EPO and Clomid; witness descriptions of Bonds' "physical, behavioral and emotional characteristics" -- including acne on his back, testicle shrinkage, head size, hat size, hand size, foot size and sexual behavior; recorded conversations that didn't include Bonds; and voice mails allegedly left by Bonds on the answering machine of former girlfriend Kimberly Bell.
Bonds' lawyers also want to prevent the jury from hearing evidence of at least four positive steroid tests they argue can't be conclusively linked to Bonds because of how they were processed.
According to records prosecutors took from BALCO, Bonds tested positive on three separate occasions in 2000 and 2001 for the steroid methenelone in urine samples; he also tested positive two of those three times for the steroid nandrolone. Prosecutors want to use those test results to show Bonds lied when he told a grand jury in December 2003 that he never knowingly used steroids.
In addition, a government-retained scientist, Dr. Don Catlin, said he found evidence that Bonds used the designer steroid THG upon retesting a urine sample Bonds supplied as part of baseball's anonymous survey drug testing in 2003, when the designer drug was not yet detectable. Federal investigators seized them in 2004 from the private laboratory used by Major League Baseball before they could be destroyed, which the players were promised.Unsealed documents
View the documents of evidence in the government's criminal case against Barry Bonds here:
Document 99
Exhibits A, B, C
Opposition
Opposition 2
Bonds exhibits
Catlin said the sample also tested positive for Clomid and foreign testosterone.
Included in the evidence was a letter from baseball independent drug administrator Bryan Smith that Bonds tested positive for an amphetamine during a drug test on July 7, 2006. There was also a letter from baseball commissioner Bud Selig to Bonds that Aug. 1 informing him of the positive test and telling him that he will be subject to six more tests over a one-year period.
The New York Daily News reported on that test on Jan. 11, 2007, saying Bonds attributed the positive test to a substance he had taken from teammate Mark Sweeney's locker.
The government said the Giants had Bonds give blood samples to St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center and to Chandler Regional lab, and the government obtained those test results. The government said liver enzymes and cholesterol levels in those results are indicative of steroid use.
The court documents also show prosecutors plan on calling to the witness stand Giambi of the Oakland Athletics, along with his brother and former major leaguer Jeremy Giambi. The government also plans to call Bobby Estalella, Marvin Barnard and Benito Santiago, all former Bonds teammates.
Anderson also worked with those players and maintained so-called doping calendars for them. Prosecutors allege that Anderson maintained a similar calendar for Bonds.
Documents taken from Anderson's house detail steroid distribution from Anderson to Bonds from 2000-03, according to a government brief. And Anderson also discusses steroids with Hoskins during that March 2003 clubhouse chat.
Court papers stated that Hoskins recorded the conversation on his own initiative with no government prompting. And federal prosecutors said that Hoskins will be a key witness at the trial.
Bonds
Bonds and Hoskins had a nasty falling out after slugger went to the FBI with accusations Hoskins stole from him.
According to Hoskins, the following excerpt took place between himself and Anderson in approximately March 2003 at Pac Bell Park near the defendant's locker.
Anderson: ... everything that I've been doing at this point, it's all undetectable.
Hoskins: Right.
Anderson: See, the stuff that I have ... we created it. And you can't, you can't buy it anywhere. You can't get it anywhere else. But, you can take it the day of and pee ...
Hoskins: Uh-huh.
Anderson: And it come up with nothing.
Hoskins: Isn't that the same [expletive] that Marion Jones and them were using?
Anderson: Yeah, same stuff, the same stuff that worked at the Olympics.
Hoskins: Right, right.
Anderson: And they test them every [expletive] week.
Hoskins: Every week. Right, right.
Anderson: So that's why I know it works. So that's why I'm not even trippin'. So that's cool.
Bonds' attorneys argue "there is simply no portion of what Anderson states in reply to Hoskins' questioning that unambiguously refers to Mr. Bonds."
Sunday, February 01, 2009
Phelps Helps Make Marijuana Legal...
Not really but maybe he can help make it legal. Personally I don't use it but I don't care if people do. In my opinion it isn't really all that bad compared to the other stuff in the world. Anyways here is the article.
"Phelps says bong photo authentic:
Michael Phelps won eight golds in Beijing, breaking Mark Spitz's 1972 record of seven.TAMPA, Fla. -- Olympic great Michael Phelps has acknowledged "regrettable" behavior and "bad judgment" after a photo in a British newspaper showed him smoking marijuana.
In a statement released to The Associated Press, the swimmer who won a record eight gold medals at the Beijing Games conceded the authenticity of the exclusive photo published Sunday by the tabloid News of the World.
Phelps said: "I engaged in behavior which was regrettable and demonstrated bad judgment. I'm 23 years old and despite the successes I've had in the pool, I acted in a youthful and inappropriate way, not in a manner people have come to expect from me. For this, I am sorry. I promise my fans and the public it will not happen again."
An accompanying story in the tabloid said the photo was from a Nov. 6 party in South Carolina, a little more than a month after Phelps wrapped up his record haul in Beijing.
Phelps was charged with driving under the influence in Maryland in 2004, when he was 19. He was sentenced to 18 months probation and fined $250.
Under more flexible sanctions the World Anti-Doping Agency adopted for 2009, first-time offenders who commit particularly bad infractions can face suspensions of up to four years.
The current standard for first-time offenders is a two-year ban no matter the violation.""
Lack Of Posts
Steelers are in the Super Bowl and I have been caught up in that. No excuses just can't wait until 6:28. GO STEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEELERS. If they lose you might not hear from me for a while.
Wednesday, January 21, 2009
Obama 44th President
I don't really know much about President's being sworn in or really anything about politics, or really anything that went on yesterday. Does that make me a bad person? It's not that I don't care just that it kind of bores me. If I am going to spend the time reading stuff about Presidents and their promises that probably won't be fulfilled I'd rather take that time and play a video game or read something that interest's me. I did hear on the radio this morning that there was some mess up's on him being sworn in. I will have to see that on Youtube. All I know is yesterday was the Obama's first day and gas went up in Canton 6 cent's. In my book not off to a great start. Either way we have a new President alot of people are excited so him being President must be a good thing. Now hopefully the economy recovers and I have a job next year. Go Steelers.
Sunday, January 18, 2009
Cuse Game
Well I went to the Cuse Notre Dame yesterday and almost died. We were driving down weather was sunny here and cold but when we got around the Watertown area it got bad quick. It was snowing so hard you literally couldn't see the front of the vehicle. So we are cruising doing around 20-25 when out nowhere there was a huge wreck. It kind of reminded me of Days of Thunder when he is going through the smoke, except I'm the camera guy riding in the back going "oh shit, oh shit". My uncle was driving and somehow drove through it without hitting anything. No idea how I think he found his calling. As we drove through there was at least 10 vehicles anywhere from car's to tractor trailers piled up, and the way we came up on the accident I guarantee there was more involved. As we make it through we hear on the radio that the part we just drove through was closed on 81. After doing 5mph for 45 miles and seeing my life flash before my eyes we made it through the storm. We stopped took a leak and made it to our seat's at the dome right for the national anthem. Not bad timing. Here is a couple pictures i took from the game. What a great game it was. Here is the article:
"SYRACUSE, N.Y. -- Syracuse coach Jim Boeheim gave Arinze Onuaku and Rick Jackson a simple task -- make Notre Dame star Luke Harangody work hard for his points.
The Orange's big men did that and more.
Onuaku matched his season high with 19 points, Jackson had 14 points and 10 rebounds, and the eighth-ranked Orange held off Notre Dame 93-74 on Saturday.
Fast Facts• Six Syracuse players scored in double figures and four scored 15 or more as the Orange snapped a three-game losing streak against Notre Dame.
• Notre Dame has lost nine of its last 10 road games vs. ranked opponents.
• Luke Harangody led Notre Dame with 25 points and 16 rebounds, his sixth straight game with 25+ points and seventh straight with 20+ points and 10+ rebounds. -- ESPN research
Harangody had 25 points and 16 rebounds, his 10th straight 20-point game and seventh consecutive double-double. But he found it tough going inside, shooting 9-for-28 against an inspired Orange man-to-man defense.
"Coach told us to stay down and make him take tough shots," said Onuaku, who combined with Jackson for seven blocks. "He's such a great player that you have to make him work hard and think about it. You just try to put a hand in his face to discourage the shot."
The Orange (17-2, 5-1 Big East), coming off a loss at Georgetown that stopped a seven-game winning streak, snapped a three-game losing streak against the Irish (No. 13 ESPN/USA Today, No. 12 AP).Paul Harris had 15 points and 10 rebounds for Syracuse, while Jonny Flynn finished with 17 points and nine assists, Eric Devendorf had 16 points and Andy Rautins 10 points.
Kyle McAlarney finished with seven 3-pointers and 24 points and Ryan Ayers had 11 points for the Irish (12-5, 3-3).
Harangody took the blame for the Irish's second straight defeat. They also lost in overtime at No. 20 Louisville on Monday night. Harangody went scoreless over the final 11 minutes against the Cardinals and had only one field goal after McAlarney's 3 moved the Irish within 74-69 of Syracuse with 6:01 left.
"This one's on me," Harangody said. "I've reached the time in my career where I need to step up and 9-for-28 from the field is unacceptable. I can't lay a goose egg like that, especially on the road."
Harangody, staring at either Onuaku, Jackson, or Harris every time he turned around, moved away from the basket in the second half and wasn't as effective, managing 11 points and five rebounds.
The Orange outscored Notre Dame 54-24 in the paint, had 39 fast break points, and limited the Irish to 35.5 percent shooting.
"We forced them into tough shots," said Rautins, who had three steals and showed no effects of spraining his knee against Georgetown. "It was important to get off to a good start. This was a huge game. It shows what we can do."
Syracuse jumped to a 13-point lead in the opening 10 minutes behind outbursts by Flynn, Onuaku and Rautins. Flynn hit his third 3 in a 3-minute span to give Syracuse a 15-12 lead at 14:21 send the Carrier Dome crowd of 30,021 into a frenzy.The Orange never trailed again, but every time they seemed set to take command, the Irish came back.
After Harris hit only his third 3-pointer of the season and then followed Onuaku's fast break miss, Syracuse had a 61-45 lead with 12:21 left. McAlarney, who had nine 3-pointers last season to key an Irish win over the Orange at the Joyce Center, hit two from beyond the arc and just like that Notre Dame was back within eight.
Jackson then dunked over Harangody and finished an eight-point spurt with a hook over the Irish star to give Syracuse a 16-point lead midway through the period.
The Irish responded with a 16-5 run that ended with McAlarney's 3 that made it 74-69.
But even though Devendorf missed three straight shots, the Irish failed to take advantage. Harris had a tremendous block on Harangody, who then committed one of two straight Irish turnovers and missed a 3 from the right corner."We were trying to get back in the game," McAlarney said. "You fight so hard to get back in that position, and when you get to that point, it's hard to switch gears a little bit. We did a good job of trying to, but they just kept running on us, kept pushing on us and made some big shots down the stretch."
Flynn started the final flurry by scoring on an inbounds pass with 4:04 left. Devendorf then hit from the top of the key and Flynn scored on a fast break layup off a feed from Devendorf to boost the lead to 82-72 with 3:03 to go.
Syracuse, which missed its first seven free throws -- five in the first half by Onuaku -- made eight straight over the final 1:19."
Thursday, January 15, 2009
Joba-The-Not
BELMAR, N.J. - If New York Yankees star Joba Chamberlain really WAS at the Jersey shore, wouldn't he ask for something better than a bagel?
That question apparently was never asked when a Toms River man with a strong resemblance to the Yankee pitcher allegedly implied that he was Chamberlain.
Thirty-year-old Ryan Ward is charged with theft by deception and disorderly conduct, and could get more than a year in jail if convicted.
He's charged with scamming a Belmar bagel shop out of free food last summer after allegedly telling an employee, "Do you know who I am?" and pointing to a photo of Chamberlain in a newspaper sports section.
Police say he signed autographs and promised women free Yankee tickets.
Ward has denied the charges, telling the Asbury Park Press, "You can't have fun anymore, can you?"
The newspaper dubbed him "Joba-The-Not."
His municipal court trial is scheduled for Feb. 11.
Police in Monmouth County say Ward represented himself as Chamberlain in other businesses in Belmar and Spring Lake, and was banned from a few local bars because of it.
Ward declined to answer specific questions about his actions, telling the newspaper, "It was something I did for the summer. I had a lot of fun with it."
His attorney, Constantine Bardis, called the charges against Ward a "tragedy."
"What's the crime in pretending to be someone?" Bardis asked. "I'm Mel Gibson; want to have a drink? He just goofed around because he kind of looks like the guy."
Ward then corrected his lawyer.
"He looks like me," Ward said.
Belmar Police Chief Jack Hill called Ward a "nut," saying Ward broke the law when he pretended to be a Yankees pitcher.
"He impersonated another person and took advantage of it," Hill said. "We frown on people taking other people's identity."
Crazy Texters
Just yesterday I posted a story about a girl texting a bunch and then today another story comes out with a girl out doing her. Here's the story.
"Brad Cox of Clermont was surfing the Internet this week when he saw a story about a California girl who had sent and received 14,528 text messages on her cell phone in one month.
"I laughed and thought, 'That's nothing,' " Cox said Tuesday.
Cox's 14-year-old daughter, Emilee, hit 35,000 messages a month twice in the past year. Thank goodness for unlimited plans.
Her peak month was June, when she tallied 35,463 messages, or about 1,182 a day. Assuming she slept eight hours a day, that's about 74 messages an hour, or roughly one coming or going each minute.
"Heyy," Emilee Cox wrote when asked by a Sentinel reporter about her texting through, you guessed it, a text message. "Uhm i'm not sure really. In june i had cheer camp so like alot of my friends had texted me. And when i wasn't at camp i'd text my friends and girls on my team. i don't like talking on the phone so i'd prefer texting people.
"Well it's different things with different people," she wrote. "Like with my cheer friends we talk about cheerleading. Then with friends from school and stuff we'd talk about how our summers were and what we expected high school to be like. And my boyfriend and i talk about random things. He's the main reason my texting is so high becuz we're constantly texting. Lol"
Just before Christmas, Emilee wore out her phone because she was texting so much. Her father switched her to a different provider and got her a phone without a keyboard.
That slowed her texting down a little -- she sent 14,083 in December.
As long as his daughter, a ninth-grader, keeps getting good grades at East Ridge High School, he'll let her keep on texting.
"I think there are much worse habits for her to have," said Cox, who clocked 656 text messages of his own in June. "It keeps her from being bored, and it keeps her out of trouble."
Kristin Wallace, a spokeswoman for Sprint, confirmed Emilee's text tally and said Sprint customers average 268 messages a month.
"It's absolutely amazing," Wallace said. "She must have been texting day and night."
A study by Nielsen found that kids ages 13 to 17 on average send and receive 1,742 messages monthly.
Cox might think his daughter has the fastest fingers around, but she's not even close. A man in India reportedly had 182,689 text messages in a month."
Crazy kids.
"Brad Cox of Clermont was surfing the Internet this week when he saw a story about a California girl who had sent and received 14,528 text messages on her cell phone in one month.
"I laughed and thought, 'That's nothing,' " Cox said Tuesday.
Cox's 14-year-old daughter, Emilee, hit 35,000 messages a month twice in the past year. Thank goodness for unlimited plans.
Her peak month was June, when she tallied 35,463 messages, or about 1,182 a day. Assuming she slept eight hours a day, that's about 74 messages an hour, or roughly one coming or going each minute.
"Heyy," Emilee Cox wrote when asked by a Sentinel reporter about her texting through, you guessed it, a text message. "Uhm i'm not sure really. In june i had cheer camp so like alot of my friends had texted me. And when i wasn't at camp i'd text my friends and girls on my team. i don't like talking on the phone so i'd prefer texting people.
"Well it's different things with different people," she wrote. "Like with my cheer friends we talk about cheerleading. Then with friends from school and stuff we'd talk about how our summers were and what we expected high school to be like. And my boyfriend and i talk about random things. He's the main reason my texting is so high becuz we're constantly texting. Lol"
Just before Christmas, Emilee wore out her phone because she was texting so much. Her father switched her to a different provider and got her a phone without a keyboard.
That slowed her texting down a little -- she sent 14,083 in December.
As long as his daughter, a ninth-grader, keeps getting good grades at East Ridge High School, he'll let her keep on texting.
"I think there are much worse habits for her to have," said Cox, who clocked 656 text messages of his own in June. "It keeps her from being bored, and it keeps her out of trouble."
Kristin Wallace, a spokeswoman for Sprint, confirmed Emilee's text tally and said Sprint customers average 268 messages a month.
"It's absolutely amazing," Wallace said. "She must have been texting day and night."
A study by Nielsen found that kids ages 13 to 17 on average send and receive 1,742 messages monthly.
Cox might think his daughter has the fastest fingers around, but she's not even close. A man in India reportedly had 182,689 text messages in a month."
Crazy kids.
Wednesday, January 14, 2009
Introducing the next great American pastime: beer pong.
Introducing the next great American pastime: beer pong.
by Rick Reilly
There is only one place I know that combines tiny balls, plastic cups and vats of beer. Besides Jose Canseco's house, that is.
It's a beer pong tournament. This is a sport that requires a steady hand, faulty hearing and a titanium liver. It's believed that 73% of all tuition money goes toward it.
Beer pong is played on a table slightly smaller than Ping-Pong's, by teams of two. Ten cups, filled about one-third with beer, are set like bowling pins at the ends. As you try to toss or bounce a Ping-Pong ball into the cups on the side opposite yours, opponents jump and yell unspeakables about your mother. If you make it, they must drink it. First team to sink all 10 cups wins. It's very sophisticated.
"I HAD THAT MONEY SPENT."
But the beer pong I play is nothing like the kind in the World Series of Beer Pong, which I covered recently at the Flamingo Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas. That's where North America's 414 best pong teams competed for the $50,000 first prize. Second prize: bubkes. Gulp.
You have never seen such large people throw such tiny objects into such small receptacles with such hair-raising frequency. The best teams hit about 70% of their shots on the eight-foot tables. That's like pitching a quarter into a parking meter slot seven times out of 10.
More shocking was that it was more about pong than booze. Four of the 10 cups were filled with water, which worked out to one beer per player per hour. Regular pongers pour more than that on their Raisin Bran.
In fact, drinking was optional. One team used only water in the first round—Mrs. and Mrs. Lara and Kristin Mendez of New York City. That's right, two married women. Beer Pong: changing the world.
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Still, there were quality team names, such as: He Sucks … I'm Good; Beer Pong … Because Jesus Would; and Chase's Mom ATM. There was also Francois the Butt Dusters, made up of my sons, Jake (21) and Kel (23). The Dusters started off 4–0, including a W over a team from Rochester, whose members, no joke, would, out of nowhere, slap each other hard on the face. The slapee, red-cheeked, would look at his partner—stunned—and then yell, "Yeeeeahhh!!!" One guy from Jersey ripped his shirt off just before a crucial point. One team played sitting on each other's shoulders.
The real drama centered on Albany's the Iron Wizard Coalition. These guys made last year's finals and sank their final cup while their opponents, Chauffeuring the Fat Kid, still needed four. They went triple Gramatica, jumping and dancing and hugging. "I had that money spent," says Mike Hulse, 28, of the Wizards.
But they forgot about beer pong's diabolical redemption rule, which allows a last chance as long as you don't miss another cup. Fat Kid never did. Four straight sinks. Pong history. Kid wound up winning the game and the cash. "Do I think about it?" says Hulse, who doesn't make much working for a cable company. "I think about it every time I look at a bill. Every freakin' time."
Alas, the Wizards wound up 49th this year. The Butt Dusters finished a valiant 182nd. The finals came down to the tourney faves: Smashing Time (Ron Hamilton and Michael "Pops" Popielarski, both 25) vs. Getcha Popcorn Ready (Brian Nentwig and Joe Radesco, both 23). The 6'4", 280-pound Hamilton chugged a bottle of Jack Daniel's beforehand. "The key today," he said later, "was me getting real drunk." (Maybe it wasn't always more about pong than booze.)
Popcorn, winner of the loser's bracket, needed to win both games to be crowned King Pong. Smashing Time had to win only one. Popcorn won Game 1. The next would be for everything. And that's when I saw something I've never seen in sports.
The two teams had made a secret deal before the match: If Popcorn won Game 1 and the tourney continued, the winners would give the losers $3,000. Can you imagine? "Tell you what," Kobe says to KG before Game 7. "Winner buys the loser a Rolls. Deal?"
Bad move for Smashing Time, which then proceeded to sink little white balls just like in Tiger's dreams. They used only 12 shots to make their final 10 and win easily. Twelve balls, 10 cups. Try that at home.
It should be noted that the final was filled with honor. Nobody mentioned anybody's sister or flashed unwelcome appendages. That's good. All this bush league stuff will have to go if we're going to take beer pong to the next level: the Olympics.
Hope they don't test for whiskey.
by Rick Reilly
There is only one place I know that combines tiny balls, plastic cups and vats of beer. Besides Jose Canseco's house, that is.It's a beer pong tournament. This is a sport that requires a steady hand, faulty hearing and a titanium liver. It's believed that 73% of all tuition money goes toward it.
Beer pong is played on a table slightly smaller than Ping-Pong's, by teams of two. Ten cups, filled about one-third with beer, are set like bowling pins at the ends. As you try to toss or bounce a Ping-Pong ball into the cups on the side opposite yours, opponents jump and yell unspeakables about your mother. If you make it, they must drink it. First team to sink all 10 cups wins. It's very sophisticated.
"I HAD THAT MONEY SPENT."
But the beer pong I play is nothing like the kind in the World Series of Beer Pong, which I covered recently at the Flamingo Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas. That's where North America's 414 best pong teams competed for the $50,000 first prize. Second prize: bubkes. Gulp.You have never seen such large people throw such tiny objects into such small receptacles with such hair-raising frequency. The best teams hit about 70% of their shots on the eight-foot tables. That's like pitching a quarter into a parking meter slot seven times out of 10.
More shocking was that it was more about pong than booze. Four of the 10 cups were filled with water, which worked out to one beer per player per hour. Regular pongers pour more than that on their Raisin Bran. In fact, drinking was optional. One team used only water in the first round—Mrs. and Mrs. Lara and Kristin Mendez of New York City. That's right, two married women. Beer Pong: changing the world.
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Still, there were quality team names, such as: He Sucks … I'm Good; Beer Pong … Because Jesus Would; and Chase's Mom ATM. There was also Francois the Butt Dusters, made up of my sons, Jake (21) and Kel (23). The Dusters started off 4–0, including a W over a team from Rochester, whose members, no joke, would, out of nowhere, slap each other hard on the face. The slapee, red-cheeked, would look at his partner—stunned—and then yell, "Yeeeeahhh!!!" One guy from Jersey ripped his shirt off just before a crucial point. One team played sitting on each other's shoulders.The real drama centered on Albany's the Iron Wizard Coalition. These guys made last year's finals and sank their final cup while their opponents, Chauffeuring the Fat Kid, still needed four. They went triple Gramatica, jumping and dancing and hugging. "I had that money spent," says Mike Hulse, 28, of the Wizards.
But they forgot about beer pong's diabolical redemption rule, which allows a last chance as long as you don't miss another cup. Fat Kid never did. Four straight sinks. Pong history. Kid wound up winning the game and the cash. "Do I think about it?" says Hulse, who doesn't make much working for a cable company. "I think about it every time I look at a bill. Every freakin' time."
Alas, the Wizards wound up 49th this year. The Butt Dusters finished a valiant 182nd. The finals came down to the tourney faves: Smashing Time (Ron Hamilton and Michael "Pops" Popielarski, both 25) vs. Getcha Popcorn Ready (Brian Nentwig and Joe Radesco, both 23). The 6'4", 280-pound Hamilton chugged a bottle of Jack Daniel's beforehand. "The key today," he said later, "was me getting real drunk." (Maybe it wasn't always more about pong than booze.)
Popcorn, winner of the loser's bracket, needed to win both games to be crowned King Pong. Smashing Time had to win only one. Popcorn won Game 1. The next would be for everything. And that's when I saw something I've never seen in sports.
The two teams had made a secret deal before the match: If Popcorn won Game 1 and the tourney continued, the winners would give the losers $3,000. Can you imagine? "Tell you what," Kobe says to KG before Game 7. "Winner buys the loser a Rolls. Deal?" Bad move for Smashing Time, which then proceeded to sink little white balls just like in Tiger's dreams. They used only 12 shots to make their final 10 and win easily. Twelve balls, 10 cups. Try that at home.
It should be noted that the final was filled with honor. Nobody mentioned anybody's sister or flashed unwelcome appendages. That's good. All this bush league stuff will have to go if we're going to take beer pong to the next level: the Olympics.
Hope they don't test for whiskey.
You Think You Text Alot
Greg Hardesty didn't LOL when he got his teen daughter's cellphone statement.
All he could think was "OMG!"
The California man's 13-year-old daughter, Reina, racked up an astonishing 14,528 text messages in one month. The online AT&T statement ran 440 pages.
"First, I laughed. I thought, 'That's insane, that's impossible,' " the 45-year-old dad said. "And I immediately whipped out the calculator to see if it was humanly possible."
He found it was - barely.
It works out to 484 text messages a day, or one every two minutes of every waking hour.
"Then I thought maybe AT&T made some mistake on the bill," said Hardesty, of Silverado Canyon.
The reporter for the Orange County Register grilled his daughter on her texting habit - by text message, of course.
"Who are you texting, anyway? Your entire school?" he asked.
"Well, a lot of my friends have unlimited texting. I just text them pretty much all the time," she explained.
She messages a core of "four obsessive texters" - all girls between the ages of 12 and 13 - on her LG phone.
Reina had a karaoke birthday party, and while other people were singing, she was texting her best friend sitting right next to her.
She even texted her friends to brag about the high number of text messages she had logged when her parents got the statement.
Her texting soared last month because "it was winter break and I was bored," Reina told her parents.
Luckily, Hardesty has a phone plan that allows unlimited texting for $30 a month. Otherwise, he estimates, he would have owed AT&T $2,905.60 at a rate of 20 cents per message.
The average number of monthly texts for a 13- to 17-year-old teen is 1,742, according to a Nielsen study of cellphone usage.
Hardesty admits he himself punches in 900 messages a month - 700 more than average for his age group, according to Nielsen.
Hardesty and his ex-wife have since placed restrictions on Reina's cellphone use, ruling she cannot text after dinner.
I don't even know what to say. If i was a doctor id be calling because arthritis is soon to follow.
All he could think was "OMG!"
The California man's 13-year-old daughter, Reina, racked up an astonishing 14,528 text messages in one month. The online AT&T statement ran 440 pages.
"First, I laughed. I thought, 'That's insane, that's impossible,' " the 45-year-old dad said. "And I immediately whipped out the calculator to see if it was humanly possible."
He found it was - barely.
It works out to 484 text messages a day, or one every two minutes of every waking hour.
"Then I thought maybe AT&T made some mistake on the bill," said Hardesty, of Silverado Canyon.
The reporter for the Orange County Register grilled his daughter on her texting habit - by text message, of course.
"Who are you texting, anyway? Your entire school?" he asked.
"Well, a lot of my friends have unlimited texting. I just text them pretty much all the time," she explained.
She messages a core of "four obsessive texters" - all girls between the ages of 12 and 13 - on her LG phone.
Reina had a karaoke birthday party, and while other people were singing, she was texting her best friend sitting right next to her.
She even texted her friends to brag about the high number of text messages she had logged when her parents got the statement.
Her texting soared last month because "it was winter break and I was bored," Reina told her parents.
Luckily, Hardesty has a phone plan that allows unlimited texting for $30 a month. Otherwise, he estimates, he would have owed AT&T $2,905.60 at a rate of 20 cents per message.
The average number of monthly texts for a 13- to 17-year-old teen is 1,742, according to a Nielsen study of cellphone usage.
Hardesty admits he himself punches in 900 messages a month - 700 more than average for his age group, according to Nielsen.
Hardesty and his ex-wife have since placed restrictions on Reina's cellphone use, ruling she cannot text after dinner.
I don't even know what to say. If i was a doctor id be calling because arthritis is soon to follow.
Brrrrrrrr
It was -11 for most of today and that was without the wind chill. Thankfully it wasn't a really windy day but damn it was cold. I came across an article that made it feel a little warmer here. "The big deal today into Thursday morning will be wind chill.
If you know what 58 below feels like, then the wind chill in the Devils Lake Basin by late tonight or in the dark, early hours of Thursday morning will feel too familiar.
Actual temperatures will reach 35 below, maybe 40 below in isolated pockets up north near the Canadian border, said Brad Hopkins, meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Grand Forks.
Exhaust from passing cars rises as a pedestrian prepares to cross a Minneapolis street today during another day of sub-zero temperatures. (AP Photo/Jim Mone)
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Across much of northeastern North Dakota and northwestern Minnesota, wind chills will get down to 52 to 58 below late tonight and early Thursday, according to the National Weather Service office in Grand Forks, which issued a wind chill warning for the region from midnight Tuesday to noon today. Most of today, it will feel like 40 to 46 below across the region."
At least it's not going to be 52-58 below here.
If you know what 58 below feels like, then the wind chill in the Devils Lake Basin by late tonight or in the dark, early hours of Thursday morning will feel too familiar.
Actual temperatures will reach 35 below, maybe 40 below in isolated pockets up north near the Canadian border, said Brad Hopkins, meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Grand Forks.
Exhaust from passing cars rises as a pedestrian prepares to cross a Minneapolis street today during another day of sub-zero temperatures. (AP Photo/Jim Mone)
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Across much of northeastern North Dakota and northwestern Minnesota, wind chills will get down to 52 to 58 below late tonight and early Thursday, according to the National Weather Service office in Grand Forks, which issued a wind chill warning for the region from midnight Tuesday to noon today. Most of today, it will feel like 40 to 46 below across the region."
At least it's not going to be 52-58 below here.
Tuesday, January 13, 2009
It's Cold It's Windy...
Still the bank robber is out there. There is a $10,000 reward so if you are the bank robber and reading this please turn yourself into me first because I could use the money. If we get snowed in I will write a better post. Until then deal with this crap and go to mattmclear.com and take some trivia tests I made.
Saturday, January 10, 2009
Canton Banked Robbed Again
It's a good thing I live on the safe side of town because last night a bank was robbed for the 3rd time in Canton. Here is the story from WWNYTV.Net.
Police set up roadblocks around Canton Friday night, trying to catch the person who robbed the SeaComm Federal Credit Union.
7 News reporter John Friot, at the scene, said a person carrying a duffel bag entered the building shortly before 6 pm.
Authorities said the person was believed to be a white man. He was wearing a ski mask.
It’s not clear whether he was armed, but Friot reports authorities believe he got money from the credit union.
Police said they were following tracks in the snow.
The credit union is on East Main Street, on the eastern side of Canton.
Friot said he saw police checking every vehicle leaving Canton on Route 11.
There were all roadblocks near Potsdam and in Gouverneur.
Canton village police were leading the case, with assistance from the sheriff’s department, state police and Potsdam police.
Scott Wilson, the chief operating officer of SeaComm, was on scene. Police could be seen reviewing a videotape of the suspect in the building.
The SeaComm credit union was also robbed in December 2006, where robbers reportedly got $270,000.
In July 2006, the MBT Bank in Canton was robbed of $10,000.
If you go to http://www.wwnytv.net/index.php/2009/01/09/friday-night-credit-union-in-canton-robbed/ you can watch the 11 o clock news story.
Police set up roadblocks around Canton Friday night, trying to catch the person who robbed the SeaComm Federal Credit Union.
7 News reporter John Friot, at the scene, said a person carrying a duffel bag entered the building shortly before 6 pm.
Authorities said the person was believed to be a white man. He was wearing a ski mask.
It’s not clear whether he was armed, but Friot reports authorities believe he got money from the credit union.
Police said they were following tracks in the snow.
The credit union is on East Main Street, on the eastern side of Canton.
Friot said he saw police checking every vehicle leaving Canton on Route 11.
There were all roadblocks near Potsdam and in Gouverneur.
Canton village police were leading the case, with assistance from the sheriff’s department, state police and Potsdam police.
Scott Wilson, the chief operating officer of SeaComm, was on scene. Police could be seen reviewing a videotape of the suspect in the building.
The SeaComm credit union was also robbed in December 2006, where robbers reportedly got $270,000.
In July 2006, the MBT Bank in Canton was robbed of $10,000.
If you go to http://www.wwnytv.net/index.php/2009/01/09/friday-night-credit-union-in-canton-robbed/ you can watch the 11 o clock news story.
Thursday, January 08, 2009
If Only I Was That Lucky
The strange story goes like this: Last summer, Bernice Gallego pulled an old baseball card from a box of antiques. She figured it might be worth something to someone, so she listed it on eBay.
The starting bid was $10.
But after getting a flurry of inquiries about whether the card was authentic or not, Gallego started to suspect she was holding something a little more valuable and immediately ended the auction.
Turns out her hunch was correct. She did have something more valuable. The card she found was made in 1869 and featured the "Red Stocking B.B. Club of Cincinnati," the sport's first professional team. It's considered one of the first baseball cards ever produced and its actual value could be worth more than $100,000 when she puts it back on eBay (with a higher starting price, of course).
Of course, the news that she had found a rare piece of early baseball history came as a shock to the 72-year-old Fresno, Calif., resident who said she's never been to a baseball game. Her tale, from unwitting discovery to learning about the card's history, is wonderfully captured by our old pal Mike Osegueda of the Fresno Bee. Click here to read it.
From the Fresno Bee:
"When I came to meet her and she took it out of a sandwich Baggie and she was smoking a cigarette, I almost fainted," (collector Rick) Mirigian says.
"They've uncovered a piece of history that few people will ever be able to imagine or comprehend. And it comes out of Fresno," he says. "That card is history. It's like unearthing a Mona Lisa or a Picasso."
Gallego said she doesn't know exactly where the box of antiques came from since she and her husband are collectors and frequently buy lots from different estates around California. She does have a history of being lucky, though, having once won $250,000 on a slot machine.
Tuesday, January 06, 2009
If Your Son Is Missing How Long Would You Wait To Report It?
A day, two days, a week? 10 years!?! Listen to this story.
Authorities in Kansas are looking for a boy who disappeared about a decade ago, but was not reported missing until a few weeks ago.
Adam Herrman has not been seen since 1999, when he was 11 or 12.
"We don't know what happened to Adam Herrman past '99, when he was last seen," Butler County Sheriff Craig Murphy said at a news conference in El Dorado.
"Is he alive, is he dead? That one I can't answer because we don't know," he added.
Adam was 11 or 12 when he was last seen, Murphy said. At the time, he was living in a mobile home park in Towanda, a small town in southern Kansas, with his adoptive parents, Doug and Valerie Herrman. The couple did not report him missing, Murphy said.
A few weeks ago, a person notified Sedgwick County Exploited and Missing Children's Unit of a "concern" regarding Adam, Murphy said.
The agency did not immediately return CNN's phone call seeking additional information.
Wichita attorney Warner Eisenbise, who is representing Adam's adoptive parents, said the couple "really rue the fact that they didn't" report the boy missing.
"They feel very guilty" about not doing that, he said in a telephone interview. The couple told him the boy had run away frequently, he said, and they believed him to be either with his biological parents or homeless.
Although the Herrmans did not report him missing, "they were very worried about him," he said.
Authorities have searched the Pine Ridge Mobile Home Park, where the family had lived, and discovered an "answer" to one of their questions, Murphy said, without explaining.
"We did find one of the answers we were looking for, but I am holding that one very tightly," he said.
Eisenbise said authorities also executed a search warrant on December 15 at the Herrmans' home in Derby, a town just outside of Wichita. They took the couple's computer, he said.
Murphy said the couple is cooperating and had not been charged with anything.
Citing a relative, the Wichita Eagle reported the Herrmans had taken Adam into foster care and later adopted him.
Michelle Ponce of the Kansas Department of Social and Rehabilitation Services, which oversees adoption and foster care, said she could not release any details regard Adam's case, and could confirm only that he had been in foster care at some point, but was no longer in foster care in 1999.
Adam had been placed in the Herrmans' care when he was about 2, Murphy said in a phone interview. He had been named Irvin Groeninger III when he was born on June 8, 1987, Murphy said, and it was not clear when his name was changed.
His biological parents relinquished their rights as parents about two decades ago, and Adam and his siblings were put in different foster homes, CNN affiliate KWCH reported.
"I thought what I was doing for them was in the best interest of the children and evidently it wasn't," Irvin Groeninger told KWCH. "If he was still in my custody this would have never happened."
Adam's sister, Tiffany Broadfoot, 22, said she last saw her brother about 14 years ago at a birthday party.
A year or two later, he sent her a Christmas card, she said. "And that was the end of my contact with him," she told KWCH.
"He had the cutest little round face, little bitty freckles right up here on the tip of his cheek," she remembered.
"I'm just awestruck as how something like that could actually happen, and how he could be missing as long as he's been and nobody say anything," she said.
Murphy said Adam's name appears on a legal document later than 1999. "We know that he was listed in a legal action as if he was still living at home, and I'm not certain of the date, but it was beyond 1999," he told CNN
Authorities in Kansas are looking for a boy who disappeared about a decade ago, but was not reported missing until a few weeks ago.
Adam Herrman has not been seen since 1999, when he was 11 or 12.
"We don't know what happened to Adam Herrman past '99, when he was last seen," Butler County Sheriff Craig Murphy said at a news conference in El Dorado.
"Is he alive, is he dead? That one I can't answer because we don't know," he added.
Adam was 11 or 12 when he was last seen, Murphy said. At the time, he was living in a mobile home park in Towanda, a small town in southern Kansas, with his adoptive parents, Doug and Valerie Herrman. The couple did not report him missing, Murphy said.
A few weeks ago, a person notified Sedgwick County Exploited and Missing Children's Unit of a "concern" regarding Adam, Murphy said.
The agency did not immediately return CNN's phone call seeking additional information.
Wichita attorney Warner Eisenbise, who is representing Adam's adoptive parents, said the couple "really rue the fact that they didn't" report the boy missing.
"They feel very guilty" about not doing that, he said in a telephone interview. The couple told him the boy had run away frequently, he said, and they believed him to be either with his biological parents or homeless.
Although the Herrmans did not report him missing, "they were very worried about him," he said.
Authorities have searched the Pine Ridge Mobile Home Park, where the family had lived, and discovered an "answer" to one of their questions, Murphy said, without explaining.
"We did find one of the answers we were looking for, but I am holding that one very tightly," he said.
Eisenbise said authorities also executed a search warrant on December 15 at the Herrmans' home in Derby, a town just outside of Wichita. They took the couple's computer, he said.
Murphy said the couple is cooperating and had not been charged with anything.
Citing a relative, the Wichita Eagle reported the Herrmans had taken Adam into foster care and later adopted him.
Michelle Ponce of the Kansas Department of Social and Rehabilitation Services, which oversees adoption and foster care, said she could not release any details regard Adam's case, and could confirm only that he had been in foster care at some point, but was no longer in foster care in 1999.
Adam had been placed in the Herrmans' care when he was about 2, Murphy said in a phone interview. He had been named Irvin Groeninger III when he was born on June 8, 1987, Murphy said, and it was not clear when his name was changed.
His biological parents relinquished their rights as parents about two decades ago, and Adam and his siblings were put in different foster homes, CNN affiliate KWCH reported.
"I thought what I was doing for them was in the best interest of the children and evidently it wasn't," Irvin Groeninger told KWCH. "If he was still in my custody this would have never happened."
Adam's sister, Tiffany Broadfoot, 22, said she last saw her brother about 14 years ago at a birthday party.
A year or two later, he sent her a Christmas card, she said. "And that was the end of my contact with him," she told KWCH.
"He had the cutest little round face, little bitty freckles right up here on the tip of his cheek," she remembered.
"I'm just awestruck as how something like that could actually happen, and how he could be missing as long as he's been and nobody say anything," she said.
Murphy said Adam's name appears on a legal document later than 1999. "We know that he was listed in a legal action as if he was still living at home, and I'm not certain of the date, but it was beyond 1999," he told CNN
What is Wrong With This World???
I was browsing the web and came across a couple of stories that made me go what the hell? So I have to share them with you.
1)Boy, 4, shoots babysitter for stepping on his foot
Mon Jan 5, 9:08 pm ET
JACKSON, Ohio – Police say an angry 4-year-old Ohio boy grabbed a gun from a closet and shot his baby sitter. Nathan Beavers, 18, was hospitalized Sunday with minor wounds to his arm and side after the shotgun attack. Police say another teen was also injured.
Witnesses told police the child was angry because Beavers accidentally stepped on his foot. Beavers was watching the child at a mobile home in Jackson with several other teenagers and several other children.
Jackson County Sheriff John Shashteen says authorities are investigating. The child has not been charged.
2)Topless coffee shop proposed for small Maine town
Mon Jan 5, 3:52 pm ET
VASSALBORO, Maine – A one-time motel in a small central Maine town could soon be offering an eye-opening way to start the day — topless coffee shop waitresses. The Vassalboro Planning Board on Tuesday will consider a business permit request for a topless coffee shop on busy Route 3.
The one-story building has also been the home to several other business ventures, most recently Mac Daddy's Pub at the Fat Cat Grille, which closed three or four years ago.
Neighbors have mixed opinions. Some say Vassalboro is a rural town and that a topless coffee shop would bring the wrong crowd. But others say they'd like to see a business make a go of it there.
Donald Crabtree of Ellsworth, who has applied for the business permit, told the Kennebec Journal that he didn't want to discuss his plan until after the planning board meets.
3)Police: Mexican woman in wheelchair flees on foot
Mon Jan 5, 9:03 pm ET
MONTERREY, Mexico – Police say a woman who begged from a wheelchair was caught running from a crime scene on foot in Monterrey, Mexico. Police spokeswoman Sidlayin Robles says 30-year-old Ana Victoria Perez fled on foot after she and her husband allegedly threw a stone through the front window of a furniture store.
Perez was a regular fixture along a main Monterrey road, asking for change from motorists as she sat in a wheelchair pushed by her husband.
Robles said Monday that the couple apparently planned to rob the furniture store but were scared off by a security guard. They have been charged with vandalism.
Police arrested the couple when they returned for the wheelchair.
1)Boy, 4, shoots babysitter for stepping on his foot
Mon Jan 5, 9:08 pm ET
JACKSON, Ohio – Police say an angry 4-year-old Ohio boy grabbed a gun from a closet and shot his baby sitter. Nathan Beavers, 18, was hospitalized Sunday with minor wounds to his arm and side after the shotgun attack. Police say another teen was also injured.
Witnesses told police the child was angry because Beavers accidentally stepped on his foot. Beavers was watching the child at a mobile home in Jackson with several other teenagers and several other children.
Jackson County Sheriff John Shashteen says authorities are investigating. The child has not been charged.
2)Topless coffee shop proposed for small Maine town
Mon Jan 5, 3:52 pm ET
VASSALBORO, Maine – A one-time motel in a small central Maine town could soon be offering an eye-opening way to start the day — topless coffee shop waitresses. The Vassalboro Planning Board on Tuesday will consider a business permit request for a topless coffee shop on busy Route 3.
The one-story building has also been the home to several other business ventures, most recently Mac Daddy's Pub at the Fat Cat Grille, which closed three or four years ago.
Neighbors have mixed opinions. Some say Vassalboro is a rural town and that a topless coffee shop would bring the wrong crowd. But others say they'd like to see a business make a go of it there.
Donald Crabtree of Ellsworth, who has applied for the business permit, told the Kennebec Journal that he didn't want to discuss his plan until after the planning board meets.
3)Police: Mexican woman in wheelchair flees on foot
Mon Jan 5, 9:03 pm ET
MONTERREY, Mexico – Police say a woman who begged from a wheelchair was caught running from a crime scene on foot in Monterrey, Mexico. Police spokeswoman Sidlayin Robles says 30-year-old Ana Victoria Perez fled on foot after she and her husband allegedly threw a stone through the front window of a furniture store.
Perez was a regular fixture along a main Monterrey road, asking for change from motorists as she sat in a wheelchair pushed by her husband.
Robles said Monday that the couple apparently planned to rob the furniture store but were scared off by a security guard. They have been charged with vandalism.
Police arrested the couple when they returned for the wheelchair.
Friday, January 02, 2009
Happy New Year!!
Hope you had fun watching the ball drop, or watching some crazy guy on a dirt bike, or whatever else you did. I did not see the ball drop or if I did i don't remember. Either way HAPPY NEW YEAR's.
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