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Tuesday, May 31, 2011

Minor League Baseball Team Has "Rest The Vest" Night

With the vultures circling around Columbus,Ohio, more specifically the Ohio State campus, a minor league baseball team in Florida has decided to run a promotion "honoring" Jim Tressel's resignation.

The Fort Myers Miracle is running a "Rest The Vest" night on June 6.

- The Fort Myers Miracle feel the disappointment and anger of the Ohio State University football fan today and want to help ease the pain. So the time to move on from the Jim Tressel era is now!

The new coach of the Buckeyes presumably will not wear sweater vests on the sidelines; so it's time to retire them. Fans are encouraged to bring their sweater vest and place it in the retirement bin near the front gate of Hammond Stadium.

I'm sure the fans in Columbus won't be too pleased with this when they get wind of it. It wouldn't surprise me if some of them went down there to crash the party.

Also if you don't have a sweater vest, you can show a tattoo, Ohio State related or otherwise and receive some Miracle gear to keep or sell.

How creative.

Horace Grant Chips In About The LeBron/Jordan Debate

When Scottie Pippen came out and offered his opinion about the greatest NBA player of all time and said LeBron James is better than Michael Jordan, that ignited a firestorm of criticism. Much like Pippen has hit the current edition of the Chicago Bulls with.

LeBron came out and basically told Pippen thanks but no thanks. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar wrote an open letter to the L.A. times and said don't forget about the old school. And now former teammate, Horace Grant is letting Pippen know that he's wrong. 

In an interview on Sportsradiointerviews.com, Grant let his feelings be known about this debate. 

“WOW! Pip is my man and you know we will always be close, but I totally disagree. LeBron is gonna be one of the top players to ever play the game but Michael Jeffrey Jordan, who we bump heads at times is I think in my era the best basketball player to ever play the game.”


And when he was asked if Scottie was holding a grudge against Jordan he had this to say.

“(Laughing) I hope not, I don’t think so, but you know to say that somebody, I mean listen, I’m mean I’m kinda at a loss of words cause Michael Jordan I mean when you win numerous MVPs and you’ve taken the team to six championships and probably could have been eight if he didn’t retire those two years. You know MVP’s and the playoffs and the championships I mean man he made us better, he made believe me, he, myself, Scottie, BJ, even Bill Cartwright who I still love, he made us better players. He gave us that confidence, but first we had to earn his trust and once we earned his trust man you know you saw championship after championship and as far as talent wise, that’s no man. Who do you want to take that last shot when three seconds are left in the game? Who do you want the ball in their hands the last 3 seconds? He proved that he can score the last few seconds of a ball game or if he gets double teamed that Steve Kerr or John Paxson are right there so you know I love Scottie, but I totally disagree.”

“You know this is a great country we live in. You’re entitled to your opinions but your uhh uhh…[Waddle: YOURE WRONG!] Yeah, yeah he’s wrong on this one.”


I gotta agree with Horace on this one. And he said it best when he said Jordan was the best in his era. Which is what i say all the time since it's so tough to compare different eras. Jordan was a truly great player, but there were many before him, so you really can't crown him or anyone for that matter as the greatest of all time.

Himbauan Terhadap Wanita India Untuk Mengurangi Percakapan Di Telepon Seluler

Komisi Negara Punjab bagi Wanita telah mencanangkan sebuah himbauan yang aneh bagi para wanita India, yang langsung menuai protes terutama dari pasangan-pasangan yang baru menikah.

Wanita diperingatkan untuk jangan terlalu lama berbicara melalui telepon seluler dengan alasan agar suami mereka tidak cemburu!

Brosur yang kontroversial itu situlid di Punjabi dan menekankan pentingnya untuk fokus pada masalah dalam negeri (apapun itu) dan membatasi waktu yang dihabiskan di telepon dengan orang lain selain pasangan.

Ini juga ditujukan pada keluarga mertua/ipar masing-masing untuk mengurangi komunikasi dengan pasangan agar mereka bisa lebih bahagia.

Peringatan ini dipicu oleh komplain yang meningkat berhubungan dengan kekerasan dalam negeri, godaan seksual dan perselisihan antar keluarga dikarenakan isteri yang terlalu sering menggunakan telepon.

Para wanita India merasa ini seperti hinaan yang tak beralasan.

Neelam Mansingh Choudary
"Ini sungguh himbauan yang sangat aneh dan sama sekali bukan solusi untuk menyelamatkan pernikahan siapapun. Setiap hubungan dibangun atas kepercayaan dan himbauanini justru menanamkan kecurigaan dalam pikiran pria-pria dan wanita muda. Ini mengesankan bahwa setiap wanita suka bermaksiat dan setiap pria pencuriga, dan itu sangat aneh," kata Neelam Mansingh Choudary, seorang aktris Punjabi terkemuka yang juga mengajar di universitas Punjabi.

Punjab tidak begitu berkembang seperti bagian-bagian lain di India, dan tempat itu terkenal atas sikapnya yang tidak toleran terhadap wanita dan ratio jenis kelamin yang menyimpang. Sensus pada tahun 2011 menyatakan ada 893 wanita dan 1,000 pria. Area ini juga dikenal sebagai tempat "pembunuhan martabat" dalam beberapa tahun belakangan.

Nampaknya otoritas yang menekan para wanita ini tak akan berlangsung lama. Sebab wanita modern memiliki kekuatan yang sangat besar yang entah bagaimana tak disadari oleh pihak-pihak berwenang Punjab.

St. John's Gets NCAA Tournament Bid Much To LSU's Chagrin

The chances for an NCAA Tournament bid didn't look good for the St. John's men's baseball team after losing to Seton Hall in the Big East championship game on Sunday, but the Red Storm were given one of the final at-large berths to make the field of 64 for the fourth time in five years.  National power LSU cried that the selection of St. John's is a farce and says the NCAA should take a look at how they select the 64 team field.

LSU (36-20) is claiming that they play in a tougher conference and should have been picked over the Johnnies.  St. John's (35-20) finished second in both the Big East regular season standings and championship series.  It is arguably the best team in the northeast.

For the record, LSU finished 9th in the SEC and didn't make their own conference tournament finals.

The Tigers are screaming that their #23 RPI and 12-3 finish entitles the team to be picked ahead of the Red Storm, who go into the NCAA's with a respectable #54 RPI.

"I would say that this year, as a committee, we didn't use RPI as the hammer that maybe it was in previous years," said Tim Weiser, the chairman of the 10-member NCAA Selection Committee.

If LSU wants to find a culprit, the school should look at some of the automatic-bids awarded to winners of conference championships.



New Mexico (20-39) and UALR (24-32) won their respective conference title games (Mountain West and Sun Belt) and will be coasting into this year's tournament field. 

St. John's is a second place team in the Big East conference.  It's hard to argue with all the the RPI's and the fact that seven SEC teams were selected to the tournament that LSU doesn't have a case, but don't blame St. John's.

Sure, Big East baseball will probably never be compared to the SEC, but other factors in St. John's success should be taken into consideration.

For one thing, LSU is a ninth place team. They should know only Big East basketball gets nine or more teams into a tournament. 

Secondly, the Red Storm play in colder weather.  They don't see a home field game until mid-March after they've played about a dozen games on the road.  By seasons end, St. John's has played nearly two-thirds of their games on the road.
 
"The debate is a consistent one: How do you measure a second-place team versus, for example, a ninth-place team?," said Weiser.  " We've got a divided group in that regard."

While LSU sulks, St. John's rejoices about it's # 3 seed in the regional hosted by top-seed Virginia.

"It felt pretty good," said St. John's head coach Ed Blankmeyer.  "It made it a lot easier to enjoy the rest of [the selection show]...It was exciting for me, and I felt very happy for the players."

The Red Storm is no NCAA interloper.  This will be the 33rd appearance in the NCAA Tournament for St. John's--the eighth most by any school.

Last year, St. John's was also in the same bracket as #1 Virginia and beat them in the first game before losing the rematch with the Super Regionals within their grasp.

This year the Red Storm will face # 2 seed East Carolina on Friday before tangling with #1 Virginia and #4 Navy over the weekend.

For now, put all the conspiracy theories to rest.

Monday, May 30, 2011

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It Might Go From Bad To Worse At Ohio State

If things were bad at Ohio State now, it's looking to get significantly worse if the NCAA has it's way with the Buckeyes.

After Jim Tressel's resignation earlier today, the NCAA will be starting an inquiry about quarterback Terrelle Pryor's dealings.

Ohio State spokesman Jim Lynch wouldn't confirm whether Pryor is being investigated.

"The university continues to work with the NCAA as they investigate matters involving our football program, and we will continue to do so until the conclusion of the investigation," Lynch said. "We are unable to comment on specific players' situations because of federal law."


Sounds like a roundabout denial to me.

Pryor has been questioned before by OSU, specifically surrounding the cars that he has been tooling around campus with since he became a Buckeye. Pryor has been linked to Columbus area car salesman Aaron Kniffin.  Kniffin reportedly has sold cars to Pryor's mother and brother as well.

Right now it looks like Ohio State's cover up might tumble like a house of cards. If it's anyhting like what happened to Michigan's basketball program, not even having Tressel step might not help them.

If Pryor is guilty of more than penny-ante infractions, this will be a bizarre case of what goes around comes around.

Tressel chose to cover up Pryor’s shenanigans, which came to light anyway. Once they came to light, it cost Pryor five games. The only reason he’s here to serve his five games is because he promised Tressel he wouldn’t go pro. But now Tressel is gone, and if anything else comes out, Pryor will probably have to sit out the season. That will hurt his NFL draft prospects.

If Pryor had held off on selling the trinkets, none of this would have happened and he’d either be looking forward to signing a lucrative NFL contract or making an NCAA championship run.

If Tressell had told the truth, Pryor would have served a one- or two-game suspension that wouldn’t have harmed his career, and Tressel would still have a job.

If everyone had agreed to Pryor being suspended for the Sugar Bowl–as he should have been–he could have gone pro after the season. Then he could spend the 2011 season locked out by the NFL instead of suspended by the NCAA. At least he’d have a job when the lockout ends. Instead he stays at OSU out of respect for a coach who won’t be there. And if these reports are right, he’ll wind up with more than a five-game suspension. So his draft stock, if he comes out at season’s end, will plummet.

This is like an Aesop’s Fable with a moral on the importance of truth-telling.

Michigan fans should consider themselves lucky that he didn't end up with the Wolverines. In a strange way it's almost like had got two coaches fired.

 

Lv Li: Pemain Akrobat Tanpa Kaki


Lv Li, pemuda berusia 30 tahun dari wilayah Shidao, Dengfeng, Provinsi Henan menjalani mimpinya sebagai pemain akrobat. Dia melakukan pertunjukan akrobat demi mencukupi kehidupannya sehari-hari. Meskipun ia tidak memiliki kaki!

Namun ambisinya adalah bergabung dengan sebuah rombongan akrobat, meskipun ia sadar bahwa itu tidak bisa dilakukan. Ia berkata pada wartawanbahwa meskipun dia tidak sukses, dia tetap bahagia menjalani pekerjaannya sebagai performer jalanan.

Pertunjukannya biasanya mencakup berjalan dengan tangan, bermain dengan ular dan bahkan menyemburkan api. Kehadirannya selalu menarik banyak penonton di berbagai kota di wilayah itu.

"Aku mencintai akrobat, dan aku merasa senang melakukannya. Kesehatanku tak begitu bagus belakangan ini, dan banyak kota yang makin ketat terhadap performer jalanan. Tapi aku akan bertahan selama yang aku bisa," ujar Lv.

Penonton sangat kagum dan terinspirasi pada Lv yang mampu mengatasi keterbatasan fisiknya dan bersemangat dalam mengejar mimpi hidupnya.

"Fanny" Of The Week: Nicole "Coco" Austin

This week's "Fanny" of the week is Nicole "Coco" Austin









Oregon Freshman Linebacker Ran Down By Bicycle Cops

I don't knock police officers for doing their job and upholding the law. Personally it is kind of comical when you see officers on their bikes making sure justice is served. What's more funny is a college football player being ran down by the cops on their bikes. I don't mean motorcycles either my friends.

Now out of the Pacific Blue files comes this. 

According to multiple reports, freshman linebacker Tyson Coleman was arrested late Saturday night and charged with a minor being in possession of alcohol and interfering with police officers. The Eugene Register-Guard has the pertinent details.

Coleman, 18, was walking near campus with a can of the alcoholic energy drink Four Loko when he was spotted by officers at the intersection of 16th & Patterson on Saturday at about 11:15 p.m. A report of the incident said the can appeared to be unopened, an EPD spokeswoman said.



When questioned by the officers, who were on bicycles, Coleman said he was 21 but could not produce identification. Coleman then threw the can and ran off; it took the officers a “considerable time” to chase him down, the spokeswoman said, during which Coleman repeatedly glanced back to see if they were still in pursuit.

Not trying to be funny but maybe if he had a better 40 time he would have been able to evade the cops and could have gotten away and we wouldn’t have heard about this… Speed drills in the off season for all underclassmen!


In all seriousness, it's not a major crime and it shouldn't be that big of a deal. Coleman shouuld be made to got to alcohol abuse classes and get some kind of suspension. Another thing that gets me is why did he run? he would've got the same ticket that he got if he didn't run. Hopefully Coleman will learn and grow from this mistake.

Sunday, May 29, 2011

Tûranor PlanetSolar: Kapal Pesiar Bertenaga Surya Terbesar Di Dunia

Inilah kapal bertenaga surya terbesar di dunia.

Tûranor PlanetSolar saat ini tengah melakukan perjalanannya keliling dunia untuk memecahkan rekor, sekaligus mempromosikan kegunaan tenaga surya. Dengan demikian kapal ini adalah kapal bertenaga surya pertama yang mengelilingi dunia.


Perjalanannya sudah dimulai 27 Desember 2010 lalu dari Monaco dan berhenti di beberapa tempat seperti Miami, Cancun (selama Konferensi Iklim Persatuan Negara Dunia) dan Kepulauan Galapagos di Samudera Pasifik.



Biaya pembuatannya sendiri mencapai sekitar Rp 170 Milyar! Nama Tûranor diambil dari novel The Lord of the Rings karya J.R.R. Tolkien yang berarti "Kekuatan Matahari."

Kapal ini memiliki panel surya lebih dari 500 meter persegi, yang memberikan energi pada dua mesin motor di masing-masing lambung kapal. Bentuk kapalnya memungkinkannya melaju hingga kecepatan 14 knot.


Kapal sepanjang 31 meter ini bisa memuat 40 penumpang dan sengaja didesain untuk digunakan sebagai kapal pesiar mewah segera setelah usaha pemecahan rekor selesai.

Mediocre AL West Means King Felix Won't Be Going To Yankees...Or Anywhere

The New York Yankees have been drooling all over Seattle Mariners pitcher Felix Hernandez for three years.  Rumors circulating about the Yankees swiping King Felix from the Mariners are just that--idle talk.  New York has a better chance of putting Keith Hernandez in pinstripes this season.

Every summer, while the Mariners wallowed in last place and New York chased another playoff spot, the whispers about the Yankees getting Hernandez before the July 31 trading deadline got louder.  This year the Mariners will put a gag on it.

Unlike last year, when the hit-challenged Mariners were going through the motions by June, red hot Seattle now finds itself in the midst of a division race and no need to unload their ace.

The Mariners have won nine of their last 10 games and are tangled up in the wide-open AL West race which separates all four teams by only 2 games.  

Hernandez, the 25 year-old righthander, is one of the most valuable commodities in the majors and there isn't one team that wouldn't want him.  Once a team has an arm like his, you don't let it go.



Combine  Hernandez with the Mariners latest phenom, Michael Pineda, and you've got one of the best 1-2 punches in the American League for the next few years.  The Mariners GM, Jack Zduriencik, would be run out of town for trading away Hernandez--the foundation of the team for three more years.

The Yankees, meanwhile, are still looking for their front-line starter and an rotation identity.  CC Sabathia has been his usual work-horse self.  A.J. Burnett has reverted back to his bi-polar ways while Freddy Garcia and Bartolo Colon are low-rent pick-ups who have been capable four and five starters, but both are susceptible to their aging arms fading down the stretch.  That leaves the Yankees young guns--Phil Hughes and Ivan Nova.

Comparing Hernandez and Pineda to the Yankees youngest arms can only make Yankees GM Brian Cashman cry.

Nova has held his own in his first season in the starting rotation,  but has not shown the unbridled potential of a Pineda. And then there is Hughes.

Hughes was supposed to be the Yankees' wunderkind, but has been troubled by dead arm troubles.  Hernandez is the same age as Hughes but it seems like the Mariner pitcher is Hughes' grandpa.  Hernandez was nineteen when he broke in to the majors in 2005 and seems to have gotten better every year.  Hughes was shuttled between the bullpen and limited innings during that same time and doesn't even come close to having the body of work his Seattle counterpart has.

Hernandez went 19-5 in 2009 and, even on last year's pitiful Mariners team, went 13-12 and picked up the Cy Young Award for his efforts.

Hughes seemed to be living up to his potential in 2010.  He won 18 games last year, but struggled after the All-Star break.  His troubles continued into 2011 and, unless he can regain his fastball, he is only a shell of what Hernandez is.

Hernandez signed a 5-year $78 million contract which keeps his talent in Seattle through 2014.  Until then, Yankee fans can only dream about King Felix coming to the Bronx.  On the bright side, he'll only be 28 and still in his prime.

Saturday, May 28, 2011

Kuis Indonesia.travel Berhadiah Trip ke Pulau Komodo

Baru dapat email dari PUTRI MALU tentang ajakan ikut Kuiz dari Indonesia Travel berhadiah Trip ke Pulau Komodo.Indonesia.travel sebagai situs resmi pariwisata Republik Indonesia menggelar kuis berhadiah trip ke Pulau Komodo. Kuis tersebut diadakan 15 Mei 2011 hingga 12 Juli 2011. Pemenang kuis akan diumumkan pada 14 Juli 2011 pada saat acara Bubu Award.Peserta kuis ini terbuka untuk seluruh

Susu Keledai Berkhasiat Melangsingkan Tubuh

Disebut sebagai rahasia kecantikan Kleopatra, menurut sebuh penelitian susu keledai ternyata juga bisa merampingkan tubuh.

Dengan omega 3 dan kalsium yang tinggi, susu keledai juga baik untuk jantung dan menjaga energi tubuh dalam beraktivitas sehari-hari.

Penelitian itu juga menyebutkan susu kaya protein itu juga alternatif yang baik dari susu sapi bagi yang memiliki alergi, sehingga bisa diduga susu keledai akan segera menjadi populer dalam dunia kesehatan.

Dalam studi terakhir, para ilmuwan Italia memberikan tikus percobaan susu sapi dan keledai. Hasilnya, tikus yang diberi susu sapi menjadi lebih berat daripada yang lain, sementara tikus yang diberikan susu keledai justru berkurang berat badannya.

Susus keledai itu juga menurunkan kadar lemak dalam darah dan lemak-lemak lainnya yang dapat merukan arteri dan jantung. Dan mitokondria, penyalur energi bagi sel tubuh, menjadi sangat terisi, sehingga mengubah makanan menjadi energi dengan sangat cepat.

Kesimpulannya, ini berarti konsumsi susu keledai harus lebih didukung, ujar para peneliti pada Kongres Internasional dalam masalah Obesitas di Istanbul.

Namun bagi yang ingin segera mencoba susu keledai haruslah bersabar. Meskipun populer di jaman Victoria, susu keledai masih belum banyak dijual, khususnya di Inggris, menurut Perkumpulan Pemeliharaan Keledai.

Catatan sejarah

Pada tahun 460 SM, Hippocrates, bapak pengobatan, merekomendasikan susu keledai untuk semua penyakit mulai dari gigitan ular hingga mimisan.

Poppaea Sabina, isteri kedua Kaisar Nero, dikatakan rajin mencuci wajahnya dengan susu kedelai tujuh kali sehari dan meminta kumpulan keledai menemaninya dalam setiap perjalanan.

Seekor keledai memproduksi kurang dari setengah liter susu sehari. Seekor sapi bisa memproduksi lebih dari sepuluh kali lipatnya. Mungkin itulah sebabnya, menurut legenda, butuh setidaknya 700 keledai untuk menghasilkan susu sebagai air mandi Kleopatra setiap hari.

Sooner Nation Has Had A Rough Few Weeks

The Oklahoma Sooners football program has had a rough couple of weeks. First starting linebacker Austin Box died from an apparent overdose. Then the brother of defensive coordinator Brent Venables passed away.Now former Sooner All-American safety, Brandon Everage has died from a reported drowning.

According to Sheriff David Greene of the Milam County Sheriff’s Office, Everage, 30, drowned in the Little River about 80 miles northeast of Austin.



Authorities received a call late Friday about a possible drowning and commenced a widespread [search] into the night. Everage’s friends told police he had been swimming, went under water, but never resurfaced.

Everage’s body was finally found by a dive team about 10:50 a.m. Saturday, and he was immediately pronounced dead. His body has been sent to the Travis County Medical Examiner’s Office for an autopsy.

Everage was an All-American in 2001 and a member of the Sooners’ 2000 national title team. He played for the Sooners from 1999-2003.


The Sooner family has had a lot ot endure this offseason. Man alive, this has been a tough few weeks for the Sooner family. Condolences and thoughts to all the families and friends that have been impacted the past few weeks.


Let's hope the Sooners will be able to bounce back from the string of tragedy.

Pria Korea Salib Diri


Seorang pria bernama belakang Kim di Korea Selatan ditemukan tewas bunuh diri di sebuah bekas tambang di Mungyeong pada tanggal 1 Mei lalu.

Bukan peristiwa bunuh dirinya yang mengejutkan, melainkan cara ia membunuh dirinya, yaitu dengan cara penyaliban!

Kim berusaha menyamai peristiwa penyaliban Yesus Kristus lengkap dengan salib kayu dan hanya mengenakan celana dalam serta mahkota dari duri.

Ia juga mencambuk dirinya sendiri, juga menikam sisi tubuhnya untuk menirukan luka yang diakibatkan Longinus ketika Yesus disalib.

Tanggal kematiannya ditentukan terjadi selama akhir pekan Paskah, meskipun tubuhnya baru diketemukan seminggu kemudian. Polisi dapat menentukan urutan kejadiannya melalui catatan yang ditemukan dengan tulisan Kim yang menjelaskan tentang prosesi penyaliban.

Menurut polisi, ia mati lemas karena luka-luka yang di tubuhnya.

Namun stau hal yang masih tak jelas, mungkinkah ia melakukan itu semua sendiri tanpa bantuan orang lain? Karena dia mengebor tangannya dan memasukkan paku yang sudah ditancapkan kian pada salib kayu. Namun polisi menyimpulkan bahwa memang mungkin Kim melakukannya sendiri tanpa bantuan.

Terrell Owens Taken For $30,000 By An Ex-Employee

 A metro Atlanta man is accused of stealing nearly $30,000 from NFL star Terrell “T.O.” Owens.

Atlanta police helped T.O. track down Antonio Edwards, an ex employee of Owens. What kind of work Edwards did is unknown, but whatever he did, it allowed him access to Owens' bank account.

Edwards used Owens' Bank of America account to pay rent for an Atlanta apartment. The documents also stated that for more than a year, Edwards used Owens’ account to pay more than $2,000 in rent at the Post Alexander Apartment Complex. The rent payments were made through an online system, the documents stated.

On May 13, a Fulton County judge issued 13 arrest warrants for Antonio Edwards, charging him with felony theft by deception.

Message to T.O. Keep a closer eye on your money and never allow anyone access to any accounts.

Tim Brewster Sounds Kind Of Bitter

 In Florida, former Minnesota Golden Gophers football coach Tim Brewster is down there checking out some of the local talent along with fellow ex-coaches Mike Leach, Mark Mangino and Rich Rodriguez .

The Naples News got a hold of him and Brewster offered a few interesting nuggets.

“One of the worst rules NCAA has is not letting head coaches be out in the spring,” Brewster said. “The past few I wasn’t able to get out and that was disappointing because you can really learn a lot evaluating them in the spring time.”


I have to agree with that, since all states aren't holding football workouts in the spring and the ones that do you can't get any proper evaluation on them.

“I want to get back into coaching but I’m using this break to just take some time and take a deep breath,” Brewster said. “I poured my heart and soul into that situation in Minnesota and I was disappointed with how it ended. But I’m a positive guy and you’re not going to keep me down long. … It’s been a really great spring being around these high school kids and just appreciating the game again.”


Brewster may get back into college coaching on a lower level, but not at a Big Ten level. To me it sounded like ther was a little bitterness. Minnesota adminstrators should realize how hard it is to win there and attract major talent. Brewster did have a highly rated recruiting class in his first year there, but it just didn't work out.

He was 15-30 in four years and you are what your record says you are. But in his defense he is enthusiastic about football and has shown to be a good recruiter. I think he should have gotten another year, but I'm not the one making the decisions in Minnesota.




  

Pippen Calls Carlos Boozer A Liability

Scottie Pippen has a lot of time on his hands. I guess that's what happens in retirement and not having a job after being let go by the worldwide leader. In his idle time Pippen has found time to analyze the NBA from afar and have a forum to speak on his observations. He seems to still love his former team, the Chicago Bulls, but seems to take issue with the team when he thinks that certain players aren't carrying their weight.

Of course we know that the Bulls never won until Pippen matured as a player and became a solid number two behind Michael Jordan. But he never won after he left Chicago, so trying to paint himself as the ultimate winner kind of puzzles me. If he was the Portland Trailblazers and Houston Rockets would have a few more Larry O'Brien trophies.

Pippen, the king of idle time and criticism, found more time to bash Bulls forward Carlos Boozer . First during the playoff series against the Indiana Pacers, Pippen called out Boozer specifically and his teammates for a lack of toughness and not standing up for star player Derrick Rose.  Now he called Boozer a liability. This after igniting a firestorm for saying that LeBron James is the greatest player of all time and Jordan was the greatest scorer. 

Pippen said that Boozer is the key reason the Bulls didn't advance to the Finals.

"When you're playing at this stage of the playoffs, the best of the best are still there and you have to have guys stepping up," Pippen told ESPNChicago.com. "And I just felt like it finally caught up with the Bulls, who didn't have consistent play from guys who needed to play big down the stretch. When those pieces are not falling into place, you're going to fall out of it.


"You can't have two of your top high-paid players sitting on the bench in the fourth quarter," Pippen said. "And that isn't just last night's game. We have seen this the whole season. So for us to think the Bulls are going to go farther when your high-priced players are not going to carry you and finish games for you ... you're not talking about a championship team.



"You can't hide at this stage of the season. At this point, you have to be able to play through everything because if you're trying to hide a guy or a guy is not performing for you, it's going to show offensively in the playoffs and it's going to be magnified ... We all know Carlos did not play at the level the team needed him to and that that hurt them more than anything because they couldn't rely on him.


"The flagrant foul, the pushing calls, the inability to finish strong around the basket. Now you're a liability. We can't hide you and now we have to take you out of the game."

Here some things I bet you didn't know about the so-called great Scottie Pippen.


Game 6, at home against the Pistons in 1989: Scottie leaves the game after a run in with Bill Laimbeer. He did not return. Bulls lost. Pistons swept the Lakers for the championship.

Game 7 against the Pistons in 1990: Scottie claims to have a migraine. He goes 1-10. Bulls lose. Pistons go on to annihilate Portland for the championship.

1992- Knicks get into Pippen's head for the entire series. MJ comes to his rescue against Oakley, Starks and Xavier McDaniel.

1994- MJ is playing baseball (well, trying to). The Bulls are down 0-2 to the Knicks. In Game 3: 1.8 seconds left, Bulls losing by 2. Pippen refuses to go back into the game after Phil Jackson calls Toni Kukoc's number to take the last shot. Kukoc made the shot and went on to win in OT, keeping the Bulls from going down 0-3. Yet it is Pippen who gets credit for taking the Knicks to 7 games.

Pippen shot 34% in the 1996 Finals

Pippen shot 38% in the 1997 Finals

Pippen shot 36% in the 1998 Finals.

Some sidekick. I could argue that the Bulls won those championships in spite of Pippen rather than because of him. Did Pippen help MJ win. Of course. Because no player wins without help.

Although Pippen was one of the greatest sidekicks of all time, he had moments where he went into "hiding".

From a personal opinion I think Pippen should keep his mouth shut with the rap sheet I just listed above.

The Bulls need another creator on the perimeter ( O.J. Mayo?) to team with Derrick Rose and I think they would be able to keep pace with Miami's big three.

Friday, May 27, 2011

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Jurors in Casey Anthony Trial Will See Recording of Lightning-Bruins Playoff Game

The jurors in the Casey Anthony murder trial found out this morning they will be allowed to watch a recorded tape of tonight's Game 7 Stanley Cup Playoff match-up between their home team, the Tampa Bay Lightning, and the Boston Bruins.  The 12 jurors and five alternates broke out in applause when Judge Belvin Perry announced his decision regarding the big game.

The sequestered Clearwater, Florida jury, selected from the Tampa Bay area, was transported to Orlando after Judge Perry made arrangements for Friday's 8 p.m. EST game to be recorded and shown later to the jurors of the highly-publicized case.

This is the first Game 7 in the Eastern Conference finals in five years and will be played at the TD Garden in Boston.

Anthony was charged with 1st degree murder after her 2 year-old daughter was found dead in 2008.  The polarizing trial has received a lot of national media attention.

The winner of tonight's Lightning-Bruins game will face the Vancouver Canucks in the Stanley Cup Finals.  The Canucks defeated the San Jose Sharks in five games.

The murder trial began Tuesday with opening statements after 11 days of jury selection.  The trial is expected to last about two months.

The finals series begin Wed. June 1 in Vancouver and a game seven would be played there on June 15.

Which means, if the Lightning win tonight, the jurors will probably continue seeing delayed tapes of the Lightning games throughout the Finals.

10 Bajak Laut Terkenal Dalam Sejarah

Inilah 10 Bajak Laut Terkenal Dalam Sejarah.

Blackbeard

Blackbeard lahir dengan nama asli Edward Teach. Ia mengawali karirnya sebagai kru Benjamin Hornigold, seorang kapten kapal penyerang yang berbasis diluar New Providence. Teach dianggap berprestasi hingga akhirnya diberikan kapal miliknya sendiri, sebuah pergat seberat 300 ton dengan 40 meriam yang dia beri nama Queen Anne's Revenge.

Nama Blackbeard berasal dari jenggotnya sendiri yang hitam dan panjang, yang dia ikat dengan banyak pita berwarna-warni. Dia juga menenakan tiga pasang pistol melintang di dadanya sebagai tambahan dari pedang dan pisau kecil yang ia simpan di samping tubuhnya.

Legendanya mulai tersebar karena ia berhasil membajak banyak kapal di Karibia, dan ia pun semakin kaya raya. Akhirnya Blackbeard sendiri mencoba untuk pensiun dari membajak setelah menerima pengampunan dari pemerintah, menjual barang rampasannya, menelantarkan awak-awak kapalnya dan bergabung di koloni Amerika.

Namun demikian, Blackbeard belum kapok menjadi pembajak dan kembali ke kebiasaan lamanya merampas kapal. Akhirnya, gubernur Virgina pada saat itu, Alexander Spotswood, mengkomisikan Letnan Robert Maynard, seorang Letkol kelautan berpengalaman, untuk menangkap atau membunuh Blackbeard.

Sejak Blackbeard kehilangan kapalnya, Queen Anne's Revenge, sang bajak laut sangat kekurangan senjata dan awak kapal. Pertempuran itu pun berujung pada pertarungan langsung antara angkatan laut dengan awak kapal Blackbeard, termasuk kedua kaptennya. Maynard menang, tapi Blackbeard juga tangguh. Setelah dia meninggal, lebih dari 20 luka dari tembakan dan pedang ditemukan di sekujur tubuhnya.

Dengan kemenangan pasti, Maynard meletakkan kepala Blackbeard di haluan kapal sebagai trophy dan peringatan kepada bajak laut lainnya.

Henry Morgan

Dikenal atas keberanian dan kepemimpinannya, Henry Morgan mungkin bajak laut yang paling terkenal sepanjang masa.

Morgan lahir di Wales pada tahun 1635. Namun ambisinya membawanya ke Jamaika saat masih muda untuk mencari peruntungan.

Sebagai kapten kapal penyerang bersama Inggris, dia mengumpulkan kekayaan, pasukan dan reputasi dalam kapanye melawan Spanyol dan Belanda dengan menangkan kapal-kapal musuh dan merampok kota-kota mereka.

Morgan pensiun secara damai dan meninggal pada 1688, tepat saat masa keemasan bajak laut mulai hilang.

Black Bart

Bartholomew Roberts, juga dikenal sebagai Black Bart, hanya membajak selama tiga tahun lebih sedikit, tapi dia berhasil meninggalkan kesan sebagai salah satu bajak laut yang sukses dalam sejarah, dengan berhasil menangkap hampir 500 kapal selama karirnya.

Black Bart terkenal karena tak memiliki rasa takut, seringkali berhasil menyerang kapal yang lebih besar dari kapalnya sendiri. Bahkan saat para angkatan laut mulai mengguncang akhir masa keemasan bajak laut, kapal senjata Black Bart masih tak terkalahkan.

Roberts juga dikenal sebagai bajak laut yang kejam. Suatu waktu, ketika kapten sebuah kapal budak menolah untuk membayar tebusan, Roberts membakar kapal itu dengan semua budak masih didalamnya.

Black Bart juga punya kebiasaan khusus. Dia dikenal suka berpakaian rapi dan relijius. Dia tidak pernah mau melakukan penyerangan pada hari Minggu.

Pada tahun 1722, Roberts meninggal selama pertempuran dengan HMS Swallow setelah terkena peluru meriam saat terjadi serangan bersamaan.

William "Captain" Kidd

Bisa dibilang ia adalah kapten yang paling sial dalam sejarah bajak laut. William "Captain" Kidd tadinya seorang pemimpin kapal penyerang, tapi berakhir menjadi seorang bajak laut.

Malah sebenarnya Kidd awalnya bermaksud memburu para bajak laut setelah diperintahkan oleh Richard Coote, gubernur New York dan Massachusetts. Tak lama setelah Kidd memulai misinya, sepertiga krunya menderita penyakit kolera. Kapalnya juga mengalami kebocoran parah. Usaha untuk menyerang kapal musuh pun gagal.

Bahkan lebih buruk, Kidd tidak menemukan bajak laut manapun. Kidd dan krunya menjadi putus asa dan kekerasan antar kru semakin menjadi-jadi. Kidd membunuh penembaknya sendiri, William Moore. Tindakannya itu sampai mencengangkan krunya yang tadinya cenderung memberontak.

Pada Januari 1698, Kidd menangkap sebuah kapal milik British East India Company, yang mengangkut emas, perak, sutera, dan barang-barang berharga lainnya. Oleh karena Kidd adalah pemimpin kapal penyerang bagi Inggris, serangan yang dilakukannya ini termasuk sebuah aksi pembajakan.

Setelah menangkap kapal itu, entah bagaimana legenda mulai tersebar tentang dimana Kidd menyembunyikan harta rampasan itu.

Saat Kidd melabuhkan kapal di New York City, ternyata dia sudah dinyatakan sebagai bajak laut. Kidd ditahan di Boston setelah ia dengan sengaja pergi kesana dengan harapan mendapatkan pengampunan atas kejahatannya.

Kidd didakwa satu pembunuhan dan lima pembajakan dan divonis gantung pada 23 Mei, 1701.

Francis Drake

Seorang pahlawan bagi Inggris dan momok bagi Spanyol, Sir Francis Drake mungkin adalah bajak laut paling kuat dalam sejarah. Di akhir karirnya dia hanya patuh pada Charles Howard dan Ratu Elizabeth I.

Seorang pelaut dan navigator berbakat, Drake menyerang pemukiman di Spanyol, memusnahkan pelabuhan-pelabuhan Spanyol dan menangkan kapal-kapal Spanyol bermuatan emas. Spanyol bahkan menawarkan hadiah besar bagi siapa saja yang bisa menangkap atau membunuh Drake, yang jika dinilai dengan nilai uang saat ini berkisar hampir Rp 60 Milyar!

Drake juga dikenal sebagai orang Inggris yang melakukan perjalanan mengelilingi dunia yang dia selesaikan pada tahun 1580.

Anne Bonny dan Mary Read

Siapa bilang hanya pria yang bisa jadi bajak laut?

Anne Bonny dan Mary Read adalah dua perompak yang membuktikan mereka bisa melakukan pekerjaan yang didominasi pria.

Bonny pertama kali memasuki dunia perompak setelah menjalin hubungan dengan Kapten John "Calico Jack" Rackham, yang terkenal karena memiliki kedua wanita ini sebagai pekerja dibawah perintahnya. Setelah meninggalkan suaminya dan berlayar dengan Rackham, Bonny menjadi terkenal karena kesuksesannya sebagai bajak laut dan keefektifannya dalam bertempur meskipun dia bukan kapten.

Selama hidupnya, Mary Read bersikap dan diperlakukan seperti pria. Pada 1720, dia bergabung dengan Bonny dan Rackham sebagai bajak laut dan selain ketangkasan mereka, ketiganya akan selalu dihubungkan dalam sejarah.

Pada musim gugur di tahun yang sama, Rackham dan krunya, termasuk Bonny dan Read, ditangkap. Selama masa pencobaan, Bonny diminta memberi kesaksian untuk kepentingan Rackham saat dia mengeluarkan kata-kata terkenalnya, "Jika dia (Rackham) berkelahi seperti pria, dia tidak seharusnya digantung seperti anjing."

Rackham dieksekusi, dan Bonny dan Read mengikuti, tapi mereka berdua mengklaim bahwa mereka tengah hamil dan akhirnya diijinkan untuk ditahan sementara sebelum eksekusi mereka.

Read meninggal karena komplikasi demam akibat melahirkan. Tak ada yang tahu apa yang terjadi pada Bonny selanjutnya sebab ia berhasil melarikan diri dari eksekusinya.

Jean Lafitte

Entah apakah dia lebih cocok disebut kriminal atau pahwalan. Atau mungkin keduanya.

Di satu sisi, Lafitte menghindari kapal Amerika selama karirnya sebagai perompak, dan banyak menangkap kapal Inggris dan Spanyol yang memasuki Teluk Mexico. Dia juga sukses membela kota New Orleans pada perang tahun 1812 bersama Andrew Jackson.

Di sisi lain, dia adalah penyelundup dan bajak laut yang mencuri sedikit saja selama karirnya. Tapi dia juga memperlakukan tawanan musuhnya dengan baik.

Meskipun reputasinya diperdebatkan, harta karun Lafitte tak diragukan lagi terkubur di sepanjang Louisiana yang mulai dicari orang 200 tahun setelah kematiannya.

Francois L'Ollonais

Perompak Perancis Francois L'Ollonais yang lahir dengan nama asli Jean-David Neu ini mungkina adalah bajak laut paling haus darah. L'Ollonais secara khusus terkenal atas perlakukannya terhadap tahanan-tahanan.

Dalam sebuah kesempatan saat ia menaklukkan Maracaibo, Venezuela, L'Ollonais mencabut jantung salah satu tawanan Spanyol-nya dan memakannya di depan tahanan lain, untuk meyakinkan mereka bahwa dia bisa membunuh mereka dan memakan mereka semua jika dia tidak mendapatkan informasi yang dia inginkan.

Ironisnya, beberapa bulan setelah insiden ini, kapalnya karam di lepas pantai kepulauan Las Petras, dimana ia kemudian dibunuh dan kemungkinan dimakan oleh suku pedalaman.

Stede Bonnet

Stede Bonnet dikenal sebagai kapten bajak laut yang paling buruk dari semuanya. Bukan dalam hal kekejamannya, tapi lebih kepada kompetensinya sendiri.

Tak seperti bajak laut lainnya yang kisahnya menceritakan merampas kekayaan, Bonnet memulai karirnya sebagai seorang yang berpendidikan, pemilik lahan kaya sebelum mulai menjadi bajak lakut, mengesampingkan kekurangan pengalamannya dalam berlayar saat ia berumur paruh-baya.

Meskipun Bonnet bukanlah pemimpin yang paling mumpuni, dia punya hubungan baik dengan Blackbeard yang tak berlangsung lama sampai Blackbeard menyadari bahwa Bonnet tidak mumpuni dan mengambil alih kapal Bonnet yang bernama Revenge.

Pada 1718, setahun lebih sedikit setelah ia memutuskan untuk menjadi bajak laut, Bonnet ditangkap dan dieksekusi.

Thursday, May 26, 2011

Barcelona Vs Manchester United | Final liga Champions 2011

Barcelona Vs Manchester United - Stadion Wembley, London, akan kembali menjadi saksi bisu terciptanya sejarah pada final Liga Champions 2010/2011 yang mempertemukan Barcelona dengan Manchester United (MU), besok. Hingga saat ini kedua tim telah bertemu sebanyak 10 kali. Barcelona menang tiga kali. Manchester United juga menang tiga kali. Sedangkan empat pertandingan lainnya berakhir imbang.10

Dolphins' Davone Bess Spending Time Digging Ditches

Out of all the things that some NFL players have done to kill time during the lockout, Miami Dolphins receiver Davone Bess may have picked the most physically grueling assignment although it is for a cause.

Bess has spent the last two weeks in Costa Rica chopping trees with a machete, digging 200 yards of drainage ditches, and laying tile for the people of Canitas as part of a Global Volunteers crusade.

Bess and others have been helping prepare the town of Canitas for the rainy season.

"I had an epiphany one night. With all I've been through on and off the field God has put me in a position to be a difference maker and to change lives," said Bess, who signed a three-year, $9 million contract extension midway through last season.



"If I can help someone make a difference and impact someone's life I want to do that to the best of my ability."

Davone Bess in Costa Rica
From what I've read, Bess does a lot of charity work so it really comes as no surprise. Just when you hear of someone going to Costa Rica you don't think of them going to dig ditches or knock down some trees.

"We've all been doing an incredible amount of physical labor, and Davone and the guys have been leading the way," said Cathy Cunningham, a Arizona native who befriended Bess on the missionary trip. "They've been chopping down trees, digging the drainage ditches and all kinds of stuff. Davone hasn't been a celebrity. He's not on vacation. He's been one of the hardest workers."

Bess also brought down soccer and football supplies for the children of Canitas through his sponsorship with Adidas.

Kudos to Bess and hopefully he can have more success on the football field.
 
  

Time For Yankees Girardi To Make The Switch From Swish

It's been hard to watch Nick Swisher struggle at the plate while the New York Yankees bob-and-weave their way through the AL East, but it's even tougher to seeing Andruw Jones gathering rust in the dugout.

Last night, Jones was the knockout punch after he went 3-for-3 with 2 home-runs and 4 RBI's in the Yankees 7-3 win over division-rival the Toronto Blue Jays.  Swisher's struggles continued as he went 0-for-3 and his average dropped to a miniscule .204.

It's time for Yankees manager Joe Girardi to make a move in right field and give Jones more at-bats.

Jones has been used sparingly since he signed a one-year deal with the team for $2 million.  The reserve right-fielder/DH is batting .240 with 4 home-runs and 7 RBI's in 50 at-bats.

Swisher, meanwhile, has been consistent this year--consistently horrible.  He has 2 home-runs and 19 RBI's to go with that barely-beating average in 152 at-bats.



It seems like a no-brainer, but it's not an easy call for Girardi.  Swisher is one of the best liked players on the team, among teammates and fans, and played a major part in the Yankees 2009 World Series run.  But facts are facts and Swisher is a black hole in the line-up right now.

Girardi always allows the regular players to get their fair share of time in so they can gain momentum and not lose confidence.  Swisher's 152 at-bats has been enough time for him to lose momentum and confidence in one fair shake.  Through it all, Swisher keeps smiling.

Jones' confidence is what Girardi should be nurturing.  Especially with a rugged 19 game schedule facing the Yankees over the course of the next three weeks.  Three weeks that could be the barometer of which direction the Yankees are headed.

The Yankees begin a nine-game west coast swing against three of the top four team pitching ERA's in the AL--the Seattle Mariners, the Oakland A's and Los Angeles Angels-- before coming home to three power-packed line-ups--the Boston Red Sox, Cleveland Indians and Texas Rangers. 

Girardi will need all the fire power he can muster.

The 34 year-old Jones knows his place on this team but, besides being a solid hitter, is a 10-time Gold Glove winner.

"It was a great day, you know," said Jones after yesterday's victory.  "I had three swings today, I got three hits.  So that's what I'm looking for."

Last year, with the Chicago White Sox, Jones was a back-up, but got 276 at-bats due to injuries to Carlos Quentin, and still banged out 19 home-runs.

The Yankees have shopped around the idea of adding another big bat.  Jorge Posada's woes as DH and Swisher's light hitting have to be a concern to Girardi, even though the manager stuck with Brett Gardner through his slump until the left-fielder found his groove.  Maybe Jones' bat has been the answer all along.

Jones' grin is a little puffier than the 19 year-old Atlanta Brave who batted .400 against the Yankees in the 1996 World Series or when he hit 51 homers in 2005, but the pop is still in his bat.  Yesterday, one of his blasts cleared the 408-foot wall in centerfield.

For now Jones is thankful for any playing time.

"Everybody wants to play more," said Jones.  "Nobody wants to be on the bench and watch the game."

Maybe it's time for Jones to stop watching.  He deserves a shot.

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