Ten best books about Ireland
Posted on | March 17, 2010 | No Comments
There is no shortage of great books about Ireland. Here’s a sampler to help you celebrate St. Patrick’s Day.
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Finally Meeting ‘The Serena Line Judge’
Posted on | March 17, 2010 | No Comments
Filed under: U.S. Open, Australian Open
INDIAN WELLS, Calif. — What I’ve always wanted to know was whether she was scared. Serena Williams, twice her size, stood over her, cursing, threatening and waving her racket at her, and for a while, that tiny woman just sat there in her chair, watching the whole thing without expression.
It was a journey to find the “famous” Serena Line Judge. I went from Chicago, where I live, to New York to Melbourne, Australia to Indian Wells. Well, I went to those places to watch tennis, too.
In the end, I got her by pure accident the other day, in front of a concession stand outside Stadium No. 3. I finally got to ask, and found out that yes, The Serena Line Judge was, in fact, afraid. Come to think of it, who wouldn’t have been?
Serena had bullied an official. When Williams had finished her tirade, the U.S. Tennis Association said it would not produce the line judge for an interview, and would not divulge her name.
What could they tell me about her? She lives in Japan or China. That was not much to go on.
Well, the line judge organization wasn’t giving up their judge’s name. Then in Melbourne for the Australian Open, word came that she was there. She would be a line judge in the Hit for Haiti event that Roger Federer had put together. She would have a reunion with Serena, who was playing the charity event, and everything would be smoothed over.
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Maryland, USC, Syracuse Among Those On Outside Looking in
Posted on | March 16, 2010 | No Comments
Filed under: Women’s Basketball
In the end, coach Brenda Frese had no excuses and didn’t offer any for her Maryland team, which, one season removed from a top seed and an Elite Eight appearance, failed to get an NCAA tournament bid when the draw was announced Monday.
Granted, the Terps (19-12) lost 4,000 points of offense, when Kristi Toliver and Marissa Coleman graduated from last year’s team, but Maryland did itself no favors by finishing ninth in the Atlantic Coast Conference with a 5-9 league mark.
“From our end the only ones to blame is us in terms of not being able to see things through,” said Frese last night. “At the same point, with this young team, to be able to grow and develop like they did and win 19 games and still have an opportunity to play in postseason in the WNIT is a chance for us to continue to practice and develop.”
The 10-member NCAA women’s basketball committee made interesting choices across the nation in distributing 33 at-large bids.
The panel extended two of the last bids to Green Bay (27-4) of the Horizon League and to Arkansas-Little Rock (26-6) of the Sun Belt, while leaving out such notable teams as Southern California (19-12), Syracuse (22-10), Boston College (17-15) and Wake Forest (18-13).
Jane Meyer, the senior women’s administrator and chair of the women’s basketball committee, said Green Bay and Arkansas-Little Rock, which received its first ever bid, were singled out for their willingness to schedule tough teams and their success against those schedules.
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Living Together Before Marriage
Posted on | March 16, 2010 | No Comments
Heres another LIMITED Addition Calvinists proclaim. Its OK TO SIN!
1 Cor 5:9
I wrote unto you in an epistle not to company with fornicators:
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Colorado Springs Recording Schools - A Start in the Music Industry
Posted on | March 16, 2010 | No Comments
The defense business along with the military is much more closely recognized with Colorado Springs instead of the music industry. Nevertheless, Colorado Springs is home a healthy local music scene wi…
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Madness Is Upon Us, Please Leave As Is
Posted on | March 15, 2010 | No Comments
Filed under: NCAA Basketball
With all due respect to everyone at CBS and ESPN who is huffing and puffing and raging and bloviating and trying to turn the NCAA tournament into an Armageddon-meets-Avatar extravaganza, can we acknowledge the truth here, please? This hasn’t been the most scintillating season for college basketball. Billy Packer, wherever he is, can rest assured he hasn’t missed much so far.
And there’s no need for Dickie V to try on a pair of 3-D glasses, knowing I might shoot myself if he does.
Yes, we’ve seen the brilliance of John Wall, the emergence of Evan Turner, the rise and potential fall of Syracuse, dominance from Kansas and a lot of nice stories, none a bigger relief than Rick Pitino getting through another year without a scene from an Italian restaurant. But with each passing season comes a harsh reminder that the sport isn’t as deep or compelling as it once was, before college hoops became a one-year feeder system for the NBA. March always will be fun because of fresh faces, fantastic finishes and the lure of the brackets, which still unite everyone from CEOs to secretaries who ask the mail-room guy about the glories of Wofford and Arkansas-Pine Bluff.
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Griffey’s Advice Gave Upton a Boost
Posted on | March 13, 2010 | No Comments
Filed under: Diamondbacks, Spring Training
TUCSON, Ariz. - Justin Upton has been compared to Ken Griffey Jr. on more than one occasion.
You know, strong, swift, able to leap tall buildings … all that kind of stuff.
He says the comparison is “nice,” but adds a cautionary note that while Junior has two decades in the game, “I’m working on my third year.”
Still, the 22-year-old right fielder of the Arizona Diamondbacks may well be following the same kind of career path that the now 40-year-old Griffey did as Seattle’s first legitimate superstar many moons ago.
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Congratulations to NBCC award winners
Posted on | March 13, 2010 | No Comments
Hilary Mantel’s novel "Wolf Hall" took top honors at the National Book Critics Circle awards.
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Scouting Notes: The Curious Case Of Madison Bumgarner
Posted on | March 12, 2010 | No Comments
Filed under: Giants, Prospects, Advanced Scouting, Spring Training
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — You have to take spring training performances with a large grain or salt, good or bad. No one is going to be too concerned with an ace pitcher who struggles in mid-March. However, for many young players the spring is far more important. It is a proving ground for them.
For young pitchers like Madison Bumgarner, who is looking to nail down the fifth spot in the Giants rotation, there are a number of questions to be answered. By the end of the 2009 season, many fans began to wonder what had happened to the powerful, front-of-the-rotation-starter type of stuff Bumgarner was said to have. His decreased velocity in his brief big-league stint was attributed to a long season, but now, early in the spring, the questions still linger.
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Irish Roll; Seton Hall Clings to Hope
Posted on | March 11, 2010 | No Comments
Filed under: Notre Dame, Seton Hall, Big East Tournament
FanHouse Big East senior writer Brett McMurphy is in New York breaking down every game of the Big East tournament.
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NEW YORK — Was Notre Dame’s 68-56 victory against Seton Hall an NCAA elimination game? Nonsense, said Notre Dame coach Mike Brey and Seton Hall coach Bobby Gonzalez.
“How about this being promoted as a [NCAA] play-in game?” Brey said.
“You know what? Right now nobody is going to talk about Seton Hall. Just give it a few days. Keep Seton Hall on the board. Just keep Seton Hall on the board. I know everybody knee-jjerks. Give it two days and come back and look at the big picture.”
Gonzalez also was happy to politic about his club’s NCAA tournament resume.
“I know that for some reason there’s all these gurus and experts that listen to what everybody else says,” Gonzalez said. “And they say, ‘Well, if Notre Dame wins, they’re in. If Seton Hall wins, they’re out.’ “
Gonzalez then went on to point out Seton Hall has a better RPI than Notre Dame, played a tougher schedule and had fewer bad losses.
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