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Vanity Fair's Hollywood issue: Whiter than ever?
Story | Feb 10, 2010 | 4:32 PMMy old pal, producer Larry Gordon, who grew up in Belzoni, Miss., knows how much I love everything about the South, so he regularly sends me copies of his hometown newspaper, the Belzoni Banner. The paper reveals how, in Mississippi,...... -
Debt-ridden Annie Leibovitz looks to Santa Monica investment company for way out
Story | Mar 9, 2010 | 4:32 PMIf you have any ideas for how famous pictures of famous people might be exploited to earn a bundle, give a holler to Santa Monica real estate investment giant Colony Capital LLC, which now has some $24-million worth of reasons...... -
Power is the issue for Art + Auction
Story | Nov 27, 2009 | 4:32 AMWhat does the art world love to hate more than the Whitney Biennial? Annual lists of movers, shakers, spenders and makers published by art magazines. So look out for Art + Auctionâs 2009 Power Issue, scheduled to hit newsstands Dec....... -
You gotta say yes to another excess: Yo-Yo Ma, Miles Davis boxed sets on steroids
Story | Dec 8, 2009 | 4:34 PMIs it just me, or are CD box sets getting more and more elaborate every year, even to the point of utter lunacy? Maybe yes, maybe no, I think it must all depend on your level of fanatical fandom for a particular artist or group. With the Beatles, well,... -
Michelle Obama in Vogue: 'Love clothes'
Blog | Feb 11, 2009 | 4:24 PMby Mark Silva She is not merely the First Lady, in the breathless Vogue treatment of Michelle Obama. She is "the leading lady...'' She also is elegantly displayed in a wide-ranging wardrobe, with the March cover of the magazine and...... -
Cash for your Warhol
Story | Sep 29, 2009 | 4:34 PMWith all the buzz about Annie Leibovitz's near-bankruptcy, it's clear that even elite artsy types may be compelled to drag stuff out to the curb for a yard sale. So why wouldn't a few respond to the 'Ca$h for your Warhol' signs that went up in the... -
Monster Mash: Gustavo Dudamel thrills Hollywood Bowl; Tony Roberts falls ill; Annie Leibovitz's prize
Story | Oct 5, 2009 | 4:32 PM-- Big welcome: Gustavo Dudamel made his debut Saturday as the Los Angeles Philharmonic's new music director to a packed Hollywood Bowl crowd. -- Brain trust: LACMA's Michael Govan has joined an advisory panel for the long-planned Eli and Edythe...... -
Did Vogue overly-Photoshop Nicole Kidman, Penelope Cruz, Marion Cotillard and Kate Hudson?
Story | Oct 12, 2009 | 4:32 AMThe cast of the hotly anticipated musical "Nine" -- Nicole Kidman, Pen??lope Cruz, Marion Cotillard and Kate Hudson -- looks a little bizarre to these eyes on the cover of the November issue of Vogue. What the hey? These are...... -
Monster Mash: Obamas' family portrait; 'Spider-Man' delayed; Will Smith, Jay-Z invest in 'Fela!'
Story | Oct 23, 2009 | 4:32 PM-- Say cheese: The White House has posted a portrait of the first family taken by Annie Leibovitz. (The White House) -- Another setback: Broadway's new "Spider-Man" musical, featuring songs by Bono and the Edge, is expected to open later...... -
The Obamas pose for Annie Leibovitz. Will it help her avoid bankruptcy?
Story | Oct 23, 2009 | 4:34 PMThe photo was released by the White House today, the official portrait of the current occupants of 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. -- President Obama, 8-year-old Sasha, First Lady Michelle Obama and 11-year-old Malia. The photo was taken Sept. 1, and the...... -
Tina Fey's scar: Nobody's perfect
Blog | Dec 1, 2008 | 4:24 PMby Mark Silva We got to know Tina Fey so well this fall, or at least the Fey who played Sarah Palin so well, that we never stopped to think about the trauma behind any facial scar. But Vanity Fair......


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Unverified Voracity Chases Stanford Futilely
YOU'RE A TALLER. User Bombadil reports that Ian Bunting is still getting mail from Mississippi State, too.
This may be fake but probably not.
WE'RE ALL FLIPPER. Congrats to the men's gymnastics team, national champs. Sam Mikulak is your champion on parallel bars and high bar plus the overall individual national champ.
With men's swimming bringing home a title of their own plus the basketball team's run to the final, Michigan is actually threatening Stanford's Director's Cup hegemony. When the Director's Cup releases their updated standings tomorrow Michigan should be on top of the rankings with only a few sports left: golf, base/softball, track and field, women's water polo, women's lacrosse, and men's volleyball.
Michigan's pretty good at some of those… but, uh, unfortunately Stanford is better.
Top 25 Rankings for Stanford in spring sports, most rankings updated last weekend:
Softball - 16
Men's Golf - 8
Women's Golf - 12
Baseball - receiving votes
Women's T&F - 9
Women's Water Polo - 1
Men's Volleyball - 6
Women's Rowing - 9
Women's Tennis – 12
This is how you dominate the Director's Cup since a year after its inception. If you want even more details, the board has you covered.
Goodbye, 11 to 15 minutes. Draft Express's Trey Burke draft video is all kinds of fun. Even the five minutes dedicated to Burke drawbacks features a number of Kobe assists or shoulda-been Kobe assists:
What an awesome player.
YER A BALLERZ. The NCAA 14 cover:
Will I buy this crap-pile of a game from the worst company in America because it has Denard Robinson on the cover? Maybe. Have they fixed the kangaroo linebackers yet? Made any positive changes to gameplay since 2004?
ORGAN TRAWLERZ. The NHL's Central Scouting Bureau has released their final rankings, with a slew of future Wolverines included:
- #34 JT Compher
- #49 Michael Downing
- #84 Tyler Motte
- #111 Nolan De Jong
- #136 Alex Kile
- #142 Andrew Copp
- #157 Evan Allen
2014 recruit Dexter Dancs fell out of the rankings after being 154th in the midterm. Everyone went up save Compher, who dropped from #20. Default reminder: the CSB has separate lists for goalies and Europeans, so add 30% to each guy's ranking to get a projected draft spot. FWIW, Compher and Downing have appeared in a lot of first round mock drafts I've seen.
So. Michigan's class may lack a Trouba-level dominant star, but it is extremely deep. Everyone who's coming in next year* save recent goalie pickup Zach Nagelvoort and Bryson Cianfrone is likely to get picked in the upcoming draft. Kile in particular is a bonus after being passed over a year ago. He nearly doubled his points in the USHL this year and gives Michigan another option for a scoring-line forward.
That helps make up for the fade from Cianfrone, who was headed for the first round of the OHL draft before his Michigan commitment. He's off NHL draft radars and has a 6-15-21 line in the USHL this year. He is a 5'8" kid who's coming in as an 18 year old, so you can construct a picture in which he still develops into what he was supposed to be a couple years ago.
Anyway: strong incoming class that hopefully sticks around long enough to be impact upperclassmen. And how about Andrew Copp?
*[Spencer Hyman and Max Shuart may also arrive, but neither signed a LOI so I assume they are walking on.]
And we're done. Show us what we've won. Oh, it's a wheezing dog and a dead iguana. Jim Delany on further Big Ten expansion:
"Given everything that has gone on, yes," Delany said when asked about the ACC's deal cementing the current five major conferences to their respective lineups.
Although Delany said the 16-team superconference format was also "an arbitrary number" that he wasn't part of, the Big Ten was open to further expansion. ... There still is the possibility that a team from the SEC (Missouri) could leave for the Big Ten -- the SEC has no grant of rights or exit fee -- but that's a pipe dream, at best.
So here we are. Playing Rutgers and Maryland every year, and not Iowa and Wisconsin and Nebraska. It's hard not to see Delany as a giant middle finger to fans, just walkin' around. Mighty big hand you escaped from there. Tell us more about media markets. Please, yes, just like that. Yes. Like that. About media markets.
What is a name, anyway? The powers that be paid someone millions of dollars to tell them to call the college football playoff "College Football Playoff." Nice work if you can get it. Not quite as good as Bill Hancock's job, which is to say whatever the hell he wants at any time without bothering to pretend he believes it.
That is not actually a name. If you call your dog "dog" you have not named him but described him. It is bad when your "name" for a thing is in fact a description of a superset of what you are—there are already other, separate college football playoffs. Delany:
"I'll be happy with whatever. Obviously I'm not great with names."
Yes, but that's no reason to eschew the concept entirely. You can try again, Mr. Delany, as long as you float some trial balloons to see if the entire internet mocks you before you make a decision. You can love again.
Anyway. These folks trademarked their name-type substance. Can you even do that? I want to make shirts that say "COLLEGE FOOTBALL PLAYOFF" to test this out. If Xerox is too generic to be a trademark, how can "college football playoff" be unique enough? Someone who likes being in lawsuits, please find this out.
Further confirmation. In not-quite-announced news that's pretty much announced, yeah, Desmond Morgan is permanently moving to MLB so James Ross can start at WLB:
"Playing in space is something I definitely had to adjust to my first two years here because I wasn't used to that in high school. I was more of an in the box kind of guy," Morgan said. "Going back over to MIKE, I kind of feel a little bit more comfortable in a sense because of that.
"During the spring, it's been an adjustment but it was something I kind of grew up playing."
Joe Bolden and Royce Jenkins-Stone will back up the MLB and WLB spots, respectively.
BONUS: James Ross named "most improved player" this spring. Hype rocket is entering stage two.
Ann Arbor is pretty all right. Click for big.
WE AGREE OH MY PANTS. Dave Brandon and I both think a ten game conference schedule is a good idea.
"I'm in favor of looking at it for the same reasons we went from eight to nine," Brandon told MLive.com. Those reasons include more competitive schedules, as well as greater ability for players to see each of the league's 13 other teams in their careers.
The money thing is an issue, but raise your hand if you'd willingly eat the extra costs from a hypothetical exhibition game in exchange for a tenth conference game. That's everybody, right?
Etc.: "In a sign of the times, Michigan has competition at fullback." : /
25 memories of "college sports' dumbest goldrush." Blake McLimans taking his talents to Oxford. RIP, Toomer's oaks. Senior highlights from Mark Donnal. Stretch four, yo. Athletic directors are sad. David Thorpe really likes Trey Burke($).
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Hunwick. Got in. Faced zero shots. But got in!
If that's it for Hunwick in the show at least he got his cup of coffee. Couldn't happen to a better guy. Speaking of…
College hockey on the upswing. This is a remarkable graph, albeit one that is a little deceptive in its axes:
In ten years the percentage of NHL players from college has jumped 50%. Euros made up 23% of the league a year ago, leaving 47% of the NHL from the traditional major junior route. Since there are only 40-some college hockey teams that produce NHL talent* versus 60 CHL teams, the NHL talent per capita between NCAA and junior is now almost a dead heat. The CHL continues to have a lion's share of the top, top guys but college competition is a lot older.
*[Atlantic Hockey excluded.]
Final rankings. The CSB has published final rankings for the various eligible Michigan guys. Results:
- Jacob Trouba: 9th
- PDG: 22nd
- Boo Nievies: 29th
- Connor Carrick: 124th
Milne and Selman are not ranked. Neither is Rutledge. As always, remember that the CSB splits these guys into North American and European categories and ranks goalies separately so add 20-30% to draft rankings to get approximate positions. Trouba should go around #12, PDG and Nieves sometime in the second, and Carrick in the fifth or sixth.
Oddity: The IIHF yanks Q-bound NTDPer Stefan Matteau from its U18 roster after stating that he hasn't played two consecutive years in the US since he turned ten. His spot goes to Anthony Louis, a diminutive Miami commit who is amongst the NTDP U17 leaders in scoring.
Basketball recruiting: now what (again)? Michigan has one open slot for 2012 and a second they could use on a grad-year guy if they want. With Burke's return and Albrecht's commitment the urgency to fill that latter spot—and the attractiveness of it—gets drastically lower. I doubt they add a 13th guy now, graduate or not.
The 12th spot is another matter. UMHoops reports that Arizona picked up a commitment from Matt Korcheck, a 6'9" power forward. While Korcheck doesn't directly conflict with Amedeo Della Valle, he's no longer visiting Arizona this weekend. The Wildcats are likely out of spots. Point Guard U says his Michigan visit is still on and "likely Ohio State" after that. Texas A&M and Gonzaga are the other suitors; it probably comes down to the Big Ten teams now.
Should Michigan take Della Valle now that Albrecht is in and Burke is back? I'm not sure. It was hard to get any sort of read on his game from the Findlay Prep games I watched. If he's really a 50%+ three-point shooter, obviously you take him. That's doubtful, though. He is a 6'6" wing/SG/PG who would be useful to have on the roster if GRIII or Hardaway leaves early and he does have a number of other offers from majors. Michigan would be filling their roster for 2013 by taking him only if everyone sticks around, and how likely is that? Not likely. I'd take him if he wants to come and continue going after a fourth guy in the class of 2013.
McGary continues to slide. I don't think this will affect any recruiting rankings but reports on him from the Hoop Summit were not positive, particularly this bombing by NBA Draft.net:
Mitch McGary, C: The big lefty who burst onto the 2012 recruiting scene this past summer showed he is definitely far from a finished product. After going from relative unknown to garnering comparisons of Tyler Hansbrough, McGary came back down to earth once he got to the more organized play of his Brewster Academy prep school. Mitch's motor was advertised as being non-stop, but have yet to see that and have yet to see anything close to the ability of Psycho T. Mitch is a decent athlete and has good size, but he went with the trend of staying more out on the perimeter.
FWIW, another observer noted that McGary spent the week icing his feet and legs due to a presumed injury. He weighed in at 6'10", 265 and looked a lot more sluggish than he did over the AAU season. He'll have to recapture the passion that drove him to the top of rankings boards and get in shape to have the sort of impact Michigan fans are hoping for.
Brock walks. Brock Mealer update video from Barwis Methods:
Keith Jackson, Ufer, Bo, and Anthony Carter, 1979. If you need more than this, I cannot help you.
It kills me not to be able to see what Jackson's wearing.
Fun fun fun. I may have more on this later but for right now know that Matt Hayes just bombed Urban Meyer in a Sporting News article:
Multiple sources told Sporting News that Meyer—who won two national championships in six years at Florida and cemented his legacy as one of the game's greatest coaches—told the Diggs family that he wouldn't let his son go to Florida because of significant character issues in the locker room.
Character issues that we now know were fueled by a culture Meyer created. Character issues that gutted what was four years earlier the most powerful program in college football.
I haven't had time to read it yet but am preparing bib and knife to do so.
UPDATE ON FURMAN: Better Call Saul disclaimers apply but this is the picture painted by his potty-mouthed lawyer:
"Joshua didn't do anything," Mason said. "He's got one guy sending him threatening text messages, and then when he gets upset about the nasty text messages, somebody else pulls his hair out, and then the poor bastard gets arrested.
"My suspicion is (the women) will show up in court and make a record in court and say, 'Hey look, this guy didn't hit us, he didn't punch us, he didn't do anything,' and at that time the judge will have a little trial or entertain a motion to dismiss it.
"We're working through the case and hope the charges disappear, once cooler heads prevail."
If that turns out to be true then Furman will get restored to active status in a couple weeks.
Etc.: Holdin' the Rope profiles the Alabama OL. Meinke on Jibreel Black's move inside and Jerald Robinson's move up the depth chart.
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The Ten Year War ends. WH compiles the 1978 Michigan-OSU game:
A few weeks later Woody Hayes would bonk a Clemson linebacker and that was that.
Ref bump noted. Kyle Kalis's epic ref bump…
…is something OL coach Darrell Funk also picked up on:
"He just wants to tear your head off," Funk said. "He plays like that all the time and practices like that all the time, and we need that. You can Xs and Os all you want, and that's important, but at the end of the day, it starts up front." …
Funk laughed when he described one sequence of film in which Kalis knocks over an umpire "when he was throwing someone around" and couldn't decide whether to help the guy up or find someone else to hit.
The ref was shaken but not badly hurt. This is because Kalis was hurting someone else.
Funk also notes that none of the four guys currently in the class projects to center; that will be a priority in 2013.
The old mean guy. Meanwhile, David Molk adds to his Scrooge-McDuck level quote vault:
"The awards were never anything that I strived to get," Molk said, before correcting himself.
"I take that back," he said, laughing. "The only award I wanted was the Rimington mostly because a guy who worked with us, (Michigan assistant strength coach) Dan Mozes, was a Rimington winner at West Virginia. I'd say something, and he'd say, 'Hey, Molk, shut up. I've got an 80-pound trophy and you don't.'"
He's being told he could go anywhere from the bottom of the first(!) to the third round.
Three point defense: random. This Kenpom post at ESPN($) caught my eye after I previewed a Nebraska team that is thoroughly awful at all basketball activities except opponent three-point shooting. Here are the year-to-year correlations between various defensive stats:
Opponents' 3-point percentage: .204
Opponents' free throw percentage: .266
Opponents' 2-point percentage: .558
Opponents' 3-point attempt percentage: .575There are just four numbers here, but they provide a very powerful context. What stands out is that opponents' free throw percentage correlates more strongly from season to season than opponents' 3-point percentage. In other words, we can predict a team's "free throw defense" in the future based on current stats better than we could predict its 3-point defense. And I think everyone understands that a team has little control over its opponents' free throw percentage.
IE, the percentage of threes your opponents hit is not a particularly useful thing to look at, but the number of threes they get off is. Wisconsin is a particularly excellent example of this phenomenon. Last year their opponents hit 37% of their threes, good for only 299th nationally. This year that's dipped 10 percentage points and they skyrocket to first.
What does this mean for Michigan? Not a whole lot. Their three-point D is a little below average; so is their ability to prevent opponents from launching. It will be interesting to watch how that latter number changes next year as Michigan adds a ton of height.
No elite teams, continued. Following up on Monday's assertion that there don't seem to be many elite teams in college hockey this year: KRACH provides strong evidence of that. KRACH is a ranking system that's more pleasant to statistically minded folk for reasons I won't get into in case some of you are operating heavy machinery. For purposes of this argument it's useful because it not only provides a ranking but also has a strength rating.
KRACH tends to get enthusiastic about strong leagues and teams; it has a tendency to proclaim certain teams nigh invulnerable. Here's last year's version:
Note the huge jumps in rating as you climb. There's a pretty tight bunch until you hit BC and North Dakota; there's also a cliff after #7. This year there is no such gap:
Rk | Team | Rating | RRWP | W-L-T | Rk |
1 | Boston University | 357.8 | 0.7546 | 17-8-1 | 3T |
2 | Boston College | 337.6 | 0.7445 | 17-10-1 | 11 |
3 | Michigan | 336.4 | 0.7439 | 17-9-4 | 9 |
4 | Mass.-Lowell | 314.8 | 0.7322 | 18-7-0 | 1 |
5 | Ferris State | 314.4 | 0.732 | 18-8-4 | 7 |
6 | Minnesota-Duluth | 294.3 | 0.72 | 18-6-4 | 2 |
7 | Maine | 287.6 | 0.7158 | 16-8-3 | 8 |
8 | Notre Dame | 270.5 | 0.7044 | 16-11-3 | 19 |
9 | Merrimack | 261.7 | 0.6982 | 15-6-5 | 3T |
10 | Michigan State | 260 | 0.6969 | 15-11-4 | 21T |
KRACH ratings add to the same number every year and so provide a baseline: this year's most dominant team would be… eh… fourth last year, and the gaps between the top teams and the bottom of the top ten are significantly smaller than they usually are.
This promises to be the most wide open NCAA tournament since… well, not very long ago. Single-elimination playoff hockey remains an exercise in blind terror and weird bounces. A couple years ago three of the four one seeds crashed and burned before the Frozen Four. But if you like your barely-weighted plinko to be really hardly weighted at all this is your year. Anyone who makes it in will be eyeing the Frozen Four.
Hockey draft bits. NHL draft rankings multiply like rabbits. Hockey Prospectus has Jacob Trouba #7, Boo Nieves #30, and Phil Di Giuseppe #43. TSN has Trouba sixth…
Strengths: A mobile defenceman with length, strength and range. Plays a physical game and not afraid to take a run at an opponent. Has some offensive skills, is a good passer with vision and a hard point shot. Weaknesses: there are some questions about his overall hockey sense, needs to learn to rein in the physical play at times and play with composure.
…PDG 27th…
Strengths: Very quick skater with soft hands, a sneaky release and he competes. Good offensive instincts, good size, tough to contain along the boards on the cycle. Weaknesses: Needs to keep working on his defensive duties and could play with a bit more edge more consistently. He will likely require more time in college to round out his game but has been rumoured to be leaning towards playing all four seasons in Michigan. His production has waned in second half of season.
…and does not rank Nieves in their top 45.
Bad incentives. The United States of Hockey takes on UND coach Dave Hakstol's assertion that playing in the CHL shouldn't hurt your NCAA eligibility:
First off, allowing CHL players to retain college eligibility could have a gigantic impact on the USHL. More top-end players would go to the CHL fully knowing that they'll have a fall-back plan. So they can go up and get added exposure, get in front of more scouts on a nightly basis. The top end in the USHL could be significantly diminished in such a scenario.
While this move would help the NCAA's depth, it would most likely eliminate many of the top-end players from ever making it to the NCAA. By the time a player's Junior career is over at age 20, most would go to the NHL or AHL. Only the guys that would have otherwise played lower-level minor-league hockey would end up in college. The quality of play gets dragged down in the college ranks. While the NCAA would remain a developmental option, it also becomes a safety net for CHL players similar to what the Canadian Interuniversity Sport is right now. That's an ugly scenario for American college hockey, which has produced NHL talent as long as it's been in existence.
The USHL is a hugely important part of the route to college hockey and should be protected at all costs. Allowing players to go to the CHL and maintain collegiate eligibility cuts the decade-long rise of the league off at the knees. It's a nonstarter.
The only way I could see this happening is if the NCAA restricted post-CHL eligibility to just Canadians. That wouldn't hurt the USHL. Because of the double standard in place between USA Hockey and their Canadian counterpart Canadians wanting to play college hockey have to cool their heels in Junior A leagues far inferior to the USHL. If the NCAA opened the door for Canadians coming over immediately after high school, I could see it working…
…except the CHL would immediately make it not work by finding sufficient NCAA regulations to violate so that any kid in junior would never make it to campus without an inquisition. Saban teaches that it is not a good idea to give people in charge of high school/college kids incentive to not have their charges graduate. So nevermind.
Etc.: GLI outdoors officially. Seniors on next year's team will have played outdoors all four years.. Michigan gets three million for renting out Michigan Stadium. Boo Nieves will make a move to the USHL after his prep season ends.
I talk with Lake the Posts about the Mattison transition and why Northwestern shouldn't expect the same miracle with a new coordinator. The Bylaw Blog on revamping transfer restrictions. Mock Rock recap. Ace on the GBMW podcast.
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Other basketball takes. Grantland* oddly dispatched a guy to cover the Michigan-Northwestern game. He comes back with an impression of Ann Arbor clearly derived from the rims clanging so loud it sounds like a Gary, Indiana, steel mill before it closed in 1979, but once he gets past the grim midwesternness of it all it's a good piece:
. In the post, Smotrycz and Novak get rough with Shurna, putting their bodies into him, bumping him off the ball, and generally making him fight for every inch. Shurna hates this physicality, hates it viscerally and philosophically and every other way you can hate something. More often than not, he casts a look at the referee, hoping for a foul call, before retreating to the perimeter. He'll finish the game with 21 points, but after his second jumper of the half, with 19 long minutes remaining, he's scored all but four of that total. The rest of the game is a vanishing act.
I still think whenever Beilein ends up with an open scholarship late he should scour Northwestern's commitments for whoever their totally rad guy is going to be. That seems preferable to snatching Colton Christian away from low majors.
Holdin' the Rope credits Denard in the headline and provides a link to the Novak dunk that brought down the house during Michigan's 10-0 second half run:
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Re: Denard, A half-dozen Michigan football players including Roy Roundree and Denard held court in the student section after they were honored for winning the Sugar Bowl. One thing you can say about Michigan football: they are not too cool for school.
HTR also dubs freshman NU PG Dave Sobolewski "Sobocop" in an attempt to insult him for prompting the Morgan tech. This will certainly backfire and cause Northwestern fans to admiringly dub him that for the rest of his career. Sippin' On Purple, make this happen.
*[Grantland pays Brian Phillips and Chris Brown money to write about sports. I'm not hearing criticism of it even if it runs some dumb stuff. That's easy enough to ignore; the good bits are very good. VIVA LOS SIMMONS.]
Donnal update. Even Jordan Morgan is impressed by this stat:
Perhaps no one on the team has bought in to the new approach more than Mark Donnal, the 6-9 junior who is already committed to the University of Michigan. The league's top post player is averaging a team-high 20.4 points and 8.7 rebounds after averaging 15 points and seven boards last season.
Donnal, who probably receives more double-teams near the basket than any other player in the NLL, is sinking 79 percent of his shots from the field, as well as from the foul line.
Big guys in high school usually tower over opponents and can just oaf their way to easy buckets, but if you've seen any video of Donnal you know he's unusually skilled for a 6'9" post type. He's Pittsnogalian.
That sounds like an adjective from a lost chapter of Gulliver's Travels featuring a race of lovable, enormous tattooed weirdos. It's a keeper, that is.
CSB midterms. The NHL's Central Scouting Bureau has released their midseason rankings, which are the first to put a number on prospects rather than a vague letter. Voila:
#9 Jacob Trouba
#28 Phil Di Giuseppe (freshman)
#31 Boo Nieves
#82 Alex Kile (2013)
#157 Connor Carrick
#175 Justin Selman
Incoming goalie Jared Rutledge is the #36 goalie, which would mean he's not getting drafted. Daniel Milne and future Rutledge backup Steve Racine are the only draft-eligible recruits not listed.
Trouba is the top-ranked American. A CSB scout on him:
"Jacob has offensive skills and he really does defend well. You can just tell by how he plays in all areas of the ice that he's a big kid who skates really well, he loves to jump into the play and has confidence because he knows his skating can get him back, so he rarely gets caught out of position. He's going to be someone people are going to talk about; we've known about him for a couple years and he's not disappointing this year."
Remember that these are North American skater rankings only; Europeans and goalies will push these folks down. Those are mid-second-round ratings for PDG and Nieves, not late first.
WCH calls out Connor Carrick as notably under-ranked; if that's true Michigan will definitely have five draftees with Selman a potential sixth. Kile is a surprise. One: I didn't know he was draft eligible this year. Two: he's got 7-8-15 in 29 games with the Green Bay Gamblers of the USHL, which is a far cry from the 38, 35, 30, 29 you see at the top of their scoring charts. He's kind of big at 6-foot, 195, but not the kind of big that gets you drafted above your skill level by the NHL.
Meanwhile in the odious machinations of junior hockey magnates. Nieves's rights were traded in the deadline flurry. This is never good, but Nieves has reconfirmed that he has no interest in the OHL:
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Nieves was traded to Saginaw, which isn't any closer to home than Michigan or notorious for shelling out under the table payments. Also if he was going to leave he had an opportunity before signing up for another year of prep hockey with Matt Herr. Usually when a player committed to college changes his mind it's the year before he's scheduled to arrive. Only the specter of competing against Shawn Hunwick is sufficient motivation to ditch when college is around the corner.
Meanwhile in things you'd do for a dollar. Rumor is the Winter Classic is headed to Michigan in the near future, and not just the state:
Multiple sources told Yahoo! Sports this week that the NHL is in advanced discussions with the University of Michigan about holding the 2013 Winter Classic in Ann Arbor.
One source, who spoke on a condition of anonymity because he is not authorized to speak on the matter, said Michigan athletic director Dave Brandon wasn't initially sold on the idea of the NHL hosting an outdoor game at Michigan Stadium. But over a matter of a couple of weeks, the source said "something happened to make it go from looking like it could happen to [a point where] it probably will."
No doubt long deliberations with a man dressed in a curly fries outfit eventually led to the breakthrough. Would Dave Brandon threaten to break Michigan's own attendance record and hopelessly conflict a ton of people when Michigan inevitably plays a bowl game on the same day? Yes. The curly fries are very convincing, and there is at least one dollar in it.
Guh. I only talk about coaches who coach for Michigan unless I need to give Tony Gibson minus even more of the points:
The previous CB coach, Gibson, who I believe also is joining the Arizona staff, wasn't big on technique, at least not when he was a WVU. Players have stated that he would tell them, "just get to the spot." Lockwood came in and changed that, and with that change came nice strides of improvement in the cornerbacks.
Unfortunately, the spot was ten yards away from the receiver.
Etc.: The university's policy of exorbitant FOIA fees is an embarrassment. Roundtree's looking for a bigger role next year. BC Interruption is feeling the MGoPlayoff. Horford may be able to return this year. Silver lining if he can't: the ensuing redshirt will give some separation between Michigan's bigs, three of whom may leave in the same year if McGary is two-and-out. UMHoops picture pages a bunch of out of bounds plays.
NYT scorecard: MGoBlog is "not exactly a rock of journalistic credibility." Chris Brown is a featured author. Chris Brown 1, MGoBlog 0.
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Thursday, five PM: muppets? If Michigan actually nails down Mitch McGary I think I might deploy the first-ever recruiting muppets. This is when and how that might happen:
The 6-foot-10 McGary will announce Thursday for either Michigan, Duke or Florida, and his father confirmed Mitch will announce on ESPN.
"Yes he will," Tim McGary said by text.
ESPNU has a "Recruiting Nation" show slated for 5 p.m. EST Thursday.
Both ESPN and Scout are already calling McGary to Michigan.
After a brief period of worry about Duke, everyone who's offered an opinion says it's M. Duke is on the verge of locking down another PF ranked in the top 25—must be nice—and Florida hasn't gotten a visit in a long time.
If and when McGary picks Michigan, the muppets will be warranted. That recruiting class will be McGary, Glen Robinson III, and Nick Stauskas: a top 10, top 50, and top 100 recruit to go with Burke/Brundidge/Hardaway/Horford/Morgan and followed by the Irvin/Walton/Donnal 2013 class. It will be the cherry on top of a basketball program that is all the way back to national relevance and the capper to the surge that began in East Lansing last January.
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The usual. Epic Daily profile makes you wonder how long various students will outperform the local paid media? Epic Daily profile makes you wonder how long various students will outperform the local paid media. This one is on Tim Hardaway Jr:
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The doors on the all-white BMW 645Ci slammed shut, beginning the short journey home that would feel like an eternity.
The father, who had all the glory any man could hope for, was in the driver's seat, casually turning the wheel in rhythm with the Miami streets. The son, a 16-year-old child trying to forge his own story in the shadow of his very name, leaned against the door of the passenger's seat, with nothing to say.
It was like after any other of the
son's high school basketball games. He won or he lost, and he and his father climbed into the luxury car without saying a word, draped in an oppressive silence.
I didn't even have time to link up the previous Molk piece before this one hit.
A monster draft beckons. NHL.com had three fellows deploy mock drafts and they are littered with Michigan players. One is expected—Jacob Trouba is widely regarded a top-ten lock. We've been hearing stuff about Boo Nieves as a second-rounder or a late first, and then there's a guy already on the team making an appearance. Their projections:
- Trouba: 5th, 8th, 10th
- Nieves: 19th, 26th, 28th
- Phil Di Giuseppe: 11th(!), 28th, NR
That's a bit higher than expected for Nieves and hello Mr. Di Giuseppe. Michigan hockey followers have been buzzing about Di Guiseppe since he started pumping goals in and it appears a couple of the guys in suits who hang around Yost have also taken notice. The guy Michigan picked up in the aftermath of Lucas Lessio's defection looks like he'll go higher than Lessio did (56th). This isn't ironic but it's the kind of thing people identify as ironic.
I actually missed Di Giuseppe on both mocks he features on because I wasn't even looking for his name. What a find. If Rutledge plays well Michigan will be a contender next year.
As for this year, Michigan continues the longest home winning streak in its history and takes on WMU this weekend in a game that suddenly looks like a huge one in the conference race. The undefeated (5-0-3, paging user Undefeated Dream Season of 1992) Broncos were the second consecutive team to sweep Miami and are currently the only team without a conference loss. They're the league's stingiest defense with only 13 goals allowed; Michigan is ten goals clear of those same Broncos in scoring, all of which came in a single game against St. Lawrence.
Groping a bit. Not like that. A couple things in Michigan Monday this week irked me. Irk #1: asserting that Denard's interception was a lock-on before the snap. It was a second read, something that Belotti pointed out on the replay by circling the first read on the other side of the field. He got beat by the eight-man drop but he at least went through a progression. Irk #2:
As an aside, a 41-yard carry for a non-fast quarterback makes you wonder what's going to happen over the next month when they face Nathan Scheelhaase, Taylor Martinez and Braxton Miller, no?
That run came with the score at 36-7 in the fourth quarter. Various starters had been pulled, including the WDE. True freshman Frank Clark blew the contain on the QB. So… yeah. Not relevant.
What I am saying about the thing I was saying. Braves & Birds has a profile of two anonymous teams:
Team A | Team B | |
Sagarin Predictor | 80.40 | 78.24 |
Sagarin SOS | 68.38 | 75.20 |
Pts Per Game | 21.4 | 26.0 |
Pts Allowed Per Game | 12.4 | 19.5 |
Scoring Margin | +9.0 | +6.5 |
Yards Per Play Gained | 5.1 | 5.6 |
Yards Per Play Allowed | 4.2 | 4.5 |
Yards Per Play Margin | +0.9 | +1.1 |
Turnover Margin | +6 | -8 |
They're basically identical except one is in the Big Ten and has one loss and the other is… not. Michigan's schedule has been even softer than Team A, which okay I'll tell you is Penn State.
This is my concern, dude. Everyone regards PSU as a fraud, and we're kind of the same team except our loss was more competitive and our conference wins against even weaker competition.
A second chance. A couple years ago the BTN debuted internet streaming of untelevised games. This didn't go well. When I hit it up to watch a hockey game @ OSU the lag was such that I ragequit after one period in which the screen froze twice and came back to OSU celebrating a goal.
Maybe it's better? You can stream Michigan's basketball exhibition for free with the coupon code "BTDN3FR33"—good opportunity to find out if the product has improved.
Etc.: Bacon chat at the Detroit News tomorrow. Get your tickets for the outdoor hockey game in Cleveland. More MST3K Michigan defense parody. The Blue Ribbon preview of Michigan is a freebie. Michigan Hockey Net rounds up Michigan's commitments and how they're performing. Remember when we all would have killed for Jeff Tedford?
The NBA Draft Should Be Totally Different
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The Bylaw Blog has developed a recurring theme of late: by placing greater restrictions on the folk it has control over it cedes territory to people it doesn't. A prime example is when the NCAA banned college coaches from attending AAU events. AAU events didn't stop collecting players or happening, and coaches got more distant from the players they were trying to recruit. This provides greater influence for middlemen, and in college basketball these days lots of middlemen want to get paid, yo.
Here's another example, one year after ACC coaches successfully lobbied the NCAA to move the draft withdrawal date up 40 days:
A year later, here we are again. The ACC's coaches drafted a new proposal, one that moves the early-entry deadline all the way up to the day before the beginning of the spring signing period. In 2011, that date -- April 12 -- would have passed us by weeks ago. It would have given underclassman prospects exactly eight days after the national title game to decide whether they wanted to go pro or stay in school for another year. It would have -- I mean, it will; I'm still having trouble with the idea that this is actually happening -- forced players with millions of dollars on the line to make life-altering decisions in the matter of a few days with minimal information on which to make them.
Why move the date? April 10th is the day before basketball's late signing period. Now coaches will know how many spots they have open when that period opens. Except they wont. Bylaw Blog:
In attempting to control the draft process, college coaches have lost all control of the draft process to the NBA. Instead of an NCAA deadline of May 8, the new deadline is not April 10, but still April 24, the NBA's deadline.
The NBA's shown no interest in helping college basketball, so the chances the change actually has any positive effect are slim. The net effect is to prevent a bunch of players from declaring and returning to school. But at least there's an alternate universe in which college coaches are happier.
Why not revamp? I've been bothering the Bylaw Blog about this on twitter, and now I'm going to bother you: you could sidestep all these issues by dumping the current NBA draft structure and replacing it with something closer to the MLB/hockey model. In those sports everyone is automatically put into the draft and thus retains their eligibility. In baseball there is a narrow window in which you have to sign or the team loses rights to the player; hockey teams retain rights to the player until they graduate.
The Bylaw Blog keeps shooting down these proposals like so:
Short draft, limited roster spots, lack of minor league make MLB model less workable for basketball. NBA should adopt MLS approach*.
That was the same reasoning given to me when I bothered him about hockey, but I think he's conflating the two models. The MLB model does encourage a bunch of players to sign way before they're ready to enter the major leagues and implementing it in basketball could see a bunch of college stars toiling away in the D-League, something no one wants. (If the NBA had any designs on making people care about the D-League they wouldn't have started forcing players to go to college.)
The hockey model doesn't necessarily have this issue. Since teams retain rights they can leave kids in school until they determine whether or not they want to sign them. Players do tend to sign before they are NHL-ready but that's because there is a ready-made minor league with a higher level of play that acts as an intermediary between the NHL and the league. There isn't in basketball and the D-league is never going to be one, so teams would almost want to keep their players in college until they thought they were ready.
If I woke up tomorrow and was David Stern this is what I'd do:
- Change the draft so that every recruit who signs a LOI is automatically entered.
- Extend the draft to three rounds.
- Rookie contracts are at least one year longer than the amount of eligibility you're giving up. (IE, straight out of high school: five years, junior: two years, senior: one year, but in that case you don't have the sign the guy so this is essentially zero years.) That roster spot cannot be reclaimed by cutting the player; contracts are not 100% guaranteed but have some floor (probably the league minimum) that is.
- Allow unsigned, drafted players to play in the summer league.
And then if I woke up the next day as the president of the NCAA I'd:
- Fume at my lack of power.
But if I woke up the next day as an NCAA president who could force choke anyone who disagreed with me I'd:
- Allow pro teams to pay for their players to attend rookie camps and assorted "should we sign you" activities.
In the specific case of someone near and dear to us who seems to be making an odd decision because of the current NBA draft structure, Darius Morris would have been in the draft out of high school and after his freshman year, but would have been passed over each time. This year he'd be taken at some point, could work out with his team a bit as long as he paid his own way (about which don't get me started, see fuming above), and then it would be up to the team and Morris to decide whether or not he was ready to make the leap. If the NBA team signed Morris immediately they'd be committing to having him on the roster for the next three years, so they'd have to think about it.
In this specific case and a lot of others the player would be far less likely to make a bad decision because he'd be talking directly with the team who held his rights. Similarly, NBA teams who draft a college player only to find out he needs more seasoning than they thought could save the roster spot and cash for someone else as they wait to see which of their prospects develop. Everyone would have more information via which to make better decisions.
Unfortunately, this seems diametrically opposed to the way things are going. Like Brionte Dunn and showing up on campus, I'll start getting my hopes up when people talking sense about how basketball recruiting goes down pass a legislative proposal and no sooner.
*[The MLS approach is to sign the player and then find a home for him, which doesn't seem workable because the NBA is not a single entity, unlike MLS. MLS is competing with leagues around the world for players, so there's a point to negotiating a contract with a league. The NBA isn't competing against anyone for anyone other than Josh Childress, so I'm not sure what the advantage of their structure is for basketball.]


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- J. Kenneth Blackwell, former Secretary of State of Ohio, former gubernatorial candidate
- Michelle Bernard, journalist, author, columnist
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- Peter Boulware, former NFL linebacker and Republican candidate for the Florida House of Representatives, District 9.
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- Randy Brock, former State Auditor of Vermont, current State Senator of Vermont
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- Henry P. Cheatham, former U.S. Representative from North Carolina
- Eldridge Cleaver, author and civil rights leader
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- Robert DeLarge, South Carolina congressman
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- Melvin H. Evans, former U.S. Representative from, and former Governor of, the U.S. Virgin Islands
- James L. Farmer, Jr., civil rights leader
- Michel Faulkner, pastor, former defensive lineman for the New York Jets, a 2010 nominee for New York's 15th congressional district
- Arthur Fletcher, official in the administrations of Presidents Nixon, Ford, Reagan, and George H.W. Bush; considered the "father of affirmative action"
- Gary Franks, former U.S. Representative from Connecticut
- Ryan Frazier, Aurora City Councilman, 2010 nominee for Colorado's 7th congressional district
- Samuel B. Fuller, founder and president of the Fuller Products Company, publisher of the New York Age and Pittsburgh Courier, head of the South Side Chicago NAACP, president of the National Negro Business League, and a prominent black Republican
- Virginia Fuller, 2010 and 2012 Congressional Candidate
- Matthew Gaines, former slave, community leader, minister, and Republican Texas State Senator.
- James Garner, former mayor of the Village of Hempstead, New York, 2004 Congressional candidate
- Robert A. George, editorial writer for the New York Post, blogger and pundit
- James Golden, producer on the Rush Limbaugh radio talk show
- Elbert Guillory, current state senator in Louisiana's 24th district
- Ken Hamblin, Radio host, political commentator, author, television personality
- Jeremiah Haralson, former U.S. Representative from Alabama
- Bill Hardiman, former Michigan State Senator, 2010 Congressional Candidate
- Erika Harold, 2003 Miss America, delegate to the 2004 Republican National Convention, 2012 Congressional Candidate
- Ted Hayes, activist for the homeless
- Amy Holmes, CNN political commentator and independent social conservative
- Deborah Honeycutt, 2006, 2008, 2010 congressional candidate;
- T.R.M. Howard, Mississippi civil rights leader, surgeon, entrepreneur and mentor to Medgar Evers and Fannie Lou Hamer
- Zora Neale Hurston, Folklorist, anthropologist, novelist, short story writer
- John Adams Hyman, former U.S. Representative from North Carolina
- Niger Innis, commentator and activist
- Alphonso Jackson, thirteenth Secretary of Housing and Urban Development
- Raynard Jackson, political consultant and political analyst for WUSA*9 TV (CBS affiliate) in Washington, DC
- Dr. Mildred Fay Jefferson, first African-American woman to graduate from Harvard Medical School; pro-life movement leader; Republican candidate for U.S. House and U.S. Senate[4]
- Wallace B. Jefferson, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Texas
- James Weldon Johnson, first Black manager of the NAACP, president of the Colored Republican Club
- E.W. Jackson, GOP nominee for Lt. Governor of Virginia in 2013, President of STAND and CETF, Marine Corps Veteran, former Small Business Owner, graduate of Harvard Law School
- Alan Keyes, former member of the Republican party and nominee for the U.S. Senate
- Alveda King, minister, political activist, author, niece of Martin Luther King Jr.
- Martin Luther King, Sr., Reverend, missionary, civil rights leader, father of Martin Luther King, Jr.
- Stephen N. Lackey, fundraiser, philanthropist
- John Mercer Langston, former U.S. Representative from Virginia
- Jefferson Franklin Long, former U.S. Representative from Georgia
- Mia Love, mayor of Saratoga Springs, Utah, 2012 Congressional candidate
- John Roy Lynch, former U.S. Representative from Mississippi
- Lenny McAllister, political analyst, community activist, and author
- Angela McGlowan, political analyst, 2010 Congressional candidate
- James Meredith, civil rights leader
- Thomas Ezekiel Miller, former U.S. Representative from South Carolina
- Eric Motley, former Deputy Associate Director, Office of Presidential Personnel in Bush Administration
- George Washington Murray, former U.S. Representative from South Carolina
- E. Frederic Morrow, first African-American to hold an executive position at the White House. He served under President Dwight D. Eisenhower as Administrative Officer for Special Projects from 1955 to 1961.
- Charles Edmund Nash, former U.S Representative from Louisiana
- Sophia A. Nelson, Lawyer, author, political commentator
- Constance Berry Newman, U.S. diplomat; former Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs; member of International Republican Institute
- James E. O'Hara, Congressman from North Carolina
- Rod Paige, seventh U.S. Secretary of Education
- Sherman Parker, Missouri state representative, ran for U.S. House of Representatives
- Vernon Parker, mayor of Paradise Valley, Arizona, 2010 Congressional candidate
- Star Parker, author, political commentator, 2010 Congressional candidate
- Edward J. Perkins, first African-American U.S. ambassador to South Africa
- Jesse Lee Peterson, civil rights activist, founder of Brotherhood of New Destiny
- Joseph C. Phillips, actor, columnist, commentator
- Pio Pico, last governor of Mexican California. Formed the Republican Party in California.[5]
- Samuel Pierce, former HUD Secretary
- P. B. S. Pinchback, twenty-fourth governor of Louisiana; first African-American governor of a U.S. state
- Colin Powell, 65th United States Secretary of State
- Michael Powell, 24th Chairman of the FCC
- Pierre-Richard Prosper, former Bush Administration war crimes official
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- Joseph H. Rainey, former U.S. Representative from South Carolina, first African American to serve in the U.S. House of Representatives
- James T. Rapier, former U.S. Representative from Alabama
- Hiram Rhodes Revels, former U.S. Senator from Mississippi, first African American to serve in the U.S. Senate
- Condoleezza Rice, 66th United States Secretary of State
- Jack E. Robinson III, former party nominee for U.S. House, U.S. Senate, and Secretary of the Commonwealth in Massachusetts
- Vernon Robinson, former candidate for U.S. House of Representatives from North Carolina
- Joe Rogers, former Lieutenant Governor of Colorado, youngest Lieutenant Governor in Colorado history
- Carson Ross Mayor of Blue Springs, MO, Fmr. Missouri State Rep
- Jackie Robinson, baseball player (changed parties after Goldwater nomination).
- Dwayne Sawyer, State Auditor of Indiana
- Paul H. Scott, Michigan State Representative
- Tim Scott. U.S. Senator from South Carolina (Appointed 2013) and former Representative, South Carolina's 1st Congressional District
- Marvin Scott. Congressional Candidate
- Winsome Sears. Former member of the Virginia House of Delegates, 2004 Congressional Candidate
- Robert Smalls, South Carolina
- Joshua I. Smith, appointed commissioner of Minority Business Development by President George H. W. Bush
- Princella Smith, 2010 Congressional Candidate, She PAC member
- DeForest "Buster" Soaries, former New Jersey Secretary of State
- Thomas Sowell, economist, writer and commentator
- Michael S. Steele, political commentator, former Lieutenant Governor of Maryland, former candidate for the U.S. Senate in 2006 and former elected chairman of the Republican National Committee (2009-2010)
- Shelby Steele, author
- Thomas Stith, III, former member of the city council of Durham, North Carolina, 2004 Candidate for Lieutenant Governor, 2007 mayoral candidate for Durham, North Carolina
- Lynn Swann, former NFL player, former Pennsylvania gubernatorial candidate
- Noel C. Taylor, mayor of Roanoke, Virginia from 1975 to 1992[6]
- Clarence Thomas, associate justice of the United States Supreme Court
- Thurman Thomas, former Buffalo Bill, Republican activist, supported and campaigned for 2010 New York Republican Gubernatorial nominee Carl Paladino
- Sojourner Truth, abolitionist speaker and suffrage advocate
- Harriet Tubman, abolitionist speaker and suffrage advocate
- Benjamin S. Turner, Alabama Congressman
- David Tyree, former New York Giant, anti-same-sex marriage advocate
- James L. Usry, former mayor of Atlantic City, New Jersey
- William T. Vernon, Register of the Treasury under President Theodore Roosevelt[7]
- Dale Wainwright, Associate Justice of the Texas Supreme Court
- Tara Wall, journalist, commentator, media strategist
- Josiah Walls, former U.S. Representative from Florida, and one of the first African-Americans to serve in the U.S. House
- Booker T. Washington, educator and activist
- Maurice Washington, Nevada State Senator
- J. C. Watts, former U.S. Representative from Oklahoma
- Ida B. Wells, civil rights advocate, co-founder of the NAACP
- Allen West, former U.S. Representative from Florida
- J. Ernest Wilkins, Sr., Assistant Secretary of Labor under President Eisenhower[8]
- Armstrong Williams, radio and television commentator
- Michael L. Williams, Texas Railroad Commissioner
- Walter E. Williams, author, commentator, economist
- Vern Williams, member of the National Mathematics Advisory Panel
- William F. Yardley, anti-segregation advocate, first African American candidate for governor of Tennessee (1876)
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See also[edit]
- Negro Republican Party
- Black conservatism
- Lists of African Americans
- List of Latino Republicans
- Hip Hop Republican
- National Black Republican Association
External links[edit]
- Republicans for Black Empowerment
- Hip Hop Republican
- The First Blacks in Congress Were All Republicans, NBRA


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CFDA-mazing: Ten Best Dressed from the 2011 Awards
See what our favorite designers, models, celebs, and industry insiders wore to Monday night's ceremony.
By Elana Fishman
June 8, 2011 4:30 PMMary-Kate Olsen in The Row & Chanel, and Ashley Olsen in The Row
We were psyched to see our favorite mega-moguls sporting pieces from their much-lauded line The Row. While MK chose an asymmetrical maxi skirt topped off with a gold sequined Chanel pre-fall blazer, Ash slipped into a pale blue dress from the twins' collection. But the best part of the pair's ensembles? Those ladylike exotic-skin carryalls, both of which are from The Row's upcoming fall handbag line.
Alessandra Ambrosio in Prabal Gurung
Is it just us, or have those Victoria's Secret Angels been stepping up their style game in a major way lately? Alessandra killed it in a crimson gown from Prabal's fall collection, which she paired with a wonderful silver collar by Robert Lee Morris. With its draped neckline and bare back, the Swarovski Award for Womenswear winner's design was a stellar fit for the model.
Amber Heard in Cynthia Rowley
The blonde actress donned this beautifully-embroidered custom design for the occasion, which she cleverly teamed with saffron-toned velvet pumps (also from Rowley's line). We love the colorful contrast of the golden and blush hues against Heard's crimson lips!
Chanel Iman in BCBG Max Azria
Talk about knowing your colorsthis turquoise resort dress is a great fit for Chanel in every way. While the frock's length and the model's choice of glam accessories make the look black-tie-ready, those bare shoulders and billowing sleeves have us jonesing for an island getaway. Resort done right!
Erin Fetherston in Erin Fetherston
With her impeccable platinum bob and penchant for pastels, Erin herself is pretty much the poster child for her own uber-feminine label. She looked lovely in this multi-tiered confection from her brand new Resort 2012 line. Talk about ruffling some fashion feathers!
Karolina Kurkova in Diane von Furstenberg
Showing her support for the CFDA's president, Karolina turned up in a emerald sequined ensemble by DVF herself. The wrap silhouette is super-flattering, while the hood adds a nicely quirky touch. And check out those latticework Christian Louboutinscovetable footwear indeed.
Liv Tyler in Proenza Schouler
Ultimately taking home the win for Womenswear Designer of the Year, Proenza's Jack McCullough and Lazaro Hernandez had a very good night on Monday. We're pretty sure the fact that their date's techno-patterned frock and PS11 clutch placed her squarely among the evening's best-dressed didn't hurt, either.
Karlie Kloss in Jason Wu
One of the industry's youngest (and sweetest!) catwalkers, Karlie attended the festivities on the arm of her dress's creator. We think the pair make a dashing duo, and we love the simple lines and bold scarlet shade of the model's chiffon gown. We couldn't be happier that Wu's making his mark on handbags now, toocheck out that little satin clutch, complete with the designer's signature owl logo.
Liya Kebede in Derek Lam
Thought she radiates elegance in anything she wears, the supermodel, actress, philanthropist, and Lemlem designer (what a resumé!) opted for a simple, streamlined black and white maxi dress custom-made by Lam himself. The results speak for themselvesutter perfection.
Miranda Kerr in Michael Kors
We've already waxed envious over Miranda's post-baby body, but we still can't get over how fabulous the new mama looks. Mrs. Orlando Bloom teamed her Kors look, which featured daring cutouts and an up-to-there slit, with fantastic metallic accents. How Wonder Woman-esque are those gleaming cuffs and belt? We love.


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Vs. 1, "It is good to praise the LORD and make music to your name, O Most High." A fitting reminder as we draw nearer to the PTL retreat and are reminded how wonderful it is to praise Him. Notice that this is not something that just happens during the morning…praising the Lord is something we do throughout our whole day! Those who do not know the Lord will never grasp the power of praise & prayer (vs. 6).
Regarding application…We are Instruments. Vs. 3, "to the music of the ten-stringed lyre and the melody of the harp." One of the reasons I really love the guitar is how mobile it is. We really can't carry a Piano around with us, but a Guitar we can take anywhere and use it for worship. But there is even a more mobile instrument than this….and that is your voice. One of the main reasons God created our voice is to use it as an instrument of praise. Speaking is not the only way we can communicate, think sign language. But our voices can be beautiful instruments to praise. Let us be careful how we use this wonderful instrument as we are reminded from James 3:9, "With the tongue we praise our Lord and Father, and with it we curse men, who have been made in God's likeness."


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Artist Daniel Edwards has unveiled this life-size, nude portrait of pop star Justin Bieber and his girlfriend, Selena Gomez. It depicts the teenagers almost entirely nude, with a Canadian maple leaf and a Texas lone star covering their most intimate parts. The piece, titled 'Justin and Selena as One', features them conjoined at the torso.
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The following questions and answers aim to give you a background of information that relates mostly to surgical procedures. They are general points and their relevance to you as an individual will be discussed at your consultation with your Nurse Counsellor and Surgeon. Please click the topics below to read the specific information.
If you would like to be chaperoned at any examination, please do not hesitate to ask a member of staff who will arrange this for you
There are different types of anaesthetic that may be used in order that your Surgeon can carry out the treatment or surgery you are having with minimum discomfort. The different types are as follows:
General Anaesthetic
This is a full anaesthetic, carried out in hospital under the care of a fully qualified anaesthetist. It enables the Surgeon to carry out your operation without any discomfort to you, or knowledge that the operation is taking place. Operations carried out under general anaesthetic may be done as a day case or as an overnight stay in hospital
Sedation with Local Anaesthetic
A sedating drug is given to you in order that you sleep throughout the operation. This is administered by a qualified anaesthetist who cares for you whilst the Surgeon carries out the operation. The Surgeon will also use a local anaesthetic at the operation site to ensure the area is numb and that you are not disturbed from your ?sleep'. Most operations carried out under sedation enable you to return home the same day of treatment
Local Anaesthetic
The Surgeon injects a numbing solution to the area that is being treated to minimise any discomfort you may feel during the operation. You will be fully awake during the treatment and able to be immediately discharged on completion of your treatment
Patients having Cosmetic Surgery want to improve the way they look. It is important therefore that scarring is kept to a minimum. We have this in the forefront of our minds when carrying out treatments and always aim to keep scars as small as possible and positioned as discreetly as possible.
We strongly recommend that scars are kept out of the sun or protected with a sun block cream, as sun damage can slow or prevent the healing and fading of scars. With correct care and protein after surgery, most scars fade to become barley noticeable
Stitches, Sutures & Skin Clips
Depending on the type of treatment, usually after Cosmetic Surgery some form of skin stitch needs to be removed. Depending on the operation, these may be removed between 3 and 14 days afterwards. An appointment for this will be made for you, at your local Harley Medical Group Clinic
Bruising, Swelling & Discomfort
By the nature of it, Cosmetic Surgery is quite superficial and does not generally cause much swelling or bruising. Within 24 hours of Surgery, discomfort is usually abated with mild oral analgesia. Depending on the type of surgery you have and your own healing process, your Surgeon will explain what sort of recovery you should expect
Cosmetic Surgery moulds and reshapes the living tissue of the body and the results are usually but not always predictable. Occasionally, it may be desirable to revise the operation to gain optimum results. The risks will be minimised by ensuring that you are in good health prior to treatment and that the Surgeon, Anaesthetists and Nursing staff looking after you are highly qualified and competent in this speciality. Although unlikely, the most common complications are those of infection, excessive bleeding and haematoma (blood clot at the site of surgery). These risks are minimised by experienced surgical technique and specialist care.
If you have any concerns about possible complications, then please ask your Surgeon or Nurse Counsellor for more information
Hospital Stays
Depending on the type of treatment, patients may be required to stay all day, or require a one or two night stay. Your Surgeon will discuss this with you to ensure you achieve a certain level of recovery before going home
Pre-Operative Medical
Prior to surgery, our Medical and Nursing staff will carry out a medical assessment to ensure that you are fit and healthy enough to proceed with surgery. Any further concerns and queries that you have thought of, can be discussed and we will confirm and explain all the arrangements we have made for you
Recovery Advice
Pre and post-operatively, patients are generally advised to avoid smoking, alcohol, aspirin and non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (e.g. Brufen). All these can have an adverse effect on your recovery, slowing down the healing process or causing other complications
It is generally advisable to refrain from work and general activity whilst stitches and dressings are still in place. You may also need to refrain from driving and exercise for a while to ensure a good and rapid recovery. Your Surgeon will inform you how long to refrain from such activities, which will depend on the surgery that you have opted for
Results of Surgery
The redefining of features gives results that are generally permanent and need no future review. Procedures that diminish the effects of ageing can produce short, medium or long-term results, but are not permanent. 'We can turn back the clock, but we cannot stop is ticking' is a phrase well used in Cosmetic Surgery
Where necessary, appointments will be made for you to attend The Harley Medical Group for any post-treatment care. You will be reassured to know that after discharge from the hospital or clinic, we provide a 24 hour on-call service. This enables you to contact us at any time, night or day, should you have queries or be concerned in any way. Our Nursing and medical staff are always available to advise and care for you to ensure a smooth and safe recovery. Most patients attend the clinic after surgery at one week for removal of stitches, six weeks for a check up with your Surgeon and six months for final discharge. We are of course pleased to help you after this time should the need occur


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Ashley Hickman Zink, M.D.
Assistant Professor
Department: Obstetrics & Gynecology
Assistant Professor
Department: Obstetrics & Gynecology
Children's Medical Center
7601 Preston Road
Suite 1200
Plano, Texas 75024
General Address
5323 Harry Hines Blvd.
Dallas, TX 75390-9032
Office Phone: 214-648-2026
Office Fax: 469-303-3636
Dr. M. Ashley Hickman Zink is a member of the Division of Maternal-Fetal Medicine and Obstetrics at UT Southwestern.
A specialist in maternal-fetal medicine, Dr. Hickman Zink sees patients in the Plano Regional Office of the UT Southwestern Maternal-Fetal Medicine Program for high-risk pregnancy and prenatal genetics. Her office is conveniently located on the first floor of the Children's Medical Center Ambulatory Care Pavilion on the campus of Children's Medical Center at Legacy in Plano.
To make an appointment, please call 469-303-3591
Dr. Hickman Zink provides the full spectrum of maternal-fetal medicine consultative services. This includes management of pre-existing maternal medical conditions that may adversely affect the mother or her unborn child, and conditions that arise during pregnancy such as gestational diabetes or pre-term labor.
She provides detailed ultrasound assessments of fetal anatomy, specialized ultrasounds for aneuploidy screening, and more invasive procedures such as amniocentesis, chorionic villus sampling (CVS), percutaneous umbilical blood sampling (PUBS), intrauterine transfusion, or shunting procedures when indicated.
Dr. Hickman Zink works closely with each patient's primary obstetrician as well as pediatric subspecialists at Children's Medical Center to determine optimal strategies for ongoing prenatal evaluation, delivery planning, and postnatal management. She enjoys being able to provide preconception or inter-pregnancy counseling to help high-risk families plan for a healthy pregnancy.
A 2003 graduate of UT Southwestern Medical School, Dr. Hickman Zink completed her residency in obstetrics and gynecology at UT Southwestern Medical Center, followed by a three-year fellowship in maternal-fetal medicine at the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill.
Dr. Hickman Zink's professional affiliations include the Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine, the International Fetal Medicine and Surgery Society, and the American Congress of Obstetricians and Gynecologists.
In her free time, she enjoys baking, scrapbooking, traveling, and outdoor activities like hiking and canoeing. She is active in her church and volunteers with the Dallas Pregnancy Resource Center. She speaks English and conversational Spanish.
Medical School | UT Southwestern Medical Center (2003) |
Residency | UT Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas (2007), Obstetrics & Gynecology |
Fellowship | University of North Carolina @ Chapel Hill (2010), Maternal/fetal Medicine |
Featured Publications
Hickman MA, McBride R, Boggess KA, Strauss R Am J Perinatol 2012 Oct
Efficacy of an accelerated hepatitis B vaccination program during pregnancy.
Sheffield JS, Hickman A, Tang J, Moss K, Kourosh A, Crawford NM, Wendel GD Obstet Gynecol 2011 May 117 5 1130-5
Maternal periodontal disease is associated with oxidative stress during pregnancy.
Hickman MA, Boggess KA, Moss KL, Beck JD, Offenbacher S Am J Perinatol 2011 Mar 28 3 247-52


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Great for anglers and divers a like, this laminated saltwater species identification chart has it all, in full color with easy to read graphics. Learn how to properly identify popular gamefish and how good they are to eat. Laminated to ensure long life, this complete chart is extra-handy whether you're miles for shore or skimming through the flats.
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This fish chart is very informative, clear and waterproof. Easy to read and colorful pictures.
September 14, 2011
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The pics are too small to show enough detail for fish that look very similar like black and gag grouper.
June 11, 2010
Rated 5 out of 5 by Gruengo Just as described, great resource!
Just as described, good resource! I tossed mine up under the console of the boat in case I ever catch something I can't identify.
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Members of Friends of the Zoo help make Dickerson Park Zoo a first-class facility. FOZ helps care for the animals and provide fun, meaningful experiences for our members and their guests. Friends of the Zoo membership categories have been created to fit different needs - from an individual adult to a "family plus" which includes the option to bring a guest.
Memberships for families include all dependent children living at the address of the adult(s) named on the membership who are 18 years old or younger. Grandparent memberships include all grandchildren of the named grandparents who are 18 years old or younger.
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$175 – Safari Club
$250 – Keepers Club
$500 – Curators Club
$1,000 – Directors Club
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Martin Kippenberger
German (Dortmund, Germany, 1953 - 1997, Vienna, Austria)Millionen Feuerwerk/Jackie (Multimillion-Dollar Firecracker/Jackie), from the portfolio Mut zum Druck (Courage to Print)
printed material
screen print
The SFMOMA building is closed for expansion. Many of the works in our collection are on view at other institutions as part of our On the Go program.
33 1/8 in. x 23 5/16 in. (84.2 cm x 59.2 cm)
Acquired 2000
Collection SFMOMA
Ruth and Moses Lasky Fund purchase
© Estate of Martin Kippenberger


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Which one right? I was 8 when I wrote Shawn Cassidy a letter on Charlie Brown notebook paper. I never heard from the guy. I wrote a letter as a teenager to Rick Springfield and got an 8x10 glossy (not autographed) but it totally made my day.
This little girl is 6 and wanted to be 25 just so she could marry her crush. Read the sweet story here.


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Monday, April 28, 2008
Minor League Update
I just heard from two sources that the Twins have promoted OF Ben Revere from Extended Spring Training to Beloit to replace the injured 3B Deibinson Romero. The Snappers have several guys who can play 3B, and Chris Parmelee will be able to play 1B. With the DH position also available, there should be plenty of At Bats for Revere, Parmelee, Joe Benson and Mark Dolenc still.
Also, the Snappers brought up relievers Brad Tippett and Santiago Arias from EST. Mike McCardell was put on the 7-Day Disabled List.
Also, Brandon Roberts has now been put on the Disabled List with his hamstring injury. He was out for two weeks earlier this month with the problem. He came back for a couple of games and now he is on the Disabled List. Not good because Dustin Martin is also expected to miss a few games with a hamstring injury as well. Toby Gardenhire, who in limited time at Ft. Myers has actually hit a little bit, has been promoted to New Britain. Luke Hughes, arguably the organization's top minor league hitter to this point in the season (and it wouldn't take much arguing), will be playing plenty of CF in the coming week to help the situation.
By the way, did you know that Luke Hughes has never appeared on a SethSpeaks.net Top 50 Twins Prospect List? He hit just .202 in 2005 at Ft. Myers, and .236 when he repeated in 2007. So, I am trying hard not to make too much out of his fast start. As someone with the Twins told me, you don't really expect him to hit eight home runs in a month, but the improvement was shown last year. He did a great job playing for Team Australia in the World Cup in Taiwan during the offseason. You just don't know when a prospect is going to figure things out. For his sake, and for the Twins organization, let's hope he keeps it going! Oh... and when my Top 50 Twins Prospect List comes out in early June, I think you can expect to see him in there somewhere!!
Finally, I know few were expecting much from Hank Sanchez this year, but the 2005 supplemental first round pick is having an MRI on the same knee that cost him most of the 2007 season. It doesn't appear to be good.


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Frankfort, KY – Staring Governor Beshear in the face when he took office last December was a 400-million dollar revenue shortfall. In the last year, things have gone from bad to worse and another round of budget cuts is pending. But despite all the gloom and doom, Beshear remains confident better times are ahead. "We can all get down in the doldrums and just worry about things as they are, but part of my job is to look at things as they can be and should be and help our people get there."
Beshear rode into office promising to bring casino gambling to Kentucky, but lawmakers balked. Beshear says he still supports some form of gaming, but it's no longer a front-burner issue for him because its passage would have no immediate effect on the state's current fiscal crisis. Will he seek a second term? Beshear says he hasn't given it much thought. He says right now he's just concentrating on the issues at hand.