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SB Nation Detroit: All Posts by Matt Brigidi http://cdn0.vox-cdn.com/community_logos/48919/detroit-fave.png 2014-09-02T12:32:46-04:00 http://detroit.sbnation.com/authors/matt-brigidi/rss 2014-09-02T12:32:46-04:00 2014-09-02T12:32:46-04:00 Ray McDonald arrested for domestic violence
Ray McDonald will be the first test for the NFL's new domestic violence policy.

San Francisco 49ers defensive lineman Ray McDonald was arrested at 2:48 AM Sunday morning for felony domestic violence, according to a report by Damian Trujillo of NBC Bay Area. San Jose police have confirmed the arrest to Trujillo. McDonald will be the first player to test the NFL's new domestic violence policy, which could mean that the 49ers lineman will face at least a six-game suspension.

"McDonald was taken into custody with out incident and booked into Santa Clara County Jail on felony domestic violence charges," the San Jose police department told Matt Maiocco of CSN Bay Area.

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NFL commissioner Roger Goodell recently admitted that he was wrong in giving Baltimore Ravens running back Ray Rice just a two-game suspension for a domestic violence incident involving Rice's now wife, leading the NFL to change its policy on domestic violence. Players will now face a six-game suspension for their first domestic violence incident, following by a lifetime ban for the second.

According to Trujillo, the victim in this alleged incident is pregnant, which could lead to McDonald's potential suspension being more harsh than simply six games. From Goodell's statement on domestic violence earlier in the week:

Among the circumstances that would merit a more severe penalty would be a prior incident before joining the NFL, or violence involving a weapon, choking, repeated striking, or when the act is committed against a pregnant woman or in the presence of a child. A second offense will result in banishment from the NFL; while an individual may petition for reinstatement after one year, there will be no presumption or assurance that the petition will be granted. These disciplinary standards will apply to all NFL personnel.

McDonald has a DUI arrest in his past but hasn't had any off-the-field incidents otherwise. That does not matter with the new policy on domestic violence, however.

The 29-year-old defensive lineman was originally drafted in the third round of the 2007 NFL Draft and signed a five-year, $20 million contract extension in 2011.
 http://www.sbnation.com/nfl/2014/9/2/6097453/ray-mcdonald-suspension-nfl-domestic-violence Matt Brigidi 2014-08-28T15:39:55-04:00 2014-08-28T15:39:55-04:00 NHL expansion: Hockey is coming to Las Vegas, according to reports
Las Vegas will be the home of an NHL franchise. It just remains unclear how that franchise will come to be.

Possible expansion continues to be an evolving topic in the NHL. It may still be a couple years on the horizon, but when it does happen, Las Vegas will be one of the cities receiving an expansion team, according to Tony Gallagher of The Province.

Citing sources close to the situation, Gallagher reports an expansion team to Las Vegas is a "done deal" with the decision on an ownership group the only thing yet to be determined. Las Vegas has long been mentioned as one of the possible expansion cities, along with Seattle, Kansas City and Quebec City.

If Gallagher's report is accurate, Las Vegas could have its first major professional sports team sooner rather than later. There is still some question of where a Las Vegas NHL team would play. The AEG-MGM arena project broke ground in early May and is expected to be completed in the spring of 2016, according to the Las Vegas Review-Journal. According to the report, the arena will be built to NHL and NBA specifications. There are also other proposed Las Vegas arena plans, including the Silver State Arena and the Downtown Las Vegas Arena.

The NHL has already denied the report, with deputy commissioner Bill Daley telling TVA Sports that there are no new developments in expansion plans.
 http://www.sbnation.com/nhl/2014/8/28/6079777/nhl-las-vegas-expansion-relocation Matt Brigidi 2014-08-28T15:22:42-04:00 2014-08-28T15:22:42-04:00 NHL to Las Vegas? Dan Patrick says relocation could be coming
The NHL is expanding! Except the NHL says it isn't expanding! And now a guy says franchises are gonna relocate. Crap.

It's August, hockey is being discussed and the words "hockey-related revenue" haven't been mentioned. Woooooo boy, is this a nice change of pace.

The sporting world is abuzz with the potential addition of brand new NHL franchises, the most enticing of which involves the taboo confines of Las Vegas. Tony Gallagher of the Vancouver Province dropped the first strike by reporting the addition of a Las Vegas NHL franchise was a done deal and that a prospective owner was the only obstacle standing in the way of the puck being dropped in Sin City.

Howard Bloom upped the ante (gambling term) by tweeting that not only was Las Vegas coming to hockey, but so was a second Toronto team, Seattle and the return of a Quebec franchise.

This is too good to be true! Let the good times roll! Nothing can bring us do --

Lots of talks about a possible expansion involving 4 city's. Its not something the NHL is working on. Bill Daly told me nothing as changed.
 — Renaud Lavoie (@renlavoietva) August 27, 2014

Ah, come on.

The NHL promptly denied that any new expansion plans had been put in place, which drew collective eye rolls because everyone knows expansion is coming. We just don't know when expansion is coming. And we really want to know when expansion is coming.

But another bummer could be on the horizon. The positivity of August hockey talk took a downward swing because the dreaded "R-word" resurfaced thanks to Dan Patrick.

Relocation.

Patrick, who hosts a popular morning sports radio show, stated during the third hour of his Thursday broadcast that the Arizona Coyotes and Nashville Predators Carolina Hurricanes could be the potential tenants in Las Vegas.

The host reported that an NHL team will be in Las Vegas by 2016 and that ground has already been broken on an arena, or so he has been told, via the Dan Patrick Show podcast:

This is from a financial person who is involved in this: The paperwork is already done. It is as it has been reported, a done deal. Will have a hockey team in Las Vegas in 2016. The question is: Is it gonna be an expansion team? Or is it gonna be a relocation? Two teams to consider in a relocation to Las Vegas: The Coyotes [. . .] the other team to keep an eye on is, remember the Hartford Whalers owner? Peter Karmanos. He owns Nashville? And I guess he's asking an exuberant price for his team. That's also a possibility from what I'm told.

Patrick added that the NHL owners want an expansion team because they want those sweet, sweet expansion fees that new membership clubs would have to pay. He also said that Seattle will be getting a team and corrected his initial statement by clarifying that Peter Karmanos actually owns the Carolina Hurricanes and not the Nashville Predators.

SO, is relocation on the table again?

Hopefully not.

Arizona has been battling this situation for so long now, and the new ownership group sincerely seems intent on establishing the Coyotes as a viable entity after years and years and years of insufferable turmoil.

Does this seem like a guy who wants to leave Arizona!?!

Heading to a mtg. Love what's on the radio @SiriusXMNHL #coyotes pic.twitter.com/eCwRE8DNXJ
 — Anthony LeBlanc (@anthonydleblanc) August 27, 2014

While the Coyotes are an easy target (mainly because of the looming potential of their lease's out-clause, which is now four years away), a move out of Arizona by 2016 seems unlikely.

In terms of Carolina, this is the first time the team has been mentioned in this capacity. Patrick is a connected individual in the sports world, so his leads have more merit than some guy (me) looking to shoot them down.

But, on a surface level, this guy (me) has been led to believe that the NHL will not be looking to relocate franchises, but rather expand on them. And with that in mind, hopefully Bloom, Gallagher and, now, Patrick, are all correct in that portion of their reporting, because new hockey swag is so much better than that pile of Atlanta Thrashers jerseys that no one is wearing.

Please don't leave us with an old pile of hockey jerseys that no one will wear, NHL.
 http://www.sbnation.com/nhl/2014/8/28/6079469/nhl-las-vegas-2016-relocation-expansion Matt Brigidi 2014-08-28T13:46:50-04:00 2014-08-28T13:46:50-04:00 NFL preseason 2014: Long national nightmare is finally over
The 2014 NFL preseason has finally come to an end, with every NFL team finishing up their final game on Thursday evening.

 Atlanta Falcons vs. Jacksonville Jaguars

6 p.m. ET (Home: WJXT, Away: CW69)

Chad Henne may have been named the Week 1 starter, but every successful preseason outing Blake Bortles puts together narrows the gap and makes a midseason takeover more likely. Bortles' latest work was an 158-yard, one-touchdown game against the Lions, and he should get plenty of playing time to follow that up with a big night on Thursday.

The Falcons will get one last shot to finalize their makeshift offensive line. A week after losing starting left tackle Sam Baker to an ACL tear, the group suffered another blow last weekend when versatile backup Mike Johnson was placed on season-ending IR with a foot injury.

 Detroit Lions vs. Buffalo Bills

7 p.m. ET (Home: WKBW, Away: WXYZ7)

The Bills may be without Sammy Watkins for a second week in a row. The star rookie wideout injured his ribs two weeks ago and sat out last weekend's game against the Buccaneers. Watkins has been practicing, which is a good sign that his absence is strictly precautionary.

The most intriguing player on Detroit's roster bubble is wide receiver Ryan Broyles. A streak of three consecutive season-ending injuries dating back to his senior year at Oklahoma has kept the 2012 second-rounder from making an impact in the NFL. But now healthy, Broyles is shining in the preseason. He leads the Lions with eight catches through three weeks of exhibition play.

 Indianapolis Colts vs. Cincinnati Bengals

7 p.m. ET (Home: Local 12, Away: WNDY TV23)

The Colts started last Saturday's game against the Saints down 20-7, but it was nevertheless an encouraging offensive start. That's because running back Ahmad Bradshaw and legendary receiver Reggie Wayne saw each saw their first action since going on IR last season. Don't expect to see much, if any, of those two against the Bengals, but rest assured if you're a Colts fan that they'll be on the field in Week 1.

The Bengals will just be trying to make it through the game in one piece. They saw four players go down in a three-drive span late against the Cardinals last Sunday, three of which -- James Wright, T.J. Johnson and Trey Hopkins -- had to be carted off the field.

 Kansas City Chiefs vs. Green Bay Packers

7 p.m. ET (Home: WTMJ-TV,  Away: KCTV-5)

Speaking of injuries, the Packers were hurt last week by the losses of B.J. Raji (out for the season with a biceps tear) and starting center J.C. Tretter (out six weeks or so with a fractured knee). Tretter was being counted on as a replacement for Evan Dietrich-Smith and had received every first team snap in training camp and exhibitions. The Packers now have just one preseason game to prepare rookie replacement Corey Linsley.

Jamaal Charles has missed the last two Chiefs preseason outings with a minor foot issue and isn't expected to suit up on Thursday. That's another opportunity for backup Knile Davis to continue to impress (he has 30 touches for 159 yards this preseason).

 St. Louis Rams vs. Miami Dolphins

7 p.m. ET (Home: CBS 4, Away: KTVI)

Sam Bradford's ACL tear leaves the Rams with only two weeks to decide on his replacement under center. With the frenzy of trade rumors appearing to be hollow, that's likely to be Shaun Hill, who's thrown just 16 passes over the last three seasons as a backup in Detroit.

The Dolphins have a last-minute running back controversy on their hands. Lamar Miller was the expected starter after Knowshon Moreno's summer-long injury absence, but Moreno's impressive preseason debut last week against the Cowboys has re-ignited the competition.

 New York Jets vs. Philadelphia Eagles

7 p.m. ET (NFL Network)

Michael Vick and Mark Sanchez traded cities this offseason and now they both reunite with their former teams. Vick made some interesting comments this week about his initial trepidation over joining the Eagles back in 2009, but went on to praise the team for allowing him to mount a comeback to his NFL career. Squarely behind Geno Smith on the depth chart in New York, he's expected to see a few snaps on Thursday.

This is also a big game for Sanchez, who's been the center of trade talks during a blazing hot preseason run (25-of-31 passing for 281 yards and two touchdowns through three games). The most recent speculation has him heading to St. Louis to take over for Bradford, though that seems like a long shot at this point.

 New England Patriots vs. New York Giants

7:30 p.m. ET (Home: NBC 4NY, Away: WBZ-TV)

Rookie quarterback Jimmy Garoppolo will start for the Patriots and may play the entire game. If that happens, it's confirmation that the second-round pick has supplanted Ryan Mallett as Tom Brady's backup, and likely an indication that Mallett is on his way out of New England. Rumor has it that Mallett will be traded or released before the season begins.

Giants guard Geoff Schwartz probably wouldn't have played anyway, but he's out with a dislocated toe. The prized free agent signing will spend a week in a walking boot, after which he'll be day-to-day as he works through a rehab program. That potentially endangers his availability for the regular season opener.

 Carolina Panthers vs. Pittsburgh Steelers

7:30 p.m. ET (Home: CBS2, Away: WCCB)

Joe Webb may be the only quarterback available for the Panthers for this game. Cam Newton has a fractured rib, (he's expected to be ready for Week 1), backup Derek Anderson is awaiting the birth of his child and fourth-stringer Matt Blanchard is out with a concussion.

The Steelers haven't ruled out suspensions for running backs Le'Veon Bell and LeGarrette Blount, who were busted on marijuana charges during a traffic stop last week. Those two are the only backs on the team with an NFL carry, which means Thursday could be a critical dress rehearsal for third-round pick Dri Archer.

Washington vs. Tampa Bay Buccaneers

7:30 p.m. ET (Home: WFLA, Away: NBC4)

The Bucs won't have a chance to get its star new offensive lineman acclimated in the final preseason game. Logan Mankins, the six-time Pro Bowler who was dealt by the Patriots in a shocking trade this week, will not suit up on Thursday night, according to Greg Auman of the Tampa Bay Times.

Washington has to figure out who their starting safety is after Brandon Meriweather got hit with a two-game suspension for an illegal hit in last week's preseason game. That will likely be second-year man Bacarri Rambo, who Jay Gruden said will be one of the few presumptive starters on the field against the Bucs. Phillip Thomas, who was drafted two rounds above Rambo and is the other possible replacement for Meriweather, has been ruled out with a foot injury.

 Chicago Bears vs. Cleveland Browns

8 p.m. ET (Home: WKYC, Away: WFLD)

With the official word of Josh Gordon's year-long suspension behind them, the Browns can focus on moving forward. Brian Hoyer is scheduled to play the majority of the first quarter, with Johnny Manziel finishing the half and possibly going into the third quarter. Rex Grossman and Connor Shaw will then split the remaining time.

There will be no quarterback shuffle on the other sideline. With Jay Cutler and backup Jimmy Clausen not expected to play, rookie sixth-round pick David Fales will have the game to himself against the Browns.

 Denver Broncos vs. Dallas Cowboys

8 p.m. ET (Home: KTVT, Away: KTVD)

The Broncos get to try out their temporary replacement for kicker Matt Prater. Denver traded for Brandon McManus of the Giants after it was announced that Prater had been suspended four games for violating the substance abuse policy.

The Cowboys have a lively running back competition going on behind DeMarco Murray and Lance Dunbar. After former fifth-round pick Joseph Randle injured himself last week, the team went out and signed Phillip Tanner. Throw in Ryan Williams, who leads the team in preseason rushing, and you have a crowd. The Cowboys have been known to carry four running backs into the regular season, but that still leaves three players fighting for two spots.

 San Francisco 49ers vs. Houston Texans

8 p.m. ET (Home: KTRK, Away: KPIX-5)

Forget the notion that only backups play in the final preseason game. Both starting quarterbacks -- Colin Kaepernick for San Francisco and Ryan Fitzpatrick for Houston -- will start, and both need solid outings to quiet disconcerted whispers about their play. Kaepernick and the Niners starters have yet to reach the end zone through three exhibitions, and Fitzpatrick has been up and down as he tries to adjust to his new team.

 Baltimore Ravens vs. New Orleans Saints

8 p.m. ET (Home: Cox Sports, Away: WBAL)

The Ravens top three corners -- Lardarius Webb, Jimmy Smith and Asa Jackson -- are all still sidelined with injuries. There's hope that all three will be back in time for the season opener against the Bengals, but that hasn't stopped rumors of a potential trade to help the position's depth. No specific names have been mentioned, but Jim Harbaugh told The Baltimore Sun earlier this week that he's open to making a move before the season starts.

 Minnesota Vikings vs. Tennessee Titans

8 p.m. ET (Home: WKRN2, Away: KARE-11)

Mike Zimmer named Matt Cassel the Vikings starting quarterback earlier this week, but it's likely that Teddy Bridgewater will get the final preseason start. The rookie has been impressive in his last two outings, leading a game-winning touchdown drive against the Cardinals then following it up with a two-score outing against the Chiefs.

The Titans will be hoping to keep Bridgewater out of the end zone early. They've allowed an opening-drive touchdown in all three of their preseason games.

 Seattle Seahawks vs. Oakland Raiders

10 p.m. ET (NFL Network)

Need proof that the Seahawks are frothing at the mouth to for live action? Pete Carroll was fined at least $100,000 by the NFL this week for leading a practice with too much contact back on June 16. Seattle will need to watch its physical play on the outside, though -- it's been suggested that the preseason proliferation of illegal contact calls on defensive backs is a direct result of the Legion of Boom's bump-and-run style.

Terrelle Pryor should see a good bit of his former team. After a brief period as the Raiders' starter, the quarterback was traded to Seattle over the offseason.

 Arizona Cardinals vs. San Diego Chargers

10 p.m. ET (Home:CBS8, Away: KNXV-TV)

The Cardinals are still reeling from the loss of three-time Pro Bowl defensive tackle Darnell Dockett. Frostee Rucker filled in nicely last Sunday against the Bengals, helping limit his former team to just 41 rushing yards in the first half. But it won't always be that easy, and Arizona is still trying to figure out how to replace Dockett's production.
 http://www.sbnation.com/nfl/2014/8/28/6079267/nfl-preseason-2014-game-time-results-week-4 Matt Brigidi 2014-08-26T15:12:07-04:00 2014-08-26T15:12:07-04:00 NBA adding extra space along the baseline to increase safety
There will be more space around the basket stanchion next season because the NBA is trying to improve player safety.

The NBA is attempting to improve player safety by cutting down the amount of photographers around the basket stanchion, according to a memo from Rod Thorn, the league's president of operations.

Acquired by the Associated Press, the memo states that the unoccupied area on either side of the stanchion -- referred to as the escape lanes -- will increase to 4 feet, an extra foot of space than perviously required. The NBA will only permit 20 cameras positions (10 on each baseline), which is down from the 40 positions occupied during the 2010-11 regular season.

The area around the stanchion has become a hotly discussed topic in the weeks since Paul George of the Indiana Pacers sustained a gruesome injury while playing in a Team USA scrimmage. George's injury was directly caused by contact with the stanchion and will force him to miss the entirety of the 2014-15 season.

Despite the unfortunate circumstances surrounding George, the changes were not inspired by the incident.

Teams were formally informed of the new policy on Tuesday, but were introduced to the concept in July, before George's injury. Thorn also stated that the changes have been in the works for several years.
 http://www.sbnation.com/nba/2014/8/26/6071161/nba-baseline-safety-basket Matt Brigidi 2014-08-26T11:43:37-04:00 2014-08-26T11:43:37-04:00 U.S Open History: A look back at the men's, women's singles champions
The men's portion of the U.S. Open will crown a new champion in 2014, while Serena Williams looks to defend her crown against a difficult field. Here's a look back at the previous champions.

Serena Williams will be attempting to repeat as the women's singles champion at the U.S. Open. Williams has appeared in three straight finals at the tournament, falling to Samantha Stosur in 2011 before establishing her current reign of dominance.

Ranked as the No. 1 player in women's tennis, Williams will be looking to collect her 18th major championship in singles play. But the women's field will have plenty of competition including Stosur, Simona Halep, Maria Sharapova, Agnieszka Radwanska and Caroline Wozniacki.

For a point of reference, here's a look back at the last 10 championship matchups on the women's side of the bracket:

 Year	 Champion	 Runner-up

 2013	 Serena Williams	 Victoria Azarenka

 2012	 Serena Williams	 Victoria Azarenka

 2011	 Samantha Stosur	 Serena Williams

 2010	 Kim Clijsters	 Vera Zvonareva

 2009	 Kim Clijsters	 Caroline Wozniacki

 2008	 Serena Williams	 Jelena Jankovic

 2007	 Justine Henin	 Svetlana Kuznetsova

 2006	 Maria Sharapova	 Justine Henin

 2005	 Kim Clijsters	 Mary Pierce

 2004	 Svetlana Kuznetsova	 Elena Dementieva

The men's side of the bracket will have a new champion as Rafael Nadal had to pull out of the tournament due to a wrist injury. Nadal captured last year's championship by defeating Novak Djokovic, a meeting that has occurred in three of the last four U.S Open finals.

Djokovic has remained the constant over that span, defeating Nadal in 2011 but falling in the two other meetings in addition to losing to Andy Murray in 2012. With Nadal out of the picture, Djokovic will look to improve on his record and is considered one of the favorites in the men's bracket.

Roger Federer is also favored to win and will be looking to make a return to the finals for the first time since his 2009 loss to Juan Martín del Potro. Federer appeared in six consecutive finals, winning five straight championships before falling to del Potro.

A meeting between Djokovic and Federer would bridge the gap between two of the most dominant runs in the U.S. Open over the last decade.

Here's a look at the last 10 men's championships:

 Year	 Champion	 Runner-up

 2013	 Rafael Nadal	 Novak Djokovic

 2012	 Andy Murray	 Novak Djokovic

 2011	 Novak Djokovic	 Rafael Nadal

 2010	 Rafael Nadal	 Novak Djokovic

 2009	 Juan Martín del Potro	 Roger Federer

 2008	 Roger Federer	 Andy Murray

 2007	 Roger Federer	 Novak Djokovic

 2006	 Roger Federer	 Andy Roddick

 2005	 Roger Federer	 Andre Agassi

 2004	 Roger Federer	 Lleyton Hewitt

 http://www.sbnation.com/tennis/2014/8/26/6069607/us-open-list-of-champions-mens-womens-tennis Matt Brigidi 2014-08-26T10:50:32-04:00 2014-08-26T10:50:32-04:00 History of the U.S. Open: A look at Arthur Ashe Stadium and the other venues
The 2014 U.S Open is underway and competition is spread out across the beautiful venues of the United States' premier tennis event. Here's a bit of information about the stadiums and their accompanying courts.

The 2014 U.S. Open will provide fans with their first look at a renovated stadium complex. The Open will feature a new deck that allows 1,400 fans to observe the practice courts, as well as newly renovated outer courts Nos. 4, 5 and 6.

In addition to the new scope of viewing opportunities, fans will notice 3-foot tall planters adorning the outside of Arthur Ashe Stadium. But don't be fooled: These new additions are the cornerstones of a $500 million project that will culminate in the construction of a roof over Ashe Stadium.

Acting as the crown jewel of the U.S. Open, Arthur Ashe Stadium is the primary venue at the Grand Slam event. Supported by Louis Armstrong Stadium and the intimate confines of the Grandstand, the trio of venues are the basis of a 17-court campus that hosts the United States' premier tennis event.

Arthur Ashe Stadium

Opened in 1997, Ashe Stadium is the largest venue in the complex and is named after Arthur Ashe, the U.S Open's inaugural champion. The stadium seats approximately 23,700 fans.

Louis Armstrong Stadium

Constructed in 1978, Armstrong Stadium acted as the primary court at the U.S. Open prior to the opening of Ashe Stadium. The venue draws its name from jazz musician Louis Armstrong, who lived near Flushing prior to his death in 1971. The venue seats approximately 10,000 fans.

A new Armstrong Stadium is scheduled to begin operation during the 2018 U.S. Open and will have an occupancy of approximately 15,000.

The Grandstand

The intimate accompaniment to the larger-scale stadiums, the Grandstand Stadium is adjacent to Armstrong Stadium and provides tennis fans with an up-close viewing experience. Capable of housing 5,800 fans, the Grandstand operates on a first-come, first-serve basis for seating.

Outer Courts

In addition to the stadium experience, the U.S. Open has 14 outer courts that allow fans to get close to the action. The outer courts have grandstand seating, which allows spectators a unique view of the competition.

Bars, Restaurants and More

In addition to the on-court entertainment, the U.S Open provides plenty of dinning and drinking opportunities. For a list of potential spots of interest, check out the U.S Open's fan guide.
 http://www.sbnation.com/tennis/2014/8/26/6069435/us-open-2014-tennis-courts-venues-information Matt Brigidi 2014-08-22T18:08:40-04:00 2014-08-22T18:08:40-04:00 Roberto Luongo challenges Milbury, Tortorella to the ice bucket

John Tortorella and Mike Milbury helped fan the flames under Roberto Luongo's seat last year and the goofy goalie found the perfect way to chill them out.

 http://www.sbnation.com/2014/8/22/6058211/roberto-luongo-challenges-milbury-tortorella-to-the-ice-bucket Matt Brigidi


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Muslims in the Valley
Original post made on Sep 21, 2007
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on Sep 21, 2007 at 4:48 pm
Thank you for your article on "Muslims in the Valley." Thanks also to Dr. Rana, Rabbi Goldblatt, and Pastor Harms for their leadership in the San Ramon Valley Interfaith effort.
Heather Leslie Hammer, Pastor, San Ramon Valley United Methodist Church, Alamo
on Sep 22, 2007 at 6:46 am
Thank you for an excellent article.
on Sep 24, 2007 at 10:53 am
The acceptance of muslim community, its mosque in the area and the overall relationship with other religous groups has been a team effort. Dr Rana has done a fantastic job of leading this group along with other community members. Diligent efforts of the last 5-6 yrs are now paying off. These efforts need to be continued by our younger generation as well.

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text: Mike Zunino, C, University of Florida: A 6-2, 220 pound backstop, Zunino is an impressive defensive catcher with a strong arm and standout leadership skills. He has a strong power bat, but his performance this spring was uneven at times and his stock slipped slightly in the weeks before the draft. Nevertheless, Zunino is still the best college position player available. He was hitting .318/.392/.655 with 16 homers, 27 walks, and 43 strikeouts through 223 at-bats. Zunino is very advanced and he won't need as much minor league time as most draftees. The idea here may be for Zunino to be the long-term catcher, with Jesus Montero eventually moving to DH or first base full time. The Mariners have a lot of strong pitching prospects, and adding a top defensive backstop to help bring them to fruition makes sense.


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Ishmael Reed is a visiting scholar at the California College of the Arts and the author, most recently, of the novel "Juice!" and the essay collection "Going Too Far."
DURING Tuesday's State of the Union address, President Obama declared that "Our housing market is healing, our stock market is rebounding and consumers, patients and homeowners enjoy stronger protections than ever before."
Tell that to black Americans, who were hit harder than the rest of the country by the recession and are having a harder time recovering. That struggle is not a coincidence, or merely a result of past inequality. During the housing bubble, blacks were deliberately targeted for subprime loans: as Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. said, the big banks committed "systematic discrimination against blacks and Hispanics."
One would think that Republicans, so eager to promote wealth building, would see an opening. Instead, they blamed blacks for the recession, accusing them, among other things, of taking out risky mortgages they couldn't afford....


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Blanketing babies
Original post made on Dec 12, 2008
Read the full story here Web Link posted Friday, December 12, 2008, 12:00 AM
on Dec 12, 2008 at 9:32 am
I'm sure their hearts are in the right place, but I've never understood making blankets for NICU babies. Why not make blankets for underprivileged babies? NICU babies aren't charity cases. And for the record, yes, I had a NICU baby and politely declined the blanket. My baby had boxes of blankets knit for him by people who actually knew him. He didn't need the charity of people who felt sorry for him.
on Dec 12, 2008 at 10:52 am
I have also had an NICU baby and I really appreciated the support from the public when it came to knitted caps and blankets. It was nice to know and feel the kindness through the work of volunteers and donations from the public.
Also, after spending five months in NICU with my baby, I can say that I noticed that not all babies in a NICU have the family support that is so important for them and yes some are charity cases.
on Dec 12, 2008 at 12:44 pm
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Wow Beth, way to throw a wet blanket on this generous effort!


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LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says a chlorine gas leak at an Arkansas poultry plant last year that sickened nearly 200 people occurred because a worker couldn't read English.
The CDC said in a report released Thursday that a Spanish-speaking worker at the Tyson Foods plant in Springdale knew not to mix sodium hypochlorite with an acid but couldn't read the label on a container of chemicals that had been misplaced.
Tyson Foods disputes the report. Spokesman Gary Mickelson says the worker wasn't Hispanic and that a language issue wasn't to blame. He didn't say why the accident happened.
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Won_Two Yes, I have been getting dusting messages from about lunchtime until 10.0pm roughly.
Asti Our bedroom has no storage heater provided but we have a small heater on wheels which plugs in and heats oil in its tubes, I believe. We switch this on about an hour before bedtime or longer in very cold weather then switch it off when we go to bed. This seems to be very effective. I need to use two hot water bottles to get me warm enough to go to sleep but they are discarded during the night. I'm not happy in cold weather, I would rather hibernate, lol.
I am relieved to find that other touch typists don't consciously know the whereabouts of the keys. Isn't the brain an amazing organ? I did a years' course at a commercial college after leaving school at 16 to prepare me for office work. I did shorthand of course, but I don't function well at speed so I wasn't one of the high flyers.
I'm getting sleepy, I'm in need of my bed.
I thought it was just American Southerners who panic shopped before impending snows. I am relieved to find it is an international madness. I will cross my fingers the snow holds off until after your son has managed to arrive at school to sit his paper. It would not do for him to arrive for such an important event soggy and wet. I became very cold this morning since I was forced to go out in this ice and I have still not recovered from the cold, even though I've had a hot shower and have warm dry clothes. I have to confess I have become desperate. I have made a cup of hot coffee and liberally dosed it with amaretto. My daughter is home from school so I don't need to go out again or drive. So, I can pamper myself a bit.
ASTI, did you not have to take typing in school. I attended a university preparatory high school and we were all required to take typing. Then, some people who expected to go on to secretarial training or those who anticipated typing many, many papers continued to take additional typing. By my senior year I had taken all my requirements and I took another course in typing. I was comparatively pitiful at it. Timed writings were trauma for me. I made fairly decent grades on prepared assignements in terms of style but I did very poorly on timed typings, barely passing. I was so worrying about making mistakes I could hardly type. I was liberated by word processors and computers. I can type as fast as I like and I can always remedy mistakes with no fuss or muss.
So, I am glad I took those typing courses. I worried at the time it was a waste of my time but I would never had managed all the papers I wrote and turned in during university and grad school without it.
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When I clicked my avatar it went to a modified version of the dusting screen.
Maybe not modified. I thought it looked a little different, maybe not.
It is most mysterious, this morning I tried to access Leaky via my usual bookmark in Mozilla and got the dusting screen, so I went back to my Windows 7 start button and used the link on the support page instead of clicking onto Mozilla, and here I am. I used the same route last night after a day of dusting messages.
We have a dental checkup this afternoon and I see that we had a sprinkle of snow in the night. Yuck!
I only go to other places on this site ocassionly. I sort of forget them. It seems when I visit the groups I belong to, mine is the last post no matter how long it has been. I wrote a post on my Nascar group and asked anyone visiting to leave a post. No one did. I don't visit it often myself now. What is the point when no one else is visting the site.
I bought me a garment rack so I could hang clothes to dry. It will be nice if the electrician can get here sometime soon. At least I am staying warm. I would hate it if I didn;t have electricity. I couldn't stay here. As it is I am doing ok. I will have to wait to wash another load until my towels get dry.
I have to go for another eye appointment this afternoon. Last week I was taken off two of the eye drops for my right eye. I think I still have to go next week too. I can not remember how many appointments I have left.
I got dusting messages all day yesterday and again this morning. So I came here via the history. ;)
The cold front is supposed to get here later today or overnight tonight. The map looks like it should actually just brush us and the worst will pass to the north of Atlanta. The map could easily (read has frequently been) be wrong. The personnel office emailed the Inclement Weather Policy to all of us. ;)
I go see the orthopaedic surgeon tomorrow afternoon. So unless his office calls to cancel, I will still go, even if I don't have to come to work. ;)
I watched the new American Idol this morning. I had to tape it since I fall asleep so early. I wonder if I will get on a later schedule since my daughter is not staying here? Anyway, it seems as if the judges are being more selective this year. I know several of the contestants didn't make it and they would have in previous years. It will be interesting to see what happens tonight.
I am a bit anxiety ridden this morning. We have an ongoing ethics and criminal charges going on against the mayor of my town. He was caught last year having charged hundreds of thousands of dollars of personal expenses on his city credit card and then it turned out he was turning in his business receipts for reimbursement to two different divisions of city government. Then, it turned out when he and his wife divorced he forced people at city hall to falsify his pay vouchers so she would not know what his actual salary was for child support payments and alimony. (They split when he came "out".) He also stupidly made charged to a "alternative" sex toy shop on the city credit card. A few weeks ago he was charged with failing to stop for a school bus, the only time he was actually behind bars. This man is appears to be a sociopath and he is still in office. No one understands why he is not in jail.
The rumor is today he is going to either resign or announce he will not be running for re-election.
The mayor's wife's attorney announced last night that he will be running for mayor.
The wife's attorney was the boy who persecuted me throughout elementary school and high school. He egged my house when I wouldn't let him cheat off my algebra test one time. This person harassed me and bullied for years and I finally snapped one day and I swung my very heavy purse at him and hit him in the face. This person is not my friend. I have seen things recently that tell me he has not changed. I've seen a fight on Facebook in real time during which someone else accused him of cheating on tests later in his academic career. The online fight was quickly deleted.
I do not want this person as my mayor either. While the other one is a criminal this one is potentially a criminal with a history of personal enmity between us.
This feels a bit like A Casual Vacancy in real life.
Lady Hawke What a situation. Neither appears to have a happy ending. Hopefully someone else better will decide to run.
I am waiting on Jennifer to get here from her work. I am wondering where we will eat after going to the eye doctor. I need to go to the grocery store too. I could probably drive myself later to the grocery. My Schwann man came today and I got catfish plus a pasta and shrimp dish.
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Work, as I predicted, was pretty foul today. I will be interested to see how much money we took. I am really tired, and am grateful for a day off tomorrow…….even if it seems likely I will have a full house. We are predicted between 10 and 12cm of snow, which is more than enough to bring this country to a standstill. We shall see.
I am working overtime on Saturday. If it does snow overnight, I might well get a panicked phonecall tomorrow to see if I can go in as an emergency. If there are problems on the roads, many people won't be able to get in.
I get the dusting if I go to the main site, but I have had no problems at all getting here.
Lady Hawke and Graymayne, I was taught no typing at all at school. I think it was no longer correct to assume girls would become secretaries, though lots still did, and it was too soon to kow we would need to know how to type on computers. I remember I had ONE lesson, aged about 15, on using a computer.
My Mother is a much, much better typist than I am. Even my Dad uses more fingers than I do!
CoolG, I hope all goes well with your appointment. How long do they think it will be before your eyes settle down?
We went food shopping after our trip to the dentist. It was obvious that the shop had been very busy in the morning. There were tiny snowflakes falling for a couple of hours and proper snow is forecast overnight and tomorrow. Our area is only predicted to receive about four inches, but south Wales seems to be expected to receive a lot more. Roll on Spring.
ASTI, I just found out a friend of mine I used to work with has a son who used to be a Methodist minister but who has now been ordained an Anglican priest, not an Episcopal priest. I looked on his Facebook page and he has JAFFA CAKES on his favorites list. I wonder how he came in contact with Jaffa Cakes.
I would have liked a bit of real snow and then on to spring. We had a very strange bit of additional accumulation in crevices during the night. It was white and round like sleet but it was soft like sponge and it was very sticky and held together. My DS was telling me it was sleet but I told him sleet is hard and hurts when it falls. These little balls had no more weight than a snow flake. I have never seen anything like them. I wish I had thought to take a photo. They really just looked like sleet but when you touched them they were squishy.
ASTI, my school avoided the whole prejudicial business by making everyone take typing for half a year. You might not be any good at it but at least you could get through a paper.
I have typed this entire post without thinking about where the letters are but when I start thinking about it my fingers start shaking.
We have snow. 7cm at least and still falling hard.
The schools are shut……even the exam candidates have been told to stay at home.
The road is impassible. DS and daughter went to the shop and saw cars skidding all over the place.
My son went straight back to bed. My daughter and DS and the cats are a little over excited.
I used my first "free" day in two weeks to go take the car to be serviced.
ASTI, when will the exam be rescheduled? Do you know yet? Was your son disappointed not to be able to get the thing finished?
Now I am home I have some cleaning to do and some ever present laundry to process.
I also brought home a large package of chicken, a large package of beef roast and some ground beef/blue cheese burgers which I need to repackage into reasonable cooking servings. I was down to enormous chunks of meat in my freezer, a large ham, a turkey and a large pork loin. They are pieces of meat I will cook for events when I am feeding a lot of people or when I am expecting for all of us to be home for several days so I can reprocess the initial cooking into several other meals and sandwiches, maybe Spring Break, my husband's birthday, Easter. I need some meat products for a normal meal.
Tonight I think I am going to roast some chicken thighs and make a sort of Greek pizza/tomato tart with goat cheese and have Italian spinach on the side.
Tomorrow I am going to make a beef roast with vegetables which I hope will extend to Sunday as well. I have carrots, rutabaga, potatoes, onions and brussel sprouts to cook with the roast. I think I might make some Yorkshire pudding to go with it.
I've vacuumed, wiped down the kitchen and mopped the kitchen. I packaged my meat products into reasonable amounts and put them in the freezer outside.
When I went out I found I had one package of chicken legs, one small beef roast, one medium steak suitable for making fajitas and two pieces of fish. Otherwise, I had some breakfast meats: sausages, sliced ham and bacon. I didn't have much of a selection of single meal portions of meat. At least I have something to work with for a bit now.
I have just under an hour before I pick my daughter up from school. The sun has been shining brightly all day and did yesterday afternoon as well. It is such a relief.
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Daughter has thoroughly enjoyed herself today. This is the biggest snowfall she has seen, and is indeed a lot for us here in the South. The road became passable by about lunchtime, and is now very wet but clear. The snow is still deep around our little group of houses, and has been compacted down onto the pavements. It will freeze tonight, which will make my walk to work tomorrow very dodgy.
I spent some time today beta reading for Wolfie. She needs to get her manuscript to her publishers by the end of next month. I can highly recommend her book! I am reading carefully, making copious notes for her and am only 5 chapters in, but she has me hooked.
Lady Hawke, son will now have to wait until the summer exam season to sit this paper. It is a pity. He has been attending after school revision classes, and revising hard at home, and it all feels a bit wasted now. It is a long time 'til June.
Hello everyone! Hope y'all are having a lovely mid January… Apparently I have been sorely remiss in updating my address to the database over at CC. Shame on me! I would have been sure I had done so if questioned beforehand, but I would have been totally wrong. Deanie, if you would be so kind, please correct my omission. I will email the correct addy to you. Asti, I did receive your lovely card, thank you. I dunno why only yours was forwarded, and none of the others… A Post Office enigma to be sure.
I have been busy this afternoon shelling, deveining, marinating, and coating with home made beer batter, a couple of pounds of wild caught jumbo prawns. I will be deep frying 8 or 10 of them tonight, and freezing equal portions of the rest in sandwich baggies. My next task will be to whip up a batch of suitable dipping sauce. I have about 3 pounds of Yukon Gold spuds that were formed up into fries (chips) on my mandoline, that presently, are soaking in lightly sugared ice water. Veggie will be steamed broccoli florets in Velveeta based cheese sauce. I needed to be resuscitated after seeing the current price for a gallon of peanut oil! :D
Oooh, Won, my card made it!? I feel really special, lol! Yay! And that sounds like a lot of work for a VERY satisfactory return! Enjoy.
ASTI, without giving us any plot can you tell us the genre of WOLFIE's book, mystery, romance, sci-fi, adventure? I'm glad your daughter enjoyed the day so much. It will be a good memory for her, maybe for her entire life. I am sorry your son will likely have to go through the whole test revision process again. That is a shame, to be prepared and then to find you are going to have to do it all again.
WON, it sounds like a yummy dinner. I have been watching CC for a new address for ages. I finally decided we were not going to get one. Since I believe your move was more than six months ago I did not attempt to send a card. I think the Postal Service only forwards for six months.
I am up at 3:00am because I slept most of the afternoon yesterday after my colonoscopy.
The prep period was definitely the worst part since I slept through the whole procedure. :(
6 more day till our vacation. The DS wants me to consider going West through Arizona this year but I'm not sure. We will think about it. We always go to Florida an I love it there. We will see. :(
Morning all! I have sneeked in through the back door again, Leaky is having quite an overhaul. I wonder if we will end up with a proper working website?
The temperature is just on freezing but I don't think we had any fresh snow overnight, you can see the road surface clearly with a central patchy white stripe in the middle.
Asti How exciting to be proof-reading *Wolfie's" book! Out of curiosity I looked up P. G. Wodehouse books last night on Amazon and had a peek inside his book that had inspired last Sunday's TV version. It confirmed my opinion that the director's interpretation of the characters was grossly exagerated and delivered in pantomime style by very well-known actors. Personally I prefer the books so I will not waste my time watching the TV series. I have also given up on Silent Witness because I no longer find their increasingly gruesome plots entertaining. I am slipping into the typical older generation attitude of "what is the world coming to" but the pace of change seems to be accelerating:(
Hi Emelia! Those wee small hours are not the best time to be awake. One's sense of proportion seems to be very suspect:(
GRAYMAYNE, for want of better words….Huh?
MM, have you ever been out west or to Arizona before, to the Grand Canyon or Petrofied Forest? It is definitely a different world than Florida. I have friends who winter in southern Arizona since the weather is so much better than in East Tennessee where they live during the summer. If you feel committed to beaches there are certainly none of those to be had there. There are definitely some wonderful places. You could go to Durango, CO or Santa Fe, NM coming and going from Arizona. I would highly recommend either or both of those places, just the sort of little towns where you like to get out and wander up the streets and in and out of the shops, historic buildings with shops and restaurants.
I really missed having my door lock not being a key in the number kind. Yesterday I started my truck so it would warm up befor I left. I was doing several things before I left. When I got in the truck I realized I did not have my purse. So my phone was in my purse as well as my house key. I had taken my house key off my key ring when I went to get my second eye done. I had failed to put it back on my keyring. I knew my daughter was coming over but it could be hours befor she showed up. After going around the house several times looking at my windows (which were all locked since it was winter), I decided I would take out the window a/c in the back bedroom. It had not been taken out of the window for several years. I was able to get up on the deck and took the A/C out of the window. Then I crawled in the window. There is a small deck underneath the back bedroom windows so you have something to crawl out on in case of fire. It is about 10 feet off the ground but I was able to get on the deck from the lower back porch.
It was not long before my daughter came but I was tired from all the crawling around so I didn't make it to the store. Today I am getting a copy made of my door key and putting it somewhere outside. I don't have another window to climb in if I forget my key again. Lol
I think since it is suppose to be warmer today that I will fill up my truck with my daughter's stuff and take it to her house for her. She has been taking a load in her car every day. She is about to the point that she will need a trailer or a pick up truck to take her bed. I am letting her have my swival stools with a back to use at her counter. This will be the second daughter who has used my stools. I have no room for them now.
The worst part of a colonoscopy is the prep, no doubt about it. The prep is a miserable 24 to 30 hours with an extremely miserable six or eight hours in there a little over half way through. I didn't particularly enjoy the 48 hours before the prep when my diet was so restricted and I had to think about every bite I put in my mouth. I couldn't eat most of the food we have on hand, no whole grains, no high fiber, no nuts, no seeds, no fruits or veggies with seeds, nothing red. By the time they take you to the procedure room it is all over for you. The next thing you know you are conscious and they are getting you ready to go get some food on the way home.
My DS came home yesterday with the news that he has to have one next month. I dread those three days before the procedure. I'll have to feed him foods we don't usually have on hand the first two days and then watch him not have anything but liquids the day before the procedure. Then, he'll be up half the night. Of course, my day will be taken up with taking my daughter to school, taking my DS to the procedure and sitting with him and taking him home and then going to pick up my daughter. So, I'll have to be sure I have a gripping book to read. I'll be doing a lot of waiting for people that day.
COOLG, you always amaze me. If I had to scale a ten foot deck to get to a window with a window unit that had to be removed in order to crawl inside I would still be outside standing next to a car that had run out of gas.
Lady Hawke You are so right, where was my head? I really shouldn't post until I have eaten.


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Teams combine for four unbeaten wrestlers
Greenfield - Both the Whitnall and West Allis Central wrestling teams enjoyed some success at the annual Zelinski Memorial Duals on Saturday at Whitnall High School.
The Bulldogs finished fourth in the event, trailing only Merrill, Pulaski and Mukwonago, and had one unbeaten entrant: Alan Silva at 132 pounds.
The Falcons took 10th place and saw three wrestlers navigate the tough competition with 5-0 marks: Anthony Senthavisouk at 106 pounds, Nick Monty at 138 and 145 pounds and Zach Barnhart at 170 and 182 pounds.
The day was also productive for another, more important, reason. Whitnall head coach John Quinlan said about $5,000 was raised toward the Joel Zelinski Scholarship.
"This was a great day overall, as more than 50 parents, alumni and community members all pitched in to help put on a premier tournament for a great cause," Quinlan said.
Over the years, the tournament has provided over $80,000 in scholarships to area seniors.
As far as the action on the mat, Central won its first two duals to advance to Pool A, where it lost all three duals. Despite that, the Bulldogs still came away with fourth place among 16 teams.
Central opened with a 46-18 romp over Green Bay Preble, then dropped Pewaukee, 37-25. In Pool A, the Bulldogs fell to Pulaski, 47-22; second-rated Merrill, 51-17; and Mukwonago, 52-17.
Silva went 5-0 for the day with three pins, a major decision and a tight 3-2 decision over Scott Arneson of Merrill.
Going 4-1 were Tyus White at 106 pounds, Tere White at 113 pounds, Mark Choinski at 138 pounds and Dylan Diebitz at 170 pounds.
Choinski posted three technical falls and a major decision, and his lone loss was a 6-5 decision to Hank Mattson of Mukwonago.
Diebitz collected a pin and a technical fall but sustained his first defeat of the season with a 2-1 decision at the hands of Merrill's David Pophal.
The Bulldogs also lost a 40-25 Greater Metro Conference dual meet to Menomonee Falls on Jan. 17 despite pins from Tere White (113), Diebitz (170) and Jason Alvarez (182).
On Saturday, Whitnall went 3-2 in duals for the Zelinski tournament.
The Falcons started with a 43-24 loss to Beaver Dam, which dropped them into the consolation bracket. They then reeled off three straight victories, beating Kenosha Bradford (36-22), Germantown (43-31) and Fond du Lac (51-16) before losing to Muskego, 37-26, in the ninth-place dual.
Senthavisouk finished 5-0 at 106 with three pins, while Monty was 5-0 at 138 and 145 with two pins and a major decision and Barnhart 5-0 at 170 and 182 with a pair of major decisions.
Ethan Harycki went 4-1 at 220 and heavyweight. Notching 3-2 records were Kevin Seyedin at 113, Joe Price at 120 and Michael Langenohl at 182 and 195.
Whitnall improved to 20-10 in duals for the season.
Central visits Brookfield East at 7:30 p.m. today to close out GMC duals. Whitnall takes on Wauwatosa at Wauwatosa West at 7 p.m. next Wednesday.
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The Pie Lab was created by a non-profit group in Hale County called HERO. Along with giving young folks a chance at a fresh start, it also wanted to create a place where people can socialize and come together. "It was kind of like a social experiment at first. The goal was to bring people together over pie and coffee and give them a place to meet and talk." It's working. The place is packed with folks from all walks of life, reading, talking, and being active in their community.
The inside is unique too. All the decorations, countertops, and furniture is stuff they found and fixed up.
Some of the workers say the Pie Lab brings a nice slice of culture to Hale County. "I think it's a great concept of using baking to reach out to the community," said worker Lindsey Beckworth. "Greensboro is a poverty stricken area so it's cool they're using this to build the economy."
It's more than a slice of pie. It's a chance at work, a place to come together, and a way to give back.
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After being fired from his position as the University of Tennessee's men's basketball coach, Bruce Pearl thought the worst was over. Caught lying to NCAA investigators about specific recruiting violations, the 51-year old had fallen down the same tragic path of so many others before him.
"Do you want me to write the book about how do you lose $10 million jobs? I can write the book," Pearl emotionally explained to Atlanta sports talk radio station 790 'The Zone'. "How can you be so dumb and so careless?"
Yet, Pearl's problems may only be starting. The former coach currently sits awaiting further judgment, and possibly punishment, from the NCAA for the infractions he incurred at Tennessee. Should the NCAA come down on him, it would be unlikely that another university would take on a flyer such damaged goods.
Nevertheless, Pearl remains optimistic that he will receive his second chance.
I do think that I'm going to have the opportunity to coach again. I've got to wait and see what the Committee on Infractions, what they say, probably coming up sometime in the middle of August and how quickly will they allow me to come back into coaching.
Times as they are right now, we all kind of get lumped into one, big 'These are the guys that violate the rules. These are the cheaters'.
Pearl's case is one that is becoming common-place within the broken realm of college athletics. As the system continues to be rigged to support the strong at the expense of the weak, and is policed by loose code of honor that is rarely followed, it can be guaranteed that his won't be the last story we hear of this nature.


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Re: you article about Stoneridge Mall. The paragraph on the Sweetwater Grill closing is written so that it implys that the Cheesecake Factory is also closing. I had 2 people call me to tell me that we could not go to lunch at the Cheesecake Factory because it was closing. I called the restaurant to be sure it was still open - it is!
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Cheesecake Factory is alive and well...and is staying as per the bartender I talked to the other night. It's a possibility that BJ's Brewery/Restaurant may replace the Sweetwater Grill (which was way overdue to close)... so the potential is lookin' good for better restaurants!
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