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The dogs rescued from a Bronx dog fighter's basement last year are finally getting justice. Raul Sanchez, who pleaded guilty to dog fighting a few weeks ago, is now heading to prison.
Last week a judge sentenced Sanchez to one to three years for animal fighting, one year for animal cruelty and one year for criminal possession of a weapon. (Sanchez will serve these sentences concurrently.)
He's also been slapped with a ban on keeping animals for the duration of his parole. Sanchez waived his right to appeal.
We hope Sanchez's sentence serves as a reminder to dog fighters that their crimes against innocent animals carry serious consequences.
Doesn't this tell us something? Look at all the comments on this subj.! I hope and pray that this perverted person and all the others out there like him get longer "jail times" and harder penalties as time goes by! We have to have faith in that. This is a good start! At least he is no longer out there torturing and killing these innocent dogs!
Glad he got time and I hope he ends up bending over for a lot of soap in prison. They might be criminals but a lot love animals. Hope is stay is really abusive for him.
Not nearly enough. There should be a mandatory minimum sentence and prohibition of EVER owning an animal again.
The punishment for this heinous crime against innocent animals will never balance the abuse.! The punishments need to be made stronger, even 3 yrs. of all charges is not enough for what these poor dogs must endure, all for the purpse of exploitation, ego, and of coursE MONEY !!! I hope there will be an end to such in my lifetime.
Those poor dogs had to depend on their abuser for food and water and were prisoned for no crime. How sad. The correct person will now be in prison, just not for long enough!!!
I hope there is a designated hell for child and animal abusers.
I am not big on prison, but sometimes a message has to go out.
Good for that judge!!! He did a good job giving him prison!
But what about rehabilitation a la Michael Vick? Is the man going to get that?
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Thank you all for supporting our animal friends.
And that's cominhg from a criminal defense attorney. But as sick as he is, don't worry, he"ll be forced into a gang in prison, at least beaten if not sodomized.
Mandatory minimums without early release are the answer. Please try to be a vegetarian or at least eat free range meat and donate to ASPCA and Peta.
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I believe, dog fighters need to face more time for their crimes. All the animal abusers should face at least 5 years in a penitentiary in my opinion due to the severity of the crime. Hurting another life for their enjoyment is just not ok and morally wrong.
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The Pry House was built in 1844 by Philip Pry Jr., who inherited the farmland on which it sits in 1828 from his father, Philip Pry Sr. The younger Pry lived there with his wife Elizabeth and their seven children.
The two-story brick home was built from bricks fired on the property and is on 25 acres off Md. 34.
The Pry House served as the headquarters for Union General George McClellan during the Battle of Antietam in September 1862.
General McClellan chose the house because of its location on a hill, providing a good view of the battle. The Pry family didn't have much of a choice as to whether they wanted to provide their home for use in the war.
General McClellan and most of his officers lived in the house. It is said that the officers moved the home's parlor furniture into the front lawn so they'd be more comfortable watching the battle. General McClellan is also rumored to have climbed through the home's attic and a trap door on the roof to see the battlefield.
The Battle of Antietam took place on September 17, 1862, just 18 days after the Confederate victory at Second Manassas, 40 miles to the southeast in Virginia, according to the National Park Service web site.
It was the first major Civil War engagement on Northern soil, and was the bloodiest single day battle in American history. Roughly 23,000 Americans were killed or wounded that day and the battle halted General Robert E. Lee's invasion of the North.
The Pry House and its barn were used by the Army Medical Department for treating and performing surgery on officers. Officers treated there included Union generals Joseph Hooker and Israel Richardson.
President Lincoln visited the Pry House in October 1862 to visit General Richardson, who died that November. According to anecdotal evidence, Elizabeth Pry cooked the president breakfast.
By the time General McClellan left the Pry House on September 20, 1862, and the Pry family returned, the corn in the fields had been eaten by the Army's horses, several of the family's possessions were missing or damaged and livestock had been killed.
Terry Reimer, the museum's research director said many members of the community died after the battle due to diseases spread by the Union soldiers.
Philip and Elizabeth Pry sold the house in 1874. The Pry House fell into disrepair by 1945, but new owners restored it by 1960.
The National Park Service purchased the property in 1976, but had to restore it a second time, when an electrical fire that year caused extensive damage.
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The first time I cared about a race that I wasn't running in–the first time I really wanted immediate results–was when a teammate from my Cambridge, Mass., high school ran in a national cross country championship on the other side of the country. So I reached out to the only people who would know the results. I called the Boston Globe sports desk. Several times, actually. The gruff man on the other end of the line would shout to someone in the background: "Someone's calling about that Cambridge runner. We have results yet?" Finally, some time that evening, I got my answer. That was 1992, though it could have been 1972 or 1952. The telephone and the newspaper were my only tools.
Needless to say, much has changed.
Runners have groused about the lack of television coverage for longer than I've been following distance running. And the quality of the existing coverage is just as frequently maligned. Yet while we focused our ire on the TV networks, a wave of digital technology has overtaken us. Suddenly we've got online access to most major events and many minor ones. We've entered a new age in spectating–an age of access, shared experiences and an unlimited potential. Where will it take us?
As undergraduates, Matt Taylor and Mark Floriani had a couple of things in common. They hated the way television treated the sport, and they saw an opportunity to do something about it. "There was a void in terms of coverage, but technology had advanced to a point where there was a way to tell these really compelling stories," Taylor says.
Taylor spent the fall of 2005 traveling from college to college filming the best cross country teams and posting the footage on his website, Chasing Tradition. He'd film during the day, then edit and upload at night. There was no YouTube, so he had to host the videos himself. Without social media, he relied on word-of-mouth marketing. He even attempted what he calls a "semi-live" webcast of the NCAA cross country championships, with mixed results. "A lot of my day was spent responding to emails and nasty message board posts," he recalls.
A year later, Floriani followed a similar path. "I was pissed off," he recalls. "There were a lot of races I wanted to watch. A lot of people I wanted to hear from." He'd never held a camera or conducted an interview, but soon he was shooting the Bill Dellinger Invitational and shipping the footage, on DVD, back home to Texas for editing. A few days later an edited version appeared online. "We thought that was awesome!" he says.
From these grassroots beginnings, Taylor and Floriani both managed to connect with an audience. Taylor turned his project into a job, spending two seasons following Kenyan marathoners for the Chasing KIMbia series. He also produced Chasing Glory for the New York Road Runners, in advance of the 2008 men's Olympic marathon trials. Taylor's initiative and creativity were clearly noticed by others in the running industry; first he was hired by Puma to work on marketing, and now he works directly with Usain Bolt on a mobile gaming application. Floriani, too, managed to find a niche in the sport. His Flotrack website now features thousands of races and interview videos shot by his staff or contributed by fans.
Despite his own success, though, Taylor sees a sport that isn't helping itself. "The agent/shoe company/race director dynamic, because it's a closed circle, there's not much room for innovation," he says. Taylor had to innovate from the inside, working for a shoe company and an agent on the Chasing KIMbia project, and for a race organizer for Chasing Glory. Flotrack isn't a traditional media organization, either. Floriani has forged relationships with the athletes and often works closely with event directors.
Do consumers care about these distinctions? The hardcore fan who sees the alternative as no coverage at all probably doesn't. But, says Taylor, "The audience isn't necessarily growing. The only way it's going to grow is higher-quality mainstream coverage and that's totally lacking. I'm a fan of the sport and I have trouble watching an hour of televised coverage."
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This wig works very well for me at 80yrs. Wear it on all my outings ! Need to have a little more hair on top area only .
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Is your car popular for the wrong reasons? It could be if you drive a Dodge Charger, which tops the latest list of most stolen new cars from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA).Autos continue to be hot properties among thieves, with 379,677 of them pilfered last year according to the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). Fortunately, NHTSA says increased use of parts marking, anti-theft devices and technology like coded keys, along with heighted public awareness and improved law enforcement have helped reduce this number steadily since 2001, with vehicle thefts now at their lowest rate since 1967.Still, the FBI figures one car was pinched last year for every 555 members of the U.S. population, to the tune of around $4.5 billion in annual losses.
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We've all had this conversation. A friend wants to bring home a new pet, and despite your best efforts, she's set on buying from a pet store. How can you convince to her adopt, not shop? Here are four things we hear a lot, and how you can respond.
If I don't buy that puppy in the pet store, who will?
Pet stores usually sell their puppies quickly, and the store will slash the price on slow sellers until they're bought. If people stop giving their business to pet stores that sell puppies by not purchasing puppies or anything else from them, ultimately, the puppy mills that they support will shut down from lack of demand. Hurray!
I want a purebred/a puppy, and they don't end up in shelters.
Some people want a Golden Retriever no matter what. Tell your pal that a one-of-a-kind mutt from a shelter is just as healthy and lovable, but that 25% of animals who enter shelters are purebreds, and that most breeds have a breed rescue—a group that re-homes dogs of a specific breed. Oh, and show them some videos of ASPCA puppies.
Shelter pets aren't likely to be healthy.
Explain to your pal the many physical and mental ailments puppy mill dogs—most of those in pet stores—can develop. Remind your pal that any animal can become sick or injured, regardless of where he came from, but that at a shelter you know up front if your new pet has any chronic health issues. Let your friend know that pet store dogs are actually somewhat more likely than shelter dogs to need vet care for an illness.
My friend has a shelter dog, and he's hyper/destructive/scared/shy.
Here's where those of you with shelter pets can point to them and say, "Uh, what about Mr. Fluffy here? He's a model dog and he came from a shelter." Then point out that just like dogs from anywhere else, some shelter dogs have behavior issues to work on. Adopting from a shelter allows you to know exactly what you're getting and whether you're prepared to handle any issues that may arise.
Good luck! If you have other suggestions, share 'em with us. And if you've persuaded someone to adopt, not shop, tell us about it.
When trying to convince people to adopt a shelter animal; yes directing them to your videos of adorable ASPCA puppies would work. But would have greater impact if viewed after watching a video of the deplorable conditions at a puppy mill.
We adopt from our Shelter many older dogs of elderly owners that have passed away. How they're Family can put a loved ones dog in a kill shelter..... anyway, people ask me why my group, Paw Angel, adopts dogs that are elderly and may have a few problems when the Shelter is full of younger and healther dogs. The answer? "Because they still love people." and, "Being old is no reason to be killed." Almost all of our adoptees were in very bad shape when we brought them home and it is amazing what a little love, good food, vet care and a quiet crate at night to call they're own, can do.
Being an adoption rep at our 100% NO-KILL shelter, I've heard it all and sometimes it's tough to change people's minds. We do personal write-ups on each animal and post them on the cage. For the cost of adoption, we explain to the public what you get: spay/neutered pet, full medical workup, all age-appropriate shots including rabies, temperment tested, full medical file disclosure with a copy to the adopter, microchip that includes registration. The only thing a person needs to do is bring a carrier once they're approved.
When we show the public what we've paid out in medical costs alone, without the 'extras' then show them what it would cost if they bought a 'puppy/kitty mill' animal and had to pay vet costs on their own, it is indeed an eye-opener. Unlike 'pet' stores, we will also accept a pet returned if it doesn't work out for whatever reason (no refund; fully disclosed during adoption).
We also follow up with a phone call/email in a few weeks to see how things are going and encourage our adopters to submit a few lines and photo, which we then upload to our website for the world to see.
Im 17 and I have rescued two dogs from going into shelters in nyc. Even though my mom doesnt allow pets at my house anymore I made sure I fought great homes for both of them and I still check on them to see how they are doing. One thing I know that is good about adopting is that no dog or cat will give u as much love as a shelter/rescue dog ive had 3 dogs while I grew up and I never had a conection as strong as the one I had with the dogs I rescued. Dogs that are up for adoption give one more love because they are afraid that one will place them in a shelter again even though they may not be as smart as us humans they know deep inside that they have been given a second chance. The dogs I rescued usdd to follow me around everywhere literally and it broke my heart. Rescue and shelter dogs need us they suffer believe it or not. All animals deserve a second chance because they represent innocence and I dont belive they have ever done anything wrong. People that say a animal is destructive agressive etc.,are wrong and if one is smart enough they will no that its not the animals fault its ours because they where placed on earth to love they are not fighters if pets are "bad" its because us humas didnt give them proper training.
When I hear that anyone is looking for a new pet I always give them several rescue site to look for their next friend.I explain that just because an animal comes from a breeder doesn't make them any better since animals in shelter are often there when people don't take them time to socialize them.Like a child they take time to learn acceptable behavior.I have convinced many family and friends to make adoption the first option,and when people say they can't stand to look at animals in cages it's too sad I tell them"just imagine how that cage looks from the other side of the door".
We've adopted 2 shelter dogs. The first was a collie-shephard mix and unfortunately we had alot of problems with her. She bit every member of the family, to the point that I needed surgery to repair nerve damage. Nevertheless, we never thought of returning her to the shelter because we felt that she had probably been abused. Our second and current shelter dog is a beagle-shephard mix, and is the most gentle animal anyone could ask for. So you never know! We strongly support pet adoption and would never buy a pet from a pet store.
Adoted my first shelter dog 2 months ago. Love him so much.
Thousand of companion animals are killed each and every day in shelters across America, please have a heart and be part of the solution, not the problem. Pet stores wreck shelter dogs' chances!
The most effective thing i've ever said to someone who was intent, not on "buying" a sapient being, but on breeding a wonderful dog and finding homes for all her puppies is, "Before you have her bred, spend a week at a shelter, holding the animals to be lethally injected." She said, "Oh...maybe i won't, after all." For reinforcement, refer people to "One at a Time: A Week in an American Animal Shelter."


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NORFOLK -- The Navy's first Joint High-Speed Vessel for troop transport will call Hampton Roads home.
USNS Spearhead (JHSV 1) will arrive at Joint Expeditionary Base Little Creek-Fort Story on Saturday afternoon.
The 338-foot aluminum catamaran is designed to quickly move troops and military equipment but it has humanitarian uses, too.
'We can provide disaster relief for humanitarian missions. A lot of things still need to be figured out. Not so much that we don't understand the ship but that the capabilities of this are so great and so flexible that we're able to do a lot of different missions just from this single platform, depending on how the mission is configured,' said Captain Douglas Casavant.
This class of ship can move about 600 tons of military troops, vehicles, supplies and equipment 1,200 nautical miles at an average speed of 35 knot.
'It feels like a normal ship when we're going slow, and when we're going slow that's 22, 23 knots, that's our economical cruising speed. But when we're going fast it feels very much like you're flying in an airplane,' Capt. Casavant added.
Spearhead, which spent several days in St. Petersburg, Florida for tours by leaders at MacDill Air Force Base and Central Command, has a crew of 22 civil service mariners.
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Heart Rhythm Disorders (cont.)
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Sinus bradycardia
The heart, its cells, and its electricity may come under the many outside influences causing it to beat more slowly. Sinus bradycardia (brady = slow + cardia = heart) by definition, is a heartbeat generated by the SA node at a rate slower than 60 beats per minute. This may be normal in people who are active and athletic or in patients taking medications designed to slow the heart such as beta blockers and some calcium channel blockers.
Vasovagal syncope is an episode of profound sinus bradycardia associated with a noxious stimulus that causes the vagal system of the body to kick in and slow the heart rate. While the sympathetic system of the body is mediated by adrenaline, the parasympathetic system is mediated by the vagus nerve and the chemical acetylcholine, which promotes the exact opposite body reaction than adrenaline. In some people, exposure to pain or a difficult emotional situation can stimulate the vagus nerve, slow the heart, and dilate blood vessels (veins), causing cardiac output to decrease and making a person feel lightheaded or faint. The vagus nerve also can be stimulated to slow the heart when one bears down to urinate (micturition syncope) or have a bowel movement.
Abnormal heart rhythms
Rhythm disturbances are classified according to whether they arise from the atrium or ventricle, are fast or slow, or regular or irregular.
Rapid heart rates can originate from either the atrium or the ventricle, but rhythms from the ventricle are more often life threatening. The initial approach to rapid heart rates is to quickly identify the rhythm, and if blood pressure is maintained and there is no evidence of a failing heart, then treatment is directed to rate control with the eventual return of the heart back to normal sinus rhythm. If, however, there is evidence that the heart is failing because of the rapid rate, then emergency measures, including using electricity to shock the heart back into a regular rhythm, may be necessary.
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The Kelley School of Business Alumni Association (KSBAA) is working closely with alumni in the New York City area to develop Career Networks. Career Networks are organized, small-group meetings and events for alumni in the same or similar industries to facilitate strong relationships, professional development and advocacy for the Kelley School of Business.
This initial networking event seeks to determine interest and ideas of alumni who wish to be involved with the further growth of industry specific Career Networks in and around New York City.
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California Natural Supports Senior Health with New Senior Dog Food
Fremont, NE – As our dogs age, their nutritional needs change. It's important for pet owners to recognize this change and feed their canines a proper diet especially formulated for seniors. That's why Natura Pet Products has recently expanded its popular California Natural® limited ingredient pet food line with a new Chicken Meal & Brown Rice Formula Senior dog food.
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In 2002, AGS first conceived the idea of a limited run of high-quality Flier's and Explorers' Globe replicas and there was substantial interest. Immediately an inquiry was begun to find a firm qualified to undertake such a project and after a long search, Eureka Cartography of Berkeley, California was selected. Because a sponsor for the project was yet to be identified, Eureka was not notified of their selection until nine years later. In 2011, Mikhail Slipenchuk, the Director General of Metropol, expressed interest in sponsoring the project.Slipenchuk was inspired to support the project through his admiration of Valery Chkalov who was a globe signer in 1937.
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Eureka hired acclaimed still-life photographer, Alex Cao of New York City to photograph the original globe. Alex took 550 precisely registered photographs, which Eureka then georegistered and mosaicked into an integrated surface of the whole earth. Eureka sent that data surface to World FX, Inc. of Cincinnati, Ohio where Todd Ulrich turned them into 24 gores and, with the help of his brother, Bill, bonded each gore to a 20-inch diameter fiberglass sphere. Ultimately the whole globe was covered with a protective vinyl coating, the same material used to protect race cars.
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Enjoyable sex: its not about technique or a perfect body or being hopelessly, passionately in love. Its about Sexual Intelligence.
In his three decades of working with couples and individuals as a sex therapist and marriage counselor, Dr. Marty Klein has continually seen that although most people say what they want from sex is pleasure and closeness, thats not what they focus on during sex. Instead, were preoccupied with how we look, what our partner is thinking, how were performing, and whether were normal. We do more thinking, worrying, and judging than experiencing. Sex like that cant thrill us, cant create intimacy, and cant, well, feel sexy.
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Teachers are spending too much time preparing students for assessments and "high stakes testing," and find themselves vexing over SMART goals according to Altus Schools' teachers who participated in a "Round Table" discussion held by District Superintendent Roger Hill last week. Most teachers contend that new reforms enforced by the Oklahoma State Board of Education are too focused on testing and result in less time in the classroom actually teaching, and are planning to rally at the State Capitol on March 31.
"We can sit here and round table all we want and gripe and complain and whine and belly ache, but until we stand up and say, 'this has got to change this is not right,' its not going to change," said Brandi Manning, an English Teacher at Altus High School. "Education in general draws people that are willing and want to help, and we're flexible and we bend and we give and we take, yet the people who are telling us what we're supposed to do, they are not that way. They wont give, they are not flexible, they think they can just run us over. We have to stand up."
Superintendent Hill opened up the meeting and asked teachers about the biggest challenges with kids in the classroom. A teacher from Will Rogers said it was just getting the kids to show up for school. A teacher from Sunset said that parental involvement was an issue as well as accountability, and another teacher said that parents have asked them to teach their child respect.
The round table lasted for an hour and twenty minutes as discussion touched upon teacher starting pay and teacher shortages, leadership at both the District and State levels, and updating building facilities and technology for students.
But what quickly became the focus at the round table was the reforms and mandates made by State legislature for SMART goals, assessments and "high stakes testing." Teachers reported having to eliminate creative teaching activities just to ensure they are covering the standards imposed by the State Board.
"I think that all of the high stakes testing have taken some of the joy and spontaneity out of learning for kids, even at the high school level," Manning said. Manning no longer has the time to lead her students in writing exercises, such as when her students would pick a spot outside and all write descriptively about it, a creative writing exercise that teaches more about personal perspective as much as writing. "Everyone had a different point of view," Manning said, stating that there needs to be more time for kids to be creative, to enjoy what they are doing, and to "soak it in." Instead, for example, kids are required to read 80 words per minute at a fifth grade level, and Manning believes it can take the enjoyment out of reading for some students. "That's killing the joy of reading," she said. "When they get to the high school level, and don't like to read or don't want to read, its because it was killed at a young age."
Altus High School American History teacher, Robert Garrison, stated that he has been known to do creative activities that parents and students have enjoyed in his classroom, but now has had to do away with them over recent years to focus on meeting standards.
Jeanne Herring, a 3rd grade teacher at Sunset said that testing has shortened the school year. "Spring break is when I start not sleeping at night, because they have got to know it by testing," Herring said. "I am a third grade teacher. My kids have never taken a 'high stakes' test before of that magnitude. So I have to teach them how to take a test, and to look for the tricks. It takes time to teach them how to take that test and get ready for that day."
Not only do teachers have to prepare students for testing, but this year they are required by the State to make a SMART goal as part of the teacher evaluation system. Teachers must come up with a goal to improve student performance, discuss it with an administrator, and then come up with ways to reach that goal.
Sunset Title I Reading teacher, Cathy Madl, believes that SMART goals take time away from school Principals as well. "I feel for them because they are using their time that they need to be thinking about these kids and not a SMART goal," Madl said. "I want them to have time to think about what they want to do with these children to get them up higher and not waste their time."
After much discussion, Superintendent Hill asked about how teachers felt about leadership at the State department, there was a unanimous "sigh" that filled the Conference Room.
One teacher, Melissa Fourroux, 2nd grade teacher at Rivers Elementary stated, "It just seems to me that they have not stepped foot in a classroom to actually see what it is we're doing when they look at what they're asking us to do, it is not faithful, instead they just keep adding and adding."
Superintendent Hill announced that there is a education rally set at the Oklahoma City Capitol on Monday, March 31, and asked, "Is it time for educators to take a stand?"
"I think we show up in bus loads at Oklahoma City," Hill said. "I think we make ourselves known and that we're there. I think we take parents with us as well, and show up. If we have kids that want to go with us, the more the better. I know we have a lot to risk, it's not time to be cautious. It's time to be courageous. It's to the point where we are cutting staff, cutting programs, class sizes are going to escalate, and we are going to be doing a disservice to the kids and we've got to do something about it."
A round table will be scheduled in the future to further discuss Teacher and Leadership Effectiveness (TLE) evaluations, and the Common Core Curriculum, to be completely implemented by School year 2014-2015.


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The Oak Ridge Boys have played inside the Super Dome
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Ban-Joey Football Blog.... The Super Bowl Shuffle
by Joseph S. Bonsall
With Super Bowl XLVI quickly approaching it is hard to imagine that Super Bowl XX, or 20 for you non-Latin speakers, was actually played twenty-six years ago on January 26, 1986, when the 1985 Super Bowl Shuffling Chicago Bears creamed the then-Bradyless, Steve Grogan New England Patriots, 46-10. The Oak Ridge Boys and our girls were all inside the Super Dome for this one and here is how it happened.
In 2012, there will be a ton of talk surrounding the 30th anniversary of The Oak Ridge Boys' mighty1982 Cookin' Tour, because it was the biggest country music arena tour of its day and age, featuring production that had never been seen before on a country stage. I, in fact, wrote a whole chapter on this magical piece of Oaks' history in the book, An American Journey, in the chapter called Glory Days.
In actuality, the American Made Tour of 1983, the Deliver Tour of 1984, and the Step On Out Tour of 1985 did not take much of a back seat to the aforementioned Cookin' Tour, because The Oak Ridge Boys were a hot commodity throughout the 80's and everything was going our way . . . hit records, big shows, cool stages and production, lots of pertinent television show appearances, and overall success at every level of the music business.
Now, we have never taken anything for granted, and we have never used our success in any way to garner a favor that I can remember . . . except for this one time! The Ford Motor Company asked us to do a private show for them the night before Super Bowl XX in New Orleans. The Ford event was a big deal affair, and they were paying us a sizable amount of money, plus expenses, to provide the entertainment. As it has always been (and still is) we were taking a vacation in January and several of us would be basking in the sunshine on some mysterious island earlier that month, so we knew that, if we said 'yes' those expenses would be a bit high (logistically, there would be some real hoop jumping in order for some of us to get there).
It was about time to get back to work anyway, so we threw in a extra special request nonetheless . . . We will do to the show if Ford can come up with good Super Bowl tickets. Well, Ford said 'yes' and came up with the tickets. So, on or around January 24,1986, we were all New Orleans bound.
Mary and I had been in the Virgin Islands for about ten days and changing flights was not an easy—or a cheap deal—back then. But our good friends at Ford made it all happen. We flew to New Orleans via Puerto Rico, Miami, and Dallas, and then wearily arrived at a hotel way out of town on the evening of January 24th. Our fancier rooms by the Super Dome would not be ready until the next day, so Mary and I put our suntanned bods to rest in the Fleabag Hotel in Somewhere, Louisiana, and waited for the Oaks' bus to come pick us up the next day and take us in to N'Orleans.
We put on a big show that night for Ford, and the next day we found ourselves sitting right there in the Super Dome, about forty rows up on the 50 yard line on DA BEARS side of the field.
My wife is not a big football fan but having grown up around Freeport, Illinois, she was stoked to see Chicago in their first ever Super Bowl. (Note: They would be in one other, on a rainy night in Miami in 2006, where they proceeded to lose to the Peyton Manning Colts. But on THIS day, they clobbered the Patriots, as you know.)
After the game we all boarded the tour bus and trekked back to Hendersonville, Tennessee.
Looking back now as I am doing, a few things stick out to me about the game itself.
Jim McMahon hitting Willie Gault with one bomb after another. What made Jim a good QB in his day was that he could throw the ball a long way, and the world-class speed of Gault could always catch up to it, while outrunning the entire secondary. The huddle must have been like kids in the park. "Go long, Willie, and I'll just put it out there!"
Then there were the Monsters of the Midway Defense. Defensive coordinator Buddy Ryan had introduced the 46 D that year, and players like Super Bowl MVP Richard Dent, William "The Refrigerator" Perry, and defensive player of the year, middle linebacker Mike Singletary, who only lost one game over the entire 1985 season under head Coach Mike Ditka, held New England to just 123 yards which included minus nineteen yards in the first half.
But seeing the man called "Sweetness" run the football was the highlight of the game for me. We had met Walter Payton once at a charity event, and I have never forgotten that moment. I have a signed picture on my wall to this day (thanks to Mary) to commemorate that event.
Seeing Walter run across the Super Bowl turf was really something. I had watched OJ Simpson in his hey days with the Buffalo Bills, and he was pretty amazing. And I have seen many great RB's since. But there was just something special about watching this man do his thing.
There was also one negative event that transpired, which I have never forgotten. With the game well in hand and just a bit of time left on the clock, the Bears found themselves on the two-yard line. Now, up to this point Payton had NOT scored a touchdown in the Super Bowl, but instead of giving the ball to his star running back, Coach Ditka went circus on us and installed the "Refrigerator" into the backfield.
McMahon handed Perry the ball and, yes, it was very funny to see the Big Guy rumble across the goal line with five Patriots hanging all over him, but it was also very sad that Coach Ditka did NOT decide to give the ball to Sweetness so that he could score a touchdown in his only Super Bowl. I have actually held this against Ditka all of these years!!
So a few final thoughts...
- Walter Payton died at a very young age and will never be forgotten!
- The Oak Ridge Boys have played inside the Super Dome three times. Once with Kenny Rogers in 1979, and once on our Cookin' Tour in 1982. The only other time was at the Republican National Convention in 1988, when our friend George H. W. Bush was given the nomination of the party to run for President. We were right there on the stage singing when the balloons and confetti fell, and this was also incredibly memorable!
- Mary's father Albert Bell died in a boating accident in July of 1985 and missed his beloved Chicago Bears winning the Super Bowl by just six months. He loved Mike Singletary, but he was pretty old school. I don't think he would have approved of The SHUFFLE!
- Being the football geek that I am, I have only ever been to one other Super Bowl. That was in Miami on January 29, 1995. We were way up in the nosebleeds and watched a very small Forty Niner team dismantle an even smaller San Diego Chargers!
- The halftime show at Super Bowl XX was provided by Up With People. I think I was getting hot dogs.
- I have always been a Chevy truck kind of guy, but next time . . . I think I'll buy a Ford.
- SUPER BOWL XLVI pick . . . They say defense wins Super Bowls, however The Big D Ravens and Niners are now ice fishing. That does leave the Giants' defense, which is really cooking. But, to me, it will be the quarterback who makes the difference. So, with all due respect to Eli (who just happens to be the only Manning who will play in Indianapolis this season), I am going with Tom Brady and the New England Patriots to overcome the New York football Giants and WIN this SUPER BOWL!!! (Howard Cosell voice).
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SAN JOSE, Costa Rica – LA Galaxy head coach Bruce Arena told reporters in Costa Rica that Landon Donovan's exclusion from Wednesday's 3-0 CONCACAF Champions League victory was precautionary due to his ankle injury.
Following the match, Arena was asked about Donovan's status and what he was not in the game day roster despite traveling and he admitted that he was left off as Arena looks ahead to Sunday's match against the Portland Timbers.
"Landon is just returning from injury," said Arena. "We didn't want to risk it for this game, but we're hopeful that he'll be ready for Sunday."
SAN JOSE, Costa Rica— LA Galaxy Homegrown defender Oscar Sorto will make his competitive first team debut for the club in Wednesday's CONCACAF Champions League match against C.S. Cartaginés.
Sorto was included in the starting XI for LA's vital CCL fixture by head coach Bruce Arena that will see him man the right side of defense behind midfielder Michael Stephens. With the defender limited to just reserve game and International Champions Cup appearances, Sorto is geared up to make his LA debut.
"Bruce has given me the opportunity to start and right now I'm just going to picture how the game is going to go and hopefully I can do well," said Sorto. "We're expecting them to press us a lot and we're going to just try to keep the game close and not concede goals. If we get a chance, we want to score.
"It's going to be a big role for me because we know what we have to do to move on to quarterfinals, so I'll just be as concentrated as I can be. Hopefully, we get a result."
SAN JOSE, Costa Rica— Issues with the lighting system at C.S. Cartaginés' home stadium forced the match into the sparking and cavernous Estadio Nacional, but although this may hurt the locals, the LA Galaxy are excited to play at the sparkling venue.
Following training on Tuesday's training session; I spoke to several players about the stadium conditions.
Their thoughts are below…
RAFAEL GARCIA: "It's a big stadium with a beautiful field that is not too much different from ours. If it is wet the ball will move fast and it's a great field that we can't complain about."
JACK MCBEAN: "It's a cool stadium with a really nice field. It's brand new and we're excited for the game tomorrow. We'll see if it benefits us. Last year, we went into El Salvador and played in a really rough stadium and got the result, so we'll see."
BRUCE ARENA: "The field is in good shape. We're obviously looking forward to the game. The fans won't be too close to the field, which is good."
LANDON DONOVAN: "It should be exciting for our guys to play here. Generally you play in small stadiums with bad fields or turf, old stadiums that are weathered and worn. This will be an opportunity to play in a nice stadium, but we expect that they'll still have a raucous crowd and it will look like an away game in CONCACAF. That has to be the mentality, and we need to do our best to get three points."
MARCELO SARVAS: "It's beautiful. It's really nice and the grass is in good condition. It's always hard to grow because it rains a lot, but it's in great condition. It'll be a beautiful place for a game tomorrow. I think the stadium will help them because it's better for soccer and it's good for a beautiful game and to try to do things right."
Traveling in Central America isn't all stadium photos and soccer as I went to have dinner with LA Galaxy midfielder Marcelo Sarvas at his favorite chicharronera from his days playing in Costa Rica.
Check out the video below...
Prior to the team departing for Costa Rica, LAGalaxy.com caught up with Pablo Mastroeni, Brian Rowe and Michael Stephens for a video preview of Wednesday's match against C.S. Cartagines.
Check it out below...
SAN JOSE, Costa Rica—LA Galaxy head coach Bruce Arena is well versed in the drama of CONCACAF Champions League road matches and he expects nothing less than a battle during Wednesday's match against C.S. Cartaginés.
Arena is likely to opt for a similar squad as the one that defeated Isidro Metapan a week earlier with a mix of first team players and reserves. Several of the players that won't participate include Omar Gonzalez, Jaime Penedo, Juninho, and captain Robbie Keane, all of which stayed behind in Southern Calfiornia. The Galaxy squad will undoubtedly be in for a brawl on Wednesday the Costa Ricans needing a victory to keep their slim hopes of winning Group 8 alive.
"They'll be very aggressive to start the game," said Arena following the team's training session at the Estadio Nacional on Tuesday. "The early moments of the game will be very important."
But with Cartaginés expected to heap on early pressure and the Galaxy needing just a point to advance to the quarterfinals, will Arena opt for a defensive mindset?
"We're going to go play," he asserted. "We don't know what the game is going to look like. If they get a goal in the first 15 minutes then it won't be a defensive effort. We'll see what the game is going to look like."
Landon Donovan admits ankle condition improving, but he remains a question mark for C.S. Cartagines match
SAN JOSE, Costa Rica – Landon Donovan made the trip to Costa Rica, but whether or not he'll play in the LA Galaxy's CONCACAF Champions League match against C.S. Cartaginés still remains to be seen.
Donovan was present during the Galaxy's training session at the Estadio Nacional in Costa Rica on Tuesday as LA wrapped up their preparation for their vital CCL fixture. The 31-year-old Donovan admits that the right ankle sprain that he suffered during LA's 1-1 draw with D.C. United two weeks ago is still lingering and because of that, he understands that he'll need to be cautious on Wednesday.
"I feel a lot better. Every day is getting better. It lingered more than I wanted, but it is part of it. We'll keep doing everything to try and get it ready for the game," said Donovan. "We're going to do what's right. If I can play then I want to play. I'm not going to do anymore damage then I want to play. If the determination is that I can still do more damage then we'll be smart."
Even if he does not participate, he'll be able to offer plenty of insight into playing at Estadio Nacional as he took part in a World Cup qualifier with the U.S. National Team earlier this month against Costa Rica. Donovan and Galaxy teammate Omar Gonzalez—who did not make the trip—were unable to earn a victory as the U.S. fell 3-1, but he's hopeful that LA will not suffer a similar fate.
Although the stadium's design, which includes a massive track around the field that separates the crowd from the field, Donovan admits that the team must be wary of the environment.
"The atmosphere is different because when the fans are right on top of you, it creates more pressure so this will be a little bit different," said Donovan. "But we learned with the U.S. team that it doesn't guarantee you anything. We have to be prepared for a team that is at home and with their fans in the stadium that is going to come after us."
SAN JOSE, Costa Rica -- The LA Galaxy are currently in Costa Rica in preparation for Wednesday's CONCACAF Champions League match against C.S. Cartagines and to prepare you for the match, I'll be providing constant video updates.
Check out the first installment below...
CARSON, Calif. -- A left ankle injury prevented Landon Donovan from participating in Saturday's 1-1 draw against Seattle Sounders FC, but he'll be traveling to the LA Galaxy's vital CONCACAF Champions League match against C.S. Cartagines, said head coach Bruce Arena.
Following Monday's training session, Arena told reporters Donovan will be traveling with the team to Costa Rica for the Wednesay's all-important match, in which the club could clinch a berth in the CCL quarterfinals with a draw.
"I'm bringing a roster that will help us win the game and that's why he is coming with us," said Arena of Donovan, who suffered the injury during LA's 1-1 draw with D.C. United two weeks ago. "I'm bringing a roster that will help us win the game. That's the answer to your question and he's included on the roster."
The LA Galaxy Under-16 and Under-18 squads began the U.S. Soccer Development Academy season with a bang this weekend going undefeated in four matches.
The U-18's were unbeaten in games against the Seattle Sounders FC Academy and Portland Timbers Academy as they overpowered their foes from the Pacific Northwest winning both games by a combined score of nine to two.
In the first match on Saturday, the U-18's decimated Seattle by a 4-1 margin with Adonis Amaya, Aaron Lombardi, Steve Martinez, and Jaime Villarreal scoring. On Sunday, they once again put on an attacking clinic as Villarreal scored a pair of goals while Christian Chavez, Bradford Jamieson, and Martinez all scored in a 5-1 victory over the Timbers. Meanwhile, the U-16's began the weekend's slate with a 1-1 draw against the Sounders Academy, but roared back on Sunday with a 6-0 pummeling of the Timbers. After a Sounders own goal gave them a draw in Seattle, the U-16's decimated Portland with three goals from Jorge Ruiz, two from Jesus Nunez and one from Christian Segovia.
Both teams return to action next weekend when they take on the San Diego Surf at StubHub Center. The U-18's take the field at StubHub Center's University Field 2 at 10:00am while the U-16's play at 12:30pm.


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