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RCT of ChondroCelect® (in an ACI Procedure) vs Microfracture in the Repair of Cartilage Defects of the Knee (TIGACT01)
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This is a phase III, multicenter, open-label, randomized controlled trial of ChondroCelect® in an Autologous Chondrocyte Implantation (ACI) procedure compared to the procedure of microfracture (MF) in the repair of symptomatic cartilage lesions of the knee. Eligible patients attended two screening visits and were booked for arthroscopy approximately 2 weeks later. At that time, patients were randomized to either ACI with ChondroCelect® or to MF, a procedure in which the subchondral bone is perforated to allow a bloodcloth to form scar tissue. Patients randomized to MF had the procedure performed at the time of their arthroscopy; those randomized to ACI with ChondroCelect® had their cells harvested during the arthroscopy and then returned to the clinic approximately 4 weeks later for an open knee procedure, during which the ACI procedure using ChondroCelect® was performed. Patients subsequently followed the same rehabilitation program and had follow-up assessments up to 12 months post-surgery. The 12-month visit was the end-of-study visit for the TIG/ACT/01/2000 protocol. Subject to satisfying the eligibility criteria, patients who had participated in the initial 12 month trial could enter the extension trial. The 12-month visit for the initial study was the baseline visit for the extension study. During the extension study, patients have follow-up assessments up to 60 months post-surgery.
Articular Cartilage Lesion of the Femoral Condyle
Drug: ChondroCelect implantation
Procedure: Microfracture
Phase 3
|Study Type:
|Study Design:
|Allocation: Randomized
Endpoint Classification: Safety/Efficacy Study
Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment
Masking: Single Blind (Outcomes Assessor)
Primary Purpose: Treatment
|Official Title:
|Prospective Multicenter Randomized Controlled Trial of ChondroCelect® (Via Autologous Chondrocyte Implantation) vs Microfracture (as Procedure) in the Repair of Symptomatic Cartilaginous Defects of the Femoral Condyles
- Histomorphometry Safranin-O + Anti-Collagen II Antibody Staining [ Time Frame: 12 months post-surgery ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]Histomorphometry on end point biopsies at 12 months post-surgery. Safranin-O (ratio 0-1)+ anti-Collagen II antibody (ratio 0-1) stain signal expressed as a ratio of the total cartilage surface area (Saf O + anti Coll II divided by total surface = ratio 0-2). Safranin-O stains proteoglycans and anti-Collagen II antibody reflects the presence of Collagen II.
- Overall Histology Assessment on First Subscale of ICRS II Score [ Time Frame: 12 months post-surgery ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]Overall histology assessment of cartilage repair, first subscale of International Cartilage Repair Society II (ICRS II) score by two blinded independant histopathologists on a visual analogue scale (VAS 0-100mm) from worst (0) to best (100)
- Change From Baseline in Overall Knee Injury and Osteoarthritis Outcome Score (KOOS) at 12-18 Months (Average) [ Time Frame: Average change from baseline in Overall KOOS at 12-18 months post-surgery ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]Overall Knee injury and Osteoarthritis Outcome score (average of 4 KOOS subdomains, Sports not included) at the average of 12-18 months (calculated by averaging change from baseline measurements at 12 and 18 months). Best score = 100; worst score = 0. The analysis was the average of the change from baseline at the 12 and 18 months timepoints.
- Change From Baseline in Overall Knee Injury and Osteoarthritis Outcome Score (KOOS) at 36 Months [ Time Frame: Change from baseline in Overall KOOS at 36 months post-surgery ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]Overall Knee injury and Osteoarthritis Outcome score (average of 4 KOOS subdomains: Activities of Daily Living, Quality of Life, Symptoms and Stiffness Pain; Sports not included) at 36 months (change from baseline). Best = 100; worst = 0.
- Number of Treatment Failures at 36 Months [ Time Frame: Continuous ] [ Designated as safety issue: Yes ]
Participants with failed treatment - defined as the number of patients who underwent a reintervention of the index lesion - at 36 months.
The index lesion is the lesion that was initially treated in the study.
- Safety: Adverse Events [ Time Frame: continuous up to 60 months ] [ Designated as safety issue: Yes ]Side effects are recorded as the number of patients with adverse events. These events are coded according to the Medical Dictionary for Regulatory Affairs (MedDRA terms).
|Study Start Date:
|February 2002
|Study Completion Date:
|January 2010
|Primary Completion Date:
|July 2006 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
|Assigned Interventions
|Experimental: ChondroCelect
Drug: ChondroCelect implantation
10.000 cells/µl cell suspension for implantation (Autologous Chondrocyte Implantation). ChondroCelect consists of characterised autologous cartilage-forming cells expressing a specific marker profile.
The dose depends on the size of the lesion. Recommended dose is 0.8 to 1.0 million cells/cm².
Other Name: CCI
|Active Comparator: Microfracture
Procedure: Microfracture
A procedure in which the subchondral bone is perforated to allow a bloodcloth to form scar tissue.
Other Name: subchondral drilling
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see above
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|18 Years to 50 Years
|Genders Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Inclusion Criteria:
- Signed patient informed consent
- Symptomatic cartilage single lesion of the femoral condyle
- Lesion on femoral condyle between 1 and 5 cm²
- Agree to participate actively in a strict rehabilitation protocol and follow-up programme
- Agree to only use paracetamol mono-or combination preparation (max 4g/d) and Non-Steroidal Anti Inflammatory Drugs (NSAIDS) during the study and to discontinue this medication 2 weeks before the baseline visit and the follow-up visits. The use of paracetamol mono-preparation (max 4g/d) is allowed up to one week before the baseline visit and the follow-up visits.
- Females of childbearing age should use a proven method to prevent pregnancy
Exclusion Criteria:
- Participation in concurrent trials
- Participation in previous trials within 3 months
- Subjects with hepatitis, HIV or syphilis
- Malignancy
- Alcohol or drug (medication) abuse
- Poor general health as judged by Investigator
- Clinically relevant second cartilage lesion on the patella
- Patellofemoral cartilage lesion
- Osteochondritis Dissecans (OCD) : recent OCD (within 1 year before baseline), depth of lesion > 0.5cm, subchondral slerosis
- Advanced osteoarthritis (OA) : radiographic atlas of OA grade 2-3
- Known allergy to gentamicin or penicillins (or presence of multiple severe allergies)
- Complex ligamentous instability of the knee
- Meniscal transplant
- Meniscal suture with meniscal arrows (ipsilateral)
- Meniscus resection : if < 1 yr before baseline - lateral meniscus resection or medial meniscus resection of more than 50%. If > 1 yr before baseline - ipsilateral meniscus resection of more than 50%, controlateral meniscus resection of more than 50% if ipsilateral meniscus is not intact, combination of medial and lateral meniscus resection and one of both > 50%.
- Varus or valgus malalignment of more than 5°
- Mosaicplasty
- Microfracture performed less than 1 yr before baseline
- Having received hyaluronic acid intra-articular injections in the affected knee within the last 6 months of baseline
- Taking specific OA drugs such as chondroïtin sulfate, diacerein, n-glucosamine, piascledine, capsaicin within 2 weeks of the baseline visit
- Corticosteroïd treatment by systemic or intra-articular route within the last month of baseline or intramuscular or oral corticosteroïds within the last 2 weeks of baseline
- Chronic use of anticoagulants
- Uncontrolled diabetes
- Any concomitant painful or disabling disease of the spine,hips or lower limbs that would interfere with evaluation of the afflicted knee
- Any clinically significant or symptomatic vascular or neurologic disorder of the lower extremities
- Any evidence of the following diseases in the target joint : septic arthritis, inflammatory joint disease, gout, recurrent episodes of pseudogout, Paget's disease of bone, ochronosis, acromegaly, hemochromatosis, Wilson's disease, primary osteochondromatosis, heritable disorders, collagen gene mutation
- Current diagnosis of osteomyelitis
- Liver enzymes (SGOT, SGPT, Alkaline Phosphatase) of more then two times the upper limit of normal or any other result that is clinically important according to the Investigator
- CRP > 10 mg/l
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00414700
|AZ St Lucas Brugge, Department of Orthopedics
|Brugge, Belgium, 8310
|AZ St. Jan Brugge, Department of Orthopedics
|Brugge, Belgium, 8000
|Academisch Ziekenhuis, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Department of Orthopedics
|Brussels, Belgium, 1090
|SPM Monica Antwerp
|Deurne, Belgium, 2100
|Ghent University Hospital, Department of Orthopedics
|Ghent, Belgium, 9000
|AZ St. Elisabeth, Department of Orthopedics
|Herentals, Belgium, 2200
|AZ Groeninge, Department of Orthopedics
|Kortrijk, Belgium, 8500
|University Hospitals Leuven, Department of Orthopedics
|Leuven, Belgium, 3000
|A.Z. Sint Jozef, Department of Orthopedics
|Malle, Belgium, 2390
|Department of Orthopedic Surgery, School of Medicine, University of Zagreb
|Zagreb, Croatia, 10000
|University Hospital Hannover, Department of Orthopedics
|Hannover, Germany, 30625
|University Medical Center Utrecht, Department of Orthopedics
|Utrecht, Netherlands, 3584
|Principal Investigator:
|Daniël BF Saris, M.D., Ph.D.
|University Medical Center Utrecht, Department of Orthopedics, Heidelberglaan 100, 3584 CX Utrecht, The Netherlands.
|Principal Investigator:
|Johan Vanlauwe, M.D.
|University Hospitals Leuven, Department of Orthopedics, Herestraat 49, 3000 Leuven, Weligerveld 1, 3212 Pellenberg, Belgium.
|Study Director:
|Frank P Luyten, M.D., Ph.D.
|Division of Rheumatology, Department of Muskuloskeletal Sciences, University Hospitals, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Herestraat 49, 3000 Leuven, Belgium
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|TiGenix n.v.
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|NCT00414700 History of Changes
|Other Study ID Numbers:
|TIG/ACT/01/2000&Extension, BB IND 12491 0007
|Study First Received:
|December 21, 2006
|Results First Received:
|May 6, 2009
|Last Updated:
|September 22, 2011
|Health Authority:
|United States: Food and Drug Administration
Belgium: The Federal Public Service (FPS) Health, Food Chain Safety and Environment
France: Afssaps - Agence française de sécurité sanitaire des produits de santé (Saint-Denis)
Netherlands: Dutch Health Care Inspectorate
Germany: Paul-Ehrlich-Institut
Croatia: Ministry of Health and Social Care
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After two periods, Saints coach Chris Wells tweeted that his team had the best second period weve played all season.
This was a great win, especially with this being our Twitter night, said Saints goalie Carmen MacDonald, who had 23 saves. Its really nice to get a win here, especially against our rival.
St. Lawrence also avenged a 3-2 loss at Clarkson on Friday, snapping a two-game slide.
(Friday) was a lot tougher game for us, Boulier said. I think today our main focus was on bringing a lot of positive energy and focusing on our work ethic.
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that if you use the word "thug", you are in fact hurling a racial epithet.
Surprised? I sure was, when I first read about this in Saturday's AJC article entitled: "What is a Thug?".
All of this suddenly appears to have come up with the wide reactions to Michael Vick's latest escapade… being forced to surrender his marijuana transportation container (aka Aquafina Water Bottle Diversion Safe) at the Miami Airport as he passed through TSA security checkpoint on his way to meet his new coach for the first time. Now he wasn't arrested, because he apparently didn't have his bottle full of contraband at the time, but certainly did not show very sound judgement for someone who is the "face of the franchise".
Economic reality means that there's no way that the Atlanta Falcons would ever cut or trade Vick… even if owner Arthur Blank isn't happy with him. That's the fact. But it must be some disappointment to know that your franchise's star player is a pothead who can't be trusted off the field. (But in fairness… at least he's not as bad as his brother Marcus).
Anyway, many fans in Atlanta, very much disappointed in the continued regression in the performance of the Falcons on the field, found Vick's latest move to be very stupid. And so the article informs… criticizing Vick by calling him a thug is practicing racism:
Considering that the Atlanta Falcons quarterback is not a hardened criminal or known to be a gang member, has the use of the word "thug" about him, and other young black men, started to sound like a racial epithet?
"I've been astonished at the blanket bigotry in some cases," said Jamie Dukes, the 680 the Fan radio talk host and former Florida State offensive guard. "Thuggery denotes a criminal element."
Now, I really like Jamie Dukes and he usually has some good insight about the game of football. I would have loved to have heard a lot more from him than just the sentance fragment that they quoted in the story… but let's assume for the moment that he does find it offensive.
Vick's hip-hop fashion sense, cornrows and jewelry drew as much condemnation in these arenas of public discourse as his string of unrelated personal problems. The incident last week at the Miami airport was the latest to draw attention, with an accusation that Vick tried to take marijuana through the Miami airport dismissed Tuesday. (Earlier this year Vick made an obscene gesture to game spectators and settled a lawsuit alleging he knowingly infected a woman with herpes.)
"It's become a very racially sensitive discussion," observes Steak Shapiro, host of 790 The Zone's "Mayhem in the A.M." radio talk radio program, with some callers basically saying, "If a white athlete screws up, he's made a poor decision; if a black athlete screws up, he's a thug."
Now I don't want to nitpick, but Vick was not charged with taking marijuana through the airport security checkpoint. They just noted that he acted suspicious when they took his water bottle and upon further investigation, noted that it had a secret compartment. This was further investigated, but no charges were filed… presumably because there was nothing (or too little) there in the concealed space.
And I can't discount the fact that there are probably some idiots who might not feel that a black man should be quarterbacking a team in the NFL. But I don't think that these are the people that are leading the discussion.
Maybe I'm wrong, but I think there would have been the same reaction if he were white, black, yellow, or blue.
Towards the end of the story, they note that linguistics people are not quite so fast to confirm this trend, but then immediately refute it:
For the record, [Oxford English Dictionary Editor Jesse] Sheidlower has not noted "thug" used as a pejorative term by whites to describe young black men.
Johnson of the Hawks disagrees. "I do think it's definitely a race-based stereotype. And I think it's one that, in our culture today, too many people are willing to accept and tolerate, even when they know it's wrong."
Then again on Sunday, the 'thug' discussion was reinforced in an AJC opinon piece by Angela Tuck:
With his braids, casual style of dress and "doo-rags," Vick rubs some people the wrong way.
But, explains Wyche, that's more a generational thing than a race thing.
In no way has Vick earned the "thug" label some bloggers have given him. It bothers me that people are so quick to brand someone they don't even know. Even more troubling is the fact that "thug" now seems to be a code word for young black men.
"Most people don't know the definition of a thug," said Frank Walker, a cornerback for the New York Giants who lives in Atlanta in the off-season. "Thugs rape and murder people. When they run up against a thug, they'll know [Vick] is not a thug. He's an individual."
From flipping off home fans to engaging in self-destructive behavior, Mike Vick is not acting very smart. Whether it's fair to call him a 'thug', or simply a 'fool'… I guess you can debate the point. But I really don't think it's just because he is black. Or a quarterback.
Randall Cunningham is not a thug. He may run his mouth sometimes when he should keep quiet, but so does Rex Grossman, who can barely pass the ball and is white. White NASCAR driver Tony Stewart was acting like a thug two years ago, when he decided to punch out any reporter asking him difficult questions. But he was forced to get his temper under control or risk losing a chance to participate in his profession. And he went on to win the championship.
Ironically, with all of this talk of unfair thuggery labels, there was also an interesting story elsewhere in the AJC this Sunday. It was about Quincy Carter, the former UGA standout who went on to the NFL to start for the Dallas Cowboys. You may remember him. He was another black quarterback drafted at the same time as Vick. Now he's out of football after a couple run-ins with drugs (failed drug tests and an arrest).
Asked if he is an addict, Carter struggles with the term before slowly finding the words:
"That's a hard one to answer. I don't need to smoke weed. I don't have to. I shouldn't. I do realize that it's not good. … You know, I'll go ahead and humble myself and say that I do think it's a problem. I am smart enough to know that failing a test, getting arrested — I do have a problem. I just don't like the word addict."
People have to have responsibility for their actions. I hope that Quincy gets his life together, now that the glare of the lights of the football field are in the past for him. He doesn't seem quite there yet. But when we are disappointed in the behavior of our sports starts, let's never sugarcoat the bad and ignore it, because then it's never corrected, much to the detriment of athlete as a man.
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Jackie Robinson
The Associated Press
A decade before Rosa Parks and the Montgomery bus boycott, two decades before Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. proclaimed "I Have a Dream," a signature event in the struggle for racial equality unfolded far from Dixie.
On the afternoon of April 15, 1947, Jackie Robinson emerged as an inspiring figure in the civil rights movement when he became the first black man to play major league baseball in the 20th century, making his debut with the Brooklyn Dodgers against the Boston Braves at Ebbets Field.
Robinson's triumphs in the face of bigotry evoked a sense of pride among black people and forced the rest of America to consider anew the doctrine of white supremacy.
The following account of Jackie Robinson's life was written by his daughter, Sharon Robinson, an author and an educational consultant for Major League Baseball. Ms. Robinson has written several widely praised books about her father, including "Jackie's Nine: Jackie Robinson's Values to Live By"; "Promises to Keep: How Jackie Robinson Changed America"; and her new picture book, "Testing the Ice," illustrated by Kadir Nelson. She is also a vice chair of the Jackie Robinson Foundation.
On April 15, 1947, Jack Roosevelt Robinson stepped on to the grass of Ebbets Field as a member of the Brooklyn Dodgers and became the first African-American to play in modern Major League Baseball.
The crumbling of baseball's wall of segregation was a harbinger of the civil rights movement. It came a year before President Harry Truman integrated the military and seven years before the United States Supreme Court, in its historic Brown v. Board of Education decision, declared school desegregation unconstitutional.
His Early and College Years
The arrival of Jackie Robinson was a defining moment for baseball — and for America. Jackie Robinson was 28 when he broke down Major League Baseball's 59-year color barrier. He was born Jan. 31, 1919, in Cairo, Ga., the grandson of slaves and the fifth child of his sharecropping parents, Mallie and Jerry Robinson. When Jackie was 6 months old, his father deserted the family. Unable to maintain the farm alone, Mallie and her five children — Frank, Mack, Edgar, Willa Mae and Jackie – crossed the country by train bound for Pasadena, Calif.
As a young boy, Jackie got average grades in school but excelled at sports. His college years were legendary. At Pasadena City College, he beat his brother Mack's record in the broad jump, was most valuable player on the football squad and was named by sportswriters as the greatest base runner on a junior college team. Afterward, at U.C.L.A., he led the Pacific Coast Conference in basketball scoring; he was the national champion in the long jump, an All-American halfback in football and a varsity shortstop in baseball. He was the first athlete at U.C.L.A. to letter in four sports in a single year.
In Jackie's senior year, he was introduced to a freshman, Rachel Isum. Rachel was a nursing student from a middle class Los Angeles family, determined to be the first in her family to graduate from college. Jackie dreamed of being a professional athlete. They were engaged while Rachel was still in college. While Rachel completed her nursing education, Jackie served in the Army and went on to play baseball for the Kansas City Monarchs in the Negro Leagues.
Robinson and Branch Rickey
He was playing for the Monarchs when Branch Rickey, president and general manager of the Dodgers, sent out his scouts to the Negro Leagues to look for the right man to pioneer what he considered his noble experiment — desegregating the major leagues. The scouts came back with long lists of talent, but they all talked about Jack Roosevelt Robinson. Rickey listened and did his own research before bringing Robinson in for a face-to-face meeting. That now historic meeting took place in Rickey's Brooklyn office on Aug. 28, 1945.
Rickey described the stressful conditions Robinson would face in the majors. Rickey took on the role of racist fans shouting angry insults, and a spiteful opponent spiking Robinson with metal cleats. He was testing Robinson's strength of character and willingness to hold back his temper against verbal and even physical attacks. Robinson agreed to fight back with responses like a perfectly timed bunt, a hard line drive and stolen bases. Two months later, he signed with the Montreal Royals, a Dodgers farm team.
Confidence in the Face of Segregation
Four months later, Jackie and Rachel married and began a long trek across the country from California so that Jackie could report to the Royals' training camp in Daytona Beach, Fla. On the way, they were bumped from flights and were barred from eating in the coffee shop at the bus station; they finished their trip on a segregated bus. Despite the humiliation, Jackie arrived at camp confident that he'd make it through the minor leagues and on to the Brooklyn Dodgers.
The Robinsons were run out of Sanford, Fla. with threats of violence. They lived separately from the team in private homes in the black community. They ate their meals in black restaurants. The Royals had different experiences in each city; Syracuse, N.Y., was worse than Sanford. In Baltimore, there were threats of violence and a boycott if Robinson appeared on the field. The first game drew few fans. But as the Montreal-Baltimore series continued, the crowd's mood changed. Jackie stole home during one game; the fans gave him a standing ovation. In his one season with Montreal, he won the batting championship with a .349 average, scored 113 runs and ranked second in the league in stolen bases — and the Royals won the pennant and the Minor League World Series.
Arriving in the Majors
Despite Jackie's successes in 1946, the 1947 Major League Baseball spring-training season began without a black player on any team's roster. Then, on April 10, the Dodgers played the Montreal Royals in the last game of the exhibition season. Jackie hit into a double play in the sixth inning. Right after that play, a history-making announcement was made: The Brooklyn Dodgers had purchased Jackie Robinson's contract from the Montreal Royals.
On April 15, Jackie Robinson stepped out of the Brooklyn Dodgers dugout, crossed first base and took his position as first baseman. He paused, hands resting on bent knees, toes pointed in, then stood, lifted his cap and saluted the cheering fans. The first year wasn't easy. There were taunts from the crowds, jeers and viciousness from other teams and even opposition from some teammates who reacted angrily to the idea of playing with a black man.
A Baseball Great
But at the end of his rookie season, Jackie led the league in stolen bases and sacrifice bunts, and was second in runs scored. He played in 151 of the 154 games, all at first base, and brought a new aggressive style to the game. The Dodgers won the pennant for the first time since 1941 (losing to the New York Yankees in the World Series). He was named Outstanding Rookie of the Year.
Jackie Robinson went on to play 10 seasons. He was named the National League's Most Valuable Player in 1949. Of his nearly 5,000 career at-bats, 51 percent were from the cleanup slot. The 1955 Brooklyn Dodgers won the World Championship.
Jackie retired from Major League Baseball in 1956. On Jan. 23, 1962, Jack Roosevelt Robinson was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in his first year of eligibility.
His Home Life
Jack and Rachel built a home in Stamford, Conn.; there they raised their three children: Jackie Jr., Sharon and David. After retiring from the game, Robinson became vice president of personnel for Chock Full O'Nuts. In addition to his roles as husband and father, he traveled the country, raised money for the NAACP, joined protest marches, supported political candidates, hosted radio shows, wrote newspaper columns and books, played golf and cut the lawn. In his lifetime and posthumously, Jackie Robinson was awarded high honors from civil and human rights organizations, religious groups and the United States government.
Jack's failing health was his biggest challenge. After he retired from baseball, he found out that he had diabetes.
Fighting for Equality
He spent his entire life fighting for equality. He won some battles and lost others. Jack Roosevelt Robinson lost his battle with health on Oct. 23, 1972. He once said, "A life is not important except for the impact it has on other lives."
Jackie Robinson's Obituary in The Times
"Jackie Robinson, First Black in Major Leagues, Dies," Oct. 25, 1972
Chronology of Coverage
Feb. 15, 2015
The Upshot; Michael Beschloss History Source column examines significant episode in history of American civil rights movement, the desegregation of lodging for major league teams during spring training season in Florida; change began in 1948 when Brooklyn Dodgers, with Jackie Robinson newly on board, opted to avoid Florida's segregation laws by taking over decommissioned naval base and housing entire team together. MORE
Oct. 22, 2014
William C Rhoden Sports Of The Times column argues that Kansas City Royals have burst into the World Series in part by using an aggressive base-running strategy that was first used by Jackie Robinson and other players in the Negro leagues seven decades earlier. MORE
Jun. 7, 2014
The Upshot; photo of Jackie Robinson shaking hands with Richard M Nixon in 1952, whose presidential campaign he endorsed in 1960; Robinson long supported the Republican party, but eventually voted for Pres Lyndon Johnson; Robinson's political journey mirrored the movement of black voters toward the Democratic Party. MORE
Mar. 9, 2014
Wendell Smith, reporter for prominent black newspaper The Pittsburgh Courier in the 1940s, advised and pressed Brooklyn Dodgers president Branch Rickey in numerous letters about the signing of Jackie Robinson; Smith, who also played amateur baseball, was posthumously inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1993. MORE
May. 19, 2013
Box Seats article by author Ray Robinson holds that in film 42, about Jackie Robinson breaking major league baseball's color barrier, Philadelphia Phillies manager Ben Chapman is portrayed accurately as a meanspirited, unreconstructed bigot. MORE
Apr. 17, 2013
New York Yankees defeat Arizona Diamondbacks, 4-2; players on both teams wear jersey with number 42 to honor Jackie Robinson, who broke major league baseball color barrier in 1947. MORE
Apr. 16, 2013
Frank Bruni Op-Ed column holds the predicted coming-out of a gay player in one of the major sports is not served by invocations of baseball great Jackie Robinson; says phrase 'gay Jackie Robinson' should be retired now, as it is a flawed comparison. MORE
Apr. 16, 2013
Rabbi David Zaslow of Ashland, Ore, began Campaign 42 project four years ago to educate young ballplayers about America's racial inequality at time of Jackie Robinson's major league debut; through Zaslow's project, nearly 2,600 players, age 4 to 18, will wear No 42 stickers on their jerseys to honor Robinson's contribution to American history. MORE
Apr. 14, 2013
Extra Bases; Chadwick Boseman, actor playing Jackie Robinson in movie 42, underwent weeks of baseball training for role; other baseball items noted. MORE
Apr. 12, 2013
Dave Anderson Sports of The Times column says movie 42 captures the intensity late Brooklyn Dodgers second baseman Jackie Robinson brought to baseball but not his uncanny knack for spotting talent. MORE
Apr. 7, 2013
Brian Helgeland movie 42, about Jackie Robinson's breaking Major League Baseball's color barrier in 1947 with the Brooklyn Dodgers, deviates in some ways from fact; Robinson holds in his biography that he was pawn in white man's world and his principal value for team was economic. MORE
Mar. 14, 2013
New York Yankees pitcher Mariano Rivera, who is retiring after the 2013 season, will be the last player in Major League Baseball wearing Jackie Robinson's No 42, which was retired on April 15, 1997, 50th anniversary of Robinson's first game in the majors, game in which he broke the sport's color barrier. MORE
Dec. 12, 2012
Brooklyn Nets guard Jerry Stackhouse, first major professional athlete in Brooklyn to wear No. 42 since Jackie Robinson, joins his team in honoring his idol as the Nets install Ebbets Field flagpole outside their new arena. MORE
Apr. 16, 2012
William C Rhoden Sports of The Times column asserts that Major League Baseball needs a healthy pool of black players who can be a prime source for front-office positions throughout the sport; says that Jackie Robinson knew better than most that power and control are the requisites for any group to succeed in baseball and in life. MORE
Apr. 15, 2012
Box Seats article by Prof Chris Lamb conveys that decades before Brooklyn Dodgers president Branch Rickey signed Jackie Robinson, Rickey was moved as a coach at Ohio Wesleyan University by an incident involving catcher Charles Thomas, the team's only black player. MORE
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The Pitcher Time Forgot
Dan Bankhead was the first black pitcher in modern major league history, and there's a reason you probably didn't know that.
October 10, 2015, Saturday
Photographs of Everyday African-American Pride in Queens
A photographer goes back to St. Albans, a Queens neighborhood that has been a proud middle-class African-American enclave.
May 8, 2015, Friday
1939: Jackie Robinson, Football Star
He will forever be known as the man who integrated Major League Baseball, but it was his prowess on the football field that brought him to the attention of Times readers.
April 28, 2015, Tuesday
A New Spring for Old Dodgertown
The Dodgers' former spring training site in Vero Beach, Fla., now called Historic Dodgertown, has found new life as a multisports complex.
April 19, 2015, Sunday
Your Wednesday Briefing
Here's what you need to know to start your day.
April 15, 2015, Wednesday
When Jim Crow Got Cut From Spring Training
The creation of Dodgertown helped Jackie Robinson and the Brooklyn Dodgers deal with segregation in Florida's Grapefruit League.
February 15, 2015, Sunday
In Kansas City, Daring Style Spans Years
Almost 70 years after Jackie Robinson integrated baseball, the upstart Royals are using the same formula that made Robinson and his Negro leagues team, the Kansas City Monarchs, so compelling.
October 22, 2014, Wednesday
George Shuba, 89, Dies; Handshake Heralded Racial Tolerance in Baseball
Shuba, a Dodgers outfielder, is remembered for a welcoming gesture to Jackie Robinson on the day that Robinson, as a minor leaguer, broke baseball's color barrier.
October 1, 2014, Wednesday
Jackie Robinson and Nixon: Life and Death of a Political Friendship
The political journey of the first African-American in major league baseball mirrored the movement of black voters to the Democratic party.
June 7, 2014, Saturday
Hall of Famer Whose Pen Charted Path for Jackie Robinson
Wendell Smith, a reporter for a black newspaper, advised and pressed Branch Rickey in numerous private letters on the signing of Robinson.
March 9, 2014, Sunday
Shoulder to Shoulder With History
Jackie Robinson stealing home. Ali knocking out Liston. These moments bring to mind famous sports photographs. But can you identify some other participants in each photo?
A Broadcaster Shares His Audio Archive
Excerpts from Bob Wolff's interviews with some of the best-known players in baseball history, including Babe Ruth, Ty Cobb and Jackie Robinson.
A Recorded Legacy of Sports
During a 74-year career as a sportscaster, Bob Wolff collected his interviews with some of the best-known athletes in the United States. Now he is donating the collection to the Library of Congress.
This Week's Movies | April 12, 2013
The New York Times critics on "To the Wonder," "42" and "It's a Disaster."
There's a Play at the Plate
A look at some of the memorable plays in baseball involving catchers and home plate collisions.
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Eggers has been working on the book for four years now, deeply entrenched in the community of Sudanese refugees in the U.S., and in 2003 went to southern Sudan with a refugee named Valentino Achak Deng. During that trip, Deng was reunited with the family he hadn't seen in 17 years. What Is the What is a book about the lives of these two boys — one, at seven, too young to know what's happening to his country; the other, at ten, old enough to fight for the rebel army.
Through it all, the two boys persevere through one of the most brutal civil wars the world has ever known, finding themselves in one unbelievable, utterly surreal situation after another. What Is the What is thought-provoking, exciting, and repeatedly heartbreaking.
"Valentino Achak Deng, real-life hero of this engrossing epic, was a refugee from the Sudanese civil war-the bloodbath before the current Darfur bloodbath-of the 1980s and 90s. In this fictionalized memoir, Eggers (A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius) makes him an icon of globalization. Separated from his family when Arab militia destroy his village, Valentino joins thousands of other 'Lost Boys,' beset by starvation, thirst and man-eating lions on their march to squalid refugee camps in Ethiopia and Kenya, where Valentino pieces together a new life. He eventually reaches America, but finds his quest for safety, community and fulfillment in many ways even more difficult there than in the camps: he recalls, for instance, being robbed, beaten and held captive in his Atlanta apartment. Eggers's limpid prose gives Valentino an unaffected, compelling voice and makes his narrative by turns harrowing, funny, bleak and lyrical. The result is a horrific account of the Sudanese tragedy, but also an emblematic saga of modernity — of the search for home and self in a world of unending upheaval." Publishers Weekly (Starred Review) (Copyright Reed Business Information, Inc.)
"Though [Eggers] has labeled this account a novel, the book is closely based on the experiences of the real-life Valentino Deng, and it reads — and should be savored — as a powerful, if occasionally didactic, piece of oral history. (Grade: B+)" Entertainment Weekly
"Dave Eggers has done something remarkable with this book. He has managed to cross many barriers both real and artificial to tell the story of one man's tragedy and triumph in a way that emphasizes his simple humanity above the drama of his terrible situation. It is a book that shows there is no reason why geographical and cultural divides should prevent us from attempting to understand each other as citizens of this world." Uzodinma Iweala, author of Beasts of No Nation
"I cannot recall the last time I was this moved by a novel. What Is the What is that rare book that truly deserves the overused and scarcely warranted moniker of 'sprawling epic.' Told with humor, humanity, and bottomless compassion for his subject, one Valentino Achak Deng, Eggers shows us the hardships, disillusions, and hopes of the long suffering people of southern Sudan. This is the story of one boy's astonishing capacity to endure atrocity after atrocity and yet refuse to abandon decency, kindness, and hope for home and acceptance. It is impossible to read this book and not be humbled, enlightened, transformed. I believe I will never forget Valentino Achak Deng." Khaled Hosseini, author of The Kite Runner
"What Is the What is a novel that possesses the best qualities of a documentary film: the conviction of truthfulness, and the constant reminder of the arbitrariness of fate, for worse and for better. By setting his story of African annihilation and survival as a story of American immigration, Eggers ensures that it belongs to us all, as it must." Philip Gourevitch, author of We Wish to Inform You That Tomorrow We Will be Killed With Our Families: Stories from Rwanda
"Eggers's generous spirit and seemingly inexhaustible energy — some of the qualities that made his memoir, A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius, so popular — transform Valentino and the people he met on his journey into characters in a book with the imaginative sweep, the scope and, above all, the emotional power of an epic." Francine Prose, New York Times Book Review
"Nothing short of genius." New York Magazine
"What Is the What does what a novel does best...make us understand the deeper truths of another human's experience." Booklist
"Eggers proves himself a master of narrative, both for what he has written here and for his choice of subject." People
"A moving, frightening, improbably beautiful book." Time
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What Is the What is the epic novel based on the life of Valentino Achak Deng who, along with thousands of other children — the so-called Lost Boys — was forced to leave his village in Sudan at the age of seven and trek hundreds of miles by foot, pursued by militias, government bombers, and wild animals, crossing the deserts of three countries to find freedom. When he finally is resettled in the United States, he finds a life full of promise, but also heartache and myriad new challenges. Moving, suspenseful, and unexpectedly funny, What Is the What is an astonishing novel that illuminates the lives of millions through one extraordinary man.
About the Author
Dave Eggers grew up close to Chicago and attended the University of Illinois. He is the author of A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius, You Shall Know Our Velocity!, and How We Are Hungry. In 1998, he founded McSweeney's, an independent publishing house located in San Francisco that publishes books, a quarterly literary journal, the Believer, and a daily humor website. In 2002, Eggers opened 826 Valencia, a writing lab for young people located in the Mission District of San Francisco, where he teaches writing to high-school students and runs a summer publishing camp; there is now also an 826NYC in Brooklyn. With the help of his workshop students, Eggers edits a collection of fiction, essays, and journalism called The Best American Nonrequired Reading.
His fiction has appeared in Zoetrope, Punk Planet, and the New Yorker. He has recently written introductions to new editions of books by Edward Wallant, John Cheever, and Mark Twain, and is currently working on the biography of Valentino Ashak Deng, a refugee from the Sudan now living in Atlanta. Excerpts from this book have appeared in the Believer. A serial novel about electoral politics recently appeared on Salon. He currently has a weekly short-short-story section in the U.K. Guardian newspaper.
He writes regularly about art and music for magazines, including Frieze, Blind Spot, Parkett, and Spin, and his design work has been featured in many periodicals, including Print and Eye, and annuals, including Area: 100 Graphic Designers (Phaidon, 2003) and Reinventing the Wheel (2002, Princeton Architectural Press). In 2003, his designs for McSweeney's were featured in the National Design Triennial at the Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum, and in the California Design Biennial.
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Leasing is an important activity for many organizations—whether a public or private company, or a not-for-profit organization. It is a means of gaining access to assets, obtaining financing, and reducing an organization's exposure to the risks of asset ownership. Many organizations lease assets such as real estate, airplanes, trucks, ships, and construction and manufacturing equipment. Because of the prevalence of leasing, it is important for users of financial statements to have a complete and understandable picture of an organization's leasing activities.
The SEC staff in 2005 identified leasing as a form of off-balance sheet accounting that needed to be addressed. The FASB and the International Accounting Standards Board (IASB) have since been working together to improve and converge the accounting for lease rights and obligations.
On May 16, 2013, the FASB and the IASB issued Proposed Accounting Standards Update, Leases (Topic 842)—A revision of the 2010 Proposed FASB Accounting Standards Update, Leases (Topic 840), which proposed a new approach to lease accounting that would require assets and liabilities arising from leases to be recognized on the balance sheet.
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Under current U.S. Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP), an organization applies a classification test to determine the accounting for the lease arrangement. For example:
- Some leases are classified as capital leases (for example, a lease of equipment for nearly all of its life) whereby the lessee would recognize lease assets and liabilities on the balance sheet.
- Other leases are classified as operating leases (for example, a lease of new office space for 10 years) whereby the lessee would not recognize lease assets or liabilities on the balance sheet.
The new standard would increase transparency and comparability among organizations that lease assets, by recognizing assets and liabilities that arise from lease transactions.
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The core principle of the project is that an organization that is a lessee should recognize assets and liabilities arising from a lease for leases with a lease term of more than 12 months. This represents an improvement over existing leases standards, which do not require lease assets and lease liabilities to be recognized by many lessees.
An organization would provide disclosures to enable users of financial statements to understand the amount, timing, and uncertainty of cash flows arising from leases.
The FASB tentatively decided to amend the lessee and lessor accounting proposals in the 2013 proposed Accounting Standards Update, while retaining the core requirement that lessees should recognize lease assets and liabilities for leases with a term of more than 12 months.
The FASB tentatively decided on a dual approach for lessee accounting, with lease classification determined in accordance with the principle in existing lease requirements (that is, determining whether a lease is effectively an installment purchase by the lessee).Under this approach, a lessee would account for most existing capital leases as Type A leases and most existing operating leases as Type B leases.
- For Type A leases (i.e., effectively an installment purchase), a lessee would do the following (consistent with existing capital lease accounting):
- Recognize a right-of-use asset and a lease liability, initially measured at the present value of lease payments
- Recognize and present the interest on the lease liability separately from the amortization of the right-of-use asset.
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- Recognize a right-of-use asset and a lease liability, initially measured at the present value of lease payments
- Recognize a single lease cost, combining the interest on the lease liability with the amortization of the right-of-use asset, on a straight-line basis.
The IASB tentatively decided that all leases should be accounted for by lessees as Type A leases, in the manner described above (i.e., effectively every lease would be reflected as an installment purchase).
The Boards decided to retain most aspects of existing lessor accounting in the final leases standard. Lessors would classify leases as Type A or Type B in a manner consistent with current U.S. GAAP and IFRS. Most existing sales-type or direct-financing leases would be Type A leases, while most existing operating leases would be Type B leases
Type A leases would be accounted for in a manner substantially similar to that for current sales-type/direct-financing leases (and for IFRS, finance leases), while Type B leases would be accounted for in substantially the same manner as current operating leases.
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The story of John B. Millburn and his death in the middle of Price made the largest headlines of the year in the Eastern Utah Advocate in October of 1905.
Millburn, was a transplant to the area. He was born in Maine, had been a sailor for many years and later came west and spent time in Utah and Colorado as a farmer. Then he bought some property in about 1885 in Price, where he established a saloon that he ran for almost 20 years.
Owning a saloon was never an easy business. Fights, disagreements and of course just the running of a business in an atmosphere where there were many competitors over the years took its toll on many owners. But in Millburns case it also brought him at cross purposes with the town marshal John U. Bryner during Bryner's his time in the office.
When the shooting death occurred Bryner had left the office of town marshal and had taken a job with the Carbon County Sheriff's Department headed up at the time by William Hill.
The shooting took place on Oct. 9 at 7:15 p.m. in front of Millburn's business.
In the days of newspapers without any photos, reporters would often go to court and report on the entire testimony in such a case. This was one of those cases.
Justice was also much swifter in those days. Within hours the town convened a coroners jury to see if Bryner was guilty of any crime in the shooting.
The story behind this incident, as with many shootings, was much deeper than just a simple decision to go after someone. As the town marshal Bryner had been expected to enforce all laws, including those to do with businesses.
"There was not the best feeling exlating (existing?) between Millburn and Bryner owing to the some trouble between the two several months ago because of the enforcement of the Sunday closing of saloons and at which time Bryner was town marshal," stated the paper on Oct. 12, 1905. "The two had a personal encounter at the time and guns were drawn.'
As he left the position of town marshal Bryner had gone to work for the sheriffs office as a special deputy to arrest hobos and thieves who had become a nuisance along the Rio Grande Railroad line throughout the area. Often in the course of his duties in escorting those arrested to the jail or to the courthouse he had to pass Millburn's saloon. That evening he and Hill's son, along with a prisoner were passing Millburn's business with a prisoner.
"Millburn had been drinking during the day," reported The Eastern Utah Advocate. "Had he not been, unquestionably there would have been no trouble."
Millburn was found to have been shot five times from a .32 revolver by the examining physician. Some of the questions about his shooting resulted from the number of bullets found in the man.
On the stand William Hill's son (Bill) gave testimony of what happened and he presented the situation such as that Millburn challenged them, and particularly Bryner from crossing in front of his business. He had some type of long gun in his hands when it happened.
"I was walking in the lead and about the side of Millburn's saloon when Millburn said 'No s--- of a b---- can pass this sidewalk,'" stated the young Hill. He told that Millburn asked who he was and he told him he was the sheriff's son. Millburn said, according to young Hill, that he didn't care who he was that he could not pass by the saloon.
Young Hill testified that Bryner told Millburn to drop the gun, but he didn't no matter how they tried to get around or away from him.
"He was chasing us around and Bryner told him to keep the gun down," said young Hill.
The boy said that he heard first one shot then others. He did not know who fired first. He also testified that the whole thing did not happen all at once, but took between "five and 10 minutes."
The prisoner that was under Bryner's care (Frank Miller) had been arrested for breaking into a train car. He said that Millburn "started to fire at us three fellows" and that he (Miller) ran because "he (Millburn) fired five or six times and I ran because I was scared."
The paper noted that some of the testimony of some other witnesses were not printable in the paper because the epithets Millburn uttered during the incident were so vile.
There was obvious suspicion that Bryner had overdone the shooting by hitting Bryner five times. But other witnesses testified there were many shots and it was apparent that Millburn had chased young Hill and Bryner while firing at them. It was unclear just how many shots were exacted by each man, but obviously Bryners had found the mark a number of times, while Millburn had completely missed.
After hearing all the testimony, a jury consisting of Frank M. Ramsey, Erastus Anderson and Edward E. Ramsey, found that the shooting was justifiable homicide. Justice Curtis took no action against Bryner, nor was it referred to the county attorney for any kind of charges.
It was just one more instance in the wild and crazy days when Price was still a frontier town.


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Sensational series. Forth slalom, forth victory – Atomic's exceptional athlete Marlies Schild celebrated her 31st slalom triumph at the world cup in Lienz. Only 3 more victories to go until Marlies Schild reaches Vreni Schneider's world cup record, and 6 more to achieve a perfect season with 10 slalom victories in a row. 16-year old Atomic US girl Mikaela Shiffrin surprised greatly by reaching 3rd place. At the men's downhill in Bormio, Erik Guay missed the podium by 22 hundredths of a second.
1.19 – 1.87 – 0.46 – 0.79. This, expressed in numbers, is how Marlies Schild is ahead of her World Cup competitors. "I simply enjoy every race, skiing is so much fun", ATOMIC star Marlies Schild smiled after her 33rd World Cup victory. While she keeps on working on her Perfect Season in slalom, ATOMIC ski-tech Rudi Berger keeps working on the perfect setup and new aims, "Marlies is a perfectionist, it's fun to work with her. I think this is the secret of success. There is room for improvement in giant slalom. After 11th and 15th place we now want to rank among the top-10." 16-year-old ATOMIC team baby Mikaela Shiffrin was pleased about her first podium place. The US wunderkind conquered 3rd place due to best time in the second run after ranking 12th after the first run. It was her 8th arrival in world cup! ERIK GUAY RANKED FORTH IN BORMIO DESPITE HEADWIND Erik Guay gave a proof of life on the steepest downhill in the World Cup. 4th place for the ATOMIC model athlete, just like in the cancelled race in Gröden. "I'm glad I reached the finish safely. Unfortunately, I had to deal with headwind before the St. Peter jump, otherwise I probably would have achieved a podium place. I'm really looking forward to the classics series in the new year."


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The Salmon River and Potsdam Central varsity boys lacrosse teams both opened the 2013 NAC season by pulling away to convincing wins on their home fields Tuesday afternoon.
Salmon River 13, St. Lawrence 5: In Fort Covington, the game was closer than the final score would indicate, as the Larries did something that no other NAC team has done over the past two seasons – score the first goal of the game against Salmon River.
In case one had forgotten or simply havent followed the SRC laxmen over the past two NAC seasons, the Shamrocks have not trailed or lost a league contest during that span.
We needed to get out on the field and play some lacrosse, stated SRC Head Coach Jim Barnes. This was the first varsity lacrosse game for a lot of the guys on this team and it took them a little bit to get going and apply the concepts of practice into live action.
We started slow but took off as the game went on, continued Barnes. Once we got going, we settled down and played our system.
The Larries took their only lead of the game just under two minutes in. After that, it was all SRC as the Shamrocks held a 3-1 lead after the first quarter of play.
Salmon River increased its lead to 6-1 by halftime, but didnt really go on the offensive until Shamrock starting goalie Kobi Johnson came up with a pair of point-blank saves early in the second stanza. The stops by the SRC keeper seemingly sparked his teammates and the Shamrocks rattled off three unanswered goals over the final 2:47 of the opening half to hold the five-goal cushion at the break.
Dalton Day generated three goals and two assists while Russ Oakes tallied two goals and three helpers in anchoring a balanced Salmon River offense. Skylar Thomas broke through for another three goals followed by Trenton Tarbell with two. Kyle Lewis (1 assist), Sky Sunday and Karonhiate Lazore delivered the other goals while Kason Tarbell drew three assists in the season-opening win.
Ian Lynch netted three goals and Cody Burns struck for the other two in the losing effort.
Kobi Johnson (9 saves) and Taz Oakes (2 saves) combined to backstop the win. Kody Kocsis turned aside four shots for the Larries.
Potsdam 14, Saranac Lake 5: At the Potsdam turf field, the Sandstoners worked their way to a 5-3 halftime lead then broke the game open with a 5-1 third-quarter run en route to lifting Kevin Talcott to the victory in his debut as varsity head coach.
A former player and longtime JV coach, Talcott had served as a varsity assistant the past five season but took over the top job when Todd Kaiser opted to step down before the start of the season.
With the way the weather has been were a little bit behind the eight-ball right now. This is a good group of kids to work with and I was happy with how they looked for their first game, noted Talcott.
Freshman Chad Varney anchored a balanced Potsdam attack with two goals and three assists. Steve Lewis generated three goals and one assist while Kyle Grant tallied two goals and two helpers. Hayden Hart chipped in a goal and two assists. Chris Stone found the back of the net with the ball twice. Keenan OGorman, Dylan Gruneisen, David Caamano and Josh Laing each struck for solo goals while Sam Woods and Garrett Kilgore both notched solo assists.
Seth Pickering led the Red Storm effort with four goals. Andrew Paschke connected for the other goal while Jeff Stevens and Kevin Duguay each finished with an assist.
Jason Cardinal started between the pipes for the Sandstoners and finished with four saves through three quarters before giving way to Chase Palmer, who post two more stops in the fourth. Mike Burpoe turned aside 11 shots working the crease the first three quarters for Saranac Lake. Jacob Merrill had another three saves through the fourth.
The Sandstoners return to action on Thursday at home against Colton-Pierrepont starting at 4:30 p.m. before closing out a busy opening week Friday night at home against Salmon River starting at 6:30 p.m.
In the other two NAC boys lacrosse openers on Tuesday, Canton outlasted Massena 6-5 and OFA outscored Colton-Pierrepont 9-4.
Canton 6, Massena 5: At Mike Nicholas Field, the visiting Bears built a 3-0 halftime lead before turned back a second-half rally by the Raiders.
We should be pretty well set on defense and at goalie but offensively, were looking for players to step up and fill some big vacancies, said coach Kris Covell. We got off a slow start today but battled back and tied the game in the second half.
We have some work to do but we definitely have the potential to do well this season, he added.
Jack Elberty led a group effort on offense for the Bears with a goal and two assists. Ryan Caldwell, Garrett Glasgow, Josh Pierson, Peyton Vanbibber and Jake Facey delivered the other goals while Hunter Yerdon and Tanner Sanderson each finished with solo assists.
Sako Rouke paced the Raiders with two goals and an assist. Ross Driscoll also struck for a pair of goals while Sam Gerber netted a singleton. Grayson Phillips logged two assists and Evan Kassian produced a solo helper.
Nate Gibson went the distance in goal for the Bears and recorded 11 stops while Kyle Cook had 16 saves backstopping the Massena cause.
The Raiders return to action on Thurday against SLC in a game that is scheduled to be played on the natural field in Brasher Falls but may be moved to artificial turf at Nicholas Field.
OFA 9, C-P 4: At the Potsdam turf field, the Blue Devils struck for three goals in the first and fourth quarters, in putting away the Colts.
The Devils jumped out to a 3-0 first quarter lead and scored three straight goals in the fourth quarter after denying a two-man power play by the Colts.
Andrew Roddy delivered four goals and two assists and Jake Garrison scored twice and passed out three assists to lead the OFA offense. Austin Morley-Sloan and Jordan McCormick each finished with one goal and assist and Andrew Putman and Taylor Richardson each passed out one assist for rthe Devils who will play Canton on Friday night at 7:30 p.m. at SUNY Canton.
Scott Boyce scored twice for C-P (0-2) and Noah Whalen scored one goal and set up another tally. Cody Green scored a single goal and Andrew Holden added an assist to back a 10-save goaltending effort by Craig Miller.
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The Potsdam Central and Massena Central varsity boys basketball teams pulled away to convincing NAC interdivisional road wins to open 2013 on Wednesday.
Potsdam 103, Norwood-Norfolk 23: In a matchup of Route 56 rivals in Norfolk, the visiting Sandstoners reeled off the first 36 points of the game and never looked back for their fifth straight win.
Senior Konnor Bigwarfe sparked the Potsdam offense, firing through five of the 12 three-pointers generated by Potsdam in finishing with a career-high 31 points. Dan Stone and William Coleman contributed 12 points apiece. Nick Vaccaro (3 threes) and Owen Mitchell struck for 11 points each. Shawn Clark and Matt Sutliff finished with nine points apiece followed by Jacob Bryant with four while Travis Stephenson and Duquan Pitts closed out the Sandstoner scoresheet with two points each.
Our fullcourt press worked really well in the first quarter and we shot the ball extremely well, noted coach Brooks Bigwarfe after his squad methodically ran out to a 60-9 lead by halftime.
Brandon Sawyer and Dan Devine paced the Flyers with five points apiece. Brett Barkley, Kyle Martens and Kyle Steenburg each netted three while Garrett Waite and Aaron Chandler all finished with two.
The Sandstoners improved to 5-2 overall with the win and will return to action on Saturday with a non-league game at home against Plattsburgh High starting at 3 p.m. N-N (0-9) travel to Brushton on Friday for an NAC North Division game against Brushton-Moira starting at 5:30 p.m.
Massena 54, St. Lawrence 26: In Brasher Falls, the visiting Raiders built a 34-17 halftime lead before going on to complete a regular season sweep over their Route 420 rivals.
Zack Rusaw anchored the Massena scoring with 19 points. Joey LaBelle added 15 followed by Rhoades Tarbell with 12 and Tyler Haas with four while David Phillips and Zach Fregoe each finished with two.
Zane Ramsdell led the Larries with 14 points. Cody Meacham netted eight while Josh White and Jesse Greer closed out the SLC scoring with two points apiece.
Massena (5-4) is slated to host an interdivisonal game on Friday against Heuvelton starting with the JV game at 5:30 p.m. while SLC (2-5) is slated to play at St. Regis Falls.
The lone other NAC boys basketball action on Wednesday saw Lisbon fashion a 62-36 West Division win over Hermon-DeKalb.
In the only NAC varsity girls basketball on Wednesday, Potsdam held on to gain a 42-35 interdivisional win at Norwood-Norfolk.
Bre Sapp scored a game-high 13 points as the Lady Sandstoners worked their way to a 17-12 halftime lead and led by double digits in the second half before turning back a Lady Flyer surge for their first win of the season. Shanielle Chambers added 11 points followed by Sarah Vivlamore with seven and Courtney DiTullio with four and Kayla Phillips with three. Kate Hildreth and Katherine Blanchard accounted for the rest of the Potsdam scoring with two points each.
Cadence Hunkins led N-N with a career-high 18 points. Hannah Seguin netted six followed by Carlea Weaver with four and Katie Ames with three while Miranda Langtry and Ayanna Mason both chipped in two.
The Lady Sandstoners host Central Division rival Gouverneur on Monday while the Lady Flyers play at North Division rival Brushton-Moira on Friday at 7 p.m.
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ROCKLAND, Maine (NEWS CENTER) - The mayor of Rockland wants to make sure local schools are safe. So he's called a meeting for tomorrow with police and school officials from across the school district.
Mayor Will Clayton called for the meeting shortly after the Newtown, Connecticut school shooting last month. Clayton says he believes the schools in Rockland and all of RSU 13 are safe, but says he wants to be sure the city, the police and everyone else are prepared in case there is a problem.
Local school officials say they were already taking safety very seriously, but have taken extra steps since the Newtown tragedy.
In Rockland, for example, there is a daily police presence at Oceanside Higth School's East Campus. Principal Tom Forti says the police are in the parking lot at the beginning and end of school, and a uniformed officer often stops by and walks through the school during the day.
RSU 13 superintendent Lew Collins says thel district has already put in new policies on access to schools - just one door in and out for everyone, except emergencies. And Superintendent Collins says they're looking at other school access issues, from changing keys and locks to other methods for controlling who can get into the buildings.
The meeting with the mayor, the schools and police is Wednesday afternoon. But the meeting is not open to the public. Mayor Clayton says they want to talk about specific police and emergency procedures, and want to keep those details quiet. He says a public meeting will be held at another date.


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Read: Donald Fehr Isn't The Decider
In an interesting article from Thomas Boswell in the Washington Post, he writes about Donald Fehr who he covered for many years when he was the head of the MLB Players Union.
He notes that Fehr, as he has said before, works for the players and lets them decide when it's time to make a deal, "his membership isn't just backing him; it really is their deal. It took baseball owners 20 years to grasp that Fehr isn't a puppeteer. He educates, he shapes, but he doesn't decide. The players do. That's what empowered the MLBPA and made it so tough. Fehr will reduce demands rather than negotiate without full support. That's core. It's not changing.
Boswell writes that if Fehr has wrangled up the same kind of support with the NHLPA that he did with the MLBPA, "rejecting Wednesday's union proposal as a framework for a final compromise is a huge risk for hockey."


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