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PHILADELPHIA -- Florida Gulf Coast has only been a Division I program for two years.
The way they played on Friday night against Georgetown in the second round of the NCAA Tournament, it felt more like it was the Hoyas' introduction to March Madness rather than the Eagles' first time in the Dance.
The Eagles pulled off the biggest upset of the tournament, knocking off the Hoyas 78-68 in front of a packed house at Wells Fargo Center.
FGCU took a two-point lead into the half, and came out of the intermission even stronger. Sherrod Brown's 3-pointer with 13:54 remaining pushed the FGCU lead to 46-33, and that advantage would grow to 19 with 12:30 remaining at the end of a 21-2 run by the Eagles.
"I just try to get my team really going whenever I play because I feel like if you can get one player to just get everyone involved and to get everyone's momentum going, then I feel like you can do anything," Brown said. "I was just trying to get my team going."
FGCU would continue to hold a double-digit advantage until an Otto Porter 3-pointer with 2:50 remaining got Georgetown within nine at 64-55.
The exclamation point came exactly one minute later, when Brett Comer found Chase Fieler on a broken play for a one-handed alley-oop slam that had everybody -- including the broadcast crew -- out of their seats. Fieler, a 6-foot-8 junior forward, had a number of impressive highlight dunks as part of his nine points and seven rebounds, but none more meaningful than that one.
"I think that might have been the highest (up) I've ever been," Fieler said, though he added he'd have to go watch the video to see. "Brett has great vision. He just threw it up and I had to go get it."
Georgetown wasn't totally finished, however. Markel Starks hit 3-pointers on back-to-back possessions to cut the deficit to 72-68 with under a minute to play. But FGCU did what it needed to, however, hitting 10 of 12 free throws in the final 76 seconds to seal the victory.
"They went on that stretch early in the second half where they made a bunch of shots, and then I think we got a little nervous and started spreading out too much," Georgetown coach John Thompson III said.
Brown finished with 24 points on 6 of 13 from the floor while Bernard Thompson added 23 and Comer 12 (and 10 assists) for the Eagles.
FGCU benefited from 33 team fouls against Georgetown that allowed the Eagles to get to the free-throw line 44 times, making 30. Conversely, FGCU committed just 18 fouls as the Hoyas went 13 of 20 from the free-throw line.
The Eagles became just the seventh 15-seed in NCAA history -- but the third in the past two years -- to pull off a first-round upset. Last year, Norfolk State beat Missouri and Lehigh sent Duke home early.
Florida Gulf Coast certainly played confident and poised from the outset, hanging with Georgetown the entire opening 20 minutes to take a 24-22 lead into the break.
Georgetown led by as many as seven midway through the period, but that advantage was short-lived, as FGCU closed out the half on a 13-4 run to take that two-point advantage into the break.
That FGCU even made the NCAA Tournament was somewhat surprising considering it was just the school's second full year as a Division I postseason-eligible member after joining the Atlantic Sun Conference in 2007.
They've made the Atlantic Sun title game in each of those two seasons, losing to Belmont last season before downing Mercer this season to lock up their first March Madness berth.
The Eagles already had one marquee win on the resume, a 63-51 decision over Miami (Fla.) back on Nov. 13. They played one of the tougher nonconference slates in the country, with losses to Virginia Commonwealth, St. John's, Iowa State and Duke helping to prepare them for the likes of 2nd-seeded Georgetown.
"At the beginning of the season, I asked our players what kind of schedule they wanted to play. ... One exempt tournament we played in had Duke and VCU in it and they wanted to play in that one," FGCU coach Andy Enfield said. "We thought we had the talent to do that.
"We'll play anyone, anywhere, at any time," he added later.
Clearly, that work paid off when it mattered most.
FGCU will play San Diego State in the third round on Sunday.
NOTES: FGCU hasn't trailed at the half for 21 consecutive games, a streak that dates back to Dec. 31, when they trailed 36-35 to Kennesaw State ... Brown is the first player in FGCU history with 1,000 points and 500 rebounds. ... The Hoyas entered the game as the fourth-best defensive team in the country, allowing only 0.84 points per possession according to KenPom. ... The win is the first for an Atlantic Sun team since Georgia State beat Wisconsin in 2001, and just the third win for the conference in NCAA Tournament play since 1981.
NOTES: FGCU hasn't trailed at the half for 21 consecutive games, a streak that dates back to Dec. 31, when they trailed 36-35 to Kennesaw State. … Brown is the first player in FGCU history with 1,000 points and 500 rebounds. … The Hoyas entered the game as the fourth-best defensive team in the country, allowing only 0.84 points per possession according to KenPom.
Henderson leads Ole Miss again to upset win
KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Marshall Henderson had a horrible first 28:39 of the game. Unfortunately for Wisconsin, a college game still requires 40 minutes.
Henderson had two points and was 1-of-13 from the field (including 0-of-6 from 3-point range) when his first long-ranger went in with 11:21 left in the second half.
It triggered something, because he exploded for 17 second-half points to help No. 12 seed Mississippi defeat No. 5 Wisconsin, 57-46, in the second round of the NCAA tournament at Sprint Center.
"I was waiting for that first three to go down," Henderson said. "A few of my shots were rimming in and out, just a little long. That was frustrating.
"But Coach has told me all year to be a 'serial killer.' I just have to keep shooting. When that went in, we were down by three points. Everything started falling from that point."
Henderson, who came into the game averaging 20.1 points per game, scored 19 points, but on 6-of-21 shooting.
Henderson finished 3-for-12 from long range.
"We've seen this show before," Mississippi coach Andy Kennedy said. "If you go 0-for-5, it's going to be a long night; if you go 5-for-5 it's going to be a great night.
"As long as he's taking shots within our offense, our guys understand. Once he makes a big one, we just keep feeding him and feeding him."
With Mississippi (27-8) clinging to a three-point lead with 2:49 remaining, Henderson drained a 35-footer with plenty of shot clock left to give the Rebels a comfortable cushion.
Henderson scored 17 of Mississippi's final 27 points.
"I thought we did a pretty good job on Henderson in the first half," Wisconsin's Jared Berggren said. "He made some pretty tough shots in the second half. We knew he was going to get going. It doesn't take much to get a player like that going. He got hot and did what he does."
Added the Badgers' Sam Dekker: "Henderson got some big shots. When he hits those, if you're not stopping that they're going to be a tough team to beat."
The Rebels will face the winner of the No. 13 LaSalle vs. No. 4 Kansas State in Sunday's third round.
Neither team could muster much offense, mainly because of horrid shooting. The Rebels shot 39 percent, although they did connect on 48 percent in the second half.
Wisconsin (23-12) hit only 25 percent of its shots.
The first half was back and forth, with the largest lead by either team four points before Dekker of Wisconsin hit a 3-piont shot with 26 seconds remained in the half.
Mississippi answered with its own 3-point play to cut the halftime lead to 25-22.
The Badgers shot only 30 percent in the first half, while the Rebels connected on only 31 percent of their shots.
Wisconsin was led by Dekker, who scored 10 points in the first half. Reginald Buckner led Ole Miss with seven points.
Henderson was held to two points in the half on 1-of-11 shooting, including 0-of-4 from 3-point range.
NOTES: Mississippi coach Andy Kennedy reached 20 wins for the sixth time in his seven seasons in Oxford. The program had won 20 games seven times in the 96 seasons before Kennedy's arrival. … The Rebels are making their seventh appearance in the NCAA tournament, and first in 11 years … Wisconsin was appearing in its 15th straight NCAA tournament, and 20th overall. The Badgers won the championship in 1941. … Kennedy (SEC) and Wisconsin's Bo Ryan (Big Ten) won their conference's coach-of-the-year honors.
Duke 73, Albany 61: Seth Curry scored 26 points to lead Duke to a 73-61 victory over Albany in the second round of the NCAA Tournament on Friday at the Wells Fargo Center.
Curry and senior forward Mason Plumlee combined for 49 points on an efficient 25 shots from the field, part of a 27-of-46 shooting performance (58.7 percent) by the Blue Devils, who are seeded second in the Midwest Regional.
Albany, the 15th seed, made a late first-half run to cut a 13-point Duke lead to five with 1:54 remaining before halftime. The Blue Devils' advantage was back up to nine at the half and reached 14 in the first five minutes of the second half, a margin they would sustain for the next 10 minutes.
Duke's lead was whittled to eight with 4:40 remaining on two free throws by Albany's Jacob Iati, but the Great Danes would get no closer the rest of the way.
Iati led Albany with 15 points, hitting 3 of 4 3-point shots. Peter Hooley (13 points), Mike Black (10) and Sam Rowley (10) also scored in double figures.
Curry, younger brother of Golden State Warriors guard Stephen Curry and half of the highest-scoring pair of brothers in NCAA history, hit 10 of 14 shots from the field, including both of his 3-pointers, and added six rebounds.
Plumlee, who finished with a game-high eight rebounds, helped the taller and more athletic Blue Devils to a 36-20 points advantage in the paint.
In beating Albany, Duke avoided falling to a No. 15 seed in the first round of the tournament for the second consecutive year. Lehigh shocked the nation with a 75-70 victory over the perennial powerhouse Blue Devils in 2012.
Duke advanced to the third round and will face the Creighton-Cincinnati winner.
Temple 76, North Carolina State 72: Khalif Wyatt hit the clinching free throws with 2.2 seconds left and led the way with 31 points as the ninth-seeded Owls held off the Wolfpack in the second round of the NCAA Tournament at Dayton, Ohio.
Jake O'Brien added 18 points and Rahlir Hollis-Jefferson scored 12 for Temple (24-9), which will play James Madison or No. 1 seed Indiana in the third round on Sunday. The Owls are attempting to reach the Sweet Sixteen for the first time since 2001.
Lorenzo Brown scored 22 points, C.J. Leslie had 20 and Richard Howell collected 14 points and 15 rebounds, but North Carolina State (24-11) lost its opening game in the NCAA Tournament for the first time since 2003.
Temple held a 38-22 lead at the half and led by as much as 18 in the second half before the Wolpack began to chip away. North Carolina State chopped it to single digits three times before Wyatt gave the Owls their last double-digit edge on a 3-pointer with 4:40 left that made it 62-51.
Leslie responded with a 3-pointer and Wood buried two in a 9-1 run to pull within 63-60 with 3:09 to play. Wyatt and Leslie traded free throws to keep it a three-point gap, but Lorenzo Brown missed a 3-point attempt that would have tied it and Temple went 11-of-14 from the free throw line in the final 1:27 to close it out.
GAME NOTEBOOK: North Carolina State outshot (55.8 percent to 48 percent) and outrebounded (34-24) Temple, but the Owls only committed five turnovers to the Wolfpack's 13. … Wyatt was fighting through an injury to his left hand but went 12-of-14 from the free throw line to make up for a 9-of-22 effort from the floor. … North Carolina State went 4-of-13 from 3-point range.
Miami (Fla.) 78, Pacific 49: Whatever the seed, the Miami Hurricanes opened the NCAA Tournament in national championship-contender fashion.
The second-seeded Hurricanes breezed to a victory over 15th-seeded Pacific, 78-49, on Friday at the Frank Erwin Center.
Miami (28-6), which won the ACC regular season and tournament championships only to receive a No. 2 seed in the East Region, will have its chance to prove it is a legitimate contender.
To open the tournament, the Hurricanes toyed with the Big West Conference tournament champion, as bigger, stronger Miami took care of a formality.
Shane Larkin finished with 10 points and nine assists, leading the charge in the first half. Durand Scott heated up in the second half, scoring 18 to finish with a game-high 21.
Miami put its stamp on this one midway through the first 20 minutes.
Pacific (22-13) went more than seven minutes without scoring in the first half, a stretch that included 11 straight missed shots and air balls on consecutive possessions.
Tiger forward Khalil Kelley finally broke the drought with a dunk on an assist from Colin Beatty.
But Miami, thanks to its stingy defense, took control during Pacific's scoreless stretch.
Larkin started a 14-0 run with two free throws and later went to the basket for a lay-in and completed a three-point play. Miami guard Rion Brown added a 3-pointer on an assist from Larkin during the run.
By the time Kelley got Pacific back on the board, the Tigers trailed, 22-9, and wouldn't get back to within 10 points.
Following the key run, Larkin and Brown each hit 3-pointers and the Hurricanes' big men found easy baskets inside, as Pacific struggled to deal with Miami's size and athleticism.
Hurricane center Julian Gamble flipped an interior pass to Reggie Johnson, who hit a flat-footed layup, and Tonye Jekiri had a put back and a layup on an assist from Larkin to help Miami stretch its lead to 36-13 with barely over a minute left in the first half.
Pacific reserve guard Markus Duran hit a 3-pointer at the first-half buzzer, but it was much too little, much too late as Miami led, 40-19.
NOTES: No. 2-seeded Miami is the first team to win the ACC regular season title and the conference tournament championship in the same season, and then not earn a No. 1 seed in the NCAA Tournament. "We play at our best when we have a chip on our shoulder," Miami senior center Julian Gamble said before the tournament. … Pacific coach Bob Thomason, who is retiring, finished his career with 489 wins and 347 losses. He coached the last 25 seasons at Pacific, his alma mater. … Pacific entered the game with a 5-1 record on neutral courts, including 1-1 against NCAA Tournament teams, with a victory over St. Mary's and a loss to California.
La Salle 63, Kansas State 61: Jerrell Wright matched a career high with 21 points and grabbed eight rebounds as the Explorers held on to defeat the Wildcats in the second round of the NCAA Tournament in Kansas City, Mo., after blowing a huge first-half lead.
Wright hit all six of his field goals and went 9-for-10 from the foul line for No. 13 seed La Salle (23-9), which will meet No. 12 seed Mississippi in the third round of the West Regional on Sunday. Ramon Galloway added 19 points for the Explorers.
Jordan Henriquez posted his first double-double of the season with 17 points, 12 rebounds and five blocks to pace Kansas State (27-8). Shane Southwell also chipped in 17 points for the Wildcats.
The Explorers had their way early against the top scoring defense in the Big 12, draining their first three 3-pointers and shooting 58.1 percent in the first half to race out to a 35-16 advantage with 6:04 left before intermission. La Salle held a 44-26 lead at the break - the second-highest point total Kansas State has surrendered in the first half.
The tide completely turned in the second half as Southwell drained a 3-pointer to spark a quick 8-0 run out of the break and the Wildcats took their first lead at 57-56 with 7:12 remaining. Wright hit five of his final six free throws down the stretch - including three over the final 30 seconds - as La Salle grabbed a 63-61 lead with eight seconds left and forced Angel Rodriguez into a difficult shot as time expired.
GAME NOTEBOOK: La Salle survived hitting three of its 18 second-half field-goal attempts. … The Wildcats fell to 108-78 all-time in Kansas City. … The Explorers have notched two wins in the same NCAA Tournament for the first time since 1955.
No, 1 seed Indiana rolls past James Madison 83-62
DAYTON, Ohio -- On Thursday, Indiana guard Victor Oladipo said playing in the Big Ten Conference had taught the Hoosiers to not take any opponent for granted. And while James Madison, Indiana's second-round NCAA Tournament opponent, isn't considered Big-Ten caliber, Indiana still left nothing to chance against the upset-minded Dukes.
Freshman guard Kevin "Yogi" Ferrell scored 14 of his team-leading 16 points in the first half, and five players scored in double figures to lift No. 1 seed Indiana to an 83-62 victory Friday at University of Dayton Arena.
"We know pretty much anything can happen in the NCAA Tournament," said Ferrell. "We weren't going to take this team lightly."
Will Sheehey scored 15 points, and Cody Zeller and Oladipo each had 11 for Indiana (28-6) which advanced to face No. 9 seed Temple (24-9) in the third round Sunday at Dayton.
Andre Nation led James Madison (21-15) with 24 points, and Charles Cooke added 18.
"Watching Indiana on tape in preparation and then playing them … it took a half for us to catch up to the speed at which they play the game," said JMU coach Matt Brady. "It's impressive."
Christian Watford hit a 3-pointer and Oladipo drove baseline and finished with a two-handed dunk to put Indiana ahead 26-10. Oladipo hit a 3-pointer moments later to put the Hoosiers ahead by 19 points with 8:07 left in the first half.
"We were locked in from the start," said Sheehey.
Nation scored 10 points in the first half for James Madison, which made only 29 percent of its shots.
Indiana went 6-for-13 from 3-point range in the first half to take control of the game early. The Hoosiers led, 43-22, at halftime.
Zeller's one-handed jam put the Hoosiers ahead, 56-26, with 14:09 left.
Ferrell scored 14 points in the game's first five minutes, helping Indiana build a 21-point halftime lead.
"Our guys prepared like it was any other game," said Hoosiers coach Tom Crean. "We had great respect for James Madison's players and coaching, and we played that way."
NOTES: James Madison's leading scorer, Rayshawn Goins, who was suspended for the first half of its First Four victory over LIU Brooklyn following an arrest for disorderly conduct at a campus party, started Friday's game and finished with two points on 1-of-6 shooting. … Kevin Ferrell scored 14 points pf his 16 points in the first half, but couldn't reach his career-high of 19 set on March 2 against Iowa. … Indiana's only previous meeting with James Madison was an 84-52 win on Dec. 11, 1987. … James Madison is no stranger to NCAA Tournament upsets. In consecutive seasons in the early 1980s, the Dukes pulled off first-round upsets of Georgetown, Ohio State, and West Virginia.
Illinois 57, Colorado 49: Brandon Paul scored 10 of his 17 points over the final 6:06 as the Fighting Illini dispatched the Buffaloes in the NCAA Tournament at Austin, Texas.
D.J. Richardson scored 14 points and Tracy Abrams added 13 for Illinois (23-12), which let a 16-point halftime lead slip away before closing the game with an 18-5 run. The Illini face second-seeded Miami on Sunday in the East Regional for a berth in the Sweet 16.
Askia Booker scored 14 points and freshman Josh Scott had 10 points and 14 rebounds for the Buffaloes (21-12), who opened the second half with a 23-2 burst to hold a five-point lead just past the midway point of the second half.
The Illini moved ahead to stay as Richardson and Paul hit 3-pointers to cap a 9-0 run for a 48-44 lead with 6:06 to play. Illinois didn't make another field goal and Paul hit six consecutive free throws and Nnanna Egwu hit one during a 7-0 surge that gave the Illini a 55-46 edge with 24.6 seconds left.
Richardson hit two 3-pointers as Illinois scored the final 13 points of the first half for a 37-21 lead. The Buffaloes missed their last 11 shots of the half and then erupted in the second half as Illinois missed 14 consecutive shots.
GAME NOTEBOOK: The Illini scored 15 points off Colorado turnovers in the first half and finished with a 21-8 edge. … Buffaloes G Spencer Dinwiddie scored just six points on 1-of-8 shooting while battling foul trouble. … Illinois was 8-of-31 from 3-point range with Richardson making four. Booker had four for Colorado, which went 5-of-19.
No. 7 Creighton 67, No. 10 Cincinnati 63: Doug McDermott scored a game-high 27 points and was 11-for-11 from the free-throw line as the Blue Jays held off the Bearcats in a second-round game of the NCAA Tournament Midwest Regional at Philadelphia.
Cincinnati had a chance to tie the game in the final seconds, but Sean Kilpatrick missed a long, off-balanced 3-pointer with six seconds to play. Austin Chatman sealed the game with a free throw with three seconds left as seventh-seeded Creighton went 11-for-12 from the line in the final two minutes.
Gregory Echenique added 13 points for the Blue Jays (28-7), who will play second-seeded Duke on Sunday. Kilpatrick led the 10th-seeded Bearcats (22-12) with 19 points and Cashmere Wright had 15.
McDermott, second in the nation in scoring at 23.1 points, hit a leaner in the lane to give the Blue Jays their biggest lead of the game at 52-44 with 8:39 to play. But Cincinnati responded with a 10-2 run to tie the game on a jumper by Kilpatrick with 3:31 left.
Echenique broke the tie with a contested layup as the Blue Jays scored the next six points and never trailed again. Creighton has won six in a row.
GAME NOTEBOOK: McDermott was called for a flagrant 1 foul with 53 seconds left. Shaquille Thomas missed both free throws but Kilpatrick hit a 3-pointer on the ensuing possession. …The Blue Jays, who lead the nation in shooting, shot 63.2 percent in the first but cooled off in the second half and finished at 45.2 percent. …McDermott had 14 points by the break and Creighton scored the final six points to take a 32-27 lead into intermission.
North Carolina 78, Villanova 71: P.J. Hairston scored 23 points and hit five 3-pointers to lead four players in double figures as the Tar Heels topped the Wildcats in the second round of the NCAA Tournament in Kansas City.
Eight-seed North Carolina (25-10) advances to face either top-seed Kansas or Western Kentucky in the round of 32 on Sunday. James Michael McAdoo added 17 points for the Tar Heels.
JayVaughn Pinkston led Villanova (20-14) with 20 points. Villanova led by one point early in the second half before the Tar Heels surged ahead. North Carolina held a slender 70-68 on Mouphtaou Yarou's layup with 1:44 remaining, but North Carolina finished the game on an 8-3 run.
Reggie Bullock scored 15 points and Marcus Paige added 14 points for North Carolina. The Tar Heels shot 49 percent from the field and hit 11 3-pointers.
Darrun Hillard added 18 points and Yarou scored 17 for the Wildcats. Villanova shot 4-for-21 from 3-point range
GAME NOTEBOOK: North Carolina coach Roy Williams won his 700th career game. … Bullock added three 3-pointers. … Villanova outrebounded the Tar Heels 35-18.
Ohio State 95, Iona 70: Sam Thompson had career highs of 20 points and 10 rebounds and the second-seeded Buckeyes used a pair of 15-0 runs to pull away in the second round of the NCAA Tournament in Dayton, Ohio.
Deshaun Thomas added 24 points, Lenzelle Smith Jr. finished with 12 and Shannon Scott matched his career high with 10 assists for Ohio State (27-7), which has won nine straight heading into the West Regional quarterfinals Sunday against seventh-seeded Notre Dame or No. 10 Iowa State.
Tavon Sledge scored a career-high 20 points for No. 15-seed Iona (20-14). Sean Armand contributed 17 points and David Laury had 14 points, eight rebounds and a season-high six turnovers before fouling out with 10:36 remaining.
The Gaels missed nine straight field-goal attempts and committed three turnovers in a 15-0 run that gave the Buckeyes a 20-6 lead with 12:38 left in the first half. Iona managed to get back within four, but Ohio State scored the last six points of the half to take a 43-33 lead in the break.
The Buckeyes scored the first nine points of the second half - capped by a Thompson dunk - for another 15-0 run and Iona continued to fade.
GAME NOTEBOOK: The Buckeyes entered the game 17th in the nation in scoring defense (57.9), Iona second in the nation in scoring offense (80.7). … Iona senior G Lamont Jones, who came in averaging 23 points, second-most in the tournament, finished with nine points on 3-for-14 shooting while also committing four of the Gaels' 19 turnovers. … Ohio State G Aaron Craft spent much of the game guarding Jones and picked up his first foul in 100 minutes late in first half.
Florida 79, Northwestern State 47: Kenny Boynton became the second Gators player to score 2,000 points while third-seeded Florida advanced to the third round of the NCAA Tournament for the third straight year by dispatching Northwestern State in Austin, Texas.
Erik Murphy had 18 points to lead four players in double digits for Florida (27-7), which will face UCLA or Minnesota in Sunday. Patric Young added 16 points while Boynton and Scottie Wilbekin added 11 apiece - with Boynton reaching the milestone on a jumper at the 18:45 mark of the second half.
DeQuan Hicks paced Northwestern State (23-9) with 12 points. The Demons, the nation's top offensive team with an 81-point average, were held to their lowest point total of the season.
Florida led the vast majority of the game, but didn't start pulling away until midway through the second half, when they embarked on a 19-1 run to open a 68-42 advantage with 6:38 remaining. The Demons were held to a single field goal over the final 13:13, and made five shots in the entire second half.
Florida, the nation's third-ranked scoring defense at 53.7 points allowed, has held 13 of its 34 opponents to less than 50 points.
GAME NOTEBOOK: This marked the third time in the past 10 games Florida had four players score in double figures. … Boynton is 85 points away from surpassing Ronnie Williams as Florida's career scoring leader. … Florida improved to 10-3 in NCAA Tournament openers during the tenure of coach Billy Donovan.
Minn. crushes UCLA
AUSTIN, Texas -- Officially, 11-seed Minnesota opened the NCAA Tournament as the underdog against sixth-seeded UCLA.
In every other respect, though, the Gophers seemed like the favorite.
Minnesota established a double-digit lead in the first half and then answered every challenge from the Bruins in the second half to claim an 83-63 victory over UCLA Friday night in the South Regional at the Frank Erwin Center.
Gophers guard Andre Hollins hit four 3-pointers in the second half on his way to a game-high 28 points. Meanwhile, Austin Hollins filled up the stat sheet with 16 points, seven assists and four steals.
Throw in Trevor Mbakwe's nine points and 12 rebounds and it's easy to see why Minnesota (20-13) is moving on to face Florida in the round of 32 on Sunday.
The Gophers won just five of their last 16 games entering the NCAA Tournament. But it's a new season of surviving and advancing and Minnesota gave the Big Ten a sweep in its matchups with the Pac-12 in Austin.
"It's huge," Andre Hollins said. "Growing up you dream of these moments. We have more games to go. We have to raise our intensity at this part of the year and that's what we did tonight."
The loss could spell doom for UCLA coach Ben Howland as rumors that he needed to at least reach the Sweet 16 to keep his job circulated before the tournament.
Howland answered a direct question about his future with "no comment." At other times, Howland praised the Bruins (25-10) and their accomplishments this season having won the Pac-12 regular season title.
"I'm not going to let this diminish what a great season these kids provided," Howland said. "I'm really proud of the spirit of this team."
Shabazz Muhammad scored 20 for the Bruins, but UCLA couldn't slow down Minnesota long enough on the defensive end to climb back into the game in the second half.
Instead, the Gophers put the game away with a 16-5 run to establish a 19-point lead with 6:04 left.
UCLA briefly closed the gap to five points when Norman Powell hit a 3-pointer with 15:01 remaining.
But Minnesota fired back as Hollins hit 3s on back-to-back trips increase the Gophers' lead to 50-39.
"We cut it to five and then Hollins -- he played great, unbelievable -- he made two big 3s in a row," Howland said.
Minnesota used a 19-4 run to gain a 14-point lead late in the first half.
Hollins hit a pair of 3-pointers to bookend the run, including the shot that ignited the surge to give Minnesota a 17-15 lead. By the time Hollins capped the run with a 3, the Gophers had taken a 33-19 edge. Mbakwe had a put-back and two more interior baskets during the surge.
Hollins finished the first half with 11 points and five assists.
"I thought we were pretty efficient," Minnesota coach Tubby Smith said. "When you make shots, that's always a remedy for a lot of things. When we're making shots from the outside, we're pretty effective."
UCLA struggled to find its offensive rhythm playing without freshman standout Jordan Adams, who broke his foot at the end of the Bruins' Pac-12 Tournament semifinal against Arizona. The Bruins shot 27 percent from the field -- just 2 of 10 from 3-point range -- and had nine turnovers in the first half.
But the Bruins dominated the boards in the first half, out-rebounding Minnesota, 24-16. And UCLA guard Norman Powell hit a 3-pointer in the final minute of the first half to slow Minnesota's momentum going to the break, cutting the Gophers' lead to 10.
NOTES: Howland reminded media members on Thursday that legendary Bruins coach John Wooden expected a call from Minnesota when he instead got a call from UCLA and accepted its head coaching job, later turning down Minnesota to keep his word. ... Minnesota was one of two lower-seeded teams in the tournament to be favored by the MGM-Mirage line in the first round. Missouri was the other. ... Minnesota is in the NCAA Tournament for the first time since 2010 and had an 11 seed for the second consecutive appearance.
Kansas holds off challenge from 16th seed
KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Kansas coach Bill Self could laugh after his Jayhawks escaped a historic upset to 16th seeded Western Kentucky. But it was nervous laughter.
Kansas edged Western Kentucky 64-57 to avoid being the first No. 1 seed ever to lose its first game in the NCAA Tournament. The Jayhawks were 9-of-10 from the free-throw line in the final minutes to close out their victory in the second round of the NCAA Tournament at Sprint Center on Friday.
"Obviously we're pleased we won, but we didn't play our best, by any stretch," he said. "But give Western credit. I thought they were the most aggressive team. They controlled the game for the most part until the second half when we got the ball inside some."
Self's laughter came when asked about his team's defense that held Western Kentucky to 3-of-20 shooting from 3-point range.
"That (stat is) true, but we also made one shot for the game outside of two feet, and that was (from) our 7-foot center," he said. "We didn't exactly light it up either.
"But our defense was pretty good in the second half. I thought we were playing better with about seven minutes left in the second half. We had 17 points and they had about six. I thought there were some good things we did defensively."
Jeff Withey's inside presence finally paid off for the Jayhawks, as the 7-footer scored nine points in the second half to help Kansas pull away. His short hook in the lane with 3:52 left gave Kansas a double-digit lead for the first time at 52-42.
Withey led Kansas with 17 points. Ben McLemore and Travis Releford each contributed 11 points for the Jayhawks.
Four Hilltopers, led by Jamal Crook with 13 points, scored in double figures.
Kansas will play North Carolina, who defeated Villanova earlier in the day, in Sunday's third round.
"The entire country got a glimpse of what they're made of, their character, their heart," Western Kentucky coach Ray Harper said. "A lot of people doubted us."
Western Kentucky didn't doubt itself. In fact, the players felt like they let one slip away.
"We had a lot of looks," George Fant said. "We just didn't finish. I had a lot of looks myself."
That point was not disputed by the Jayhawks.
"We definitely let them get some open looks in the second half," Travis Releford said. "It just wasn't falling for them. It was miscommunication on our end. We (weren't) talking much."
The Jayhawks (30-5) had their hands full with the Hilltoppers. Kansas scored the first four points of the second half to grab their biggest lead of the game at 34-31. Both teams started the second half in sluggish fashion. The Hilltoppers made only one of their first 12 shots of the half.
The Jayhawks just couldn't shake Western Kentucky (20-16). Even when Kansas led by six points on several occasions, Western would answer. It wasn't until Withey scored seven points in a 9-3 run that Kansas could feel comfortable.
Western Kentucky actually out-rebounded the Jayhawks 41-35, including a whopping 18-4 on the offensive glass.
"We obviously didn't rebound the ball," Self said. "They got way too many extra possessions."
For a moment, at least. The Hilltoppers answered Kansas with an 8-2 run to cut the lead to 55-50. But Kansas' success from the free-throw line in the closing moments clinched the victory.
Western Kentucky continued the trend of lower-seeded teams putting scares into their opponents. No. 12 seed Mississippi beat Wisconsin and 13-seed LaSalle beat Kansas State in the opening session in Kansas City. Also, ninth-seeded Villanova overcame a 20-point deficit to take the lead before falling late to North Carolina.
The Hilltoppers led through most of the first half. They led by as many as four. A layup by Crook with 45 seconds left in the first half allowed Western to take a 31-30 lead into intermission.
Kansas was led by Withey with eight points and Perry Ellis had seven.
Western Kentucky got nine points from Aleksejs Rostov and eight from George Fant. The Hilltoppers outrebounded Kansas 18-13, including a 5-2 edge on the offensive end.
NOTES: Western Kentucky is in the NCAA Tournament for the 23rd time overall, and fourth time in the past six seasons. The Hilltoppers have won at least one game in each of their last three appearances. ... The Hilltoppers are 1-1 against Kansas all-time in the NCAA Tournament. Western Kentucky won the third-place game of the 1971 Final Four (later vacated) and lost in the second round of the 1995 NCAA Tournament. ... Kansas is in its 42nd NCAA Tournament, including its 24th in a row, the longest active streak in the nation. The 1988-89 Jayhawks were ineligible. The last time Kansas was eligible for the NCAA Tournament and didn't make it was 30 years ago. ... This is the 11th time that Kansas has earned a No. 1 seed since the NCAA began seeding in 1979.
Aggressive approach pays off as Cyclones defeat Irish, adavance
DAYTON, Ohio -- Iowa State, the nation's top 3-point shooting team, made nine shots from the beyond the arc in Friday's second-round NCAA Tournament win over Notre Dame. But that wasn't what led to the Cyclones' domination of the Irish.
Cyclones forward Georges Niang said it was the threat of the 3-pointer that created openings for him to get easy baskets.
Niang scored 19 points and Melvin Ejim added 17 lifting No. 10-seed Iowa State to a 76-58 win over No. 7-seed Notre Dame Friday night at University of Dayton Arena.
"Coming into the game we thought we'd have a mismatch against their bigs," Niang said. "The guards were staying on our shooters. That gave us a lane to go by them. I got some easy lay-ins, and that got us going. We fed off that."
The Cyclones (23-11), who advance to face No. 2 seed Ohio State in the third round at 12:15 p.m. Sunday at Dayton, used an aggressive, attacking defense to force 17 Irish turnovers and record four steals.
"We usually don't turn the ball over like that," said Notre Dame guard Jerian Grant. "We made mental mistakes we couldn't afford to make. We picked the worst day to have our worst game."
Iowa State's goal coming into Friday's game was to speed up the Irish and get them out of their half-court offense. The Cyclones outscored the Irish 12-to-2 on fast-breaks and scored 16 points of Irish turnovers.
"If you play that team in the half-court, it's going to be a long night, we knew that," said ISU coach Fred Hoiberg.
For Notre Dame, it was yet another early NCAA Tournament exit, leaving some unfinished business for the Irish who move to the Atlantic Coast Conference next season.
"It stings," said Notre Dame coach Mike Brey who is 6-9 in the NCAA Tournament, and just 5-5 as a higher seed. "It's what keeps me up at night. We've been so consistent in the regular season. Winning in this tournament is the next step for our program."
Notre Dame (25-10) was led by Jack Cooley and Tom Knight who each scored 14 points. Grant added nine points for the Irish.
Iowa State used an 8-0 run beginning with Will Clyburn's layup at the end of the first half to go ahead 41-25 early in the second half.
Niang, who had just six points in the first half, scored seven consecutive points making the score 51-33.
Korie Lucious hit a 3-pointer to give Iowa State its largest lead, 57-37, with 11:24 left.
With the game in hand late in the second half, the 3-pointers began to fall again for Iowa State.
Back-to-back Tyrus McGee put the Cyclones ahead by 27 points with 7:58 left. Bubu Palo hit a 3-pointer to make the score 74-47.
Notre Dame went scoreless for nearly four minutes to start the game and Iowa State produced a 7-0 run to grab the lead.
Ejim's dunk put the Cyclones ahead 25-19 with 4:34 remaining in the first half.
Iowa State went 5 of 13 from beyond the arc in the first half. But it was the Cyclones' defense that made the difference in the first half, forcing 14 Irish turnovers with three steals. Iowa State scored 13 of its first-half points off turnovers.
Iowa State broke open a close game late in the first half.
Back-to-back 3-pointers by Chris Babb put the Cyclones ahead 31-21. Clyburn later beat the first-half buzzer with a layup putting Iowa State ahead 35-23 at halftime. Clyburn led all scorers in the first half with eight points.
"They're so potent offensively with the way they spread you out," Brey said. "At times I thought it was men against boys tonight. I don't want to take anything away from Iowa State. But I'm thoroughly disappointed."
Notes: It was the second meeting between Iowa State and Notre Dame. The Irish won the only other meeting, 87-77, in South Bend in 1979. .. This is the first the Irish have qualified for four straight times to play in the NCAA Tournament since making six straight trips from 1985-90. ... Iowa State made 10 or more 3-pointers in 19 games this year. ... The Cyclones made their 15th NCAA Tournament appearance.
Fisher's experience trumps Kruger's in San Diego State victory
PHILADELPHIA -- In a matchup of two coaches with no shortage of NCAA Tournament experience, it was Steve Fisher's San Diego State squad that got the better of Lon Kruger's Oklahoma team as the Aztecs earned a 70-55 win over the Sooners in a second-round NCAA Tournament game Friday night.
The No. 7-seeded Aztecs trailed by two at the break but took the lead less than three minutes into the second half and would never trail again. The 10th-seeded Sooners would tie the game twice after that, the last time being 48-48 with 10:41 remaining.
After a 3-pointer by senior Romero Osby cut the Aztecs' lead to 56-51 with 6:55 remaining, the Aztec defense would clamp down and hold the Sooners without a point for the next 5:30. By the time Amath M'Baye converted a layup with 1:25 remaining, the San Diego State lead was 10 and the game was well in hand.
"The score was 48-48 and over the next eight minutes and change we outscored them 15-3 because we didn't give them easy baskets, we didn't give them second-chance opportunities and we took advantage of our opportunities," Fisher said.
SDSU has just three NCAA Tournament wins in program history, but all three have come in the last three seasons. When the Aztecs were a 2-seed in 2011 when they advanced to the Sweet 16, they were a far less battle-tested team than the experienced squad that took the court late on Friday night.
"I think that experience always helps, but effort has to be there," Fisher said. "Sometimes it's just a little, little, little thing that if you let up just that much, that hard shot becomes a little bit easier and they make them."
Three Aztecs scored in double figures, led by Jamaal Franklin's 21. The junior guard also had eight rebounds and a team-high five assists.
"Jamaal does what every coach expects but doesn't always get," Fisher said. "He gives you maximum effort every second he's out there, and it's not 100 percent what you want but you're not going to ever fault him for effort."
James Rahon added 17 points and Chase Tapley 10 for SDSU. DeShawn Stephens contributed seven points and a game-high 11 rebounds.
San Diego State only made one more field goal than their opponent but made 12 more free throws, going 16 of 17 from the line as compared to just 4 of 8 for Oklahoma.
Fisher picked up his 23rd NCAA Tournament win to go along with three Final Fours, including a national championship at Michigan in 1989 after Bill Frieder left at the end of the regular season to take the Arizona State job.
Kruger has 14 NCAA Tournament victories and one Final Four appearance under his belt.
Oklahoma led for most of the first half, going up by as many as nine before taking a 33-31 lead into the break in the last of the day's four games at the Wells Fargo Center.
Osby scored 22 points on 9 of 15 shooting was the only Sooner in double figures. He also added a team-high eight rebounds though San Diego State won the battle of the boards, 40-29.
"I knew it could potentially be my last game and I wanted to go out there and fight as hard as I can," Osby said. "But I've got to credit my teammates, they found ways to get me the ball in certain situations and they really kept coming to me when I got a little hot hand for a minute."
San Diego State advances to face upstart 15th-seed Florida Gulf Coast, which upset No. 2-seeded Georgetown.
NOTES: Tapley, a senior guard, is the first player in San Diego State history to play in four NCAA Tournaments. ... Kruger is the first coach in NCAA history to take five Division I programs to the NCAA Tournament (Kansas State, Florida, Illinois, UNLV, Oklahoma). ... Osby is the only Sooner with any previous NCAA Tournament experience. He played 12 minutes as a freshman at Mississippi State in a first-round loss to Washington in 2009. ... SDSU improved to 15-0 this season when wearing their white uniforms.
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It was great to see La Salle hold on for a win and earn major upset against Kansas State yesterday, which was one of many I didn't expect. I work at DISH and several of my coworkers said that making free throws is important in postseason play, and Wright proved that one by being so clutch in the end. I tuned in to the last few minutes of this game after seeing its interest spike on my DISH Hopper Game Finder app. I like to keep up with the most-intriguing college basketball games and I've been able to do that by using this feature.
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Saturday, October 20, 2012
WALLA WALLA — Gov. Chris Gregoire stepped out of the car at Tamarack Cellars on Friday prepared for a different kind of winery tour. One where she could get her hands dirty.
After a presentation in the Tri-Cities at the Richland site of Washington State University's future Wine Science Center, the governor took some time on the commute to Walla Walla to change into tennis shoes for the intricate hands-on tour of about five wineries of varying sizes.
It wasn't the first time Gregoire got to play a role in the process. But it was the first time she got to spend so much time with so many different operations, as she bounced from Tamarack through Five Star Cellars, àMaurice Cellars, Eleganté Cellars and Mannina Cellars.
"They're all different sizes," Gregoire said. "Each does it differently, and each does it differently for a reason."
The visit for Gregoire, whose tenure as Washington's highest ranking elected official is wrapping up, was a chance to see harvest and crush from the perspective of small business owners, said Walla Walla Valley Wine Alliance Executive Director Duane Wollmuth.
"We wanted her to be able to see the whole process of harvest, for one thing," Wollmuth said as Gregoire helped sort merlot grapes on their way to the destemmer at Tamarack Cellars. "Seeing the small winery operations where the owner is also the winemaker, the marketing person — sort of the challenge and reward of being a winemaker in these hard economic times."
Though Gregoire has just a little more than two months left in her term, she wanted to demonstrate her continued support.
Washington's agriculture, including its wine, hasn't exactly been a hard sell on her trade missions when she can get it to the mouths of foreign ambassadors. The challenges, she said, have been tariffs and quantity. Trade agreements in China and South Korea have been successful in boosting the amount of products overseas. Gregoire said though second in the U.S. for wine production, Washington doesn't yet have the volume to satisfy the wine demand.
"We can't right now export the amount that they're ready to drink," she said.
Washington and Walla Walla continue to distance themselves from other wine-producing regions of the country because of the industry's dedication to quality over quantity and because of its collaborative nature, she said.
The Wine Science Center is just another example, she said. "Everybody's working together, and that's really what distinguishes us."
During the presentation in Richland, Gregoire ceremonially signed in front of about 125 people $5 million that had been earmarked for the operation by the Legislature this year, reports said. That amount is part of $17 million raised for the project. That includes another $2 million announced Friday from the U.S. Economic Development Administration.
Tamarack owner and winemaker Ron Coleman said he was impressed by the governor's interest as he guided her through the winery and invited her to punch down the grapes.
"She's asking good questions," Coleman said.
Gregoire said winemakers and consumers will be able to look back to 2012 as a banner year for the industry because of harvest.
"We'll look back this year on that bottle and say it was historic," she said.
Gregoire said Washington still has a way to go to making inroads in India for exports. But she said the state and wine industry are poised for growth. "The competition is amazing in the wine industry right now, and the opportunities are amazing."

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Nielsen: Android tops in every age group, iPhone still up
updated 12:40 pm EST, Thu December 15, 2011
Nielsen Q3 look back shows age splits
Nielsen in a look back at late summer not only broke down market share for the period but revealed that Android had a consistent appeal across ages. Android was up to 44.2 percent of US smartphones between August and October but also had a more even balance than the primarily younger audiences of before. About 47 percent of those both in the 18-24 and 25-34 groups with smartphones had Android, while even the 65-plus group still saw 39 percent pick Google.
Apple still wasn't losing share, Nielsen said. It was now up to 28.6 percent overall, and its share was generally higher across age ranges, going to 26 percent among the 45-54 group and peaking at 32 percent for those over 65. More often, it was 29 percent.
As for much of the year, it was other platforms that Android was taking down. RIM was down to 17 percent, and its heavy emphasis on veteran workers meant that the largest amount of support in a given age group, 24 percent, were those aged 45 to 55 and most likely to have the senior-level positions that gave them a BlackBerry. Windows Phone and Windows Mobile were consistently low across all age groups and had 1.3 and 5.3 points each.
The study had its own looks into web and app habits. Despite Google's focus on the web, iPhone owners were much more likely to have visited Facebook, Amazon, and even YouTube on the web. Accordingly, Android users were now more likely to download apps, with nearly 49 percent having taken at least one in the past month to 34 percent of iPhone owners.
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Baseball Stadiums 2016 Calendar published by TF Publishing
Baseball Stadiums 2016 Calendar
published by TF Publishing, 2015
Now that October has arrived, it is time to admit that Christmas is just around the corner. Yes, we have to get through Halloween and Thanksgiving first, but it is never too soon to start thinking about what gifts you will be buying for others. One small gift that is timeless is the calendar. Whether you go with the daily boxed variety, or the monthly hang-on-the-wall calendar, everyone needs to know what day it is at some point.
Perfect Timing publishes a wide variety of calendars, including this very nice Baseball Stadiums 2016 Calendar. Twelve ballparks are featured, including such vital statistics as home team, opening date, dimensions, capacity, and playing surface. The twelve parks are Busch (St. Louis), AT&T (San Francisco), Fenway (Boston), Citi (New York Mets), PNC (Pittsburgh), Great American (Cincinnati), Yankee (New York Yankees), Wrigley (Chicago Cubs), Chase (Arizona), Comerica (Detroit), Rogers (Toronto), and Dodger (Los Angeles). The calendar measures 11.8×23.4 when hung on the wall, showing the stadium of the month; the calendar portion has plenty of room to jot down appointment and meeting reminders in the blocks.
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Coming soon…
I was going to post my review of the new Bulletboys record, Elefanté, today, but still have some finishing touches to put on it. It might be up tomorrow, or possibly Thursday.
I am also working my way through Jeff Katz's Split Season: 1981. It's a very heady book, detailing the negotiations between the players and owners while examining the events of the season, including Fernando Valenzuela's sensational rookie campaign. That review should be posted either Thursday or Friday, depending on how much time I have to devote to reading over the next couple of days.
On Friday, the new TWJ "revamped" design will debut at TWJ cards on tumblr. But I want to give you a sneak peek, so here is card #1, Jimmy Rollins wearing his Dodgers digs.
You can view all of the cards posted over the past several years of your favorite team by typing http://twjcards.tumblr.com/tagged/los-angeles-dodgers into your browser window, replacing "los-angeles-dodgers" with your favorite team name (dashes where spaces should be).
Don Newcombe was a complete player
Rookie of the Year in 1949. Four times an All-Star. Cy Young and MVP Award winner in 1956. 149 wins. But Don Newcombe was more than just a good pitcher. He was a good hitter, too.
Often used as a pinch hitter during his career, Newk racked up 15 homers and 108 RBI in his 10-year career. In 1955 alone, he knocked the ball out of the park seven times on his way to a 2.5 oWAR score for the season. His batting average was .271, with 238 hits in 878 at-bats.
The Dodgers foolishly traded Newcombe during the 1958 season to the Redlegs for four players: Steve Bilko, Johnny Klippstein, Art Fowler, and Charlie Rabe. He continued his hitting display during three seasons with the Reds, pounding out 58 hits in 201 at-bats. That's a .289 average!
The Reds sure could use a bat like Newcombe's on the bench this year…or any year. He was an underrated player during his career, and while the Dodgers do a good job of recognizing his greatness, he is still overlooked by many fans.
2015 (ex)Reds, 1990 Score style: Chris Heisey (Los Angeles Dodgers)
He will be entering his first professional season outside of the Cincinnati Reds organization in 2015. The question is, will he be with the Dodgers or in the minor leagues? Chris Heisey is only batting .074 this spring—that's 2 hits in 27 at-bats. One of those hits was a home run, but that really doesn't do much to help his cause in an already crowded Los Angeles outfield. I was disappointed when the Reds let Heisey walk away; he was a valuable bench player over the past five seasons in Cincinnati. I hope he is able to get out of this slump and succeed with LA…as long as he doesn't hit the Reds' pitchers too hard.
#FerrellTakesTheField 1990 Score style: Ten positions, ten teams, ten "fun cards"
A picture is worth one thousand words, so here are ten thousand nineteen (including these words, but not the title)…
Growing Up Pedro by Matt Tavares (2015)
Growing Up Pedro
by Matt Tavares
Candlewick Press, 2015
40 pages
Following excellent books about Hank Aaron and Ted Williams, the latest subject of a Matt Tavares children's baseball biography is new Hall of Famer Pedro Martinez. Tavares tells young readers the story of a young boy who grew up watching his brother Ramon Martinez pitch in the Dominican Republic, dreaming of playing together in the major leagues. The author and illustrator follows Pedro's journey pitching with his brother in Los Angeles, to becoming the best pitcher in baseball in Montreal, to a World Championship in Boston.
Tavares is in top form as his illustrations help tell the story of one of the greatest pitchers of the past thirty years. The book is aimed toward 8-12 year olds, and the text is certainly written on that level, but the artwork can be appreciated by baseball fans of any age. Tavares' illustrations perfectly depicts Pedro's intensity.
Learn more about Matt Tavares.
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Fun Cards Submissions: 1974 Topps "Traded" Chris Heisey and Matt Magill
The Dodgers needed a pinch-hitter/sixth-string outfielder, and the Reds needed another pitcher that likes to allow the other team to score (6.51 ERA in six major league starts). Matt Magill was roughed up in the bigs, but he didn't fare much better in the minors, posting a 5.21 ERA at AAA Albuquerque. Of course, Chris Heisey's .222 batting average isn't much to get excited about either, regardless of how nice a guy he is.
TWJ contributor Patrick e-mailed these 1974 Topps "Traded" cards to me last night to post on the blog today. They look great, though I would like to learn how to airbrush the logos rather than Photoshop to make it more faithful to the original style. They are great cards though, and I wish Heisey the best of luck in Los Angeles.
R.I.P. Bob Welch
(November 3, 1956 – June 9, 2014)
Two-time All Star and 1990 Cy Young Award winner, Bob Welch has died at the age of 57. No pitcher has won more than 25 games since Welch's 27 in 1990. In 17 major league seasons, he compiled a 211-146 record with a 3.47 ERA for the Los Angeles Dodgers and Oakland Athletics.
R.I.P. Don Zimmer
(January 17, 1931 – June 4, 2014)
An infielder for the Dodgers, Cubs, Senators, Mets, Reds and Toei Flyers in the 1950s and 1960s, Don Zimmer passed away Wednesday at the age of 83. Zimmer also managed for several years and led the Chicago Cubs to a 1st place finish in 1989.
Fun Cards: 2014 TWJ Josh Beckett "No-Hitter"
The first no-hitter of the 2014 season was thrown by Josh Beckett, who shut down the Philadelphia Phillies on May 25 in Philadelphia. The Dodgers won the game 6-0. Beckett walked three and struck out six batters; this is the fifth time a Dodgers pitcher has no-hit the Phillies.
Congratulations, Josh Beckett.
Special card, unnumbered, Josh Beckett "NO-HITTER"
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When inspiration strikes…
Sadly, I haven't been writing much lately. I don't just mean for the blog, I mean in general. I've been going through the motions for the past several weeks, and can't seem to get out of this funk that I'm in.
Today I turned my attention towards baseball again. Inspired by a 1996 Chicago Cubs team issued card posted by Wrigley Wax earlier today, I retooled the design a bit and came up with my own 2014 TWJ cards. Different fonts, and my players don't jump out of the borders, but the basic elements are there. Here is my Jay Bruce card:
And to make the comparison more direct, here's Travis Wood of the Chicago Cubs:
I suppose I'll fire up the old TWJ cards on tumblr pretty soon. It has been dormant since July. Be sure to follow or subscribe or whatever you're supposed to do on tumblr (I can't keep them all straight anymore). In the meantime, here's one more…2013 Cy Young Award winner Clayton Kershaw:
Happy Birthday Steve Garvey!
Today is Steve Garvey's 65th birthday, and in a shameless attempt to see his cards posted on baseball card blogs everywhere, the Garvey Cey Russell Lopes blog is giving away a 1952 Topps card to someone at random. So of course I'm going to post a card, because I don't have any 1952 Topps cards yet.
The Garvey card pictured above is from the 1986 Donruss All-Stars set. These big cards (3.5 x 5) first appeared in 1983, and lasted in this oversize variety through 1987. In 1988 the company decided to shrink them to "normal" baseball card size (2.5 x 3.5). 1986 Donruss doesn't get much love these days, but I loved them as a kid. It was difficult to keep your cards looking mint with those non-white borders. but I loved them anyway. The main difference between the regular set and the All-Stars (other than the ginormosity of them) was the stripes. Instead of horizontal, the blue and black went from top to bottom.
Flipping to the back, we see that Garvey had a fairly impressive All-Star career. 1985 was his tenth and final All-Star game and he managed to belt out a .393 average in those contests. His 1974 campaign was especially impressive, being elected as a write-in and winning the MVP. In 1970, Rico Carty became the first player ever elected as a write-in; Garvey followed him in 1974. Has there been another since?
Of his ten All-Star appearances, Garvey started in nine games. In 1981, Pete Rose of the Phillies received more votes. Rose also won the fan vote in 1982, while Al Oliver won in 1983; Garvey was not selected as a reserve either of those years. In 1984, however, the former Dodgers first baseman rose back to the top and was selected to start over Keith Hernandez. In 1985, Rose and Jack Clark sat on the bench while Garvey took the field for the first four and a half innings.
I always thought Steve Garvey would be inducted into the Hall of Fame when his playing days are over, and while I would still like to see him get a plaque in Cooperstown, the truth is the numbers just don't add up. He wouldn't be the worst player in the Hall, but his selection would probably be seen by rabid baseball fans and historians as a mistake. Regardless, he was a great baseball player.
Happy birthday Steve Garvey.
Now go visit Garvey Cey Russell Lopes.
Who Wants To Win A 1952 Card For Christmas?
I do! Our good friend over at Garvey Cey Russell Lopes wants to see as many Steve Garvey cards on the blogosphere as possible on Sunday in honor of the Garv's 65th birthday, and is bribing all of his friends with 1952 cards to make that happen. One person will be randomly selected to choose from fifteen possible cards to add to his collection. Of course, if I win, I'll take the Cincinnati Reds card.
What is GCRL going to do with the rest of the cards? Who knows…maybe more contests are coming down the pipe, or maybe he'll offer them up for trade, or maybe he'll charter a boat and dump them in the ocean. But as for the current contest, click here to see the rules and regulations.
I will be posting a card or two on Sunday, but in the meantime, here's a "fun card" of Steven Patrick Garvey in the style of 1952 Topps.
Coach Piazza
Since his retirement, future Hall of Famer Mike Piazza has been involved in coach for Team Italy in the World Baseball Classic. I don't know enough about the former catcher to form an opinion about his abilities on the sidelines, so I'm asking you…do you think Mike Piazza would be a good major league manager or coach?
The card above is from the 2013 TWJ series that is being posted daily on tumblr. This past week has been a mixture of cards from the WBC (including Brandon Phillips, Robinson Cano, and Miguel Cabrera) and players in spring training (including Troy Tulowitzki and Gavin Floyd). There is even a special WBC card immortalizing the Canada/Mexico feud. Feel free to follow (I almost always follow back) and let me know if you have any requests for future TWJ subjects!
Long Shot by Mike Piazza with Lonnie Wheeler (2013)
Long Shot
by Mike Piazza with Lonnie Wheeler
Simon & Schuster, 2013
384 pages
Spring training is underway, and new baseball books are starting to hit the store shelves. Mike Piazza released his highly anticipated memoir Long Shot a couple of weeks ago, and in it he tells of his upbringing, relationship with Tommy Lasorda, and love for the city of New York. He deals with some of the big stories of his career, including the steroid suspicions, homosexuality rumors, the Roger Clemens incident, and breaking Carlton Fisk's record for most home runs by a catcher. The first eight chapters, which focus on Piazza's early life through the minor leagues, capture the catcher's personality best as he tells of meeting Ted Williams and convincing his college coaches to let him catch instead of play first base. Once he makes the big leagues in chapter nine, however, the story becomes a bit dry. We do see the evolution of the innocent, sheltered Pennsylvania boy into a hardened, cynical Californian and later New Yorker (granted, that evolution began in the minor leagues, but became much more pronounced as he was ushered out of Los Angeles). But Piazza's recollection of specific games, at-bats, and even pitches can be a bit tedious.
Many players make a big splash by publishing "tell-all" biographies, exposing the shortcomings of former teammates and coaches. While he does take a few jabs at Pedro Martinez and Clemens, for the most part Piazza shies away from such an approach. Unfortunately, that makes the major league portion of the book more difficult to get through. There are interesting stories here and there, but the best part of Long Shot is definitely found in the first eight chapters.
Does Mike Piazza belong in the Hall of Fame? Only 57.8% of the voters showed support in his first year on the ballot, despite his staggering offensive numbers. That number is expected to rise in the coming years, and Piazza himself believes he belongs. "Election to the Hall of Fame would, for me, validate everything." One look at his statistics, coupled with the fact that he has never been accused of steroid usage by any reputable source, answers the question quite clearly. The man worked hard for what he achieved, accomplishing great things despite the odds. If you are not familiar with his career, Long Shot is a good recollection. For those who remember his career well, read the first eight chapters and skim the rest.
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Why is Greinke getting so much dough?
Let me say this upfront: I don't hold Zack Greinke's salary against him. It was offered, and anyone with half a brain would accept what the Dodgers threw his way. This is not a post about the insane amounts of money athletes make (although, you have to admit, it is insane that athletes are paid that much money).
What I don't understand is this: it's Zack Greinke. The guy is a modern-day Alex Fernandez. Good at what he does, but far from an elite player. The highest-paid players should be those who are truly great, not #2 or #3 starters. Josh Hamilton I understand. Alex Rodriguez, cheater though he is, I get it. These are guys who produce runs and win ballgames. Greinke isn't that guy.
Are the MVPs in the World Series?
Miguel Cabrera of the Tigers and Buster Posey of the Giants are both in the conversation for their respective league's Most Valuable Player awards, and they are playing against each other in the World Series. Surely it's not a rare occurrence for the MVP winners to both appear in the World Series, is it?
Actually, yes. It hasn't happened since 1988, when Kirk Gibson and his Los Angeles Dodgers faced off against Jose Canseco and the Oakland A's.
The above "fun cards" originally appeared on the TWJ cards tumblr; new cards are being posted every day.
Fun Cards: 1965 Topps Herman Munster
In 1965, Leo Durocher was hit on the head by a baseball that was hit from a park eight blocks away. The ball was launched by the resident of 1313 Mockingbird Lane: Herman Munster. Durocher was very excited and invited Herman to try out for the Dodgers. After the try-out, however, Dodgers owner Walter O'Malley declined to offer Herman a contract because it would cost too much to repair the stadium after each game, and the insurance premiums would go through the roof with him on the field.
When someone asks you, "Who is the greatest hitter of all-time?", your answer should be, "Someone who never got the chance to play in the big leagues." No, not Josh Gibson. Herman Munster was the man's name.
"Herman The Rookie" aired on April 8, 1965. Purchase The Munsters: The Complete Series.
Fun Cards: 2012 "Taco Bell Softball" Steve Garvey
Still a ladies' man at 63 years old, Steve Garvey gets a peck on the cheek from supermodel Chrissy Teigen.
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Baseball's Greatest Games Collector's Edition DVD boxed set (2011)
Baseball's Greatest Games
Collector's Edition DVD boxed set
New Video, 2011
11 discs; 29 hrs., 56 mins. total + extras
What are the greatest baseball games ever televised? While every baseball fan may give a different answer, there are a few games that will certainly appear on the majority of lists. In this 11-disc collection, New Video makes available ten of the greatest games ever played, dating back to the 1960 World Series and coming into the 21st century with playoff games between the Yankees and Red Sox.
Let's make one thing clear: these videos are not "highlight reels" of the featured games interspersed with interviews. No, these are the actual games as they were originally televised (minus commercials), complete with the original television announcers and graphics associated with the broadcasts. The number of Hall of Famers that played in these games is astounding, from Roberto Clemente and Mickey Mantle to Roberto Alomar and Paul Molitor. Couldn't get any better, could it?
Actually, yes it could…and it does. Perhaps there is a television announcer that you do not like. What do you do? Mute the TV and watch in silence? You could do that, or you could go to the "audio set-up" of the DVD and choose "radio call" to hear the game as hometown fans heard it, such as the legendary Jack Buck on the 1985 NLCS game (Cardinals vs. Dodgers, featuring Ozzie Smith's bottom of the 9th homer), synced up to the action on the screen.
The ten games featured in this collector's edition include nine playoff games (five of those from the World Series) and one regular season game.
- 1960 World Series Game 7 (Pirates vs. Yankees, Bill Mazeroski's walk-off homer to win the Championship)
- 1975 World Series Game 6 (Red Sox vs. Reds, Carlton Fisk waving it fair in the bottom of the 12th)
- 1979 Wrigley Field Slugest (Cubs vs. Phillies, a regular season game with a final score of 23-22, multiple home runs from both Mike Schmidt and Dave Kingman)
- 1985 NLCS Game 5 (Cardinals vs. Dodgers, Ozzie's walk-off)
- 1986 World Series Game 6 (Mets vs. Red Sox, Mookie Wilson's dribbler that went in between Bill Buckner's legs to send the Series to a seventh game)
- 1991 World Series Game 7 (Twins vs. Braves, proof that Jack Morris belongs in the Hall of Fame)
- 1992 NLCS Game 7 (Braves vs. Pirates, amazing come-from-behind win sending Atlanta to the World Series)
- 1993 World Series Game 6 (Blue Jays vs. Phillies, Joe Carter's dramatic bottom of the 9th blast)
- 2003 ALCS Game 7 (Yankees vs. Red Sox, the 11-inning nail-biter featuring Aaron Boone's heroic blast)
- 2004 ALCS Game 4 (Red Sox vs. Yankees, the beginning of Boston's historic comeback after losing the first three games of the ALCS)
In addition to these complete broadcasts is an eleventh disc featuring interviews from players and coaches, many of them involved in the contests. Hall of Famers Whitey Ford, Mazeroski, Fisk, Gary Carter, Kirby Puckett and Rickey Henderson, as well as legends Pete Rose, Fred Lynn, Tug McGraw, and Dave Stewart are included in these interviews.
This boxed set is a fantastic addition to any baseball lover's video collection, highly recommended to those who love to relive the classic moments from baseball's history.


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Family Tree Magazine, August 13, 2013 101 Best Websites for 2012: Best Online Genealogy Tools and Trees of 2013 Geni This leading online family tree site recently was acquired by MyHeritage, which plans to enable two-way information sharing between the sites. Basic trees are free, or upgrade to the $75 per year Plus membership or $119.40-per-year… Read more
Family history network buys rival and advances international expansion with new funds LOS ANGELES & PROVO, Utah & TEL AVIV, Israel–(BUSINESS WIRE)–MyHeritage, the popular online family history network, announced today it has acquired long-time rival Geni.com and closed a new USD$25M funding round led by Bessemer Venture Partners (BVP), with existing investors Index Ventures and… Read more
Adelaidenow, September 5, 2012 IT'S taken 66 years and a lot of internet searching, but Judyanne Bowling has been reunited with her family. Ms Bowling, 70, left South Australia as a four-year-old when her mother died. "I was taken away by my father and he remarried. The family have been gorgeous to me," Ms Bowling… Read more
Family Tree Magazine, August 1, 2012 101 Best Websites for 2012: Find and Share Family Tree Data Online Geni $ A leader in online family trees, Geni has recently branched out to make documents from subscription genealogy websites Archives.com and GenealogyBank available to members through profile-based alerts. A basic membership is free, or you can enjoy… Read more
Platform Innovation, New Partners Lead to Record Revenue West Hollywood, CA – January 23, 2012 – Geni, the world's largest collaborative genealogy site, today announced continued strong growth as it achieved profitability in December 2011. The popular collaborative genealogy site ends their year with more than 60 million profiles added to its World Family Tree and… Read more
The Wall Street Journal, December 11, 2011 With Wikis and Other Forms of Group Research, Family Historians Are Making Surprising Connections Chloe Persing likes to brag about her famous alleged ancestors—French queen Marie Antoinette (10th cousin eight times removed), English author Jane Austen (ninth cousin, seven times removed). She'd rather not dwell on her connection to… Read more
Collaboration by Millions of Genealogists Grows Largest, Most Comprehensive Family Tree WEST HOLLYWOOD, CA – November 11, 2011 – Geni, the collaborative family history community home to the largest, most comprehensive "World Family Tree," today announced that more than 60 million people have been added to its World Family Tree. With more than 10 million people… Read more
Partnership Combines Largest, Most Accurate Online Tree With Billions of Records WEST HOLLYWOOD, CA – September 29, 2011 – Geni, the collaborative family history community home to the largest, most accurate "World Family Tree," today made documents from both the Archives.com and GenealogyBank.com records databases available quickly and easily to Geni members through profile-based alerts…. Read more
New Tier Designed for Casual Genealogists Looking for Social Features to Help Build Family Tree WEST HOLLYWOOD, CA – Sep 13, 2011 – Geni, the collaborative family history community home to the largest, most accurate "World Family Tree," today debuted its Geni Plus family tree research service. Designed for casual genealogists who want to collaborate with… Read more
Magazine Notes Collaborative Family History Research Site as One of Best for Fun/Home WEST HOLLYWOOD, CA – July 14, 2011 – Geni, the collaborative family history community and home of the "World Family Tree," is proud to announce that once again PC Magazine named it one of the "Best Free Web Apps of 2011." Noted… Read more
Collaborative Genealogy Site Promotes and Adds Essential Team Members WEST HOLLYWOOD, CA – May 19, 2011 – Geni, the collaborative family history community and home of the "World Family Tree," today announced continued strong growth including the promotion and addition of key team members across the organization. With a growing user base and more than… Read more
Genealogy Developers Use Latest Geni Tools to Enhance Collaboration in Family Research WEST HOLLYWOOD, CA – May 10, 2011 – Geni, the collaborative family history community and home of the "World Family Tree," today announced that Real-Time Collaboration and TreeSeek have developed tools using the Geni application programming interface (API) to enable their customers to utilize Geni's… Read more
LOS ANGELES, February 21, 2011 —Geni, the world leader in collaborative genealogy, today announced the promotion of Noah Tutak to chief executive officer. Tutak, who served as Geni's president since July of 2010, will assume the role from Geni's founder David Sacks, who will continue to serve as Chairman of the Board. "This is… Read more
Genealogists flock to innovative family research tools. LOS ANGELES, January 11, 2011 —Geni, the world leader in collaborative genealogy, announces that its genealogy database has exceeded 100 million profiles. Just a week ago the site revealed that its single World Family Tree (called the Big Tree) reached 50 million connected profiles. This tremendous growth… Read more
Continued popularity in genealogy fuels increase in research and collaboration LOS ANGELES, January 5, 2010 —Geni.com, a world leader in collaborative genealogy, today announced the addition of the 50 millionth person to its World Family Tree, also known as "The Big Tree" within the genealogy community. Among the cutting edge features that allowed this… Read more
Turnkey solution integrates easily into any Rails site LOS ANGELES, December 15, 2010 — Geni, home to the world's largest family tree, today announced that they have open-sourced their tr8n crowdsourced translation engine. Tr8n was originally developed by Geni to translate their own site. When Geni gave a few dozen users access to the… Read more
TechCrunch, June 23, 2010 Genealogy site Geni is going global today with the addition of its site translated into 22 new languages, including Spanish, German, French, and Hebrew. The site will add dozens more languages in the coming weeks. Noah Tutak, President of Geni, said that this additional language functionality is a result of the… Read more
socalTECH.com, May 26,2010 West Hollywood-based Geni.com, the online family tree and genealogy site, told its users Tuesday evening that it is now distributing its recently released family tree posters internationally. The poster service–which takes data from Geni.com's service and turn it into printed, 16×20 posters–was originally announced on May 10th. Geni is venture backed by… Read more
ProGenealogists.com, May 19, 2010 These rankings were determined in the first quarter of 2010. They are are based on the popularity of websites as measured by four major ranking companies, and is explained in an article published in the Digital Genealogist, edited by Elizabeth Kelley Kerstens. The 2009 and 2008 rankings are given, in that… Read more
PRWeb, May 19, 2010 Salt Lake City, Utah (PRWEB) May 19, 2010 — ProGenealogists, Inc., announced today that it has again identified the 50 most popular genealogy websites, updating an important and useful tool for the world's family history searchers. Kory Meyerink, Vice-President at ProGenealogists, explained that today's online genealogists face thousands of websites and… Read more
TechCrunch, May 9, 2010 A couple of weeks ago Yammer CEO David Sacks came by the office to give us some news. Sacks, who is also the CEO of genealogy site Geni, also told me about a new product Geni is launching; – family tree posters . There are two 16″ × 20″ versions –… Read more
PCMag.com, March 30, 2010 We don't want to make you feel bad, but, uh… are you really still paying for software? Wow. Well, we're here to spread the word: There's no lack of free software to be found online. Some of it is as powerful, if not more so, than the name-brand packages found on… Read more
The Milford Daily News, March 28, 2010 Watching "Friends" actress Lisa Kudrow learn her great-grandmother had been beaten and set on fire was a turning point for Rebecca McGinnis. "I can't even begin to imagine the pain of finding something like that out," she said. But the recent episode of NBC's "Who Do You Think… Read more
ProGenealogists, March 2009 This list was created in the first quarter of 2009. It was developed from a list of criteria explained in an article published in the Digital Genealogist, edited by Elizabeth Kelley Kerstens. The 2008 ranking is given in parenthesis after the website description. Sites new to the list for 2009 are marked… Read more
Netted.net, February 17, 2010 Building your family tree is great, in theory. But how do you fill in the missing branches when you don't have all the information? Look no further than Geni, a free genealogy service that works by tapping the collective wisdom of your relatives.… Read Full Article To begin, simply add information about… Read more
socalTECH.com, December 16, 2009 West Hollywood-based Geni.com, the online family tree and genealogy site backed by the Founders Fund and Charles River Ventures, told its users today that it has created a new "Geni Lab" for experimental features from the firm. As part of the lab, the company said it has created a new feature… Read more
socalTECH.com, November13, 2009 West Hollywood-based family tree site Geni.com said Friday that the firm has made a number of updates to the firm's services. Among the changes, the firm said that it has made two of the firm's "Pro" features–Statistics and Lists–free to all of its users. Other updates include the ability to export address… Read more
Microsoft Windows.com, October 2009 Software for researching family trees is nothing new, but with so much information now available on the web, a new generation of genealogy research tools and services has moved online. If you have a specific particle of information you want to know more about—such as the birth date or birth place… Read more
socalTECH.com, October 15, 2009 Los Angeles-based Geni, the Web 2.0 online genealogy and family tree web site, has rolled out a number of updates today, including a bundling of its virtual gifts with its "Pro" subscription. According to Geni, all Geni Pro subscriptions now include unlimited virtual gifts, the firm's virtual items which can be… Read more
Elle Magazine, October 2009 WHO do you think you are? A familiar question which, if you say it that way, is likely to recall scenes of childhood chastisement, run-ins with authority and, worryingly, an annoying catchy hit from the Spice Girls circa 1997. For growing numbers of people, however, the question has led them back… Read more
Family Tree Magazine, September 30, 2009 Geni $ A standout among family tree sharing sites with 45 million profiles, Geni was singled out by Time magazine as one of the 50 best Web sites in 2008 and honored on PC Magazine's list of Best Free Software. Who are we to argue? Geni is free, although… Read more
iAfrica.com, September 21, 2009 Ever wanted to chart your own family tree for the world to see? Ever wanted to find out more about your family? Then this might just be the site you were looking for. Geni.com frequently appears in 'best website' lists and for good reason. The site allows you to plot your… Read more
VOANews.com, September 18, 2009 Time again for our Website of the Week, when we showcase interesting and innovative online destinations. Tracing your family tree – genealogy – is probably about as old as families themselves. It's a popular hobby that used to require painstaking research and carefully inscribed charts drawn according to complex rules. More… Read more
PCMag.com, September 18, 2009 84. Geni.com www.geni.com Web There's no easier place to plug in your family tree, and being a Web app makes it easy to share with the rest of the family so they can fill in the gaps. Read the rest of the article.
Today's THV (KTHV-D, Little Rock, Arkansas), August 13, 2009 Have you ever come across someone with the same last name and wondered if you might be related? In today's Web report, Jessica Duff shares a website designed to help you create your family tree via social networking. Geni enables families to connect, share, and preserve… Read more
BusinessWeek.com, August 6, 2009 Not every family networking startup is trying to supplant Facebook. Others say it's wiser to complement the site, which has more than 250 million members. "Facebook is going to kind of eat the family social networking space," says David Sacks, founder and CEO of Geni, a site where families can converse,… Read more
socalTECH.com, July 9, 2009 Los Angeles-based Geni rolled out a number of enhancements to the site, plus told its users late Wednesday evening that it will now allow all of its users a 14 day, free trial of the firm's premium offering, Geni Pro. According to Geni, the new features include a bookmark feature which… Read more
FamilyTree Magazine, June 17, 2009 Geni A standout among family tree sharing sites with 45 million profiles, Geni was singled out by Time magazine as one of the 50 best Web sites in 2008 and honored on PC Magazine's list of Best Free Software. Who are we to argue? Geni is free, although a new… Read more
socalTECH.com, June 1, 2009 Los Angeles-based Geni, the online family tree and social networking site, has enhanced the firm's search features, telling its users that it is now allowing them to search any profile on the site, regardless of whether those profiles are connected into a user's family tree or not. According to the firm,… Read more
socalTECH.com, May 1, 2009 West Hollywood-based family tree site Geni has rolled out a slew of updates for the service, saying today that it has added features to help users collaborate with others, map out locations, and see recent photos. Among the new features, the firm said it will now allow users to collaborate with… Read more
socalTECH.com, April 24, 2009 West Hollywood-based Geni said this week that the firm has improved the firm's site, which allows users to create family trees and network with family members. The firm said that it has enhanced the ability to find duplicate profiles in the service, with automatic advanced searches when users view a profile…. Read more
eMediaWire.com, April 15, 2009 Leading family networking site Geni.com announced today the release of the Geni Facebook Application. Facebook users can now access the most popular Geni features within Facebook including building a collaborative family tree, getting family news and birthday reminders, and setting up a family profile. The Geni Facebook Application uses the same… Read more
socalTECH.com, April 13, 2009 Hollywood-based online family networking and family tree site Geni officially announced late last week that the firm has launched a new, Facebook application. According to Geni, the new application will allow its users to access such features as building family trees, getting family news and birthday reminders, and more. Geni is… Read more
socalTECH.com, April 9, 2009 West Hollywood-based Geni, the venture-backed, online family tree and networking site, said today that it has added a number of new features to its site, including the ability to search for similar profiles on the site, and improved access to popular features. According to Geni, the new features include the ability… Read more
Yahoo News, March 30, 2009 Leading genealogy site Geni.com announced today the availability of Pro accounts with additional features and tools for power users. Pro Account benefits include: • Tree Statistics: Comprehensive statistics for insight into your family history • Advanced Search: Search over 50 million profiles by immediate family, location, date and more •… Read more
socalTECH.com, March 27, 2009 Geni, an online site that allows users to share family trees and network with relatives and family, is the latest Web 2.0 site to add "pro" accounts to their services. According to Geni, its new pro accounts will cost $50.00 annually, or $4.95 per month, and offers value added features such… Read more
socalTECH.com, March 11, 2009 Geni, which operates an online site for networking with family and tracking family trees, released a new feature Wednesday that allows its users to filter out cousins on the site. According to Geni, it has a new "hide" filter which will help users find cousins using the site that they haven't… Read more
Washington Post, February 24, 2009 Sites like Facebook and Twitter are more about extending your real identity and relationships online. That's what makes them so addictive: The little endorphin rushes from reconnecting with an old friend, the ability to passively stay in touch with people you care about but don't have the time to call… Read more
socalTECH.com, February 19, 2009 Geni, the venture-backed firm which has developed an online, Web 2.0-style genealogy and social networking web sites for families, has connected the company's service with the popular Facebook social networking web site. Geni said that users can now connect their Facebook account to Geni, allowing users to use Facebook's standard invite… Read more
socalTECH.com, January 21, 2009 Geni, an online genealogy and social networking site, upgraded the firm's services last night, adding new statistics features and gift accounts. According to the firm, it now allows users to view statistics on profiles, and has added the ability of users to give "Geni Pro" accounts as a gift to relatives…. Read more


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iRex intros lower-cost, preloaded iLiad Book Edition
05/07, 3:10pm
iRex iLiad Book Edition
iRex today sought to compete against some of its more frugal rivals and introduced the iLiad Book Edition. The updated version drops the Wi-Fi used for downloading content and fixes but as a result is less expensive; its �499 ($768) price is �150 below that of the original. The lack of native e-book content that sometimes plagues these readers is also purportedly solved with 50 vintage books already preloaded on the iLiad's built-in 256MB of memory, saving the user from having to buy more online.


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Employer's Responsibilities
Ensure employees are aware of their right to accommodation, explain details about the workplace accommodation policy and distribute copies of the policy.
Once a request is received, discuss the accommodation options with the employee.
Take notes and keep records of all discussions about accommodation.
Grant accommodation requests in a timely, reasonable manner, to the point of undue hardship.
Take an active role in exploring alternative approaches and solutions to accommodate the employee.
Obtain expert opinion and advice from human resources, healthcare or other professionals, when necessary.
Pay the cost of accommodations, including any required information or documentation related to the employee's health limitations or restrictions. E.g. employers should pay for doctors' notes and letters describing accommodation needs or health limitations.
Keep the employee's personal and health-related information confidential.
Be willing to review and modify the accommodation agreement if the circumstances change or the solution is no longer working.
Provide details to justify decisions where accommodation has been denied.
Advise employees about their right to appeal and their right to approach the Canadian Human Rights Commission.


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November 30, 2015
LONDON (AP) - Officials say that an advertising firm must immediately stop using its network of high-tech trash cans to track people walking through London's financial district.
The City of London Corporation says it has demanded Renew pull the plug on the program, which measures the Wi-Fi signals emitted by smartphones to follow commuters as they pass the garbage cans.
In one interview, Renew chief executive Kaveh Memari said he would sell the data to "anyone."
The company tested the technology in May but received a burst of publicity last week, with some wondering whether the technology was legal.
The City of London Corporation is responsible for the city's historic "square mile," home to financial institutions, law firms and tourist landmarks.
Renew did not immediately return a call seeking comment Monday.
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37 U.S. Code § 329 - Incentive bonus: retired members and reserve component members volunteering for high-demand, low-density assignments
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(a) Incentive Bonus Authorized.— The Secretary of Defense may pay a bonus under this section to a retired member or former member of the Army, Navy, Air Force, or Marine Corps or to a member of a reserve component of the Army, Navy, Air Force, or Marine Corps (who is not otherwise serving on active duty) who executes a written agreement to serve on active duty for a period specified in the agreement in an assignment intended to alleviate the need for members in a high-demand, low-density military capability or in any other specialty designated by the Secretary as critical to meet wartime or peacetime requirements.
(b) Maximum Amount of Bonus.— A bonus under subsection (a) and any incentive developed under subsection (d) may not exceed $50,000.
(c) Methods of Payment.— At the election of the Secretary of Defense, a bonus under subsection (a) and any incentive developed under subsection (d) shall be paid or provided—
(d) Development of Additional Incentives.—
(1) The Secretary of Defense may develop and provide to members referred to in subsection (a) additional incentives to encourage such members to return to active duty in assignments intended to alleviate the need for members in a high-demand, low-density military capability or in other specialties designated by the Secretary as critical to meet wartime or peacetime requirements.
(2) The provision of any incentive developed under this subsection shall be subject to an agreement, as required for bonuses under subsection (a).
(3) Not later than 30 days before first offering any incentive developed under this subsection, the Secretary shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report that contains a description of that incentive and an explanation why a bonus under subsection (a) or other pay and allowances are not sufficient to alleviate the high-demand, low-density military capability or otherwise fill critical military specialties.
(e) Relationship to Other Pay and Allowances.— A bonus or other incentive paid or provided to a member under this section is in addition to any other pay and allowances to which the member is entitled.
(f) Prohibition on Promotions.— The written agreement required by subsections (a) and (d) shall specify that a member who is paid or receives a bonus or other incentive under this section is not eligible for promotion while serving in the assignment for which the bonus or other incentive is provided.
(g) Repayment.— A member who does not complete the period of active duty specified in the agreement executed under subsection (a) or (d) shall be subject to the repayment provisions of section 303a (e) of this title.
(h) High-Demand, Low-Density Military Capability.— In this section, the term "high-demand, low-density military capability" means a combat, combat support or service support capability, unit, system, or occupational specialty that the Secretary of Defense determines has funding, equipment, or personnel levels that are substantially below the levels required to fully meet or sustain actual or expected operational requirements set by regional commanders.
(i) Regulations.— The Secretary of Defense may prescribe such regulations as the Secretary considers necessary to carry out this section.
Source(Added Pub. L. 109–364, div. A, title VI, § 621(a),Oct. 17, 2006, 120 Stat. 2253.)
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Pub. L. 109–364, div. A, title VI, § 621(e),Oct. 17, 2006, 120 Stat. 2255, provided that: "No agreement may be entered into under section 329 of title 37, United States Code, as added by subsection (a), before October 1, 2006."
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Retrial for Egypt's former dictator Mubarak starts next month
A Cairo appeals court has granted former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak a retrial on April 13, Egypt's state-run news agency Mena said Sunday.
Mubarak, who ruled Egypt for 30 years, is currently serving a life sentence for the killing of protesters during Egypt's revolt in 2011. He appealed that sentence in January.
The 84-year-old has suffered a range of physical problems, and is being treated in a military hospital.
Mubarak's sons and former Interior Minister will also be retried on corruption charges.