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Recently the late Jersey Jones, the former associate editor of Ring magazine, was named to Boxing's Hall of Fame. Jones was a nimble writer who covered New York City for decades, well into the 1960s, but how does he warrant inclusion into the Hall of Fame, when he simply wrote with "handcuffs" on?
While many lapped up Ring like it was holy writ, Jones helped make ratings at the "Bible of Boxing," while he managed fighters, most notably Dick Tiger. Sure, Tiger deserved to be the number one contender, and eventually became middleweight and light heavyweight champ, but how many fights would Tiger have got in Madison Square Garden if Jones hadn't pulled his punches in his Ring dispatches?
Do you think Nat Fleischer, the editor of Ring, would have kept his ringside seat if he revealed how corrupt the sport still was in New York, well after the imprisonment of Frankie Carbo and Blinky Palermo? For instance, at the time Tiger was coming into prominence in the early sixties, young fighters like Allen Thomas had to kickback 10% of their fighters purses to a so called "New York manager who they never met," just to get a fight in the Garden. This is the way the "Red Light District of Sports" worked. Jones didn't cause it, and neither did Fleischer, but to say that Jones didn't benefit from it is preposterous.
"Everybody got their envelope in those days," recalled the late Lew Eskin in 1990, who started at Ring as a naive 16-year-old writer in the 1940s. "Before a fight you'd go to your seat and you'd just find it there. Everybody took. How much you got depended how important you were."
W.C. Heinz, the great sportswriter, agreed. So did Irving Rudd, the Runyonesque PR man who did a stint in the mid 1940s at Ring, and later claimed "Fleischer could be gotten to."
Well, Fleischer was a good man who loved boxing, but to claim that he fearlessly rooted out gangsters is absolute B.S. In 1947, the New York District Attorney finally investigated Mike Jacobs, who then ran the Garden, and concluded Jacobs was "totally controlled by Frankie Carbo." Yet you never read that in Ring because Jacobs was one of Fleischer's best friends. Fleischer was nothing but a propagandist when it came to Jacobs. It was always "Uncle Mike" this or "Uncle Mike" that. At least Fleischer didn't write, like Red Smith did, that "Carbo was the benevolent despot of boxing."
Carbo was about as benevolent as cancer. In 1960 the Kefauver Commission finally put this murderous hit man out of business, but Jack Bonomi, the New York investigator attached to the Manhattan prosecutor's office, sadly discovered that most of the influential sportswriters in the country were on Carbo's payroll. Bonomi wanted to indict them, but concluded that would alienate the newspapers they worked for and destroy public support for the clean up.
Writers who belong in the Hall of Fame are Dan Parker, or Jimmy Cannon, who took on scum like Carbo and Palermo. Not Jones, who was a facile, well connected whore. Is Red Smith in Canastota? He shouldn't be, though he was the "finest stylist of his generation."
The ethics of the times were a bit different. Sportswriters, especially in the pre union days, were broke and always on the take. The legendary Dick Young often got a suit of clothes from the Brooklyn Dodger's owner Walter O'Malley, but pumping up the Dodgers was a long way from whoring or ignoring Carbo.
Boxing is a brutal racket, but is it fair that a heavyweight champion, Sonny Liston, who couldn't even read or write, owned just 12% of himself? What about the Garden main eventers, who ended up punch-drunk, fighting for a just fraction of their purses in boxing's "Golden Age?" It wouldn't have happened if more boxing writers would have had some guts.
And it's still going on today.
These days, the credo of the Boxing Writers Association still seems to be: "We Peddle Our Ass for a Press Pass." It's probably inscribed in Latin.
A real writer, and a real man, one who did more for boxing than anyone in recent memory, was Jack Newfield, who just died. Newfield wasn't even a boxing writer, but during stints with the Village Voice and New York Post, he had a great social conscience.
Newfield was born in Brooklyn in 1938. "Jack never forgot where he came from," said The Nation magazine's Victor Navasky, who publishes the hardest hitting weekly in America. "Everything Jack wrote was on the behalf of the dispossessed."
Who in sports are more 'dispossessed' than prizefighters?
Unlike Bert Sugar, who after thirty years of self promotion is now being called a "legend," Newfield, who was shy and unassuming, quietly won an Emmy in 1991 for his PBS expose, "Don King: Unauthorized." He also wrote the memorable book Only In America: The Life and Crimes of Don King.
Newfield's heroes were Martin Luther King and Sugar Ray Robinson. He called boxing "my guilty pleasure," but he never sold out, nor would he be intimidated.
King pulled his press credentials, but Newfield, a portly grandfatherly gent, showed up to a Mike Tyson press conference and a notorious street killer nicknamed "Death Threat" sidled up to him and whispered "Get the hell oughta here, Jack, or we'll kill ya."
Newfield did and wrote about it. He also chronicled promoter Joe DeGuardia's alleged double dipping when he handled Lou DeValle, the New York light heavyweight.
Newfield reported that another death threat came in the Post office from someone named "Alan Ross," who called himself DeGuardia's attorney, and who, in the words of Newfield and his writing partner Wallace Matthews, had a "suggestion" for the reporters: "You should slit your wrists for what you wrote - or else someone will do it for you. Would you like me to do it for you? I'll come and do it." (editor's note: It should be noted that DeGuardia denied knowing the caller and that no additional follow-up on the incident was published.)
Though Newfield was dying of cancer, he still fought the good fight. Newfield never engaged in public theatrics like Sugar, but his last great piece on the sport he loved - "The Shame of Boxing" - ran in The Nation a couple of years ago. This piece was a classic and probably did more to alert indifferent lawmakers to the fact that boxing needs to be cleaned up than anything anybody ever wrote.
Jack Newfield belongs in boxing's Hall of Fame.
Not Jersey Jones.
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Snow(y) Day Open Mike
Be nice, clear your ice!
Let's make this the best Open Mike ever. Rant, rave and/or drool here.
Comments (107)
Had to drive last night and this morning. It honestly wasn't that bad. Visibility was down, but you could see far enough as to not overdrive your headlights. Lots of snow, but it's packing snow. A steady foot and the occasional gas/brake pumping, and traction wasn't a problem. Everything took longer, but was do-able. I was more worried a couple weeks ago when we had the sudden freezing rain storm.
Snow I can deal with and drive carefully through. Ice is ice, and no amount of skill will help when there just is no traction.
I know I shouldn't be, but I'm still shocked and surprised just how fucking awful some drivers are, though. Taking corners too fast and spinning out. Following too close and ramming into other cars. Sliding through intersections because they waited too long to brake. Spinning their tires to try to get traction instead of slowly pumping the gas. Not clearing their windshields.
Heck, why the hell don't people turn on their rear windshield wiper? I got a new car this year, and have a rear wiper for the first time every-- and it's AMAZING! I love it. Water/snow on the rear windshield/ WIPE WIPE NOT ANY MORE HAHAHAHAAHAHAH!
I also have ABS brakes for the first time, and again-- best thing ever. As careful as I am (or think I am), there's been a couple times this year when the ABS kicked in. It's like a built-in driving critique. "I think I'm ok doing 40 on this side street. Stop sign coming up, let's start to brake and--" {massive loud grinding, car shudders to a stop} -- " eep. Okay, 30 it is."
But seriously, how hard and foreign is the concept-- snow == slippery == stay further back from everyone one else and don't drive directly beside them because you'll skid and fishtail. :|February 8, 2013 / 08:52
I can understand elementary schools being closed today. I DON'T understand why universities are cancelling classes as well. A 23 year old English major can't make it to a class she paid for?February 8, 2013 / 09:13
Although the snow is still falling, the amount of snow in Toronto this morning is pretty underwhelming. My kids are in school... although I think they cancelled school buses.
When I pick them up at 5, I'll borrow my lady friend's car which has winter tires. :)February 8, 2013 / 09:15
I'm with Lorne. It took me an extra half hour to get in to work today, but as long as you drive with some sense, and don't have bald tires, it wasn't that bad!February 8, 2013 / 09:23
Hard to believe that the Ministry of Transportation is cancelling motor vehicle tests today. This would be the perfect day to test the skills of novice drivers! When I learned to drive, it was in the winter and I believe it made me a safer driver today.
I agree with Lorne. I don't mind driving in the snow, I am just wary of the other knuckledraggers behind the wheel. Also need to mention the big transports that have no fear or sense as they fly down the 401 at the speed of sound.February 8, 2013 / 09:38
I can finally see across the street here in Niagara. We had some freezing rain this morning with ice pellets that then turned to snow - I'd say we've had 10-15cm so far.
All schools in the DSBN are closed - but my son wanted to goto daycare instead of hanging out with boring old dad...
So.. I got the Die Hard blu-ray all raring to go for a little dad time!!!
Stay safe everyone and Mike, have fun tonight. Kerri's really looking forward to it they've put in a lot of time and effort to make it a great event, hopefully the weather cooperates. I just hope she makes it there!
I listen to Humble and Fred's podcast and can't take it any more. The hypocrisy!
When Fred Patterson was fired by 99.9, he started a blog and had warm fuzzies for Corus. This resulted in much love for Corus stations including 640, the best talk in the city with the best personalities. Mike Stafford was the very best, of course.
Then that Corus love toned down when Humble and Fred signed a deal with Rogers.
But when the Rogers deal was replaced by the Astral deal, the new line from Freddie P was about how 1010 is the best talk in the city and the talk radio for smart people and Mike Richards et al are the best personalities in the city. Forget 640, 1010 is the best.
See, it's all about which company has Fred's favour at the time. There's no integrity or honesty at play.
Oh, and Frederick, how would you feel now about your daughter breast feeding your beloved grandson in a food court? I remember your blog rants about how breast feeding should only be done in completely privacy.February 8, 2013 / 09:40
We'll be there. :)
I'll even wear my blue tee shirt.February 8, 2013 / 09:42
Since the weather is complete ass today, I don't dare go to timmies for a coffee I had little choice but to get a coffee and sandwich off the coffee truck. BIG MISTAKE!!! It was like I ate a week old egg/cheese sandwich and the coffee looked and tasted like sludge. NEVER AGAIN COFFEE TRUCK MAN NEVER AGAIN!February 8, 2013 / 09:47
Where was this offensive coffee truck?February 8, 2013 / 09:51
Mississauga, Cawthra and Dundas area.February 8, 2013 / 09:52
SHUT IT DOWNFebruary 8, 2013 / 09:56
Ok, I'm having it shut down.February 8, 2013 / 09:59
So we're now talking about the weather? Wow!
Right now I would even take another inane PK Subban goal update from Cheryl.
What do you think of breast feeding in public?February 8, 2013 / 10:04
February 8, 2013 / 10:09
For those that care, My Bloody Valentine released their first album in EVER last week (OK, maybe more like 20 years, but whatever).
MBV have never been my cup of tea, so I find their new album to be, well, meh...
But, if you want some music to inspire you, check out The Local Natives. Beautiful music. It goes to show that there is musical life out there, besides PSY, Bieber, and Swift.
Great... is it the blue one with the fake tuxedo print on the front?? Those are classic.
She'll be there with her best blue dress on. Apparently this is a no-spouse work event.
I'm ok with that!
She'll be too busy schmoozing to take care of a spouse.
The last time I was at the Sound Academy, I saw Public Enemy there. I'm hoping they're there again tonight. Any chance? :)February 8, 2013 / 10:24
Starting to liquidate today,selling everything turning it into cash and betting that the Phoenix Bums loose tonight.By this time tomorrow Granmamma should have that new snow shovel she has had her eye on.February 8, 2013 / 10:34
Most woman with a brain can do it discreetly - which is fine by me. Then of course there are some women who are just militant about it. They want to make a political statement about it - not sure why.
Then of course, that would lead us to women who insist on breastfeeding their child who is about to enter kindergarten. To me that's a sign of a mental disorder.
Hmmmm, not that I'm aware of, however, there are some things she doesn't share with me.
Yes, she will be too busy taking care of the party guests to look after me.. we're used to it.February 8, 2013 / 11:07
@ Argie - have to agree with you about breasfeeding any child over the age of 2...just not needed or appropriate....My son was breast fed until he could eat solid food, then he was slowly weened.
Before the Moms go crazy...I'm pretty much always on your side, Moms are the best!! But I just don't see a need for it.
I've heard the argument that it breeds intimacy, but there are other ways to get that with your child. Once a child can eat solid food (i don't mean baby food, I mean cut up the chicken and veggies you made for yourself and give some to the kid) the need for breast milk is gone. They can get the vitamins and nouishment they need through proper diet and whole milk.
One of my sons friends was breast fed too long in my opinion and is now attached to his mother at the hip, he's 5 and still needs mommy to wipe his backside, so he won't go at school...not good.February 8, 2013 / 11:19
That being said, any mom who wants to breastfeed their baby is entitled to do it wherever they'd like (within reason) and the rest of us should just butt out of it.February 8, 2013 / 11:22
I haven't been in a maternity ward in about 8.5 years, but at the time there were posters up on the walls of Women's College Hospital encouraging mothers to breastfeed for 2 years.
So let's not pick on women for doing what the Women's College Hospital posters told them to do!
My kids didn't go nearly that long, but that was their mother's call, as it should be.
And like Mississauga Phil said, if they want to breastfeed their child in public, that's their right. It certainly doesn't bother me.February 8, 2013 / 11:25
@ Mike - I'm fine with it for the first 2 years...it the 3-5 year olds still doing it that bugs me.
To me, at that point it's either that the mother doesn't want to stop (very selfish of them) or they don't want to go through the hassle of weening (lazy)
Not trying to be a man telling women what to do with their bodies...just a father who has an opinonFebruary 8, 2013 / 11:29
I have a bit of a dilemma..On our street, most of my neighbours do not get a long with the people that live next door to us, it's a long story but it is a deserved disliking.
Mark (the husband) is overseas, and his wife (Simone) is home alone and is about 60.
My wife says I should go over and snowblow out her driveway.
I cannot stand the woman,and protest but my wife says "Grow up". What to do?
Keep my ground, or cave in and snowblow her out?
@4x4 Time
If she's 60 and her husband is overseas, I think you bite your lip and plow.
Even if she's got a room full of Hitler memorabilia...February 8, 2013 / 11:37
@Mississauga Phil
Those posters definitely said "up to 2 years old". I remember b/c at the time I thought that was pretty old to be breast fed.
I agree, there's a creepiness factor that sets in after the kid turns two.February 8, 2013 / 11:38
@ 4x4 - I used to face a similar dilema on the street i grew up on. THere was an old lady who yelled at us everytime we played hockey on the street/rode our bikes past her house/just for the hell of it. But My old man and I would still shovel her driveway any time it snowed.
My dad said that her attitude was irrellivant, that it was our resposibility as canadains to dig out those who can't do it themselves.
My question to you is if (many years from now) you pass before your wife, you'd want the men on your street to help your widow.
You'll have to hold your nose while doing it, but i think you kinda have to clear her out....
Now, hopefully she see's this and maybe changes her attitudes towards her neighbors.February 8, 2013 / 11:39
As long as she doesn't charge you with trespassing, then do it.
Do it but leave note saying: "You're welcome, bitch!"February 8, 2013 / 11:51
Wow- I agree with Argie twice in one day...must be a full moon or something...The note sounds like a great idea :)February 8, 2013 / 12:04
@ 4x4 Time
You sound like a good guy so what the hell, even if she's a hag, do the right thing and do the driveway. Who knows, might give her a bit of perspective.February 8, 2013 / 12:05
Consider that old woman's side. She would probably not want YOUR help. You're the malcontented nuisance to her throughout the rest of the year.February 8, 2013 / 12:08
That does it, thanks! I am folding like a newbie at a poker game, and going to blow and dig her out...February 8, 2013 / 12:23
Dont forget the note!February 8, 2013 / 12:31
ATTN Toronto Mike'd Podcast fans!
Due to scheduling conflicts, our next episode will be recorded on Tuesday. I'll post it Tuesday night.
It's gonna be a doozy.February 8, 2013 / 12:40
A great article on Gawker relevant to Mike's snow storm post. Enjoy!February 8, 2013 / 12:46
@ CQ - any Canadian who considers kids play road hockey a malcontent or a nuisance needs to move to another country, or an old age home....February 8, 2013 / 12:54
Mike...I was surprised to see that you wrote you were underwhelmed with the snowfall. I just came in from shovelling my driveway and there is a lot of snow and it is still coming down hard.February 8, 2013 / 13:08
@ Mississauga Phil (12:54)
There's all sorts of neighbour nuisances besides kids playing road hockey? Is it played every day while constanting yelling, cussing, and shouting?
How 'bout a person that gets pestered by all sorts of Rap, Good ol Boy, Dance, Death Metal etc. crap music everytime(!) they open their door or are even just living quietly indoors? Or maybe its a gearhead operating his power tools at all hours?
How about kids banging upon a basketball all day and every day plus having their shots miss a standalone basket pole postioned in front of one's own car?
How about mobs of youngsters around 13 still showing up at one's door on Halloween?
How about neighbours that take up the entire area for parking 3 or 4 cars - like it was their own junkyard?
How about neighbours that have a road clogging guest list every weekend?
How about cats and dogs that are poorly managed?
How about the constant smells of BBQ or pot, etc.?
How about streams of litter blowing about onto one's yard or frontage?
How about the neighbour that blocks out the sun with their own mega fence or monster scaled addition?
How about neighbours that turn their peaceful residental homes into a never-ending yard sale or any other venture?
Firstly, it's science. It's not necessary for you to believe it for it to be true. We could start this world from scratch and in time the new science would be identical to the old science.
As for being underwhelmed, that was my 9am glance out the window. It's been snowing for 4.5 hours since then. But I'm still old enough to remember when a foot of snow wasn't that big a deal.February 8, 2013 / 13:28
@Phil, I cannot believe that I sort of agree with you again. I also shoveled a miserable neighbours yard several times in the past, but when given the chance she never even stated thank you, I refused to do it again.February 8, 2013 / 13:31
@ Not Not Dean; why would Freddie bite the hand that feeds him. If you worked for Fed-Ex, would you go around blowing the horn for UPS? Grow a brain.February 8, 2013 / 13:47
By your reasoning we shouldn't expect anything but sunshine and rainbows about the Blue Jays by any Rogers employee including the Fan 590.February 8, 2013 / 14:03
It wouldn't feel like winter in Canada without a snow day or two.
Who else remembers the "be nice clear your ice" adverts?February 8, 2013 / 14:16
Hmmmm, not that I'm aware of, however, there are some things she doesn't share with me.
Yes, she will be too busy taking care of the party guests to look after me.. we're used to it.February 8, 2013 / 14:21
Of course I remember!
http://www.torontomike.com/2008/11/be_nice_clear_your_ice_with_be.htmlFebruary 8, 2013 / 14:32
@ Not Not Dean; what warped logic are you speaking of. The reporters on the Fan590 are paid to generate conversation about the Jays good or bad. If they went on the air stating how the Sportsnet Radio broadcast is so much superior to theirs, they would be out of work in short order. You seem very obtuse.February 8, 2013 / 14:38
Rogers owns Fan590. Rogers owns the Blue Jays. By your reasoning, biting the hand that feeds and all, Fan590 can't criticize the Blue Jays.February 8, 2013 / 14:51
@ Not Not Dean; Very imperceptive. Maybe remedial business classes would assist you. Humble and Fred's audience IQ just jumped with you no longer listening.February 8, 2013 / 15:10
@ 4X4 ....DON'T leave a note. Argue is an azz!February 8, 2013 / 15:40
Well, I didn't have to go out today, thank goodness. The snow didn't bother me so that's good.
My Habs and Coyotes both lost last night though which is no good. PK Subban scored a goal last night which was great. He scored his second goal. PK Subban is the best, believe me.
What an upset in curling. My trainer's team beat Glenn Howard last night 7 to 6. That was something, a surprise. My trainer wasn't doing well at the beginning of the week and he turned stuff around. Anyway, they're winning now as well and after this, one game left with playoffs on the weekend.February 8, 2013 / 16:12
@ Cheryl
What is your trainers name as most of us are curious?
Gotta shovel for 3rd time today.February 8, 2013 / 16:25
Friggin' hilarious.February 8, 2013 / 17:29
Cheryl's trainer, 1 of :
Dennis Lemon
Mark Koivula
Darryl Prebble
Denis Belanger
I'll take my chances and say he is a Denis.February 8, 2013 / 17:33
Cheryl's trainer, 1 of :
Dennis Lemon
Mark Koivula
Darryl Prebble
Denis Belanger
I'll take my chances and say he is a Denis.February 8, 2013 / 17:33
Delete three of last five comments here Mike.February 8, 2013 / 18:24
Sitting in my backyard in shorts & tee shirt having a brewski after work today.
What snow - the sun always shines in Bolton. I have to cut my grass again as haven't done it for 2 weeks.February 8, 2013 / 18:44
KCCOFebruary 8, 2013 / 19:11
(For those who know me, I will add my usual retort to Torontonians: "It doesn't get cold here.")February 8, 2013 / 19:22
@ Speysidephil
Speak English - Not Jargon, even though I know what you said.
I Hate chives.
P.S. I had to put sunscreen on as the UV rays were high in Bolton today.February 8, 2013 / 19:23
My trainer is mathematically out even though they won today and have one more game left, they are mathematically out. Oh well, he might be going home tomorrow or maybe just stay for the playoffs anyway.February 8, 2013 / 19:35
@Douglas haha that's just beautiful
@Anonymous that baby is so friggin cute
@twins you sound like my grandpa in Thunder Bay
LOL you guys are funnyFebruary 8, 2013 / 19:37
What an afternoon...Did the dig next door...About half way through, joined by 3 teenage kids, who I know to see, but not by name. We got a front door blind pull and stare from Simone, but that's fine. I joined the kids and brought the blower to 4 other houses we did, and helped push cars in the street. I am really impressed with Nailil, Cam, and Jonas. These kids have a heart of gold, and we are now on a first name basis. Proud of these boys...February 8, 2013 / 20:03
@ 4x4 - you're a good man. To bad your neighbor is and ungreatful bitch. I had a couple of teens help us dads dig out a few seniors on my street, kinda gives you hope for the human race eh?February 8, 2013 / 20:53
@4x4 Time.
I am so impressed. The selfless act boomeranged, and you were the catalyst. Well done!!!
My bet on Cheryl's trainer is Darryl Prebble. The name just catches me.
Who is your trainer, Cheryl?February 8, 2013 / 21:26
The above comment was from me.February 8, 2013 / 21:27
Anything else high in Bolton today??
Other than the UV rays of course?
I always help out a few neighbours who don't have a snowblower to clear the larger mess. One guy doesn'r even give a tip of the hat in the summer if he sees you, but his wife is a really nice person, which off sets her azz hole husband. Good on 4x4 time for showing what neighbourly ness is all about.February 8, 2013 / 22:40
Once again a big thank you to the Phoenix Bums for impersonating a professional basketball team.They kept it close right down to the wire loosing by a mere 34 points.Will be picking up that new snow shovel Granmama has had her eye on this morning.Hopefully she will break it in this afternoon by putting in a couple of hours in the driveway before bingo.February 9, 2013 / 05:05
Once again a big thank you to the Phoenix Bums for impersonating a professional basketball team.They kept it close right down to the wire loosing by a mere 34 points.Will be picking up that new snow shovel Granmama has had her eye on this morning.Hopefully she will break it in this afternoon by putting in a couple of hours in the driveway before bingo.February 9, 2013 / 05:06
Okay okay. My trainer is not Darryl Prebble. You got the team right though and listed all the names right. It's Mark Koivula.
My Suns did lose big last night. Awful awful. They are louusy this year.
Leafs will definitely lose tonight. PK Subban is going to score again so be prepared, Leafs Fan. Habs all the way.February 9, 2013 / 08:30
I'm with Cheryl on the Habs winning tonight.
Time to dig out the plow-in at the end of the driveway. Thanks to my two teenage sons, who did the driveway before I got home yesterday, it's not as high as my neighbours across the street.
Next week in the GTA: the benefits of all-season tires.
Anyone else following the saga of Angelina and Michele Mastrangelo, the two sisters who claimed they were insulted with taunts of "dirty Canadians", humiliated, and falsely arrested by Miami Beach Police? I thought their story stank to high heaven when I first read it, and figured they were two typical self-entitled brats who figured the law didn't apply to them. Turns out I was right. Check out the police surveillance video of these two ditch-pigs taunting the cops, dancing like idiots, and worst of all, deliberately urinating on the chairs and spreading it from chair to chair. Disgusting, and embarrassing. The term "dirty Canadians" is unfortunately applicable here.February 9, 2013 / 10:26
@Corey. I always hold my nose when I read stories like this one, where the "victims" always claim police brutality, and I'm not a fan of the force some officers use. Maybe they were trying to get on an episode of Campus PD, and their lives would be fulfilled.February 9, 2013 / 11:35
They are insipid examples of what Canadians really are. I am sure their spa will have every local trollop visiting after this.February 9, 2013 / 12:14
I've added a new drop-down menu to the top-right corner of every page on this site.
It's a podcast directory if anyone wants to listen to a podcast or two or three.February 9, 2013 / 12:50
What the hell is wrong with you? You got a problem with my posts address me directly not through a proxy.
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You're outing real people without their knowledge or consent.
There's a number of commenters here that have been regularly coaxing and mocking others. That includes using words like see, look, and 'eye on' when hassling a blind person, as well as sound alike fake names. Plus the pre-insult postings repeated during multiple weeks as well.
There's already been a series of similar postings throughout these Friday Open Mikes in early 2013. Toronto Mike is the person who moderates his website; you can't individually take back your own comments if asked.
Nobody was outed. Cheryl wrote herself "My trainer's team beat Glenn Howard last night 7 to 6.".
At that point, it's easy to find out who we're talking about. And guessing the name of her trainer / competitive curler isn't "outing" and certainly doesn't require moderation on my part.February 9, 2013 / 16:58
Saturday night, Leafs vs Habs, Bob Cole....it doesn't get any better!
Go Habs Go!
3-0 2nd period hahahahahahahahahaFebruary 9, 2013 / 20:27
Too bad Bob Cole can't see this game.February 9, 2013 / 20:52
Three quick things...
1. I love Bob Cole - he's calling a fantastic game. He should call all Leafs-Habs games for the rest of his life.
2. It's now 4-0 Leafs. What a game! Loving this!
3. I'm wearing my Optimus Reim shirt and it's working. I have the power.February 9, 2013 / 20:59
Really Mke, you love Bob Cole, if you are not sure what the call is then say that, but good old Bob says it like its a done done deal and he has been wrong on at least 3 plays tonight, even his co-host correcting him.
This has been going on for too long, time to retire!
Here's hoping he never retires.
That voice more than makes up for the odd error here and there. He's still the best in the business and music to my ears.February 9, 2013 / 21:12
This game sucks. I turned it off. I'm not bothering with the third period. At least my Coyotes won 1 to 0 in a shootout today.February 9, 2013 / 21:17
Sorry Mike but Bob Cole has no idea what is going on in the game. He was still calling a play and a fight was going on.
Great to hear his voice, but he should really retire now.February 9, 2013 / 21:21
I watch every Leafs game I can, and I hear nobody that comes close.
I'll take an ageing Bob Cole with those pipes every day of the week until I hear someone as good or better.February 9, 2013 / 21:28
6-0 with 6 minutes to go. A lot of scraps too this game, was getting crowded in the Habs penalty box at one point.February 9, 2013 / 21:51
gotta love the Leafs!
Well now, that was an embarrassing game by the Habs.February 9, 2013 / 22:09
The best game the Leafs played this season.
AwesomeFebruary 9, 2013 / 22:28
@Mike re: podcast. I recognize almost all of those, but remind me, which one is "In Her Shoes?"February 10, 2013 / 01:05
That was a really awful game. Do we have to talk about it? My Habs better win next time, believe me.February 10, 2013 / 07:54
Yeah that was a painful game to watch. And I do agree it's time for Bob Cole to retire.February 10, 2013 / 08:46
In Her Shoes is my lady friend's new podcast. She lets me co-host. I think you'll like it.February 10, 2013 / 09:44
My dislike of the NHL will never stop me from enjoying the habs getting destroyed! Anytime they lose, it brings a smile to my face.
Anyone else think their symbol sort of resembles a toilet seat?February 10, 2013 / 11:51
I'm a Bob Cole fan too.
He has a unique voice, and I really like the fact he has a personality and that he DOES make mistakes.
The turn off for me is these generic media "personalities" who all look alike and sound alike.
Yecch. Give me Bob Cole or Tom Cheek anyday!February 10, 2013 / 12:36
Bob Cole is a disaster as a play by play guy.
Seriously, he needs to be carted off somewhere very far.February 10, 2013 / 13:56
I agree with Mike, Bob Cole is a legend. Sports is about emotion - anticipation of the game, thrilling skills on display, tense moments with your team is holding back the opposition (or pressing for the tying goal) and many, many more (annual disappointment with the Leafs, boredom with the trap, etc.). I want a play-by-play man who can help carry that emotion and nobody does it better than Cole. Even his signature quote "everything is happening" sums up perfectly the moments of the game where it does seem that - everything is happening.
If you want perfectly called games, get a robot. I don't really care about perfection, give the 'feeling' of the game anytime.
I need ya over here --> http://www.torontomike.com/2013/02/bob_cole_the_voice_that_divide.htmlFebruary 10, 2013 / 15:12
Went to the Sportsmen show at the Ex today. Hadn't been in a few years and was disappointed at what it has shrunk down to. $50.00 for 2 with parking and went through it in 2.5 hours. The old show would last the March break and take at least 4-5 hours to go through. Suspect the economy is partly to blame, not many trailer or Power Sports displays as in past years. My Parents in the 70's carted us down to check out all the fold down trailers so we could get the best idea of what suited our family. Don't believe I saw one display for this type.February 10, 2013 / 17:03
I don't listen to Bob cole. I listen to the Habs announcers on the net in real audio. It's absolutely free.
Howard won the curling again. I'm tired of him winning all the time. It would have been nice to have a change. Even if my trainer didn't make it, it would have been nice to have another team other than Howard. It's Howard year after year after year.February 10, 2013 / 20:16
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The Promenade at Waterstone is the first phase -- three four-storey buildings -- of what will eventually be an eight-building master-plan community in Surrey with a club at its centre sure to be the envy of every other fledgling development nearby (and in Surrey there are a lot of them).
"It's the only resort-style development in all of Surrey and in Langley as well," says Mark Belling, marketing director for the Waterstone. "The city wanted something special . . . a community that you can live, work and play in all in the same place and you don't have to get in your car."
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The Club's blueprint boasts a 60-foot lap pool, hot tub, steam room and dry sauna, a yoga studio, fully furnished exercise room, entertaining area with a kitchen and wine bar, fireside lounge, party room with a wet bar, billiard table and large screen TV, and even a 17-seat movie theatre.
But the real beauty for potential buyers right now is the opportunity to get access to the residential haven before the most expensive properties are all that remains. The Promenade, which Belling thinks will sell out through private appointments before it ever hits the open market, is the most modestly priced of the three phases with a $190,000 starting price tag. The second and third phases will be increasingly more expensive.
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Good day to you from Sun Tech Days in Shanghai! The Shanghai International Conference Center is packed with about 1000 attendees and I'm rubbing shoulders with technology luminaries like Ian Murdock, founder of Gnu/Debian Linux, who joined Sun six months ago as Chief Operating Platforms Officer. He's just hanging around to get a handle on what developers want. Well, what does he think they want so far? In answer to that question, Ian replied extensively:
"I'm here just to take it in and learn a little bit more about what developers in China want. I've been primarily focused on Solaris and Open Solaris since I joined sun about six months ago and my role is expanding to include the developer in the broader sense, so certainly knowing what developer communities want out of Sun is an important part of my job now and I'm here to learn as much as I can."
Certainly I know that what they want in China is very different from what they want in America and Europe, which is the ground that I'm more familiar with. Even though they're very different there are a lot of commonalities as well. I think the whole notion of a developer has changed quite a bit in the last five or ten years. It used to be that a developer was someone in a corporation writing applications for custom deployment or working for an ISV building products, but now these days with the rise of Linux and Open Source the face of the developer has changed quite a bit."
In Linux, for example, a developer is anyone who comes in contact with Linux or open source these days with Web 2.0 and all sorts of technologies that allow people to participate in the web, and building mashups and those sorts of things. You know it's the 15-year-old rearranging her page on facebook -- is that a developer?
So it's really become much more of a continuum, and at Sun we're focused increasingly on how do we reach the developer early in this continuum because that's when certain conceptions about technology are formed and those conceptions travel all the way through college, university, and into the corporate environment, which is ultimately where we need to reach them."
Okay, we'll catch up with Ian maybe in a few weeks so he can communicate what he's learned in his travels. Meantime, it's back to the presentation center for me, where a full house of developers are clutching their orange Tech Days backpacks (and hoping to catch one of those Duke dolls that are being thrown from the stage) and filling their heads full of the technologies and products that Sun has to offer. More later.
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Former New Orleans Saints secondary coach Tony Oden is leaving for the same job with the Jacksonville Jaguars. League sources confirmed a report by the Florida Times-Union.
Oden and Jaguars defensive coordinator Mel Tucker have known each other since they both grew up in Cleveland Heights, Ohio, which could help explain the lateral move. Plus, Oden's future in New Orleans may have been uncertain since they will be bringing in a new defensive coordinator.
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If the image is from another source and not created from scratch, then the original owner should also be infracted as they stole the content to make the gif or avatar image. So anyone using say Marlon's VS sprite like the Seven members during B2W2's Japanese release (who all had the same signatures as well.) should have been infracted. I'd have to be for editing a sprite made by nintendo. If your Gif. is from a TV show or taken from any other source that isn't you doing that dance, you technically stole content that wasn't yours to use for your own personal use.
Bobandbill stole the Wes dance sprite if its from Earthbound/Mother or who ever created it, if he didn't make it himself.
Everyone using official music video gifs of Gangnam Style stole content from the video.
By copyright laws and regulations we are all stealing if we don't make every last detail from scratch.
Theft should ONLY be considered if there is actual theft and not when two people have identical or the same Avatar/Signature
Which this honestly does look like. Especially since when this was done to Hikari nothing was done to the person "stealing" from her.
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The Good Mornings lift is great for the working the lower back, hamstrings, and butt muscles. There are two ways to do this lift and a couple fine details about it worth noting.
The lift can be done with straight knees or with bent knees (pictured). Both ways are good, but new weight lifters should first use the bent knee position to avoid accidentally locking the knees during the lift. Locking the knees can lead to injury and should be avoided. If the knees are bent while doing the lift, the hamstrings will relax and help with flexion in the hip. If the legs are straight during the lift then the hamstrings will be fully lengthened, and the contraction will be easily felt.
The lift is executed as follows:
- Stand with feet hip to shoulder width apart.
- Obtain a barbell of good weight and place it across the upper back while holding it on both sides (pictured). It is important to note that the bar is not resting on the neck but across the back of the shoulder.
- Take a breathe in, bend forward from the waist. Keep the back completely straight through out the exercise. Continue to bend forward until the back is or nearly is parallel with the floor.
- Breathe out as you return to the initial position.
Good Mornings down position. Personal Photo.
- Continue to do this motion for 3 sets of 10-15 repetitions. Super heavy weights are not needed for this to be an effective lift. Many women will use between 20-40lbs. Many Men may use between 50-80 lbs.
Since this is a lift that includes the lower back, always start with the lowest weight first when you are unsure of how much weight to lift.
If the barbell hurts to be placed across the back of the shoulders, place a towel between the bar and your back for cushion.
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From Playbill: The long-running Off-Broadway musical The Fantasticks reaches an unsurpassed 21,000 performances Feb. 8, having played in New York City for a total of 52 years.
From AMNY: Like the Energizer Bunny, The Fantasticks just keeps going and going. The Off-Broadway musical, which ran for decades in Greenwich Village before being revived in Times Square, will reach performance No. 21,000 on Feb. 8. Last year, the musical was on the verge of closing, but then two unusually generous fans promised financial support to keep it going.
From The Wall Street Journal: Now you can own a seat at The Fantasticks for an entire year! Call our Box Office for more information.
From The New York Post: The off-Broadway phenomenon The Fantasticks won't be closing next month after all — thanks to a pair of fantastic fans.
From New York Daily News: The show must go on. Off-Broadway mainstay The Fantasticks, scheduled to close in May, will continue to be the "world's longest-running musical," thanks to a little help from some friends.
From The New York Times: About that closing of "The Fantasticks": Never mind. The producers of the long-running Off-Broadway staple, who announced last month that they would close the show in early May, said on Saturday that two unnamed fans had contributed enough money to keep it open indefinitely.
NewYork.com did a write-up on the most romantic shows in New York both on Broadway and Off Broadway and The Fantasticks made the list! Click below for the full article.
Actor Ed Watts (El Gallo) and Producer Catherine Russell took some time to chat with Broadway.TV to talk about what makes The Fantasticks a classic and the business of Off Broadway.
The Fantasticks add special performances for Christmas Eve and New Year's Day!
In an interview with The Fantasticks' Tom Jones, Seattle theatre writer John Longenbaugh tried to nail down what makes The Fantasticks such an "amazing show." The insightful discussion ranged from the origins of The Fantasticks before the original off-Broadway run to Jones' continued involvement in the show and beyond. Long-time fans may find the discussion of the decision to change the final line to be of particular interest, as well as Jones' description of The Fantasticks as "a celebration of the theatre."
The Fantasticks' Max Crumm and Samantha Bruce co-hosted Broadway in Bryant Park on another spectacular afternoon with 106.7 Lite FM's Christine Nagy. To conclude an afternoon with some of the best of Broadway and Off-Broadway, Max and Samantha performed the classic "Soon It's Gonna Rain." Please check out photos of the event on our Facebook page and don't miss their on-stage selfie.
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Anna Gilligan from Good Day NY interviewed the cast of The Fantasticks for a segment on Fox Five, check it out at MyFoxNY.com This comes on the heels of an Associated Press Article on The Fantasticks' Kevin R. Free. Coverage of The Fantasticks' Max Crumm continues with a series of interviews - firstly with "Call Me Adam" and recently with Josh Ferri at BroadwayBox for The Daily Scoop.
Broadway and film actor Max Crumm (Grease, Easy A) will join The Fantasticks as Matt (The Boy) beginning July 8th. Max Crumm starred as Danny Zuko in the most recent Broadway revival of Grease and has also appeared in DISASTER! and F#%KING UP EVERYTHING Off-Broadway. Tickets are on sale now at Ticketmaster.com.
The Fantasticks welcomes Kevin R. Free as Bellomy, Luisa's father. Free has performed Off Broadway in From My Hometown, Taking A Chance On Love and in The Conjure Man Dies. Free has appeared on Law & Order, Law & Order: SVU, and can be heard in over 100 audio books including the Pulitzer Prize-winning The Known World.
Reserve your tickets to see Kevin R. Free as Bellomy now! Get Tickets To The Fantasticks at Ticketmaster.com
Edward Watts returns to The Fantasticks for two weeks beginning April 28. Watts previously starred as El Gallo during the 50th Anniversary year and with Aaron Carter. Watts starred in the Broadway production of Scandalous. Off-Broadway, he took on the role of Superman in It's a Bird..Plane..It's Superman at Encores!, His other stage credits include The Most Happy Fella at the NYC Opera and Transport at The Irish Rep. Tours: The Little Mermaid (King Triton), Les Miserables (Enjolras,) 7 Brides for 7 Brothers (Adam Pontipee,) Beauty and the Beast (Gaston.) Regional Theatre: Roman Holiday at The Guthrie, Funny Thing... Forum (Helen Hayes nomination Best Supporting Actor) at The Shakespeare Theatre D.C., Saving Aimee and 7 Brides for 7 Brothers at The 5th Avenue, 1776 at Goodspeed Opera, Annie Get Your Gun at Sacramento Music Circus, A Little Night Music at Michigan Opera Theatre, The Music Man and Camelot at Music Theatre of Wichita, etc. TV: recurring roles on "The Sopranos", "All My Children", "Rescue Me", "The Carrie Diaries", and "As the World Turns".
Reserve your tickets to see Edward Watts as El Gallo now! Get Tickets To The Fantasticks at Ticketmaster.com
Last night, on September 15, The Fantasticks performed it's 20,000th performance in New York City. Preceding the show, Tom Jones reflected on the more than fifty years of history - after the show, the party kicked off. Steven Duskin of The Huffington Post said of the performance; "what most impressed me this time was how fresh and alive this material is... pure joy". The Associated Press described it as a "mind-boggling milestone."
Tom Jones in an excerpt from The New York Daily News, Sept 15. 2013: "I was in the original cast in 1960 and I returned to play the same role on the 50th anniversary," he says. "As I crawled out of the old theatrical trunk to make my entrance, I was suddenly struck by the realization that everything was the same. The world around us had undergone vast changes," Jones continues. "So many of my friends and fellow actors had passed away. But this tale we were telling, this parable about growing up, was still able to touch people, to make them laugh and weep, after all these years. And I was very moved by that." Read on with the link below.
Davidson returns December 3 as Bellomy, Luisa's quirky yet lovable father - this time getting to showcase his singing! Davidson originally played Matt in the 1964 Hallmark Hall of Fame television version and was with us here at The Theater Center for two short engagements this past summer as the old actor, Henry. Now get a chance to see Davidson as Bellomy! Buy tickets today!


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First Marriage License Application Filled Out For Same-Sex Couples In Albany County [PHOTOS]
Same-sex marriage is now legal in Wyoming, and one same-sex couple has already filled out forms for their marriage license.
Same-sex marriage is now legal in Wyoming, and one same-sex couple has already filled out forms for their marriage license.
We had an overwhelming amount of votes from not only Wyoming, but around the world in our latest poll question regarding same-sex marriage!
Photographer Kerinsa Marie was contracted to capture the proposal of Molly and Ken at the final Colorado Rockies game of 2013.
As the marriage proposal message showed up on the scoreboard Kerinsa sprang to action getting a shot of the scoreboard then turning to get a shot of the proposal and the happy couple...
Ever been to a wedding and you see the bride turn into bridezilla? Or maybe you see the future mothers n' law a little bit on the snippy side. Well in the case of this couple, it's the pastor that takes the "wedding cake," or even worse, the wedding, after snapping at the wedding photographer.
Weddings are often expensive affairs — and we don't just mean for the couple tying the knot. Guests often have a considerable cash layout as well, but the dip in the economy has lead many revelers to cut back on just how much money they're willing to spend.
Wynonna Judd got engaged to sweetheart and band member Cactus Moser on Christmas Eve, and the singer just revealed some details about her upcoming fall wedding. While you might expect the country star to go for something shimmering and glitzy, Judd says that's not in the cards for her in this, her third, wedding. In fact, this time around she tells People that the theme will be "barefoot and just fun."
Lady Antebellum's Hillary Scott tied the knot with love Chris Tyrrell on Jan. 7, and while she had the dream wedding complete with a custom Vera Wang gown, the new bride says she's not missing any of the pre-wedding stress. In an interview with Reverb, she says life after the wedding has been incredible, especially since she gets to be on tour with her husband.
Lee Brice recently popped the big question to his longtime girlfriend, Sara Reevely, who of course said yes! Brice and Reevely had been dating throughout the course of 10 years and share a beautiful 3-year-old son named Takoda. Brice says he has known for quite a while that Reevely was the one, and that he better do something about it before someone else beat him to it.
Sure, bride Ashley Richmond and father David Sparks may have performed a spectacularly awesome wedding dance medley to Motown and top 40 hits, but father-daughter duo Gary Stang and Garyn Stang-Chile did their wedding dance while on roller skates. Top that!
Sunny Sweeney's new single, 'Drink Myself Single,' no longer applies to her personal life. The singer-songwriter is officially off the market! Sweeney and her longtime boyfriend, Jeff Hellmer, said "I do" on Friday, Nov. 11.
Charles Kelley will make sure his musical preferences are played at Hillary Scott's wedding, whether she likes it or not. After the 2011 CMA Awards on Wednesday, CMT caught up with the Lady Antebellum trio to chat about their award wins — and more importantly, how Scott's wedding planning adventure is going.
A singer performs a very unique reggae-style version of LeAnn Rimes's 'How Do I Live Without You' at a wedding. Unfortunately, part of what makes it so unique is that the performer forgets the words and is forced to improvise.


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Typically you hear people say they attend conferences for education, networking, and needed credits for their certification. Rarely do you hear them say they attend to become a disruptor. A key observation after my first day at DigitalNow was that a majority of attendees were participating in the event because they were looking for ideas, tactics and insights that can help them disrupt the business norm of their association. Take a look at a great overview of what keynote Rachel Botsman had to share with attendees.
Publishing, revenue, and media sales continue to need disruption as the traditional tactics used to plan and execute media sales strategies fade in their effectiveness.
Here are a few quick ideas on rethinking your "norm" -
- In a competitive, high stakes environment, it is important to bring new value to the table for your customers every time they meet with your sales team to discuss a current or future media investment.
- Association publishers and sales teams continue to have a huge advantage. What community does your association represent? Is that community trusted? How can key suppliers solve business and market issues for the community? How does your association bring that matching and relationship together in media and communication? Building trusted relationships with valuable content is part of the reason sponsored content is finding market success.
- How can disruption be smaller? Look to simplify a complicated process. For example, how does someone buy media from you? Where is there room to make that process less cumbersome, more intuitive?
- Remove cultural impediments that come with past failures. Often times we hold on to past failures. For example, let's say you tried to build a media partnership program 3 years ago and it did not gain traction in the market. Go back now and look to see if there are reasons that the environment, people, products are different than they were at that time. It can make sense to go back to existing ideas to see if there is still room for them to become successful.
- What is success going to look like when you have disrupted the norm and brought a new approach to your publishing and sales? That question needs an answer. You must be realistic when discussing new and disruptive ideas. Creating new publishing models in "can't fail" environments with unrealistic expectations of revenue is not going to foster future innovation.
If your organization's approach to media sales could benefit from some disruption, consider attending Association Media & Publishing's Annual Meeting in June. Content will align around digital, editorial, executive publishing, and advertising. Network's Shannon Reid and Brittany Shoul will present a session designed to reconstruct how an association can actively deliver (sell!) their value proposition surrounding media and advertising. If you can't make it to the conference, call us. We would be happy to connect with you about these ideas and more. Disruption, when done well, results in growth.
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According to the Canadian Press on Friday, Canadian Olympic gold medalist Steve Yzerman of Cranbrook, British Columbia will be inducted into the International Ice Hockey Federation Hall of Fame.
Yzerman was a player for team Canada's gold medal winning team in men's hockey at the 2002 Olympic Winter Games in Salt Lake City, and was the executive director for team Canada at the 2010 Olympic Winter Games in Vancouver. He is also team Canada's executive director at the 2014 Olympic Winter Games in Sochi.
As a player, Yzerman also won a Canada Cup with team Canada in 1984, and won three Stanley Cups while captaining the Detroit Red Wings. His NHL career stats are 692 goals, 1063 assists, and 1755 points from 1984-2006.
Other inductees included Yzerman's teammate in Detroit, defenseman Niklas Lidstrom, a seven-time Norris Trophy winner who won the gold medal for Sweden at the 2006 Olympic Winter Games in Turin, Russian center Vyacheslav Bykov and right wing Andrei Khomutov, who won gold medals at the 1988 Olympic Winter Games in Calgary and the 1992 Olympic Winter Games in Albertville, (Khomutov also won hockey gold for the Soviet Union at the 1984 Olympic Winter Games in Sarajevo), and Belarussian defenseman Ruslam Salei, who was part of that magical Belarussian team that finished in fourth place at the 2002 Olympic Winter Games in Salt Lake City. Salei would later die in the famous Russian plane crash in Yaroslavl that killed the KHL Lokomotiv Yaroslavl hockey team.


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Sophomore Josh Freeman broke SIU throws coach John Smith's indoor shot put record on Saturday.
Jan. 25, 2014
By Tyler Wooten
NOTRE DAME, Ind. -- The Saluki men's and women's track and field squads both finished third at the Notre Dame Invitational on Saturday, where Southern posted several impressive individual performances.
SIU took home six event titles en route to its third-place finishes behind Michigan State and Notre Dame, besting Missouri Valley Conference foe Illinois State on both the men's and women's side.
However, the story of the day came from a Saluki runner-up in the men's shot put. Sophomore Josh Freeman broke the SIU all-time indoor shot put record that has been held by throws coach John Smith for nearly 30 years (62-09.75, Feb. 4, 1984) on a monster personal best mark of 19.25m (63-02.00) -- nearly three feet better than his previous best set last year as a freshman indoors.
"It was a nice throw," said SIU throws coach John Smith. "He finally turned his head off and got aggressive up front."
Smith has had numerous excellent throwers in his 10 seasons at SIU, where his male shot putters hold seven of the possible 20 top-10 spots indoors and outdoors.
"I wanted it to be done by one of my athletes," Smith said. "It was going to stand for 30 years this Feb. 4, and Josh knocking it down as a true sophomore is very good. It took me four-and-a-half years in college to set it and he got rid of it in one-and-a-half."
Smith set the indoor shot put record on Feb. 4, 1984, and Smith recalled the similarities between that day and today.
"I broke John Marks' record on Feb. 4, my father's birthday, and he was there to watch me do it," Smith said. "Josh's family drove down through a bad winter storm and barely made it to see his last throw, and that was the one. It reminded me of 30 years ago. It was meant to be."
Smith still holds the outdoor record at 62-03.50, but Freeman isn't far behind in sixth place (59-04.25).
However, Freeman went head-to-head with Illinois State's Curtis Jensen -- who owns the best mark in the country this season, professional or collegiate (20.29m/66-07.00, Dec. 6) -- and fell nearly two-feet short of first place. Freeman, who won the gold medal in the shot put at the Pan-American Juniors this past August, now ranks eighth in the nation in the shot put.
Four of SIU's six event titles came in the field events. Freshman Kyle Landon set a new personal best for the third straight meet with his winning clearance of 2.17m (7-01.50). Landon, in just three collegiate meets, now ranks tied for fifth all-time on SIU's prestigious indoor high jump list and 13th in the nation.
"Kyle was really excited about that mark," said SIU head coach Connie Price-Smith. "He made some really good attempts at the next height (7-02.00), too, so we feel great about him going forward."
Southern swept the event for the second time in three weeks thanks to senior Kenya Culmer's victory in the women's high jump on a leap of 1.74m (5-08.50).
SIU also swept the women's throwing events for the third time in four meets. Junior Ashley Gaston took the shot put with a winning launch of 15.78m (51-09.25), and junior DeAnna Price won the weight throw with a heave of 20.55m (67-05.25). Sophomore Alexus Scott finished in third place behind Gaston in the shot put, where she put up a personal best mark of 15.15m (49-08.50) -- which is now tied for tenth all-time at SIU.
Behind Price in the weight throw was junior Sophia Lozano -- who finished second with a throw of 20.00m (65-07.50) -- and Gaston, who finished fourth with a personal best launch of 19.03m (62-05.25). Both Price and Lozano rank within the top-10 nationally in the event and would qualify for the national meet if the season were to end today.
On the track, Southern's first event win came from junior mid-distance runner Mobola Rotibi in the 1000 meter run. Rotibi, a native of Tinley Park, Ill., rode to victory on a time of 2:55.10 in her first collegiate attempt in the event. Her time was within one half-second of breaking the school record, which has been held by Rosanne Vincent since 1989 (2:54.76).
Senior Matthew Benes claimed the final Saluki win in the 60 meter dash. Benes won with a personal best time of 6.90 seconds, which bested his previous time (6.91) by one one-hundredth of a second and now ranks tied for ninth all-time at SIU (Anthony Seay, 2010). Benes was also the runner up in the 60 meter hurdles, where he posted a season-best time of 8.10 seconds.
The Salukis had several other impressive individual performances on Saturday. On the women's side, both SIU entrants in the 3000 meter run posted personal bests. Junior Sadie Darnell finished seventh with a personal best time of 9:49.20 -- which now ranks third all-time at SIU -- and senior Eileen Schweiss also set a new PR with a time of 10:20.12.
In the women's pole vault both freshman Katie Trupp and junior Caselyn Harding finished with the same height and tied for fifth place. Trupp and Harding both cleared 3.60m (11-09.75), a personal best for Harding who already ranked third all-time at SIU behind Trupp's second-place mark of 3.75m (12-03.50) set earlier this indoor season.
In the women's mile run, junior Krista Menghini finished ninth and posted a new PR of 5:02.75 behind some of the best female milers in the country. In the race were three student-athletes from Michigan State and Notre Dame who hold times in the top-25 nationally.
On the men's side, junior transfer Luke James was the runner-up in the triple jump with his second-best mark of the season at 14.20m (46-07.25).
Junior thrower Curtis Wideman finished 10th in the weight throw and bested his previous mark by one and one-half feet. Wideman now ranks 42nd in the nation and 10th all-time at SIU with his best throw of 19.16m (62-10.50).
As with the women's 3K, both SIU runners in the men's mile set new personal bests in the event. Juniors Oscar Medina (eighth, 4:11.75) and Juan Carrera (11th, 4:17.15) set new PRs by a considerable amount. Medina bested his previous best by six seconds, and Carrera by nearly three. Freshman Andrew Carmin performed a similar feat, clocking in nearly two seconds faster than his previous best in the 800 meter run with a ninth-place time of 1:56.95.
Finally, in his first collegiate meet Saluki Football junior wide receiver/return specialist LaSteven McKinney finished fourth in the 60 meter dash with a time of 7.06 seconds.
"I think the (scoring) format made (the meet) a little more interesting," Price-Smith said. "We were all competing towards something for the first time this year, and that's good practice for the conference meet. We had some really nice PRs not only in the field, but on the track as well."
Saluki track and field will return to the Hoosier State next Friday and Saturday, Jan. 31 and Feb. 1, for the Indiana Relays in Bloomington, Ind.
Men's Team Scores:
1. Michigan State - 179
2. Notre Dame - 171
3. Southern Illinois - 112
4. Illinois State - 107
Women's Team Scores:
1. Notre Dame - 179
2. Michigan State - 173
3. Southern Illinois - 133
4. Illinois State - 84
Notable Scorers (Women):
60 Meter Dash:
4. Amiris Warren - 7.77
6. Desiree White - 7.89
60 Meter Hurdles:
5. Shaneice Bufford - 8.98
800 Meter Run:
4. Mobola Rotibi - 2:15.19
7. Allison Gallo - 2:18.59
Mile Run:
10. Alyssa Allison - 5:03.62
High Jump:
4. Cetrena Simmons - 1.65m (5-05.00)
Long Jump:
4. Sarah Rautio - 5.49m (18-00.25)
6. Lauren Cheadle - 5.42m (17-09.50)
Triple Jump:
3. Kenya Culmer - 11.85m (38-10.50)
5. Sarah Rautio - 11.40m (37-05.00)
Notable Scorers (Men):
60 Meter Hurdles:
4. Kemar Jones - 8.30
200 Meter Dash:
6. Spencer Jackson - 22.58
High Jump:
3. Kemar Jones - 1.95m (6-04.75)
Long Jump:
3. Franklin Adams - 6.94m (22-09.25)
6. William Davis - 6.80m (22-03.75)
Triple Jump:
4. Franklin Adams - 13.14m (43-01.50)
Shot Put:
4. Brian Cooper - 16.39m (53-09.25)
Weight Throw:
7. Josh Freeman - 17.76m (58-03.25)