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To define and contrast multiple joint radiographic osteoarthritis (rOA) phenotypes describing hand and whole-body rOA among African Americans and Caucasians.
We conducted a cross-sectional analysis in the Johnston County Osteoarthritis Project, using radiographic data for the hands, tibiofemoral (TFJ) and patellofemoral joints, hips, and lumbosacral spine (LS). Films were read for rOA by a single radiologist using standard atlases. Sixteen mutually exclusive hand (n=2083) and 32 whole-body rOA phenotypes (n=1419) were identified. Fisher's exact tests, corrected for multiple comparisons, were used to compare phenotype frequencies by race and gender. Logistic regression was used to provide odds ratios adjusted for gender, age, and body mass index (BMI).
Hand rOA phenotypes: African Americans compared with Caucasians had significantly less frequent rOA of the distal interphalangeal joints, in isolation and in combination with other hand joint sites, but comparable frequencies of rOA for other hand joint sites. Whole-body rOA phenotypes: African Americans compared with Caucasians had less frequent Hand rOA, in isolation and in combination with other joint sites. In contrast, African Americans compared with Caucasians had more than twice the odds of isolated TFJ rOA and 77% higher odds of TFJ and LS rOA together.
Even after adjustment for gender, age, and BMI, African Americans compared to Caucasians were less likely to have hand rOA phenotypes, but more likely to have knee rOA phenotypes involving the TFJ. African Americans may have a higher burden of multiple large joint OA involvement not captured by most definitions of "generalized OA."
Osteoarthritis (OA) commonly affects multiple joints, although a universally accepted definition of "generalized" osteoarthritis has yet to be established. A variety of methods for defining generalized OA, such as counting the number of affected joints or summing radiographic grades across multiple joints have been utilized in various studies (1–6). These definitions often result in a sum score or cut-off point that defines individuals with generalized OA. While this is useful to determine case status and overall OA burden, it does not provide information about the full multi-joint OA phenotype of the individual. For prognosis and treatment planning, it may be of use to know which joints are involved most often together, and which joints are rarely simultaneously involved in a given individual.
A few studies have reported on patterns of radiographic or symptomatic OA involvement using various combinations of joint sites (5, 7–9). Clinically identified nodal changes in the hands have been associated with an increased risk of undergoing knee or hip joint replacement (9), increased predisposition to knee OA after meniscectomy (6, 10), and have been variably associated with hip OA in other studies (11, 12). OA at one site has also been found to predict development and/or progression at distant sites (13, 14). The Genetics of Generalized Osteoarthritis study, which enrolled affected sibling pairs based on clinical evidence of hand OA, found that a substantial proportion of individuals had radiographic OA (rOA) of the knee, hip, or knee and hip in addition to hand OA (4).
Multiple joint involvement in OA has been most frequently studied among women, and almost exclusively in Caucasians. Among African populations, lower frequencies of nodal hand OA have been seen compared with Caucasian populations (15). Approximately 10% of men and women in a South African population had rOA in 3 or more joint groups, less than in contemporary Caucasian studies (15). A comparison study of individuals in Jamaica showed a higher frequency of distal interphalangeal joint and knee rOA, but a lower frequency of nodes and of 1st metatarsophalangeal rOA compared to UK subjects, and a reduced frequency of lumbar spine rOA among Jamaican men (16). Sowers, et al, in the only study of rOA patterns among African Americans, found an increased frequency of both hand and knee rOA among African American women, along with an increased frequency of knee rOA alone and of metacarpophalangeal rOA, compared to Caucasian women (17).
Our group has evaluated differences between African Americans and Caucasians at the knee and the hip in the Johnston County Osteoarthritis Project (JoCo OA), a prospective, community-based cohort of individuals in rural North Carolina. Compared to Caucasians, African Americans in this population have a higher prevalence of radiographic and symptomatic knee OA, and a similar to slightly increased prevalence of radiographic and symptomatic hip OA (18, 19). The purpose of the current analysis was to examine potential differences in mutually exclusive multi-joint rOA phenotypes among African American and Caucasian men and women at the joint sites most frequently affected by OA (hands, hips, tibiofemoral and patellofemoral joints, and lumbosacral spine).
The analyses in this report used data from the JoCo OA, a community-based prospective cohort study of non-institutionalized African American and Caucasian men and women, aged 45 years and older, living in rural North Carolina, both with and without OA, as previously described (18). All participants signed informed consent and completed 2 home interviews and one clinic visit with physical examination, including functional measures and radiographs, administered by trained study personnel. Hand and spine radiographs were added to the study (previously collecting only knee and hip radiographs) at the cohort enrichment (2003–4) and 2nd follow up (2006–10), so data from these time points were used for the current analysis. Starting from a combined total n=2121, two subsamples were analyzed: 2083 individuals with complete data for all hand joints (the hand rOA phenotypes group), and a subset of 1419 who also had complete data for the other four joint sites (the whole-body rOA phenotypes group) (Figure 1).
Self-reported age, gender, and race were obtained from interviewer-administered questionnaires, while body mass index (BMI) was calculated in kg/m2 from height (cm) and weight (kg) measured during clinic examination by trained study examiners. This cross-sectional analysis included demographic, clinical, and radiographic data collected at the same time for each participant (either during the 2003–4 or 2006–10 time period). The JoCo OA study has been continuously approved by the Institutional Review Boards of the University of North Carolina and of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta, GA.
Radiographs were obtained at a single clinic visit for each participant and interpreted for the hands, knees, hips, and spine as follows. Hands: Posteroanterior radiographs were read for Kellgren-Lawrence (KL) grade (20) at each of 30 joints for each hand (distal interphalangeal [DIP], proximal interphalangeal [PIP], metacarpophalangeal [MCP], carpometacarpal [CMC], thumb IP and MCP). Knees: Fixed flexion, weight-bearing posteroanterior views of the tibiofemoral joint (TFJ) using the Synaflexer™device (CCBR-Synarc, San Francisco, CA) were read for KL grade. Patellofemoral joints (PFJ) were assessed using sunrise views and were graded for osteophytes (OST) using the Burnett atlas (21). PFJ films were added later in the study and only ~70% had been read at the time of this analysis. Hips: Anteroposterior supine pelvis films were used to determine hip KL grade. Spine: Lateral lumbosacral spine (LS) films (taken with the participant lying on his/her left side) were graded for OST and disc narrowing (DN) at 5 levels (L1/2 through L5/S1) again using the Burnett atlas. LS and hip films were not obtained on women under the age of 50 years. All films were read by a single experienced musculoskeletal radiologist (JBR) previously shown to have high intra- and inter-rater reliability (κ=0.89 and 0.86, respectively) (22).
We defined rOA of the TFJ or hip as a KL grade ≥ 2 in any TFJ or hip joint, respectively. Replaced knees were categorized as having OA if the participant reported OA as the reason for the replacement or if rOA was present in the contralateral knee. Replaced hips were categorized as OA only if the participant reported OA as the reason for the joint replacement, as hips are more often subject to replacement due to fracture. For the PFJ, any OST ≥ 2 was considered to indicate PFJ rOA. For hand rOA, we used a composite definition requiring bilateral involvement, at least one DIP with KL grade ≥ 2, and at least 3 joints (DIP, PIP, or CMC) involved (4). Hand joint group OA (e.g. DIP OA) was defined if any joint in the group had a KL grade ≥ 2. LS rOA was defined if both OST and DN graded ≥ 1 were simultaneously present at least one vertebral level.
We did not use population-based weightings, as this analysis used a sample from the JoCo OA that included both the population-based original follow up sample and the cohort enrichment sample. The unit of analysis is the person throughout. Descriptive statistics were calculated for age, BMI, race, and gender for the sample with complete data for hand phenotypes (n=2083) and for the sample with complete data for whole-body phenotypes (n=1419). Frequencies of rOA were determined using the above definitions for each subsample. Then, 16 mutually exclusive phenotypes were defined for hand joint groups and 32 mutually exclusive phenotypes for whole-body phenotypes, representing all possible combinations of multi-joint rOA. As each phenotype was mutually exclusive, the referent group for a given phenotype was the combination of all others, so the sample size remained constant. Frequencies were calculated for each phenotype by race and by gender, and comparisons were made using Fisher's exact tests due to small cell sizes in the contingency tables. We used the Hochberg method (23) of correction for multiple comparisons via the multproc procedure in Stata (24).
To allow for adjusted analysis using 4 explanatory variables (race, gender, age, and BMI), only those phenotypes seen in at least 40 individuals (approximately 10 events per covariate) were assessed using logistic regression models (25). For the hand phenotypes sample (n=2083), this represented 8 of 16 phenotypes (those occurring in at least 2% of this sample): No hand OA, DIP only, PIP only, CMC only, DIP and PIP only, DIP and CMC only, DIP/PIP/CMC, and DIP/PIP/MCP/CMC. For whole-body rOA phenotypes (n=1419), this comprised 12 of 32 phenotypes (those in at least 3% of this sample): No OA, Hand only, LS only, TFJ only, Hip only, Hand and LS, TFJ and LS, Hip and LS, Hand/TFJ/LS, Hip/TFJ/LS, Hand/LS/Hip, and Hand/TFJ/Hip/LS. Race by gender interactions were determined to be significant at a p-value of <0.1; analyses stratified by race and gender were performed where there were significant interactions. The regression models without interactions included terms for race, gender, age and BMI.
Two subsamples were used in the analysis as above and as shown in Table 1 and Figure 1. Of the n=2121 in the total sample with multi-joint radiographic data, 16 had evidence of inflammatory arthritis and were excluded. Another 22 were missing radiographic data on at least one hand joint, leaving 2083 for analysis of hand rOA phenotypes. For whole-body rOA phenotypes, 606 individuals were missing PFJ reads (due to knee replacement or interpretation not available), 35 were women under age 50 who did not undergo hip or spine radiography, and 23 were missing data on at least one joint site, leaving 1419 for the analysis (Figure 1). Selected characteristics of each sample are detailed in Table 1; comparable to many OA samples, the mean age is over 65 years, and the mean BMI is obese (approximately 31 kg/m2). About one third of the sample was male, and one third African American. Overall, about 42% had TFJ rOA, 12% had PFJ rOA, 36% had hip rOA, and 32% had hand OA. LS rOA was very common, occurring in 62% of the sample (Table 1).
The frequency of each of the 16 mutually exclusive phenotypes by race and by gender is shown in Table 2. Many of the phenotypes were uncommon in the sample, occurring in less than 30 individuals (MCP only, DIP and MCP only, PIP and MCP only, PIP and CMC only, MCP and CMC only, DIP/PIP/MCP, DIP/MCP/CMC, PIP/MCP/CMC). The remainder of the phenotypes occurred in at least 40 individuals and were included in adjusted analyses, below. The most common outcome in this community-based sample was no hand rOA (45%, n=929), followed by DIP only (13%, n=269), DIP/PIP/CMC (9%, n=189), and DIP and PIP only (8%, n=166).
Significant differences in the unadjusted frequencies of hand rOA phenotypes by race and gender are shown in Table 2, and for race in Figure 2. African Americans were more likely than Caucasians to have no rOA in the hands, and were, in general, less likely to have any of the phenotypes that involved the DIPs. This difference was statistically significant (after adjusting for multiple comparisons) for DIP only, DIP and PIP, DIP and CMC, DIP/PIP/CMC, and DIP/PIP/MCP/CMC (p-values all ≤ 0.002). Involvement of the PIPs or CMCs alone was similar among African Americans and Caucasians. Fewer significant differences were seen by gender, with men more likely to have no hand rOA, slightly more likely to have MCP only or MCP and CMC alone (but these were very infrequent), and less likely to have DIP/PIP/CMC rOA (p<0.001) or involvement of all the hand joints (p=0.01).
Adjusted results are shown in Table 2, with the exception of the no Hand rOA outcome, which demonstrated an interaction between race and gender (p for interaction=0.007) and is summarized here. Compared to Caucasian women, Caucasian men had 76% higher odds of having no hand rOA (aOR 1.76, 95% CI [1.36–2.29]), while African American men and women had more than 2 times higher odds of having no hand rOA (AA men aOR 3.11 [2.18–4.43]; AA women aOR 3.36 [2.57–4.41]). The results after adjustment for age and BMI again show that African Americans were less likely to have any phenotype including the DIPs (aORs 0.24 to 0.66, Table 2). Also after adjustment, the odds of men having multiple hand joint involvement (DIP/PIP/CMC or DIP/PIP/MCP/CMC rOA) were reduced by about 50% compared to women. As expected, increasing age was associated most strongly with outcomes including multiple joints, and not with single joint involvement except at the CMC; increasing BMI was significantly associated with higher odds of DIP/PIP/CMC and DIP/PIP/MCP/CMC rOA (covariate aORs not shown).
The frequencies of the 32 mutually exclusive whole body rOA phenotypes are shown in Table 3. As noted for the hand rOA phenotypes, several of the phenotypes were very infrequent, occurring in ≤ 20 individuals (14 of 32 phenotypes, see Table 3). Six of the combinations were seen in 20–40 individuals each (Table 3). The remaining 12 phenotypes (no OA, Hand only, LS only, TFJ only, Hip only, Hand and LS, TFJ and LS, Hip and LS, Hand/TFJ/LS, Hip/TFJ/LS, Hand/LS/Hip, and Hand/TFJ/Hip/LS) were seen in at least 40 individuals and are included in the adjusted results, below. Again, the most common outcome in the sample was no rOA at any site (17%, n=237), followed by LS only (16%, n=231) and TFJ and LS (7%, n=104).
Differences in frequencies by race and gender are shown in Table 3. No gender differences were significant after adjustment for multiple comparisons. However, several of the differences by race were statistically significant. African Americans were more likely to have TFJ rOA in isolation (p<0.001). Caucasians were more likely to have phenotypes that included hand rOA, with significant differences for Hand and LS rOA, Hand/TFJ/LS, and Hand/Hip/LS (p ≤ 0.001).
Adjusted results for those phenotypes seen in at least 40 participants are shown in Table 3 and Figure 3. As seen for the hand phenotypes, there was a significant interaction between race and gender only for no rOA (p interaction=0.01). Compared to Caucasian women, African American women had nearly twice the odds of having no OA at any site (aOR 1.93 [1.30–2.88]), while the odds for men were not significantly different (Caucasian men aOR 1.48 [0.99–2.19], AA men aOR 1.19 [0.70–2.00]). The results after adjustment again show that African Americans were less likely to have phenotypes that included Hand rOA (aOR 0.18 to 0.53, Table 3). African Americans were more likely to have phenotypes involving the TFJ, with 2.5 times the odds of TFJ rOA alone and 77% higher odds of TFJ and LS rOA compared to Caucasians. African Americans also had 30–40% higher odds of having only Hip rOA or Hip/TFJ/LS, although these were not statistically significant. Men had 70% reduced odds of Hand rOA only compared to women and 61% increased odds of TFJ and LS rOA. Again, increasing age was associated with higher odds of multiple joint involvement, but not with single joint involvement. Increasing BMI was inversely associated with Hand only, LS only, Hip only, and Hand/Hip/LS outcomes, while BMI was associated with higher odds of TFJ rOA alone (covariate aORs not shown).
We have identified several differences in mutually exclusive multi-joint rOA phenotypes among African American and Caucasian men and women in this community-based sample. Considering first hand rOA phenotypes, African Americans had less frequent DIP rOA in any combination, but similar involvement of rOA in the PIPs and CMCs and their combinations. For whole-body rOA phenotypes, significant differences by race included more frequent involvement of the TFJ and the combination of TFJ and LS rOA in African Americans, while Caucasians had more frequent hand rOA and its combinations. Interestingly, the racial differences we found in rOA phenotypes were, in general, more significant than the gender differences.
The frequency of rOA in this community-based population was quite high. Prior reports of OA prevalence at the knee and hip in the JoCo OA (18) used the baseline weighted sample; as the current study includes the second follow up (roughly 10 years later) of those individuals, it is reasonable to think that more of them would have developed rOA, resulting in higher rOA frequency in the current analysis. Older estimates of rOA prevalence were lower (26–28) than those reported more recently (18, 19, 29), likely due to increased obesity and aging of the populations under study in addition to methodologic differences.
Patterns of hand joint involvement have been assessed in other studies, primarily in Caucasians, showing that hand joint rOA tends to group by row rather than by ray, and symmetric involvement is common (30–33). Egger, et al, reporting on patterns of hand rOA in the Chingford study, found that although the strongest associations among hand joints were for other joints in the same group (e.g. DIP with DIP), there were also substantial associations between DIP and PIP involvement (33). Kraus, et al, in a family study selected on the basis of clinical hand OA, found that 3 rOA combinations (DIP and PIP [29%], DIP, PIP, MCP, and CMC1 [29%] and DIP, PIP, and CMC1 [35%]) were most common (4). In our community study including individuals with and without evidence of OA, we also found these combinations to be among the most common (8%, 5%, and 9%, respectively), but additionally identified a high frequency of individual joint involvement (particularly of the DIPs[13%], and CMC1 [6%]). Sowers, et al, in the only recent study to assess hand rOA in African Americans, found a similar frequency of DIP, PIP, and CMC1 in African American and Caucasian women, but a greater frequency of MCP OA in African Americans (17). Studies in African descent populations, in comparison to Caucasian populations, have found a reduced frequency of Heberden's nodes, similar frequency of PIP, MCP, and CMC1 rOA, and a higher prevalence of DIP rOA (16, 34). We also found that PIP and CMC1 rOA occurred at a similar frequency in African Americans and Caucasians, but in contrast to Sowers, et al, found that MCP rOA was also similar between groups, and in contrast to the previous reports in African descent populations (South African and Jamaican), found that DIP rOA was much less frequent among African Americans compared to Caucasians.
There is significant variability among joints assessed, methods of defining OA, and populations studied among the few studies assessing whole-body phenotypes in OA. Riyazi, et al, in a sibling study of Dutch individuals recruited based on the presence of symptomatic OA, found that combinations of hand and spine, knee and spine, and hip and spine were most common among probands and siblings, all of whom had at least 2 joint sites involved (8). In common with these investigators, we found LS OA and combinations of joints including the LS to be common in our population. Several authors have found associations between two joint sites, such as the hand and TFJ (5), hand and hip (35), and TFJ and hip (7). While these phenotypes alone were uncommon in our analysis (2% or less), phenotypes including these pairs of joints along with other joint sites were fairly frequent, such that any combination of hand and TFJ was seen in 18%, hand and hip in 16%, and TFJ and hip in 18%.
Limitations of the current analysis include its cross-sectional nature, which does not allow determination of the timing of joint involvement, although this could be considered in future studies, as the JoCo OA is a longitudinal cohort with ongoing follow up assessments. As our goal was to describe a comprehensive set of mutually exclusive rOA phenotypes by gender and race, we included only a minimal set of key covariables in the models (age, BMI), and did not include other potentially important variables such as symptoms, socioeconomic variables, occupation or physical activity; these data are available and could be used in future analyses.. Some of the phenotypes, as would be expected, had a small cell size, which precluded adjusted analyses for every possible outcome. PFJ films were read only for osteophytes and not for joint space narrowing, and interpretations for a portion of PFJ films were not available at the time of this analysis, limiting our sample size, although it is still quite sizeable. We did not have radiographs of the cervical spine or feet, so these sites could not be included although they are commonly affected by rOA. This study also has substantial strengths, including the large overall sample size, inclusion of African American and Caucasian men and women, and multiple joint standardized radiographs read by a single musculoskeletal radiologist (JBR) with high reliability. Because of the large sample size, we were able to define discrete, mutually exclusive rOA phenotypes for both hand rOA and whole-body rOA which had not been previously reported, as well as differences by both race and gender in these phenotypes.
We have shown, in a large, community-based sample, that multi-joint rOA involvement varies by race in a more significant manner than by gender, and that while African Americans were more likely to have TFJ rOA and combinations including TFJ rOA, they were less likely to have hand rOA (particularly DIP rOA), or combinations including hand rOA, compared to Caucasians. These findings remained significant after adjustment for gender, age, and BMI. Therefore, while "generalized OA" as often defined (hand rOA or nodal changes with other joints) may be less frequent in African Americans, this group may have a higher burden of large joint involvement, particularly TFJ and LS rOA. Such differences in radiographic patterns of OA, if confirmed in other populations and future studies, may impact selection of participants for clinical research, particularly for studies of "generalized OA," and are suggestive of a substantial clinical and public health burden of large-joint OA among African Americans.
We would like to thank the staff and participants of the Johnston County Osteoarthritis Project without whom this work would not have been possible, as well as Philip G. Conaghan MBBS PhD and Yvonne Golightly PT PhD for input on the manuscript drafts.
Funding for this work was provided in part by: Nelson: American College of Rheumatology Clinical Investigator Fellowship Award 2009; NIH/NIAMS Loan Repayment Award L30-AR056604
Jordan/Renner: CDC/Association of Schools of Public Health S043 and S3486
Jordan/Renner/Schwartz: NIAMS P60-AR30701. The funding sources were not involved in study design, data collection or interpretation, writing or approval of the manuscript for publication.
*The findings and conclusions in this report are those of the authors and do not necessarily represent the official position of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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Albert Herpst, Jr.
Albert Herpst, Jr., at 88, of Storm Lake, died on Sunday, July 10, 2011, at the Buena Vista Manor Care Center at Storm Lake.
Funeral services will be Thursday, July 14, at 10:30 a.m. at the United Methodist Church in Storm Lake. Burial will be in the Buena Vista Memorial Park Cemetery in Storm Lake with full Military Rites by the Alta VFW Post #6172. The Fratzke & Jensen Funeral Home in Storm Lake is in charge of the arrangements.
Albert Herpst, Jr., the son of Albert and Nettie (Michelson) Herpst, was born in Rembrandt, on Dec. 5, 1922. He received his education at the Hayes Consolidated School where he graduated with the Class of 1940. Following his graduation, he was employed at factories in Oakland, California and Rockford, Ill. Albert faithfully served his country in the United States Army from Jan. 20, 1943 to Oct. 19, 1945. He was part of the 30th Infantry that landed on Omaha Beach and fought in the Battle of the Bulge. He marched in the victory parade under the Arch of Triumph in Paris, France and returned to the United States aboard the Queen Mary.
On June 22, 1947 Albert was united in marriage to Patty Sliefert at the Storm Lake United Methodist Church. Following their marriage, Albert worked for a short period of time at the Hy-Grade plant before beginning his farming vocation. Albert and Patty were engaged in farming for 37 years near Lakeside and he also did plaster work in homes and churches in the area. He never truly "retired" but he and Patty moved into Storm Lake in 1989.
Albert was a member of the Storm Lake United Methodist Church, the Alta VFW Post # 6172, the United Commercial Travelers, and the Couple's Club. Albert's family was the center of his life. He cherished the times he could spend with his family. He enjoyed attending as many of his grandchildren's activities as possible. Albert and Patty took many family day trips around the state. Albert has traveled to 40 of the states within the US. He was very talented in woodworking, making shelves and quilt racks that his family cherish as remembrances of him. Special memories the family have with Albert are sledding at Peterson Park and playing croquet and horseshoes on Sunday afternoons. Albert lived a very full life.
Albert's life will always be honored and lovingly remembered by his family which include his wife, Patty of Storm Lake; his children: Gary (Connie) Herpst of Storm Lake; Laurie (Gary) Messerich of Glidden; and Vickie (Marvin) Wieck of Panora; his grandchildren: Bonni (Bill Christjaener) Herpst of Minneapolis, Minn.; Todd (Leah) Herpst of Sioux Falls, S.D.; Tammy (Jeremy) Raeszler of Las Vegas, Nev.; Angela (Matt) Madsen of Omaha, Neb.; Dan (Karla) Messerich of Glidden; Kristy Messerich of North Liberty; Kenard Prunty of Altoona; Kendra (Chris) Tribby of Newton; Kyler Prunty of Marshalltown; his great grandchildren: Alexandra Herpst; Ty Herpst; Ryleah Herpst; Hannah Messerich; Emma Messerich; Clare Messerich; Caeden; Tribby; brothers-in-law: Jim (Sharon) Sliefert of Storm Lake; Don (Diane) Sliefert of Alta; sisters-in-law: Shirley (Pete) Despotovich of Omaha, Neb.; Mary Hubbell of Omaha, Neb.; Vivian Sliefert of Storm Lake; many nieces and nephews; and other extended family and friends.
He was preceded in death by his first wife, Evelyn; son, Alan Herpst; parents, Albert and Nettie; sister, Dorothy Herpst; and brother and sister-in-law, William and Bernice Herpst.


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Alon USA, Delek, Murphy, Sunoco and Western Refining report second quarter earnings.
NEW YORK -- During the second quarter 2009, lower crude oil prices and refining margins compared to the same period last year caused several companies—among them Alon USA, Sunoco, Murphy Oil and Western Refining—to see lower profits.
Alon USA Energy Inc. suffered a net loss during the quarter ended June 30, of $15.3 million, compared to net income of $18.2 million for the same period last year. Excluding special items, including a $1 million after tax loss on the sale of assets, Alon recorded a net loss of $14.4 million for the 2009 second quarter, vs. a net loss of $59.7 million a year ago.
Cash flow from operating activities was $177.4 million during the second quarter 2009, primarily due to heating oil hedging activities, Jeff Morris, Alon president and CEO, said in a statement.
"Our second quarter 2009 results reflect the impact of industry wide declines in light product crack spreads and the reduction in the sweet/sour and light/heavy spreads on crude oil, both of which negatively impacted the operating margins at our refineries," Morris said.
In Alon's retail convenience store and branded fuel segment, net sales fell to $206 million in the second quarter 2008 from $377 million in the year-ago period. Operating income for the segment jumped to $2.39 million in the just-ended quarter from an operating loss of $168,000 in the second quarter 2008. Retail fuel sales increased to 30.1 million gallons from 24.4 million gallons a year ago, and on a per-site basis, stores sold on average 33,000 gallons per month, up from the 27,000 gallons sold on average in the second quarter 2008.
Merchandise sales increased to $70.6 million in the second quarter 2009, and on a per-site basis, were up $2,000 to an average $76,000 per month. Merchandise margin fell, however, to 30.2 percent during the quarter from 31,5 percent a year ago.
Delek US Holdings
Second quarter 2009 earnings for Delek US Holdings Inc., a refiner and marketer, and convenience store operator, were impacted by the effects of a 2008 fire at the company's Tyler, Texas, refinery, which was undergoing a restart during the quarter.
Net income from continuing operations was $26.3 million, in the second quarter 2009, vs. net income of $3.3 million in the second quarter 2008.
"The Tyler refinery resumed operations during the second quarter 2009," Uzi Yemin, president and CEO of Delek US, said in a statement. "Our second quarter results benefited from the receipt of more than $57 million in gross insurance proceeds, in addition to a significant decline in commodity prices when compared to the prior year period."
Refining margin during the quarter was $14.52 per barrel sold, compared to $10.49 for the same quarter last year, benefiting from a decline in crude oil prices.
In the company's retail segment, contribution margin declined to $9.9 million in the second quarter 2009 from $15.6 million in the year-ago quarter, primarily attributable to lower retail fuel margins, which averaged 12.3 cents per gallon during the second quarter 2009, compared to 17.4 cents per gallon in the second quarter 2008, the company stated.
Same store retail fuel gallons sold also declined 0.8 percent in the second quarter 2009, while same-store merchandise sales saw a 1.3-percent decline. Dropping sales in the beer and dairy categories, which were offset by an increase in cigarette and other tobacco sales, according to the company.
In the first six months of 2009, the retail segment reimaged 21 stores, and from the start of its reimaging program in 2006 through the just-ended quarter, approximately 25 percent of the company's total store base has been reimaged.
Murphy Oil
Murphy Oil Corp. saw net income tumble from $619.2 million in the second quarter 2008 to $158.8 million in the second quarter 2009.
Net income from continuing exploration and production operations fell to $118.3 million from $576.5 million on a year-over-year basis, primarily due to lower crude oil and natural gas sale prices. In its refining and marketing segment, income dropped nearly $50 million to $27.8 million, due to weaker refining margins in the U.K. Refining and marketing operations in North America increased to $21.4 million in the 2009 quarter, from $5.0 million in the 2008 period. U.S. refining margins were improved during the second quarter 2009 compared to the same quarter in 2008, the company stated.
"Our downstream businesses in the United States and United Kingdom both showed improved operating profits in the second quarter compared to the previous quarter, but we anticipate continued tight refining margins for the remainder of 2009," David M. Wood, president and CEO, said in a statement.
In a separate statement, the company revealed changes in its corporate management. Roger W. Jenkins, current president of Murphy's exploration and production subsidiary, was elected to the position of executive vice president of the company.
Meanwhile, Harvey Doerr, currently executive vice president, downstream, will leave Murphy Oil to work as a consultant for a Murphy subsidiary. Tom McKinlay, who is in charge of supply and transportation for U.S. downstream, was elected vice president of the company with responsibility for all domestic manufacturing operations, the company stated.
In addition, Henry J. "Hank" Heithaus, head of the retail marketing division, was elected vice president of Murphy Oil with responsibility for all domestic marketing, supply and transportation operations.
And Charles Ganus, head of Murphy Oil's United Kingdom office, was elected to the position of vice president of the company with responsibility for all international downstream operations.
Sunoco Inc. saw a net loss of $55 million for the second quarter 2009 vs. net income of $82 million for the year-ago period, attributed to weak demand in refining and chemicals, along with rising crude prices.
"The earnings contribution from our non-refining businesses improved to $78 million in the second quarter, up from $47 million in the prior-year period," Lynn Elsenhans, Sunoco chairman and CEO, said in a statement. "Retail marketing modestly improved from the prior year, although weak demand and rising feedstock costs continued to limit its contributions."
The company's refining and supply segment saw a loss from continuing operations totaling $77 million in the current quarter, vs. income of $27 million in the comparable quarter, due to lower realized margins, lower production volumes and special items.
Retail marketing earned $10 million in the second quarter 2009, compared to break-even results in the year-ago period, due to lower expenses that were only partially offset by lower retail gas margins. While sales volumes were flat compared to the second quarter 2008, retail gasoline margins were negatively affected by rising wholesale prices and a weak demand environment, according to the company.
Average monthly merchandise sales per store at the company's convenience stores increased $6 million over last year to $92 million during the second quarter 2009. Merchandise margins declined one percentage point to 27 percent for the second quarter 2009.
"We continue to expect a challenging market for petroleum and chemical products due to ongoing economic weakness and additional global supply. However, the company remains focused on executing our strategic plan by improving our competitive cost position and optimizing our portfolio and operational performance," Elsenhans said.
Western Refining
Western Refining Inc. reported a net loss of $7.8 million for the second quarter 2009, compared to net income of $8.2 million for the same period in 2008.
Operating income for the second quarter of 2009 was $31.7 million, compared to operating income $59.0 million for the comparable quarter, primarily due to lower refined product margins and other factors.
However, Western Refining reported quarterly operating income for its retail segment at $4.1 million, which showed an increase from 2.6 million the year prior, excluding a non-cash loss from the impairment of goodwill of approximately $27.6 million.
Fuel gallons sold declined slightly to 52.2 million during the second quarter 2009 from 52.9 million in the comparable quarter. However, fuel margin increased 3 cents per gallon to 18 cents per gallon in the just completed quarter.
Merchandise sales also increased to $49.2 million in the second quarter of this year, from $47.8 million last year.
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Lincoln keeper Rob Burch has been offered a new contract, but is not expected to stay at Sincil Bank.
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Lincoln City goalkeeper Rob Burch has been offered a new contract, but is not expected to stay at Sincil Bank.
The former Tottenham and Sheffield Wednesday keeper's current deal expires in the summer and he has reportedly attracted the interest of a host of Premier League and Championship clubs.
Imps vice-chairman Bob Dorrian confirmed a lucrative deal has been placed in front of Burch, but concedes the 25-year-old could even leave the club in January.
Dorrian told the Lincolnshire Echo: "We have made him an excellent contract offer.
"He has not officially rejected it, but we don't expect him to accept it. We would like him to stay, but Rob is very ambitious and is capable of playing at a higher level.
"We haven't started discussing a valuation for him. Whether we accept an offer depends on a couple of things - the size of the offer and our league position.
"Although we don't want to lose him for nothing in the summer, Rob could be a key player in helping us stay up. It's very much a balancing act."


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Tom Marquand arrived in Australia with a big reputation and the 17-year-old was quick to show off his skills to local punters when winning on his first and only ride at Caulfield on Saturday.
The young rider, who is apprenticed to leading English trainer Richard Hannon, is spending a month in Australia with the David Hayes and Tom Dabernig stable.
Marquand only started riding in November 2014 and in the season just finished won the English apprentices title.
He looked in some trouble behind horses coming to the turn on the Hayes and Dabernig-trained Tashbeeh in the Swettenham Stud Championship. But once in the clear, he urged Tashbeeh ($2.50 to $3.80 equal favourite) to a half-neck win over Radical ($3.80 equal favourite).
"It was fantastic," said Marquand of his first Australian win. "He travelled very well through the race and picked up kindly under pressure and made my job easy."
While he will no doubt be popular among local trainers during his stay, Marquand says Hannon is not keen for him to ride too many winners as they will reduce his claim when he returns home.
"It runs out at 95 [wins] so I've got 26 left," Marquand said. "I've got to be sensible about it for my own benefit as much as his [Hannon]. I can't be silly about it and getting on as many winners as I can."
While Marquand is hoping to gain as much as experience as he can riding under vastly different conditions from those he encounters at home, he was matter-of-fact about his first local ride.
"As much as it is the other side of the world, it is the same as we do every day at home," he said. "It is a race and it's what I came over here to do, so it was brilliant to get the job done for Mr Hayes and [owner] Sheikh Hamdan."
Many of the state's leading jockeying were in Brisbane for the Magic Millions day, so the Caulfield card was dominated by apprentices.
Tom Sadler who has endured a frustrating time since resuming from a suspension last month, finally broke through for a win after guiding the Lee and Anthony Freedman trained Golden Spin ($3.1 fav) to an all-the-way win in the Jack Dunn Hcp (1200m).
"I've been back racing since the 12th of December and had a week off from a fall and then haven't had much luck at all."
"I think I've run about eight seconds and finally one goes right," said Sadler referring to his fist pump after passing the winning post.
Sadler's day was later soured when Stewards suspended him for 16 meetings for careless riding on Golden Spin near the 1100 metres.
Jye McNeil endured one of the low points in his career after weighing in light after winning a race at Sandown during the week but bounced back quickly and followed a double at Stawell on Friday with wins in the first two races at Caulfield.
McNeil won the Louise Chapple Plate on The Seductress ($8.5) after racing up on the speed and then brought up his double with a daring ride on the Tony Noonan trained Anaphora.
Anaphora was trapped behind a wall of horses inside the 300 metre mark before McNeil weaved his way between runners.
His task still looked forlorn inside the 100 metres but once the gap came, Anaphora ($2.8 fav) sprinted quickly to get up in the last bound to defeat Yellen ($3.1) by a short half head.
"Tony said to try and not hit the front to soon as she can have a bit of a star gaze and I definitely did that," McNeil said.
The dream start to the training career of Mitch Beer continued with Jacqui's Joy winning her third race since joining Beer, who entered a training partnership with Max Hinton late last year.
Despite carrying topweight, Jacqui's Joy ($6) ridden by Harry Coffey, finished strongly to score a narrow win in the Timothy Rourke Hcp and Beer said the mare would now have a break before aiming at some better races in Brisbane next campaign.
Senior jockey Nick Hall continued on his comeback after a long stint on the sidelines with a wrist injury, to ride running double on Fast Approaching for Mark Kavanagh and Duke Of Brunswick for Mick Price.
Ben Thompson completed a great day for apprentices when he scored his first metropolitan win on Sadaqa ($5) for Mick Cerchi in the final race.


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D-backs to host second annual #DbacksTweetup on May 12
PHOENIX -- The Arizona Diamondbacks announced today their 2nd Annual #DbacksTweetup will be held at 3 p.m. on Saturday, May 12 on the Insight Diamond Level. In addition, D-backs infielder Ryan Roberts announced today via Twitter (@RRoberts14) that he will take part in a pregame Q&A session as part of the #DbacksTweetup festivities.
The #DbacksTweetup allows people that share a common interest via Twitter and social networking to come together and meet in person in an organized setting. Last season the D-backs hosted the inaugural #DbacksTweetup and more than 100 followers attended the first-time event.
Fans can get the #DbacksTweetup package for $40 if purchased before May 7; tickets purchased after May 7 cost $50. The #DbacksTweetup package includes a Club Reserve ticket ($42 value), Roberts 'Tatman' Collection t-shirt ($25 value), Roberts tattoo sleeve, exclusive Q&A session with Roberts, private pregame mixer with other #DbacksTweetup attendees and a chance to win D-backs prizes, including autographed Roberts bobbleheads.
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This is my way of trying to make a yummy white bread recipe a little healthier, but still light and fluffy. It is SO GOOD! I took bits and pieces from different recipes.
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Ingredients Nutrition
- 2 teaspoons yeast
- 2 teaspoons dough enhancer
- 2 teaspoons sugar
- 4 teaspoons vital wheat gluten
- 2 teaspoons lecithin granules
- 1 cup whole wheat flour
- 2 cups white flour
- 2 teaspoons salt
- 1⁄4 cup trans-fat free margarine
- 1 1⁄4 cups warm water
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- Add all ingredients to bread machine in order listed. Put bread machine on "dough only"setting. Check on dough to make sure it's the right consistency, adding flour or warm water as needed.
- Once bread machine cycle has ended and dough has risen, dump out of machine onto a cutting board or other surface, sprayed with cooking spray. Form into loaf and put into loaf pan, sprayed with cooking spray. Spray more cooking spray on plastic wrap and cover pan with it. Place on top of oven, turn on light above oven, and preheat to 375°F.
- Once dough has doubled in size and is a few inches above the pan, remove plastic wrap and place in oven. Bake for 35 minutes.
- I like to run a stick of butter over the top of the bread once I have it on the cooling rack, It looks beautiful and gives the top crust a yummy flavor.


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Evan Servaes is remembered as a happy young Bedford boy who was killed on Highway 101 near Falmouth in 2013 in a tragic accident. (Submitted photo)
WINDSOR — The father of a young boy who died after a collision on Windsor's notorious stretch of highway says the justice system needs an overhaul when it comes to providing victim services.
But, he doesn't believe it's up to the victims to have to champion that cause.
"Nobody is asking the victim what they would like to see, what they would want to know," said Tom Servaes, who was in Windsor Nov. 27 to hear Judge Claudine MacDonald rule Mohammad Younus was guilty of dangerous driving causing death and dangerous driving causing bodily harm.
Younus was the truck driver whose rig was involved in a multi-vehicle accident on Highway 101 near Falmouth in July 2013. That accident resulted in the death of Servaes' eldest son, six-year-old Evan.
"I think the entire process is definitely cumbersome and really depends a lot on how... much the victim can advocate for themselves," said Servaes following the guilty verdict. Younus will be sentenced in February.
Servaes followed much of the trial via social media.
Servaes said he was pleased with the judge's ruling, largely because it means this difficult chapter in his life is coming to a close.
"What I was hoping for.. was that the verdict was clear, was well-founded, well-reasoned and that it would be an end to the case," said Servaes, noting he hoped there wouldn't be an appeal.
Servaes said the court system focuses on punishing the guilty, not helping victims get back on their feet. There's also no clear requirement for the guilty party to make amends.
"We teach children to say sorry at the very least. But there is nothing that even comes close to that in the legal system where anybody is required to own up to the results of their actions," said Servaes.
"If they don't want to say sorry, they don't even have to say sorry. It's a petty example, but it's representative of how little concern there is for the victims."
He said an unfair expectation is for victims to lobby for the changes they want to see in the justice system, when they're the ones who are left with few resources to put the pieces of their own lives back together.
"Victims often feel pressured to help prevent the situation that they fall into but it's really not a fair expectation," said Servaes, adding that "expecting the victim to be the champion or putting out the call (for change) is really unfortunate."
Outpouring of support
Although his son's life was tragically cut short, Servaes said his boy's positive attitude touched everyone that he met. During the weeks after the crash, the family received an outpouring of support from people, many of whom were complete strangers.
That support, which is still strong, was what helped him get through his darkest days. It wasn't knowing that the driver would be punished.
"I already received what I want – the support and acknowledgment — and people helping us back on our feet," said Servaes, as the family tries to rebuild their lives.
"It's just a pity that it all has to come from the people that were impacted, the people who are doing it out of the goodness of their heart."
He said he met people he didn't know that were touched by the boy's zest for life. First responders involved at the scene even reached out to the family in the days following the accident.
Servaes said his son had great empathy and instinctively reached out to those in need. He also always seemed to find the best in every situation — something people can learn from.
"Most of us are looking for happiness and trying to change our situation so that we can be more happy. He was happy in any situation because he was happy on the inside," said Servaes, his voice filled with emotion.
"I learned about happiness from him. As much as I tried to be his father, he taught me that," said Servaes.
"I am very proud that I was his father."
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Congressman Rob Wittman (VA-1) today introduced one of his signature pieces of legislation, the Chesapeake Bay Accountability and Recovery Act. As a leader on Bay issues in Congress and Co-Chair of the Chesapeake Bay Watershed Caucus, Wittman continues to advocate for improvements in the management of resources for restoration of the Chesapeake Bay.
"The Chesapeake Bay is an integral part of America's First District, historically, economically, and even culturally," Wittman said. "In addition to generating billions of dollars in economic activity, the Bay provides tens of thousands of jobs in the commercial seafood and recreational fishing industries alone. At the same time, the Bay is a fundamental part of our region's ecosystem. Since coming to Congress, the restoration of this national treasure has been one of my highest priorities. Many folks across all levels of government and numerous organizations share my concerns about the Bay, but are not adequately working together. This bill will address that problem. During the last two sessions of Congress, we have made important steps by passing this legislation in the House, and it is my hope we can do so again, and then focus on passage in the Senate. The Chesapeake Bay is a cultural and economic beacon, and I will continue to push for its restoration and for the federal government to do its part to protect and restore the Bay for now and for future generations."
Wittman's legislation would fully implement two cutting edge management techniques, crosscut budgeting and adaptive management, to enhance coordination, flexibility and efficiency of restoration efforts. These techniques have been used successfully in the Everglades and the Great Lakes; however, they have not been fully implemented in Bay restoration efforts, where results have lagged far behind the billions of dollars spent. Additionally, the legislation would create a Chesapeake Bay Program Independent Evaluator to review and report to Congress on restoration activates in the watershed. The Chesapeake Bay partnership includes 10 federal agencies, six states and the District of Columbia, over one thousand localities and multiple non-governmental organizations. To date, the complexity of the participants has resulted in a muddled effort. In drafting this legislation, Congressman Wittman drew heavily on his 23 years of experience as a shellfish specialist monitoring water quality and environmental health issues in the Chesapeake Bay watershed.
Wittman's legislation has received endorsements from the Chesapeake Bay Foundation, the Choose Clean Water Coalition, and the Virginia Seafood Council:
Virginia Seafood Council: "The Virginia Seafood Council strongly supports Congressman Wittman's Chesapeake Bay Accountability and Recovery Act that will implement Bay restoration programs that have proven to be effective as well as provide a conduit to ensure accountability among agencies that are tasked with Bay restoration activities."
Chesapeake Bay Foundation: "Congressman Wittman has long been a champion of the Chesapeake, and we look forward to working with him to pass this and other legislation important to Bay restoration."
Congressman Rob Wittman represents the First District of Virginia. He serves on the House Natural Resources Committee, the Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife, Oceans and Insular Affairs, and the Subcommittee on Energy and Minerals Resources.
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Revenge Casting News From Mike Kelley01/09/2013
Revenge: Conrad and Nolan related casting scoop from TVLine's Michael Ausiello
Here's some scoop on Revenge from this week's (Posted on 1/8/13) Ask Ausiello column.
Question: Weren't we supposed to meet Conrad's son from his first marriage on Revenge this season? —Donna
Ausiello: Yes, but those plans continue to be on hold. "We can wait a little while to meet Conrad's first family," notes series creator Mike Kelley.
Question: Any update on the introduction of Nolan's mom on Revenge? —Amber
Ausiello: It's happening… at some point. "There's definitely an intention to explore all of our characters' histories and family ties, so the answer to that is yes," says Kelley. "We have all of these things sitting in a waiting room, and we're just waiting for the right moment to explore them all. The immediate plan is to start resolving the stories that we've got now."
Revenge returns with 2×11, 'Sabotage,' on Sunday, January 13, 2013 at 9pm on ABC.
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The 'Ole Ball Coach: The debut of the "Fun and Gun" failed to disappoint, as the Redskins tallied over 30 points and 442 yards of total offense in a 31-23 win at home against the Arizona Cardinals. Count me amongst the lot elated to see Steve Spurrier finally land in the NFL. The guy is comically nonchalant and oblivious to whom he may be offending when giving his incredibly fresh and painfully honest views on the game of football. I keep getting this mental image of Shane Matthews and Danny Wuerffel strapped down to operating tables while the 'ole ball coach pumps life back into their careers with those iron shaped objects used to jump start the heart. I know it's only the Cardinals, but Shane Matthews has no business completing 28 of 40 passes for 327 yards and 3 TD's. I can't wait until the first time the 'Skins have an opportunity to run it up on someone and really piss some people off. Don't count on it for a while though. Team Spurrier hosts the Eagles on Monday night this week and then makes trips to San Francisco, Tennessee, and Green Bay in three of their next four games.
Early Impressions: Though the advent of the Direct TV Sunday Ticket sometime subjects us to the horror of games like the Ravens-Panthers contest, it also provides a great opportunity to catch glimpses of all the teams in action. I know it's only one week but the following young players looked phenomenal Sunday and could be primed for breakout offensive seasons in '02: Michael Vick, Travis Henry, Deuce McAllister, Brian Westbrook, Rod Gardner, Marty Booker, Quincy Morgan, Donte Stallworth, and Javon Walker.
Bottom of the Barrel: Well, it didn't take long to decipher who the league's doormats will be in 2002. True to my pre-season promise, I carefully notated all the supposed pundits that were predicting such big things from the Bengals this season. I'll give them at least a couple more weeks, but it was damn tough holding back from breaking off an e-mail to Merrill Hoge this morning. Did all of these people predicting 10 win seasons from Cincinnati and Dallas forget who was quarterbacking those squads? In regards to the Cowboys, their embarrassing defeat at the hands of the Texans was the beginning of what will be a season full of hard knocks until they can put a competent signal caller behind center. The Lions are going to be very bad again this season. The over/under on the Matt and Marty show presently stands at February 2004. And in one of the worst football games in recent history, the Rodney Peete led Panthers fought off the Ravens 10-7 in the "Byron Leftwich" bowl. I knew someone had to win, but at times I just wasn't sure.
Looking Ahead: The week 2 slate is headlined by excellent national TV showdowns that will see Oakland travel to Pittsburgh on Sunday night and the Eagles venturing off to the nation's capital to face off against the "Fun and Gun" Redskin attack on Monday night. In other games of note…the Broncos face the 49ers in San Francisco and Green Bay heads to the French Quarter to face the Saints. Just four divisional games are on tap for week 2, and aside from the Monday nighter, the best of the lot sees the Jets and Chad Morton (two kick returns for TD's in week one against Bills!) host the defending champion Patriots. Defending champion Patriots? That still doesn't sound right. Also, former division foes Miami and Indianapolis meet in the RCA Dome in a game that oozes future playoff implications for both teams.
Dawg Droppings
A Rudd-iculous Ending: While posting my "I don't want to talk about the Browns game" sign outside my office this morning I allowed myself some time to reflect on Sunday's disaster that ended the Browns game and ruined my week. I asked myself several questions. Why couldn't Dwayne have waited just a few more seconds to celebrate? Was Trent Green in the grasp? And does that rule even exist anymore? Who taunted on Dawson's field goal that should have won the game for us, and did it even end up mattering in the final outcome? What have the sports fans of Cleveland done to the sports gods to necessitate the cruel and unusual torture we are put through year after year? And how sad is the state of today's athlete when the NFL must institute new penalties to prevent players from removing their helmets to taunt opposing players and fans?
As if the method of defeat wasn't painful enough, the loss puts a lot of pressure on this Browns team early in the season. To make the playoffs, the team can only lose five more games (at the most) all season and still have trips to Tennessee, Tampa, New Orleans, New York to play the Jets, and Pittsburgh on the schedule as well as home dates versus Pittsburgh, Indianapolis, and Atlanta towards the end of the season. The margin for error is slim, and for this team to go where we expect them to this season, they can ill afford any additional losses to teams they are favored to beat. And along the way, we have some serious issues to address with our running game and run defense.
The eternal optimist in me says that this game was the wakeup call that our talented but a bit too cocky defense needed early in the season. It says that KJ, Quincy, Andre, Andre, and Dennis may end up being the best quintet of receivers this franchise has seen in ages by years end. And it tells me that we have two very capable quarterbacks finally comfortable with an offensive scheme and a line that excels at pass blocking. All things being equal, we do have one of the easier schedules in the NFL this season. And our entire division lost their first game, and as bad as we looked, we looked better than any of them in week one.
Buckle up. The road ahead is rocky. And we just got a flat while pulling out of the driveway….
The Glass Is Half Full: Interesting useless tidbit of information for all my fellow eternally optimistic Browns fans. The last three Super Bowl champions all featured a brand new running back and were led there by a quarterback that came into camp as the backup.
The Battle Of Ohio: You hate to use the words "must win" in week two, but with the hapless Bengals coming to the lakefront off the heels of a 34-6 beating at the hands of the Chargers in their own house on opening day, an 0-2 start for the Browns would be an utter disaster. The Browns must stop Corey Dillon from running wild, and the Bengals will surely look to establish the run early and often after gaining just 36 yards on 13 carries last week. Despite the weak performance on the ground in week one, the Bengals running game is one of their team's strengths and will provide yet another stiff test for the Browns front seven…which was unable to offer any resistance against the Chief running game, especially as the game wore down. Assuming they step up their play from a week ago, the match-up of the Browns secondary against Frerotte and the Bengal wideouts is one that weighs heavily in the Browns favor.
Offensively, the Browns will try to do to the Bengals what the Chargers did to them in week one. Get up early and pound the ball on the ground and control the clock. The Chargers got up 13-0 quickly, and then proceeded to run the ball 45 times for 241 yards en route to coasting to an easy blowout victory. Drew Brees had no trouble throwing the ball when he had to against the perennial weak Bengal secondary, completing 15 of 19 passes for 160 yards and 2 touchdowns against 0 interceptions. Regardless of who starts at QB for the Browns this week, Arians will once again look to exploit weaknesses in the opposing secondary with his stable of young and athletic wideouts and controlled spread passing attack. But you can be assured that the Browns will make much more of an effort this week to finally establish some sort of ground attack in what figures to be a much lower scoring affair.
Regardless of how badly they were pummeled last week, the Browns must not look past this game and I doubt they will after the disaster in week one. A win over the Bengals would erase all memories of Dwayne Rudd's helmet toss and do wonders for team morale heading into their week three visit to Tennessee. While this is the same Bengals team many were predicting to win 10 games just weeks ago, the Browns are the better football team and should be able to beat this team on our home field.
Around the NCAA…
The Games That Matter: College football kicks off it's fourth week of play with what should be an very intriguing showdown Thursday evening in Blacksburg, VA between #11 Virginia Tech and the king of this years mid-major's, the 16th ranked Thundering Herd of Marshall and their high octane offense. For the Herd, this is a chance to make a statement against a national power and convince people that an undefeated mid-major is deserving of BCS consideration. Marshall's only two remaining contests against somewhat competitive opponents (Central Florida and Miami OH) before their likely MAC title game appearance both take place on their home field, so a win against the Hokies makes an undefeated season very possible.
The next two biggest games on the schedule feature rivals Ohio St. and Michigan as the #6 seeded Buckeyes play host the the #10 seeded Washington St. Cougars and the #7 seeded Wolverines travel to South Bend to take on the 20th ranked Notre Dame Fighting Irish, led by first year coach Tyrone Willingham. The Buckeyes will be forced to deal with the potent Cougar passing attack led by the senior trio of QB Jason Gesser and WR's Mike Bush and Jerome Riley. The Wolverines will have to find an answer for the vaunted Irish defense, which shut out Maryland and scored three times in a win over Purdue.
Other games of note include USC traveling to Colorado, Eli Manning and Ole Miss facing off against Kliff Kingsbury and Texas Tech, Texas at North Carolina, Louisville at Colorado St., and the yearly rivalry game between Iowa St. and Iowa. In some quarters, conference play kicks off this weekend and some of the highlights see Florida St. travel to Maryland to try and avenge the 'Terps ACC title last season, as well as Georgia Tech visiting Clemson, and Georgia paying a visit to Columbia to face Lou Holtz and his South Carolina Gamecocks.
Heisman Watch: I'll try to keep a pulse on the Heisman race each week in this portion of the Blurbs, and last weeks Hurricane drubbing of the Gators put Ken Dorsey right at the forefront, and did some early but repairable damage to the Rex Grossman Heisman campaign. Dorsey joins Byron Leftwich of Marshall at the head of the pack, and they are followed closely by Charlie Rogers from Michigan St., Onterrio Smith of Oregon, and a couple guys who have played their way into the race early. QB Phillip Rivers of N.C. St and RB Willis McGahee of Miami of Florida. Michael Doss, Ohio St.'s punishing safety leads the pack of defensive players trying to get in the mix, and he has scored twice already this season. Rounding out the rest of the legitimate contenders, quarterbacks Chris Simms, Jason Gesser, Casey Clausen, Eli Manning and Rex Grossman all are viable Heisman candidates that, aside from Grossman, have done little to either help or hurt their campaign thus far.
Handicapper's Corner
The HC got off to a tense start, seeing nearly every one of my selections come down to the final seconds and finish right around the posted number. Three of the seven games I picked went into OT, and in two of those games I ended up getting hosed by OT touchdown strikes. For the purposes of tracking my W-L totals for the year, I will always use the early lines I post in this column…and not the final number that the game goes off at. For instance, the Notre Dame/Purdue line went all the way down to 6 (5 ½ in some places) come Saturday morning, and the Browns line fell to 1 ½ in wake of the official announcement that Holcomb would start.
In the college ranks, I posted a 1-0-2 record, winning easily on Utah and pushing on my selections of Purdue +7 and New Mexico getting 6. In the NFL, what looked like it was shaping up to be a very solid week got away from me late when the Browns, Colts, and Bills fell apart down the stretch. I won easy on the Falcons getting more than a TD in their OT affair at Lambeau.
ESPN's "Hammerin' Hank" Goldberg continued where he left off last season, posting a 4-1 mark yesterday morning…losing only on the Bears by half a point. Hank won on the Chiefs, Jets, Titans, and Broncos and is coming off a 2001 season that saw him finish at 69-41 ATS (62.7%). Hank's picks air every Sunday morning on ESPN around 10:45 AM.
The first week of the NFL season was kind to those who played the over, as 11 of the 16 contests went over the Vegas totals, including 9 of the 10 1:00 games. Underdogs went 9-7 on the week and in the 5 games that featured match-ups between AFC and NFC teams, the AFC went 4-1 both straight up and against the spread. On to my selections for this week….
1-0-2 (1.000%)
Wake Forest +13 ½ at North Carolina St./Saturday 7:00 PM ET
I love looking for value in point spreads, and this is another one of those situations where a team is laying an inflated number based off of performances against incredibly weak competition. NC St. is coming off of pastings of East Tennessee St. and Navy, and their running up of the score in those contests has driven up this number. Wake returns 8 starters on both sides of the ball from a 6-5 team from a year ago that was the top rushing team in the ACC behind RB Tarence Williams, who is one of those 16 returning starters. Aside from their trip to Tallahassee to face the Seminoles, the Demon Deacons did not lose a contest by more than 7 points last year. Also, Wake has covered 4 of the last 5 in this series and played NC St. to a tough 17-14 loss last season. Jump all over Wake Forest this Saturday getting close to 2 touchdowns.
Oklahoma St. +7 hosting UCLA/Saturday 7:00 PM
I like Okie St. a lot in this spot getting a touchdown at home, and maybe even to win thus game outright. The Cowboys are returning 16 starters from the team that went into Norman in late November and shocked the Sooners, winning outright 16-13 in a game they were 27-point underdogs. They face up against a soft Bruins team that is riding high after fending off Colorado St. at home last week and making their first road trip of the season. In the last seven years under Bob Toledo, the Bruins are 6-13 as road favorites and they will have a hard time covering this number against a gritty Cowboy team that will be fired up for this game. Take Oklahoma St. getting the touchdown at home.
1-3 (25%)
Chicago +3 at Atlanta/Sunday 1:00 PM ET
Despite a undefeated pre-season and a valiant effort in Lambeau against the Packers in week one, this may be too soon for the Falcons to be laying a field goal to a team that went 13-3 SU last year and 11-4-1 ATS. The Bears have not gotten any worse this season, and went into Atlanta in week 4 and humiliated the Falcons 31-3 coming off of a win at home against the Vikings, just as they are this year. The Falcons are an improved team but still very raw offensively and I believe the Bears defense will give them a little wakeup call this week. Hopefully this number stays at 3, but I'd be comfortable taking it even if it dropped as low as 2. Take the Bears getting the points.
Tampa Bay –3 ½ at Baltimore/Sunday 1:00 PM ET
Tampa Bay was horrible as a road favorite last season, going 0-4 ATS when in that role but I still like them to get the job done this weekend when they travel to Baltimore. The Ravens are a mere shell of their former selves and severely lack depth and talent on both sides of the ball. This could be the sucker bet of the week, but I'm going with my gut here and saying that Gruden gets the job done on the road with a convincing win against a very poor team. Take the Bucs and give the points.
Buffalo +5 at Minnesota/Sunday 4:00 PM ET
For the life of me, I can't figure out why the Bills are getting more than a field goal here. It's a clear sign that oddsmakers feel that the Vikings are the better team here, and I just don't buy it. Buffalo looked very impressive last week (aside from special teams) and should have walked out of the Meadowlands with an impressive opening day win on the road against the Jets. The Bledsoe, Henry, Moulds trio had the Bill offense looking as good as it had dating back to the Kelly/Th.Thomas/A.Reed days. Minnesota's defense is much poorer than the Jets, and the Bills should have no problem keeping this one inside the number, if they don't win outright. The Vikings will also be without TE Byron Chamberlain and MLB Greg Biekert due to injuries. Take the Bills.


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VIRGIN Active's Ian Knight continued a successful comeback season with victory at the Worcester News Road Race.
Organised and marshalled by Worcester St John's Cycling Club, a full field of 80 riders set out for 125 kilometres over six laps of the Severn Stoke course.
Knight took victory from Tony Gibb and Simon Wilson, who were representing cyclepremier.com-Metaltek.
Knight collected the Worcester News trophy, presented every year since 1958 to the winner of the summer classic.
He joined a list of notable past winners, including Bradley Wiggins, Matt Stephens, Steve Farrell and Darryl Webster.
The former elite rider found the experience "surreal" as he chalked up a third win of his comeback season after 12 years out of the sport.
A first category licence beckons for Knight, who said: "I really did not know what to expect at the start of the year, I am absolutely made up."
On the second lap of the Worcester News race, the break that would dominate the event escaped the bunch over the Severn Stoke climb.
On the descent from the hill a few miles later, a runaway horse hindered the chasing bunch, requiring the race to be stopped.
When the race re-started, the 17-man break, including a few riders who cunningly made it across in the confusion, were credited with a 25-second headstart over the bunch.
The gap remained the same throughout the race as the break was too large to work smoothly.
The bunch was led along at a good pace by a band of sacrificial workers, most notably Ben Anstie, of Chippenham Wheelers, who gave his all to the chase.
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Knight hung on to win by a length as Gibb finished runner-up for the second consecutive year.
Five seconds later, 2009 winner Wilson led in the remains of the break with junior rider Matt Bailey finishing a creditable fourth.
The bunch sprint was won by Ian Rees, of Wilier/Big Maggys, just catching the tail end of the break for 14th place.
Gibb was pleased with his team's efforts to split the race but disappointed he did not quite have the legs to secure the victory.
Team-mate Wilson was pleased to celebrate his 30th birthday with third place — a fine follow-up to his win the previous year.


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