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|MLB Career Stats
|21st in NL
|23rd in NL
|22nd in NL
|6th in NL
|3rd in NL
|2nd in NL
|7th in NL
|November 7, 2010
|C Jason LaRue elected free agency.
|August 19, 2010
|St. Louis Cardinals transferred C Jason LaRue from the 15-day disabled list to the 60-day disabled list.
|August 13, 2010
|St. Louis Cardinals placed C Jason LaRue on the 15-day disabled list retroactive to August 4, 2010. Concussion
|April 27, 2010
|St. Louis Cardinals activated C Jason LaRue from the 15-day disabled list.
|April 14, 2010
|Jason LaRue roster status changed by St. Louis Cardinals.
|April 12, 2010
|St. Louis Cardinals placed C Jason LaRue on the 15-day disabled list.
|November 30, 2009
|St. Louis Cardinals signed free agent C Jason LaRue.
|November 5, 2009
|C Jason LaRue elected free agency.
Career highlights: In 2001 led all Major League catchers in caught-stealing percentage (60.3) and received Baseball Prospectus' Golden Gun Award...was selected to represent the International League at the 2000 Triple-A All- Star Game...in 1999 was an International League All-Star, was voted the best defensive catcher in the league by IL managers and was named honorable mention on Howe Sportsdata's All-Prospect Team...twice has been named International League Player of the Week (4/24-4/30, 2000; 8/2-8/7, 1999)...in 1998 was selected by USA Today as the organization's Minor League Player of the Year, was named honorable mention on Howe Sportsdata's All-Prospect Team and represented Chattanooga in the 1998 Double-A All-Star Game...in 1998 led the Southern League in hitting and slugging percentage...twice in 1998 was named Southern League Player of the Week...in 1997 was a mid- and post-season South Atlantic League All-Star selection...in his career has played 2g at 1B (5/28/01 vs Cubs, start on 8/ 27/03 vs Mil), 3g at 3B (last 3gs of 2001 season) and 3g in LF (6/13/01 at WSox, 8/26/01 at Mtl, 8/24/03 at Hou, 0gs).2002 In his second full season as the Reds' starting catcher hit .249 (12hr, 52rbi) in 113g and 100 starts...for the second straight season had a career-high 12 homers...also established career highs in batting average, runs scored (42), hits (88) and RBI...made his last appearance of the season on 9/21...on 9/24 had surgery to repair a hernia (Dr. Joann Lohr)...is his only career appearance on the disabled list...on 9/18 at Pit left the game with a bruised right calf suffered on a play at the plate...missed 3g, then started the nightcap of the 9/21 day/night DH vs Phi before the hernia ended his season...finished the season by hitting safely in 14 of his last 15g (.327, 4hr, 10rbi), including a career-high 13-game hitting streak (9/1-9/17, .348, 4hr, 10rbi)...with 13hbp led the club and ranked sixth in the National League...in his 100 starts Reds pitchers went 48-52 and posted a 4.68era (906.1ip, 471er) while he caught...caught 1 of the club's 2 complete games, Chris Reitsma's 2-0 win on 7/15 at Mil...threw out 25-57 baserunners attempting to steal (44%)...led the Major Leagues with 20 passed balls, including 8pb while catching knuckleballer Jared Fernandez...did not commit an error in 75g from 5/24-9/15...hit the second and third grand slams of his career...in the 7-5 win at Pit on 7/18 snapped the 2-2 tie with an eighth-inning grand slam off Brian Boehringer...in the 10-5 loss on 9/4 at StL his slam off Jamey Wright capped the Reds' 5-run second inning...was responsible for 1 of the team's 8 walkoff wins...in the 10-inning, 5-4 victory on 4/18 vs Hou ended the game with a bases-loaded RBI-single off Ricky Stone...twice in his first 9g of the season tied his career high with 3 hits (4/7 vs Mtl, 4/11 at Pit), then produced his third and final 3-hit game on 8/10 vs SD...on 5/4 at SF broke up the Giants' no-hit bid with a single off Ryan Jensen leading off the eighth inning...on 5/29 at Fla tied his career high with 4 strikeouts (3x)...on 7/16 at Mil produced his third career 2-HR game...in the 13-inning, 6-4 victory vs LA on 8/1 tied the game in the bottom of the ninth with a 2-strike, 2-out, 2-run double off Giovanni Carrara...on 8/22 at Ari hit his only triple of the season...had a season-high hitless skid of 0-for-12 (5/29-6/4)...had 19 multi-hit games, including 16 2-hit games and the 3 career-high 3-hit games...in spring training went 0-for-28 from 3/9-3/25 but finished the exhibition season with a 6-game hitting streak (8-15, .533), then had a single and a double on Opening Day vs the Cubs. 2001 In his 1st season as the Reds starting catcher, made 95 starts behind the plate and hit .236 (86-364) with 12 home runs and 43 RBI...Led all N.L. catchers in caught-stealing percentage, throwing out 41 of 68 (60%) runners and ranked 2nd in the Majors to Texas Ivan Rodriguez (72%)...threw out 23 of the last 32 (71%) baserunners attempting to steal on the season...led all N.L. catchers with 15 passed balls...Smacked his 1st career grand slam off Houston's Kent Bottenfield on May 18...Recorded his 2nd-career 2-homer game on Aug. 2 at Los Angeles (NL). 2000 Spent a majority of the season at Louisville (AAA)...did appear in 31 games with the Reds, hitting .235 with 5 home runs and 12 RBI...in his 31 starts, the Reds went 16-15 and posted a 3.78 ERA...Was selected to the Triple-A All-Star Game, but did not play because of the birth of his 1st child, Tyler...Notched his 1st-career multi-home run game when he connected twice at Chicago (N.L.) on Aug. 12. 1999 At Class AAA Indianapolis was an International League All-Star ... was voted the best defensive catcher in the league by IL managers ... was named honorable mention on Howe Sportsdata's all-prospect team ... in his Major League debut hit .211 with 3 HR and 10 RBI in 36g and 27 starts during 2 stints with the Reds (6/15-8/2, 8/27-end of season) ... started behind the plate in three of the Reds' four 1-hitters (6/24 at Hou, 6/30 vs Ari, 7/21 vs StL) and in 4 of their 11 shutouts (6/24, 6/30, 7/21, 9/18 at Pit) ... Ron Villone started all three 1-hitters ... began the season at Indy and in 50g there hit .249 (6 HR, 20 RBI) before he was promoted on 6/15, when Brian Johnson went on the Reds' 15-day disabled list ... on 6/15 vs Mets made his Major League debut after just 397 minor league games ... entered that game as a defensive replacement and went 0-for-2 ... made his first big league start in his third game, on 6/20 vs Mil, and caught the 7-4 loss ... on 7/5 vs Hou recorded his first Major League hit, a single off Chris Holt after starting his career 0-for-12, and then his first career stolen base ... on 7/10 at Cle recorded his first career double, first career RBI, and first run scored ... on 7/20 vs Det recorded his first career multi-hit game, both doubles ... from 7/23-7/27 made 5 consecutive starts while Eddie Taubensee recovered from a sore right wrist ... Reds went 4-1 in those games ... on 7/23 at SF hit his first career HR, a 2-run shot off Robb Nen ... hit his other 2 HR on 8/30 vs Atl (off Chen) and 9/18 at Pit (off Peters) ... in 19g and 16 starts during his first stint with the Reds hit .154 (1 HR, 3 RBI) before returning to Indianapolis on 8/3, when Juan Guzman was added to the Reds' roster ... in his first plate appearance back at Indy, on 8/4 vs Richmond, homered off Everett Stull as part of a streak in which he homered in 5 consecutive games to earn International League Player of the Week honors for the week of 8/2-8/7 (12-21, .571, 6 HR, 11 RBI) ... in his second plate appearance in that 8/4 game hit a 3-run triple ... in his second stint overall at Indy hit .256 (6 HR, 17 RBI) in 20g until he was recalled again on 8/27, when Hal Morris went on the Reds' disabled list ... after his second promotion immediately put together a career-high 6-game hitting streak (8/28-9/8) during which he hit .533 (1 HR, 5 RBI) ... after his second recall hit .289 (4 2B, 2 HR, 7 RBI) in 17g and 11 starts for the Reds the rest of the season ... on 8/30 vs Atl had 3 hits and 3 RBI, both career highs ... had 4 multi-hit games, including three 2-hit games and the career-high 3-hit game on 8/30 ... Reds pitchers went 17-10 in his 27 starts behind the plate and posted a 3.81 ERA overall while he caught ... threw out 8-21 (38%) baserunners attempting to steal ... was credited with 2 errors and 2 passed balls ... at Indy threw out 27-72 (38%) baserunners attempting to steal ... prior to the season was rated by Baseball America as the organization's fourth-best prospect and the Southern League's 10th-best prospect. 1998 Selected by USA Today as the organization's Minor League Player of the Year, was named honorable mention on Howe Sportsdata's All-Prospect Team and represented Chattanooga in the 1998 Double-A All-Star Game...in 1998 led the Southern League in hitting and slugging percentage...twice in 1998 was named Southern League Player of the Week. 1997 Was a mid- and post-season South Atlantic League All-Star selection...led all Reds minor league players in doubles...ranked fifth in the SAL in hitting...batted at least .300 every day of the season except 2 days and didnbt fall below .293 all season....was added to the 40-man roster on 11/20...combined to hit .350 with 14hr and 87rbi in 120g at Chattanooga and Indianapolis...at Chattanooga led the Southern League in hitting and slugging percentage (.617) and ranked second with a .429 on-base percentage, third with 61 extra-base hits and fourth in doubles and triples...began the season at Chattanooga and hit .331 with 3hr and 19rbi in 36g before he was promoted to Indy on 5/25...from 5/27-6/17 appeared in 15g for the Indians before he returned to Chattanooga...finished the season with the Lookouts and hit .383 with 11hr and 63rbi in his last 69g...at Chattanooga put together a season-high 15-game hitting streak from 5/14-6/27, a streak interrupted after 8g by his promotion to Indy...from 7/31-8/22 hit safely in 20-21 games, including hitting streaks of 8 and 12g...in the Southern League hit .400 in May, .345 in June, .360 in July, .396 in August and .462 in September...hit .314 with 5hr vs LHP and .388 with 9hr vs RHP...hit .402 with RISP...played for Maryvale in the Arizona Fall League (.273, 4hr, 11rbi, 28g). 1996 Appeared in just 37g because of a broken left leg suffered during a home plate collision in June. 1995 Appeared in 58g during his first professional season, including 54 as a catcher.


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[Verse 1: Ras Kass]
Nigga you still my Stan, mad he can't fade us
So you should hang yourself like Tyler the Creator
Life ain't fair: a saint gets aborted
A serial killer is born, evil gets rewarded
Dear Lord, ya'll vision is distorted
And I wanna save the World but my budget can't afford it
But I deserve that gwap like Kanye and Curtis
A Mayweather life before I lay in riggormortis
43-0 on the mic retire perfect
Couple new niggas hot now they claiming he the furnace?!
They ask if Ras could spit on the sun and burn it
Is Sandusky guilty? You already know the verdict
Yeah! im in the club poppin bottles of Moet
With a Magic Johnson portable AIDS test
Staring up this dames dress, but I dont mean no harm
Amino acid ratchet rap rapid fire bars
Life is like sniffing up a coke line
[Verse 2: Agallah]
Ayo Listen, life is like sniffing up a coke line
Took a scripture out of the Bible and I wrote mine
I'm so prolific like a prophet when I quote lines
Barmageddon with bars, Scarface the world is mine
Dollar bills I'mma burn it, the System I overturn it
New government is emerging, ya'll doin alot of splurging
Its like I'm fucking a virgin, no, my dick is determined
I'm spitting verbal vermin, hate rats like Mark Furman
This gargoyle rap music make you wanna act stupid
Ignorant son of a bitch - fuck Rap Music!
Whites doing black music, blacks doing white music
We can all get along and make Fight Music
I live this shit, I dont even like music
Rather do a heist to it silence the lambs
Most niggas in my hood is dying ofr grams
[Bridge: Agallah]
Me and Ras set up shop
I came with the pot
Cooked it on the stove top
Til it formed to a rock
Tell Shorty hit the block
We about to get the gwap
Dont talk to the cops
Respect me like your Pops
[Ras Kass]
Me and Ag set up shop
He came with the pot
Cooked it on the stove top
Til it formed to a rock
Tell Shorty hit the block
We about to get the gwap
Dont talk to the cops
Respect me like your Pops

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LONDON (AP) — A mass Internet monitoring program touted by Britain's government as a terror-fighting tool is unworkable, the country's deputy leader said Thursday, vowing that it would not become law.
Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg's opposition means the sweeping surveillance regime — which would have tracked everything Britons did online — is likely dead in the water because his Liberal Democrats are the junior partner in Britain's coalition government and have an effective veto over official policy.
"The idea that government will pass a law which means that there'd be a record kept of every website you visit, who you communicate with on social media sites, that's not going happen," Clegg said in comments to London's LBC radio on Thursday. "I'm afraid I think that is not either necessary, workable, nor proportionate, so it's not going to happen."
The proposal would have forced communications service providers to retain for a year a huge amount of personal data — including a record of websites visited, emails sent and Skype calls made — and make it available to law enforcement and other government agencies at the stroke of a key. Authorities would need a warrant to see the content of calls, emails and other communications.
Officials argued that the proposal was key to helping police, spies, and regulators catch up with advances in online communications, but activists, academics, and libertarians expressed horror at what they dubbed a "snooper's charter."
Clegg's opposition meant that the ruling Conservatives would have to rely on the opposition Labour Party to pass any eventual law — something one expert said was improbable.
"You can't rule it out," said Mark Bennister, who teaches politics at Canterbury Christ Church University, but he said it was "highly unlikely that the Conservatives would push ahead on something that they would need Labour support for."
Prime Minister David Cameron's office declined to say whether the bill would be included when the government announces its slate of legislation for the coming parliamentary term next month.
Julian Huppert, a Liberal Democrat lawmaker, seemed to express little doubt that the surveillance plan was history.
"It's dead," he said in a message posted to Twitter.
It's not clear that Britain's Home Office — which has been leading the charge on the surveillance program — saw Clegg's intervention coming. A spokeswoman said she wasn't aware of Clegg's comments when The Associated Press called seeking a response. She later said the Home Office would not be commenting.
Civil liberties groups were cheered by the news — although they also expressed caution about the future.
"We're happy that this is dead, but we need to make sure it doesn't rise from the dead again," said Emma Carr of Big Brother Watch, a U.K. group that campaigns against government surveillance.
Padraig Reidy of the London-based Index on Censorship echoed those concerns, warning that the police and intelligence agencies would doubtless be back with new proposals for Internet monitoring and surveillance.
"This is not an issue that will be dropped," he wrote in a blog post.
Home Office information on the surveillance proposal: http://bit.ly/15Piesl
Raphael Satter can be reached at: http://raphae.li/twitter


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To celebrate the holidays, Uncommon Knowledge brings us a blast from the past. Host Peter Robinson rides in on a motorcycle to kick off the installment. Over at Ricochet, Peter introduces it thusly:
He may have been gone for four years now, but Milton Friedman, the Hoover Institution website
display indicates, remains one of the most popular interview subjects ever to appear on Uncommon Knowledge.
Oh, if only–if only. I understood that Milton was a great man, but when I knew him at Hoover–his office was just two doors down the hall from mine–I failed to grasp just how singular he was. No one else is even a little bit like him. I should have insisted on sitting right down with Milton and getting his entire life story on tape.
Still, we have this.
Recorded on February 10, 1999, the installment brings us, as Peter suggests, the one and only. Through our arrangement with the Hoover Institution, we are pleased to present it in its entirety.


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Screen time is the time you spend watching TV or DVDs, using computers, playing video or hand-held computer games, or using tablets or smartphones.
Screen time can be:
Child development experts recommend limiting children's daily screen time. This is because real-life interactions with you and others are much better for your child's wellbeing, learning and development.
The latest guidelines from the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) suggest that:
What do screen time limits mean for your child?Screen time limits are about making sure your child enjoys lots of healthy, fun activities – both with and without screens.
Limits mean looking at the time your child spends on screens and making sure it doesn't get in the way of sleep and activities that are good for her development. These activities include things like physical play, reading, creative play like drawing, and social time with family and friends.
Limits don't mean you should stop your child from watching TV or playing video games because he uses screens at school or for homework.
Television, movies, video games and the internet can be a positive influence on your child. This is especially when:
Screen time can have physical, developmental, safety and other risks. If you reduce the amount of time your child spends using screens, you can reduce the risks for your child.
Physical problemsUsing screens can cause physical problems. For example:
You can reduce these risks by encouraging your child to:
Development issuesToo much screen time can have an impact on children's language development and social skills. This is because children need real-life interactions to develop these skills. Too much screen time can also affect older children's development – for example, it can affect their ability to have conversations, maintain eye contact, pay attention in school or read body language.
Too much screen time can also result in children missing out on developing a wide range of interests, and the friends and learning associated with these interests.
You can reduce this risk by making sure your child balances time spent using screens with other activities.
SafetyYour child could encounter dangerous material or people on the internet.
You can reduce this risk by taking some practical internet safety precautions like checking the privacy settings on apps that your child uses. You can also help your child learn how to use the internet safely, responsibly and enjoyably – for example, by talking to your child about not sharing personal details online.
Media messagesScreen-based media can influence children and their behaviour – for example, children can copy or be influenced by negative behaviour, sterotypical representations of gender, violent imagery or coarse language they see in advertising and other media.
You can reduce this risk by helping your child develop media literacy, so that she can understand and question media messages.
American Academy of Pediatrics (2016). Media and young minds. Elk Grove Village, IL: AAP. doi: 10.1542/peds.2016-2591.
American Academy of Pediatrics (2016). Media use in school-aged children and adolescents. Elk Grove Village, IL: AAP. doi: 10.1542/peds.2016-2592.
Felt, L.J., & Robb, M.B. (2016). Technology addiction: Concern, controversy, and finding balance. San Francisco, CA: Common Sense Media. Retrieved 20 July 2017 from https://www.commonsensemedia.org/sites/default/files/uploads/research/csm_2016_technology_addiction_research_brief_0.pdf.
Schoeppe, S., Rebar, A.L., Short, C.E., Alley, S., Van Lippevelde, W., & Vandelanotte, C. (2016). How is adults' screen time behaviour influencing their views on screen time restrictions for children? A cross-sectional study. BMC Public Health. doi: 10.1186/s12889-016-2789-3.


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Hi there big family!
I was wondering if any of you know if in Uk you can buy Jim's book on libraries? I was thinking about buying one for me and one for my "kids" the ones I am looking for as an au pair in London, because I'm sure they would love it!
I have been looking for it in some libraries but couldn't find it yet (Im not very good at looking for stuff so...maybe it's my fault!)
Thanks so much!!


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American Plus
American Plus: The format we follow for our texts for the learning of English is American Plus—that is, while American English is the main element in all our texts, we also expose students to other standard variations, increasingly important in a world in which English is more and more the way people from different nations communicate. In other words, we aim our texts at students who wish to learn American English as a tool for communication but as a tool they are likely to use in an international setting where they are likely to be meeting speakers of other varieties of English.
Searching around the web the other day came across the English Plus Movement and saw an admittedly loose parallel of sorts here. In the movement originating letter sent from the Spanish American League Against Discrimination to then Secretary of Education, Bill Bennett, the League stated, "English by itself is not enough. Not English Only, English Plus!" Plug in American English for English and you have much of what we mean by American Plus.
(This short post the first of five over the next five days in a blogathon initiated by Tyson Seburn of 4C.


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UW Huskies – Family Ties
Watching the University of Washington Huskies football team play should bring a feeling of De Ja Vu for some NFL fans, particularly Seahawks fans.
This is because Cornerback Desmond Trufant is the brother of Seahawks CB Marcus Trufant and Jets CB Isaiah Trufant, who last week returned a blocked punt for a Touchdown against the Dallas Cowboys. Kicker Eric Folk is the brother of Jets K Nick Folk, who kicked what turned out to be the game winning field goal last weekend, also against the Cowboys.
Trufant , currently a Junior at UW, has been one of the bright spots of the Husky defense this season, recording 15 tackles, 2 interceptions, and a forced fumble in 2 games so far. His big plays came when the Huskies needed them most. With 29 seconds left in the first game of the season, with Eastern Washington University driving to score the possible game winning touchdown, Trufant intercepted a pass near the endzone from Eastern QB Bo Levi Mitchell that clinched the 30-27 victory for the Huskies.
Earlier in the game, Trufant caused a forced fumble on a punt return. He followed that game up with another strong performance and another clutch, game-saving play. With 1:39 left in the game, Hawaii had just scored, making the game 38-32. The Hawaii PAT was blocked by Huskies DE Everrette Thompson (his second blocked PAT of the game) and the ball was picked up and returned for 2 points by Trufant, giving the Huskies a 40-32 lead and the eventual win.
His inspired play earned him the Pac-12 Defensive Player of the Week award in week 1. Despite being on the arch nemesis of his brother's Alma Mater, Trufant is playing inspired football and seems poised for a big career, just like his older brother.
Senior Kicker Eric Folk has had his share of star performances for the Huskies this season, too. His golden leg has been noticed, earning him Pac-12 Special Teams Player of the Week in week 1. That award came after a 3-3 performance against Eastern Washington.
He booted field goals of 40 yards, 47 yards, and an impressive 53 yards to help keep the Huskies in the lead. Against Hawaii, he kicked a lone field goal of 36 yards. Calling on the field goal kicker is usually not a good thing, meaning your offensive drive fell short.
In college, kickers are usually shaky and frequently inaccurate. For the Huskies, bringing in the field goal kicker is just extra insurance and almost surely more points on the board. With the way he's performing this season, Eric Folk is well on his way of joining his older brother Nick in the NFL's pool of Kickers.
One more player with NFL bloodlines has yet to play a game as a Husky, but his arrival on-field is highly anticipated by Husky Nation.
Nick Montana, the Husky redshirt freshman, is the son of former star NFL Hall of Fame QB, Joe Montana. Nick seems to be the heir apparent to Keith Price's QB spot or possibly the savior this season if Price can't get the job done. If Montana is anything like his father, the Huskies are in for a real treat.
Mix the talent of these NFL siblings with the likes of Senior LB Cort Dennison, Junior RB Chris Polk, Senior WR's Jermaine Kearse and Devin Aguilar, and the highly touted freshman WR Kasen Williams, the Huskies hope to be telling the Pac-12 and the rest of the NCAA to "Bow Down" this season.


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Police confirm Milwaukee woman missing for several days
Police confirmed a Milwaukee woman has been missing since March 24, and her family is pleading for help finding her.
Estella Currin, 40, told her daughter she was heading off to her nursing job around 11 a.m. Sunday. Her husband, Jeff Currin, said the woman he's loved for 13 years simply disappeared.
"Thirteen years," Jeff said. "As a matter of fact, she's my best friend. She's been with me since my first wife passed away. She helped me with my daughter ever since she was 9 years old. You know, that's her mother."
Currin's keys and wallet with her driver's license inside were found at a Milwaukee lakefront parking garage and were turned over to art museum security around 2 p.m. Sunday.
Stepdaughter Marquia Currin was the last family member to see her.
"She was rushing," Marquia said. "She was saying she was late to work and she ran downstairs to get some clothes."
Currin often took a county bus to her nursing job at St. Camillus in Wauwatosa or her other nursing job near 92nd Street and Capitol Drive.
"I really don't know and it's kind of getting to me because, you know, I was the last to see her," Marquia said.
Jeff said it isn't like Currin to leave the house and stay away.
"Every time she leaves the house, she always checks in. Always," Jeff said.
He said one of the most difficult things is their 6-year-old daughter keeps asking where her mother is.
If anyone knows anything about Currin's whereabouts, they are asked to call Milwaukee police at 414-935-7405.


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Leonardo DiCaprio Is Keen On Kobe
Leonardo DiCaprio gets riled up at Game Two of the 2009 NBA Finals at Staples Center on Sunday night (June 7) in Los Angeles.
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Josie Maran: Model Business Woman
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P&G's Future Friendly tackles imminent opportunities
CINCINNATI Since launching a full media platform for its multibrand Future Friendly program in the spring, Procter & Gamble has made a significant impact among both retailers and mainstream consumers looking to save energy and reduce waste. Now the manufacturer is looking to expand the initiative even further in 2011.
Phase one of Future Friendly focused on how washing in cold water with a detergent formulated for that application — like Tide Coldwater — can conserve energy and help consumers reduce their utility bills. Now, phase two of the platform is taking aim at powder detergent carton sizes, targeting a reduction in packaging materials, as well as truck and fuel usage.
"Future Friendly has already proven itself to be a great platform for not only P&G but for our customers to offer an opportunity for them to do their part with regard to the environment without having to sacrifice price or quality," said Eric Forsyth, of P&G customer business development, during an online media briefing Thursday morning. "As excited as we are about what we've done in the past, we are equally as excited about where we are going in the future with Future Friendly."
Future Friendly is an educational platform designed to help educate consumers on how to use leading P&G products, such as Tide, Pampers, PUR and Duracell, to achieve savings in water, waste and energy.
Serving as the underpinnings, and helping to shape the initiative, is P&G research that found many consumers are interested in buying products with an environmental benefit but they are not likely to trade up in price or to sacrifice product performance or value.
Earlier this year, P&G deployed a full media platform, and consumers started seeing Future Friendly-labeled products — which, in total, represent about $6 billion in sales — on store shelves in April. Since the launch, the efforts of this major initiative have been significant, with incremental displays in more than 16,000 retail locations, 2.7 billion media impressions and a 5% boost in corporate favorability and trustworthiness. In addition, participating retailers have experienced a more than 3% growth in the average basket size, according to P&G.
Now, the manufacturer is looking to go even bigger and take Future Friendly to the next level. For the next phase of Future Friendly, P&G is tackling its powder cartons and will be compacting the cartons by 33%, effective February 2011. "All of which, combined, will help us deliver some significant environmental savings, not only from a packaging perspective but also from a logistics perspective," Forsyth said.
By compacting the cartons, and enhancing the formulas of both Tide and Gain, P&G estimated the results will mean up to a 28% reduction in corrugate (or 68 million sq. ft. of cardboard); about 6% (or 5,900) fewer trucks on the road; and a 5% to 8% reduction in fuel use (or 890,000 fewer gallons of diesel fuel). As it stands, the powder business is $1.7 billion strong and represents about 20% of the entire $8 billion laundry category. With this next phase of Future Friendly, P&G expected to drive powder growth between 2.5% and 4%, which will translate into an increase in top-line sales of between $43 million and $68 million.
This initiative will take place in one wave across the United States and Canada. Beginning in April, consumers will see Future Friendly stickers across some of the powder cartons, and retailers will be able to leverage in-store tools, such as shelf-talkers with the Future Friendly messaging.
P&G will continue to drive consumer awareness through, for example, its P&G brandSAVER coupon book and a partnership with National Geographic's in-school conservation education program called Find Your Footprint. P&G noted that it has beefed up its marketing spend compared with a year ago, and will continue to engage consumers through such social media as Facebook and Twitter to further promote the initiative and educate consumers on Future Friendly.
Medora Snacks launches PopCorners
FREEPORT, N.Y. Traditional popcorn is getting a new look.
Medora Snacks has launched PopCorners, a popcorn snack that has a chip-like experience. PopCorners currently are available in 1.1-oz. and 5-oz. serving-size bags in four delicious flavors — white cheddar, butter, sea salt and kettle — that range from 3.5 g to 6 g of fat.
Coke Zero kicks off Playbook of Possibilities contest
ATLANTA Coke Zero is looking to give football fans a chance to win once-in-a-lifetime experiences with its new contest.
Coke Zero's Playbook of Possibilities will launch an online game to challenge fans to use their knowledge of and passion for football to create their own plays for chances to win exciting prizes, including a grand-prize trip to the Chick-fil-A Bowl in Atlanta on Dec. 31. The Playbook Challenge game runs from Aug. 31 to Oct. 25, and players can participate every day for a chance to earn more points and more chances to win.
"With its Playbook of Possibilities, Coke Zero is giving fans a way to enjoy the college football game day in a whole new way," said Bill Kelly, SVP Coca-Cola trademark brands at Coca-Cola North America. "Just as Coke Zero defies convention by offering real Coke taste and zero calories, we're giving football fans a chance to win great prizes and experiences when they explore new possibilities."


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Gather round, we've got a frothy coffee maker from Nespresso, a 2013 take on the classic Sony Walkman, a juiced-up gaming system that's the Alienware Aurora, as well as a Wacom Bamboo Pad to replace your tired old mousepad.
Wacom Bamboo Pad
For those who'd like to replicate the pen on paper experience even when working on the computer, the Bamboo Pad will serve quite nicely as your digital paper. Swap your mousepad out for this and you'll have the choice of either using it as a multi gesture-enabled touchpad, or use a pressure-sensitive Wacom stylus with it to draw out the artist within.
The Bamboo Pad, when paired with a stylus, will enable precise accurate strokes to add personalised signatures to your emails, nurture your creative side or more realistically, allow for fine abstract doodles on your meeting notes should inspiration hit you.
Price: $75 (USB version) and $115 (wireless version) at retail stores islandwide.
Sony Walkman NWZ-WH505
Thought the Walkman self-destructed with the death of cassette tapes? Think again. The original music player lives on in the form of snazzy headphones that can pump out tunes for up to 20 hours on a full charge. With 16GB of storage on the Sony Walkman NWZ-WH505, users can hoard up to 4,000 tracks without the need for another device, use them as normal cans with other gadgets, or hang them round the neck and activate surround sound with a touch.
The speaker-quality NWZ-WH505 packs both detail and deep bass in its 40mm dome type drivers. Whether you rock out to Led Zep or prance along to Justin Bieber, the different sound modes will make your music sound better.
Price: $249 at authorised retailers.
Alienware Aurora
When it comes to gaming desktops, Alienware has got the competition beat. Now refreshed with task-mincing Intel Core i7 4 and 6 processors, games will be played the way they were designed to be. If that's not enough to get you in the zone, eye-popping NVIDIA GeForce 700-series graphics and AMD 8900-series graphics options will make sweet explosions even more graphic and detailed. You can even customise the lighting theme to make your setup blaze like the Northern Lights on steroids during gameplay.
The only drawback is reality will look twice as boring when you're done. But who needs reality when there are computer games, right?
Price: from $3,199 at authorised retailers.
Nespresso Umilk
Caffeine junkies, get a load of the latest machine from Nespresso to keep your java buzz going. And if you like your morning cuppa frothy, the Umilk thoughtfully packs in it the new Aeroccino3 milk frother to bring the bubbles in both hot and cold drinks.
Pop a capsule in and the machine starts brewing automatically. With a heating time of a mere 25 seconds, you'd get your caffeine kick quicker than it takes to recite your order to a Starbucks barista. And no, you didn't forget anything, the machine intuitively shuts itself down after 9 minutes of inactivity because it understands that there are only so many things one can deal with in the morning.
Price: $428 at Nespresso boutiques and selected trade outlets.


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Gore, Retry, Fail
Why the "New" Al Gore can't get elected.
Who knew Al Gore could be such fun? He's the toast of Cannes and was hilarious on Saturday Night Live. He's also Topic A in political conversation. A lot of Democrats start to sound a bit giddy when the subject of a Gore presidential run in 2008 comes up. Even with recent troubles in the GOP, many of them have been preoccupied with the weakness of their leaders and the party's uncertain future. When discussion turns to Gore, everyone gets excited.
At the center of the Gore boomlet is the New Al Gore. He's full of the vision and ass-kicking clarity for which Democratic activists are thirsting. Markos Moulitsas, the founder of Daily Kos, has praised the change, calling him "passionate, eloquent, and utterly suffused with energy." Arianna Huffington got the bug in Cannes: "When people are exposed to the new Gore—authentic, funny, self-deprecating—you can almost feel their relief and surprise as they suddenly come to face to face with what a real leader could be."
This has got to be stirring for a guy who was essentially laughed out of town after losing the 2000 election. But Gore has yet to respond to the groundswell, according to those I've talked to who know Gore well. He's happy doing what he's doing and doesn't want to get drawn back into politics. "What Al Gore is doing now is living the life he always wanted to lead," says his former campaign manager, Donna Brazile. "He's a leading intellectual. He's talking about global warming. He's a venturecrat. He's leading the life I think a person like Al Gore would want to lead."
There are lots of other reasons that Gore probably shouldn't run, often articulated by inside-the-beltway types. A lot of Democrats still have sour feelings about a nominee who blew a winnable election. Gore never liked the day-to-day work of politics (as opposed to governing) and was a lousy campaigner. He struggled to beat a weak Bill Bradley in the 2000 Democratic primaries and lost to George Bush (sort of) with the wind of peace and prosperity at his back. In polls, voters still react to him as negatively as they do to Hillary Clinton, or even more so. He may provide a nice contrast to George Bush now, but Bush won't be on the ballot, and in 2008 the Republican nominee is likely to be running against Bush, too.
Gore hasn't shut the door on a candidacy. "I'm not planning to run," he has said. "There are other ways to serve." He's not planning to run but that doesn't leave out the possibility that he could be convinced to run. This makes sense. If you're going to be a draft candidate, you need to look reluctant. You need to let the cheers grow into a roar before you open your hotel window to speak to the crowd.
I will admit that I like the idea of Gore running for president. I'm a sucker for authenticity and prefer a candidate who speaks his mind (even my editor has made fun of me for this failing). But it seems to me that the hype about the New Gore poses a problem for him should he eventually decide to run: He can't sustain the authenticity that is fueling his bandwagon.
It's not that Gore is inherently dull. (And judiciousness could be a plus after the Bush years.) The problem is that the activists and bloggers most approving of Gore's "authenticity" also seem the least likely to allow any deviation from their definition of it. Campaigns require tactical compromises and prioritizing, even to achieve noble goals, and those acts are often seen as inauthentic and weak. Even Howard Dean, who is often praised for his genuineness, tailored his views on fiscal policy and entitlement reform to appeal to liberals in his party, a disconnect with his more conservative past. Gore's assessment of the last presidential elections suggest he still believes campaigns must be won by moving to the middle, a notion some in his party abhor. He knows about political shading. It's why he can craft that coy language about running in 2008. But if he does too much of this, he will disappoint his new allies.
Talk about the New Gore also builds upon a structural flaw of his last candidacy: Does he know his own mind? If what we're seeing now is the real Al Gore, why was he so easily swayed last time by advisers and pollsters bearing bad advice? If authenticity is just a political gambit, it's hardly authentic. The Old Gore vs. New Gore angle is likely to become a theme of the coverage if Gore runs. The press will remind us again and again about the 2000 campaign's earth-tone suits and the Great Dane kiss of Tipper at the convention and all the other inauthentic things he did to tailor his behavior to show people what he thought they wanted to see. The press will watch closely for signs of a relapse.
Hillary Clinton may solve this problem, at least to some extent. Gore may have no opportunity to return to his old ways, because if he runs, the opening for him will be to her left. That would act as a guardrail. If his populist heart ever faltered, political expediency would kick in, keeping him in the "New Gore" posture as he offered himself as a reformed character to those in the party who have a passionate dislike of Clintonian triangulation.
But crusading liberal is hardly who Al Gore really is. He long supported welfare reform, free-trade, and gave a speech promoting faith-based institutions in 2000 that was as supportive of them as George Bush was. How will he handle those old positions? Will he blow them off completely and risk looking like a hypocrite? Or will he revert to the trimming of the Old Al Gore? How will he respond to questions about a speech he gave in Saudi Arabia in which he very authentically criticized treatment of Arabs in the United States? When you're a candidate, the truth you spoke as a private citizen can become awfully inconvenient.


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An Associated Press reporter mistook an impersonator of actor Christopher Walken on a sports-talk radio program Friday for Walken himself, leading the news cooperative to include comments mistakenly attributed to the actor in its coverage of the Natalie Wood death investigation.
The AP corrected the story about an hour later and told its members not to use the incorrect information.
The radio station, Washington, D.C.-based ESPN 980, informed the AP that the Walken impersonator appears weekly to discuss sports-related topics for a humorous segment. Walken has a distinctive, staccato style of speaking.
Walken was sharing a yacht with Wood and her husband, actor Robert Wagner, when the actress drowned on Nov. 29, 1981. The death was ruled an accident. But this week, authorities in Los Angeles reopened their investigation into Wood's death based on new information but said that Wagner is not a suspect.
The Walken impersonator, Marc Sterne, appeared Friday afternoon on "The Sports Fix," an afternoon talk show hosted by Kevin Sheehan and Thom Loverro.
Chuck Sapienza, ESPN 980's program director, told the AP on Friday evening that Sterne has made regular Friday appearances impersonating Walken during the past few football seasons. While playing Walken, Sterne gives fantasy football advice and sometimes discusses other topics.
"It's not set up as real. It's not like we're trying to fool anybody," Sapienza said. "We say it's the person on the air but we never believe that someone actually thinks the person's actually there."
After the story was published, an AP reporter phoned the station and left a message. A station employee called back to say a Walken impersonator, not the actor, had been on the air.
ESPN 980 is owned by Washington Redskins owner Daniel Snyder.
During Friday's appearance, Sheehan asked Sterne about the Wood case. Sterne, impersonating Walken, remarked: "We had a lot to drink that night. There was Sambuca. There was shouting. And then there was tragedy. And that's all I can remember."
The Walken impersonator added that he went to bed after reading "one of the Hardy Boys novels" and awoke to learn that Wood was dead.
The AP incorporated those comments into its story Friday afternoon, attributing them to Walken.
"It was a mistake," AP spokesman Jack Stokes said in a statement.


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In fact, welcoming son Xander Dane last September has allowed Jones to realize that her role onscreen couldn't be more different than life off.
"If anything, I understand her even less. But in terms of mothering, I don't carry anything 'Betty' home," the actress — who was sporting new light pink streaks in her hair — tells Hollyscoop Wednesday at the show's season five Hollywood premiere.
The first-time mom began filming the latest season when she was already eight months pregnant and credits her strong support system with her ability to manage the day-to-day balance.
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SHREWSBURY — Capping a dream season, the Martha's Vineyard Regional High School boys' tennis team won the Division 3 state championship Thursday for the first time in history. The boys defeated Nashoba 4-1 on outdoor courts at the St. John's High School tennis complex, finishing their season with a perfect 23-0 record.
Head coach Ned Fennessy, in his 22nd year with the team, was at a near loss for words after the trophy and medals presentations, his ear-to-ear grin saying all that was needed. He did take a break from smiling, however, to simply say he was "euphoric" about the results.
The Vineyarders won in convincing fashion, clinching the title by winning the first three of five matches in 50 minutes. They won the first four matches in straight sets before losing the final singles match well after they had secured the title.
Junior co-captain Justice Yennie captured the first win of the day, defeating Nashoba's Christian Fletcher in straight sets, 6-2, 6-0. Yennie is undefeated through two seasons at third singles, and finished his match in just under half an hour.
That was followed by a 6-1, 6-1 doubles win by Jackson McBride and Natty Schneider. The duo then watched as teammates Justin Smith and Ryan Sawyer swept opponents Josh Bricknell and Ben von Stetton 6-0, 6-0 to clinch the state title. McBride leaned toward Schneider as they watched the match point of Ryan Sawyer and Justin Smith's second doubles match, excitement in his voice as he said simply "This is it, this is it."
Then came applause and fist bumps from their teammates — both past and current; several tennis alums made the trip up to Shrewsbury — on the sidelines.
"The feeling hasn't really sunk in that we're state champs yet," Sawyer said afterward.
Under clear blue skies, the Vineyard jumped out to a strong start, with each player and doubles duo taking a 1-0 lead in their respective first sets. "When I looked up and I saw that everybody had won the first set," Yennie said after the match, "Then I knew we were going to do well. That was the best part."
In the final two matches following the clinching win, junior co-captain Kent Leonard at first singles defeated Pra Vennapusa 6-3, 6-4, while sophomore Patrick McCarthy at second singles, lost to Pra's twin brother Pri Vennapusa 7-5, 6-4.
Leonard said he was "pretty psyched" about the afternoon. "You know when you win states, you had to play some pretty good teams to get there," he said.
Nashoba, the winners of the Central division, turned out to be more than pretty good this year. They entered the postseason tournament as a number nine seed, then pulled off a string of upsets to advance to the state finals with a 14-5 record.
The Vineyarders were seeded first in the South division at the start of the postseason but still managed to exceed all expectations. The team is the latest in the high school's list of state title winners. The girls' basketball squad won it all during their heyday in 1979 and 1981. Boys' hockey has won twice, during the 1998-99 season, and again in 2000-2001. The football team won the state Super Bowl in 1999 and 2003. And the track team has also won the states.
"If there's any one word that can describe this season, the word "magical" is appropriate," head coach Ned Fennessy said on the bus ride to Shrewsbury. After Thursday's state title win, he might add the word "perfect" to that description.
The tennis team has posted strong seasons in the past — including a one-loss year — but had never even advanced out of the south section tournament. Coach Fennessy didn't include "make state championships" on his list of team goals this year — particularly since the squad is made up entirely of underclassmen. He simply wanted the boys to win their section after being denied the title last season by Cape Cod Academy.
Last Saturday, the team did just that, defeating Dover-Sherborn 3-2 at Old Rochester Regional in Mattapoisett to at last hold the gold Bay State-shaped plaque. With that win, the Vineyarders advanced to the state semi-finals, where they defeated two-time defending state champion Weston 4-1.
"I think there was some trepidation — at least on the part of the coach — about facing Weston," coach Fennessy said. "And to watch them persevere against a team with this record . . . it was exciting."
Coach Fennessy also didn't include "go undefeated" on the list of goals either. There is optimism, and then there is reality; and realistically speaking, the odds are not in favor of a team simultaneously winning state finals while maintaining a perfect record.
But nobody could beat this Vineyard team, though other squads have certainly tried. Cape Cod Academy again proved a formidable foil in both the regular season and in the teams' final meeting in the South Section semifinals; the Vineyard took that last win 3-2. Dover-Sherborn, back on the schedule after a lengthy absence, gave the team a true challenge.
And still the Vineyarders prevailed. Pieces might have cracked along the way, but the whole could not be broken.
This was a team characterized by uncommon resolve as well as talent. It was Kent Leonard finding his inner Agassi and storming back from a first-set loss to demolish his unsuspecting opponent. It was the way Jackson McBride and Natty Schneider were so in sync with one another that when they stalked the doubles court between points, both ready to unleash all of their coiled energy on a perfect serve-return combo, they walked in perfect tandem, pace for pace, sneaker for sneaker.
It was Patrick McCarthy, who's made a seamless transition from doubles to singles this year, and his marathon matches — the way he "very quietly but very efficiently," as coach Fennessy described it, picked up the winning match against Weston. It was Justin Smith and Ryan Sawyer, with their complementary individual games—Smith's leaps and Sawyer's low returns—shining brighter as they combined forces on the doubles courts. It was Justice Yennie, master of the poker face, giving nothing away to his opponents but taking the win every time.
There's little doubt that the Vineyard Youth Tennis Center, where the team members took free lessons and began honing their skills and their serves well before they even set foot on a high school court, played a role in the dream team that won this week. The center, now in its 10th year, was the gift of an anonymous Vineyard benefactor, and Coach Fennessy credits its existence with giving his players the opportunities to travel as far as they have. Because of the center, the seeds for this season were planted long ago.
Now they are in full bloom.
So all of these factors — the players, the coach, the center, the victories and defeats that came before Thursday — helped build the team that came away champions this year.
And because the team is so young—not a senior in the lineup—this perfect storm should continue to brew well into 2013.
"They'll all be back next season," Coach Fennessy said.
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NEW YORK (Reuters) - New York City Democratic mayoral hopeful Bill de Blasio, already the clear front-runner a month before the November 5 election, widened his lead to more than seven in ten likely voters, a Quinnipiac University poll found on Thursday.
More than two-thirds of city voters have a favorable view of de Blasio, the city's public advocate, who has run on a liberal platform of addressing income inequality and reining in controversial police practices in his bid to replace Michael Bloomberg as the mayor of America's largest city.
Joe Lhota, a deputy under former Republican Mayor Rudolph Giuliani and later the head of the city's mass-transit agency, is trailing with 21 percent. Just a quarter of city voters have a favorable opinion of Republican candidate Lhota, while a third say they haven't heard enough about him to form an opinion, the poll found.
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De Blasio has proposed raising taxes on the city's top earners to pay for an expansion of pre-kindergarten programs, increasing access to affordable housing and has pledged to do more to prevent the closure of hospitals in underserved areas.
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De Blasio has been a fierce critic of the police tactic, which a federal judge found earlier this year amounts to "indirect racial profiling." Bloomberg and his long-serving commissioner Ray Kelly, have vigorously defended it as critical to the city's anti-crime efforts.
The city's murder rate has fallen from 649 deaths in 2001, when Bloomberg was elected, to 414 in 2012.
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De Blasio performs well when voters are asked about specific issues. Almost two-thirds said de Blasio will do a better job than Lhota improving the city's schools, and more than half said de Blasio will do a better keeping the city safe.
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Benchmark oil for March delivery was up 8 cents to $97.59 per barrel at late afternoon Bangkok time in electronic trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange. The contract rose 48 cents to finish at $97.51 per barrel on the Nymex on Tuesday after OPEC raised its 2013 forecast for global oil demand to 89.7 million barrels. That's 80,000 barrels more than its previous forecast a month ago.
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Sean Deveney wrote:NBA Free Agents: Tracy McGrady, Baron Davis near a career crossroads
It was a little more than a year ago that former Rockets coach Jeff Van Gundy delivered the quote that will be most closely associated with the career of guard Tracy McGrady. Speaking with New Yorker writer Malcolm Gladwell at a forum in Boston, Van Gundy said Gladwell's assertion that in order to be truly great at something required 10,000 hours of practice did not apply to McGrady. "Tracy McGrady was 1,000 hours of practice," Van Gundy said. "He should be a Hall of Fame player. His talent was other-worldly. He was given a great leg up in the race against other players. He's as close as I've ever seen to someone with a perfect body and a good mind."
For McGrady, though, this hasn't been a perfect summer. The same can be said for point guard Baron Davis. The two have a lot in common.
They have both been All-Stars, McGrady seven times and Davis twice.
They are both 33 years old, much younger than the likes of Kevin Garnett, Tim Duncan, Jason Kidd and Steve Nash, all of whom received sizable free-agent deals this offseason. But both McGrady and Davis remain unemployed, with training camp just days away.
That's not to say we won't see either in NBA uniforms again. Both players want to be back on the court and feel they have something to offer. McGrady was close to a deal with the Bulls last month, but the deal fell apart. He has worked out for the Knicks and Spurs this month, and was thought to be the favorite for the Knicks' final roster spot—until, according to the New York Post's Marc Berman, the Knicks were impressed by what Rasheed Wallace showed in a workout. Davis is recovering from knee surgery, and is not giving up on playing again.
But in the meantime, he will work for the Knicks in an off-court capacity.
With each passing day, then, there is a greater chance that we have seen the last of Davis and McGrady in the NBA, and there is something disheartening about that. In the case of both players, there was undeniable talent, and in the early part of the 2000s, they were two of the most dynamic, exciting young players in the league. Davis broke out at age 24, with 22.9 points and 7.5 assists for the Hornets.
McGrady was clearly destined for stardom as a teenager with the Raptors, and showed his greatness after signing with Orlando, where he averaged 26.8 points, 7.5 rebounds and 4.9 assists at the tender age of 21.
But the fact that the sun is setting on them here in their early 30s, at a time when so many others are still performing at a high level as they near 40, is indicative of two careers that never quite reached their potential.
Injuries are a major factor for both guys. Davis can trace his knee troubles back to 1998, his freshman year in college, when he tore the ACL in his left knee and required surgery. He had another surgery to the left knee in '03, and again in '07. And during the playoffs last May, he tore his ACL and MCL in his right knee. Sprinkled throughout his career have been numerous other injuries, including back surgery last year.
The story is much the same for McGrady, who suffered chronic back pain that most likely led to knee trouble. In '08, he had arthroscopic surgery on his left knee, and the following year, he had microfracture surgery on the knee. He averaged better than 21 points per game for eight straight years, but hasn't topped double-digits since the surgery.
Throughout their careers, though, both McGrady and Davis were dogged by suggestions that their injuries were directly related to their work ethics—that because they did not put in the 10,000 hours of practice time, their lack of conditioning was sapping their innate talent.
Davis has shrugged off that notion, saying that the persistent pain that resulted from his first knee injury in college has been an impediment to his conditioning. And McGrady, when told about Van Gundy's criticism, told reporters, "For what Jeff says, being as talented as I was and is, for him to say that I didn't reach my full potential because of practice habits? If that's what he saw … I don't have anything negative to say about that. That's his personal opinion."
It is an opinion, though, that is shared by many. Both Davis and McGrady entered the league with Hall of Fame potential, and played up to it for several years. They were stars, and generally likeable guys.
Now, both players are still relatively young but unsigned and already at career crossroads. Maybe it was injury, maybe it was work ethic, maybe it was a combination of the two. But when you think about how good McGrady and Davis could have been, and consider we might not see them on the floor again, it's hard not to feel a little shortchanged.
For the record (and migya can verify this), I've been saying Tracy McGrady isn't hall-of-fame material since the mid 2000's. I always felt McGrady was simply going through the motions and didn't contribute much more than volume scoring that never translated into victories. Unfortunately, or perhaps mercifully, I never got to see Davis as the unmotivated, out of shape troll that Clippers, Hornets, and Cav's fans all pine about. BD, save for a few injuries that one might suggest were due to a lax conditioning regiment, usually appeared in tip top form as a Warrior... And during the epic 2006-'07 season, nobody could stop him between the lines.
It's really a shame Baron's career ended in a shambles. I, for one, am inclined to blame his nagging injuries moreso than his motor. That's not to say he was a model athlete who clearly gave it his all, but Davis was noticably discouraged by his string of injuries and it seems they eventually broke his will to get the monkey off his back.