FENNVILLE — Wes Leonard hit the game-winning layup to cap Fennville’s perfect regular season and Hank Gathers slammed home an alley-oop dunk to extend Loyola Marymount University’s lead in a conference tournament game.
And on Friday, the 21st anniversary of Gathers’ death, Bo Kimble mourned each the loss of Gathers, his lifelong friend and college teammate, and Leonard, a 16-year-old he had never met from a tiny West Michigan high school.
“It hit me and my heart just sunk, because it’s a tragedy all over again,” Kimble said Friday while talking about Leonard’s death from a heart attack. “To hit that shot to win a game, and then a moment later another young man in the prime of his life is struck down, it’s very eerie but it’s a fresh reminder of how this can affect us all.”
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Kimble watched as Gathers, 23, crumpled to the court and died in 1990 of cardiac arrest due to hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, a thickening of the heart muscle that forced the organ to work hard to move blood.
Dr. David Start, who performed Leonard’s autopsy, ruled Friday that the teen died from a heart attack connected to dilated cardiomyopathy, which weakens an enlarged heart and makes it unable to efficiently pump blood.
Kimble, who played for the Los Angeles Clippers and New York Knicks in an NBA career cut short by injury, has founded the nonprofit Forty-Four for Life Foundation that seeks to educate about heart illnesses and equip public areas with defibrillators that could save lives.
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Enlarge Emily Zoladz | The Grand Rapids Press Wes Leonard's Fennville teammates embrace at a press conference Friday. (Emily Zoladz | The Grand Rapids Press) Mourning Wes Leonard gallery (4 photos)
He works to try and prevent people from becoming the next Gathers or Leonard by advocating people learn CPR and stresses improving the reaction time to cardiac events.
“It’s so important, and we need to be pro-active rather than reactive,” Kimble said.
Following Gathers’ death, Kimble led his Loyola teammates on a magical run to the Elite Eight in the NCAA tournament. The right-handed player honored his fallen friend by shooting his first free-throw of the game left-handed, a tribute to Gathers’ dominant hand. His squad, without Gathers’ nation-leading scoring and rebounding averages, lost to eventual champion UNLV.
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A 16-year-old American basketball player in Michigan collapsed on the court shortly after hitting the game-winning basket and died hours later.
According to the New York Daily News, Wes Leonard of Fennville High School went into cardiac arrest after the game.
Leonard, who scored over 1,000 career points, had just sunk the winning lay-up in a 57-55 win over the Bridgman Bees to round out Fenville's 20-0 season.
He was rushed to Holland Hospital around 9.20 p.m. on Thursday, and doctors were unable to restart his heart, a hospital spokesman said. He was pronounced dead at 10.40 p.m.
David A. Start, the chief medical examiner for Ottawa County, said the cause of death was "cardiac arrest due to dilated cardiomyopathy", or an enlarged heart.
Start said it is not clear how Leonard developed the heart condition.
The incident brings renewed focus on the safety of high school athletes - whether students are adequately screened for cardiac problems, and the importance of proper medical equipment and people trained to use it in emergencies.
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FENNVILLE, Mich. —
Last night, a euphoric high school basketball game turned into a nightmare within a matter of seconds, and today students and faculty and community members in Fennville, Michigan are full of grief and sadness and trying to make sense of what they witnessed last night.
Wes Leonard, a popular star of the Fennville High School basketball team collapsed on the court and later died after making a game-winning layup in overtime. His winning shot sealed the team's perfect season by going undefeated. This story has gone global within hours.
Leonard died Thursday night at nearby Holland Hospital. His cause of death has not yet been determined.
Friends and fan sent into shock in Fennville, Michigan. AP Photo
According to media reports and fans, paramedics tended to Leonard right after he collapsed on the court after making the game-winning layup in overtime against Bridgman High School.
Leonard, a junior who also the quarterback of the Blackhawks football team.
Today, I hope you can pause and reflect on the gift of life, and how precious this gift is for ALL of us, regardless of our age or if your and on "opposite" sides of issues or teams.
So, so sad.
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There was an absolute tragedy on Thursday night in Fenneville, Michigan when high school basketball player Wes Leonard collapsed and died after making the winning shot in his team’s game. Leonard had just made the layup that gave Fennville the lead in overtime and sealed their perfect 20-0 season. Fans rushed the floor and Leonard collapsed shortly after making the winning shot. He was taken to the hospital where the 16-year-old was pronounced dead.
Opposing coach Mike Miller of Bridgeman High said Leonard was “by far the best player on that basketball team – outstanding athlete.” In addition to scoring over 1,000 points in his career for Fennville, Leonard played quarterback on the football team, having thrown for seven touchdown passes in a game in October.
We’ve seen tragic stories before of athletes passing away during games, but this has to rank as one of the most sad and bizarre. Wes happens to be the second Fennville athlete to die recently as wrestler Nathaniel Hernandez died in January last year after suffering a seizure at home following his participation in a high school wrestling match.
It’s truly a sad story and LBS’ thoughts and prayers are with Leonard’s family and the Fennville community. Here’s some video from Thursday night’s game courtesy of WOODTV. You can see that Leonard was a player:
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Wes Leonard of Fennville High School died after scoring the game winning shot for his team… in the video, you can see Wes Leonard playing for the Fennville team, moments before he collapsed.
The Michigan high school star collapsed after scoring the shot that won the game in overtime and later died.
Wes Leonard was 16. Cause of death has not yet been determined.
Bridgman coach Mike Miller (they lost to Fennville) said of junior Wes Leonard, he was “by far the best player on that basketball team – outstanding athlete. All of Bridgman’s thoughts and prayers are going toward Fennville right now.”
So sad.
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Jimmy Fallon just couldn't resist jumping on the Charlie Sheen bandwagon. The 'Late Night With Jimmy Fallon' host portrayed the troubled actor Wednesday night in a clip for a fake cologne appropriately called Winning.
Fallon delivers a near spot-on impersonation of Sheen, who has famously made the press rounds this week spewing out a mix of nonsensical ramblings.
Fallon jumbles direct Sheen quotes ("I'm a bitchin' rock star") with original material ("What's my name? Carlos Estevez? ¿Come se dice 'winning'") to the point where it's unclear what's a joke and what's reality. Sounds about right at this point.
I really hate to get on the band wagon and say the same thing that everyone else is saying. I actually listened to the whole song so that I could say something positive. I may have found one positive thing to say but I’m not sure. This Kim Kardashian song is pretty sad.
No wonder she was so nervous about her Kim Kardashian song. I hope that she decides to just stay a … what is she again? Her voice was not even her own and yet she still sounded HORRIBLE. I heard the beat on the Kim Kardashian song and I thought that it may be ok but then she started singing.
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It's the moment Kim Kardashian's fans have been waiting for since November.
The reality starlet finally released her debut single, "Jam (Turn it Up)," on Ryan Seacrest's KIIS-FM radio show Wednesday morning. (Listen to it here.)
The club-ready tune, produced by Terius "The-Dream" Nash, has Kardashian, 30, chanting, "Feeling so good/ feeling so right /got my hands up. Celebrate like it's my birthday / five more shots of tequila, I'm thirsty."
After giving the song a listen, tell us:
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Kim Kardashian wants her fans to "turn it up." Her new single made its world premiere on Ryan Seacrest's radio show on Wednesday (March 2). The track called "Jam (Turn It Up)" hit the airwaves with one mission: to make people dance.
The song is a loopy, Auto-Tuned, club-banging party jam about, well, club life. It was produced by The-Dream. "And they playin' my jam/ They playin' my jam/ Turn it up, turn it up (DJ)/ Turn it up, so I can rock the night away (away)," she sings on the bouncy chorus.
She then goes on to sing sexy phrases like "I'mma burn it out tonight, it's goin' down/ By live via satellite/ And all I see is angels in my eyes/ Buzz got me way up in the sky/ Maybach in the front (the front)/ Pick out any boy that I want (I want)/ DJ here I am/ Feeling good, feeling great, just got paid."
On the song's bridge, Kim describes club scenes with "Girls in the building/ Fellas in the club/ Boys spending money/ Girls looking good/ I'm on the floor, living my life/ Feeling so good, feeling so right/ Got my hands up/ Celebrate like it's my birthday/ Five more shots of tequila/ I'm thirsty/ Feeling so good, I'm feeling so great/ Tonight."
"It's a fun dance song," Kim told Seacrest, going on to describe the response it got in Las Vegas. "We played it in Tao in Vegas and the whole crowd was singing along in the end." When asked about plans for an album, she said, "Absolutely nothing. Just have fun. It's all in fun."
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“I can’t believe it’s finally released! This was definitely something that was out of my comfort zone, but I’m so glad that I met with The Dream and that we worked on this project together. It was really an amazing experience recording in the studio and filming the musi
You’ll be able to buy Jam it on iTunes at 12 p.m. today! A portion of the proceeds from the sales of the song will be donated to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital.
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Sexy screen legend Jane Russell passed away in Santa Maria, Calif. of respiratory failure at the age of 89 on Monday, her family told the Associated Press.
Known for her voluptuous hourglass figure, the brunette beauty became a pinup queen and movie star in the mold of Marilyn Monroe, Rita Hayworth and other icons -- but managed to avoid any major upheaval or scandal in her personal life.
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Russell's vampy breakout role was in the 1943 Western The Outlaw, directed by eccentric billionaire Howard Hughes. WWI soldiers were huge fans of the busty brunette, who wore low-cut costumes and swimsuits in countless photos.
Other Russell hits included comedy-western The Paleface (1948) with Bob Hope, Double Dynamite with Frank Sinatra, and Gentleman Prefer Blondes, a musical in which she went toe-to-toe (and sang) with Monroe. (Russell also starred in 1955 sequel, Gentlemen Marry Brunettes, without the world-famous blond).
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The Ides of March in Roman is simply the standard way of saying “March 15.” The term Ides comes from the earliest Roman calendar, which is said to have been devised by Romulus, the mythical founder of Rome. Whether it was Romulus or not, the inventor of this calendar had a penchant for complexity. The Roman calendar organized its months around three days, each of which served as a reference point for counting the other days:
- Kalends (1st day of the month)
- Nones (the 7th day in March, May, July, and October; the 5th in the other months)
- Ides (the 15th day in March, May, July, and October; the 13th in the other months)
Days in March:
March 1: Kalends; March 2: VI Nones; March 3: V Nones; March 4: IV Nones; March 5: III Nones; March 6: Pridie Nones (Latin for “on the day before”); March 7: Nones; March 15: Ides
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Hundreds of unpaid extras needed for Clooney movie on Green Beer Day – Journal-News
OXFORD — Hundreds of unpaid extras will be needed for the George Clooney film “Ides of March” Thursday, March 3 – which is Green Beer Day in Oxford. Crews for the Clooney movie will be in town next week filming, but will use 708 extras on Thursday … read full article…
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Beware the Covenant on the Ides of March. It’s been about three months since the release of the Noble Map Pack for the excellent [I]Halo: Reach . This means that we’re about due for another one – and right on schedule, here comes “Defiant.” At least one of … read full article…
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Ladies and Gentlemen of the SLPP, “Beware of the V of March MMXI.” – Cocorioko
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On last night’s episode of ‘Kourtney and Kim Take NY’ Kim Kardashian was very upset over her nude W magazine Kim Kardashian pics. The Kim Kardashian W magazine nude photos were reportedly to be portrayed as artistic with buildings 
covering Kim Kardashian’s silver painted body.
Kim Kardashian stated on last night’s show the photos were ‘full on porn.’ Many of the images from the November issue show her bare breasts and nipples.
Kim Kardas
hian also stated “I feel so taken advantage of. I’m more naked here than I was in my ‘Playboy.’ I’ve definitely learned my lesson. I’m never taking my clothes off again, even if it’s for ‘Vogue.”’
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She was probably best known for her role in “The Outlaw” back in 1941, and Jane Russell has passed away at the age of 89.
The Hollywood icon suffered from respiratory failure and died in her Santa Maria home yesterday (February 28).
Her daughter-in-law Etta Waterfield told press, “She always said I’m going to die in the saddle, I’m not going to sit at home and become an old woman. And that’s exactly what she did, she died in the saddle.”
Ms. Russell had quite the body of work, including a part opposite Marilyn Monroe in the 1953 musical “Gentlemen Prefer Blondes.” Jane and Marilyn sang a duet called “Two Little Girls from Little Rock” as they sought romance in Paris, France.
Jane was married three times, with her most recent husband John Peoples succumbing to heart failure back in 1999. Russell told press, “Without faith, I never would have made it.”
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Watch Sri Lanka v Kenya ICC Cricket World Cup 2011 Online. This is Steve Tikolo's fifth World Cup, and he possesses an all-round record that not many from stronger sides will mind - 739 runs and 15 wickets. Although Sri Lanka co-hosted the 1996 World Cup, this is only the second World Cup game being played at the Premadasa. Australia and West Indies forfeited their Colombo matches back in 1996 because of security concerns.
Watch Sri Lanka vs Kenya Free Live Stream TV HD Channels Online ICC Cricket World Cup 2011. Free TV Channels Online, no pay no survey via JustinTV, UStream, Freedocast, Sopcast, TVU, Veetle, Vshare and many more P2P links just in here. The game will soon be aired as scheduled, so don't leave this page if you do not want to miss to watch the match between Sri Lanka vs Kenya.
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Watch Sri Lanka v Kenya ICC Cricket World Cup 2011 Online. This is Steve Tikolo's fifth World Cup, and he possesses an all-round record that not many from stronger sides will mind - 739 runs and 15 wickets. Although Sri Lanka co-hosted the 1996 World Cup, this is only the second World Cup game being played at the Premadasa. Australia and West Indies forfeited their Colombo matches back in 1996 because of security concerns.
Watch Sri Lanka vs Kenya Free Live Stream TV HD Channels Online ICC Cricket World Cup 2011. Free TV Channels Online, no pay no survey via JustinTV, UStream, Freedocast, Sopcast, TVU, Veetle, Vshare and many more P2P links just in here. The game will soon be aired as scheduled, so don't leave this page if you do not want to miss to watch the match between Sri Lanka vs Kenya.
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Watch Sri Lanka v Kenya ICC Cricket World Cup 2011 Online. This is Steve Tikolo's fifth World Cup, and he possesses an all-round record that not many from stronger sides will mind - 739 runs and 15 wickets. Although Sri Lanka co-hosted the 1996 World Cup, this is only the second World Cup game being played at the Premadasa. Australia and West Indies forfeited their Colombo matches back in 1996 because of security concerns.
Watch Sri Lanka vs Kenya Free Live Stream TV HD Channels Online ICC Cricket World Cup 2011. Free TV Channels Online, no pay no survey via JustinTV, UStream, Freedocast, Sopcast, TVU, Veetle, Vshare and many more P2P links just in here. The game will soon be aired as scheduled, so don't leave this page if you do not want to miss to watch the match between Sri Lanka vs Kenya.
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Kim Kardashian silver paint photos in W Magazine- Hot or not? —
[Jan. 31]
Seeing reality TV star Kim Kardashian slathered in silver paint in the pages of W Magazine, we just had to ask: Kim Kardashian silver paint photos hot or not?
The November issue of W magazine, in which reality TV star Kim Kardashian is covered in body paint and featured with a silver body, has drawn quite a bit of publicity. The photos, part of the W Magazine annual art issue, feature reality TV star Kim Kardashian in nothing but silver, so we just had to ask the question: Kim Kardashian silver paint photos hot or not?
The silver body of art that is Kim Kardashian has certainly drawn opinions on both sides, with even Kim Kardashian herself opining on her show, Kourtney and Kim Take New York, that the silver paint photos were porn!
However, reality TV star Kim Kardashian calmed down after a while and quickly changed her stance, saying later on during the show Kourtney and Kim Take New York that the pics were OK.
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One of the more interesting tests the players at the NFL Scouting Combine have to take is not even on the gridiron. It's in the classroom and it's the intimidating 'Wonderlic' Test, which supposedly goes a long way towards measuring a player's "Football IQ." The history of the test includes some very interesting scores, both at the high and low end. A few years ago, former University of Texas and Tennessee Titans QB Vince Young reportedly scored a '6' on the test. At the same time, Buffalo Bills QB Ryan Fitzpatrick scored a '50' and Washington Redskins QB Donovan McNabb got a '14' on his test.
Does this really matter in terms of translating into a good, or bad NFL player? That still remains to be seen with scores all over the place for both good and not-so-good players in the league. Regardless, it's still an interesting topic for conversation around the NFL Combine.
For a 20-question sample test of the Wonderlic that you can take and check your score, click here.
PS - I got 16 correct for an adjusted score of 40. Could I have been an NFL QB?
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At the NFL Scouting Combines, the athletes are finally able to see the physical results of their hard work in the weight room. The long hours in the gym, eating food prepared by their nutritionist, all of the sacrifices that they had to make to impress the NFL scouts and general managers in attendance.
The one part of their body that probably received the smallest amount of preparation time was their brain. That is where the Wonderlic exam comes in to play. NFL teams will find out just how smart the players are. The players actually have to take this test on their own, so there is nobody to sit in for them. ( Read Wonderlic Sample Test more... )
Sample 'Wonderlic' Test
One of the more interesting tests the players at the NFL Scouting Combine have to take is not even on the gridiron. It's in the classroom and it's the intimidating 'Wonderlic' Test, which supposedly goes a long way towards measuring a player's "Football IQ."
The history of the test includes some very interesting scores, both at the high and low end. A few years ago, former University of Texas and Tennessee Titans QB Vince Young reportedly scored a '6' on the test. At the same time, Buffalo Bills QB Ryan Fitzpatrick scored a '50' and Washington Redskins QB Donovan McNabb got a '14' on his test. ( Read Wonderlic Sample Test more... )
Sample Wonderlic Test Questions
1. A physical education class has three times as many girls as boys. During a class basketball game, the girls average 18 points each, and the class as a whole averages 17 points per person. How many points does each boy score on average?
2. Randolph has 8 ties, 6 pairs of pants, and 4 dress shirts. How many days could he possibly go without wearing the same combination of these three items?
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Jane Russell, who became one of Hollywood's most celebrated sex symbols through a blend of her own physical endowments and the reported struggles with censorship of her skillfully promoted first movie, died Feb. 28 at her home in Santa Maria, Calif. She was 89.
Her son, Buck Waterfield, said she died of respiratory failure. Her family watched the Academy Award ceremonies on television with her the night before, Waterfield said.
A legend for voluptuousness almost from the time filming began on "The Outlaw," the Howard Hughes production that marked her movie debut, Ms. Russell made many other well-remembered movies, had a productive singing career and remained active in the entertainment world to the end of her life.
In the 1940s, at a time when Hollywood operated under a strict production code, Hughes was credited with sparing nothing to a make a sensation of his movie and Ms. Russell's role in it. "The Outlaw" took its title from its subject, the notorious Western gunman Billy the Kid.
But the name seemed also to suggest forbidden sexuality, and in particular, to refer to Hughes himself. He became known for his defiant efforts to break the restraints of the motion picture production code in his display of Ms. Russell's dimensions, reportedly 38D-24-36.
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In part 3 of this weeks the Chair Shot Reality....
Will Jerry Lawler be able to shock everyone and take the title from The Miz....
Who will walk away as number one contender for the WWE Championship....
All that plus....an in-depth look at the Daniel Bryan vs The Miz match on RAW!
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Chris Jericho posted the following on Twitter, regarding WrestleMania… "Taker-HHH? Miz-Cena-Rock? Edge-Del Rio? HBK in the HOF? That's what I call MANIA!!! I'll be watching..."
-- Jim Ross commented on last night's RAW, writing on Twitter: "Really enjoyed Raw. HHH & Taker sold PPVs w/ their eyes & their earned legacies. Cole was a mega nerd. Sic em King. WM27 feeling special."
-- Michelle McCool indicated on Twitter that she has to wear a walking boot for 'awhile'. She reportedly suffered a broken toe. She also commented on working with Trish Stratus at Elimination Chamber, writing: "I can gladly say I took a whoopin' from @trishstratuscom...doesn't happen often, BUT at least it came from the best. LayCool shall prevail."
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The Rock is truly in a war of words (nothing physical yet) with WWE superstar John Cena. Even though Cena and WWE Champion the Miz are locked to face off in a main event Championship match at Wrestlemania on April 3rd, the trash talking between The Rock (Dwayne Johnson) and Cena has been getting more attention and creating buzz.
Wrestling fans around the world want to see what the two mega-stars will say about each other tonight on WWE RAW. It appears the Rock will respond on RAW tonight to Cena's battle rap rampage from last week's RAW.
Both men were twetting up a storm this weekend, here is what they are teasing for tonight.
Read More:Twitter war continues: The Rock insults John Cena and Cenation with online photo
If you have a little Wrestlemania fever, I found this trivia question in the back of the new Wrestlemania magazine WWE just put out. What do the following superstars have in common pertaining to Wrestlemania: Roddy Piper, Bam Bam Bigelow, Ted DiBiase Sr., King Kong Bundy, and Paul Orndorff. I figured out the answer in about 2 minutes. But it gets you thinking.
- Your hosts are Josh Matthews and Jerry Lawler.
- Matthews welcomes us to a sold out Raw in Buffalo and Triple H kicks off the show. It is official, Triple H will face the Undertaker at Wrestlemania. On the graphic for their Wrestlemania match dubs the Undertaker, "the Last Outlaw". What is the over/under on The Chaperone mentions tonight? I'll set it at 3. Triple H runs down his resume with the WWE. He says that over 16 years he has seen them all come and go; except one: The Undertaker. Triple H says there are 2 outlaws left. He says that Taker's streak is what keeps him going every year at Wrestlemania. Triple H says he is the only true challenge left and ending the streak is the only true challenge left for Triple H. Triple H says at Wrestlemania when he ends the streak, the Undertaker will die. If Triple H doesn't end the streak, he will die trying. His music hits and suddenly, out walks Sheamus. Triple H kicks him in the dick as Sheamus comes into the ring. Triple H throws him over the top rope to the floor. He throws him into the barricade and beats on sheamus around the ring. He lays him on the announce table and takes the monitors out. Triple H Pedigrees Sheamus through the table...as it starts to break before they drop. Kurt Angle rubs his head at home.
- Tonight on Raw: Shawn Michaels speaks out on the Wrestlemania match between Taker and HHH. Michael Cole will answer Jerry Lawler's challenge. Plus, The Rock will answer John Cena!
- Back on Raw and we see Triple H burying Sheamus some more from before the break. Back live and referees are helping Sheamus up from the carnage. ***GENERAL MANAGER E-MAIL***Lawler makes fun of Michael Cole and says he won't do it his way. Even though Sheamus was attacked, it's not the GM's problem. He will still have to compete against...
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World Wrestling Entertainment, much better known as the WWE, brought its top rated television show live to the HSBC Arena, Monday Night Raw. If you’re still reading past the first sentence, odds are you were either at the arena for the show, watched it unfold live on television or are incredibly bored. But just in case you happened to forget about it, here’s a brief recap of the biggest thing to hit Buffalo since Meatloaf took the town by storm just days ago.
Triple-H (HHH) came out to start the show and hype his Wrestlemania matchup with the Undertaker. He said his sole purpose left in wrestling is to end the Undertaker’s perfect 18-0 Wrestlemania streak and indicated at the end of his microphone time that if he loses, his career we’ll be over.
Shaemus came out, presumably to remind HHH that he put him on the “shelf” for the past 10+ months. HHH kicked him where I’m sure it’s illegal, before proceeding to pound his head in on the outside of the ring and ultimately, pedigree him through the announce table (and no, there was no Spanish announce table).
Moments later, Evan Bourne returned from injury, also suffered at the hands of Shamus, and beat him within two minutes since Shamus was already hurt at the hands of the “Cerebral Assassin.”
Newly minted heel announcer Michael Cole came to the ring and accepted Jerry Lawler’s Wrestlemania challenge to a match, but not before Cole added two stipulations to the match: he gets to select his own trainer and also the referee. Out came Jack Swagger, who will teach him the ankle lock and also the art of talking with a severe lisp. Standing behind the All-American, American, American (is that enough American’s?), Cole slapped the taste from Lawler’s mouth. The King tried to get after Cole but was rolled up from behind by Swagger and put in his excruciatingly painful ankle lock.
Ironically enough, Lawler was seen walking around just fine backstage moments later.
After a commercial, Randy Orton comes to the ring and says he regrets not punting C.M. Punk in the head harder two years ago. I’m betting Orton isn’t the only one who’d like to punt Punk in the head again… Shawne Merriman, anyone?
Anyway, Punk along with his three members of the “New Nexus” hit the ramp and just before they get ready to rough him up four-on-one style, the annoying cell phone sound goes off; and a message from the “anonymous Raw General Manager” is read. He says…. and I quote— that Punk and Orton will face off at Wrestlemania and in the weeks leading up to the match, Orton will face each of the three other members in single matches. The hitch is if Orton wins each will be banned from interfering but if he loses, they’ll be allowed at ringside. Personally, I think Orton gets shafted on the deal as he has to go 3-0 over the next three Raw time fillers to make his Punk encounter a one on one, but I digress.
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The 'Dancing With the Stars' 2011 spring cast, announced Monday night during 'The Bachelor,' includes a talk show host, model, football star, '80s acting faves and Disney Channel starlet. So, all in all, it was a typical line-up for the popular ABC reality show.
The rumors we reported earlier came true: 'Cheers' star Kirstie Alley and former Hugh Hefner girlfriend Kendra Wilkinson were both on the official roster. And while Tea Party candidate Christine O'Donnell didn't end up joining 'DWTS' (and neither did Joy Behar, despite our wish list), pro wrestler Chris Jericho and talk show host Wendy Williams will be among the celebrities shaking their hips.
Two of the bigger names on the cast are actors who broke out in the '80s -- Kirstie Alley and Ralph Macchio. Can the 'Cheers' star and the 'Karate Kid' have a shot at following in the foosteps of Jennifer Grey, who starred in the classic 'Dirty Dancing'?
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Since the first time a Visigoth handed over the keys to his castle, the formula for success in real estate has been simple: he who has the most information wins. Then came the internet.
The tech revolution has dinged real estate industry more profoundly than years of litigation has altered R.J. Reynolds. Add to that two years of a catastrophically down market and what do you get? Some realtors are grasping at straws – or disappearing completely from the scene – while others are finding creative ways to make themselves more valuable than a website.
Inman News, where “real estate and technology connect,” holds an annual conference that attempts to address the changes head-on. Their solution is to meet technology with more technology. Two years ago, I sat through 90 minutes of a guy trying to teach a room full of realtors how social networking could change their lives. His message was as simple – “get a Facebook page” – as it was incomplete.
The problem, as I saw it, was that while Inman was forging forward, tech-wise, they were sticking to the old paradigm: he with the most information wins.
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Long before the beginning of the period known as the Middle Ages a tribe of barbarians called the Goths lived north of the River Danube in the country which is now known as Roumania. It was then a part of the great Roman Empire, which at that time had two capitals, Constantinople—the new city of Constantine—and Rome. The Goths had come from the shores of the Baltic Sea and settled on this Roman territory, and the Romans had not driven them back.
During the reign of the Roman Emperor Va’lens some of the Goths joined a conspiracy against him. Valens punished them for this by crossing the Danube and laying waste their country. At last the Goths had to beg for mercy. The Gothic chief was afraid to set foot on Roman soil, so he and Valens met on their boats in the middle of the Danube and made a treaty of peace.
For a long time the Goths were at war with another tribe of barbarians called Huns. Sometimes the Huns defeated the Goths and drove them to their camps in the mountains. Sometimes the Goths came down to the plains again and defeated the Huns.
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The statuesque actress/singer has died of respiratory failure. She was 89. Discovered by Howard Hughes for his 1940s film Outlaw, Russell graduated from WWII pinup to become an accomplished comedienne in Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, the Howard Hawkes film that paired her with upstart Marilyn Monroe.
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UPDATE: ESPN.com reported on Monday that Howard Bryant pleaded not guilty to all charges.
Add Howard Bryant to the list of ESPN personalities to make headlines outside the sports world.
The ESPN baseball writer was arrested Saturday afternoon for assaulting his estranged wife and striking a police officer, according to Jeanette DeForge of The Republican.
The 42-year-old has reportedly been charged with "domestic assault and battery, assault and battery on a police officer and resisting arrest."
Five witnesses gave statements saying they saw a man arguing with a woman, police said. They said he choked her and pushed her into a car, Tudryn said.
Bryant, an author of three books, was released on $5,000 bail later that day.
Neither Bryant nor ESPN has commented on the situation.
Announcer Ron Franklin was fired from ESPN in January after he made sexist remarks to reporter Jeannine Edwards before the Chick Fil-A Bowl. He sued ESPN for wrongful termination two weeks later.
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In December of last year, ESPNews anchor Will Selva was suspended for plagiarizing an entire passage from a newspaper column.
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UPDATE: ESPN.com reported on Monday that Howard Bryant pleaded not guilty to all charges.
Add Howard Bryant to the list of ESPN personalities to make headlines outside the sports world.
The ESPN baseball writer was arrested Saturday afternoon for assaulting his estranged wife and striking a police officer, according to Jeanette DeForge of The Republican.
The 42-year-old has reportedly been charged with "domestic assault and battery, assault and battery on a police officer and resisting arrest."
Five witnesses gave statements saying they saw a man arguing with a woman, police said. They said he choked her and pushed her into a car, Tudryn said.
Bryant, an author of three books, was released on $5,000 bail later that day.
Neither Bryant nor ESPN has commented on the situation.
Announcer Ron Franklin was fired from ESPN in January after he made sexist remarks to reporter Jeannine Edwards before the Chick Fil-A Bowl. He sued ESPN for wrongful termination two weeks later.
Story continues below
In December of last year, ESPNews anchor Will Selva was suspended for plagiarizing an entire passage from a newspaper column.
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Charlie Sheen was on the Today Show this morning, giving a no-holding-back interview.
Charlie Sheen was blunt and convinced that he is winning, that CBS and Chuck Lorre are going to regret not working with him any more.
But, as you watch the Charlie Sheen Today Show video, it’s hard to believe that he is clean like he claims.
Charlie Sheen sees it as “winning” that one day his kids will know about all he has done- even his rampage and downward spiral.
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Charlie Sheen says he's a warlock with tiger blood and Adonis DNA who deserves to be making $3 million an episode for "Two and a Half Men." He says CBS, which shut down production on the show for the remainder of the season after last week's rants, owes him "a big one, publicly, while licking my feet." He says he cured his own addiction problems by closing his eyes and making it so. "I'm tired of pretending I'm not special," he tells NBC's Jeff Rossen. "You can't process me with a normal brain."
Perhaps the best moment of the must-see interview, filmed Sunday at the Beverly Hills home Sheen now shares with his two "goddesses" (a porn star and a model), came when Rossen asked Sheen whether he was now sober. "Look at me," says the haggard, ranting Sheen. "Duh!"
Sheen (who also gave an interview to ABC that will air tomorrow) says that CBS is waging a war against him. "They're trying to destroy my family, so I take great umbrage with that. And defeat is not an option. They picked a fight with a warlock." When asked exactly how CBS was trying to destroy Sheen's family, he said: "They're trying to take all my money and leave me with no means to support my family. Sheen admits he has been making "roughly" $2 million an episode this year and says he's got a number of great movie offers on the table.
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They interviewed him inside his home. Charlie Sheen is living with two girlfriends.
When asked if he was sober, Sheen said that “Drug tests don’t lie.” He said he closed his eyes and made it so to deal with his addiction to drugs. He did his sobering up in his own home and they labeled his home their own crisis management called, “Sober Valley Lodge” and wouldn’t let Alcoholics Anonymous get involved because they would contaminate it.
He said that he wants to rededicate himself to being a dad to his boys. He doesn’t regret his behavior and feels that the boys can learn from his past behaviors.
Sheen said that he is at war with CBS now. He said that they are trying to take all his money. He is planning on winning the war with zeal and violent hatred. Sheen said that CBS didn’t have the right to shut down the show. He said that he showed up and performed without problems. He did say that he didn’t show up for practice, but I guess that wasn’t a big deal. Sheen makes almost $2 million per episode.
Sheen said that he doesn’t owe CBS any apology, but instead they owe him an apologize and they should lick his feet.
Tomorrow, the NBC ‘Today Show’ will continue the interview were Sheen calls his girlfriends “goddesses.”
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This Wednesday is the birthday of the great Dr. Seuss, and Seussville is gearing up for the red-letter day. The legendary children’s author would turn 107 if he were still around. And he would likely celebrate the occasion by composing a silly rhyme filled with the perfect blend of real words and made-up ones.
But it’s more than just his wacky rhymes that made Dr. Seuss the icon that he is. It’s also the appeal those rhymes have had upon generations and generations of young readers. There has never been anyone more influential for literary little ones than the great doctor. And there likely never will be. But why?
I think it boils down to three things.
* Everyone loves to rhyme. It’s true. And not only that, but everyone also thinks they can rhyme. But few attempt to do so with concision and meter in mind, two things that made Dr. Seuss’ rhymes nothing short of brilliant. He never wasted a word — his tales continue to develop and as you narrate those developments to your kids, the words practically read themselves. There’s never any stumbling or altering of the cadence, nor is there any manipulation of the words to make them flow or rhyme better. There’s no need to thanks to the good doctor.
* Simplicity: Did you know that The Cat in the Hat has but 50 words in it? Think about that for a second. Fifty words make up that classic tale. No wonder it’s been devoured by young audiences for decades and decades. Not only is it a fun rhyme, but it’s a simple one which contains very few words — words that every young reader can easily master.
* Imagination: It’s hard to believe that something as basic and as simple as poems composed easy-to-understand words can be so elaborate when it comes to imagination. But that’s exactly what Dr. Seuss delivers in his epic tales. Like Horton Hears a Who. The title character, an elephant, is splashing in a pool in the jungle of Nool when he hears a speck of dust that turns out to be a tiny planet where Who-ville is located? That’s about as imaginative as it gets.
As Dr. Seuss’ birthday approaches, many will celebrate in different ways. Me? I wrote a poem to my wife about her pregnancy in the format Green Eggs and Ham as a way of paying homage to Dr. Seuss. Only instead of Sam-I-am, the vexing character is Dad-I-be who pesters my poor wife, not about green eggs and ham, but about her pregnancy.
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NBC will see your prime-time Charlie Sheen special, ABC, and raise you a morning-show interview.
Sheen, who has been talking and talking and talking about his beef with CBS and his bosses at "Two and a Half Men," will do more of that on Monday's (Feb. 28) "Today" show. He chatted with Jeff Rossen of NBC News; it's scheduled to air in the first hour of Monday's show.
ABC previously had claimed the first Sheen interview since "Men"-gate went down last week; it will air excerpts from Sheen's talk with Andrea Canning on Monday's "Good Morning America" and a "20/20" special at 10 p.m. ET Tuesday. NBC has now jumped to the front of the line and can totally call "First!"
We're assuming that CBS' "Early Show" is probably not in the running for a Sheen exclusive at this point.
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NBC will see your prime-time Charlie Sheen special, ABC, and raise you a morning-show interview.
Sheen, who has been talking and talking and talking about his beef with CBS and his bosses at "Two and a Half Men," will do more of that on Monday's (Feb. 28) "Today" show. He chatted with Jeff Rossen of NBC News; it's scheduled to air in the first hour of Monday's show.
ABC previously had claimed the first Sheen interview since "Men"-gate went down last week; it will air excerpts from Sheen's talk with Andrea Canning on Monday's "Good Morning America" and a "20/20" special at 10 p.m. ET Tuesday. NBC has now jumped to the front of the line and can totally call "First!"
We're assuming that CBS' "Early Show" is probably not in the running for a Sheen exclusive at this point.
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If you missed the Oscars telecast, you didn't miss much. I hate to say that, because I'm a big fan of the annual event—I treat it pretty much the same way I do Super Bowl Sunday: we have friends over, make tons of appetizers, have plenty of drinks, and play games while watching so we can have some winners of our own. But this year, the show just didn't do much for me. I thought that James Franco and Anne Hathaway brought pretty much nothing to the table, and were just really "safe" and uninteresting hosts. When Billy Crystal came out to tell an amusing story, I honestly thought for a second that the show's producers had realized that things weren't working and had decided to go to the bullpen for a tried-and-true host to handle the show's home stretch.
Despite my overall poor impression of this year's broadcast, there were some things to like. I thought the homages to Academy Awards ceremonies of the past were great, but wished we'd gotten more of them. And I really enjoyed the continuing gimmick of having the previous year's Best Actor and Actress winners—Jeff Bridges and Sandra Bullock in this case—deliver heartfelt messages to the current year's nominees while presenting those awards. As for acceptance speeches, I thought Aaron Sorkin's was the best—although he probably benefited from being preceded by the truly awkward Kirk Douglas appearance. Other than these few highlights, though, I thought the show was pretty ho-hum. We'd love to hear our readers' opinions of the show (especially if you disagree with me!), so please share them with us below.
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Nine Inch Nails front man Trent Reznor and co-composer Atticus Ross took home the Academy Award for Best Original Score for their work on the David Fincher, Aaron Sorkin film The Social Network.
The Oscar will make a nicely matched book end with the Golden Globe for Best Original Score – Motion Picture Reznor and Ross snagged last month.
Despite Reznor’s chart success as the leader of Nine Inch Nails, The Social Network soundtrack only peaked at No. 20 on the Billboard 200 album chart.
He’ll score Fincher’s upcoming English-language version of The Girl With a Dragon Tattoo.
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If justice is served in Hollywood tonight, the people and films I predict in the video below are the ones who will take home Oscars.
Do you agree with my choices? Leave your comments and let me know. Also, for my thoughts on the selection of Anne Hathaway and James Franco as hosts for this evening's telecast, watch my commentary here.
You can also check out my reviews of some of the films I call out in the above video, including: True Grit, Blue Valentine, Black Swan, The Fighter, The King's Speech and The Social Network.
And don't forget to follow me on Facebook and Twitter.
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No stutter here. Just modesty and humor. Guess the lessons from Dr. Logue really did pay off.
Colin Firth delivered a funny, humble acceptance speech for his Oscar win for Best Actor for his role as King George VI In "The King's Speech," crediting his cast, producers and wife for his good fortune. He also kinda sorta implied that he might puke on stage.
"I'm afraid I have to warn you that I'm experiencing stirrings somewhere in the upper abdominals which are threatening to form themselves into dance moves," he joked. "Joyous as they may be for me, it would be extremely problematic if they make it to my legs before I get offstage."
There was also mention of his performance in "Mama Mia," a true highlight.
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Whiz Kids' Names: Brad Searle and Erik Hansen
Whiz Kids' Grade: 12th
Whiz Kids' School: Harry D. Jacobs High School, 2601 Bunker Hill Dr., Algonquin.
Whiz Kids' Accomplishment: Searle, 18, of Algonquin, and Hansen, 18, of Carpentersville both earned a perfect 36 composite score on the 2010 ACT test.
The ACT is a standardized test for high school achievement and college admissions for English, mathematics, reading and science. The overall average composite score in 2010 for District 300 was 20.4; for Jacobs High School 21.6; and 20.7 statewide in Illinois, according to ACT test results.
Whiz Kids' Key To Awesomeness:
Brad Searle: "Hard work, and my parents really getting on me to study."
Searle also credited taking the ACT-36 preparatory course at Jacobs, reading three ACT study books and completing the practice tests with helping him prepare for the exam.
Erik Hansen: "The diversity in classes and extracurricular activities I took. I participated in music, sports and clubs, and having that diverse background really helped me on the exam."
Hansen added that taking advanced placement courses in English and physics "really helped" him as well.
Searle and Hansen are members of the National Honors Society and the Worldwide Youth in Science and Engineering Club, WYSE, at Jacobs.
Searle is president of the Information and Technology Club at Jacobs and plans to study computer science in college. He has not selected a university, yet.
Hansen was a member of the school's varsity football, wrestling and LaCrosse teams and sang with the Jacobs' Goldenaires choir. Hansen is leaving on a two-year church mission trip upon graduating from high school. He plans to attend college when he returns.
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Does collective bargaining make for better or worse test scores?
With Republican-controlled legislatures and state houses from Wisconsin to Oklahoma attempting to strip state workers of collective bargaining rights, figures on the combined SAT and ACT college entrance test scores in states without them are proving fodder for the ongoing debate.
As republished in The Economist, a chart purporting to show that combined SAT and ACT scores in the five U.S. states without collective bargaining rights are among the worst in the country quickly became a viral hit on Twitter and Facebook. Indeed, this reporter first saw the information via Andrew Sullivan's blog, which linked to The Economist, a highly trusted source of information. The specific data showed the following combined SAT/ACT rankings for the states without collective bargaining rights for teachers:
* South Carolina -- 50th
* North Carolina -- 49th
* Georgia -- 48th
* Texas -- 47th
* Virginia -- 44th
Wisconsin ranked second, according to the source cited by the Economist.
Though the Economist did note that drawing the conclusion that students did better as a direct result of the inclusion of collective bargaining rights for their teachers was tenuous, it suggested that arguing that doing away with those rights would lift student performance was rather absurd.
"... this doesn't show that collective bargaining makes school systems better. But it makes it pretty hard to argue the converse," the Economist wrote.
The problem with the stats? As PolitiFact discovered, the data came from 1999, not 2010. Moreover, a variety of factors account for test score results.
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