Archive for August 2009
Brett Favre Impresses All
Posted on: August 31, 2009
Brett Favre in his first game as the starter of the Vikings, leads them victory. After a rollercoaster offseason, in which Favre delt with having to decide wheather or not to retire or not, played very well and impressed all in his first game. Brett Favre played nearly three quarters as promised by head coach Brad Childress and distributed the ball very nicely. He completed an impressive 13 of his 17 passes. Throwing 1 touchdown 0 interceptions. Minnesota went on to win the game 17 to 10 beating the Houston Texans. Brett Favres’ injured ribs also did not appear to be an issue, as he took several big hits and bounced right back up. Favre seems to think he will be able to deal with the pain in his rib as he expressed in the press confernce after the game when Favre stated “There is nothing you can do about it first of all, secondly, I don’t believe it is [cracked],” he said. “It doesn’t feel great but I think I will be fine. We have not done an X-ray yet. If it is cracked, there is nothing you can do about it.” Although Favre is getting up there in age and will be turning 40 in a couple of months, he is one of the best quarterbacks of all time and if he stays healthy many believe he can really help out this Viking team who is in need of someone to step up at the quarterback position.
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Dos bomberos californianos han fallecido este lunes a causa de las fuertes llamas del incendio que amenaza al condado de Los Angeles desde el pasado miercoles. El fuego, que ha obligado a evacuar a 4000 personas y ha devastado ya 14,000 hectáreas de bosque, está “fuera de control”, según ha declarado el gobernador del estado de California, Arnold Schwarzenegger. La causa de la muerte de los dos componentes de la brigada de Bomberos de Los Angeles fue el desplome por un barranco del vehículo en el que se dirigían a sus casas, tras un intenso día de trabajo en el Bosque Nacional Angeles. El frente principal del incendio ocupa unos 30 km, y las previsiones no son optimistas de cara a los proximos días. Es tal el humo en el aire, que el Ministerio de Sanidad ha recomendado no realizar actividades al aire libre, pues la calidad del aire está deteriorada.
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Monday morning, one would expect to get up and get his or her coffee and walk out the front door, preparing mentally and physically for another day at school or at work. However, the residents of Southern California (Los Angeles) are recently experiencing everything but a normal daily schedule. A fast moving wildfire has already threatened nearly 10,00 homes and continues to move at a rapid pace. “The fire can essentially can get up and run any time and has a mind of its own,” said U.S. Forest Service Commander Mike Dietrich. The fire is now en route toward Mount Wilson Observatory, which is home to 20 television and radio transmission towers as well as fire and police stations. Two firefighters have already been reported dead. California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger expressed his sorrow and condolences for the loss of the firefighters, saying “Our hearts are heavy as we are tragically reminded of the sacrifices our firefighters and their families make daily to keep us safe.” Gov. Schwarzenegger has declared a state of emergency as nearly 6,500 acres have been burned and destroyed. It has been reported that there has not been a major fire such as this one in the area in nearly 60 years.
David Wright of the New York Mets suffered a recent blow to the head during an at bat nearly a week ago. He was taken to the hospital for x-rays and to ensure no further damage was done. MLB has begun to take action, as there have been many beanings in the last week. Rawlings Sporting Goods has been charged with creating a reinforced, heavier helmet intended to withstand 100mph fastballs. The “S100” helmet will be mandatory in the Minor Leagues next season. Rawlings has already taken a step in the right direction by sending their new product to all Major League teams. They are already in use by some professionals. Rawlings Senior Vice President, Mike Thompson, released this statement on the new product, “Many of today’s pitchers consistently hit the radar at 90-plus, so safety in the batter’s box is at an all-time premium. The S100 helmet will answer that need at all levels of baseball.”
Ben,left, and I at the AJGA Polo Golf Invitational Thanksgiving '08
Former IMG/Pendleton/David Leadbetter Golf Academy Student Byeong-Hun “Ben” An capped off an exciting week by becoming the youngest person ever to win the United States Amateur Championship at the age of 17. He broke Tiger Woods’ and Danny Lees’ records in age at the time of victory. He defeated Ben Martin of Greenville, SC 7 up with 5 holes to play in the 36 hole final staged at Southern Hills Country Club (Tulsa, Okla.), the site of the 2001 US Open and 2007 PGA Championship. The US Amateur Championship is the single largest and most prestigious amateur golf tournament in the world. The perks added along with his victory include invitations to play in next years US Open, The Masters, The British Open,(The 3 biggest majors in professional golf) and a ten year exemption into the US Amateur provided he remains an amateur. The US Amateur is one of the most grueling tests of golf in that there are two double round cuts to qualify for the matchplay portion and then 7 rounds of golf in the ensuing 5 days. Ben won the Lake Powell, Florida qualifier shooting a 2 day total of 138. In the stroke-play portion of the Amateur, Ben fired rounds of 71-74 to take the 23rd seed at 5 over par. He went on to beat many big name collegiate and amateur players en route to the finals victory over Clemson standout Ben Martin.
Before his quarterfinal match he told me his strategy and goal was to make par on every single hole he played. “If I make par on every hole, I can win every match. That’s my goal.” said Ben. His style for the week was to stay a bit conservative and capitalize on his opponents’ mistakes since matchplay pits you against your sole opponent rather than the entire field. Southern Hills CC was a brutal test of golf and pars seemed like birdies.
Prior to this event, Ben had many top national finishes and was named an AJGA Rolex First Team All-American but had only won once. His victory was at the 2006 AJGA Nike Jr. @ Marshallia Ranch. That was the first time I ever competed with him and I remember just being in awe at how good he was. He currently attends Bradenton Prep Academy and recently verbally committed to play golf for UC-Berkeley (Cal) on a golf scholarship. A fun fact is that he is known for his outrageously long drives that are upwards of 340 yards. As a close friend, I want to say that I am proud of your accomplishments and I wish you luck with the upcoming year!
In California a dad was taking his 11 year old daughter to the bus stop for school in the morning. While waiting with his daughter a car arrived and they kidnapped the 11 year old girl right in front of the father’s eyes. While chasing the car down the father calls 911 and tries to get help. The investigation went on for awhile before thinking that 11 year old girl had been killed. 18 years later they found the girl that had once been kidnapped. The man who kidnapped the girl had rapped the young girl and she no has a little girl. The man kept the kidnapped girls in a shed in his back yard for 18 years. The sex offender/ kidnapper was put in jail. It is crazy to think that things like this could happen to any of us at any time. There are some crazy people and we will never understand what makes them do such sick in the head things. This girl and family are very lucky that she is still alive and that the man was arrested. People like him deserve to be locked up.
ETA in Mallorca
Posted on: August 28, 2009
For those of you who don’t know about them, ETA is a terrrosrist Spanish group that resorts to force in their effort to obtain the independence of the “Pais Vasco”. They have been putting bombs all around Spain since 1961, but they have not succeeded, and never will. After negotiations and several attempts from the Spanish government to make them stop, ETA has always come back, but with less strength lately. Even most of it’s activity happens in the “Pais Vasco” and Navarra, they frequently also attack in other parts of Spain. Their last operation center was established in Mallorca, where four explosions in the last month have terrorized the tourists and residents of the area, leading to a small decrease in tourism. The Police is working to find this squad and destroy it. Little by little (hopefully), they will arrest and take to prison all the terrorists and dissolve the group, so that everyone in Spain can live safer.
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Back At School
Posted on: August 28, 2009
It is August again and time to get back into the humid heat of Florida. The summer camps at IMG are over and it is time for the full timers to get back into the swing of things. All of the Pendleton students are getting their schedules set up and meeting new faces. There are also some new teachers from last year. Campus is also filled with many parents getting their kids situated and ready for another year at the academy. There are a lot of changes this year that you may have noticed. Besides the many new student athletes, Under Armor has sponsored the IMG academies and is seen all over the campus. Also the basketball court is being re-done and the training room and IPI have a few changes. Although it is too bad that summer is finally over this school year should be a good time but challenging at the same time.
Brett fumbles the public
Posted on: August 28, 2009
As a sports fan, I don’t know what he’s going to do next. He doesn’t make his mind up, as we already know, he retires. But he doesn’t, he signs up with the New York Jets the following year. After he goes with the season, his performance isn’t what it used to be. So he retired from the Jets for a little while, but then he signs up with the Minnesota Vikings. Lets look at the facts, he is 39 years old, and he’s still playing! Looking back with the Jets, he wasn’t making the plays as he did with the Packers. Also he will have a lot of pressure when he plays the Packers, because Green Bay and Minnesota are rivals, and he won’t get the respect from Packers fans. Looking back at the history of The Green Bay Packers, he was loved and respected, with all due to respect, he should’ve done what was right. As now he’s with the Vikings. Will he be remembered as the same quarterback he once was?
The Brewers Aren’t Brewin’
Posted on: August 28, 2009
The Milwuakee Brewers have been in a slump in August. They thought they can keep going on in the season this year. But the Brewers have been going through tough situations. For an example: Rickie Weeks has a wrist injury from May 20, he was noted to stay on the sidelines for the rest of the year. The Brewers were 12 games behind the 1st place Cardinals hoping to sweep past them. Then Rickie swings in a Cardinals game with a wrist injury, then he goes through rehab discovering a torn sheath in his left wrist, that was supposed to hold a tendon in place. So it got replaced by a metal anchor. He batted .272 w/ 9 homeruns, and 24 RBIs in just 37 games. Another reason why they are in a slump is of their offense. They were 4th in the National League in runs scored, on-base percentage, 3rd in walks, homeruns, and slugging percentage. The Brewers manager Ken Macha, wants a more consistent offense for a number of reasons. They lost to the Pirates in a 3 game series w/ scores 9-5, 5-2, 3-1, then they played the Reds, who held them 3 runs in a Wednesday 10 inning loss, and 4 in a Thursday loss.
Edward “Ted” Kennedy
Posted on: August 28, 2009
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Longtime Massachusetts Senator Edward "Ted" Kennedy
The late Edward “Ted” Kennedy passed away Tuesday, August 25, 2009 at the age of 77 after a long, drawn out battle with brain cancer. Kennedy was the longtime Massachusetts Senator who served for 47 years and was a member of the elite Kennedy political family line. He was a Harvard Graduate and was the last remaining of the Kennedy sons which included former President John F. Kennedy and former New York Senator Robert F. Kennedy. Both of whom were assassinated. Kennedy was known as the “Lion of the Senate” for his ability to speak out without fear, heavy influence among other senators, and a sense of leadership he brought with his charisma. He fought for and was victorious in many legislative battles. According to his senate website, these included but weren’t limited to “voting rights, education, immigration reform, the minimum wage, national service, the nation‘s first major legislation to combat AIDS, and equality for minorities, women, the disabled and gay Americans.” The bills that were passed due to his major influence included the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Voting Rights Act of 1965, the 1990 Americans with Disabilities Act and the 1993 Family and Medical Leave Act. President Obama released a statement saying “He was not only one of the greatest senators of our time, but one of the most accomplished Americans ever to serve our democracy.” The extent of his influence was evident as tens of thousands of citizens lined up to show their gratitude and thanks for his work and ceaseless drive to fight for national health reform. His passion and initiative as the “Lion” will surely be missed.
Michael Jackson
Posted on: August 28, 2009
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Reading on CNN news I saw a topic on Michael Jackson so I decided to read. The topic of discussion was on while they were cleaning out Michael Jackson’s bedroom. They said that while searching they found marijuana, skin bleaching and hair growing ointments, ant insomnia pills and empty bottles of several anti-anxiety drugs. The investigation is still going on and they are still doing research on the case. Although Michael used drugs and there were many other mysterious things said about him, he was in my opinion one of the most talented artist of his times. Not only did he perform and create amazing music but he also gave a lot back to the community. He gave endless amounts of money to charities and other things. He was a great person and he will always be remembered.
Typhoon Morakot
Posted on: August 28, 2009
- An aerial shot of the mudslide caused by Typhoon Morakot. A village of over 400 is buried underneath.
Occurring only recently, a vicious Typhoon named Morakot ravaged Southern Taiwan and Southeastern China. Morakot is the worst typhoon to ever hit Taiwan’s mainland. It began as a small tropical storm in the ocean and migrated towards Taiwan. It grew larger as it moved and was classified by the Japan Meteorological Agency as a typhoon. In all the damages added up to the equivalent of 3.3 billion US dollars. The death toll was set at approximately 543 with more than 120 people missing. The winds whipped at speeds of 90-100 mph. In one instance, a giant mudslide caused by the torrential downpour buried an entire village of over 400 in Kaohsiung County.Tens of thousands of people are still stranded in remote areas and the government is working hard to rescue them. Over 137,000 homes were damaged severely from the floods and effects of the typhoon. When the typhoon reached mainland China and struck its south-east coast, over 1 million people had to be evacuated to safety.
I happened to be in Taipei at the time and only a 2 hour drive away from the national catastrophe. When the storm hit our area, the wind was blowing 50 miles per hour and it felt as if an immense deluge had come upon us. Trees were getting blown down and billboards crashed down. This was considered mild so I can only imagine the effects of the storm where the eye of the storm hit. It was excruciating to see the suffering and pain of all the innocent people living in Southern Taiwan. My heart goes out to all the victims and their families and I pray for Taiwan’s quick recovery from this national disaster. 
Ted Kennedy
Posted on: August 27, 2009
The united state senator Ted Kennedy 77 years old die in august 25th Tuesday in Hyannis Port, Massachusetts. He dies in the brain cancer. He is the 9th brother in the Kennedy’s family. One of the most famous brothers is the president john f Kennedy. He was really success in the school year. In the 1962 the ted become the United States senator for Massachusetts and the member of the Democratic Party. He also is the 16th United States Senate majority whip, chairman of the senate committee on the judiciary, chairman of the senate committee on labor and human resource and chairman of the senate committee on health, education, labor and pensions. In the 1969 that was a significant event Chappaquiddick incident. Ted accidently kills a young woman so the ted Kennedy got to jail for two months. But he soon got re elect in 1970. He was called as the lion of the senate. He was considered one of the most effective legislators. Kennedy is one of the major character for pass the civil right act, the voting rights act, the Americans with disabilities act and the family and medical leave act.
Opinion: Cafeteria Thoughts
Posted on: August 27, 2009
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There’s a place where all of people in img will go everyday – the cafeteria. The cafeteria is a really important place for img. Because the most of food we can get is at cafeteria. That’s some of thing should change in the cafeteria. The first was the kind of food should add more. That is not really a lot of food choice in the cafeteria. It seem we have almost same kind of food everyday. They should change to like different country style of food. To fit for the people that was in the img. Second thing is the food court we choice our food and get it by our self. Cause it will not be that much of waste of food in cafeteria. The last thing and the most important thing is the time of the cafeteria. I know it is hard to make the employee in cafeteria to work in long amount of the time. But if the cafeteria can expand more time for dinner it will be really nice. Because sometime if we want to go do something after school then when we come back late and it already close. It is all the change that i think should change in cafeteria.
Ted Kennedy Dies at 77
Posted on: August 27, 2009
Many people will know that the Kennedy family has had many tragedies in the last 40 or so years. The first one was the assassination of president john F Kennedy at the age of 46 during a political parade in Texas. A few years later, Robert Kennedy was assassinated while campaigning for the presidential seat. Ted Kennedy’s death comes not to that much of a shock, since he has been fighting a brain tumor for the last few years. He died peacefully in his home in Hyannis Port. In nearly 50 years in the Senate, Kennedy served alongside 10 presidents, his brother John F Kennedy among them. His only run for the White House ended in defeat in 1980. Senator Kennedy was a very popular person within the American public.
Google Inc
Posted on: August 27, 2009
Google Inc is an American public corporation. Google was founded by Larry Page and Sergey Brin while they were students at Stanford University. Google is the number one source in the world. Google is a searching engine that everyone goes to and search the internet for what they need. Google has been around for many years and has been a good source to find the things that you need, From ordering pizza online to finding friends from your 1th grade class. Google has a lot of competition but they still remain the number one source that people use, in short words Google is the internet. Google is very important to everyone that needs help in searching something because if there was no Google there could be more problems in finding what your are searching for. Google mission is “to organize the worlds information and make it universally accessible and useful” . Google is still the most searched source.
Shawn Johnson
Posted on: August 27, 2009
Shawn Johnson was born on January 19th, 1992 in Des Moines, Iowa. She began doing gymnastics when she was only six years old and shortly after, began attending a gymnastics school in West Des Moines. Currently she attends Valley High School and trains 20-25 hours a week. Johnson moved to Los Angeles, California for the spring semester of 2008-2009 with her mom to participate in “Dancing With The Stars”. During that period she did her schooling with a private tutor. In 2007 Governor Chet Culver from Iowa made October 17th to be “Shawn Johnson Day” in the state. In the 2008 summer Olympics, Shawn competed in all four team events in which the United States brought home the silver. Individually Johnson won silver in the individual all-around, silver in the floor exercise, and gold on the balance beam apparatus. Shawn Johnson has been a great athlete to have on the United States Olympic team and has helped out the team greatly. She is a world class athlete and will be respected for her accomplishments for years to come.
Huge Wildfire In California
Posted on: August 27, 2009
Firefighters have been working extremely hard to try and stop the 750 acre wildfire in California. The wildfire is currently affecting the San Gabriel Mountains, the Central Coast Region, and the border of Yosemite National Park. It originally covered 1,850 acres but has been about 45% contained. The containment of this wildfire has been very difficult and has required about 1,000 firefighters, not to mention the aircraft that have been needed to drop water over the blazes. On Wednesday 70 people were evacuated from their homes, and early Thursday morning 24 cabins in Yosemite National Park were evacuated. The blazes have also been causing very high temperatures in the center of L.A, some days the temperatures have been soaring above the 100’s which have been making life in the center of L.A very uncomfortable and somewhat difficult. The cause of the fires have been linked to a cooking fire set off by marijuana traffickers in the Los Padres National Forest.
The New Way To Drive
Posted on: August 27, 2009
Just recently, Germany has decided that they are going to launch a campaign that is going to aim to have one million electric cars on the roads of Germany by 2020. The German government wants to make Germany the leader for electric mobility. They are planning to spend up to $705 million to make this campaign possible, but many people feel that more money will be needed. Up to now Germany has just 1,452 electric cars compared to the 41 million normal cars. The German government has said that even though it is a very ambitious goal, they believe they can make it come true. They have decided that $240 million of the $705 million will be spent on researching the batteries that power the cars, and making sure that the German engineers are trained in making battery powered cars. Even though the German government has high expectations for their one million car campaign, many people believe that it will not happen. They think that the $705 million will not be enough money to launch the campaign.
New Dorms For IMG Girls
Posted on: August 27, 2009
With the orientation of IMG Academies, new students and returning students are coming back to campus for their new semester. Everything is new and exiciting for all students in the entire campus. Guess what, all girls who are 16 and over are moving to new dorms –Academy Park Villas. Undeniably, the standards of the rooms and facilities are much higher than those in main campus or Champions Walk. Environmentally, the comfortable conditions and quiet commnity provides a better environment for scholars to study. Moreove, the washing machines and the cooker in the kitchen assist parents to decrease the financial pressure. To sum up, all girls are every satisfied and excited with their new home in the life of IMG Academy. The authority of the school always care about the health problem and life quality of their kids. IMG Academy is the best!
Cafeteria food
Posted on: August 27, 2009
Cafeteria food should improve in Img. The students seem to be vary unhappy with the food that is being served, starting by the fact that it is basically the same food everyday. Also, they should try and listen to how the students feel about the food and try to improve it by changing it and fixing the mistakes that they are making. Students will eat healthier if they serve better healthy food because most of the students buy junk food to fill themselves up since they don’t like the regular food that is given to them in the cafeteria. The academy should ask students in what way could they improve their food and actually do something about it. It would be so much better if they had a variety of food. Also, another negative result that the academy is having for having such a bad food program is that a lot of food is being wasted because its being thrown in the trash since nobody wants to eat it. Students should talk to their guardians and tell them how they feel about the food so they can make changes and improve the results of this academy. It is very important that the students eat food that they like because thats something that makes kids very unhappy, specially athletes that have been working out all day and need the fuel to continue their day.
Lionel Messi is officially the best player in Europe, according to UEFA, who today named him as winner of the award and as the European Club Forward of the Year . Lionel Messi was really proud and he thanked to Barcelona supporters. And Messi finally beats Cristiano Ronaldo. Messi is from Argentina, and Messi began playing football at a young age and his potential was quickly identified by FC Barcelona. He left Rosario Newell’s Old Boys youth team in 2000 and moved with his family to Europe, as Barcelona offered treatment for his growth hormone deficiency. Making his debut in the 2004-2005 season, he broke the La Liga record for the youngest footballer to play a league game, and also the youngest to score a league goal. Major honours soon followed as Barcelona won La Liga in Messi’s debut season, and won a double of the league and UEFA Champions League in 2006. And maybe he’s going to win player of the year in 2009.
About 2 weeks ago the South Korean golfer, YE. Yang beat the best player in the world, Tiger Woods. It was a fantastic victory for Yang, and most definatley the biggest tournament he has ever won seeing as he has only won one other tournament in his career. Going into the 4th and final round, Yang was 2 strokes behind Woods so the odds were well against him. Especially because of the fact that Tiger had never lost a major when he was leading going into the final day, and hadn’t lost a tournament in nine years when he was leading by two shots or more. Not only was Yang one of the happiest men on Earth, he won $1.5 million for winning one of the biggest tournaments in golf. Before the PGA Championships, Yang was ranked 400 in he world now he is around 30. Yang’s conservative play helped him to narrow Tiger’s lead down and eventually win him the battle with the number 1 in the world. After the final round, Wood said that Yang had a very good mentality. This was a life changing victory for Yang, who knows what he will achieve next at the top class level.
During this economical slow down the boating industry has had its hardest few years in decades. In times like this people are only buying needs and boats and yachts are not one of them. One of the most famous high performance boat builders, Fountain power boats has files for chapter 11 bankruptcy. Fountain powerboats was founded by Reggie Fountain in the early 70’s. fountain boats are the most winning offshore powerboats in the world. Fountain has won more offshore world and national championships than the next top 100 powerboat manufactures, and it holds multiple world speed records. Fountain owes 20 million dollars to regional bank, its largest creditor. Company founder and CEO Reggie Fountain Jr. says survival depends on attracting new investors and raising money by selling assets. Fountain says the company’s Beaufort County work force will be cut to about a dozen workers.
Registration at IMG
Posted on: August 27, 2009
If I had known about it before, I would have recommended everybody that had nothing to do last Saturday to spend their day doing the IMG’s full-timer’s registration. It’s the most time-consuming activity anyone can ever do. You spend 6 and a half hours walking through campus, filling both IMG and Pendleton checklists. You start in an endless line just to get a mountain of papers with useless information. They also give you a bag. You go to the next line, where a bowl of candies makes the half an hour you spend there a bit more interesting. A woman is waiting for you at the table, and she tells you that you’ve already done all the paper work from that section. She gives you another bag. You repeat that same process what seems a thousand times, stopping to grab some candies every now and then, and getting to know all the people that work in the academy (even if you don’t want to). After also going to Health Services to get your temperature taken and listening to Steve from Game On making jokes for a whole hour, you end up with:
– 3 or 4 bags.
– a head ache.
– The feeling that this place is extremely overcrowded and that you won’t even be able to fit in the tennis court.
– a tree or two of papers that you’ll throw away as soon as you get to the dorms.
– a terrible stomach ache (you couldn’t handle any more candies).
I’ll just give a piece of advise for next year: Try on Sunday.
Death of Another Kennedy
Posted on: August 27, 2009
Early in the morning on August 25th2009, with the majority of his family by his bed side, Senator Edward Moore “Ted” Kennedy passed away in his home in Massachusetts. Kennedy went through a very tough battle with a malignant brain tumor since May 2008 which greatly affected his time he spent in the Senate. Ted Kennedy was a U.S Senator from Massachusetts and a member of the Democratic Party. Kennedy has been in office since November 1962 as he has served nine terms in the U.S Senate. At the time of his death Ted Kennedy was the second most senior member of the Senate (the only senator that was older than Kennedy was Robert Byrd of West Virginia) and the third longest serving senator in U.S. history. Kennedy was best known for being a very loud and outspoken person and also known as the most effective Senator. He was the most prominent living member of the Kennedy family. Ted was the younger brother of President John F. Kennedy and Senator Robert F. Kennedy – both victims of assassination. Ted Kennedy pushed for many years for the U.S. to have national health care something he worked very hard on with the Obama administration.
He’s Back!!
Posted on: August 27, 2009
The last time Micheal Vick was seen on T.V, he was seen in hand cuffs walking into a court room to get his sentence for the crime that he committed. For those of you that don’t know what Vick did, he was found guilty of hosting and participating in several dogfights as well killing his dogs that did not perform well in his fights. Vick was sentenced to 23 months in prison and an indefinite suspension from the NFL. After serving his time in prison and completing his community services hours, he had to serve after being released from prison. After Vick had a three and a half hour meeting with Commissioner Goodel, he was was reinstated into the NFL. One week later, Vick signed a two year deal with the Phileadelphia Eagles worth a little under 7 million dollars. At that moment, Vick and his fans were finally able to see him back on the field and play the sport he loves. However, Vick didn’t make any long throws or any ankle breaking runs, but he proved that he could still play by going 4 for 4 for 21 yards and 3 runs for 11 yards not bad for knocking all the rust off. Vick worked a lot on his short passes and working on figuring out the defenses. He still has a lot left in the tank.
The Controversy Behind Pete Rose
Posted on: August 27, 2009
The legendary Pete Rose was a catcher for the Cincinnati Reds and later coached the Reds after he retired from professional baseball. Anybody who saw Pete play would say he was one of the greatest players ever. His statistics prove just that, as he is the all-time career hits leader. Many believe that Pete Rose deserves to be inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame – the ultimate baseball honor – in Cooperstown, New York. However, the controversy behind Pete Rose is that he admitted to gambling on baseball games. Suspicions about Pete and his gambling habits are not new, but not until a few years ago did he publicly admit to gambling on baseball. Today, Pete’s critics, who outweigh his fans, believe he should be denied access to the Hall of Fame. He is labeled as a shame on the game. One might ask, how is gambling on baseball worse than using steroids and performance enhancing drugs? Should Pete Rose be in the hall of fame? You decide.
Chris Brown Sentenced
Posted on: August 27, 2009
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On Tuesday, R&B singer Chris Brown was sentenced to five years probation and will spend nearly 1,400 hours in “labor-oriented service” for assaulting his girlfriend, R&B star Rihanna. New information emerged that Brown assaulted Rihanna in two previous incidents in addition to the incident that was originally reported. Brown will be required to attend domestic violence counseling and he must stay 50 yards away from Rihanna at all times. The restraining order will remain in place until 2014. Brown is allegedly remorseful and has apologized to the media as well as Rihanna on countless occasions. Brown admitted, “What I did was unacceptable, 100 percent. I can only ask and pray that you forgive me. Please.”
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