Maurice Lucas Dead at 58
Maurice Lucas Dead at 58: Former NBA player Maurice Lucas, a forward for the Portland Trail Blazers, died Sunday after a long battle with cancer, the team said on its website. He was 58.
A native of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Lucas “was a central figure on the Trail Blazers’ 1976-77 championship team,” the team said. During that championship season, Lucas — known as “The Enforcer” — led the team in scoring, with 20.2 points, along with field goals made (8.0), free throws made (4.2), offensive rebounds (3.4) and minutes (36.2), according to the team.
In the 1977 playoffs, Lucas was the team-high scorer in eight of 19 games and led the team in rebounds twice. He is one of four three-time All-Stars in Trail Blazers history.
He most recently served as an assistant coach for the Trail Blazers from 1988-89 and again from 2005-10. The team honored him by retiring his number, 20, in 1988.
“Portland and the NBA lost one of their greats today,” team owner Paul Allen said in the website posting. “Maurice Lucas was an amazing man, and I count myself lucky to have known him. We all — players, coaches, the owner and the fans — were made better by having Maurice a part of our team, whether playing on the championship team, or most recently as an assistant coach.”
“He was one of the greatest Blazers ever,” Allen said. “I’ll miss him.” He offered his condolences to Lucas’ wife, Pamela, and their children.
As a student at Marquette University, Lucas led the school to the NCAA championship game in 1974, according to the Trail Blazers. Portland acquired him as the second pick in the 1976 ABA dispersal draft. He played 12 seasons in the NBA and four in the American Basketball Association, according to the Portland team’s website.
“Words cannot express the magnitude of loss we feel tonight with the passing of Maurice Lucas,” Larry Miller, Trail Blazers president, said in the statement. “The Trail Blazers family has lost our Enforcer, but for me personally, I have lost a brother.”
Kenyon College
September 12, 2010 by Trend PK
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Founded Kenyon College, a private liberal arts college in Gambier, Ohio, in 1824 by Bishop Philander Chase of the Episcopal Church, along with Bexley Hall school. It is the oldest private institution of higher education in Ohio.
It is known that the campus of Gothic architecture and the development of rural collective, and his name is one of the most beautiful universities in the world by Forbes magazine in 2010. I’m Kenyon Hall, built in 1827, according to the book, is the oldest Gothic revival in America, even though he had burned twice and was rebuilt. 2005 Princeton Review and Fiske Guide to Colleges in 2005 received the highest ratings Academic College.
In addition, in 2006, Kenyon College, Newsweek selected as one of the 25 “new Ivies” based on the recognition of Statistics as well as interviews with officials and students, faculty and alumni. In 2009, Forbes magazine seat Kenyon # 22 of 600 colleges and universities in the top of the list of America’s Best Colleges 2009. Has been adopted Kenyon College Board of Higher Education in North Central Association of Colleges and Schools.
After becoming the first bishop of Ohio in 1818, Philander Chase found a severe shortage of clergy training on the border of Ohio. Bush plans to establish a school to correct this problem, but could not find little support.
Disheartened, he sailed to England and sought donations from Kenyon, Lord, Lord Gambier, writer and philanthropist Hannah More, and the College and recorded in December in December 1824. Not satisfied with the original site of the College in Worthington, Chase acquired 8000 acres (32 square kilometers) of land in Knox County (Mount Vernon with a lawyer, Henry Curtis), as described in Gambier Hill July 24, 1825.
There is a myth that Bishop Chase exclaimed: “Well, this will be” access to the top of the hill. Kenyon sports teams that compete on the North Coast Athletic Conference, known as the Ladies and Gentlemen, purple, white and black with gold and is often added to the tone. The men’s swimming team College NCAA best in Division III, for victory, for the period 1980-2010, and the report of the National Council for the National Championship 31 respectively. Is also a swim team for women is one of the best, and won 23 titles of its own (not consecutive) in 1984. Coached swimming coach Jim sixty addresses most of the conferences in any sport in the history of college basketball.
In 1980 and in 1990, run instructor diving Fletcher Gilders athletes 14 consecutive North Coast Athletic Championship the NCAA individual and eight third title of the Division; polishers and also get the NCAA coach of D3 of the Year Award on three separate occasions.
Tom Izzo Press Conference
Tom Izzo Press Conference –
: Michigan State basketball coach Tom Izzo speaks during a news conference Tuesday, June 15, 2010, in East Lansing, Mich., announcing that he will stay at Michigan State instead of moving to the NBA to coach the Cleveland Cavaliers.
FanFeedr NCAA Basketball 16 Jun 10 Photo Of Tom Izzo: Michigan State basketball coach Tom Izzo, right, talks to his wife, Lupe, during a news conference Tuesday, June 15, 2010, in East Lansing, Mich., announcing that he will stay at Michigan State instead of moving to the NBA to coach the FanFeedr NCAA Basketball 16 Jun 10 Photo Of Tom Izzo, Lupe Izzo: Instead of coaching them in the NBA, I’m going to coach them in the NCAA, Izzo said Tuesday night at a news conference after he turned down a chance to coach the Cleveland Cavaliers.
usc
June 12, 2010 by Trend PK
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NCAA sanctions might force USC to vacate its Bowl Championship Series title-game victory over Oklahoma in the Orange Bowl, but the Trojans will remain national champions of the 2004 season in the Associated Press poll.
“The 2004 poll stands,” AP Sports Editor Terry Taylor confirmed in an e-mail to The Times. “The poll is intended to measure on-field performance. If teams are allowed to play, they’re allowed to be ranked and USC certainly played in 2004.”
There was speculation the AP might reconsider USC’s title because it recently called for a re-vote for NFL defensive rookie of the year. Brian Cushing, a former USC linebacker who plays for the Houston Texans, won the award but it was later announced that he had tested positive for a banned substance. Cushing kept his award after a second vote.
Taylor said USC’s 2004 national title was different.
“It would be impractical to revote,” Taylor said. “It’s been six years. Memories have faded and the poll board from that year is no longer intact.”
In 2003, USC finished No. 1 after the regular season in the AP and USA Today coaches’ poll but third in the BCS standings, preventing USC from playing in the BCS title game.
The AP, however, still crowned USC champions after the Trojans defeated Michigan in the Rose Bowl. Louisiana State won the BCS title with a victory over Oklahoma in the Sugar Bowl.
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national collegiate athletic association
June 11, 2010 by Trend PK
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LOS ANGELES – The NCAA threw the book at storied Southern California on Thursday with a two-year bowl ban, four years’ probation, loss of scholarships and forfeits of an entire year’s games for improper benefits to Heisman Trophy winner Reggie Bush dating to the Trojans’ 2004 national championship.
USC was penalized for a lack of institutional control in the ruling by the NCAA following its four-year investigation. The report cited numerous improper benefits for Bush and former basketball player O.J. Mayo, who spent just one year with the Trojans.
The coaches who presided over the alleged misdeeds — football’s Pete Carroll and basketball’s Tim Floyd — left USC in the past year. USC reacted with uniform outrage to the harshness of the sanctions, promising an appeal. I’m absolutely shocked and disappointed in the findings of the NCAA,” Carroll said in a video statement produced by the NFL’s Seattle Seahawks, who hired him in January. “I never thought it would come to this.”
The penalties include the loss of 30 football scholarships over three years and vacating 14 victories in which Bush played from December 2004 through the 2005 season. USC beat Oklahoma in the BCS title game on Jan. 4, 2005, and won 12 games during Bush’s Heisman-winning 2005 season, which ended with a loss to Texas in the 2006 BCS title game.
Bill Hancock, the executive director of the BCS, said a committee will meet to consider vacating USC’s 2004 championship. While no action would go into effect until USC’s appeals are heard by the NCAA, Hancock said there would be no 2004 champion if USC’s victory is vacated.
“I take the same stance as our university,” new football coach Lane Kiffin said. “There is some guilt, but the punishment is too severe. That’s why the appeal process is taking place.”
nebraska big ten
June 11, 2010 by Trend PK
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KANSAS CITY, Mo. — College athletics are on the verge of a monumental shift, a realignment that could disintegrate one conference, turn others into 16-school goliaths and have huge financial implications on some of the biggest programs in the country.
The first card flipped on Thursday, when Colorado ditched the Big 12 for the Pac-10. Next up appear to be Nebraska and Missouri, both facing decisions that could spark another exodus and the collapse of the Big 12.
“(Now) the first move is made, I think you’ll see the dominos start falling,” said Joel Maxcey, sports economist at the University of Georgia.
It’s already been a wild ride.
The Big Ten started it off by exploring plans to expand, an effort it hoped would add more eyes to its successful cable network and reach the NCAA minimum of 12 teams required to hold a conference championship game in football.
The Big Ten’s big grab led to harried calls between rivals, political ploys and behind-the-scenes maneuvering as schools across the country look to make sure they’re not standing alone, pockets empty, when the music stops.
Colorado took a pre-emptive strike, deciding to head west to the Pac-10 instead of waiting to see what everyone else was going to do. The next move could come Friday, when Nebraska and Missouri face a stay-or-go ultimatum from the Big 12.
Nebraska seems most likely to go.
The Cornhuskers have long-standing ties with many of the schools in the Big 12’s North Division – they’ve played Kansas and Missouri in football since the 1890s – but Big Ten money might be too much to pass up.
zappos shoes
June 6, 2010 by Trend PK
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Check out the Zappos website for great deals on shoes and clothing. Everything that you buy on Zappos will ship for free. You can also shop for handbags and bags. There are also housewares and beauty that you can get.
You will get free shipping for items that you buy from Zappos both ways. This means that if you buy something and do not like it, you can return what you have bought for free. You do not have to pay return shipping.
Zappos.com shoes is what many people know this site as. Shoes, shoes, shoes, shoes. Oh, and did I mention that Zappos has shoes?
It was a great site with lower priced shoes that consumers loved and got delivered to their homes. Though, just last week, people came to love Zappos shoes a lot more than usual, on accident.
Zappos.com and sister site 6pm.com had a glitch where everything was priced at $49.95! This eventually costs Zappos about $1.6 Million!
Zappos still honored the sales and will be delivering the products to consumers.
Initial reports indicate that there are still a few items whose prices have not been fixed yet and are still available for sale.Zappos also has a 365 day return policy
lakers celtics
June 6, 2010 by Trend PK
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John Wooden was honored with a moment of silence before Game 2 of the NBA finals between the Los Angeles Lakers and Boston Celtics on Sunday.
LOS ANGELES — John Wooden was honored with a moment of silence before Game 2 of the NBA finals between the Los Angeles Lakers and Boston Celtics on Sunday.
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Bill Walton, two of Wooden’s greatest players at UCLA, took turns speaking publicly for the first time since the 99-year-old Hall of Famer died Friday.
“It’s very difficult for me to put into words the greatness of John Wooden,” Abdul-Jabbar said. “He was so much more than a basketball coach. To have him in my life was a true blessing. I will always be grateful I was able to be one of his students.”
Abdul-Jabbar rushed back from Europe to visit Wooden at his hospital bedside before he died. Wooden’s teams won a record 10 NCAA championships at UCLA, including seven in a row.
The award honors the memory of the late Hall of Fame coach and is presented to someone who has demonstrated a high level of excellence, integrity and commitment to promoting the NBA throughout their careers.
Winter, a former Lakers consultant, helped refine the triangle offense and was instrumental in assisting Lakers coach Phil Jackson win six NBA championships with the Chicago Bulls and four with the Lakers.
“His coaching record was impeccable,” Jackson said. “For the first 20 years of basketball that he coached he was one of the top coaches ever in the game.”
Ramsay guided the Portland Trail Blazers to the 1977 NBA championship and retired as the NBA’s second winningest coach of all-time.
2011 ALL-STAR GAME: The NBA All-Star game is returning to Los Angeles next year.
Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa and Hall of Famer James Worthy helped unveil the logo that will be used for All-Star weekend on Feb. 17-20.
The game will be held in Los Angeles for a record fifth time, with the Lakers and Clippers serving as co-hosts.
“We’re looking forward to being back here in Los Angeles for our All-Star weekend or what’s really become a week now,” NBA deputy commissioner Adam Silver said. “It becomes the center of the basketball world for a week.”
selig
June 4, 2010 by Trend PK
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Who knew that Bud Selig had the power to reverse the egregious call that ruined the perfect game for Detroit Tigers pitcher Armando Galarraga?
Happily, by doing nothing, Bud did the right thing.
Requests for Selig to overturn umpire Jim Joyce’s call and bestow on Galarraga what he had earned came from scribes, Cardinals manager Tony La Russa, the Internet mob… even the White House.
The appeals were silly, a case of heart overruling head.
They were unnecessary, too, because the principals involved in this unusual drama quickly and gracefully turned a baseball injustice into a poignant pageant of heartfelt regret, understanding and sportsmanship. Their generosity of spirit makes this story even bigger than a perfect game.
Joyce and Galarraga, as well as Tigers manager Jim Leyland and the rest of his club, handled their displeasure and frustration like adults.
Joyce distinguished himself by confessing that he blew the call. Tears in his eyes, he apologized to a
gracious Galarraga. Thursday afternoon, the umpire took the field in Detroit while shedding more tears.
Does that take him off the hook? Not at all. But fans who are always going on about the importance of the “human element” in baseball should be the first to applaud a genuine demonstration of humanity and humility from an unlikely source.Galarraga, Joyce and Detroit Tigers fans all exhibited remarkable sportsmanship considering the circumstances. …
Galarraga, believe it or not, was the 10th pitcher to lose a perfect game with two out in the ninth inning. …
If you were born after March 31, 1975, when John Wooden coached his last game, UCLA has won one NCAA basketball championship in your lifetime. …
ncaa baseball tournament 2010
May 31, 2010 by Trend PK
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Florida International is in the 2010 NCAA Baseball Tournament now. With the help of streaking Garrett Wittels, Florida International won the Sun Belt championship game on Sunday, extending their season at least two
more games. Florida International will be seeded in the 64 team field and placed into one of the regional brackets which get announced on Monday, May 31st. Odds are good that they will either play in the Gainesville Regional or the Coral Gables Regional in order to stick a bit close to home during the first round of the tournament. It will give FIU and Garret Wittels a chance to shine even more when the schedule kicks into place.
Washington State finished the season with a 34-20 overall record, posting a 15-12 record in a very tough Pac-10 Conference. Pointing to how tough the conference was this year, Arizona State, which won the regular season Pac-10 championship, is the No. 1 overall seed in the 2010 NCAA Tournament. There are several other Pac-10 teams that made the tournament as well, including UCLA, Oregon, and Arizona just to name a few. They received their marching orders on May 31st as well, and all of these Pac-10 teams will be playing in difference regional tournaments.
Every team that makes the 2010 NCAA Baseball Tournament is placed into a four team grouping. Within those four teams is a double-elimination tournament, where one team emerges to play in the Super Regionals or basically the second round. Just 16 teams emerge from the Regionals, and just eight teams emerge from the Super Regionals to make up the final field of eight teams that will play for the 2010 College Baseball World Series.
Joining Coastal Carolina in the double-elimination regional are the College of Charleston, North Carolina State and Stony Brook. The Chanticleers will open with Seawolves, who won the America East title. The Cougars will play the Wolfpack in the other opener.
Coastal Carolina leads the nation with 51 wins and won all 25 of their games to take the Big South Conference crown.
Each of the 16 regional winners advance to the super regionals, with the eight remaining teams earning trips to the College World Series in Omaha, Nebraska, beginning June 19.
The winner of the Columbia regional plays the winner of the regional hosted by Coastal Carolina.
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