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Penn State linebacker Mike Mauti
Post Date: 2012-07-30 22:20:23 by christine
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The tragedy of Penn State: Sanctions are harsh, but didn't go far enough - Blame the Violation/Crime, not the punishment
Post Date: 2012-07-28 09:11:37 by Eric Stratton
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The tragedy of Penn State: Sanctions are harsh, but didn't go far enough Former Penn State assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky leaving the Centre County Courthouse in Bellefonte, Pa., June 22 after being convicted on 45 counts. On Monday, the NCAA handed down its punishment to Penn State University in regard to Jerry Sandusky’s sexual abuse of boys while an assistant football coach with the school and school leaders' attempts to cover up the abuse. The sanctions, vacating the team record from 1998 to 2011, the loss of 20 football scholarships for four years, a four-year post-season ban and a $60 million fine, is as harsh as the NCAA has ever been, but, ...
PA Attorney General Tom Corbett's office was obstacle preventing 'VIP' sex ring investigation
Post Date: 2012-07-26 19:27:02 by christine
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Town officials powerless to stop sex ring 'There needs to be a moral investigation of this. It's not gonna come out of the Attorney General's office in Harrisburg' It's 1996. The Pennsylvania attorney general is an obscure but ambitious political appointee from Pittsburgh named Tom Corbett. A prominent public figure is caught having sex with a young victim. Investigators would come to believe VIPs are engaging in pedophilia and prostitution, and that the sex ring is well entrenched and politically protected by a corrupt state attorney general's office. And no one is protecting the young sex victims. Protecting whom, and why? Gov. Tom Corbett (top) and accused ...
Can Penn State's hometown survive NCAA sanctions?
Post Date: 2012-07-26 19:12:28 by christine
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STATE COLLEGE, Pa. (AP) -- Many in this leafy, vibrant college town nicknamed "Happy Valley" worry the temporary evisceration of Penn State's football program might inflict similar damage on a community that, for years, thrived as fans flocked to home games at the massive football stadium and a far-flung alumni base stayed connected by loyalty -- and by checkbook. Some business operators saw the same silver lining that many survivors do after a near-death accident: They had feared a complete shutdown of Penn State's football program by the NCAA. Yet they also know Penn State, and the hotels, eateries and university-themed apparel shops that cluster around campus, face ...
Banned Greek triple jumper ‘bitter and upset’ after racist tweet gets her kicked out of Olympics
Post Date: 2012-07-26 15:51:51 by freepatriot32
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The Greek triple jumper expelled from the Olympics for sending a racist tweet about African immigrants and the West Nile virus is speaking out against the decision to ban her from competition in London. Voula Papachristou was left in Athens by the Hellenic Olympic Committee after sending a tweet that read, "with so many Africans in Greece at least the West Nile mosquitos will eat homemade food." Her comment generated a minor uproar in Greece, then became an international story when Greek officials decided to kick her off the Olympic team. [ Photos: Greek athlete Voula Papachristou ] The triple jumper issued a wide-ranging apology after the ruling was announced. Her tone turned ...
Greek triple jumper removed from Olympic team after making racist comments on Twitter
Post Date: 2012-07-26 11:29:43 by freepatriot32
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Voula Papachristou LONDON – Greek triple jumper Voula Papachristou was banished from the Olympic Games on Wednesday after making racist comments and expressing right-wing sentiments on Twitter. Papachristou was scheduled to fly to London next week from her training base in Athens when the Hellenic Olympic Committee – Greek’s Olympic federation – made the decision to expel her from the team. [ Photos:Voula Papachristou ] Papachristou, 23, made a racist and tasteless comment on her Twitter account, @papaxristoutj, that highlighted the number of African immigrants in Greece. “With so many Africans in Greece … at least the West Nile mosquitos will eat homemade ...
Penn State sanctions: $60M, bowl ban [Hot off the presses...]
Post Date: 2012-07-23 12:29:06 by Eric Stratton
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Penn State sanctions: $60M, bowl ban The NCAA has hit Penn State with a $60 million sanction, a four-year football postseason ban and a vacation of all wins dating to 1998, the organization said Monday morning. The career record of Joe Paterno will reflect these vacated records, the NCAA said. Penn State also must reduce 10 initial and 20 total scholarships each year for a four-year period. NCAA Sanctions Against Penn State • $60 million fine • Vacation of wins from 1998-2011 (112 wins)* • Four-year postseason ban • Four-year scholarship reduction (10 initial; 20 total) • Players may transfer and play immediately at other schools • Athletic department on ...
Penn State should not play football [NCAA Valuates Its Own Credibility Today]
Post Date: 2012-07-23 08:37:30 by Eric Stratton
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Penn State should not play football Four of the most powerful people at The Pennsylvania State University -- President Graham B. Spanier, Senior Vice President-Finance and Business Gary C. Schultz, Athletic Director Timothy M. Curley and Head Football Coach Joseph V. Paterno -- failed to protect against a child sexual predator harming children for over a decade. These men concealed Sandusky's activities from the Board of Trustees, the University community and authorities. They exhibited a striking lack of empathy for Sandusky's victims by failing to inquire as to their safety and well-being, especially by not attempting to determine the identity of the child who Sandusky assaulted ...
NCAA: 'Punitive measures' await [As Predicted: Get the kleenex out, ... "not football related", Boo-f'ing-Hoo! ... & no "death penalty"]
Post Date: 2012-07-22 19:17:33 by Eric Stratton
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NCAA: 'Punitive measures' await NCAA president Mark Emmert has decided to punish Penn State with severe penalties likely to include a significant loss of scholarships and loss of multiple bowls, a source close to the decision told ESPN's Joe Schad on Sunday morning. But Penn State will not receive the so-called "death penalty" that would have suspended the program for at least one year, the source said. The penalties, however, are considered to be so harsh that the death penalty may have been preferable, the source said. The NCAA will announce "corrective and punitive measures" for Penn State on Monday morning, it said in a statement Sunday. Emmert will ...
Mark Emmert talks PSU scandal
Post Date: 2012-07-17 08:51:55 by Eric Stratton
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Mark Emmert talks PSU scandal ESPN.com news services NCAA president Mark Emmert has not ruled out drastically punishing Penn State football in the wake of the Jerry Sandusky scandal. Emmert gave a candid interview Monday on PBS' "Tavis Smiley," claiming that he still is waiting for Penn State's official response to the Freeh report and acknowledging that the NCAA has not eliminated the possibility of imposing severe sanctions against the school's storied football program. "I've never seen anything as egregious as this in terms of just overall conduct and behavior inside a university and hope never to see it again," Emmert said during the interview. ...
Can We Keep an Open Mind?
Post Date: 2012-07-06 08:45:10 by Ada
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Lisa Pease’s six-page diatribe against me and my recent book Mary’s Mosaic is, at the very least, a marvel of subjective distortion and shoddy criticism, fueled by her own personal vendetta that someone dared not follow her as she, and her partner James DiEugenio, have attempted over the years to appoint themselves as the ultimate "guardians of truth" in all things Kennedy (see here). And as usual, Lisa Pease’s only fallback source in her vain attempts to substantiate anything she writes is James DiEugenio, whom she seems to always regard as unassailable. Together, nothing that these two write can ever be challenged or debated – without one of them launching ...
Let's Hunt
Post Date: 2012-06-30 10:48:02 by Lod
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Drew Brees apologizes for WMD comment
Post Date: 2012-06-20 08:47:55 by Eric Stratton
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Drew Brees apologizes for WMD comment APA day after New Orleans quarterback Drew Brees compared the NFL’s evidence in the Saints’ bounty program to the Bush administration’s evidence for weapons of mass destruction in Iraq, Brees has said he thinks he chose his words poorly. “I apologize if the WMD comment offended anyone. Especially our military. There is no one I respect more than our service men and women,” Brees wrote on Twitter. “My WMD comment has nothing to do with politics or our brave military. Merely an analogy to show how media influences public perception.” That apology came after Brees took some criticism when he wrote on Twitter on ...
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Post Date: 2012-06-11 23:50:20 by wudidiz
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Ex-NFL QB Leaf arrested for 2nd time in Montana
Post Date: 2012-04-03 17:58:55 by Buzzard
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Former NFL quarterback Ryan Leaf was arrested again Monday, just days after he posted bail on similar charges that he burglarized a home and stole prescription drugs, authorities said. Leaf was first arrested on Friday after police found oxycodone pills in his golf bag that an acquaintance later said Leaf stole from his home. Then early Monday, three days after posting a $76,000 bond, he was arrested again on accusations that he broke into another home outside Great Falls, Central Montana Drug Task Force Commander Chris Hickman said. The owners walked into the home Sunday afternoon to find a “tall man with an athletic build” inside, Hickman said. The man told the owners he had ...
Jerry Lee Lewis weds for 7th time in Mississippi
Post Date: 2012-03-31 13:23:56 by Big Meanie
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JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Rock 'n' roll legend Jerry Lee Lewis has married for a seventh time in Mississippi, and the new bride is his cousin's ex-wife. Judith Ann Coghlan Lewis, 62, worked several years as Lewis' caretaker at his home in Nesbit, Miss., just south of Memphis — a job she said she was sent to do by her then-husband and one of Lewis' ex-wives, who were brother and sister. She said she and the 76-year-old Lewis, also known as "The Killer," never intended to fall in love. It just happened. She said she married for love, not for money. "To the people that think there's never going to be someone out there for them to love, just wait ...
Is this a "chimpout" ?
Post Date: 2012-03-31 09:17:26 by Rube Goldberg
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Women beach volleyball players don’t have to wear bikinis at Olympics
Post Date: 2012-03-27 17:23:13 by Buzzard
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Women beach volleyball players won't have to wear bikinis at the 2012 London Olympics. A new rule announced Tuesday says that participants in this summer's beach volleyball competition can wear shorts and sleeved tops. Athletes in the event have exclusively worn bikinis since the sport was introduced at the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta. Competitors could also wear bodysuits in cold-weather events. The change was made to reflect cultural conventions of various participating countries. "Shorts of a maximum length of (1.18 inches) above the knee, and sleeved or sleeveless tops," will now be allowed, according to the new IOC ruling. Since the Beijing Olympics, most beach ...
Brutal Broken Leg MMA
Post Date: 2012-03-11 06:54:20 by wudidiz
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Pool skills you have never seen before
Post Date: 2012-02-22 02:23:49 by X-15
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Impressive Bicycle Skill
Post Date: 2012-02-12 15:11:46 by Eric Stratton
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Impressive Bicycle Skill
kneeling at the edge of ditch, waiting for the bullet
Post Date: 2012-02-07 09:49:23 by ghostdogtxn
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'An F1 car that's street-legal': Fastest supercar in the world that does 0-60mph in 2.5 seconds put up for sale for £280,000
Post Date: 2012-02-04 19:03:25 by James Deffenbach
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As nippy little run-arounds go, they don't come much nippier. For this vehicle's resemblance to a racing car is no coincidence - the Caparo T1 does zero to 60mph in 2.5 seconds; but despite its appearance is in fact road-legal. But with the top-end performance comes a price to match - this particular model, advertised by Stratton Motor Company in Norwich, will set its new owner back a cool £280,000. Without doors or a windscreen it would appear perfectly at home on a racetrack. But the world's fastest supercar does make a nod to its potential city use - incorporating a passenger seat. The Caparo T1 - which is 20 per cent lighter than a Smart car - was designed to be ...
Fan sues over NFL conduct policy, says he has a right to swear
Post Date: 2012-02-03 16:53:28 by Eric Stratton
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Fan sues over NFL conduct policy, says he has a right to swear Posted by Michael David Smith on February 3, 2012, 3:38 PM EST Getty ImagesLast year we passed along word of a legal challenge to the NFL’s conduct policy for fans. Now the fan challenging that policy is coming forward to press his case and say he shouldn’t have been kicked out of a stadium for dropping an F-bomb is filing a lawsuit over it. Eric Holguin, an off-duty Los Angeles police officer who attended the Cardinals-Chargers game in October of 2010 and wore Cardinals colors at Qualcomm Stadium, said that he was kicked out of the stadium after saying “F— you” to two Chargers fans who challenged ...
Joe Paterno Dies
Post Date: 2012-01-22 10:56:58 by christine
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