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<br /></div>SMEXhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06948528142807135065noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7999874493829315697.post-38228922867930411032012-04-20T12:03:00.000-07:002012-05-18T12:22:03.857-07:00Brewers Fan Sets Sights on 162 GamesBy Matt Lindner<br />
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Ben Rouse has a new lease on life, and he's enjoying it by soaking up as much baseball as possible.<br />
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After beating leukemia for a second time with the help of a double umbilical cord stem cell transplant in 2009, 25-year-old Brewers fan Ben Rouse decided life is too short to spend it working.<br />
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So he did what countless working stiffs spend their days dreaming of doing -- he saved up a couple of paychecks and quit his job as an analyst at Tetra Tech, consulting and engineering. Then he decided to go to a ballgame.<br />
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One hundred sixty-two of them to be exact.<br />
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"I started seeing money show up in my [checking] account and I'm like, 'If I start saving, I might be able to do it next year,'" Rouse said.<br />
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The reaction he got from his boss, Tetra Tech vice president Bonnie Brandreth, wasn’t exactly what he was expecting when he gave her his notice.<br />
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<b><a href="http://espn.go.com/blog/playbook/fandom/post/_/id/12/brewers-fan-sets-his-sights-on-162-games">FULL ARTICLE</a></b>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7999874493829315697.post-26718954003236813182012-04-06T12:20:00.000-07:002012-05-18T12:21:15.088-07:00Taproot's Diverse Sports InterestsBy Jeff Arnold<br />
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Stephen Richards learned to skate when he was 3 and drum when he was 4, so it's only natural the Taproot frontman considers himself equally versed in hockey and music.<br />
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Throw him into the company of his hockey friends and Richards can guarantee they'll want to discuss his craft as much as the rocker does theirs.<br />
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"All my pro hockey buddies are definitely wannabe rock stars just like I'm still definitely a wannabe hockey player," he says.<br />
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At times the two intertwine, allowing Richards to chase his dream rather than simply live vicariously through his puck pals or his beloved Chicago Blackhawks. But given the time that's passed since his music career grabbed topped billing, Richards dedicates himself to the stage rather than the ice.<br />
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Taproot's sixth album and first in two years, "The Episodes," will be released April 10. The album, conceived six years ago by Richards and guitarist Mike Dewolf, includes "No Surrender," a single with a music video shot at Chicago's Logan Square subway station.<br />
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The Phillies went into Wednesday's spring training game against the Twins with a plan to give pitcher Vance Worley a chance to throw around 90 pitches. But the plan wasn't to have him do it by the end of the fourth inning.<br />
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Bad defense by Philadelphia combined with solid hitting by Minnesota doomed Worley and the Phillies, as they fell behind 11-1 before eventually losing to the Twins, 11-7.<br />
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Only five of the runs given up by Worley were earned, with six more crossing the plate due to a pair of Phillies errors.<br />
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Minnesota wasted no time getting to work offensively, getting two runs in the bottom of the first and second innings to jump out to a 4-0 lead.<br />
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The Phillies' bats showed signs of life in the third, when a Jimmy Rollins single plated starting left fielder Luis Montanez. Philadelphia loaded the bases later in the inning, but Hunter Pence struck out looking and Ty Wigginton grounded out to end the threat.<br />
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INDIAN WELLS, Calif. -- Cougars cooed in the background and palm trees swayed gently in the cool desert night. And then the serenity was broken -- by a couple of tennis players.<br />
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Mike and Bob Bryan, ranked No. 1 in men's doubles for the past three years, made some noise -- on the stage, rather than the court. The Bryan brothers, who were in town playing in the BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells, Calif., performed with their band before an audience of several thousand people on March 8.<br />
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"We're trying to play every other week at these tournaments," said Bob Bryan during the sound check. "In the U.S., we have a little better following and it's easier to organize so we can bring our bandmates in from where they are in the country."<br />
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The performance -- their 70th in two years by Bob's estimate -- was one in a string of charity shows that have become a staple of their tennis appearances. And it turns out the Bryan Bros. Band isn't half bad. The twins have teamed up with Counting Crows drummer Jim Bogios, who has also played with the Dixie Chicks and Sheryl Crow, and Michael Johns, who was featured on "American Idol."<br />
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Amanda Lucas isn't using her father's success to propel her MMA career, but doesn't shy away from it.<br />
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At 8 months old, Amanda Lucas could climb out of her crib with ease. Why stick around there when there was dancing to do?<br />
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"I literally have home video of me, and you can see me bouncing to the music playing in the background," Lucas said.<br />
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Of course, she didn't know at the time that her adoptive father, George Lucas, created the "Star Wars" franchise. But her -- dare we say -- Jedi path was already set. The daughter of a man Forbes just estimated to be worth $3.2 billion wouldn't settle for a life without purpose.<br />
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Lucas, now 30, has traded climbing out of a crib for a career that often involves climbing into a cage.<br />
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In February, the hip-hop dance instructor-turned-MMA fighter won the DEEP open-weight title in Tokyo. Her win was celebrated by Darth Vader and his storm troopers, who awaited her on stage.<br />
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For Pat O'Hara, the road to Hollywood wound through Orlando. O'Hara, a former USC quarterback who grew up in Santa Monica and is now an Arena League coach, also has a day job -- as a football consultant to the stars. <br />
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The Orlando Predators coach, who as a player led the Predators to two league championships, trains A-list actors like Adam Sandler, Jamie Foxx and Mark Wahlberg to look like gridiron stars. Surprisingly, he discovered the stars he worked with were great athletes and highly coachable. <br />
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"Actors are like sponges," O'Hara said. "They want to learn so bad. They will do everything you tell them to do, to a T. You have to be careful about every word that comes out because many of these high-profile actors are perfectionists."<br />
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<a href="http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/page2/story?id=6693609"><span style="font-weight: bold;">FULL ARTICLE</span></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7999874493829315697.post-52326405080788721512011-05-04T18:37:00.000-07:002011-05-19T18:39:06.679-07:00UFL's Unique Twitter Draft<p style="font-style: italic;">By Matt Lindner<br />Special to Page 2</p><p style="text-align: left;"><img src="http://a.espncdn.com/photo/2009/1112/pg2_g_footballs1_sw_288.jpg" alt="UFL footballs" width="288" border="0" height="162" /></p><p>All it took was 95 characters -- including spaces -- for @UFLCommissioner, aka United Football League commissioner Michael Huyghue, to make professional sports history.</p><p> </p><p>"The #1 overall selection in the #UFLDraft for @theColonials is Texas A&M QB Jerrod Johnson. #UFL" … so goes his tweet.</p><p> </p><p>Huyghue ushered pro football into the 21st century at 8:01 ET on Monday night as the UFL became the first pro sports league to hold its draft exclusively via social media. The commissioner announced all five first-round picks on his own feed before the coaches took over. </p><p> </p><p>Inside of six minutes -- a little more than half the amount of time most NFL teams take to make a single first-round selection -- the first round of the first social media draft was done.</p><p><a href="http://espn.go.com/espn/page2/index?id=6471842"><span style="font-weight: bold;">FULL ARTICLE</span></a></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7999874493829315697.post-57035354715049645112011-03-21T12:33:00.000-07:002011-03-24T12:36:26.135-07:00Terrell Brandon At Home in His Barber Shop<span style="font-style: italic;">By Wendell Maxey</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Special to Page 2</span><br /><br /><div class="mod-inline image full"><img style="width: 504px; height: 283px;" src="http://a.espncdn.com/photo/2011/0321/pg2_e_brandon01_576.jpg" alt="Terrell Brandon" border="0" /><cite><br /></cite>Former NBA All-Star Terrell Brandon opened his shop in his old neighborhood in Portland.</div><p>Take a peek into a barbershop in northeast Portland and you'll see an unlikely sight: Two-time NBA All-Star Terrell Brandon sweeping up hair clippings and taking out the trash.</p><p>Such is life when you own your own shop.</p><p>"A normal day for me, I'm usually in the barbershop chilling out and taking care of business just like any other barbershop," said Brandon, who spent 10 years with Cleveland, Milwaukee and Minnesota. "It makes people feel comfortable that they can come in and get a haircut -- and some people just want to come in and hang out.</p><a href="http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/page2/story?id=6244091&sportCat=nba"><span style="font-weight: bold;">FULL ARTICLE</span></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7999874493829315697.post-18952326113216975692011-03-18T12:44:00.000-07:002011-03-24T12:54:55.465-07:00Phillies, Cliff Lee Fall to Blue Jays<p><span style="font-style: italic;">By Joel Poiley</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">For Philly.com</span><br /></p><p>Cliff Lee gave up five runs, three earned, in four innings as the Phillies dropped a 7-6 decision to visiting Toronto in Clearwater Thursday.</p> <p>Lee sailed along until the fourth inning, when he was touched for all five Blue Jays runs. He surrendered a two-run homer to Edwin Encarnacion, a solo blast to Juan Rivera and a run-scoring double to Adam Lind. Overall, Lee gave up seven hits, walked one and struck out four.</p><p> </p><p>"The first three innings went good, but the last inning, not so much so," said Lee, who made his fourth spring start. "I was getting behind in the count continuously, and they did what good hitters do in 2-1, 3-1 counts. Physically I feel good. I got some reps in, and on to the next one."<span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /></span></span></p><p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"></span></span><a href="http://www.philly.com/philly/sports/phillies/Phillies_vs_Blue_Jays031711.html"><span style="font-weight: bold;">FULL ARTICLE</span></a><br /></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7999874493829315697.post-68774210575371768542011-03-17T13:02:00.000-07:002011-03-24T13:04:03.889-07:00Nevada Wins Women's NIT Opener<span style="font-style: italic;">By Jake Curtis</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Special to Reno Gazette-Journal</span><br /><br />MORAGA, Calif. -- Given the circumstances and the historical significance of Nevada's 65-62 women's basketball victory over St. Mary's on Thursday, this result might have been bigger than the Wolf Pack's victory over Louisiana Tech two weeks ago.<p><span class="pp"></span>"It has to at least be comparable because this was our first postseason win," Nevada coach Jane Albright said, "and we did it without two starters."<span class="aa"></span></p><span class="pp"></span>Although the win over Louisiana Tech came when Tech was 13-0 in the WAC, the tense victory over the Gaels (19-13) in the first round of the Women's National Invitation Tournament was the Nevada women's first postseason win in school history.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.rgj.com/article/20110318/SPORTS06/103180390/1053/sports06/Nevada-women-s-basketball-wins-first-postseason-game"><span style="font-weight: bold;">FULL ARTICLE</span></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7999874493829315697.post-67649346265335874182011-02-06T20:58:00.000-08:002011-02-07T09:01:01.584-08:00Fans in Green Bay Hit the Streets to Celebrate<span style="font-style: italic;">By James Briggs</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Special to Page 2</span><br /><br />GREEN BAY, Wis. -- Seconds after the Green Bay Packers beat the Pittsburgh Steelers to win Super Bowl XLV on Sunday, the NFL's smallest city looked a lot like Times Square on New Year's Eve -- with thousands of green-and-white clad fans greeting each another with high-fives, hugs and, yes, kisses. <p>Fans who had been at local bars all day poured into the streets to revel in the victory. </p> <p>"We're gonna go to the river and enjoy some fireworks," said Shawn Welch, 33, of Milwaukee. "Vince Lombardi's trophy came back to Vince Lombardi's town."<br /></p><p><a href="http://espn.go.com/espn/page2/index?id=6097297"><span style="font-weight: bold;">FULL ARTICLE</span></a><br /></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7999874493829315697.post-72756308326868780462011-02-06T20:50:00.000-08:002011-02-07T08:58:52.044-08:00Fans in Pittsburgh Hit the Streets to Go Home<p><span style="font-style: italic;">By Chris Adamski</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Special to Page 2</span><br /></p><p>PITTSBURGH -- As Ben Roethlisberger's fourth-down pass intended for Mike Wallace in the final minute fell harmlessly to the turf, most bars in Pittsburgh's tavern-heavy South Side bar district sat in stunned silence. Moments later, patrons quietly exited, carrying blank expressions as they flowed out onto the street.</p> <p>Wiser for the experience of post-Super Bowl jubilation five and two years ago, Pittsburgh Police presence was heavy here. Carson Street was closed, and parking was prohibited on it and side streets.</p> <p>But streets that hours before in the pregame revelry were filled with black-and-gold clad fans now were mostly desolate.</p><a href="http://espn.go.com/espn/page2/index?id=6097358"><span style="font-weight: bold;">FULL ARTICLE</span></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7999874493829315697.post-38555492885968766342011-01-20T16:22:00.000-08:002011-01-21T16:28:22.515-08:00Miami Heat Stars Align for Pat Riley's Charity Gala<span style="font-style: italic;">By Andy Kent</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Special to Page 2</span><br /><br />CORAL GABLES, Fla. -- First, in order to be able to host a lavish charity fundraiser at your home you need one big enough to accommodate all of the guests -- and the media.<br /> <p>Check. </p> <p>Second, you better have a few big names attached to the invitation, and a proven track record of success wouldn't hurt either. </p><p> </p><p>Check and check. </p><p><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://espn.go.com/espn/page2/index?id=6045804">FULL ARTICLE</a><br /></p><p><img src="http://a.espncdn.com/photo/2011/0121/pg2_e_lbj1_sy_200.jpg" alt="LeBron James" border="0" height="300" width="200" /></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7999874493829315697.post-4139595160735039332011-01-19T16:37:00.000-08:002011-01-21T16:40:42.455-08:00Tale of the Tape: Chicago vs. Green Bay<span class="page-actions"><cite class="source"> By Matt Lindner<br />Special to Page 2<br /></cite></span><p><!-- photo wide photo --></p><div class="mod-inline image full"><a href="http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/page2/story?page=lindner/110120_nfc_tale_of_tape&sportCat=nfl"><img style="width: 511px; height: 291px;" src="http://a.espncdn.com/photo/2011/0120/pg2_nfc_576.jpg" alt="NFC Illustration" border="0" /></a><cite></cite></div><!-- end wide photo --><p>Bears versus Packers. Packers versus Bears. It's hard to imagine a more marquee, bold-faced NFC championship matchup than Sunday's game in Chicago at Soldier Field. </p> <p>The Bears lead the series between the two teams 92-83-6, but this game means more than the previous 181 meetings combined. </p> <p>You're going to hear plenty about how these teams match up against one another on the field in the days to come. But how about off the field? Page 2 takes you to the Tale of the Tape to find out.<br /></p><p><a href="http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/page2/story?page=lindner/110120_nfc_tale_of_tape&sportCat=nfl"><span style="font-weight: bold;">FULL ARTICLE</span></a><br /></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7999874493829315697.post-72926472471029960752010-12-26T09:43:00.000-08:002010-12-27T09:48:44.992-08:00Dallas Golfer Sets World Record for Rounds<span class="page-actions"><cite class="source">By Michelle Hiskey<br />Special to Page 2</cite></span><br /><br /><div class="mod-inline image full"><img style="width: 505px; height: 284px;" src="http://a.espncdn.com/photo/2010/1226/pg2_golfts_576.jpg" alt="Golf" border="0" /><cite></cite></div><p>On Sunday, when the frost melted off the TPC Four Seasons at Las Colinas near Dallas, Richard Lewis teed off on his 600th round of the year. </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Golfers talk about the grind. Could be a hole. A round. A tournament. </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>For Lewis, the grind has been a year. In a year of weather extremes, he's smashing the Guinness Book of World Records for most golf played in a year. The previous record was 586 rounds.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>No matter what Mother Nature dishes out, Lewis, 64, carries an old Odyssey putter and a set of Clevelands or Taylor Burners in the same Sun Mountain bag and keeps hoofing.<br /></p><p><a href="http://espn.go.com/espn/page2/index?id=5956836"><span style="font-weight: bold;">FULL ARTICLE</span></a><br /></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7999874493829315697.post-11386589455775434202010-12-24T09:49:00.000-08:002010-12-27T09:51:39.802-08:0016-Year-Old Golfer Drives Long to Success<span class="page-actions"><cite class="source"> By Gideon Rubin<br />Special to Page 2</cite></span><span style="font-style: italic;"><br /><br /><object height="385" width="480"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/3YXbH8eJQhQ?fs=1&hl=en_US"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/3YXbH8eJQhQ?fs=1&hl=en_US" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" height="385" width="480"></embed></object><br /><br /></span>Domenic Mazza showed up at the ReMax World Long Drive Championship with a peanut butter-and-jelly sandwich in one hand and a driver in the other. <p> </p><p>Then the 16-year-old high school junior mixed it up with a field of 144 older, whiskey-drinking, elite professional golfers. </p><p> </p><p>And finished second. </p><p> </p><p>"There were guys that were 6-foot-8 and they weighed 100 pounds more than me," said Mazza, who is 6-foot-1, 175 pounds. "I just felt really small."</p><p> </p><p>But he came up big.</p><p><a href="http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/page2/story?id=5950857"><span style="font-weight: bold;">FULL ARTICLE</span></a><br /></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7999874493829315697.post-74346048431071378372010-12-07T15:09:00.000-08:002010-12-08T15:11:18.459-08:00Above Atlanta on Goodyear Blimp<span class="page-actions"><cite class="source">By Michelle Hiskey<br />Special to Page 2</cite></span><br /><br />ATLANTA -- Fast, lean and young athletes may rule the field. <p>But the Goodyear blimp dominates the sky by being slow, lazy, fat and old. </p><p>That's what makes riding in it so fun. </p><p>The Spirit of Innovation touched down in a big field near Atlanta Motor Speedway this week, its home while covering Saturday's SEC championship game at the Georgia Dome. </p><p>Sweat dripped only as the blimp docked. A crew of 16 in black uniforms ran out like a grounds crew in the sixth inning, grabbing cables dangling from the blimp, steadying the 13,000 pounds of helium as it hovered just above the ground. </p><div style="text-align: left;" class="mod-inline image image-right"><div style="margin-left: 10px; width: 300px;"><a class="enlarge" href="http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/page2/story?id=5895989#"><img src="http://a.espncdn.com/photo/2010/1207/pg2_goodyear_blimp1_300.jpg" alt="Goodyear blimp" width="300" border="0" height="200" /></a><div style="width: 300px;"><cite></cite>The ground crew heads out to wrestle the 13,000-pound Goodyear blimp.</div></div></div><br /><a href="http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/page2/story?id=5895989"><span style="font-weight: bold;">FULL ARTICLE</span></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7999874493829315697.post-76495673985794048752010-11-21T09:35:00.000-08:002010-12-03T09:36:20.962-08:00Maryland Wins Women's Field Hockey Title<strong>By Jeff Seidel<br />Special to NCAA.com<br /><br />COLLEGE PARK, Md. -</strong> When asked to describe the shot she took that gave Maryland the 2010 NCAA Division I women’s field hockey national championship, Megan Frazer hesitated and then giggled.<br /><br />The reason – she just couldn’t remember very much about it.<br /><br />But one thing Frazer knew for sure was that her shot went in to give No. 1 Maryland a come-from-behind 3-2 victory over No. 2 North Carolina with two minutes, 10 seconds left in the second period of sudden-death overtime before an overflow crowd at Maryland’s Field Hockey and Lacrosse Complex Sunday afternoon.<br /><br />Maryland (23-1) now has won four national titles in the last six seasons. North Carolina (22-3) won it the two years that the Terrapins didn’t. The Terrapins now have won seven national titles, and the Tar Heels also were trying for their seventh.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.ncaa.com/brackets/2010/ncaa_bracket_DI_field_hockey.html"><span style="font-weight: bold;">FULL ARTICLE</span></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7999874493829315697.post-23360939468575647982010-10-15T09:23:00.000-07:002010-12-03T09:29:04.323-08:00No Closer Shave for Giants' Brian Wilson<p style="font-style: italic;" class="byline lastline">By GIDEON RUBIN<br />For the Daily News</p><p>SAN FRANCISCO - Baseball's stats pages show that the San Francisco Giants led all of major league baseball in team ERA (3.36) strikeouts (1,331) and saves (57) and gave up the fewest hits (1,279).</p> <p>And although no stats are kept for theatrical props, the Giants are unofficially baseball's leaders in that category, too.</p><div><div style="overflow: hidden; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; border: medium none;"><div class="photorelated"><div style="text-align: right;"> </div><a href="http://www.philly.com/philly/sports/20101015_No_closer_shave_for_Giants__Brian_Wilson.html?imageId=41504594"><img src="http://media.philly.com/images/300*372/20101015_dn_g1phlbull15s.JPG" alt="Brian Wilson had 48 saves during the regular season." border="0" /></a> </div></div></div> <p>"You've got the Timmy [Lincecum] wigs, the Pablo Sandoval ["Kung Fu Panda"] hats, and now the new beards," Giants closer Brian Wilson said. "Everybody's got their own identity out there, and it's close to Halloween, so it's perfect."</p> <p>Inspired by Wilson's black-dyed lumberjack-style beard, those "new beards" are a product of the Giants "Fear the Beard" rallying cry. Some Giants fans are growing out their facial hair Wilson-style, while others are wearing fake ones. "Fear the Beard" T-shirts are selling briskly and lighting up online auctions (an eBay search produced 69 items).</p><p><a href="http://www.philly.com/philly/sports/20101015_No_closer_shave_for_Giants__Brian_Wilson.html"><span style="font-weight: bold;">FULL ARTICLE</span></a><br /></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7999874493829315697.post-55020424660132740792010-09-20T11:46:00.000-07:002010-09-21T11:48:03.725-07:00Rajon Rondo's Alcatraz Tournament<span class="page-actions"><cite class="source"> By Jennifer Starks<br />Special to Page 2<br /><a href="http://search.espn.go.com/jennifer-starks/"><br /></a> </cite> </span> <div class="mod-inline image full"><img style="width: 496px; height: 279px;" src="http://a.espncdn.com/photo/2010/0920/pg2_alcatrazbball02_576.jpg" alt="Red Bull King of the Rock" border="0" /><cite></cite></div><p>SAN FRANCISCO -- Sure, Al Capone was a master manipulator, a mafia kingpin with a sly tongue and a quick trigger finger. But what about his crossover dribble?</p><p>George "Machine Gun" Kelly was a robber and kidnapper, a supposed "expert machine gunner" with a tendency to boast about his unlawful exploits. But what about his midrange game?</p><p>It was difficult not to draw those parallels, as past and present collided Saturday night at the Red Bull King of the Rock, a one-on-one basketball tournament held on Alcatraz and hosted by Boston Celtics superstar Rajon Rondo. For three hours, an eclectic group of 64 hopefuls battled the elements and each other for supremacy and a $10,000 grand prize in what was the first-known athletic event in the prison yard since its closure in 1963.</p><p><a href="http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/page2/story?id=5594760"><span style="font-weight: bold;">FULL ARTICLE</span></a><br /></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7999874493829315697.post-13392681202769871062010-09-19T04:44:00.000-07:002010-09-21T11:45:35.990-07:00Arian Foster Bows to Show Respect<span class="page-actions"><cite class="source">By Jim McCurdy<br />Special to Page 2</cite></span><br /><br />Arian Foster is mystifying even his teammates with his newly-adopted bowing-in-the-end zone act. <p>"I don't know if it's from the Chinese or the Egyptians," Texans fullback Vonta Leach said. </p> <p>Actually, it's derived from Hindu or Indian and Nepal origins. It's something the second-year undrafted running back out of Tennessee, relegated to the practice squad most of last year, came up with in the off-season.</p> <p>"I feel like every running back should have their own little stamp on the game," said Foster, whose troubled adolescent days shifted from Albuquerque to San Diego before an up-and-down college career at Tennessee. </p> <div class="mod-inline image image-right"><div style="margin-left: 10px; width: 300px;"><img src="http://a.espncdn.com/photo/2010/0919/pg2_g_afoster1_sy_300.jpg" alt="Arian Foster" border="0" height="300" width="300" /><br /><br /><a href="http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/page2/story?id=5592100"><span style="font-weight: bold;">FULL ARTICLE</span></a><br /></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7999874493829315697.post-86709324015656105282010-09-18T23:49:00.000-07:002010-09-21T11:51:33.696-07:00Casey Coleman's Auspicious Homecoming<span style="font-weight: bold;">By CHRIS PERKINS</span><br />Special to the Daily News <p><span class="dateline">MIAMI</span> — Pitching in front of 28,000 fans wasn’t a problem for Chicago Cubs pitcher Casey Coleman on Saturday at Sun Life Stadium. It was just that group of 50 to 75 friends and family that presented an issue.</p> <p>Nevertheless, Coleman — the 23-year-old right-hander who attended Cape Coral-Mariner and <style>a.inline_topic:hover { background-color: rgb(234, 234, 234); }</style> <a href="http://www.naplesnews.com/news/topic/florida-gulf-coast-university/" class="inline_topic">Florida Gulf Coast University</a> — settled down after a rocky first inning. It took a visit from pitching coach Larry Rothschild, but Coleman found his trademark control and got the victory in the Cubs’ 5-3 win over the Florida Marlins.</p> <p>“I was getting a little too quick so the meeting out there settled me down,” said Coleman, who improved to 2-2 and lowered his ERA to 4.15. “He just told me to trust myself and whatever happens, happens. It’s going to happen no matter what. So I really thought about it and just started challenging guys, even if it’s right down the middle, don’t walk the guys and then give up a hit to give up a lot of runs. Challenge them. That was big for me.”</p><p><a href="http://www.naplesnews.com/news/2010/sep/18/mlb-fgcu-alum-cubs-starter-coleman-shines-return-s/"><span style="font-weight: bold;">FULL ARTICLE</span></a><br /></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7999874493829315697.post-22461970474803677012010-08-19T22:05:00.000-07:002010-08-19T23:07:29.743-07:00For Sale: The Right to Be Chargers' Boltman<span class="page-actions"><cite class="source">By Jill R. Dorson<br />Special to Page 2<a href="http://search.espn.go.com/jill-r-dorson/"></a> </cite> </span> <!-- end mod-article-title --> <!-- begin story body --> <p><!-- photo wide photo --></p><div class="mod-inline image full"><img style="width: 502px; height: 282px;" src="http://a.espncdn.com/photo/2010/0818/pg2_e_boltman_b1_576.jpg" alt="Dan Jauregui a.k.a. Boltman" border="0" /><cite><br /><br /></cite>If you have the money, you can buy the rights to "Boltman" and become a mascot.</div><!-- end wide photo --> <p>For the low, low price of $75,000, you could be an NFL mascot. Yep, that's right, San Diego Chargers fan Dan Jauregui is done being "Boltman," the muscle-bound mascot with a lightning strike for a head, and he's selling to the highest bidder -- unless that happens to be a Raiders fan. </p> <p> "I wouldn't sell it to Al Davis, if he called me up himself," Jauregui said, despite a report in Saturday's San Diego Union-Tribune that said he won't turn a Raiders fan away.</p><p>"Absolutely not," he said when asked if he'd sell to someone in Silver and Black.<br /></p><p><a href="http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/page2/story?id=5475438"><span style="font-weight: bold;">FULL ARTICLE</span></a><br /></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7999874493829315697.post-71728656879708217432010-08-14T14:18:00.000-07:002010-08-17T14:21:53.256-07:00Jake Long Highlights All-Island Team<span class="page-actions"><cite class="source">By Rob Daniels<br />Special to Page 2</cite></span><br /><br /><div class="mod-inline image full"><img style="width: 503px; height: 282px;" alt="Jake Long" src="http://a.espncdn.com/photo/2010/0814/pg2_a_long1x_576.jpg" border="0" /><cite> </cite><br /></div><div class="mod-inline image full"></div><div class="mod-inline image full"><cite></cite><br />Miami Dolphins lineman Jake Long makes Page 2's All-Island Team.<br /><br /></div>No man is an island, but these men at least sound like they belong in relative isolation. Don't get "Lost" as we present the All-Island Team:<br /><br /><b>Tony Banks</b>: Probably felt a bit deserted when he lost his starting job as Baltimore Ravens quarterback to Trent Dilfer in 2000, but he did get a Super Bowl ring that year thanks to Ray Lewis and crew on defense. As for Banks Island, it's part of the Canadian Arctic Archipelago, which looks like the sort of place to which backup quarterbacks get banished. The island is named for Sir Joseph Banks, a British horticulturist credited with bringing eucalyptus to this part of the world.<br /><br /><b>John Block</b>: The 6-foot-9 power forward swatted 35 shots for the 1973-74 Kansas City-Omaha Kings and probably restrained his ego better than Adrian Block, the Dutch explorer who charted a piece of land 11 miles from modern-day Rhode Island and named it after himself in 1614. We're guessing they play basketball on Block Island, but the quality isn't scintillating: Lots of shots that never get to the rim and lots of drives to the basket that get cut short by step-slow defenders.<br /><br /><b><a href="http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/page2/story?id=5452843">FULL ARTICLE </a></b>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com