| Maine Black-balled: New coach cuts Lawrence's Colon, pulls scholarship
The quote came minutes after McInerney, then coach at the University of Maine, signed Lawrence High's Tiffany Colon to a full scholarship to play basketball for the Black Bears.
Lawrence burst with pride that day. Colon became the first Lancer, boy or girl, to ever earn a full Division 1 basketball scholarship.
She was the poster-child for hard work as a means to pull herself off the streets and build a bright future.
Four free years at a university, playing ball and learning life's lessons. Just 17 months later, Colon has learned a lesson all right.
In mid-September, a month before the official start of practice, McInerney's replacement on the Black Bear bench, Cindy Blodgett, told the 19-year-old sophomore there wouldn't be a spot for her on the team.
Dallas, I love you, but I've found Austin
Texas is made up of two kinds of folk: people who get country music and people who can't stand it. The latter will point to Shania Twain, Brooks & Dunn and Randy Travis while making a gagging noise, but what they don't know is that many people who love country music do the same thing, too. See, that's watered-down, mainstream junk, and there's great music to be heard in the country genre, but for newcomers, sitting at home with Willie, Merle and Johnny records isn't the best way to start. What y'all need is a dirty bar, a few beers and Boys Named Sue. Easily Dallas' best gateway to the country genre, the Boys, whose members come from fine local bands like Slick 57, Trainwreck and Deadman, are a cover band trapped in the days when Sun Records meant something, yet also have one foot planted firmly in the present.
How Obama Can Win
Likewise, Hillary's apparent strategy--lose next Saturday, win Super Tuesday--assumes that Obama won't get any Gary-Hart like momentum from South Carolina. Let the record show that the Death of Momentum was entirely foretold at least eight long years ago by the application of the Feiler Faster Thesis (voters comfortably process information quickly) coupled with what turned out to be the Skurnik Two-Electorate Theory (voters who don't follow politics don't tune in until the very end). As outlined in 2000, late-focusing voters tune in to what the press is saying in, say, the two days before their state's election, which is usually something different from what the press says in the two days after the previous state's election. Four days = no mo' mo. Add in possible affirmative voter rebellion against what the press says--Huck's Hot! Barack Rock Star!--and it's overdetermined.
Tendulkar thankful to get century on Bradman's home ground
The crowd, mindful of that, welcomed him to the crease with a standing ovation and marked his century in similar fashion. "The reception of the crowed was truly special, very moving," Tendulkar said. "I don't know, sometimes I need to look at the scoreboard to figure out if I'm batting 100 plus or batting on zero." Tendulkar, 124 not out at stumps, realizes his job is not yet done and that the first session Friday, with the second new ball only an over old, would be crucial to the outcome of the test. "In the first innings to put a big total on the board is the key," he said. "If you look at the wicket there will be some big cracks there later in the match. So the first innings is very important and we want to score as many runs as we can tomorrow." Tendulkar has enough centuries against his name to be dismissive of their importance, but acknowledged that "any hundred you get is a special one".
Sights and sounds at the Ice Box
For one day, hockey is out of the sports section and into The 402 (the Journal Star's twice a week entertainment, fitness, technology, young adults, etc. etc. section). Reporter Micah Mertes spent last week's game against Des Moines at the Ice Box. You can read the story Micah wrote here. Enjoy, and don't worry, we'll get back to writing about the guys on the ice later this week. .
ECHS senior shines
Jarrod Jefferson took a trip to Birmingham this year. All Alabama high school athletes were invited to attend the inaugural Spain Park High School football combine in April. Jefferson was noticed out of the close to 400 athletes in attendance at the combine. It could be his 6-foot-3-inch, 245-pound frame that got him noticed, or it could have been the 4.91 40-yard dash and 4.53 shuttle run he turned in. Either way, the Escambia County High School senior defensive end turned some heads at the combine. He was featured, along with 10 other athletes in an article about the combine on ScoutSouth.com. Jefferson stays humble, even though scouts are noticing him across the Southeast. "There were a lot of people up there," he said about the combine.
FBI thriller, "Rambo" hit theaters Friday
Lions for Lambs: A congressman (Tom Cruise), a journalist (Meryl Streep) and a professor (Robert Redford) are drawn into an investigation of two injured American soldiers in Afghanistan. Fred Claus: Santa's little-known brother, embittered by living in the shadow of his sibling's spotlight, is forced to move back to the North Pole. New on video Superbad: Seth (Jonah Hill) and Evan (Michael Cera) want nothing more than to lose their virginity before they head off to college. To do that, though, they need to get liquor for the big party that night. The Bourne Ultimatum: Matt Damon returns as highly trained assassin Jason Bourne, who is on the hunt for the agents who stole his memory and true identity. Pirates of the Caribbean - At World's End: Captain Barbossa, Will Turner and Elizabeth Swann must sail off the edge of the map, navigate treachery and betrayal, and make their final alliances for one last decisive battle.
Heath Ledger found dead in an NYC apartment
Ledger's agent, Steve Alexander, and publicist, Mara Buxbaum, could not be reached for comment.
Tamba Mossa, 32, the superintendent of the building, said Ledger had been living there for four or five months.
Ledger was nominated for a best actor Oscar for "Brokeback Mountain," a 2005 film about two cowboys who fall in love.
His love interest in the film was played by Jake Gyllenhaal, who was nominated for a supporting Oscar.
Ledger met Williams, who was also nominated for an Oscar for her role in the film, on the set.
The couple split up last year, she staying in their Brooklyn home and he moving to SoHo.
Ledger's roles also include the suicidal son of Billy Bob Thornton in "Monster's Ball," and he had starring roles in "A Knight's Tale" and "The Patriot."
He was to appear as The Joker this year in "The Dark Knight," a sequel to 2005's "Batman Begins," which recently finished filming, and in the Terry Gilliam film, "The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus," scheduled for release next year.
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