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August 5, 2009

one of those who does endorsements of NIKE -Amare stoudemire

Filed under: legacy, nfl jersey, touching story — Tags: , , — sportsboy @ 10:44 pm

Amare stoudemire is one of greatest players i like , i knew him in 2004 , this was phenix sun’s great moment , the suns againest  the spurs in the west final, but they lost in 4-1 to the spurs ( i hate spurs ,but i like tim duncun..lol..) i don’t know if you like him  , but i do ,and if you like him , then just follow me , if you don’t , that matters nothin , after this you would know better about him..also i would like to introudce  my homepage to you , on which we sell nike shoes (nike dunks)

Amar’e Carsares Stoudemire (born November 16, 1982 in Lake Wales, Florida) is an American professional basketball player for the NBA’s Phoenix Suns. He is a 6-foot-10-inch (210 cm) and 249-pound (113 kg) power forward/center.

Stoudemire won the NBA Rookie of the Year Award in 2003, made three appearances in the NBA All-Star Game, made first-team All-NBA Team in 2007, and won Bronze Medal with the United States men’s national basketball team at the 2004 Olympic Games.

Stoudemire’s first name had previously been listed in the Phoenix Suns media guide as “Amaré” or “Amare”, but it was changed to “Amar’e” in October 2008. Stoudemire told NBA.com that his name had always been spelled “Amar’e”, but the media had been spelling it incorrectly since he joined the NBA.
 Early life and career
Stoudemire’s father died when he was twelve, and his mother Carrie was in and out of prison during that time also. As a result, he attended six different high schools before graduating from Cypress Creek High School in Orlando, Florida. He told Isaac Perry in an article for Dime Magazine that what kept him going in that time period was God and the words of rapper Tupac Shakur.

He did not start playing organized basketball until he was fourteen. Stoudemire only played two years of high school-level basketball, but in those two years he was named the MVP of the Nike summer league. He committed to play at the University of Memphis, but never attended the school.

Instead, he declared for the NBA draft because of his desire to quickly help his family. The Phoenix Suns decided on him with their ninth pick in the 2002 NBA Draft due to a need for inside strength at the time. Phoenix was the only team that year to select a high school player in the first round.
NBA career
In his rookie season, Stoudemire averaged 13.5 points and 8.8 rebounds per game, with a season high of 38 points, against the Minnesota Timberwolves on December 30, 2002, the highest score by a prep-to-pro player until broken a year later by LeBron James.[citation needed] Stoudemire won the NBA’s Rookie of the Year award, beating out Houston Rockets center Yao Ming and Miami Heat forward Caron Butler and becoming the first player drafted out of high school to win the award.

The following season, Stoudemire improved statistically,but his team stumbled to a 29–53 record, and point guard Stephon Marbury was traded to the New York Knicks. During the summer of 2004, Stoudemire was selected to play for the United States national team in the 2004 Summer Olympics. However, head coach Larry Brown declined to give him significant playing time[quantify].

During the 2004–05 NBA season, Stoudemire teamed up with point guard Steve Nash to lead the Suns to a 62–20 record. Averaging 26 points per game that year and achieving a new career high of 50 points against the Portland Trail Blazers on January 2, 2005, he was selected to his first National Basketball Association All-Star Game as a reserve forward. In the Western Conference Finals against the San Antonio Spurs, Stoudemire performed magnificently, averaging 37 points per game, but the Suns lost in 5 games.
Knee problems
 

Amar’e Stoudemire trainingDuring the 2005–2006 NBA pre-season, knee cartilage damage was discovered and Stoudemire underwent microfracture surgery on October 18, 2005. Initially, the Suns thought he would return by mid-February,[6] but his rehab took longer than expected. Stoudemire, however, made an attempt to return but did not play well, going scoreless against the New Jersey Nets on March 27, 2006. On March 28 it was announced that he would likely miss the rest of the regular season due to ongoing stiffness in both knees. His manager stated that the comeback happened a little too soon, and Stoudemire needed to do more rehab. Stoudemire’s rehabilitation, which was led by Suns trainer Aaron Nelson[8] and Dr. Micheal Clark, the president and CEO of the National Academy of Sports Medicine (NASM) went well as he stated during the rehab that he was pretty explosive and he gradually gained his strength back.

Stoudemire attended the 2006 USA Basketball camp in Las Vegas, although he ultimately did not play in the 2006 FIBA World Championship. His athletic trainers stated that he had no swelling since his most recent surgery and his strength and flexibility have been “better than ever: almost like superman”.[who?]

Stoudemire played in the FIBA Americas Championship 2007, but withdrew from the national team for the 2008 Olympics. Jerry Colangelo, managing director for the national team, said, “Amar’e has pulled himself out of consideration for the roster and that’s predicated on, despite the fact that he’s had an injury-free year coming back, he’s a little hesitant on pushing the envelope too hard.” Stoudemire had said in April 2008, “It’s more than a year-round grind. It’s last year and the year before that and the year before that. It’s really been like a three-year-round basketball circuit.”
2006–07 season
Before the 2006–07 season, Stoudemire changed his jersey number from 32 to 1. Dijon Thompson, last wore #1 the previous season.

Stoudemire joined the United States national team once and began practicing with the international team in July, but was dropped from the squad for its trip to Asia because coach Mike Krzyzewski believed he needed a proper chance to fully recover from his knee injuries.

On February 18, 2007, Stoudemire appeared in the 2007 NBA All-Star Game, his second NBA All-Star Game appearance. He scored 29 points and grabbed 9 rebounds, and came in second in MVP voting to winner Kobe Bryant.[citation needed] He had previously announced that he would make the All Star Game in his first season back after his knee recovered.[citation needed]

During the 2007 NBA Playoffs, in a series against the San Antonio Spurs, Stoudemire accused Manu Ginóbili and Bruce Bowen of being “dirty” players.[13][14] Stoudemire was suspended for Game 5 for leaving the bench area after an altercation between guard Steve Nash and Robert Horry. The Suns lost to the Spurs in six games.
2007–2008
Stoudemire led the Suns in scoring 25.8 and rebounds 9.1 in the 2007–2008 season. He made the 2008 NBA All-Star team and was named to the 2nd team on the All-NBA Team. Stoudemire also adjusted well to playing with Shaquille O’Neal, who the Suns had acquired in February. The Suns however faltered in the playoffs, again losing to their nemesis the San Antonio Spurs. The Suns blew a big lead in game one of the series, and seemed to never recover, losing the series 4–1 to the Spurs. Stoudemire averaged 23 points in the series. After the season, the Suns coach Mike D’Antoni left the team to coach the New York Knicks.
2008–2009
With new coach Terry Porter, the Suns game turned more to an emphasis on defense and a more controlled offense. The Suns offensive slowdown affected Stoudemire, whose scoring average dropped about 4 points from the previous season, although he was still the leading the team in scoring and rebounding. The Suns also struggled with Terry Porter’s system, and were just 28–23 and had lost their last five games just before the 2009 NBA All-Star game. Stoudemire started for the winning Western Conference in the 2009 NBA All-Star Game.

Looking to cut costs, and perhaps continue to break up the team (the Suns had traded Raja Bell and Boris Diaw in December) Stoudemire was expected to be traded before the NBA trading deadline on February 19, but a deal never materialized. On February 16, the Suns fired Terry Porter, and hired Alvin Gentry, who said he was committed to get the Suns back to their fast paced offense, a style which is best suited for Stoudemire’s game.

On February 19, in a game against the Los Angeles Clippers, Stoudemire suffered a detached retina, although he may have injured it earlier as he had been bothered by the same eye even before this game. He had injured the same eye in preseason, although this injury involved a partially torn iris, with no damage to his retina. He said then that he would have to wear protective goggles for the rest of his career, but stopped wearing them after seven games. Stoudemire underwent eye surgery to repair the retina, and that the recovery would take eight weeks, which would force him to miss the remainder of the regular season. He has announced that he will wear protective goggles when he returns to the NBA next season.
Off the court
In November 2008, Stoudemire received the NBA’s Community Assist Award, for his work with his Each 1, Teach 1 Foundation, and its efforts to provide safe drinking water in Sierra Leone by funding the building of water wells in impoverished villages. Stoudemire visited the country in Summer 2008, making visits to water well sites and meeting with President Ernest Bai Koroma and the rest of the cabinet.

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July 30, 2009

Stephen Orr Spurrier -wuu who is this guy ..

Filed under: legacy, touching story — Tags: , , — sportsboy @ 12:45 am

Stephen Orr Spurrier hey yo who is this awesome guy , no doubt  no matter what he has done , how far he has gone , there is always more to know about him.again of course you are welcome to NFL Jerseys

(born April 20, 1945) was a college and professional football player, and is the current head coach of the University of South Carolina Gamecocks football team. He was a two-time All-American quarterback, and was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame as a player. Spurrier is best known for winning the Heisman Trophy in 1966, and for coaching the University of Florida Gators football team to six Southeastern Conference (SEC) championships and one National Championship (1996).

Playing career
Spurrier was a three-sport letterman in high school, starring in football, basketball and baseball at Science Hill High School in Johnson City, Tennessee.[2] In three years as the starting pitcher for Science Hill, he never lost a game and led his team to two consecutive state championships. He was an all-state selection in football, basketball and baseball, and a prep All-American quarterback.

After graduating from Science Hill, he played quarterback for coach Ray Graves at the University of Florida,where he won the Heisman Trophy in 1966.[6] In addition to being a stellar passer, he gained notoriety by waving off the starting place-kicker and booting a 40-yard field goal to defeat Auburn 30-27 in a key game during his senior season.[7] Spurrier finished his three-year, 31-game career as Florida’s starting quarterback having completed 392 of 692 attempts, with 4,848 passing yards, 37 touchdowns and 442 yards rushing.

The San Francisco 49ers selected Spurrier in the first round of the 1967 National Football League (NFL) draft.[Spurrier played for the 49ers for nine seasons, mostly as a back-up, before being traded to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers expansion team for his final season in 1976. He played his best game as an NFL quarterback against the Minnesota Vikings in 1973, when he completed 31 of 48 attempts for 320 yards.During his ten-year NFL career, Spurrier played in 106 games, completing 597 passes in 1,151 attempts, for a total of 6,878 yards and 40 touchdowns.[12]
Coaching career
After retiring from the NFL, Spurrier began his coaching career as the quarterbacks coach at the University of Florida in 1978, but he was not retained by the new Gators head coach, Charley Pell, when Pell took control of the program the following season. In 1979, he coached the quarterbacks at Georgia Tech under Pepper Rodgers, and worked as an assistant coach and the offensive coordinator at Duke University from 1980 to 1982.[14] In 1983, Spurrier received his first head coaching job with the Tampa Bay Bandits of the United States Football League (USFL), where he compiled an overall record of 35-21 in three seasons before the USFL dissolved. In 1987, Spurrier accepted the head coaching position for the |Duke Blue Devils of the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC). Before he arrived in Durham, Duke had become the perennial cellar-dweller of the ACC. Spurrier proceeded to lead his Blue Devils to levels of success the team had not known in over 25 years, including Duke’s first bowl game appearance since the 1960 Cotton Bowl, and a tie for the 1989 ACC championship, Duke’s first since 1962.[16] After-back-to-back winning seasons, Spurrier was named the ACC Coach of the Year in 1988 and 1989.
Florida Gators
On December 31, 1989, Spurrier accepted the head coaching job at the University of Florida, his alma mater. He inherited a team on NCAA probation for the second time in five years, and a football program that had never won an officially recognized Southeastern Conference (SEC) football championship in 57 seasons of SEC play.[18] Spurrier successfully steered the program away from the previous scandals and captured the Gators’ first officially recognized SEC title in 1991.[19] Under Spurrier, the Gators won the SEC title in four of the next five years, and represented the SEC East in the first five SEC Championship Games.The 1996 team captured the Gators’ first-ever National Championship with a 52-20 win over Florida State in the Sugar Bowl, avenging the Gators’ sole regular season loss in which Florida State upset Florida 24-21 in Tallahassee.

The 1996 National Championship notwithstanding, Spurrier’s finest moment as a coach may have been the Gators’ 1997 game against the previously undefeated and national title game-bound Florida State Seminoles. Spurrier used a two-quarterback offense, rotating quarterbacks Doug Johnson and Noah Brindise in and out of the game, confusing the Florida State defense and its veteran coordinator, Mickey Andrews, and giving Spurrier more time to counsel his quarterbacks on the sidelines without having to use time-outs. Florida upset the heavily-favored Seminoles 32-29.

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Significantly, Spurrier is credited with changing the way the SEC played football. Spurrier employed a pass-oriented offense (known in the sports media as the “Fun ‘n’ Gun”) in contrast to the ball-control, rush-oriented offenses that were traditionally played in the SEC. His innovative offensive schemes forced many coaches in the SEC to change their offensive and defensive play-calling.
 

Spurrier stands on the sidelines during the Gamecocks’ November 15, 2008 game against FloridaThroughout the 2004 football season, various sources openly speculated about Spurrier coaching for a college team somewhere in the Southeast.[50] The University of Florida had announced that they would be looking for a new coach when Spurrier’s successor at Florida, Ron Zook, was fired after three seasons,[51] but after the Gators’ athletic director, Jeremy Foley, said that Spurrier would have to go through the interview process like anyone else, Spurrier removed his name from consideration to coach the Gators. Rumors began circulating that Spurrier was considering the University of South Carolina. On November 22, South Carolina coach Lou Holtz officially announced his retirement. In his speech, Holtz hinted that Spurrier would replace him. The next day, months of rumors were put to rest as Spurrier was introduced as South Carolina’s new head coach, signing a seven-year deal that paid him $1.25 million per year.

In 2005, his first season as the Gamecocks’ new head coach, Spurrier led his South Carolina football team to several notable successes. The Gamecocks, who were not expected to have a winning season by most pundits, rattled off a five-game SEC winning streak for the first time in school history. Included among those victories were historic wins at Tennessee (16-15)—-the program’s first win in Knoxville—-and against then 12th-ranked Florida (30-22), who South Carolina had not beaten since 1939.The Associated Press named Spurrier the SEC Coach of the Year, and the Gamecocks finished the 2005 season with a 7-5 record and a trip to the Independence Bowl.

Two days prior to South Carolina’s 2006 season opener, Spurrier announced that he would kick off the athletics department’s capital campaign with a $250,000 donation over five years. Spurriers’ Gamecocks opened the 2006 season with a 15-0 win over Mississippi State in Starkville, where he was 0-2 while coaching the Florida Gators. With the victory, he reached 150 wins for his college coaching career. On September 30, Spurrier was inducted into the Gator Football Ring of Honor in a pre-game ceremony in Gainesville. Later in the season on November 11, Spurrier returned to “The Swamp” to face off against his former Gators team, which was then ranked 6th in the BCS rankings. Trailing 17-16, the Gamecocks had a chance to win with a 48-yard field goal attempt on the last play of the game.
However, Ryan Succop’s kick was blocked as time expired in a repeat of an earlier blocked extra-point attempt. In the final game of the regular season, Spurrier led the Gamecocks to victory over in-state rival Clemson at Death Valley. Trailing 28-14 in the third quarter, South Carolina scored 17 unanswered points to lead 31-28. With 8 seconds left in the game, Clemson’s field goal attempt missed wide left as USC celebrated their first victory over Clemson in five years. On December 2, amid speculation he was a candidate for head coaching jobs at Miami and Alabama, Spurrier received a contract extension through 2012 and a raise from $1.25 million to $1.75 million annually.[61] Spurrier and the Gamecocks went on to defeat the Houston Cougars in the Liberty Bowl on December 29, to finish the season 8-5. All five 2006 losses were to ranked opponents. Spurrier became the first coach in USC football history to take a South Carolina team to a bowl game in both of his first two seasons as head coach.

During the 2007 football season, Spurrier’s third as USC head coach, the Gamecocks got off to a quick start, chalking up a 16-12 win over SEC East rival (and 11th-ranked) Georgia in Athens, in the second game of the season, as well as beating previously undefeated (and 8th-ranked) Kentucky 38-23. South Carolina climbed to 6th in the Associated Press Poll and BCS rankings, but the Gamecocks could not sustain their winning streak, however, and lost their final five games of the season. The 6-6 (3-5 SEC) season record marked Spurrier’s first non-winning season since his first season at Duke in 1987.

The Ladies Clinic
A popular tradition, started during the Sparky Woods era at USC, occurs on the last Saturday of July when the University of South Carolina athletics department hosts the annual “Steve Spurrier Ladies Football Clinic.” Only female fans are invited to attend the clinic where USC football coaches and players discuss the X’s and O’s with fans who want to understand the game better. All attendees get a tour of the USC football facilities, and finish the day running onto the football field at Williams-Brice Stadium through the players’ tunnel into the artificial smoke and theme music of Also sprach Zarathustra, the same way the team does during the season. The event is hosted by Spurrier and his wife Jerri.

While a University of Florida student, Spurrier was a member of Alpha Tau Omega fraternity (Florida Alpha Omega chapter), and was inducted into the University of Florida Hall of Fame, the UF Athletic Hall of Fame, and Florida Blue Key leadership honorary.

Spurrier married his college sweetheart, the former Jerri Starr, on September 14, 1966, during his senior year at the University of Florida. They have been married for 43 years, and have four children together–Amy, Lisa, Steve, Jr., and Scott, as well as seven grandchildren.[67] Spurrier’s younger son, Scott, plays wide receiver for the Gamecocks,and his older son, Steve, Jr., is currently the Gamecocks’ receivers coach.

July 24, 2009

Brad Childress-one of the worst coaches ever..

Filed under: nfl jersey, touching story — Tags: , , — sportsboy @ 12:02 am

Brad Childress, he is one the worst coaches ever, he is a crap from haven..if  you don’t like  him,then come with me..

Coaching Style
Brad Childress is considered a third generation West Coast Offense disciple and is part of the Bill Walsh coaching tree. His coaching style borrows heavily from his time at the Philadelphia Eagles working under Andy Reid, who worked under Mike Holmgren, who worked under Walsh.Walsh popularized the West Coast Offense system while winning three Super Bowls with it in the 1980s. Since then many of Walsh’s coordinators have spread it to others teams successfully.

A Star Tribune article quoted Childress as saying this about Holmgren, his mentor’s mentor: “For people that know what they’re looking at, Mike is the purest of the West Coast guys,” Childress said. “He’s still running the split-back sweep, which, football-wise, people don’t believe you can bring a back on that side of the formation over to this side of the formation and run it around the corner.

“He’s still attacking nickels the same way. … Not that they are not creative, but he has not fiddled with it to the extent that maybe Mike Shanahan, Andy Reid, Jon Gruden, those guys (other West Coast Offense disciples) have.”

When Childress briefly signed Todd Pinkston after being cut from Philadelphia Eagles, Pinkston said the Vikings playbook was pretty much the same as Philadelphia’s. One noticeable difference has been an overt effort to stick to the running game more than the Eagles have, resembling Mike Shanahan’s style with the Broncos more closely. In his first season he went out of his way to sign offensive lineman Steve Hutchinson, fullback Tony Richardson, and running back Chester Taylor. Having made comments on how the lack of a running game really hurt them in Philadelphia, he’s stuck to the running game more than the Minnesota Vikings have seen in almost a decade. Half-way through the season, Chester Taylor had either run with the ball or been passed to on 44% of the offensive plays
He is one of two Eastern Illinois University alums that are head coaches in the NFL, along with Sean Payton. He has recently joined Minnetonka Country Club in Minnetonka Minnesota. Childress’ career winning percentage in his 30 years of coaching is 56%. Childress is also known as Major Dad and/or Colonel Klink, due to the similarity he shares with these characters.

Ever since Ed Werder and Chris Mortensen reported last Sunday the improbable story that the Vikings had imposed a deadline on Brett Favre, everybody at ESPN has fallen into line behind their co-workers.  And this, even as Werder inexplicably changed their story and Brad Childress denied the rumor entirely.

NFL Live has become the Everybody Hates Brad show.  You’d think Childress had sold atomic secrets to the Russians from how Mark Schleretz and Marcellus Wiley criticize the guy.  Schleretz talks as if Childress has sent the entire Viking team into a deep depression.  Wiley uses the term “third-strike” like the Coach is a recidivist felon.

Even Mike Golic has gotten into the act, feigning astonishment that Childress would not concede certain knowledge of Favre having shoulder surgery.  I’d have thought Golic understood the concept of confidentiality, or at least respect for a friend’s privacy. 

Childress’ coyness is not all that different from the confidentiality Werder and Mortenson continue to honor per their “sources.”
Weder and Mortensen base their Sunday report on anonymous “sources,” having altered their story on Tuesday.  They initially claimed the Vikings demanded a Favre decision by Friday, then changed it to a required OTA on that Tuesday and “suspended pursuit.”

Childress and the Vikings have throughout this Favre drama been consistent in their refusal to impose a deadline on the retired quarterback.  To impose a deadline now, given how Favre (it is believed) is in mid-recovery from surgery and not under contract, makes no good sense whatsoever. 

ESPN’s own John Clayton has long talked of Favre’s great disdain for springtime OTAs (like most NFL veterans).  The Vikings have long been aware of his feelings which may explain their apparent acceptance of such a late surgery date coinciding with OTAs.

And does anyone really believe the Viking players (apart from Tavaris and Sage) need to know who their quarterback is before they begin their summer vacations?  They’re grown men, most of whom are happy just to have job in the NFL. 

What the Viking players want most is a proven leader: enter Brett Favre.  I think Mark Schleretz has been hanging around the high melo-drama of Guiding Light way too long, although I’m sorry to see it’s going off the air in the fall (classy soap). 

I believe Brad Childress.  I don’t believe ESPN’s anonymous “sources.”

There should be a sign hanging over the entrance to the ESPN cafeteria: Don’t ever go against the Family.

July 23, 2009

Mack Carlington Strong- A hero within me

Filed under: nfl jersey, touching story — Tags: , — sportsboy @ 11:04 pm

Mack Carlington Strong。(born September 11, 1971 in Fort Benning, Georgia) is a former professional American football fullback and running back coach for the Seattle Seahawks of the National Football League. He currently is a football sportscaster for Fox Sports Northwest. He was originally signed by the Seahawks as an undrafted free agent in 1993. He played college football at the University of Georgia.

Strong was selected the Pro Bowl twice in his career, in 2005 and 2006. In 2007, he announced his intention to retire due to a neck injury and was placed on season-ending injured reserve.

Early years
Strong attended Brookstone School in Columbus, Georgia and was a letterman in football, basketball, and track. In football, he had 4,414 rushing yards and 83 touchdowns during his career.
Football career
Originally signed as an undrafted free agent out of Georgia, Strong played his entire 15 year career with the Seahawks. He has blocked for three 1,000-yard rushers: Chris Warren, Ricky Watters, and Shaun Alexander. He holds the Seahawks team record for longest rush in a playoff game with a 32 yard run during the 2005 divisional playoff game against the Washington Redskins.

In 2005 Strong was selected to his first NFL Pro Bowl and chosen as an Associated Press All-Pro. He was known as one of the best blocking fullbacks in the NFL. Strong was again selected to the Pro Bowl in 2006.

daily life..FUNNY

The only people I remember off the top of my head other then Mack who were signing stuff was Grant Wistrom, and Trufant – but I was in an odd spot and didn’t see much – but I specifically remember one newly-$62 million dollars richer person who didn’t stop to sign shit! But that’s ok, he signed stuff before practice apparently. So Mack Strong was signing stuff, kids were all up front getting there toys signed. I spent like $4 bucks on a new sharpie that had a Seahawk logo on it, that sucked because it wasn’t put to use and I’ve since lost it. Well, soon enough Mack Strong was standing right in front of me, which was actually right in front of some kids, a few good looking girls, and a giant man in a Mets jersey – I wasn’t anywhere close to him really…

Everyone was yelling: “MACK SIGN MY FOOTBALL!” “MACK STRONG RULES!” “DON”T TOUCH ME THERE?!” Things of that nature. Me being in the back, but taller then most of the people there, said something that wasn’t even directed to Mack. I said: “SHAUN! SHAUN! WOULD YOU SIGN MY TSHIRT?!” I mean hell, he was walking to the locker room at the time, and I was just yelling the same thing all the girls were yelling.

Well, Mack looked up, saw me, and looked me directly in the eyes and said in a deep voice, “What’s up man?”

I didn’t say anything back. I was embarrassed. But that’s how I met Mack Strong. His kind words changed my life forever. Now he’s gone, but his legacy will last forever!

Over at SeahawkBlue.com, 2*2*2 put up a thread about Mack and how he’s helping out with practices and stuff. This is awesome, because I don’t want to see him go. He’s very talented, and will be a tough act to follow. I hope he’s there Sunday for an tribute ceremony or something. I’m sure the Seahawks organization have something planned!

Broadcasting career
On July 30, 2008, Fox Sports Northwest announced that Strong would be joining the network’s talent team. In addition to providing insight and commentary on FSN’s Seahawks coverage, he also was given his own show, titled “Mack Strong: Seahawks Insider

Former fullback Mack Strong will be signing copies of his recently released book on Sunday, December 7th from 11:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. at Touchdown City.
Books will be available for purchase for $14.95 at both book signings. Due to time constraints no other memorabiliawill be signed. For further information please call the Seahawks Pro Shop at 206.682.2900

Unsung Heroes: The Mack Strong Story, an inspirational book by Curt Simmons about Mack Strong’s life and experiences was released earlier this week by Illumination Publishers .

Simmons and Strong collaborated on the project, withthe intent of providing both a biography of the former Seahawks Pro-Bowler and proof that success is not necessarily measured by recognition. As the book’s summary explains, “Unsung Heroes boldly states that things like headlines and high salaries have little or nothing to do with importance or relevance—not just in sports, but in all walks of life.”

This is Simmons’ second inspirational book. His first, Small-Town Heroes, chronicled the success of a high school basketball team coached by Simmons’ own father in the small neighborhood of Darrington, WA in the 1950s. Strong and Simmons have known each other for over ten years, and Simmons decided on Strong to be the subject of his next project because of Strong’s admirable character and passion, on and off the football field.

Strong hopes that readers will draw strength from the trials enumerated in the book that he has had to overcome in his life. “I think people are looking to be inspired,” he said. “If that’s the case, I hope this book will be something that people would choose to inspire them, because I think it will.”

Mack Strong.

Other then having quite possibly the coolest last name ever, I’m not sure what else I can say about the guy that hasn’t been said already.

It really sucks seeing him go out on an injury. It sucks seeing him go, period. Every Seahawks fan knows how much he meant to the team, and how great of a player he always has been. I mean, how many times the past few years have we seen him get the ball on critical plays and come through? He’s always flying around when he’s got the ball, jumping over tackles and getting rocked. Mack Strong has always been reliable.

But aside from his undeniable efforts on the field, Mack Strong has always been a tremendous person off the field. I think the only way I can pay tribute to Mack differently then everyone else is to share a quick story of the time I met him, (and by met him, I mean saw him and said something that he probably wouldn’t remember).

Spring Training, 2006, Cheney Washington. It was a beautiful afternoon, the birds were out singing, the Hawks were out practicing! I had just gotten off military drill weekend, and raced up to Cheney to see a little bit of practice and hopefully get an autograph. Now if you’ve ever been to an autograph session when there are literally hundreds of people crowding around trying to have a football or a tshirt signed, you know full well that the KIDS always get their stuff signed first – and usually last……. and hell, everything in between. Heck, I was tempted to ask a parent if he would let me give my tshirt to his kid so the kid could ask some of the players to sign it for me! Ha! But I couldn’t. I was just happy to see the players up close and get pictures. Now I’m kicking my ass right now because I have a picture of Mack Strong signing stuff, but I can’t find it! Stupid disposable camera, I never have this problem with digital.

Retirement
During week five of the 2007 season Strong suffered a herniated disk in his neck that was causing trauma to his spinal cord against the Pittsburgh Steelers. The injury was said not to be paralysis threatening if Strong discontinued his playing of football. On October 8, 2007, Strong announced his retirement after 15 seasons due to this injury.[2] After discussions with head coach Mike Holmgren, he was able to take on a position assisting the team’s running backs. While being interviewed on Monday Night Football on November 12, 2007 he hinted at a possible future in the broadcast booth. Mack and his wife, Zoe, devote their time to working with Hope Worldwide, a non-profit organization. Mack works especially closely with the youth on Native American Reservations in the Seattle area.

June 30, 2009

Train, carrying gas tanks,derails and five die

Filed under: touching story — Tags: , , — sportsboy @ 12:16 am

Train, carrying gas tanks, derails while passing through station in coastal town.Station and a few nearby buildings catch fire, are evacuated.Five fatalities are victims of a resulting building fire.The explosion happens near midnight local time.The explosion happened at about 11:45 p.m. (5:45 p.m. ET).

The train, traveling from La Spezia to Pisa, was carrying gas tanks and derailed while passing through the station in the coastal town of Viareggio, the official, Antonio Garufi, told CNN. The station and a few nearby buildings caught fire and were evacuated, he said.

The five fatalities were victims of a resulting building fire, Garufi said. The train operators were not injured.

A gas explosion from a cargo train carrying fuel tanks killed at least five people and injured 35 others Monday night in a town in western Italy, NFL jerseys blog hear.

June 11, 2009

Pittsburgh prosecutors dropped marijuana charge against Steelers’ Holmes

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 Pittsburgh prosecutors have dropped a misdemeanor drug charge against Steelers wide receiver and Super Bowl MVP Santonio Holmes.

Allegheny County Assistant District Attorney Rachel Newman announced the decision at a court hearing Wednesday.

Pittsburgh police say they found three marijuana-filled cigars — or blunts — in Holmes’ car when he was pulled over on Oct. 23. They pulled Holmes over because they were looking for a car similar to the one he was driving. Holmes alerted police to the drugs.

Holmes’ attorney argued the traffic stop violated the football star’s rights because the search warrant wasn’t specific enough. Prosecutors agreed.

Asked if he was happy with the outcome, Holmes said: “I’m all right.”

It is a bad news but fortunately with happy ending. Hope not to hear such kind of news again.

May 21, 2009

Former NFL player,Eric Naposki, charged in the killing of an ex-lover’s boyfriend

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(NFL jerseys blog) Eric Naposki ,, a former football player and his former lover McNeal are arrested by the police. They have been charged for killing William Francis McLaughlinEric dating to 1994.

                                 

Eric Naposki, a former football player, has been charged in the killing of an ex-lover's boyfriend. Eric Naposki, a former football player, has been charged in the killing of an ex-lover’s boyfriend.

Authorities said Packard McNeal persuaded her ex-boyfriend to kill McLaughlin so she could claim a $1 million life insurance policy, inherit $150,000 and get the right to live in his beach house for a year.

She gave Naposki a key to McLaughlin’s house and information about when he would be home, officials said Wednesday.

Naposki shot the victim six times, then went to work at a nearby nightclub where he was a bouncer, according to authorities.

Packard McNeal met McLaughlin after she ran a personal ad that said, “I know how to take care of my man if he knows how to take care of me,” the district attorney said in a statement. He supported her financially when they were dating and bought her a beach house, authorities said.

Packard McNeal has been jailed once for writing checks to herself from McLaughlin’s account without his knowledge, including a $250,000 check on the day he was killed. She pleaded guilty to that crime in 1996 and was jailed for a year.

The Orange County officials said new evidence prompted the arrests of the two suspects, who were charged with special circumstances murder for financial gain.

Packard McNeal is due to appear in court Friday. Naposki was arrested in Connecticut, where he lives. Orange County authorities have asked that he be sent to California to face trial.

Naposki, 42, played in the NFL for the New England Patriots and the Indianapolis Colts.

Bad news for NFL. I used to be his fan and also buy his NFL football jerseys. I feel quite disappointed by what he did.

May 19, 2009

Police release a composite image of a young boy buried beneath the sand

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(Shocking news in blog nfl jerseys) — Police release  a composite photo of a young boy buried in the sand of a local playground in the hope of someone can identify him.

Police released this composite sketch of the boy in hopes that someone can identify him. the young boy

The boy was discovered on Friday by a passerby who saw a tiny black and lime shoe protruding from beneath the playground sand.

It led police to the body of a boy, who had been buried there in a shallow grave less than 48 hours earlier.

On Tuesday, police still had no answers as to what happened at Alvarado Park — or even who the boy was.

His name is unknown, though the community has dubbed him “Baby Justice” or “Baby Angel.” Nobody in the area has claimed his body, and nobody has reported a child of his age missing.

Before the composite image was created, police weren’t able to release a photo of the boy because his body was so disfigured by the sand’s heat.

Police say the Native American or Hispanic boy was between 3 and 5 years old, 38 pounds, 38 inches in height, with brown eyes and dark quarter-inch hair. When he was found, he was wearing Arizona brand clothing, size 3T — nylon black running pants with red stripes, a red shirt with a monster truck on it and black, gray and lime green Skechers sneakers.

Police aren’t sure how he died.

Albuquerque Police Department spokesman John Walsh said a preliminary autopsy didn’t reveal a cause of death. Walsh said there were no obvious signs of bruising on the boy.

“We have canvassed the entire adjoining neighborhood,” Walsh said. “We’re knocking on every door. We’ve been broadcasting and pleading for tips from the community. But still, nobody has come forward.”

Though police have received numerous tips from the public, Walsh said nothing has come from them.

Albuquerque police are working with other local, state and nationwide law enforcement officials to try to piece together what happened.

Until then, members of the community have spent hours at memorials for the boy — who none of them knew — praying for him and raising money.

French Mortuary, in the town, has offered to pay all funeral costs for the boy.

Resident Rachel Lesperance told CNN affiliate KOAT-TV she spent her weekend collecting $3,600 for the boy. Her money, and the donations raised by others, will go toward a plaque at the park in the boy’s honor, buying extra lights for the playground and to a fund toward finding out what happened to the little “Baby Justice.”

“He doesn’t have a family,” Lesperance told KOAT-TV. “We’re his family now, and we want him to be taken care of like one of our own.”

Police in Albuquerque, New Mexico, released a composite image Tuesday of a young boy found buried beneath the sand of a local playground. Shocking. How can his parents do it? Why did them abandon them since they have born him and brought him up. Please identify him as soon as possible. Contact www.9ico.com

‘big shock’ Abu Ghraib photos

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Images of abuse at Abu Ghraib changed the discourse on the war, says Abdul Rahman al-Rashed of Al-Arabiya TV.

Images of abuse at Abu Ghraib changed the discourse on the war, says Abdul Rahman al-Rashed of Al-Arabiya TV.  The photograph was shocking: a hooded detainee, in U.S. custody, standing on a box with electrical wires hooked up to his fingers.(NFL jerseys)

That photo, as well as the others depicting detainee abuse inside Abu Ghraib at the hands of U.S. troops, came to symbolize “America in the eyes of the world at that time,” said CNN chief international correspondent Christiane Amanpour.

“Those pictures unfortunately became symbolic, emblematic of all the troubles that the U.S. faced in the last four years of the Bush administration, particularly given its war in Iraq,” Amanpour said. “Beyond that, it caused a great deal of outrage around the world.”

It was against this backdrop that President Obama reversed course last week, telling government lawyers to object to a court-ordered release of additional images showing alleged abuse of detainees. Military commanders urged him to fight the release of the photos, fearing it would endanger the lives of U.S. soldiers.

The photographs first appeared in a report on “60 Minutes 2″ in late April 2004, followed by an extensive story on the abuse by award-winning journalist Seymour Hersh in The New Yorker.

“It was a big shock,” said Abdul Rahman al-Rashed, the head of the Dubai-based Al-Arabiya television station. “It hurt mostly the ones who were for the fall of the Saddam [Hussein] regime. … It was a heated debate in the Middle East at the time — whether [the invasion] was the right decision and whether the Americans had bad intentions or not.”

The fallout was immediate, both overseas and at home. A year into the Iraq war, the American public had grown increasingly uneasy about the direction of the war, and the Abu Ghraib photographs gave anti-war protesters the ammunition they needed to rally around their cause and question Bush administration policies.

A CNN/USA Today/Gallup poll immediately after the photos were released showed that nearly three-quarters of Americans said the mistreatment of the detainees was unjustified under any circumstances. Bush’s overall performance rating sank to what was then the lowest of his presidency, 46 percent. The poll also showed support for the war at its lowest since before it began, with only 44 percent saying they believed it was worthwhile.

It was a blow from which the administration, especially then-Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, never fully recovered. Amanpour said Obama’s presidential victory and big wins by Democrats in the House and Senate were proof of that.

“The American people said that they wanted their good name, the name of their country, the influence and credibility of their country’s standing, to be restored in the rest of the world,” she said.

The photos did what a print report could not do. They showed front-and-center what human rights groups had been saying for months: that the Bush administration was abusing prisoners within U.S. custody. Some photos showed naked prisoners piled on top of each other like a pyramid. Another showed a smiling female U.S. soldier giving a thumbs-up next to a naked, hooded prisoner.

As a result of the furor unleashed by the pictures, 11 American soldiers were tried and convicted of Abu Ghraib offenses, and some officers were reprimanded.

Al-Rashed said he had expected violations in war, but nothing like “humiliating individuals in those kinds of scenes.” The Middle East has a “bloody, long, bad record about torture of prisoners,” he said, but what happened at Abu Ghraib was even more reprehensible because it undercut America’s democratic values.

“You talk about democracy, you talk about the respect of individuality, the freedom. … The prison pictures just really made us speechless.”

“It was something completely new — something that we had not seen before in all the dictionary of prisoners and torture and mistreatment. It just weakened the argument completely about the wisdom of getting rid of a regime like Saddam. It made the argument for the other side stronger.”

The photographs had a direct impact within the Iraq insurgency. Just days after the photos became public, American contractor Nicholas Berg was beheaded — with his executioners saying they were retaliating for Abu Ghraib abuses. The insurgents posted video of the killing on the Internet for all to see.

“The publication of these photos would not add any additional benefit to our understanding of what was carried out in the past by a small number of individuals,” Obama said. “In fact, the most direct consequence of releasing them would be to further inflame anti-American opinion, and to put our troops in greater danger.”

The court had ordered the release in response to a Freedom of Information Act request filed by the American Civil Liberties Union. The ACLU said the Pentagon had agreed to release a “substantial” number of photographs by May 28. Officials at the Pentagon said the photographs are from more than 60 criminal investigations between 2001 and 2006 and show military personnel allegedly abusing detainees.

Obama’s decision has sparked a heated debate on what is best for democracy.

Marc Thiessen served in the Bush administration from 2001 to 2009, including time as Bush’s chief speechwriter. He has said that the “enhanced interrogations” of detainees worked and has opposed the release of the latest round of prisoner abuse photos.

“If these photos had been released, within two seconds flat, they would have been up on jihadi Web sites, and al Qaeda would be using them to incite violence,” he said.

ACLU attorney Amrit Singh disagrees, saying terrorists already have plenty of information “at their disposal to conduct violence.”

“They can conduct all the violence they want without the release of these photographs,” he said. “So to pick on these photographs as the cause of violence, I think, is a grave mistake. There were people who suffered immensely, the victims of torture depicted in these photographs. It’s for their sake and for the sake of future victims of torture that these photographs must be aired.”

He added, “It is essential that these photographs be released so that the public can know the full scale and scope of prisoner abuse that took place in its name.”

Republican strategist Kevin Madden said Obama sided with national security instead of “the fury of propaganda that would be unleashed against U.S. forces overseas.” He said the liberal left is trying to use the photos “as a vendetta against the Bush administration.”

“And in that process, what they’re doing is essentially smearing the country as a country that condones detainee abuse and condones the torture, when in fact we don’t,” he said.

To that, Singh shot back, “But what is the limit of that argument? If gross human rights violations have been committed, do you sweep them under the rug because they will cause outrage?”

Al-Rashed of Al-Arabiya said Obama’s decision didn’t get much play in the Arab world last week, mostly because the alleged abuse isn’t as “shocking anymore.”

“It’s not as big news as it used to be,” he said.

“I think in these situations, you can’t think about who is going to be pleased and who’s not. I think you have to think about what’s the right decision for the president and assume good policies ultimately make good politics.”

CNN senior political analyst David Gergen, a former adviser to several Republican presidents and one Democrat, said Obama made a wise political decision, even if he upset the left. It still is a touching news. Whatever it means? www.9ico.com know it.

Scientists hailed a 47-million-year-old fossil

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(Football jerseys) –Scientists piece together human ancestry.  Scientists hailed Tuesday a 47-million-year-old fossil of an ancient “small cat”-sized primate. The fossil is believed to be an ancestor of monkeys, primates and humans.

The fossil is believed to be an ancestor of monkeys, primates and humans. The fossil is believed to be an ancestor of monkeys, primates and humans.

 Scientists say the fossil, dubbed “Ida,” is a transitional species, living around the time the primate lineage split into two groups: A line that would eventually produce humans, primates and monkeys, and another that would give rise to lemurs and other primates.
 
The fossil was formally named Darwinius masillae, in honor of the anniversary of Charles Darwin’s 200th birthday.
 
“This is the most complete primate fossil before human burial,” said Dr. Jorn Hurum, of the Natural History Museum at the University of Oslo, who led the study of the fossil, a young female primate.

“And it’s not a few million years old; it’s 47 million years old,” Hurum said, speaking at a news conference at the American Museum of Natural History in New York.

The fossil was discovered in 1983 in the Messel Pit, Germany, near Frankfurt, and had been until recently in private collections, according to an article published Tuesday in the scientific journal PLoS ONE, a publication of the Public Library of Science.

However, because it was split into two parts, its significance was not immediately recognized.

An international team of scientists, which Hurum led, conducted a detailed forensic analysis of the fossil for the past two years, the release said.

Hurum nicknamed the fossil Ida after his young daughter, he said.

The fossil’s body is nearly complete; only part of one leg is missing, according to Hurum. In addition to the bones, the softer features are also preserved, as are the remnants of its last meal: fruits, seeds and leaves, which were found in Ida’s gut, according to the scientists.

“It’s such a beautiful specimen,” Hurum said of Ida. He said the fossil is about 2 feet long, “like a small cat in size.”

The fossil has both adult and baby teeth, indicating that it was weaned and about 9 months old when it died, the PLoS article said.

She would have eventually grown to the size of a lemur, the article said.

The young primate fossil does not have two crucial anatomical features found in lemurs: a grooming claw on the second digit of its foot and a fused row of teeth in the middle of its lower jaw, known as a toothcomb, the scientists said.

X-rays revealed a broken wrist, which the team of scientists believe may have contributed to Ida’s death, according to a news release from the museum at Oslo.

Ida may have been overcome by carbon dioxide gas while drinking from the Messel lake, which was often covered by a low-lying blanket of the gas, the news release said. Hampered by the broken wrist, the young primate may have fallen into unconsciousness and may have slipped into the lake. The primate sunk to the bottom and was preserved for 47 million years, the news release said.

A 47-million-year-old fossil of an ancient “small cat”-sized primate as a possible common ancestor of monkeys, primates and humans was hailed Tuesday by Scientists. Great discovery. It still neesds time to survey it. www.9ico.com will provide you with further research result.

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