Tuesday 27 March 2012

South Carolina hiring Kansas State coach Frank Martin


Frank Martin has agreed to become South Carolina's coach.

Martin will replace Darrin Horn, who was fired two weeks ago after going 60-63 over four seasons. The Gamecocks finished last in the Southeastern Conference.

Martin is leaving Kansas State, which he led to the NCAA Tournament four of the last five seasons. His overall record as a head coach is 117-54 and he is 6-4 in NCAA Tournament games.

Rivers entering NBA draft
DURHAM, N.C. — Austin Rivers is leaving Duke after one season for the NBA draft.
The freshman guard, son of Boston Celtics coach Doc Rivers, averaged a team-leading 15.5 points and was a unanimous selection as the Atlantic Coast Conference's rookie of the year. He's just the third Duke freshman to lead the team in scoring, following Johnny Dawkins in 1983 and Bill Sapp in 1945.

Robinson..: It's unanimous.A day after leading Kansas to the Final Four, forward Thomas Robinson was named to The Associated Press All-America team, becoming the first unanimous selection since Blake Griffin did it with Oklahoma in 2009.

Joining Robinson on the first team: Jared Sullinger of Ohio State (the first repeat All-American in three years), freshman Anthony Davis of Kentucky, Draymond Green of Michigan State and Doug McDermott of Creighton.

• Robinson, Davis, Green, McDermott and Sullinger also were selected to the John R. Wooden Award All-America team.
The others: Isaiah Canaan of Murray State, Jae Crowder of Marquette, Marcus Denmon of Missouri, Kevin Jones of West Virginia and Tyler Zeller of North Carolina.

All 10 members of the team have maintained at least a cumulative 2.0 grade-point average and are making progress toward graduation, two components of the award that were insisted upon by the late UCLA coach, whose name is on the award.

Read more:South Carolina hiring Kansas State coach Frank Martin - The Denver Posthttp://www.denverpost.com/colleges/ci_20262021/south-carolina-hiring-kansas-state-coach-frank-martin#ixzz1qJcspE1K

Monday 26 March 2012

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Arnold Palmer Hospitalized Due To High Blood Pressure, Misses Tiger Woods’ Win

Golf Legend Expected To Make A Full Recovery

Arnold Palmer Hospitalized Due To High Blood Pressure, Misses Tiger Woods’ WinArnold Palmer was taken to the hospital yesterday after his blood pressure rose as a side effect of his medication.
“It wasn’t anything to do with any ailments or any discomfort he felt,” Alastair Johnston,Palmer’s longtime business manager said.“The blood pressure was at a level where the doctor involved suggested that he go immediately to get more intensive evaluation at the hospital.”
While his overnight stay in the hospital was mostly for observation, it caused Palmer to miss the end of the Arnold Palmer Invitational, where Tiger Woods won for the seventh time!

Tuesday 20 March 2012

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Donald Driver a crowd pleaser on DWTS premiere


So that’s why Donald Driver doesn’t dance in the end zone.
He was saving his bumping and grinding for “Dancing with the Stars.”
Green Bay Packer wide receiver and Super Bowl champion Driver got the first prolonged ovation during the 14th season premiere of the show for his aggressive cha-cha with partner Peta Murgatroyd, in front of his wife and children who were in the audience.
But his score of 21 out of 30 was greeted with boos.
“Just 31 minutes into the season,” said host Tom Bergeron. “I think that's a record for starting an ugly mob.”
Sherri Shepherd, Gladys Knight and Jack Wagner all received a 23. The judges were generous scorers and no one will be eliminated until after next week’s routines. Dances take place during Monday’s episodes and elimination shows are Tuesdays.
Driver, who wore a Packer gold colored puffy blouse looked flexible, athletic and accomplished during a series spins, slides, kicks and changes in the routine, at one point dropping Murgatroyd and grabbing her as she fell. But instead of that familiar Driver smile his teeth were clenched in concentration. His high energy might have been his worst enemy.
Judge Bruno Tonioli called him “a diamond in the rough. You’re like a rooster chasing a hen. Your attitude is right but you have to refine it.” Judge Len Goodman warned he “started to lose control” during the dance. But judge Carrie Ann Inaba loved his charisma and charm. You kicked that cha cha booty.”
His toughest competition appears to be Roshon Fegan, who Inaba said looked like a Michael Jackson impersonator, hunky telenovela actor William Levy who received a 24, and classical singer Katherine Jenkins and Jaleel White, each of whom received a 26.

Tuesday 6 March 2012

Lenny Dykstra gets 3 years in Calif. Prison

Disgraced ex-New York Mets outfielder Lenny Dykstra on Monday was sentenced to three years in a California state prison after pleading no contest to grand theft auto and providing a false financial statement.
Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Cynthia Ulfig sentenced Dykstra after refusing to allow him to withdraw his plea and said the scam to lease high-end automobiles from dealerships by providing fraudulent information and claiming credit through a phony business showed sophistication and extensive planning.
"He obviously didn't have the money to get the vehicles," Ulfig said. "His conduct was indeed criminal."
Dykstra, 49, has had a series of recent legal troubles and the prison sentence is part of a post-career downward spiral for the stocky slugger known as "Nails" that has included a stint at a sober living facility.
In a rambling and impassioned plea for probation, Dykstra said he has tried to make amends for his past transgressions and said he would be cleared of any wrongdoing had his motion to withdraw his plea been granted.
"I'm doing everything in my power to be a better person," he said.
Dykstra, wearing a gray suit with a blue shirt, was immediately remanded to custody as he walked into the court's back room, hands in his pockets. Dykstra has earned nearly a year's worth of credit toward his sentence for time already served.
Following the hearing, defense attorney Andrew Flier said Dykstra was singled out because he's a celebrity.
"No way this wasn't a probationary case," Flier said. "To give him state prison is outrageous. I find it disgusting."
Dykstra initially pleaded not guilty to 25 counts after police arrested him and found cocaine, Ecstasy and synthetic human growth hormone at his Los Angeles home last April. He changed his plea in October to no contest and in exchange prosecutors dropped 21 counts.
Prosecutors said Dykstra and his accountant, Robert Hymers, 27, provided information at two dealerships from a man they claimed was a co-signer but who had not authorized his name to be used. The leases were not approved.
However, at another auto dealer, Dykstra, Hymers and Christopher Gavanis, 30, a friend of Dykstra's, were able to drive off with three cars by providing fraudulent information to the dealer. Hymers and Gavanis have entered no contest pleas as well and are awaiting sentencing.
"I do have remorse for some of the things I've done," he said. "But because I wasn't a perfect person am I a criminal? Everyone wants to make me out to be a monster."