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Update: Wonderful Ceremony, But They Weren't The Highlanders
Kudos to the Red Sox for taking the concept of the mega-ceremony to a new level. Whereas the Yankees closed the old Stadium in 2008 by putting a comparatively small group of all-time greats on the field at their old positions, the Olde Towne Team went the egalitarian route, and for once, bigger really was better.
The ovation for Terry Francona was terrific, and the scene of Tim Wakefield and Jason Varitek pushing the wheelchairs of the long-ago doubleplay combo of Bobby Doerr and Johnny Pesky was indelible. But to me, just as important was seeing Bobby Sprowl and Billy Rohr and Wayne Housie and Jim Landis and those other dozens of the 230 in attendance whose Red Sox tenures were more cameos than careers.
This is the essence of the difference between the franchises. The Yankees are about an elite, and a sense that only the best even matter. The Red Sox – at least until ownership went crazy last fall and cut off its nose to spite its face – have always been predicated on the idea that everybody, great or trivial, has contributed something to the heritage.
I will protest, however, on behalf of historical accuracy, the continual references right now to how the opponents in both today's game and the first ever at Fenway exactly a century ago were the New York "Highlanders." This is one of those misunderstandings of history that never seems to get straightened out. Yes, the New York American League team was colloquially known as "The Highlanders" when it was moved from Baltimore in 1903. And yes, the name "Yankees" wasn't formally adopted until 1913.
That does not mean the 1912 New York team wasn't known as the Yankees. In fact the name was in common use no later than 1907. Evidence?That is a postcard advertising the following Sunday's edition of The New York American newspaper, which was to include a full-sized version of the 1907 Yankees team picture. This was just after 1907′s opening day, five years before the christening in The Fens.
They were the Yankees. Not the Highlanders. Stop saying it.
Update: Yes, I understand that the Yankees' official history identifies the pre-1913 teams as the Highlanders and doesn't assign the "Yankee" name to the teams until after the 1912 season. But this isn't about a simplified record for people who don't really care about historical accuracy (another example: the Dodgers claim their franchise began in 1890, when in fact the 1890 team was the same one that represented the old American Association in the 1889 World Series). This is about what the fans at brand new Fenway Park, a hundred years ago today, would've called the visiting team from New York.
Second Update: As those who never question "history" continued to push back on this idea that because the team didn't officially call itself the Yankees until 1913 it wasn't the Yankees in 1912, I decided to go back to where I first heard the story of the slow evolution from "Gordon's Highlanders" (the name of a famed British army regiment of the time, which stuck because the first team president was named Joseph Gordon, and because their ballpark was at one of the highest spots in New York) to the Yanks. Frank Graham wrote his first version of The New York Yankees in 1943, when a lot of people who had seen the full 40-year history of the franchise were still alive – Graham, who became a sportswriter in 1915, included. I read the copy my father had had since childhood, either in 1967 or 1968.
The relevant passage is on Page 16:
"With 1913 coming up, there was an almost complete new deal. Jim Price, Sports Editor of the New York Press, had been calling the team the Yankees because he found the name Highlanders too long to fit his headlines; and by 1913 the new name had been generally adopted."
So the Yankees were the last people to call themselves the Yankees and as Graham wrote nearly 70 years ago, the nickname had been generally adopted before the club went through the formality – in 1913.
Some of the less in-the-know fans at Fenway at its christening might have referred to the visitors as "The Highlanders." The vast majority would've said "Yankees" – as the New York Times had after the 1912 opener in New York: "The Yankees presented a natty appearance in their new uniforms of white with black pin stripes."
More evidence? In the biographies on the back (as shown in the lower left hand corner), there are occasional references to "Highlanders." But the 1911 baseball cards refer to them – unofficial or not – as the Yankees:By the way, "Quinn" in the top row? That's Jack Quinn, whose oldest-victory mark was just broken by Jamie Moyer. These are 1911 cards. Quinn is also in the 1933 set.
In point of fact, the Yankees were the Yankees before the Red Sox were the Red Sox. Created in 1901 when the American League was founded, the Boston team was known variously as the Pilgrims, and simply "The Americans" (as opposed to "The Nationals"), the new team drew much of its talent from the successful, but eminently cheap National League team in Boston. From its earliest days in the National Association (1871) and N.L. (1876) that team had worn red stockings, and were once formally known by that name.
In 1907, the N.L. team's manager Fred Tenney became worried about the threat of blood poisoning supposedly posed by the red dye in the socks getting into spike wounds. By year's end, he had convinced owners John and George Dovey to eliminate the color from the uniforms. A block away, where the nascent A.L. team was struggling to gain a foothold in what was still a National League town, owner John I. Taylor immediately jumped on the opportunity and announced his team would don "the red socks" in 1908 – and a name was born.
The Yankees were the Yankees by 1906. The Red Sox weren't the Red Sox until 1908.
Parenthetically, the N.L. team's next nicknames – the Doves, for the Dovey Brothers, and, in 1911, the Rustlers (because Doves increasingly sounded stupid) – didn't catch on. The Doveys sold out in 1912 to a bunch of New York politicians from Tammany Hall. Since that organization had a Native American for its logo, its operatives were known as "braves" – and thus the Boston N.L. club adopted that name, and have carried it since. In fact, a week ago Wednesday was the 100th Anniversary of the first appearance of the Braves.
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Keith your next job should be some sort of historian for MLB. I love this kind of stuff
Just because "Yankees" was growing in usage doesn't mean "Highlanders" had been phased out. At least as of 1911, per the item in this eBay auction. http://www.ebay.com/itm/Photo-1911-New-York-Highlanders-Baseball-Team-/200536746858#ht_1405wt_1185
You should tell the yankees to correct their history page that states their name was changed in 1913. oh wait, didn't they fire you too?
Why does this article end suddenly? Is it just me? When I first started loving baseball, I read a book about the first century of the Yankees and it called them "The Highlanders" too. However, the first day my daughter returned home from her first experience of college, she asked, "Guess what I learned?" I couldn't wait to hear! Answer: "Never to believe anything you read." I was thrilled! Great, as usual, Keith! Nobody does a blog better!
It was just me. Sorry.
Seeing Pumpsie Green, who integrated the Red Sox in 1959 (becoming the last of the original 16 to do so) but I wonder if Gene Conley showed? He not only played for the Sox, but for the Boston Braves AND the Boston Celtics as well!
Yes, the nicknames back then were anything but permanent (and usually bestowed upon a club by the newspapers), so it's likely that they were known as both the Highlanders and Yankees in 1912. The Yankees' own website puts the official adoption of "Yankees" as April 1913, when they moved to the Polo Grounds: http://newyork.yankees.mlb.com/nyy/history/timeline1.jsp (then click on 1910s).
The Red Sox should have kept the name "the Americans." Who's going to say "I hate the Americans!"? I was reading about the first game at Fenway. The crowd was on the field at game time so new groundrules had to be made– all hits were two bases. The Boston Globe article said this gave the "Highland laddies" an advantage because most of their hits were singles (unlike Swish and Chavez) while Boston was hitting home runs into the crowd that just counted for two base-hits. The all white hats look pretty bad. Is this the first time Jeter has worn his socks up like that? At any rate, the Yankees didn't become the Yankees until Babe Ruth got there.
Can anyone pick out who's who in that 1907 picture? Is that "Wee Willie" Keeler standing on the right? "Happy Jack" Chesbro sitting on the left? Hal Chase sitting 2nd from left? Branch Rickey was also on that team, but I don't think he's in the picture. Clark Griffith might be in there too, probably one of the guys sitting at top.
Wee Willie and Pee Wee Wanninger were two of the first Yanks I studied when I went to baseball school. I just love the names. Fairy tale fun! Sweet as old timey taffy! xo
The NY team 100 years ago was the Highlanders AND the Yankees. One team, two names. Baseball Nuggets: Fenway Park Opener – 1912.
While team nicknames were oddly flexible in the pre-WWI era, with team owners and scribes often varying wildly in what they called a given team, even later periods would undergo some nickname flux. The Braves also had the brief "Bees" period back in the late '30′s. Unlike the Phillies brief "Blue Jays" experiment in the mid-40′s, it was actually official. They even referred to Braves Field as the Bee Hive during that time. But, even though it was nice and short for the headline writers (and nowadays, would be far more politically correct), "Bees" never caught on.
Probably just as well. I can't picture Hank Aaron or Dale Murphy with Bees on their uniforms.
I really enjoy all of the history too. And your encyclopedic knowledge of baseball is nothing short of amazing, Keith. The baseball cards are striking, but they sure were heavy-handed with the ink or coloring in 1911. The boys look like they're wearing lip and cheek rouge. Yikes.
LOL, Shoe. That Chase player looks more kissable than even I was on a Saturday night in my teens. Our local news crew used to really overdo the make-up, too. Some of the sportscasters looked like dime store floozies. But still loved to watch them! xo
Know what this whole thing reminds me of? Of how Saturday Night Live started out as NBC's Saturday Night, but so many people just called it "Saturday Night Live" (even though there was another program called "Saturday Night Live with Howard Cosell" on ABC that pretty much nobody watched and was nothing the same) that as soon as the Cosell show went off the air and wasn't using the "Saturday Night Live" name anymore, NBC grabbed it and formally renamed the show what everyone was calling it anyway. Not that this relates to baseball, but still. Well, aside from those "Beisbol been bery bery good to me" sketches.
Forgot to say before that the photo of you and Jake and Eve up on the masthead of your blog is so fitting and so wonderful. The maestro and his two darling pupils!
It's easy to find all sorts of articles in the NY Times from the era. I found a few articles referring only to "Yankees" in 1909 through 1911. And article in 1907 used both names.
http://spiderbites.nytimes.com/ (the label says the articles are free, but I don't know whether they're behind the paywall).
Keith I always enjoy your blogs but it appears that they were called the Highlanders in 1912 just as much as they were unofficially known as the Yankees. The official adoption of the new name in 1913 certainly demonstrates that use of 'The Yankees' had become more favorable but anyone who states that they were known as The Highlanders in 1912 is also correct.
A rose by any other name still…smells like gym socks. I think we could call these teams anything and still love them. Or still watch them for sure!
Excellent – as usual. I love this stuff. I'm a Yankees fan all my life (well six years old onward) and for 51 years have enjoyed the ride. Keith, just keep it up – please!!!
I think people get confused because what they were actually called was "New York" and EVERYTHING else was a nickname, coined by sportswriters for descriptive and creative writing reasons. Whether a sportswriter called them "Hilltoppers," "Highlanders" or "Yankees," the reader would know that he was talking about the New York Team That Played On The Hill, so he would use the names interchangeably.
And apparently the original Washington AL team didn't *officially* call themselves the Senators until the mid-1950s, after owner Clark Griffith died — before that, they were just as commonly known as the Nationals/Nats. They didn't even put the Senators nickname on their jerseys until 1959, just before the franchise was moved to Minnesota.
[Can anyone pick out who's who in that 1907 picture? Is that "Wee Willie" Keeler standing on the right? "Happy Jack" Chesbro sitting on the left? Hal Chase sitting 2nd from left? Branch Rickey was also on that team, but I don't think he's in the picture. ]
I would have sworn that was Chase, but I would have been wrong. Here's a key:
Calling them the Highlanders is technically correct. Which is the best kind of correct. Nicknames are irrelevant. If it were 1913, then fine, but that was their official name like it or not.
Blabbermouth is a hypocrite who on one hand inaccurately refers to the Yankees referring to the team in that era as the Highlanders as being a misunderstanding, and then a few paragraphs later concurs they are historically accurate. As usual he's trying to show how smart he is and instead demonstrates the opposite. Can't stand the guy, and it's no wonder he was fired, again!!
As for putting unofficial nicknames over official names in a ceremony celebrating an historical event, I agree with the Red Sox position of using the official name, given we are living in a politically correct world these days. I'm not one to stick up for the Red Sox, but they got this one right. As for trying to slight the Yankees on their handling of the closing of the old Yankee Stadium, how about pointing out how the Yankees are the role model for all of sports when it comes to recognizing their past heroes with awards, presentations, and celebrations. Their annual Old-timers Day is unlike any other. To say they slight the little guy is an insult to our intelligence.
Thank you for the auspicious writeup. It actually was once a amusement account it. Glance complex to far brought agreeable from you! However, how can we keep up a correspondence?
Keep showing that you have no idea what truth is, I just read this article and no where KO showing himself to be a hypocrite. Tom I am not a baseball fan but I am a history fan and I have seen this before, is what people in history like to call setting the record straitght, or like he calls history accuary. He saying if you would again read the article instead of assuming you know what is in it, that even though offical the has the Yankee's using this name starting in 1913, the reality is that this name was being used by the team as early as 1907 onward to 1912, KO even shows a card pre- 1913 that shows the Yankees name on it and not the HIghlander. Tom this is not what hypocricracy looks like, this is a debate that happens all the time in history Tom, the debate of weither the offical record is accurate as it seams. KO even at the bottom explains that this historical inaccuracy when it comes to games and history happen all the time. Also Tom I do not see anyting in that article that is slighting the Yankee's for how they handled the opening of Yankee staduim. Also Tom get this in your head who cares if the Yankee's recongize thier past players, is about the most stupid exuse I have every heard in saying that they should never be critized when they make mistakes like that opening cermonies, or the fact that mangement got more mad at people like KO for taking a picture of Arod being siganled which would have ended up the internet anyway than actually punishing ARod and his manger for doing the signaling the first place. I guess because Old Timmer's Day happen that means that we should just excsuse that also. Tom you are showing that you not KO are the hypocrite, because it okay for you critize KO and even disagree with him, but if KO or anyone elses disagrees with the Yankees including when Yankees really started using the name they have to be hypocrite, or critize the Yankees on anyone they have to be the bad guys.
Tom you also show that you have no idea what intergity is, first KO wanting to set the record straight and not happy with something the Yankee's did, does not make him a blabber mouth, by using that in your first word, shows that you care nothing about what KO has to say and that you never like before the article and just saw something that you liked and posted because KO again has to be the bad guy.
Also Tom KO was never fired from MSNBC and ESPN. So the fact that you want to lie about KO's work history but claim that KO is lying about something in the article shows that you not KO are the hypocrite. Tom you are showing that you have no idea what logic is. Tom you do not do final shows when you are fired. So why did KO do a last show when he was at MSNBC and ESPN if he had been fired from there, that does not make anysense. Also Tom why is MSNBC still paying him and he had to not talk about what happened there for a certain amount of time if he was fired from MSNBC, again that does not make anysense. Tom none of this happened with Current, maybe that should tell you that KO quit MSNBC, even mangement thier says that they and KO came to a mutal agreement, which means that KO's exist had been in planning for months, if Tom a professional mangement was firing someone, they would not say that they came to a mutal agreement, they would say it did not work out so we had to let him go and we wish him well and be done with it. They do not like Current put out personal attack letters and rumors that end up being not true like the driver story, where the driver admited that he never drove KO. The reason why KO left ESPN was that they could not find agreement in contract neogations aka where KO would broadcast from, he wanted New York, they wanted him to stay in Bristol. So again KO left on his own accord because they could not work out a new contract.
Sorry the only places that he been fired from he been unjustily fired from. KO wrote a true story about Mourdoch selling the Dogers and even got Murdoch premission to do the story, Murdoch decided to fire him anyway. Hyatt promised KO that he could run the news department and even lied about saying that it was only a title, because he never got on Medite case when they published a story, which like your post makes no sense. KO ends with a polite phrase aka We'll get back to you, and all of sudden Medite thinks that meant KO wanted to hire Cenk or was even doing a job interview of him, which again Current never says anything, showing that if CN was only a title, KO would not be allowed to do job interviews which means that he was doing a regualry interview with Cenk and again was just being polite at the end, that shows that even Current was planning on having KO run the department which means they broke the contract when they hired Brohem. They were also imcomptent in that unlike KO who kept his fans and everyone else up to date on his health on twitter even tweeting that he would be going on a pre-planned vacation which Current has no email and they are not shy about publishing that stuff that gets on KO's case about that, and they do not deny it when KO says that they approved it, also showing that they were putting false info about the show and guests again not denying when KO said that, and not even looking at thier own re-tweets and seeing that KO's staff was tweeting who guests where going to be when KO was out, and KO was even tweeting which hosts where going to be on when he was out. Also they need to explain why Seder was allowed to host and KO even approved that one, if KO was only allowing Shuster that duty. Showing that KO had no problem with others hosting they just needed his pre-approval which Press and Spitzer did not have. It also shows how disorganized Current is. Also Current says that they in charge of business well tenichal problems is the business side which they never fixed only complained about, which shows how irresponsible they are. Also going to Press for the whole primary story even putting out emails and letters, while KO remains silent, and even saying that lawyers are involved basically damging themselves, but KO and his manger confirm what Current is saying and that is damging. I sorry but I do not have to be a fan to know that does not make anysenes. Also why does Hyatt never deny the blackmail and threatening to fire staff, and that he says manger but, than on couter-suit says KO, also why does press always put KO or his team name on qutos but with Current says source, and Current not waiting to blab to the press while KO stays silent, along with the fact that KO was doing other interviews at the time, starting with Lettermen where he could say about salary himself which he did not, basically showing that Hyatt was the one that released the salary but hates taking responsiblity for his behavior. Also why did Hyatt get rid of the CEO that knows how to handle stars and who was getting along with KO and knew Tv industry as well as KO did, and KO was willing to go to the TCA but only did not because Hyatt did not want him to answer questions honesty which Hyatt does not deny in the couter-suit. Myabe that should say KO gets along fine with others and Hyatt is the one that cannot play well with others. Also I want CUrrent first to explain how frustrating emails and behavior is threatening also, I want them to explain if they would not act the same in pressure and stress KO was dealing with along with showing when KO ever had a glass mug. Again thier is no evidence that KO a hypocrite or that he was the person to blame for what happened. All the evidence shows that ego had zip to do and that he has no blame in what happened at Current and that Current broke the contract and unjustily fired him, just like thier is no evidence that shows that KO was being a hypocrite in this article all he was doing is arguing that the offical record is not accurate. Basically doing the same historical debate that historians do all the time when it comes to debating history, agruging if the offical records are acurate or not. You really make me love and respect KO more and show why he on to bigger and better things and that Tom has no idea what historical debate is, or what disagreeing with how acurate history or even the offical historical records in this place when teams started using different names are. Keep showing why KO is this generations Murrow. KO sorry you got unjustily fired at Current and will be pissed if you do not get the justice you so rightly deserve. Keep being yourself and you will always have a fan in me, always be perment on wall, ipod, ipad and life. Always follow and always trust and watch and listen too. Love you faults and all.
KO keep setting the record straight on this, as someone that loves history, I know that it can be frustrating when people keep getting things wrong. Cannot wait to see you on Craig Furgeson.


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Yup, and what does that tell you about those that comprise the NAACP?
That they like helping the underprivileged, or that they like helping themselves? Because Obamacare is free right? Or it's free only to the extremely poor? And everyone involved with the NAACP MUST be extremely poor... right?
That BHO couldn't find the time to address the NAACP, and that Mitt Romney went ahead and stood in front of a less then friendly venue and told the truth; tells us a lot about the mettle of both men.
That they like helping the underprivileged, or that they like helping themselves?
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PILOT MOUNTAIN — Carol Young, outreach specialist for the Office of Attorney General Roy Cooper, recently spoke to the YVEDDI Senior Enrichment Program seniors by pointing out scam artists see opportunities where the rest of society sees a shortcut to having to remember so much personal information.
"I used to ask participants in this program to take out their wallets," began Young. "If you have nothing more than a social security card and credit cards in there, you are vulnerable. Scam victims are anyone. Education and edge does not make a difference. Scams happen at home, by phone and by mail."
She said a popular opportunity for thieves in the region is when women put down their pocketbooks and "visit" allowing someone to steal personal information.
"Scams happen because it is easy for them (thieves) and very profitable," added Young. "It is often an under reported crime as well so there is less chance for them to be prosecuted." She reminded seniors anyone can commit identification theft including friends, family and co-workers. She told those who were not likely to want any new credit cards to use a security freeze to stop credit bureaus from releasing any information to new creditors without their approval.
She also suggested seniors check their credit reports every four months to be sure there are no charges on them that are not theirs. She told seniors to copy their social security card and make a copy and black out as many numbers on the copy as they can remember. She then told them to put the original card in a safe place and make a second copy of the blacked out card and shred the first copy.
Another simple safeguard, according to Young, is to not let mail accumulate in a mailbox. She told the group to pay close attention to mail deliveries especially when billing statements are due. She said any sudden gap in what is normally a routine arrival of a bill could mean a scam artist has filled out a change of address card for the mail and is having personal information sent to them. She said having the postmaster hold mail when a person is on vacation is also a good idea. She encouraged the seniors to signed up for the do-not-call registry but also cautioned them.
"Scam artists don't honor the do-not-call list," cautioned Young. "Personal information you are going to put in the trash should be shredded with a cross-cut shredder." She also had some security suggestions for those who are not comfortable paying bills online.
Young told the participants to use checks which do not have their driver's license number, date of birth or social security number on them. She also suggested making arrangements with their personal banks to receive new checks and call them when the checks arrive because a box of blank checks delivered to a mailbox is a tempting opportunity for scam artists.
She explained a common scam where a caller pretends to be a family member who asks for grandma and grandpa to send them money to get out of jail. Young recommended taking a name and number and telling the caller they will call back. Seniors should then call and verify if the family members involved are indeed in a situation where the caller said they are.
Other protective measures Young suggested included not carrying PIN numbers, even if they are disguised, and to protect passwords by using words which are at least eight characters, numbers, symbols and both upper and lower case letters. She reminded them to stay away from obvious password choices based on favorite hobbies or pets' names. She also suggested having a copy of the front and back of credit cards in a secure place so the service numbers can be quickly used to report theft.
Other common scams Young talked about were door-to-door schemes and lottery notifications. She told the group never to respond to lottery notifications and to only use local firms for services such as sealing driveways. Any checks for prize money can be verified by taking them to a local bank for examination.
"Never pay money to get money," warned Young. "Especially for a lottery you just never bothered to enter. If it is too good to be true, it's not." She told them scams also can occur in the fall for charitable funds and tax scams and are prevalent as thieves get enough personal information to file a tax return to claim the refund.
She also told the group one of the most common schemes is a "sweetheart" scam where a scam artist pretends to be in love and then fabricates an emergency which they need money to remedy. She said any request for money in an online relationship is a bad sign and told the group to never send money in answer to this request. Young told the participants who may buy or sell on Craig's List to always meet in a public place with "lots of people" and to always use cash.
Senior Enrichment Program Director Brenda Holbrook told the group fundraisers for the center had earned enough money to offset the loss of funds due to sequestration and it would be "business as usual" at the center. She also recognized Judge Spencer Key for attending the talk.
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NEWTOWN SQUARE — An injury kept Sarah Abbonizio glued to the Episcopal Academy bench for the entire 2011-12 season.
The junior guard was itching to get back and contribute on a team poised to win the Inter-Ac League championship.
Abbonizio played a key role in leading Episcopal to a convincing, 42-29 victory over perennial Inter-Ac power Germantown Academy Tuesday afternoon.
Abbonizio has been excellent in the early going. She is a perimeter shooting threat, a solid ballhandler and a steady defender, all the elements that coach Chuck Simmonds demands from his players.
Against the Patriots, Abbonizio scored five straight points early in the fourth quarter to give the Churchmen an eight-point lead at 33-25. It was the type of momentum shift EA was looking for. The Churchmen went on to outscore the Patriots, 14-4, in the final stanza.
Abbonizio finished with 12 points on 3-of-7 shooting from the field, including a pair of 3-pointers. It's the second time in five games that Abbonizio had scored in double figures.
"It's really a trust in each other that helps our confidence as a team," Abbonizio said. "From the seniors down to the freshmen, we all have confidence in each other because we know that everyone knows how to play and they can all handle the ball. Having that one, big trust in each other makes us all the more confident."
Abbonizio has worked harder than most players, hoping to reestablish herself after missing all of her sophomore campaign. Simmonds recognizes the time and effort Abbonizio has put in to improve her game.
"She's just a naturally good shooter," Simmonds said. "She's had to work hard all year coming off the injury. She's one of those kids who will work tirelessly in the weight room, and anytime she can work at it, she's working out. We're lucky to have her this year. It's good to have her back."
Staring at a five-point deficit (19-14) at halftime, the Churchmen (5-0) went into the locker room searching for answers. They shot a paltry 5-of-21 from the field and were outscored, 19-4, after jumping out to a 5-0 advantage in the opening minutes. Continued...
"At halftime we got a completely different mentality when we stepped back out on the court," senior forward Megan Quinn said. "We were ready to attack because we knew we couldn't lose this game."
Quinn, the 2012 Daily Times Player of the Year, was often left with one-on-one opportunities. She had a solid all-around game, going 6-of-12 from the field for a game-high 14 points. Quinn also registered nine rebounds, four steals and two blocked shots. For the season, Quinn is averaging 21 points per game.
Quinn and the Churchmen kept Lehigh University-bound senior Kiernan McCloskey in check. The guard-forward standout was 2-of-11 from the floor and finished with a team-high eight points.
"Defensive stops were important," Quinn said. "When they were pressing, we were getting tired and it was making it hard to push the ball. Getting those stops and forcing turnovers really (enabled EA) to run the floor and score points."
Though the season is still young, Episcopal has the upper hand in the league. They've beaten the best.
"Coming off a great win like today sets a great precedent for us moving forward," Abbonizio said.
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HARTFORD — When Kevin Ollie took over as UConn men's basketball coach, he needed to believe. First in himself, that he could step in for Jim Calhoun and establish his leadership with a short-term contract, and, second, that he would be rewarded in due time.
"That's the key word, 'belief,'" Ollie said. "An idea is something that has no legs under it. A belief is something you know is going to happen. I had a belief in Warde Manuel giving me a fair shake, a belief in my coaching staff and, first and foremost, a belief in my players that we could get it done, and defy all odds. And we're going to continue to do that, play hard and do things right."
"I didn't have a shadow of a doubt this could be accomplished."
On Saturday morning, it happened. Ollie and athletic director Warde Manuel reached agreement on a five-year extension worth roughly $7 million — more with performance bonuses. Ollie's contract, which runs through the 2017-18 season, was announced before UConn played Washington at the XL Center on Saturday night.
"It was time," Manuel said. "I'm proud to announce Kevin Ollie as our coach for what I hope will be a very, very long time. Kevin has done us proud."
Jim Calhoun retired on Sept. 13, leaving Manuel with few options. Ollie, who played at UConn in the 1990s and then for 13 years in the NBA, had been an assistant for two seasons, but had no head coaching experience. Although it could have a negative effect on recruiting — and Manuel acknowledged that "it probably hasn't helped" — he insisted on an "audition."
"I needed to see Kevin as a head coach," he said. "Kevin can coach, he can put players in the best position to succeed on the court. And I saw how he led off the court, how he led the young men in the student part of student athlete. How he encouraged them and talked to them about the importance of academics."
Once the fall semester ended and reports were in, showing that the players had done well, Manuel was ready to move. There were some tense moments in the negotiations — as late as Friday evening, there was some doubt that it would happen. But ultimately, Ollie agreed to the structure of the contract on Saturday morning.
His current contract ends April 4, then this one kicks in. For the next five seasons, he will be paid $400,000 in base salary. In 2013, he will get $800,000 for "institutional speaking engagements," and that figure will increase by $50,000 each year, and a prorated portion for Jan. 1 to April 15, 2018, totaling about $500,000 for a total of roughly $7 million. In his final season, Ollie will make $1.4 million.
In addition, Ollie can receive bonuses for conference regular season and tournament championships, advancing in the NCAA Tournament and coach of the year awards. He also will receive bonuses if the program maintains an Academic Progress Rating above the 930 required by the NCAA.
However, if the APR falls below 930, Ollie can be denied postseason bonuses, or be suspended without pay. If the figure falls below 930 for two consecutive years, Ollie can be terminated "with just cause."
UConn is ineligible for postseason play this year because of subpar APR scores in the past.
"It was important for me, given where we are," Manuel said, "to include language that says, 'This is so important to us, to where we start.' Once we get to 930 and stabilize, Kevin's contract reverts back to what every other coach has. That's the fair way to do it. I told Kevin, 'The APR is not yours alone. I feel a great deal of responsibility.' … But it's such an important part of where we are, I couldn't ignore it and I put strong language into our agreement."
Ollie said he agreed to the APR language because, "I have a belief system in our student athletes, our support staff, and the ability of my coaching staff and I to reach kids academically as well as in basketball."
Now that he is secure as head coach, Ollie and his staff can hit the recruiting trail and give potential players answers to the key questions, although UConn's uncertain conference status will continue to be a handicap.
"I'm not living in the past," Ollie said, "it's done. We may have lost some recruits to other schools, I can't control that. What I can control is right now, and we're going to go out and get some great recruits. Five years is what the paper says, but we're going to recruit like we're going to be here 20, 25 years."
In his three months as head coach, Ollie has generally made a strong impression, beginning with an upset of Michigan State at Ramstein Air Base in Germany, following a week of visits with military personnel there. This past week, Ollie brought the team to Newtown for a visit with families affected by the tragedy there. From coaches, and former coaches throughout the country, calls came to give Ollie a long-term deal.
"I feel very good about the future of the men's basketball program at UConn," Calhoun said. "I know Kevin will do a great job, as he already has."
Calhoun, 70, who led UConn for 26 years and won three national titles, gave that statement from Florida, where he is vacationing. This is the first game that he has missed, perhaps a sign that the guard has fully, finally changed.
"Kevin stepped into a tough situation," said Geno Auriemma, the UConn women's coach, before his game at Stanford, "and he has done a great job in all facets. The UConn men's basketball program is in great hands."


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Andrew Feustel, a geophysicist, NASA astronaut, Michigan native and a community college, Purdue and Queen's University graduate, was the keynote speaker at "Summer Skies at Macomb" on Friday, June 14, on South Campus. Feustel shared insights from his two trips into space: in 2009 aboard the Space Shuttle Atlantis and in 2011 on the final voyage of the Space Shuttle Endeavour. About 600 attended the free event, which marked the debut of the College's astronomical observatory, located just off the campus' Martin Road entrance. Other highlights included a planetarium show, a demonstration on space's frigid temperatures and an interactive play about the constellation Andromeda. After sunset, however, the real star(s) came out and attendees lined up to view the sky from the observatory and on other telescopes provided by the Warren Astronomical Society.
When Alan May decided to join Macomb's Beta Lambda Kappa chapter of Phi Theta Kappa, he had no idea it would connect him to a "family" that "supports you unconditionally." May studied fire science at Macomb and earned his EMT certification in the mid 90s, returning in 2010 to pursue a criminal justice degree. Both times his grade point earned him an invite to the prestigious honor society, but he didn't accept until the second time around. Now chapter president, regional vice president and 2013 recipient of its national Distinguished Officer award (shown here after receiving it in California), May credits Jenn McCabe, student activities manager, and the College in general as the inspirations behind his success. "I have had the opportunity to work alongside some of the most fantastic people," says May. "Macomb to me is a home away from home. I feel like I belong."


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Wake Up Lucid consists of cousins Ryan Baca (vocals/guitar), Ian Baca (bass) and Jamie Baca (drums). They are just about to release their first full-length album Feel It on August 7th, and we managed to get some time with them to introduce their bluesy rock sound. Check out the full album stream on Groovebug for iPad.
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Q: Which places or people inspired the songs in your music?
A: I feel like Los Angeles gives us some inspiration, but really the songs come more from the inside than the outside.
Q: What is the most fun you've ever had writing a song? Either actually writing it or the situation that inspired it?
A: That would probably be Facepaint. We were in the studio tracking this record and decided to try and write something while we were in there. We started messing around with the melody and the song just started falling into place. Within an hour we had it ready, tracked it live and that's the take on the record.
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A: We come from a really musical family so playing music was always encouraged, but almost felt more like it was just expected.
Q: Describe the moment you decided to quit your day job to pursue music as a career. Where (city at least) and when (year at least) were you?
A: Ha! We still have day jobs, I'm filling this out at work right now.
Q: What are the positives and negatives of being in a band with family members?
A: Same answer for both… There's no quitting the band.
Q: What advice could you give a young musician wanting to form a band?
A: Do it, it's a good time.
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A: Getting to play night after night and get comfortable in that setting is the best part about touring.
Q: Which do you enjoy most - performing live or recording in the studio?
A: Both are my favorite things to do. Playing live is great because you get out and connect with people you don't know and you're all on the same level for an hour or so. Recording is cool because being in the studio feels like you're in some cave where no one can see or hear you and you're just trying to create something to give to people that you hope will be of some value to them.
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A: Maybe Igor Stravinsky's The Rite of Spring", it would be cool to see classical music cause a riot.
Q: What artist would you most like to work with, dead or alive? And why?
A: I don't really think about wanting to work with artists that I look up to because they already got their whole thing dialed and working, I'd rather just have a good conversation about music with them. The short list would probably be: Neil Young, Townes VanZandt, David Bowie, BB King, Ray Charles, Keith Richards, Isaac Brock…
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