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Ashley-Cooper desperate to cash in
Adam Ashley-Cooper knows time is running out and is desperate to cash in on the NSW Waratahs' star-studded roster and finally snare a Super Rugby championship in 2014.
The veteran backline ace turned 30 this year, but the most meaningful pieces of silverware on offer - the World Cup, Bledisloe Cup and a Super Rugby trophy - still elude him.
With the Waratahs slipping out of the top six for the first time this season after last weekend's bye, Ashley-Cooper admits he's getting more and more anxious.
The eighth-placed Waratahs have a squad chockful of Wallabies, yet will be walking the finals tightrope if they lose to the Lions at Allianz Stadium on Sunday.
"I've become more and more desperate, absolutely. Not being able to contend for a Super 15 trophy," he said.
"I know my days and years are limited here and my opportunities are, so this year is certainly the only year I'll probably have a really good chance of winning a Super title.
"That's off the back of where we are at the moment and the squad that we have.
"So keeping that in mind is more than enough motivation week in, week out."
The Wallabies star says his sentiments are shared by fellow senior members of the squad and that's why the Waratahs aren't taking the 11th-placed Lions lightly despite beating the South Africans 10 times in a row.
"I could say we have been guilty of that in the past, not respecting the opposition enough and suffering from that complacency against these teams that aren't performing so well in the competition," Ashley-Cooper said.
"But the competition this year is that anyone can win on the night and just thinking about that certainly will allow us to prepare for this game a little bit better than we would have in previous years.
"We certainly have to respect the Lions this weekend. There's no room for complacency.
"We've fallen down the ladder a bit off the back of a bye. We need to push ourselves back up."
In a boost for the Waratahs, classy lock Jacques Potgieter confirmed his place on the bench on Friday after proving to coach Michael Cheika he'd fully recovered from a leg injury.
Pat McCutcheon dropped off the bench.
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Tell us: Which running back do you want Cowboys to take in the NFL Draft?
Dallas Morning News special contributor Jonathan Bales has been breaking down which running backs the Cowboys could target in the upcoming NFL Draft. Read about them below and cast your vote on which back you would like the Cowboys to draft.
After a highly-impressive sophomore season in which he totaled 1,322 rushing yards, 6.5 YPC, and 14 total touchdowns, Arkansas running back Knile Davis turned in a disappointing junior season with just 377 rushing yards, 3.4 YPC, and three total scores. The running back had only two games in which he ran for at least 4.0 YPC, leading many to question whether or not he's fully recovered from a season-ending 2011 ankle injury.
Giovani Bernard, North Carolina
UNC running back Giovani Bernard tore his ACL in 2010 in just the third practice of his college career. He rebounded in 2011 with 1,253 rushing yards and 13 touchdowns as a redshirt freshman. In 2012, Bernard displayed his versatility by rushing for 1,228 yards, catching 47 passes, and leading the ACC in punt return average.
If Franklin is available in the third round, I think it's a no-brainer for Dallas. Franklin ran in a read-zone type of offense at UCLA, but don't forget that the Cowboys are transitioning to more zone-blocking assignments in 2013. Forget the concerns that the Cowboys need a big, physical running back to "complement" DeMarco Murray. The best complement to Murray would simply be the best possible running back—someone who can carry the load in the event that Murray gets injured—and Franklin is that.
With the Cowboys transitioning to more zone blocking concepts, Michael would be a good fit in Dallas. You'd like him to be better in pass protection, but he's got the size/speed combination you covet and he could really help the 'Boys in short-yardage situations, which is vital. If Michael's off-field concerns cause him to fall, he could become an option for Dallas as soon as the third round, assuming he's on their board.
Randle's running style would actually be a good fit in Dallas, and he seems like the exact type of player that would interest the 'Boys. I'm concerned the Cowboys might view Randle as a Murray clone—and thus inflate his value—when he's really just a slowed-down version of Murray.
Ellington's running style might fit in with what the Cowboys want to do on the ground, but I have a feeling they'll be looking for a back who they consider to be more durable. They should really just be looking for the best possible all-around running back, regardless of how he "complements" DeMarco Murray. I'd consider Ellington a longshot to land in Dallas.
As mentioned, Stacy figures to go in the late rounds—the fifth or sixth, possibly. From a pure statistical standpoint, however, there isn't that much that separates him from a player like Doug Martin. I think he'll be value for any team that picks him after the second round.
I fear that the Cowboys will target Bell because he's a "durable" runner. As I've explained in the past, injuries are a low-frequency event that are really susceptible to randomness. That means using past injuries to predict future ones is really, really difficult. In targeting a player who is labeled as "durable," there's a good chance that teams are emphasizing a trait that doesn't actually exist.
Taylor has the well-rounded game of a player who could spell DeMarco Murray, and he's also a fit for the Cowboys' zone-blocking concepts. Still, there's no reason to select a player who probably doesn't have the ceiling to ever be a starter when there's enough depth at the running back position to grab a player who could be a home run.
Marcus Lattimore, South Carolina
Lattimore would be a good backup to DeMarco Murray, once he gets onto the field, because he can do a little bit of everything. Once healthy, Lattimore will be very capable of handling the load in the event of another Murray injury. There appears to be at least moderate interest from the Cowboys, too, so Lattimore certainly isn't out of the question.
If Ford can't catch passes, the Cowboys might not even consider him. That's something the team has likely already determined, and it will affect Ford's draft stock in a big way. Otherwise, Ford is a fast, bulky running back who doesn't have a lot of "wear and tear." If the Cowboys miss out on a running back in the middle rounds, Ford could very well be an option later in the draft.

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5 takeaways from the Denver debate
DENVER — One presidential debate is now in the books; two are left to go.
The conventional wisdom about Denver will hold this morning. Mitt Romney was the victor over President Barack Obama in the first of three debates marking the last month of the 2012 campaign.
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The debate was relatively sleepy, and there were no fireworks or big "moments" to speak of, but Romney scored on points against a barely-there incumbent.
( Also on POLITICO: Romney's 5 best debate lines)
It isn't clear the Denver debate will be the "game-changer" that some of Romney's supporters predicted in its immediate aftermath, but Obama adviser David Axelrod set the expectations in the spin room when he indicated he expects the Republican will get a bounce off his performance.
What Romney definitely did was earn himself a second look from the slim pool of undecided and persuadable voters still considering their options, and give himself a tighter messaging framework to use, if he is able to, before the next debate in New York two weeks from now.
Below, POLITICO's five takeaways:
1. The Newt-slayer is back.
The Romney on stage Wednesday night bore a much closer resemblance to the one who ground up Newt Gingrich in the Florida GOP primary debate when his campaign depended on it.
Romney was aggressive, knew his points, and pushed back whenever there was an opportunity. He more than passed the test of being able to stand on the same platform as the president of the United States.
( Also on POLITICO: Mitt Romney wins a reprieve)
Romney didn't make any sweeping new vision statements. But he was sharp and able to rattle off statistics with ease. He stayed focused on the president and, unlike Obama, seemed mindful of the camera being on him even when it wasn't his turn to speak. His response on Obama's health-care plan was about the way it was enacted, as opposed to a muddled explanation of his own health plan as governor of Massachusetts. And he did not let Obama score a point off him without firing back.
Romney wasn't perfect — a quip about Big Bird that landed like a lead feather, and he had a tendency to get a bit bogged down in the weeds of tax plans and statistics during the debate's key first half hour, possibly because he was a bit overprepared.
( PHOTOS: Scenes from Denver debate)
There were no knockout punches either, but a thousand cuts that made Obama bleed.
2. Obama has a lot of work do.
Post-debate, the president's campaign was spinning valiantly in the media filing center. But there was no mistake among Democratic operatives here and in other states that Obama blew it.
It was one of the weakest performances ever turned in by a man known for his oratorical skill in speeches, and well enough (if less consistently solidly) in debates. Obama looked like he just wasn't enjoying himself. He gave halting answers, and seemed exhausted and irritable at times. He nodded frequently when Romney talked, dismissively saying "okay" while the former governor was midway through a response at one point.
( Also on POLITICO: Not debatable: Obama stumbled)
The president came alive a bit at the end, using his line about Romney as "extreme," but it was rather late, and by then impressions had formed.
Obama and his campaign team may actually feel otherwise, but for 90 minutes, Obama's body language and approach also signaled that he doesn't consider beating Romney a huge challenge. The president seemed to be playing things safe. If so, that's a problem because the race remains close and there is a month — and two debates — left.


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Nathan George is a little overdressed to be attending a basketball game, but the state representative was just so glad to be back home in Yell County, he didn't even bother to go home and change first before he came to the game in Dardanelle last Friday night.
George had just finished a television interview in Conway at Arkansas Educational Television Network (AETN), and he was dressed in his Sunday best.
It had been quite a learning experience for the freshman state legislator, who arrives at work at the state capital in Little Rock at 7 a.m. to begin studying for the bills that will cross his desk in committee as well as in the General Assembly.
He has already found some success as a bill he sponsored made it through both houses without a single nay vote.
The bill states that if a college student should be called into active military duty while still enrolled in college, the student will have three options when he returns - get his money back for the semester; be given up to a year to complete the work missed; or get a free semester.
"There was not a single dissenting vote, and I'm real proud of that," George said. "We owe it to the men and women of our military to help as much as we can."
George has spent a lot of time on higher education even though he is on the agriculture and transportation committees.
"I've spent a lot of time on higher education, more than I planned to," George, a Democrat, said. "We need to expand our core curriculum and its not fair to students who work hard to lose credit hours when they transfer.
"I've got another non-partisan bill that I'm sponsoring with (Republican) Sharon Trusty that will require universities in Arkansas to accept transfers from other public accredited institutions.
In fact, we just had it amended today to where it would include private colleges in the state as well. It's just not right for the students to lose those hours because they are transferring.
"There has been some opposition to that bill," he continued. "Some of the colleges don't like it, but we need it.
"We need higher college graduation rates. The more college graduates we have, the better it will be for the state."


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Despite performing consistently well week after week and all season long, recognition as the American League's Player of the Month had eluded Magglio Ordonez. Until now.
Ordonez, hitting above .350 and seeking a batting title, was named the Player of the Month after batting .393 with 10 home runs and 31 RBIs during August.
This was really nothing new for the Tigers' right fielder. Ordonez batted .344 with 26 RBIs in April, hit .346 with 23 RBIS in May, batted .421 with 19 RBIs in June and hit .278 with 20 RBIs in July.
"It could have been any of those times, but there's a lot of ballplayers in this league, so it's hard to single one guy out," Ordonez's teammate, Ryan Raburn, told MLB.com. "He's had a great year for us and he's been our go-to-guy."
Manager Jim Leyland says there is no doubt in his mind that Ordonez deserves such an honor.
"He's just had one of those years from top to bottom so far," said Leyland. "He's been solid throughout the whole season. He's had a tremendous, tremendous year and continues to have it. He deserves anything he gets along those lines in terms of individual awards. I'm all for that stuff."
Ex-No. 1 pick Bullington gets call: Pittsburgh Pirates pitcher Bryan Bullington, who has not pitched in the Major Leagues since having his right shoulder operated on in October 2005, has been recalled by the Pirates and is expected to start on Wednesday against St. Louis.
While in Louisville, Ky., with his family, Bullington learned of the promotion.
"We're on our way, and I can't tell you how much I'm looking forward to it," Bullington told the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. "You kind of take it all into perspective, everything you've been through and ... I couldn't ask for anything more than this opportunity."
The first overall pick in the 2002 Draft, Bullington made just one relief appearance in the Majors in September of 2005 before having to shut down to have a torn labrum worked on.
Now, he says, he's ready to go.
"The best part is that I feel so healthy and strong right now," he said. "The day after I start and throw 100 pitches, I can long-toss at 150 feet. That's something I haven't experienced in a while."
Martinez gets 3,000th K: Needing one out to qualify for a win Monday, Pedro Martinez was not about to come out of his New York Mets debut Monday after reaching his 75-pitch limit. With the go-ahead runs on base and left-hander Adam Dunn at the plate, manager Willie Randolph kept Martinez in the game.
Dunn made things easy for Martinez, swinging at the first pitch and grounding out to second. Martinez pumped his fist when Luis Castillo threw Dunn out at first base, leaving Martinez in line to get the win as the Mets went on to defeat the Reds 10-4.
"I didn't even look at Willie because I wanted to get that last batter," Martinez told Newsday after winning his first start since last Sept. 27. "At least three more pitches. I knew we had a lefty warming up, a lefty coming up to hit, big lefty, close game. I wanted to get it done early because I knew Willie had the hook."
Martinez allowed three runs, though only two were earned, and five hits to earn the win, his first since Aug. 9 of last year. He walked three batters and struck out four. In the second inning, he became the 15th pitcher to reach 3,000 career strikeouts when he struck out Aaron Harang.
"He's amazing," Randolph said. "Pedro was superb and hopefully that's a nice little springboard to the rest of the season for him helping us out."
Chicago's Thome's kind of town: For Jim Thome, it's been a long time coming. Sitting on 495 career home runs -- 23 of which have come this season -- Thome would like a chance to get to his 500th career home run next week in Chicago.
"The thing that would be neat about Chicago is Ernie Banks did it there and my dad (Chuck) was a big Ernie Banks fan," Thome told the Chicago Tribune . "It would be neat to do it at home because of growing up in the state of Illinois. It would be special, special for our fans because they deserve that."
When he does hit number 500, he will become the 23rd player in Major League history to reach that plateau.
"I really am trying not to get caught up in the whole thing," he said. "It's a difficult thing because it gets talked about every day and it's very common for the player to want to go out and do it, but you have to be under control. When it will happen, it will happen.
"You can't look into the crystal ball and say, 'If I go into this series, I might have a chance to hit three or four or five. It doesn't work that way. That's why it's the toughest thing there is to do, hit a home run. I'm a believer in that. A home run is a mistake and things have to be perfect.
Blalock puts a hurt on with bat: While on the disabled list for nearly three months recovering from shoulder surgery, Hank Blalock still can't play the field for the Texas Rangers due to lack of arm strength. However, he has proven he can still swing the bat.
Blalock hit a grand slam Sunday night against the Angels in only his fourth at-bat since returning from the disabled list. Blalock came straight off the disabled list and into the lineup, forgoing any rehab assignment.
In both his first and second at-bats, he saw six pitches before being retired. He then singled in his third at-bat to collect his first hit since mid-May. Then with two strikes in the eighth inning, Blalock fouled off two pitches before hitting a shot over the fence off Scot Shields, who Blalock was only 3-for-23 against lifetime.
"When I got out there, I felt off and when your timing is off, you are better off taking a few pitches rather than put bad swings on bad pitches," Blalock told the Dallas Morning News. "My first at-bat, I've never felt that way. ... But I think seeing a lot of pitches helped me."
Maddux conquers the dry Arizona air: Finally, Greg Maddux can claim to have a win in Arizona. Maddux, who has 343 career wins, was winless in 17 career starts in Phoenix before finally earning a victory Monday night as the San Diego Padres defeated the Arizona Diamondbacks 10-2.
Maddux worked 6 1/3 innings, allowing two runs. After the game, he was able to joke about finally winning in the desert.
"Nothing weird happened," he told the San Diego Union Tribune. "The good pitches I made, I got outs with them. The mistakes I made, they hit at people. The hits they got, they earned. No flares. No bad hops. No balls on the line."
Maddux has said in the past that the baseballs can be slicker, and thus harder to grip, because of the dry air in Phoenix. However, he felt he was able to get a good grip on most of the balls Monday.
"Maybe it was because the guy who rubbed 'em down (with mud) did a great job," he joked.
Mussina finally see some zeroes: With Roger Clemens to miss at least one start with a sore right elbow, Mike Mussina will likely return to the starting rotation for the New York Yankees. Mussina was lifted from the rotation after struggling in three straight starts.
However, in his last appearance, his first out of the bullpen during the regular season in his 17-year career, Mussina said he felt better on the mound after 3 2/3 innings of work.
"I felt a little better, I guess," Mussina told Newsday. "I knew where the ball was going, for the most part, but there's still more work to do."
Said manager Joe Torre said of Mussina: "I thought he was fine. It looked like his velocity was good, and his curveball was a little bit sharper. He made pitches today."
Mussina showed better command of his pitches and threw 43 of his 62 pitches for strikes. v "I actually got some zeroes some innings," Mussina said, "which hasn't happened in a couple weeks."
Flores shines with Nationals: The Nationals raised some eyebrows when they selected Jesus Flores, a catcher in the Mets' system who played the 2006 season at Single-A, in the Rule 5 draft this summer. A Rule 5 selection has to play the entire season in the Majors or be offered back to his original club. Would the Nationals keep Flores for the entire season? Indeed they have.
And the youngster has flashed glimpses of the potential Washington witnessed, including Tuesday night when he drove home the winning run with two outs in the bottom of the ninth inning, lifting the Nationals to a 4-3 win over the Marlins.
"We trust the kid," manager Manny Acta told the Washington Post. "He's got some huge hits for us. Why not keep him out there?"
The Nationals originally planned to have Flores return to the Minors next season to continue his development, especially with starting catcher Brian Schneider having two more seasons on his contract. But Flores' impressive play this season may alter that approach.
"I consider Brian Schneider the best game-caller in baseball," general manager Jim Bowden said. "To develop the young pitchers we have this year could not have happened had Brian Schneider not been the catcher. ... But as far as Jesus, does he have the ability to compete and win the job at some point? Yeah, he does."
Penny thrives with extra day's rest: With the acquisition of pitcher Esteban Loaiza, the Dodgers were able to give Brad Penny an extra day of rest. The results were impressive, as Penny pitched seven innings and was still throwing 95 mph in the last frame. He led the Dodgers to a 6-2 win over the Cubs Tuesday in Wrigley Field.
"We've got some added depth to our starting set that shoulders some of that load that those guys have had to take for the last four to six weeks," pitching coach Rick Honeycutt told the Los Angeles Times. "This is the first day Brad's had an extra day to pitch on in I don't remember."
Penny upped his record to 15-4 for the season. He allowed just one earned run, thanks to inducing four double play balls.
"He's been able to minimize the damage," manager Grady Little said. "That's why he's won 15 games."
Anderson nears RBI record: The Angels faced southpaw Lenny DiNardo Tuesday night and put eight righty batters in their lineup. Garret Anderson, the lone lefty swinger, broke a 2-2 tie with a two-run homer to lift the Angels to a 4-3 win over the A's.
"When Garret is on, he attacks left-handers, and right now, he's the Garret that we've seen before, who hits any left-handed pitcher," manager Mike Scioscia told the Los Angeles Times. "The biggest thing we're seeing with Garret is health. That's stoking his confidence."
Anderson has an RBI in nine consecutive games, one short of a team record. He also has 26 RBIs in the past 14 games, thanks in part to eight home runs in that stretch.
"G.A. has been unbelievable," winning pitcher Jered Weaver said. "He's been battling injuries, but when he's healthy, he's the real deal. He's been a real spark to the lineup."
Injuries have slowed Anderson the last few seasons. A hip flexor kept him on the disabled list for over a month earlier this year. But he's feeling healthy enough now that he stole a base in the eighth inning Tuesday.
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ROYAL OAK, Mich. - At the Emagine Theatre in downtown Royal Oak there was a yellow carpet rolled out Tuesday night for the movie premiere of "Oz the Great and Powerful." It is a taste of Hollywood in Michigan.
It's a movie that's among two dozen filmed in the state a few years ago. The production took shape just up the road from the Royal Oak theatre.
"I do think, and we felt like Pontiac, like Detroit, opened us into their homes and hearts, and it was pleasurable, " said Grant Curtis, film producer.
Much of the Disney movie was shot inside a state-of-the-art studio in Pontiac, which now sits idle. It's a reflection of the state's cutback on a generous tax incentive. Michigan's film industry has withered, but it hasn't disappeared.
"And today you got 15,000 people, Michiganders, who are working directly in this business every day. About $500 million in wages. About 5,000 direct jobs in production," said Chris Dodd, of the Motion Picture Association of America.
The state Senate Majority Leader Randy Richardville, an advocate of the film tax credit program, is working to get things back the way they were.
"My job is to convince the governor and also the legislature that this is continually a better return on investment for tax payers," Richardville said.
That could be tough because it doesn't appear Gov. Rick Snyder is a fan of the program which many say doesn't benefit the state.
However, the push is on for more Michigan films, and just for one night the Yellow Brick Road leads here.
"Without a doubt. Had a wonderful experience. We'd come back in a heartbeat," said Grant.
The movie opens to the public on Friday.
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Greg Bryant and Marcus Davis were beginning grade school when they first teamed
up in the backfield.
A decade later, Davis is still handing the ball off to Bryant as part of
arguably the most star-studded offensive backfield in all of high school
Delray Beach (Fla.) American Heritage won a Class 3A state title and finished
74th in the RivalsHigh 100 national rankings last year with a backfield that
featured Davis at quarterback, Bryant at tailback and Tyler Provo at fullback.
Since then, Bryant has committed to Oklahoma, Provo has committed to Syracuse
and Davis has received offers from several major-conference programs.
Before heading to college, they'll try to cap their high school careers by
helping American Heritage win its fourth state title in six years.
Position: Running Back
Height/Weight: 5-foot-11
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Rating: Four stars (No.
College: Oklahoma
Notable: Bryant rushed for 2,180 yards and 25 touchdowns on
224 carries last fall to help American Heritage win a Class 3A state title.
He carried the ball 39 times for 243 yards and three touchdowns in a 30-3
state championship victory over Madison County.
Quotable: "He's just an excellent back with great vision,
quick feet (and) good overall speed. He's not a burner, but he's got good
top-end speed. He's a guy who runs as hard in the fourth quarter as he does
in the first quarter. He wins ballgames for you because he wears down the
other team. He may only get four yards and a cloud of dust for the first 10
or 15 carries, but eventually he's going to break that big one that breaks
your back and puts points on the board."
- Rivals.com Florida Recruiting
Analyst Chris Nee
Height/Weight: 5-foot-11
/ 170
Rating: Three stars (No. 56 ATH)
College: Undecided
Notable: Although he quarterbacked American Heritage to a
state title last fall, Davis is expected to play wide receiver or defensive
back in college. He has received offers from Boise State, Boston College,
Bowling Green, Cincinnati, Duke, Florida Atlantic, Florida International,
Georgia State, Illinois, Marshall, Memphis, Mississippi State, Temple,
Quotable: "I think he's probably a better defensive
back, but he can play on either side of the ball. He's a really good
athlete. He's a quick kid with nice length to him. He's not the tallest, but
he's got nice long arms and good hands. He's a guy who can get down the
field, whether it's flipping his hips and running with a receiver or forcing
a DB to flip his hips and run with him. He's a guy who can do a lot of
different things in a lot of different ways. The reason I think he could be
such a good DB is because he does have those quick feet and quick hips. He's
going to have to make a transition and figure out the position that's right
for him wherever he ends up going to school. But he has so much athletic
ability, I think it will be a relatively easy transition for him."
- Rivals.com Florida Recruiting
Analyst Chris Nee
Fullback/Tight End
/ 235
Rating: Three stars (No. 2 FB)
College: Syracuse
Notable: Provo alternates between fullback, tight end and
H-back for American Heritage, but he expects to play tight end at Syracuse.
He's the younger brother of Nick Provo, a first-team all-Big East tight end
for Syracuse last fall.
Quotable: "Some people want to call him a tight end,
but he's not really built like a tight end. He's built more like a fullback.
He's a guy who can go down the field and do something in the passing game
and be a candidate to receive the ball out of the backfield, but what he
does for American Heritage that makes him so important for them, and why I
think Syracuse values him so high, is that he's a devastating blocker."
- Rivals.com Florida Recruiting
Analyst Chris Nee
"It's really hard to stop us," Davis said.
Last year, nobody did.
American Heritage's only loss in 2011 was an early-season 41-34 overtime
showdown with Class 5A power Belle Glade Glades Central, which finished 52nd in
the RivalsHigh national rankings. Bryant rushed for 202 yards.
Bryant went on to run for 2,180 yards and 35 touchdowns last season while
leading American Heritage to a state title. He carried the ball 39 times for 243
yards and three touchdowns in a 30-3 state championship victory over Madison
"I just remember after the game, how good it felt," Bryant said. "I don't
remember the plays, but I knew how good it felt.''
That dominant individual effort from Bryant didn't surprise Davis.
He's been seeing those kinds of performances from the time they started playing
Davis said he was six or seven years old when he started playing alongside
Bryant on a Pee Wee football team coached by Bryant's father, who now works as a
defensive line coach at American Heritage. Even then, Davis was at quarterback
and Bryant at running back.
They continued playing together for much of their childhood, and that background
helped them develop a winning formula in high school.
"We just have a vibe on the field," Bryant said.
They reunited as high school sophomores when Davis transferred from Boynton
Beach (Fla.) High to join Bryant, who already had played on a state championship
team his freshman year at American Heritage.
Big name
American Heritage runs an offense that makes the most of Bryant's talents, as
evidenced by his 39 carries in the state championship. Rated as the No. 4
running back and the No. 28 overall player in the 2013 class, Bryant committed
to Oklahoma after receiving offers from Alabama, Florida, Florida State,
Georgia, LSU, Notre Dame, Ohio State, USC and Penn State.
"He's just a very explosive, powerful, strong and fast kid," American Heritage
coach Doug Socha said. "He's a freak of nature. I've seen him drag defenders
three or four yards. I've seen him make people miss. And I've seen him outrun
people. He's got the combination of everything -- speed, strength, size, power."
Bryant's the only guy in this backfield working at the same position he'll play
in college.
Secret weapon
Provo is a jack-of-all-trades who lines up at fullback, H-back and tight end for
American Heritage, but he estimates that he's in the backfield for about 75
percent of his team's snaps. He's looking forward to playing tight end for
Syracuse in 2013.
He's hoping Syracuse uses him the same way it utilized his older brother,
Nick Provo, who earned first-team all-Big East honors and caught 51 passes for 537
yards and seven touchdowns last season.
"He was a great weapon at Syracuse," Provo said. "That's kind of what I want to
be. I don't want to play straight fullback in college."
Provo hasn't been able to get the ball in his hands nearly that often at
American Heritage. Socha said Provo had about 12 catches and four carries last
year, though the Stallions will attempt to get the ball in his hands more often
this fall. When Provo lines up in the backfield, he generally serves as a
blocking back for Bryant.
But that hasn't stopped him from catching the attention of recruits.
Provo is a three-star prospect rated by Rivals.com as the No. 2 fullback in the
2013 class, even though he plans to play tight end at Syracuse. He has received
offers from Boston College, Louisville, UCF and Florida International as well as
Switching spots
As we head into the summer, we've decided to look ahead to the 2012 fall
football season by rating which high schools have the best prospects at each
position unit. Here is the series schedule:
Wednesday: Offensive Backfields (QB/RB)
Thursday: Pass-Catch Duo (QB to Ind. WR)
Friday: Receiving Corps (Entire Group)
Saturday: Offensive Line
Sunday: Defensive Line
Monday: Linebackers
Tuesday: Secondary
Davis also will be witching positions in college, though he isn't sure whether
he will be playing offense and defense. Davis has played quarterback most of his
life because his coaches wanted to utilize his athleticism at that spot, but
most colleges believe he's best suited elsewhere at the next level.
They just can't agree exactly where he fits best. Some schools are recruiting
this three-star all-purpose athlete as a wide receiver. Others like him as a
defensive back.
"It's like 50-50 right now," Davis said.
Davis' offer list includes Boise State, Boston College, Cincinnati, Duke,
Illinois, Mississippi State, Vanderbilt, Wake Forest and West Virginia among
He still has plenty of time to decide what position he wants to play in college.
Until then, he's intent on helping American Heritage try to win one more state
title. Davis should have an expanded role in American Heritage's rushing attack
his fall.
"Marcus Davis rushed for 271 yards (last year), and in the past we've had
quarterbacks rush for well over 1,000," Socha said. "Part of that was he was a
little dinged up and (we) didn't want to run him as much. He's ready to go now.
We want to get it back to where we have a dual-threat quarterback with 1,000
(rushing yards) and 1,000 (passing yards).''
Even with such a star-studded backfield, American Heritage faces a tough
challenge this fall. The Stallions have a demanding schedule that includes at
least three games with teams that finished last season in the RivalsHigh
national rankings: No. 3 Seffner Armwood, No. 52 Glades Central and No. 83 West
Monroe (La.). American Heritage also is attempting to work out a game with No.
62 Palm Beach Gardens William T. Dwyer. Other opponents include Cocoa (a Class
4A state semifinalist last year) and Class 7A program Delray Beach Atlantic.
Replacing recruits
American Heritage also must replace five FBS recruits from last year's team:
offensive tackle Arthur Crouse (Florida Atlantic), tight end Blake Davis (UCF),
running back Jeremy Gaskins (Florida Atlantic), offensive tackle Kelly Parfitt
(UCF) and wide receiver Cameron Posey (Purdue). American Heritage does return
three-star offensive tackle Roderick Johnson, who has verbally committed to
"We've got some younger guys in there, and they know the role they've got to
fill," Socha said. "They're working really hard in the weight room. It's going
to be tough -- very tough."
All those graduation losses could prevent the Stallions from dominating
opponents at the line of scrimmage quite as thoroughly as they did last season,
and that will put more pressure on American Heritage to make the most of its
star power in the backfield.
Runners-up (in alphabetical order)
Bradenton (Fla.) Manatee: QB Cord Sandberg (four-star prospect, 5.8 rating, No.
10 dual-threat quarterback), RB Anthony Lauro (three-star prospect, 5.5 rating)
Cape Coral (Fla.) Island Coast: QB Kurt Benkert (three-star prospect, 5.5
rating), RB T.J. Johnson (three-star prospect, 5.6 rating, No. 14 all-purpose
Fort Lauderdale (Fla.) St. Thomas Aquinas: QB John O'Korn (three-star prospect,
5.6 rating), RB Fred Coppet (three-star prospect, 5.6 rating), RB Mardre London
(2014 prospect in Rivals.com database, though he doesn't have any reported
offers), RB Marquis Magwood (2013 prospect in database, though he doesn't have
any reported offers)
Kingsland (Ga.) Camden County: QB Brice Ramsey (four-star prospect, 5.8 rating,
No. 9 pro-style quarterback, No. 163 overall recruit, committed to Georgia), ATH
J.J. Green (high school running back who could play either offense or defense in
college, three-star prospect, 5.6 rating, committed to Georgia), RB Commie Spead
(listed in Rivals.com database, though he doesn't have a rating or any reported
Marietta (Ga.) Walton: QB Parker McLeod (three-star prospect, 5.6 rating, No. 29
pro-style quarterback), RB Tyren Jones (four-star prospect, 5.8 rating, No. 1
all-purpose back, No. 146 overall recruit, has made a soft verbal commitment to
Alabama), QB Price Wilson (2014 prospect with an offer from FCS program Eastern
Memphis (Tenn.) Whitehaven: QB Patrick Smith (two-star prospect, 5.4 rating), RB
Mark Dodson Jr. (four-star prospect, 5.8 rating, No. 4 all-purpose back, No. 218
overall recruit, committed to Ole Miss)
Orlando (Fla.) Boone: QB Alton Meeks (three-star prospect, 5.5 rating, has made
a soft verbal commitment to Cincinnati), RB A.J. Turman (four-star prospect, 5.8
rating, No. 18 running back, No. 206 overall recruit)
Sherman Oaks (Calif.) Notre Dame: QB Kelly Hilinski (three-star prospect, 5.5
rating), RB Khalfani Muhammad (four-star prospect, 5.8 rating, No. 14 running
back, No. 180 overall recruit)
Statesville (N.C.): QB Carlis Parker (three-star prospect, 5.7 rating, No. 17
dual-threat quarterback, committed to Virginia Tech), RB Tristan Mumford
(three-star prospect, 5.5 rating, No. 5 fullback, committed to East Carolina)
Stockton (Calif.) Lincoln: QB Zack Greenlee (three-star prospect, 5.6 rating),
Justin Davis (four-star prospect, 6.0 rating, No. 5 running back, No. 41 overall
recruit, committed to USC), RB James Davis (listed in Rivals.com database,
though he doesn't have a rating or any reported offers)
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The LA Galaxy announced on Wednesday morning that they have signed Swedish International Christian "Chippen" Wilhelmsson.
Wilhelmsson has been training with the club since last Friday, a fact that was first reported on the Insider and went 58 minutes during Tuesday's Reserve League 2-0 defeat to the San Jose Earthquakes. Wilhelmsson will officially be added to the Galaxy roster pending the receipt of his P-1 visa and International Transfer Certificate (ITC).
A winger, Wilhelmsson joins the Galaxy after a lengthy career in Europe that included stops in Sweden (Mjallby), Norway (Staebek), Belgium (Anderlecht), France (Nantes), Italy (Roma), England (Bolton Wanderers), Spain (Deportivo la Coruna), Saudi Arabia (Al-Hilal) and Qatar (Al-Ahli). He has also made a total of 78 appearances for the Swedish national team, scoring nine goals while participating in the 2006 World Cup as well as the 2004, 2008 and 2012 European Championships.
Wilhelmsson will wear the number 9 for the Galaxy. He'll be available to the media for the first time following Thursday's training session.


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ESA will offer LIRR direct access to Manhattan's Grand Central Terminal, at present home exclusively to trains operated by LIRR sister entity Metro-North Railroad. LIRR's main terminus at present is Pennsylvania Station, on Manhattan's West Side, where many riders transfer to subways or buses to backtrack to East Side job locations.
The report, issued by the Regional Plan Association (RPA), says home values will increase by an average of $7,300 for nearly 600,000 households in Queens and suburban Long Island as a result of ESA. The RPA study, "Rail Rewards: How LIRR's Grand Central Connection Will Boost Home Values," says cumulative home values will rise by $4.7 billion.
"East Side Access will provide the economy of Long Island with a much-needed boost," said Juliette Michaelson, RPA's vice president for strategic initiatives and the lead author of the study. "When commutes are shorter, people have more time to do other things, and they will pay for the convenience."
"Good public transit increases housing values," said RPA President Robert D. Yaro. "We have seen time and time again in metropolitan areas across the U.S. that when commuter-rail service is added or improved, home prices near stations rise."
The change may come even before ESA is completed, the report says, noting, "Much of the value of East Side Access will be apparent the day the service begins, particularly for the thousands of LIRR commuters who will have a quicker and easier time getting work. Homeowners may see the value of the homes start to increase even earlier. In New Jersey, values in many places began to rise in anticipation of Midtown Direct," which established direct rail access to Manhattan's Penn Station from north central New Jersey points in June 1996.
RPA said that, over time, the economic benefits of East Side Access could be even larger. Improved connections at Grand Central, additional transit investments on Long Island, and development around station areas on Long Island, such as Transit Oriented Development (TOD), would spur job growth and enhance home values further.
The full report is available online on RPA's website.


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Working odd shifts can hurt parent-child relationshipsDecember 4, 2013 by Matt Shipman in Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Research from North Carolina State University shows that working a job that doesn't keep 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. hours can hurt the relationships between parents and adolescents, increasing the likelihood that children will engage in delinquent behaviors. However, the researchers found that in some circumstances, an unconventional work schedule can be a benefit for children.
To determine the impact of "nonstandard" work schedules on child-parent relationships and delinquency, the researchers looked at nationally representative data from 1,986 adolescents aged 10-17. The data included information about parent work schedules, self-reporting from the children on their relationships with their parents and self-reporting from the children on delinquent behaviors. These behaviors included acts such as vandalism, hurting others badly, theft and skipping school. Nonstandard work schedules are anything outside the conventional "9 to 5" framework, such as night or evening shifts.
The researchers evaluated two-parent households where both parents worked standard, 9 to 5 jobs; households where one parent worked a standard schedule and one worked a nonstandard schedule; and households where both parents worked nonstandard schedules. The researchers also looked at single-mother households where the mothers worked a standard schedule, and where the mothers worked a nonstandard schedule.
"One thing we found is that 'tag-team' parenting, where one parents works a nonstandard schedule, can result in stronger family relationships," says Josh Hendrix, a Ph.D. sociology student at NC State and lead author of a paper on the research. "Specifically, in households where the father works 9 to 5 and the mother works a nonstandard schedule, adolescents reported higher levels of closeness to their parents than households where parents both worked standard schedules. They also reported lower levels of delinquent behavior. There was no advantage when the father worked a nonstandard schedule and the mother worked 9 to 5."
However, children in two-parent households where both parents work nonstandard schedules reported weaker bonds with their parents, compared to children in households where both parents work standard schedules. While other research shows that these weakened parent-child bonds put children at greater risk of delinquency, the children in two-parent households where both parents work nonstandard schedules in this study did not report higher levels of delinquent behavior. However, children of single mothers who work nonstandard schedules did report both higher levels of delinquent behavior and weaker child-parent bonds.
"Nonstandard work is becoming increasingly prevalent in our society, so many people will end up working in these types of jobs. We are not blaming single mothers or telling people not to work a nonstandard job if that is what's available," Hendrix says.
"What we want to highlight is the need for social institutions to be in synch with each other," says Dr. Toby Parcel, a professor of sociology at NC State and senior author of the paper. "Research indicates that approximately one in five workers works a nonstandard schedule and we need support systems – such as after-school programs – to accommodate the needs of those families. That's just one example. What about households with parents who work swing shifts or night shifts? Addressing their needs is an important challenge we must face."
More information:
The paper, "Parental Nonstandard Work, Family Processes, and Delinquency During Adolescence," is published online in the Journal of Family Issues. DOI: 10.1177/0192513X13510299
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Engineer vs. Hacker Quandary
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Most hackers could eventually become engineers if they chose to do so, but the reverse - training engineers to become hackers - is next to impossible. Is this true?
MADISON, Wis. — There's a popular theory that most hackers could eventually become engineers if they chose to do so, but the reverse -- training engineers to become hackers -- is next to impossible.
Is this true?
Before answering that question, let's examine how exactly hackers are different from engineers. That question (which you might say has already been asked and answered) hit me while talking to Richard Soja, distinguished member of the technical staff at Freescale Semiconductor.
Soja and I were discussing issues concerning cars. I was asking him how the best automotive chip suppliers like Freescale can get a few steps ahead of hackers to identify potential security holes.
Soja quipped: "To protect against attacks, you need to think like attackers."
Obviously. But Soja seems to believe that asking engineers to think like hackers is easier said than done. He explained:
Engineers, by nature, are good at creating positive things and coming up with new ideas. But the idea of destroying their beautiful, brand-new ideas doesn't come naturally to engineers.
Among engineers who can best think like hackers are those who work on testing, he added.
Hmmm. That's interesting.
Still, I'm not totally sold on the premise that hackers and engineers are two different technology types with dissimilar brains.
So, first, let me list my questions, and why I think we need a better explanation.
1. Are hackers and engineers essentially two separate species? I wonder if hackers are born to hack and others are not. If yes, can we define two separate types?
2. One could argue that hackers and engineers are basically alike but display two different mindsets -- depending on the different projects they undertake. If so, how do the mindsets differ?
3. Another argument is that "hackers vs. engineers" merely describes a transitional process in one's career. For example, a budding engineer who doesn't have formal training or a coherent career direction might begin life as a hacker, but then gradually grow up to become an engineer through experiences working in organizations. If true, are we saying that engineers are the butterfly and hackers the caterpillar?
More important, I'm curious:
4. Can you teach engineers to become hackers and think like hackers? The butterfly reverting to caterpillar?
5. If yes, what's the trick?
Searching the issue of hackers vs. engineers, you can find a lot of commentary. Let's consider some of these opinions.How to get out of the hacker mindset
A student completing his Master's in Computer Science was worried about jettisoning his "hacker mentality" as he starts his career in the "real world." He took part in a forum in shlashdot.org. He wrote:
- Since my academic work has focused almost solely on computer science and not software engineering per se, I'm really still a 'hacker,' meaning I take a problem, sketch together a rough solution using the appropriate CS algorithms, and then code something up (using a lot of prints to debug). I do some basic testing and then go with it
Even at my previous job, which was sort of a jack-of-all-trades (sysadmin, security, support, and programming), the testing procedures were not particularly rigorous, and as a result I don't think I'm really mature as an 'engineer.' So my question to the community is: how do you make the transition from hacker (in the positive sense) to a real engineer
How do you get out of the 'hacker' mindset?"
To this earnest question, one person whose username is mcrbids responded thusly:
- An "engineer" is somebody who takes the time to understand a problem, and creates something to solve that.
- Having done software from scales ranging from "quick shopping cart application" to enterprise scale organizational relationship management software, the only real difference between the two is that with the latter, you create a large number of smaller projects roughly the size of the aforementioned shopping cart application, except that the "users" are often other pieces of the same system. In larger systems, you'll be talking with other
developers who have built or manage the pieces your parts will communicate with. You'll read more documentation, and it will be generally of higher quality than the shopping cart scripts.
- Don't *ever* lose the "hacker" mentality - exactly what you described is what software engineering is.
In his blog, Hartley Brody, author of Marketing for Hackers and The Ultimate Guide to Web Scraping, quoted from David Mosher's video presentation, "So,You Want to be a Front-End Engineer":
- A hacker can come up with solutions, but maybe they can't look back after they've finished and realize how they came up with the solution. They just kinda poke at things until they get something that works
- At some point, you level up and become a developer and a developer understands best practices
and you use those best practices to craft solutions but you don't really understand beneath the best practices, beneath the abstractions.
- An engineer is someone who can get things done, craft a solution - they understand the best practices, but they also understand why they're using the best practices
[they] move into an understanding of the platform as a whole.


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Assemblywoman Grace Meng faces a more fiercely competitive race to win a House seat in Queens following the embarrassing bribery bust of her father, Jimmy Meng, political insiders said yesterday.
Backers of her Republican opponent, City Councilman Dan Halloran, pounced on the Meng family scandal.
"People in northeast Queens are sick and tired of corruption and politics as usual," said Vincent Tabone, vice chairman of the Queens Republican Party.
Even Democratic insiders, while maintaining that Grace Meng is still favored to win the seat in a heavily Democratic district, said her dad's indictment is not helpful.
"It's a huge problem when your dad is arrested on bribery charges while you're running for Congress," said Democratic consultant Scott Levensnon.
The Meng campaign insisted that voters will focus on the issues, and not her father.


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March 4, 2016, Friday
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Ms. Kane said Thursday she did not think she would be eligible to run for a second term next year if her law license remained suspended.
September 25, 2015, Friday
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Last night (Sept. 25), Christine McVie joined her former bandmates in Fleetwood Mac on stage at the O2 Arena in England for one of her signature songs, "Don't Stop." And she wasn't the only Mac alumni in the house: according to the NME, Peter Green, the band's original guitarist, singer and leader, was in the audience. Stevie Nicks, who joined the group years after Green left, dedicated "Landslide" to him.
Last year, Radio.com spoke with Lindsey Buckingham about McVie, who retired from music shortly after Fleetwood Mac's 1998 induction into the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame. He said that when she left the band, she was going through several life changes:
"She ended up getting a divorce, she ended up selling her house in L.A., she moved back to England, she quit the band, she sold her publishing," Buckingham said. "She didn't necessarily have to burn as many bridges as she did. Everyone sometimes wonders whether or not there might have been more of a middle ground for her to strike, not necessarily in terms of her staying in Fleetwood Mac. But she just wanted to reinvent herself. She seems to want to lead the antithesis of the life she led before, and I don't pretend to understand such a radical change but it was obviously something she needed."
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Dr. Katherine F. DeVries is a former Associate Director of the Young Adult Ministry Office.
One of the most insightful comments I ever heard about Easter came from Fr. Ed Foley, professor of Liturgy and Music at Catholic Theological Union. It was several years ago, and those comments were shared in an Easter Sunday homily he gave at a Mass I attended. Did you ever sit there, listening intently to the homily, and just know the presider was talking directly to you? This was one of those times.
My father had died three weeks earlier. On some spiritually odd level, I found comfort in thinking that Lent was a good time to go home to God. Resurrection was near, and my father would experience Easter joy fully. That year, I longed for Easter; I longed for Resurrection.
Being a liturgical minister in my Church, I said "Yes" to every opportunity to help, both at the Easter Vigil Saturday night, and at Masses on Easter Sunday morning. I wanted a really good dose of Resurrection. However, the first two Masses left me feeling disappointed. I couldn't name exactly what I wanted or needed to experience, but I knew it wasn't happening. Although the Easter Vigil was lovely, and I rejoiced in the eight adults who became Catholic, I left feeling somewhat empty. At the 9 a.m. Mass Easter morning, the children's choir was absolutely angelic, but again, sadness prevailed. Perhaps grief was part of it; or maybe I set myself up for disappointment by expecting too much. Before the next Mass, I asked God to help me let go of my expectations, quit looking for resurrection, and simply be open. Feeling somewhat discouraged, the 10:30 Mass began, with Fr. Foley presiding.
It's amazing how different a situation is when you enter it without expectations. I felt more free, more focused, and more open to hearing God's voice. The Scripture readings for Easter are incredibly powerful. Why hadn't I sunk into them earlier? The Liturgy of the Word, the first part of Mass, was flowing beautifully. Next came Fr. Foley's homily.
It took him only a minute or so to get to his point. He said something like, "Many of us have come here looking for resurrection. I'm here to tell you, it's not going to happen!" You can imagine my surprise! I could not have listened any more intently, or with any greater level of anticipation. "Christ's resurrection was a historical event that happened once, 2000 years ago, and it's over. No, Easter isn't about resurrection." Wow. Really? OK. What does that mean? Where are we now? My soul silently begged him to go on….
"No, stop looking for resurrection," he continued. "Instead, look for encounters with the Risen Lord. No one was present for Jesus' rising from the dead. 'Easter' was the disciples encountering the risen Lord, and living differently because of it. So can we." He said it again, "Instead of looking for resurrection, look for encounters with the Risen Lord…." And that was the last I heard. Fr. Foley was still talking, but I was revisiting the many people and situations through which I had encountered the Risen Lord throughout dad's illness, death, and the weeks that followed. There were many. I had encountered the Risen Lord countless times. My heart filled with gratitude.
Later, I wrote Fr. Foley an e-mail thanking him for that wisdom. He responded back, saying that Easter is so much more than a once a year festival; it's an attitude. Encounters with the Risen Lord are everyday experiences, and Eucharist, if celebrated authentically, IS Easter.
We celebrate Lent for 40 days. We celebrate the Easter season for 50. But wouldn't it be great if we all adopted an "Attitude of Easter," became an "Easter People" and truly celebrated Easter every day of our lives? Happy Easter!
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Lyon, Tigers agree to one-year deal
Righty becomes front-runner for closer's job in Detroit bullpen
By Jason Beck / MLB.com
By signing free-agent reliever Brandon Lyon to a one-year, $4.25 million contract, the Tigers addressed the one remaining void that they had targeted at season's end but had been lingering all offseason. They filled it with someone who reminds some of former Tigers closer Todd Jones -- not an overpowering pitcher, but someone whose ability to mix pitches and work the strike zone has quietly made him one of the game's better late-inning relievers.
It isn't the kind of signing that makes ripples around the league. At Comerica Park, however, it drew a healthy applause from a crowd that had been wondering what the Tigers were doing for their relief corps.
"He's an established big league pitcher -- quality makeup," Dombrowski told fans and a radio audience. "He's got good stuff. He's got an average to above-average fastball with some movement. He's got an outstanding breaking ball. He's aggressive. He goes after people. He's a proven big league pitcher."
Along those same lines, the Tigers signed former Major League pitcher Scott Williamson to a Minor League contract with an invitation to Spring Training. He'll join Juan Rincon as non-roster invitees trying to regain some of their old form and crack a Tigers bullpen that has opportunities for the taking.
It's the opportunity that apparently won over Lyon when he weighed the Tigers against other teams. At least one club, Dombrowski said, offered him a two-year deal for more money. Detroit, however, offered a chance to regain a closer role that he had been seeking all along as the market on relievers slowly unfolded this winter.
Lyon won't have the closer's job going into Spring Training, but he's the favorite candidate to take it when the Tigers break camp.
For little more than half the season last year, Lyon was one of the more effective closers in the National League after filling the opening left by Jose Valverde in Arizona. He converted 15 straight save opportunities on his way to 19 saves over the first half of last season and put together a 25-inning scoreless streak over 24 appearances from April 9 to June 12. Combined with his solid 2007 season as Valverde's setup man, Lyon had emerged as a late-inning reliever of choice.
A five-run ninth inning to blow a three-run lead on July 20 against the Dodgers stunted that growth, starting Lyon on a second-half slide that led the D-backs to install Chad Qualls as closer in the season's final month.
Lyon finished with an 8.46 ERA and .381 opponents' batting average after the All-Star break, comparing to 2.43 and .243 beforehand. The Tigers relied on their scouting reports to determine what to make of that.
"I think stats can be misleading," Dombrowski said, "especially when you talk about a guy in the bullpen. We saw a lot of him, because we have a lot of scouts that live in Arizona. His stuff was still good. He was used a lot, and I think it caught up with him at times. I don't look at him as a dominant-type closer, but our people all felt he could pitch at the back end of the 'pen."
Lyon entered the offseason drawing interest as a hybrid reliever, someone who could close a game or set up for a closer. Like quite a few free agents, though, Lyon lingered on the market after the top relievers went their ways in December. With Lyon one of a few closing options left heading out of the holidays, the Tigers made their decision.
"We knew we couldn't go after the real big-salary guys," manager Jim Leyland said, "but we had all those guys on a list. And this guy was actually the next on our list after some of those guys were gone. Dave's done a great job. He stayed after it and got it."
Dombrowski completed the deal without a long-term commitment or a guarantee that Lyon will close. Barring a Spring Training collapse, however, he's expected to take the job over Fernando Rodney, who spent the final two months of last season closing once Jones was injured.
Rodney has the power and the offspeed arsenal that few, including Lyon, can match. Lyon, however, has the consistency that Rodney hasn't yet been able to find.
"I'm just going to lay low on that," Leyland said when asked whether Lyon has the job. "He certainly gets an opportunity. We'll look and see how this all plays out come Spring Training, but I'm really excited about it.
"I know he's excited about it. I know he had chances to go other places. He chose us."
Talks on Lyon picked up after the holidays, leaving him choosing among the Tigers, Twins and Cardinals heading into the week. Minnesota sought him as a potential setup man for closer Joe Nathan. St. Louis has been looking at closing candidates but has also looked at internal options to fill the role.
At least one team offered Lyon a multiyear contract, Dombrowski said, and one team approached Lyon with last-minute interest after he had committed to Detroit. Lyon didn't waver from his commitment, flying to Detroit for a physical on Friday before returning to Utah.
"He thinks he's going to win the job," Dombrowski said of Lyon. "That's what he thinks is going to happen, and that's why he wanted to come here on a one-year basis."
The Tigers took a shot at Williamson after scout Bruce Tanner watched the right-hander in a throwing session and came away impressed. The 32-year-old Williamson, who broke into the Majors as a hard-throwing setup man in Cincinnati a decade ago, pitched just 19 1/3 innings last season. All of it came in two stints at the Triple-A level after the Giants released him early in Spring Training, and both Triple-A stints ended with a release.
Pitching indoors off a portable mound with gym shoes on, Williamson fired fastballs at 90-92 mph in his audition, Dombrowski said.
"He's throwing harder than that," Dombrowski said. "He's been a guy that's been an established big league pitcher in the past, but he hasn't been healthy in a long time. We thought it's worth a gamble."
He's the second such pitcher the Tigers signed this week. Rincon, a former Twins setup man, agreed to a Minor League deal with a Spring Training invitation on Tuesday after showing signs of regaining his old form to scouts who watched him pitching this winter in the Venezuelan League.
Jason Beck is a reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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As I am planning my route, each day it changes, I remember a while back there was talking about having a witness setup for Saddle Sore witnesses. Is there still a plan for that.
Hopefully my SS1K will take place on June 26, but just in case a backup plan never hurts. Maybe make it a BBGold.


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Big Red Machine ExhibitExhibit presented by Dinsmore & Shohl LLP.
The 1970s saw the Cincinnati Reds dominate baseball in what would become the most successful decade in franchise history. During the this ten year period, the Reds won a total of 953 games, captured six division titles, won four National League pennants and were twice crowned World Series Champions. Coined the "Big Red Machine," the Reds of the 1970s combined powerful offense, effective pitching and stellar defense to create a well-oiled machine that many call the greatest team in baseball history.
In 2012, the Cincinnati Reds Hall of Fame and Museum highlights the greatest era in Reds history with "The Big Red Machine," a new exhibit that brings the exploits of the Machine to life like never before. Featuring rare artifacts, compelling stories, striking visuals and much more, the exhibit is an unforgettable experience for fans of all ages. The exhibit will run throughout the baseball season.
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An Afghan soldier who killed a Marine lance corporal in a green-on-blue attack in 2012 is now awaiting execution in Afghanistan after being convicted of murder by a local court, according to Marine officials and court documents.
Lance Cpl. Edward "Eddie" Dycus, of Greenville, Miss., was 22 when he was shot by a member of the Afghan National Army on Jan. 31, 2012, at a combat outpost in Marjah, a kinetic region in Afghanistan's Helmand province. He died the following day.
Dycus was assigned to 2nd Battalion, 9th Marines, out of Camp Lejeune, N.C.,
According to documents requested by Marine Corps Times through a Freedom of Information Act request, the Afghan soldier, known as Naqibullah, took a rifle from another ANA soldier in the barracks and shot Dycus in the head. He was arrested by Marines as he tried to flee.
At the time, the incident was the seventh insider attack against U.S. service members in six weeks, an alarming trend that the Pentagon may have tried to downplay by simply stating in public releases that Dycus was killed in combat operations. The circumstances of his death weren't revealed publicly by the military until more than a month later, when Maj. Gen. John Toolan, then the top Marine commander in Afghanistan, referred to the tragedy in an interview with The Associated Press.
A newly released Marine Corps observer report from Naqibullah's court-martial, which was conducted by the Afghan National Army in August 2012, reveals that the Afghan soldier claimed that drugs were responsible for his violent actions, but the facts of his explanation were thin.
Naqibullah, a 20-year-old with an eighth-grade education, had served in Marjah for 2½ years. He claimed "he had no plan to commit murder and he had told investigators he was drugged," according to the observer's report. "He worked with foreigners daily but never committed a crime like this."
Upon questioning, though, Naqibullah said he had no problem with the Afghan soldier who allegedly drugged him, and couldn't explain how he had been drugged with a cup of chai tea, which he had requested. Nor could he explain how, if he was high on drugs, he was able to hit his target. A drug test administered by the Naval Criminal Investigative Service came back negative.
During the court-martial, prosecutors read statements from Dycus' mother and sister, who asked for justice and spoke of how they missed him. After hearing the statement, Naqibullah apologized and said he regretted his actions.
Attempts to reach Dycus' mother and sister for comment were unsuccessful.
Following the trial, a three-judge panel convicted Naqibullah of murder and sentenced him to 20 years imprisonment, but both the prosecution and defense appealed the ruling. On appeal, the lighter sentence was rejected. Prosecutors argued that Dycus was a public servant at the time of his death, and that his murder, therefore, warranted a harsher penalty under Afghan law. Naqibullah was sentenced to death by hanging in November 2012.
A Marine spokesman in Afghanistan, Lt. Col. Cliff Gilmore, said Naqibullah remains in Afghanistan, awaiting justice.
"The subject in question was convicted of murder and is in the National Prison at Pol-e-charki in Kabul, where is his awaiting execution, though no timeline has yet been set on when the sentence will be carried out," Gilmore said.
Insider attacks surged to a high in 2012, the year Dycus was killed, with 53 coalition troops killed in 38 incidents, according to Associated Press reports. The green-on-blue violence receded in 2013, with 16 troops killed in 10 attacks. There have been nine Marines killed in insider attacks in Afghanistan, according to data collected by iCasualties.org, including the three Marines killed by a teenage Afghan "tea boy" on Aug. 10, 2012. All took place in 2012 and 2013.■


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Golden Eyed Glory wrote:I think Charlie always knew there was something...weird going on. Like his little piece with Bella in Eclipse: talking about how Billy was acting strange and Charlie says he feels like he's going to lose Bella. I feel like he had no idea how crazy it was, but that it was something he wouldn't understand something much bigger than himself. And maybe he said he didn't want to know things because unlike Bella he didn't want to really have a big part in this "other world" he liked where he was. Who knows, maybe Sue was filling him in behind the scenes. Personally I was fine with Charlie's reaction. He loves Bella so much, of course he's upset, but he just wants his daughter. Anyway he can have her.
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Japanese Nucelar Power
Since last year's accident at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant the country's commercial nuclear power plants have been undergoing safety inspections. This posed a major question to many Japanese people: Have nuclear or not have nuclear. Japan on Friday said it planned to phase out nuclear power over three decades in an apparent bow to public pressure after last year's Fukushima disaster, the worst atomic accident in a generation. Tokyo's ambitious goal would see the nation work to cut its use of nuclear energy to zero by 2040, permanently shutting down a stable of reactors that once supplied resource-poor Japan with about one-third of its energy. This is a 30 year plan as opposed to many European nations that are trying to do in ten years.
Some serious nuclear and radiation accidents have occurred. Nuclear power plant accidents include the Chernobyl disaster (1986), Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster (2011), the Three Mile Island accident (1979), and SL-1 accident (1961).
There was a survey conducted in March 2012 among 3,000 Japanese voters showed 80 percent support the idea of ending nuclear power while 16 percent are opposed to it. But 53 percent would allow idled nuclear reactors to be restarted as far as electricity demand required as a realistic short-term approach, said the survey that was conducted by the Japan Association for Public Opinion Research comprising major Japanese newspapers and broadcasters. So there is a public pressure and desire to do something.
The current move would bring Japan into line with Italy, Switzerland and Germany, which have said they will wean themselves off nuclear power by 2022.
Ahead of a general election expected this autumn, nuclear energy has become a hot issue in Japan with protests that sometimes attract tens of thousands of people calling for it to be ditched.
The issuing of a policy goal is not binding on any future government, and a new administration could reverse the plan. What the European nations have found that an ambitious short time goal to phase out nuclear power is fraught with high economic costs that the consumer will have top pay. A longer term changeover allows the best use of what is already there while a gradual transition is made.
Tokyo's new energy policy calls for shutting down reactors that are more than 40 years old, not building any new nuclear reactors and only restarting existing reactors if they pass standards issued by a new regulatory agency.
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If There's No Risk, There's No Reward
Like the Jake Peavy trade that preceded it, yesterday's acquisition of Alex Rios just proves once again that Kenny Williams means business when he says the Sox will do anything to win.
KW has said over and over again that he's all about championships and his recent moves underscore how serious he is. Before the Williams era, most Sox fans weren't as confident that the right–and, if necessary, bold–moves would be made to help put the club over the top.
Is there risk in both the Peavy and Rios deals? Of course. These are both long-term contracts and there is certainly a chance that one or both won't live up to expectations. But if we are to be a perennial contender and relive the magic of 2005, this is the right course to take. If you can get a No. 1 starter who is a former Cy Young Award winner, do it. And if you can get a former All-Star, who admittedly is having an off-year but has a huge upside, get him–especially without having to give up anything in return.
It terms of the money, relief may be coming as the contracts of Dye, Thome, Contreras and Dotel all expire at the end of this season. This is not to say all four will be gone, but I think it's pretty safe to say all four won't be back. And it'll give Williams flexibility to continue the transition to a younger and more athletic team.
So that's next year and beyond. What about the rest of '09 as the Sox attempt to reach the postseason for the second straight year? Ozzie has a challenge on his hands as he will attempt to make everybody happy with playing time. What seems most likely is a rotating platoon of sorts, which will keep guys fresh and give the Sox a better chance to win at the same time.
I see Pods and Quentin in left, Pods and Rios in center, Dye with help from Rios in right and Quentin and Thome at DH. Although nothing's been announced yet, Wise is the logical one to go. If that's the case, he sure made his mark in his final days in a Sox uniform. Good for him.
Note of the day: If the Sox had won in Seattle last night, I would have focused some attention on the victory. Since they lost 6-4 and remain three games back as the Tigers lost to the Red Sox, I'll just try to forget and hope they'll bounce back tonight.