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There is something wrong with this picture: Patriots, Saints, Packers and Peyton Manning all at the bottom of their divisions. And things won't get better for either New Orleans or Green Bay, who meet Sunday at Lambeau Field.
There is something wrong with this picture: Patriots, Saints, Packers and Peyton Manning all at the bottom of their divisions. And things won�t get better for either New Orleans or Green Bay, who meet Sunday at Lambeau Field.
But the weirdest line in the standings has to belong to New England.
Not since 2003 have the Patriots been below .500. That year, they lost their opener at Buffalo 31-0, then fell only once more all season and won the Super Bowl.
A couple of close defeats in which New England made some critical mistakes in the final minutes dropped the Patriots behind the Bills and Jets in the AFC East. That�s hardly what fans have come to expect from New England.
�We don�t talk about records,� said coach Bill Belichick, who was fined $50,000 for making contact with a replacement official after the 31-30 loss to Baltimore. �There are so many things that can happen at the end of the game, so many different situations. Those strategic situations have to be played a certain way, whatever your strategy happens to be. But there�s an element of strategy there that�s unique to this game and that�s what makes it great. Do we have to adjust? Yeah, sure.�
The Bills looked awful in their opener at the Jets, then won their last two. They lost the league�s leading rusher, C.J. Spiller, to a left shoulder injury against Cleveland, but hope to have incumbent starter Fred Jackson back from a sprained right knee.
They don�t want to hear anything about being tied atop the AFC East.
�In our eyes the Patriots are still the top dog in this division,� said Mario Williams, the $100 million free agent defensive end Buffalo signed in the offseason. �There is no pressure because we are already in everybody else�s eyes not the leader of this division. It is the Patriots. If anybody should feel pressure it is them.�
Them and, even more so, the regular officials who return after the lockout ended with them reaching a new contract with the NFL. Their performances will be firmly in the spotlight this weekend.
�Everything is fine until there is a call that decides a game and then people � players, fans, reporters � are going to be complaining again,� Lions receiver Nate Burleson said. �If you thought there was a microscope on the replacement refs, just wait until people start expecting the regular refs to be perfect.�
Also Sunday, Manning and Denver host Oakland; Miami is at Arizona; Tennessee at Houston, Carolina at Atlanta; the New York Giants at Philadelphia; San Francisco at the New York Jets; Seattle at St. Louis; Minnesota at Detroit; San Diego at Kansas City; Cincinnati at Jacksonville; and Washington at Tampa Bay.
Chicago is at Dallas on Monday night. Pittsburgh and Indianapolis, both 1-2, are off in the first of the bye weeks.
The week�s action began Thursday night, with Baltimore holding off visiting Cleveland 23-16. The Ravens improved to 3-1, and the Browns dropped to 0-4.
New Orleans (0-3) at Green Bay (1-2)
Through three weeks, 731 points have been scored, an all-time high. Yet these two normally potent offenses have struggled.
Yes, Drew Brees can tie John Unitas� record of 47 straight games with a TD pass if he gets one against the Packers, and he might need a few to get the Saints their first victory if Green Bay�s dormant passing attack awakens. Clearly, the suspensions of coach Sean Payton and his interim replacement, Joe Vitt, for the bounty scandal have hurt the Saints.
�For us, despite what�s happened this offseason and the circumstances that we�ve been put under, all we can worry about is the guys that we do have in the locker room, as coaches and players, the scheme that we�re running, trusting in, trusting in our preparation, and then going out there and finding a way to go win games,� Brees said.
Green Bay found the most painful and mystifying way to lose last Monday night at Seattle, on what was the final decision by the replacement officials. Coach Mike McCarthy doesn�t want his players looking back at the TD awarded to Seahawks receiver Golden Tate even though Packers safety M.D. Jennings seemed to have the ball.
�Our experience the last couple of days has been different, unique,� McCarthy said. �You can�t deny that or throw it off to the side. I think it would be foolish. As far as my comments and my direction with the team, it�s the same as it always is. They know exactly how I feel about everything that has happened and everything about the path forward that we�re taking.�
Oakland (1-2) at Denver (1-2)
Manning gets his first taste of this bitter rivalry, and he�s only 3-2 against Oakland in his career. This is a key game for the Broncos after two straight losses and with trips to New England and San Diego ahead.
The Raiders have won the last four meetings in Denver, outscoring the Broncos 133-63. They gave coach Dennis Allen, the Broncos� defensive coordinator in 2011, his first NFL victory by rallying past Pittsburgh last weekend.
Miami (1-2) at Arizona (3-0)
The Cardinals can become the ninth team with 500 franchise victories. They are off to their best start since sweeping the first seven games in 1974 while in St. Louis. Before that, they lived in Chicago.
Miami has a difficult task against Arizona�s stingy defense, especially if RB Reggie Bush�s bruised left knee sidelines him.
Tennessee (1-2) at Houston (3-0)
A win here clinches the AFC South for Houston � just kidding.
That division will be no contest if the Texans keep winning. They have outscored opponents 45-6 in second quarters and the defense has not allowed a touchdown in the first half. Houston also leads the NFL in average possession time (36 minutes, 34 seconds); Tennessee ranks last (23 minutes, 18 seconds).
Carolina (1-2) at Atlanta (3-0)
No team has been more impressive in the NFC than the Falcons, but they have done it with three wins over AFC West opponents. They�ve won four straight and six of seven against the Panthers, who reside in the NFC South where Atlanta is a runaway leader.
Carolina�s defense ranks 23rd in scoring, not a good sign against Matt Ryan, who leads the NFL in passer rating, completion percentage, first downs and touchdowns in the best start of his career.
N.Y. Giants (2-1) at Philadelphia (2-1)
Philadelphia has been the league�s sloppiest team with 12 turnovers, and QB Michael Vick has been more charitable than anyone. The Eagles know how dynamic New York�s defense can be � the Giants have forced at least one turnover in 34 of the last 36 games � so protecting the ball is a must in the prime-time matchup.
New York�s depth has been tested by injuries, and the Giants got passing marks in a win over Carolina. Backup RB Andre Brown rushed for 113 yards and scored two TDs in first NFL start, and WR Ramses Barden caught nine passes for 138 yards in his first start.
San Francisco (2-1) at N.Y. Jets (2-1)
An annoyed bunch of 49ers head to the Meadowlands after spending most of the week in Youngstown, Ohio, following a loss at Minnesota. The strategy worked a year ago when they swept consecutive road games, and now they face a Jets team missing its best player, All-Pro cornerback Darrelle Revis. He wrecked his left knee against Miami.
The Jets� offense has stagnated the last two weeks, not the approach anyone wants to take against San Francisco�s fierce defense.
Seattle (2-1) at St. Louis (1-2)
Few coaches are raging optimists the way Seattle�s Pete Carroll is, but even he couldn�t have envisioned the scenario that played out Monday night against Green Bay.
�Our fans had the moment of their life and I know it�s crushing on the other end of it,� Carroll said. �The point now is to understand that we have to find the discipline it takes to be turned into the next preparation.�
If they can find the same pass rush that sacked Aaron Rodgers eight times, the Seahawks could be in great shape because St. Louis has a jumbled offensive line.
Chicago (2-1) at Dallas (2-1), Monday night.
Key to this game also will be the performance of the offensive lines. Can they protect their quarterbacks � Chicago�s Jay Cutler gets rattled under heavy pressure, and Dallas� Tony Romo is prone to mistakes in similar situations.
The Bears lead the NFL with 14 sacks, getting six last week against St. Louis. They also have nine takeaways. Dallas is minus-3 in turnover margin.
Minnesota (2-1) at Detroit (1-2)
Smiles in Minneapolis, frowns in Motor City.
While the Vikings are off to a stunningly strong start � they barely missed sweeping their first three games � the Lions have been disappointing. Detroit gave up long scoring plays all day in Tennessee, then couldn�t convert a fourth-and-1 in overtime on a play when the ball was not supposed to be snapped.
Minnesota has lost 11 straight in the NFC North, three of those to the Lions.
San Diego (2-1) at Kansas City (1-2)
Kansas City�s Jamaal Charles comes off what most running backs would consider a career game, but it was only his second-best rushing performance in the pros. He ran for 233 yards, including a 91-yard TD, in a win at New Orleans, still short of his 259 yards he gained in the last game of the 2009 season. Another 230-yard game would tie him with Jim Brown as the only players to manage the feat.
San Diego completely flopped at home against Atlanta last week after a 2-0 start. The Chargers� last visit to Arrowhead ended ugly as Philip Rivers fumbled a snap while trying to take a knee with 1:03 left in regulation. The Chiefs won in overtime.
Cincinnati (2-1) at Jacksonville (1-2)
Jacksonville stole one in Indianapolis on an 80-yard catch-and-run score by Cecil Shorts III with 45 seconds to go. The Jags expect to get three starting linemen back from injuries.
A.J. Green, coming off a career-high 183 yards receiving last week at Washington, had five catches for 90 yards and a 37-yard TD reception in a win against the Jaguars last year.
Washington (1-2) at Tampa Bay (1-2)
Both teams won their openers and dropped close games after that.
Redskins QB Robert Griffin III leads NFL rookies with a 103.5 passer rating and leads all quarterbacks in yards rushing (209, 6.5-yard average) and his three touchdowns rushing are tied for most among all players.
Tampa has the No. 1 rushing defense, yielding 47.3 yards per game, but that is totally misleading: The Bucs have allowed a league-high 353.3 yards per game passing.

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Syrian Opposition President: 21 U.N. peacekeepers safe
March 7th, 2013
By Pete Burn and Michael Martinez
(CNN) - Twenty-one U.N. peacekeepers being held by rebels in Syria were taken from an area near the Golan Heights for their own safety, Syrian opposition coalition President Moaz al-Khatib said Thursday.
Khatib told CNN's Christiane Amanpour he wants the Red Cross to pick them up.
"There was a U.N. convoy at risk" in an area under bombardment for seven days, al-Khatib said.
The rebels are "ready to release them on the condition that the Red Cross come and receive them from the border," al-Khatib said. Injured civilians, including women and children, should also be rescued by the Red Cross, he added. The 21 peacekeepers are Filipino, the Philippine government said earlier Thursday.
"The apprehension and illegal detention of the Filipino peacekeepers are gross violations of international law," Philippine Foreign Affairs Secretary Albert del Rosario said in a statement.
The peacekeepers are reportedly unharmed, and negotiations are under way to secure their safe release, the Philippine government said. The Department of Foreign Affairs said it is coordinating efforts with the United Nations' peacekeeping agency.
Tension has been growing amid the United Nations' demand that the peacekeeping forces be released.
A spokesman with the U.N. peacekeeping department said the agency was still waiting Thursday for the release of its forces. The mission has spoken with the peacekeepers over the phone and confirmed they are unharmed, the spokesman said.
U.N. spokesman Martin Nesirky told reporters Thursday that decisions on withdrawing peacekeepers from the Golan Heights rest with the U.N. Disengagement Observer Force.
"The security conditions on the ground are not easy and we have said so in recent days," Nesirky said. "It's for the commander of UNDOF to be able to assess the security situation with regard to the mission and patrols they carry out."
A video posted on the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights' YouTube website shows six of the peacekeepers sitting in a room. CNN couldn't immediately verify the authenticity of the video.
On it, one peacekeeper gives a statement to the camera:
"We are here safe in this place. We are here because while we are passing through position (unintelligible) to Jamlah, there were bombing and artillery fires. This is why we stopped and, civilian people tell us, for our safety, and distributed us in different places to keep us safe. And they give us good accommodation and give us food to eat and water to drink."
The rebels have said the peacekeepers entered a Syrian village near the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights, an area where peacekeepers should not be and where intense fighting has been raging for days between rebels and government forces.
The rebels said they suspected the peacekeepers were trying to aid their enemy - the regime of President Bashar al-Assad.
The United Nations said the peacekeepers were on a "regular supply mission."
Two other videos that rebels posted on YouTube present the rebels' point of view.
In one, a rebel insists that the peacekeepers will be held until al-Assad's forces withdraw from the village of al-Jamlah, where fighting has been heavy.
The other video shows rebels walking near several U.N. trucks. "This U.N. force entered Jamlah village to assist the regime ... and (the U.N. is) claiming that they are here just to stop the clashing," a rebel says.
Members of the U.N. Security Council condemned the detainment.
Also this week, al-Khatib posted on the rebels' Facebook page a letter to U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and the leaders of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation and the League of Arab States.
"What is happening (is a) genocide for the Syrian people with the world watching and listening (and) will lead to the gravest consequences," he wrote.
"The blood of the people of Syria will be a curse on the whole world if there" is "no effective action," it said.
There has been "hardly a Syrian village spared from the regime bombing," the letter said.
"This might be the last message to you," it warns. "I call on you all to bear your international responsibilities before God and the people."


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The Top NASCAR Achievements of 2013
While the crowning achievement of the 2013 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series season was Jimmie Johnson capturing his sixth Cup championship, that impressive accomplishment wasn't the only notable feat that took place on the track.
As NASCAR prepares to head to Las Vegas for this week's season-ending awards ceremonies, here's a look back at some of the more significant marks left by teams and competitors this past year.
Milestone starts
Richard Petty's mark of 1,184 career starts wasn't threatened. However, two drivers inched closer to the all-time mark when they recorded career start No. 700 this past season.
Bobby Labonte rolled off the starting grid for the 700th time at Talladega Superspeedway, eventually finishing 20th in the track's spring race. Jeff Gordon made his 700th start a week later at Darlington Raceway, where he finished third in the Bojangles' Southern 500.
To reach the King's total, Labonte and Gordon would need to continue running the full 36-race schedule for approximately 13 more seasons. A 2026 Retirement Tour, perhaps?
"To have the seven wins here … I couldn't think of a better place to come to and get the 700th start," Gordon said after his top-five finish. "I wanted the 700th to be a memorable one, and I'm glad it wasn't like last year's memory where we blew two left rear tires back-to-back. This was much better than that. Top three, that's fantastic."
Other drivers who crested one hill or another in 2013:
Dale Earnhardt Jr. and Matt Kenseth (500 career starts); Greg Biffle, Johnson and Jamie McMurray (400 career starts); Kyle Busch (300 career starts); Paul Menard, David Reutimann and J.J. Yeley (200 career starts); Aric Almirola and Landon Cassill (100 career starts).
Of course, you can't get to 100, 200 or more without first getting No. 1 in the books. And there were several drivers that made their Cup debuts this past season: Justin Allgaier, Victor Gonzalez Jr., Paulie Harraka, Owen Kelly, Alex Kennedy, Parker Kligerman, Kyle Larson, Justin Marks and Ryan Truex.
Milestone wins
Overall, 17 drivers won at least one Cup points race this past year, an impressive feat when one considers that Johnson and Matt Kenseth combined to win a third of the races between themselves.
Except for 2011, when 18 different drivers visited Victory Lane, this year's total was the highest number of winners since 2003.
• On the individual front, Kenseth's victory at Loudon, N.H., came in his 500th start. Previously, Petty had been the only driver to register a victory in career start No. 500.
• Kenseth became just the 22nd driver to reach 30 career victories when he captured the Geico 400 at Chicagoland Speedway.
• Johnson became the sixth competitor to win in career start No. 400 when the Hendrick Motorsports driver won the Daytona 500. Others who won in their 400th Cup start were Lee and Richard Petty, David Pearson, Dave Marcis and Dale Earnhardt.
• Kyle Busch celebrated his 300th career Cup start with a win at Texas Motor Speedway.
• David Ragan's victory in the Aaron's 499 at Talladega Superspeedway wasn't the first win for the Unadilla, Ga., native, but it was the first for the Front Row Motorsports organization.
"I can only imagine what it felt like back in 1988 when Mark Martin got that first win for Jack Roush, or when Geoff Bodine won that first race for Hendrick Motorsports," Ragan said afterward. "I'm sure it was just as special. A lot of these guys have been to Victory Lane … but to do it here at Talladega in 2013 … it's a true David vs. Goliath story. I couldn't be more proud to play my own role."
Milestone moments
• Danica Patrick became the first female driver to start on the pole, the first to score a top-10 finish (placing eighth) and the first female driver to lead the Daytona 500, pacing the field for five laps.
• Kenseth's Las Vegas victory came on his 41st birthday. Only Cale Yarborough (twice) and Kyle Busch had previously won Cup races when celebrating birthdays.
• Gordon's third-place finish at Darlington was the 300th top-five finish of his career. Only three other drivers -- Pearson, Allison and Richard Petty -- have as many top-five finishes in the series.
Manufacturer milestones
There were at least two noteworthy Cup marks for automakers this past year. Kenseth's Kobalt Tools 400 win in Las Vegas was the 50th Sprint Cup victory for Toyota.
Greg Biffle's win in the Quicken Loans 400 at Michigan International Speedway was the 1,000th NASCAR victory for Ford Motor Company across all three national series (Cup, Nationwide and Camping World Truck Series).
Track milestones
While track qualifying records fell often, race records proved to be a little more durable. In fact, only the Southern 500 mark was surpassed this year. Kenseth's 141.386 mph average is now the standard for the series' oldest superspeedway.
• The 25 lead changes among 16 different drivers were series records at Chicagoland Speedway.
• The 15 cautions and 71 caution laps in this year's Hollywood Casino 400 at Kansas were track records.
• And proving that no driver can dominate at New Hampshire for more than a single race, the last 12 races at the track have been won by 12 different drivers.
Sweeps, streaks and whatnot
• When Kurt Busch and Furniture Row Racing qualified for this year's Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup, they became the first single-car team to make the 10-race Chase since the format debuted in 2004.
• Johnson became the first driver since Bobby Allison in 1982 to win the Daytona 500 and Coke Zero 400 at Daytona in the same season.
• Edwards' Phoenix victory in March snapped a winless streak of 70 races for the Roush Fenway Racing driver.
"That's one of the longest years of my life, to work that hard and to not get the victories, so I'm very, very happy to be back in the mix," Edwards said of ending the drought. "A victory is huge for so many reasons. … It just feels good to win."
• Martin Truex Jr. ended a streak of 218 races without a win when he captured the Toyota/Save Mart 350 at Sonoma Raceway.
• Brian Vickers' Camping World RV Sales 301 win was his first in 75 starts.
• Gordon kept his pole-winning streak alive, now having won at least one pole for 21 consecutive years.
• Tony Stewart has never gone winless for an entire season in Cup competition, now having won at least one points race for 15 consecutive years.
• Johnson has now won three or more races for the 11th time in 12 full-time seasons of competition. He has won at least one points race every year since 2002, his first full season.
• Kenseth's seven victories were a career-best for the Cambridge, Wis., native, eclipsing his five wins in 2002. Win No. 7 came in his 500th start, at New Hampshire.
"I don't really know what to say except praise the Lord, this is an incredible opportunity," said Kenseth. "For me to win at Loudon first of all is more than a stretch and more than a dream -- this is probably one of my worst places.
"I kind of didn't want this (special) paint job with the 500 starts because it makes me feel old, so I'm glad we did something with it and won. It's just awesome to be standing here."
• Kyle Busch has now won at least one race each season since 2005, his first year as a full-time Cup competitor.
• Denny Hamlin has won at least one race each season since 2006, his first as a full-time driver in the series. Hamlin cut it close, registering his lone victory in the season's final event.


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I will always remember the day I woke to the news that more than 2,000 fires were burning in California. I thought I must not have heard correctly. Two thousand fires? How could that be?
In the end, the state's brave firefighters, joined by contingents from out of state, won the battle. But not before 11 emergency declarations were issued and more than 400,000 acres burned. Countless lives and livelihoods were ruined.
Today, there's a new disaster looming, and although it's not as riveting or dramatic as walls of flames and billowing black smoke, it needs our immediate attention. The draft National Climate Assessment, now being circulated for comment and scheduled for release this year by the U.S. Global Change Research Program, presents a sobering vision of the world that awaits us if we don't act.
This team of top climate scientists has concluded that our region of the country is hotter than it has ever been and that it will get hotter — because of humans. The last decade was the hottest the Southwestern U.S. has experienced — on average 2 degrees warmer than it had been historically. The scientists project a further increase over the next 50 years of 6 to 9 degrees if we do nothing.


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WELLESLEY, Mass. – Senior Will Tashman (Atherton, Calif.) was named the New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference men's basketball Player of the Week the league announced today. Tashman was a key performer in a pair of conference road wins for the Engineers last week, averaging 19.5 points and 13.5 rebounds in victories over Clark University and the U.S. Coast Guard Academy.
Tashman's pair of double-doubles last week gave him eight for the season and 34 for his career. At Clark he scored 16 points and pulled down 13 rebounds, scoring six of MIT's first eight points of the second half as the Engineers took their first lead of the game in that stretch. On Saturday at Coast Guard he dropped in 16 of his 23 points in the first half to lead MIT to a 23-point halftime lead that put the game away early. His 27 rebounds in the two games pushed him to 927 for his career, second all-time at MIT.


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Angela Burt-Murray Is Essence's Top Editor
Angela Burt-Murray has returned to her old company as editor-in-chief of ESSENCE magazine, Susan L. Taylor, editorial director of Essence Communications, Inc. announced last week.
Angela Burt-Murray has returned to her old company as editor-in-chief of ESSENCE magazine, Susan L. Taylor, editorial director of Essence Communications, Inc. announced last week. Burt-Murray, who was at ESSENCE from 1998 to 2001, most recently has been executive editor of TEEN PEOPLE since 2003.Â
She will now oversee the editorial content of ESSENCE, the preeminent lifestyle magazine for African-American women. "We are thrilled to welcome Angela back to ESSENCE," said Taylor. "Her understanding of the lives of Black women, her passion for helping them excel and stellar leadership skill make her perfect for the editor-in-chief position. In many ways, Angela is the embodiment of the ESSENCE woman." Michelle Ebanks, president of Essence Communications Inc., added, "Angela
is a genuine talent and we're delighted that she will continue the vision and mission of ESSENCE magazine."
As executive editor of TEEN PEOPLE, Burt-Murray helped execute the magazine's editorial mission, oversaw its staff, top edited its entertainment and real life departments, and managed the title's budget. With a keen eye for what's next, strong story judgment and boundless creativity, she conceived some of TEEN PEOPLE's most important features, including the premier franchise platform Young Hollywood, The Teen People Annual Sex Survey, and popular new departments. She joined TEEN PEOPLE in April 2003 as features director and was assistant managing editor before being promoted to executive editor in October 2003. Â
Prior to TEEN PEOPLE, Burt-Murray was executive editor at Honey magazine from 2001 to 2003, beauty director at TEEN PEOPLE in 2001, and the fashion and beauty features editor for ESSENCE. Her work has also appeared in Working Mother, Parenting, Heart & Soul, Atlanta CityMag and Black Elegance.
Burt-Murray is the co-author, along with Denene Millner and Mitzi Miller, of the critically acclaimed humor book The Angry Black Woman's Guide to Life (Dutton), and the forthcoming novel, The Vow (HarperCollins/Amistad). She is also a member of National Association of Black Journalists, the American Society of Magazine Editors, and has made numerous television appearances. A graduate of Hampton University with a B.S. in Finance, Burt-Murray resides in South Orange, New Jersey, with her husband, Leonard Murray, and their two young children, Solomon and Ellison.
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The win gives Upstate an undefeated 11-0 mark at home against non-conference foes this season and improves its record to 18-14 this season. Coker falls to 10-23.
After taking a 1-0 lead in the first inning, the Spartans struck for two more runs in the second when junior first baseman Kyle Bowley scored on an error and senior shortstop John Caddell drove in freshman third baseman Jacob Breen (pictured) on a single to center field for a 3-0 lead.
The Cobras rallied with two runs in the third inning including center fielder Ty Medlin scoring on a wild pitch and a sacrifice fly from first baseman Ben Davidson to cut the lead to 3-2. Upstate built its lead back to three runs by scoring two in the fourth inning on a two-RBI single by Breen for a 5-2 lead.
Coker did manage a run in the sixth inning on a run-scoring single from Medlin, but did not threaten after that.
McCraney (2-1) bounced back after taking the loss in yesterday's game at Pfeiffer for his second win of the year and Fournier picked up his first career save. Breen was 1-for-3 with two RBIs to lead the Spartans and junior left fielder Mike Colecchi was 2-for-2 with a triple, the only extra base hit of the contest. Caddell finished 1-for-3 with a RBI.
Left fielder Brian Johnson was 2-for-4 with a run scored to lead the Cobras. Pitcher Matthew Conyers took the loss giving up three runs on four hits in 1 2/3 innings pitched.


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Sanchez's single in 12th inning lifts Giants over Dodgers
The Giants were out of reserve infielders, outfielders and catchers and down to their final reliever. But they still had Hector Sanchez.
In a game that started on Jackie Robinson Day and ended on Bruce Bochy's birthday — 14 minutes past midnight — Sanchez hit a two-out single off Brandon League in the 12th inning to beat the Dodgers 3-2 before a lively crowd at China Basin.
The Giants struggled in most of their important at-bats, going 1-for-12 with runners in scoring position before Sanchez's at-bat and 0-for-5 with the bases loaded.
The final rally began on Brandon Crawford's one-out single. He took second on a groundout and third on a wild pitch before Sanchez won it, his sharp grounder glancing off second baseman Justin Turner's glove.
"I was hungry," Sanchez said after the 4-hour, 54-minute game – he also expressed concern about getting his daughter to school on time.
It was his fourth career walk-off hit.
"It's a long game, and we used almost all our players," Sanchez said. "In extra innings, you have to get the victory no matter what."
Old friend Juan Uribe dominated much of the proceedings with a home run, double, single and nifty pick at third base to begin a double play that wiped out the tiny eighth-inning momentum built by the Giants.
After putting their first two runners aboard, Crawford struck out and Brandon Hicks blasted one of the hardest balls hit all night, but Uribe turned it into a 5-4-3 double play.
Brandon Belt's double scored Angel Pagan from first base in the ninth inning to send the game spinning.
"That's a big win, especially when you're winning in the morning," Tim Lincecum said long after he completed his five innings, giving up one run (Uribe's homer) and striking out five. In three starts, he has 17 strikeouts and just one walk, a ratio with which any pitcher can live. He issued the league's fourth-most walks last year.
In the fourth, Lincecum yielded three straight singles to load the bases with one out. This time, he struck out Uribe and also eighth-hitter Tim Fedorwicz, stranding all runners. Counting his third-inning masterpiece – he struck out the side on 12 pitches – Lincecum had five K's over two innings.
The Uribe strikeout brought a smile to Lincecum's face only because Buster Posey called for a slider and Lincecum thought the call was for a changeup. It prompted a mound visit for Posey.
"I was laughing. If it were a different outcome, I wouldn't have been laughing," Lincecum said. "It worked out. I guess I've got to start doing that more."
Lincecum needed 43 pitches to get those last six outs, which explained why Bochy pulled him after the fifth (93 pitches). After his exit, Lincecum "just came up here (to the clubhouse) and rallied the troops. Holding up a lot of fists hoping we could score some runs."
With Lincecum gone, David Huff cruised through the sixth, but Jean Machi was charged with a run in the seventh. Uribe doubled, advanced on a sacrifice and scored on Justin Turner's single off lefty Javier Lopez.
The Giants got a couple of sixth-inning breaks to score their first run. Hunter Pence singled, advanced on an error, took third on a wild pitch and scored on Crawford's sacrifice fly.
The first five innings off Josh Beckett, the Giants had no such luck despite three bases-loaded at-bats. Michael Morse struck out and Crawford grounded out to end the fourth, and Posey's fly out ended the fifth.
They had two more bases-loaded at-bats in the 10th. Pagan and Belt made outs. No worries. Sanchez took everyone off the hook.
L.A. closer Kenley Jansen, who coughed up the tying run in the ninth, was impressed with the Giants and said of the NL West race, "It's going to be us and them the whole year."


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The hits just keep on coming for Jason Bay, and not in a good way. Yesterday, Terry Collins spoke to reporters before the game and said, "I'm really worried about him". Bay will be seeing a doctor today and the team will learn if he indeed suffered another concussion, his second in two years. When asked about the possibility of Bay missing the rest of the season, Collins responded, "anything's possible."
For now Bay is on the 7-day disabled list, but there is a strong possibility that he may have played his final game of the season. You may recall that Bay missed the final two months of 2010 after suffering his first concussion. A second concussion could keep him out longer than that and the Mets will make sure he doesn't return until he becomes 100% symptom free.
It's been one adversity after another for Bay ever since he signed his four-year, $66 million deal with the Mets. Whether it was fighting through his terrible slumps or missing time with a myriad of injuries, there hasn't been much to smile about since his move from Beantown to New York. The frustration began almost immediately and has only snowballed since he first took the field as a Met in April of 2010.
Gone was his tremendous right-handed power. Gone was his great ability to drive in runs in droves. Gone was the intimidating presence in the middle of the lineup. All the things the Mets craved about him never materialized with his new team. Now at 33 and in the throws of a second debilitating concussion, the question many are now wondering is if we've seen the last of Jason Bay in 2012? And one more question to consider is this one: Despite one final year left on his ill-fated contract, will the Mets rely on him again in 2013 or will they simply cut him as they did with Luis Castillo and Oliver Perez?
Nobody wanted to see the Mets sign Jason Bay more than I did before the 2010 season. I kept holding out hope that he would turn it around, but how many years can one hang onto the same unfulfilled hope? I wish Bay a speedy recovery and truly hope he can comeback sooner than can reasonably be expected, but this is a different team than the one we had in 2010. Kirk Nieuwenhuis has emerged, Lucas Duda has become a legitimate power source, and soon Matt den Dekker will be knocking at the door.
Even before this latest setback for Jason Bay, I was already putting the odds of him returning in 2013 at less than 50/50. I'm not looking to kick a player and a great guy while he's down, but I am curious to know how many of you think Jason Bay will be the Opening Day left fielder for the Mets in 2013.
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David Garrick, (born February 19, 1717, Hereford, Herefordshire, England—died January 20, 1779, London), English actor, producer, dramatist, poet, and comanager of the Drury Lane Theatre.
Early years
Garrick was of French and Irish descent, the son of Peter Garrick, a captain in the English army, and Arabella Clough, the daughter of a vicar at Lichfield cathedral who was of Irish extraction. David was born at Hereford, where his father was on recruiting duty. In the family home at Lichfield, the seven children were reared on the highest moral principles in conditions of strict economy. To obtain full pay, after several years on half pay, Captain Garrick joined an infantry regiment at Gibraltar, and David, then 14, as eldest son at home, reported family progress in lively letters that, on the whole, did credit to the Lichfield grammar school. In 1736 Gilbert Walmesley, registrar of the ecclesiastical court of Lichfield, who lived in the bishop's palace and lent his premises for private theatricals organized by his young protégé, advised that "Little Davy" should be sent to the academy opened in that year by Samuel Johnson at Edial, near Lichfield. This venture lasted only a few months, and on March 2, 1737, Johnson and Garrick set out for London; according to Johnson, he had two-pence-halfpenny in his pocket and David three halfpence.
Garrick entered his name as a law student at Lincoln's Inn and prepared to study with a friend of Walmesley's at Rochester, Kent, but his father's death in March 1737 and a legacy of £1,000 from an uncle made possible a change of plan. David had spent some months at Lisbon as apprentice to his uncle, a vintner, and he and his elder brother set up as Garrick & Co., wine merchants—Peter at Lichfield and David in London, in Durham Yard, off the Strand. His business took him into places of entertainment, where he soon had a large acquaintance, including the actor Charles ("Wicked Charlie") Macklin, with whom he conferred on modern theories of acting, and the elegant but unreliable Charles Fleetwood, manager of Drury Lane Theatre, one of the two theatres authorized by the 1737 Licensing Act, the other being Covent Garden. In April 1740, Drury Lane produced Garrick's first comedy, Lethe, or Esop in the Shades.
Beginning of career as an actor
Garrick entered the acting profession anonymously, in a mask. In March 1741, upon the illness of the actor billed to take the part, he dashed onto the stage as Harlequin at a small, unlicensed theatre in Goodman's Fields. Soon afterward the proprietor took a company to Ipswich for the summer season, and Garrick appeared there in Thomas Southerne's Oroonoko as Aboan, a noble savage, with his face blackened, and later played Captain Duretête, in George Farquhar's The Inconstant. He was thereafter well received in several parts, but when he applied at Drury Lane and Covent Garden, neither Fleetwood nor old John Rich, manager of Covent Garden, wanted him. He had to return to Goodman's Fields. His mother had died in 1740, but he still dared not tell his family that he had entered a profession then generally held in low esteem. Not until the night after his astounding first appearance as Richard III in 1741 did he break the news to Peter.
The instant success of a young, unknown actor in a major tragic Shakespearean part remains one of the romances of theatrical history. The Garrick legend was founded in a single night. Audiences, weary of the pompous recitative and stately attitudinizing imposed by French tradition, were ready for the naturalistic new style, and they soon perceived that this bright young man could do anything. He was equally good in Pamela, a dramatization of Samuel Richardson's novel; in Thomas Otway's The Orphan and Venice Preserv'd; in Colley Cibber's Love Makes a Man: or, The Fop's Fortune; in King Lear; and in a farce he himself wrote, The Lying Valet. He wrote to Peter: "Mr. Pit, who is reckon'd ye Greatest Orator in the house of Commons, said I was ye best actor ye English stage had produc'd." Alexander Pope had pronounced: "That young man never had his equal an actor, and he will never have a rival." Thomas Gray wrote to Horace Walpole that a dozen dukes a night attended Goodman's Fields. So much adulation, so easily won, might have demoralized a less stable character, but Garrick, though highly strung and sensitive, had a strong vein of common sense and remarkable staying power.
Fleetwood was now eager to secure him for Drury Lane and offered a salary larger than ever proposed to any performer. Before the season of 1742–43 Garrick went over to Dublin, where he played at the theatre in Smock Alley with the captivating Peg Woffington, with whom he was already in love, and whom he hoped to marry. There, his success was tremendous, and he continued to triumph at Drury Lane from 1742–45, playing such diverse roles as Hamlet; the simple-minded Abel Drugger in Ben Jonson's The Alchemist; and the voluble Francis Archer in George Farquhar's The Beaux' Stratagem. But Fleetwood's patent of the theatre was running out, and he was a ruined man. In 1743 Garrick sued him for £600 arrears of salary and led an actor's strike against him, one side effect of which was a quarrel with Macklin. A reconciliation was arranged in 1747, but Macklin's senile mutterings, noted down by his biographer, became the fountainhead of the anti-Garrick legends of vanity, avarice, meanness, and arrogance.
In the winter of 1745–46 Garrick was in Dublin, sharing with Thomas Sheridan, the playwright and actor-manager, in the direction of the Theatre Royal. During this time negotiations began for Garrick to become part owner and manager of Drury Lane Theatre. In the season of 1746–47 Garrick made his only appearances at Covent Garden. John Rich had also secured James Quin, the outstanding exponent of the old style of acting, and the season became a duel between them.
Reforms of Drury Lane Theatre
In April of 1747 friends in the city helped Garrick to raise £8,000, his share of the purchase money for the lease and furnishings of Drury Lane Theatre and renewal of the patent, in partnership with one James Lacy, a failed actor with a flair for the entertainment trade, who had been stage manager at Covent Garden. Garrick was to perform and to choose plays and players; Lacy, assisted by a weakish, devoted younger Garrick, "Brother George," dealt with the business side. Drury Lane, redecorated, reopened in September 1747 with Macklin as Shylock and a prologue by Johnson that set forth Garrick's principles, as a producer, of devotion to Shakespeare and reform of plays and players and ending with the famous appeal:
The drama's laws the drama's patrons give,
For we, who live to please, must please to live.
…'Tis yours this night to bid the reign commence
Of rescued nature and reviving sense.
Garrick was unwell, however. He had endured many minor ailments, indicative of overstrain, in the past months, during which he had never acted more poignantly. The infidelities and extravagance of Peg Woffington had convinced him that they had better not marry. He had announced to his brilliant new troupe that they would find his rule stricter than any to which they were accustomed. Among his stars were Macklin, Woffington, and Kitty Clive, the only actress of whom he was said to be afraid, but one who was to become a dear friend.
He had made plans for reforming audiences as well as actors. He tried refusing admittance behind the scenes and on the stage and attempted to discontinue the practice of reduced entry fees for those who left early or came late, but these changes resulted in riots. He planned to bring down the orchestra from the gallery and to enlarge the auditorium. The apron—a forestage in front of the curtain onto which players marched, struck a pose, and took up their stances for lengthy soliloquies—became less prominent with the new, natural style of acting. Garrick hoped to introduce new lighting, but not until 1765 did he get his footlights and sidelights, which were oil lamps with reflectors.
Most important was to be his choice of plays and manner of production. He was going to produce much more Shakespeare, purged of the coarse language and effects of Restoration drama: the name of Garrick should be remembered with that of Shakespeare. He would add a death scene between Romeo and Juliet but restore much of the original text lost in adaptations by the Restoration playwrights, Thomas Otway and Colley Cibber. He would present Nahum Tate's 1681 adaptation of King Lear, without the Fool and with a happy ending, and give The Fairies (A Midsummer Night's Dream) without the clownish artisans and Hamlet without the gravediggers and the tragic fate of Ophelia. Florizel and Perdita (adapted from The Winter's Tale) and Dryden's version of The Tempest would make charming light operas. He would rewrite The Taming of the Shrew, adapting the role of Katharina for Kitty Clive. In general, his audiences, accustomed to rewritings of Shakespeare, accepted his "improvements" with docility: they at least had the merit of keeping the plays on the stage by suiting them to the taste of the time. Moreover, Garrick's acting and casting often succeeded in interpreting character in a way closer to Shakespeare and new to the audience.
On June 22, 1749, Garrick married Eva Maria Veigel, a Viennese opera dancer who spoke little English and was a devout Roman Catholic. Under the stage name of La Violette, she had enchanted audiences at the Opera House in the Haymarket in 1746, and, although she had refused to dance for Garrick at Drury Lane in 1748, the following year she consented to retire. The marriage, though childless, was happy, and the Garricks' hospitality became famous.
Successes and setbacks
At Drury Lane, Garrick went from strength to strength. He had already appeared in most of the parts in which he was best liked, and he realized with good humour that, as he was slightly below middle height and had put on weight, he had better give up youthful characters and add to his fame in the more mature roles—Abel Drugger, King Lear, Macbeth, Richard III. His mobile features, dark complexion, and eyes—widely praised for their lustre, expressiveness, and piercing brilliance—were famous on and off stage. In search of "copy," he frequented the law courts and House of Commons and would even visit the scene of a family tragedy. Critics disagreed as to whether he excelled in tragedy or comedy. He himself once told a young aspirant that comedy called for the greater skill.
Though he raised Drury Lane Theatre from penury to astounding financial success and, by his improvements in 1747–48 and 1762 and by the acting of his company, had made it London's most flourishing theatre, he had his setbacks. He burdened his players with some deadly historical and classical tragedies. He could turn disaster to success, however. When his theatre was wrecked by hooligans in November 1755, he faced a hostile house with courage. When in 1769 preternaturally wet weather washed out his cherished Shakespeare Jubilee at Stratford-on-Avon, he refurbished both costumes and script for London, played The Jubilee to packed houses, and emerged with a profit. He was accused of avarice—though his inconspicuous charities were many—and was laughed at for his vanity and love of staying at great houses. He was involved in a succession of "paper wars" with touchy and even slanderous disappointed writers and players, such as Charles Churchill, who praised and attacked him, and Samuel Foote, who ridiculed the extravagant Shakespeare Jubilee. Garrick's caricatures of fellow actors in the Duke of Buckingham's The Rehearsal in his early days gave wide offense. His rivalry with Rich, at Covent Garden, was sometimes acrimonious; sometimes it led to new success. Rich had prided himself on his Christmas pantomimes; Garrick's, with superb effects and lighting by Philip James de Loutherbourg, a young expert in scenic design who came to Garrick from Paris, far surpassed them. For his own spectacular "Christmas gambol," Harlequin's Invasion (1759), with music by William Boyce, he wrote the patriotic song, "Heart of Oak."
Though "Heart of Oak" is perhaps the only poem by which he is remembered, his quality as a poet is shown by songs added to plays and by verses to Peg Woffington (the early ones those of a young man deeply in love, the bitter "Epistle to Mrs. Woffington" of 1745 exposing "the naked truth") and to his wife. As a dramatist (he wrote more than 20 plays and "entertainments" and adapted many more), he suffers from having written for a particular company and audience; and his farces and burlesques, though lively, have not held the stage. Only The Clandestine Marriage (1766), written with George Colman the Elder, is still successfully revived. His letters, however, have lasting interest. All of his life a prolific letter writer, he wrote as he acted, with ease, spontaneity, and versatility. His letters are a valuable source for the details of his busy life, the tangled theatrical history of his time, and his character and outlook.
Last years
In 1763 the Garricks departed for a continental tour. They enjoyed sightseeing in Italy in aristocratic company, but Mrs. Garrick suffered agonies from what was, apparently, a slipped disk, and Garrick contracted typhoid in Venice and nearly died in Munich. They wintered in Paris, where Garrick enlarged his acquaintance with French literary and theatrical celebrities, Shakespearean enthusiasts, and the philosophes. After returning (spring 1765), he appeared in no new parts, but 10 years passed before he prepared to sell his share of the Drury Lane patent. A series of farewell performances included four Shakespearean parts—Benedick, Hamlet, Richard III, and Lear—as well as Abel Drugger, Sir John Brute from Sir John Vanbrugh's The Provok'd Wife, Archer from The Beaux' Stratagem, and, for his last performance, Don Felix from Susannah Centlivre's The Wonder: A Woman Keeps a Secret.
Garrick's retirement was happy. In London he was a member of Johnson's Literary Club and Brooks's. At Hampton he had his duties as squire, his library and garden, his dogs, and his nieces and nephews. All of his life a sufferer from kidney trouble, he was taken ill while staying with his old friends Lord and Lady Spencer at Althorp Park, Northamptonshire, for the New Year, 1779, and died at his house in Adelphi Terrace shortly thereafter.
Garrick was buried in the Poets' Corner, Westminster Abbey; a monument in Lichfield cathedral bears Johnson's famous "I am disappointed by that stroke of death that has eclipsed the gaiety of nations, and impoverished the public stock of harmless pleasure."


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COLUMN: Republicans should have won election
That's what disappointed Republican spinners kept saying Tuesday night as they watched Mitt Romney's hopes crash and burn in swing state after swing state.
How many times did I hear a Republican talk about how their party's deep bench of future all-stars will return it to power in Washington in four years?
But all the Ryans, Rubios, Bushes, Haleys and Christies in America can't put the GOP -- or the country -- back together again.
The GOP is a wreck -- and not just in California, where the party's registration is now below 30 percent.
Look how easily the Republican Party managed to turn what should have been a sure victory over an incompetent and dangerous incumbent into an embarrassing defeat.
First they tore each other to shreds in a bitter primary, smearing their eventual nominee in debates as a rich, uncaring profiteer who put working people out on the street and shipped their jobs overseas.
Then, while Obama's ads in the battleground states reinforced the Republican-made caricature of Mitt, the Romney campaign did just about everything wrong.
It squandered the GOP convention and tried to make their candidate into "Mitt the Moderate." Team Romney also shunned their natural allies in talk radio and didn't reach out for help from conservatives like me.
I would have been glad to help the Romney campaign in Ohio or Pennsylvania, where I worked for my father in 1980. I offered, but the phone never rang. It didn't ring for Bill O'Reilly or for the other major radio and TV talk shows, either.
But Team Romney's biggest mistake was playing prevent defense after his big victory in the first debate. It was a terrible, fatal blunder.
Instead of hammering away at the horror of Obamacare, the cover-up in Benghazi and President Eye-Candy's four years of failure, Romney ran the last five weeks hoping the clock would run out before Obama could recover.
But you don't play prevent defense when you are running in second place in Ohio, Virginia, Florida -- and Tuesday's results proved it.
Hurricane Sandy struck Mitt a final blow, giving Obama the chance to look presidential and making Mitt disappear from the media for four days.
But give credit to Obama's Chicago Gang. They ran a much better campaign -- on the ground and in the air. They got out the vote and Obama got out his message of class envy and federal entitlements for all, without any trouble from his toadies in the media.
Now bigger deficits, higher taxes and a stagnant economy lie ahead for as far as the eye can see. And socialized medicine -- which my father warned was coming to America 50 years ago -- is going to soon become a reality via Obamacare.
Team Romney blew an easy win because it had a poor game plan. But it also lost because the Republican Party is all talk and no guts when it comes to fighting for real conservatism -- Ronald Reagan conservatism.
GOP bigwigs constantly praise my father. For years they've used him to suck true conservatives into the party, but they've never really embraced Reaganism or its ideals.
They didn't in the 1980s and they still don't today. They only talk about him. The party bosses don't really think like him.
Most of those Republican candidates who lost Tuesday played the same game of pretend. "I'm like Ronald Reagan!" "No, I'm like Ronald Reagan!"
But most of them aren't like my father. They weren't waving the "bold colors" of real conservatism he talked about in 1975. The banners of the losers -- like Mitt's -- were colored in "pale pastels."
The GOP needs a new playbook. Unless it starts embracing my father's conservative ideals instead of just paying lip service to them, the so-called "Party of Ronald Reagan" may never win another national election.


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Originally pointed for the Kentucky Derby, the colt was rerouted to the Peter Pan after failing to dazzle owner Brereton C. Jones and trainer Larry Jones in what was to be his final pre-Derby work at Churchill Downs on April 30.
"I kept thinking to myself 'Well, if we win this thing by a bunch I'm going to wonder if I should have been at the Derby,' but we made the right decision," said Larry Jones.
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Ashes: England spinner Graeme Swann announces retirement from international cricket
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England spinner Graeme Swann has announced his retirement from international cricket, only four days out from the Boxing Day Test against Australia at the MCG.
Swann made the shock announcement this morning, bringing down the curtain on a 60-Test career in which he claimed 255 wickets at an average of 29.96.
But the 34-year-old off spinner endured a disappointing Ashes campaign, taking only seven wickets at 80 runs in the three Tests completed.
Swann told a media conference in Melbourne this morning it was during England's 150-run loss in the third Ashes Test in Perth that he knew it was "time to go".
"It was probably halfway through that Perth game to be honest," he said.
Graeme Swann: Test Career
Tests: 60 (debut vs India, 2008)
Bowling Average: 255 wickets at 29.96
Best Figures: 6/65
Batting Average: 22.09
Highest Score: 85
"My body doesn't like playing long forms of cricket, my arm doesn't cope well with bowling 30, 40 overs in the first innings and then repeating it in the second innings.
"I could feel my performances tapering off at the backend of games and I wasn't happy with that. I wasn't willing to just hang on and get by being a bit-part player."
Swann says it would be "selfish" to remain in the England line-up, with the Ashes now lost and the need to re-build an ageing squad.
"When I came out on this trip I half expected it to be my last tour for England," he said.
"I was desperately hoping to win the Ashes for England again like we did in 2010/11.
"But with the Ashes gone now in those three Tests matches, personally I think to stay on and selfishly play just to experience another Boxing Day Test match and Sydney Test match, it would be wrong for the team and would be wrong for me as well.
"It's time for someone else to strap themselves in and enjoy the ride like I have done."
Swann denies a recent social media controversy following the Perth encounter led to his decision to leave the Test arena.
"I did apologise for that, it had nothing to do with it," he said.
Swann maintains it was his decision to retire
Swann told England captain Alastair Cook and team director Andy Flower of his decision to retire on Saturday.
He says he has not been pushed into retirement, but rather believes he is making the right move for the England camp.
"Andy was very understanding, he sat me down ... he kept checking to make sure I was sure I was doing the right thing," Swann said.
"But like I said, once I made my mind up I made the decision for the right reasons."
It's time for a someone else to strap themselves in and enjoy the ride like I have done.Graeme Swann
Left-arm spinner Monty Panesar is likely to replace Swann for the Melbourne and Sydney Tests.
But Swann hopes the uncapped Scott Borthwick will be considered as a long-term replacement in the next 12 months.
"I think Monty's going to come in and do a great job in this game coming up this week and whoever ends up taking the role full-time will do a great job as well," he said.
"Personally I hope little Scotty Borthwick gets the chance before long. He's a leg spinner, he's got a bit of X-factor as well."
Flower says Swann deserves to be remembered as a true servant of the game.
"His commitment, competitive spirit and sense of humour have been recognised and admired by team-mates and supporters alike and he has played a big part in England's success over the last five years," he said in a statement.
"The dressing room will be a very different place without Graeme's unique personality and I would like to wish him all the very best for the future."
Swann proved a handy lower-order batsman for England at the Test level, posting five half-centuries - including a highest score of 85 - with an average of 22.09.
He played 79 one-day internationals for England after making his debut at the age of 20 in 2000 against South Africa.
He collected 104 wickets in one-day internationals and captained England's Twenty20 side on three occasions.
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Chicoutimi Sagueneens 4 @ Rouyn-Noranda Huskies 2
W Nikita Kucherov, R-N: 1-1-2, -1, 0 PIM, 1 SOG, 0 Hits
Season totals: 15 GP, 11-15-26, +4, 2 PIM
With R-N: 9 GP, 8-8-16, +5, 0 PIM
With Quebec: 6 GP, 3-7-10, -1, 2 PIM
Lightning prospect Nikita Kucherov had a goal and an assist for the second straight game since returning from an upper body injury. His Huskies outshot the Sags, 27-19, but fell at home, 4-2. The Huskies have lost four in a row and seven of their past 10.
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C/W Tanner Richard, GUE: 0-0-0, E, 0 PIM
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Windsor Spitfires 3 @ Sault Ste Marie Greyhounds 2 (SO)
D Slater Koekkoek, WIN: Did not play
Season totals: 40 GP, 6-23-29, -24, 28 PIM
With Windsor: 2 GP, 0-1-1, +2, 0 PIM
With Peterborough: 38 GP, 6-22-28, -26, 28 PIM
Slater Koekkoek (pictured, Windsor Star photo) is out for the season with an injured shoulder. He had the shoulder examined by Lightning doctors who recommended he have surgery on it for the second year in a row. He should be ready for Lightning camp next fall, though barring unforeseen circumstances, he will ultimately return to the OHL next season.
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Friday, September 4, 2009
What the Last Preseason Game Told Us
Kevin Ogletree - There is no way the Cowboys don't keep this guy. Another TD and several impressive plays. I even noticed him getting down the field on kickoffs. It looked like he got hit just over his eye pretty hard on punt coverage but appears to be ok.
Isaiah Stanback - Things started badly. A mediocre kick return to start the game followed by a muffed ball on the next return attempt. Throw in the Ogletree touchdown on the opposite side of the field from him and it just was not good. I feel bad saying this but I don't even know if another team will pick him up if he is cut because he hasn't shown anything this preseason.
Cory Proctor - I have to admit that I am not a fan of this guy at all. I know they Cowboys love the fact that he can play backup at two positions, but he isn't a good backup at either spot so what is the point of keeping him? I will be disgusted if the Cowboys end up relying on him again this year.
Steve Octavien - All this guy does is put pressure on the quarterback...and return interceptions for touchdowns. I know he is undersized but he has a knack for getting to the quarterback. With the lack of depth at outside linebacker he has a real shot to make the team after he continued to play well in the last preseason game.
Victor Butler - He is going to make the final roster but I had to mention that he played pretty well. He put pressure on the quarterback and seemed to defend the run pretty well too.
Pat McQuistan - He has had more time to get it together than Stanback but he still isn't showing us much. He was beaten for a sack and was called for holding to negate a big run by Tashard Choice. The problem is that he might be the best available guy to keep to back up Marc Columbo.
Junior Siavii - I don't know about this guy. He made one nice stop, but the defense was very soft in the middle while he was in there for the most part. I won't be surprised if the Cowboys go for a cheap free agent pick up after roster cuts.
Mike Mickens - He won't and shouldn't make the team based on what we've seen from him. He might be a practice squad candidate but he is not ready to help the team this season. He has be burned more time than I can count this preseason.
Patrick Watkins - He was the player of the game. A blocked field goal, an interception returned for a touchdown, and several nice tackles including a big one on 4th and goal. He looked like a superstar out there. He earned his roster spot without a doubt.
Jesse Holley - He has no chance to make the team but at least he got to shine for one play. He picked up a punt off of a bad bounce and ran it back for a touchdown. I am happy for him and I hope he gets a chance either on the practice squad or on another team.
On a side note...I really like the new Wade Phillips. On a terrible pass interference penalty in the 3rd quarter Wade got very animated once again. He clearly screamed "what the hell?" and then muttered "you son of a bitch" towards the official. I can't believe he is actually showing some emotion. I like it a lot.
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I think Stanback probably lost his job. Ogletree is a way better choice. I was really impressed with Rudy Carpenter. Hasn't had much practice, but he looked very confident.ReplyDelete
Hey man, great job on the blog -- I read it frequently. I know it's a bad thing to get too excited by what you see in the preseason, but I like Ogletree and am looking forward to see him on the squad this year. I'm not sold on any of our other receivers, unfortunately (and Roy Williams as a #1 makes me a little uncomfortable). I think it might be a rough spot along with the secondary, who just got burned last season.ReplyDelete
I'm really sick of this team underachieving, and -- like every other Cowboys fan -- would love to see them a) win in December, under Romo b) make the playoffs and c) win a game. I'm tired of all the "choking" talk that this team gets, and would love nothing more than to see them to shove it in everyone's face.
Do you think that they can meet the aforementioned objectives this year? I'm not sure how to feel about our chances in '09.
Keep up the great work!
- AnonymousSeptember 7, 2009 at 7:59 AM
I'm beginning to think that big name WR's are overrated. A good group of WR's is what I think works best! Ogletree is a good WR is the making. He left college early for a reason and thats because he knew that he was ready for the league! I'm so glad Romo don't have to have TO in his head every time he drops back to pass! -Atl_CowboyReplyDelete
- AnonymousSeptember 7, 2009 at 6:26 PM
Jonny...I think the secondary is improved over last season without question. I'm not sold that the receivers are going to make a bunch of big plays but a lot of the top teams win without dynamic receivers. I think the Cowboys will surprise some people this season.ReplyDelete


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