"I can only remember bits and pieces.... I was psyched. I had a feeling of euphoria. I was zeroed in on the glove, but I didn't hit the glove too much. I remember hitting a couple of batters and the bases were loaded two or three times. The ball was small sometimes, the ball was large sometimes, sometimes I saw the catcher, sometimes I didn't. Sometimes I tried to stare the hitter down and throw while I was looking at him. I chewed my gum until it turned to powder. They say I had about three to four fielding chances. I remember diving out of the way of a ball I thought was a line drive. I jumped, but the ball wasn't hit hard and never reached me."And here's a clip of Ellis recounting the whole experience. It's worth watching, if only to soak in Ellis's complete nonchalance about his moment in the technicolored sun and cellophane flowers of yellow and green.
This Knicks season is about rebuilding both the roster and their self-image, so their performance is sometimes as important as the final score. They are earning the league’s respect quarter by quarter, earning praise from Bryant and Lakers Coach Phil Jackson, among others.Not only is this current incarnation of the Knicks fun to watch, the players are seemingly committed to D'Antoni and his system, which makes their back-to-back losses to the Suns and Lakers easier to take than they would have last year, under Isiah.
The program's anchor is still securely lodged in the Midwest, but that didn't stop reconstructionist Tom Crean from reaching out to the south for Watford -- a 6-8, 215-pound swingman from Birmingham, Ala. A slasher with body control he should be Crean's cornerstone in trying times and play well off [fellow recruits Maurice] Creek and [Bawa] Muniru.
“Not only did they close out, but they had to close out with sheer toughness. That was the beauty of this game. Talking about all the different things you have to do that allow you to be a winner; and for us, toughness is just as important as rebounds, turnovers and foul shots. It was really a treat to see these guys pull out a tough game like that against a very good team with a very good record.”
"I feel like we are finally buying into what coach is saying. We’ve got to win close games like tonight, and it’s going to be like this the rest of the year.”
"I'm probably in the minority, but I would've loved to see Mantle on steroids."
"[Obama's] going to have to be more assertive than he's been. At a time of great crisis with mortgage foreclosures and autos, he says we only have one president at a time. I'm afraid that overstates the number of presidents we have. He's got to remedy that situation."(Via TPM)
So comparing the two pitchers side-by-side, Sheets’ injuries appear to be more isolated that Burnett’s. The shoulder problems occurred so far apart that it would be hard to believe they’re related, while the torn lat and finger issues are behind him. Burnett’s shoulder problem looks very much like an isolated incident, however his elbow has been a persistent problem, giving him trouble in four different seasons, however it hasn’t bothered him in over two years. Burnett just completed his first healthy season since 2005, while Sheets was about to do the same (I just can’t accept an ear infection as evidence of him being injury prone) until his late season muscle tear. And that is why you’re hearing much less about Sheets this winter, because he’s injured right now.I'm still not fully sold on Sheets, but RAB's Mike A. does score some persuasive points.
There is nothing to divert them from their appointed duty. Outside of the positive fuss about Brett Favre's arrival, the Jets have been all about football. It's been this way for a while. You have to go back to John Abraham's crash or Jumbo Elliott's DWI to uncover even a sniff of scandal.Poor choice of words, and even worse timing. Less than 24 hours after Bondy's column went to press, it was announced that Jets DE Shaun Ellis was arrested last Saturday morning for possession of marijuana, speeding and driving without insurance, after he was pulled over by police outside the Jets' practice facility in Florham Park, New Jersey.
In spite of the Knicks' terrible play on the court in recent years, the franchise is the NBA's most valuable thanks to the pricey luxury suites and ticket packages that fans and companies continue to snap up at Madison Square Garden.
Jones played forward at Georgetown. Geithner reportedly likes himself a good pickup game. And the Times says Eric Holder was once known, impressively, for his 'easy dunk.' Susan Rice, too!With Obama, that's a solid starting five. Still, they'd do well to recruit Mayor-elect Kevin Johnson to help run the floor at their local YMCA. I doubt, though, Obama's keeping open a spot for Sarah Barracuda.
"I got nothing left," he remembers telling coach Bob Bowman after the 200-meter individual medley, according to an excerpt from his interview scheduled for Sunday's "60 Minutes" on CBS.Phelps, though, did have enough in the tank to set an Olympic record in his next race, the 100-meter butterfly, which he won by one one-hundredth of a second, and, on the following day, a world record in the men's 4 x 100-meter medley relay.
Everyone’s a fan of a good rumor. It makes the hot stove interesting. However, I’d rather not hear anything than hear something not true. Unfortunately, with everyone gunning for the big scoop, we’re probably going to see a few more false starts this off-season. Which is a shame. When we read a player is signed, he better damn well be signed. Can you imagine if this happened with CC Sabathia and the Yanks?Their advice? Caveat lector.
The cash-strapped company said in a statement that it is looking to reduce costs, and that the world's No. 1 golfer also wants more personal time as he expects his second child.
The endorsement deal, believed to be worth at least $7 million a year, was to end in 2009. Woods' agent at IMG, Mark Steinberg, said the decision to end the relationship one year early was "absolutely mutual."
"It was a combination of things,'' Steinberg said. "Tiger was looking to gain some more time, and certainly it was an opportunity for GM to reduce its spending with everything going on.''
GM is so concerned about costs that it cut advertising during the 2009 Super Bowl, although it still plans to sponsor the National Football League and will likely [continue to] air ads before and after the game. GM also has pulled out of the Oscars and Emmy Awards in 2009 - the first time in over a decade that it is not running ads right before, during or after the two events.
Sabathia developed a friendship, through his years in Cleveland, with LeBron James, as the two became the biggest stars in a small town. They have bopped around New York together in the past, and on Friday, the Knicks made trades that are being viewed as precursors to their pursuit, in another 20 months, of James.Olney cautions, however, that Sabathia isn't even close to coming to a decision about his future, and he is still weighing a number of factors, like staying in the National League or pitching in his home state of California, that could very well determine where he ends up playing next season.
Presumably, at some point, Sabathia and James have shared a conversation about living and playing in New York at the same time -- Sabathia for the Yankees, James for the Knicks. James, as the world famously learned in the playoffs of 2007, is a Yankees fan.
"I'm committed to getting this franchise back to where it was"-- Donnie Walsh, the president of basketball operations for the New York Knicks, upon his hiring in April 2008.In one day, Walsh put the Knicks in a position to make a significant play for LeBron James when he becomes a free agent in 2010. Hell, by then, the Knicks, who at that point will only be on the hook for approximately $18 million (baring any future transactions), might be able to make a play for James and another high-profile free agent, like, say, Tyson Chandler, to pick one name at random.
"I realize it's a great responsibility," Hal said. "My dad is, needless to say, a tough act to follow."
When the Berlin Wall came down, it was almost as if they were set out on a journey to find themselves and who they were after 70 years of a childhood.Eskenazi, who has compiled his photographs into one collection, Wonderland: A Fairy Tale of the Soviet Monolith, also told NPR’s Margot Adler that his work explores the difficulty of losing what you always thought would be there.
The first pass [Rivers to Tomlison] was the one that was illegal, but it only kills the play if it hits the ground," Green said. "That was incorrect to have killed it at that point. The ruling should have let the play go on. That's just the way that it played out. We believe the second pass (by Tomlinson) was legal.
We didn't kill it on the field. After (the) discussion we decided ... there was some confusion over which pass we were talking about and it was decided that it was the second pass [Tomlinson to Chambers] that was illegal that did hit the ground and therefore we killed the play there.
