Showing posts with label Athlete. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Athlete. Show all posts

Bethe Correia

Friday, 31 July 2015


Bethe Correia (born June 22, 1983) is a Brazilian mixed martial artist. She currently competes in the Ultimate Fighting Championship's women's bantamweight division.

Early life

Bethe Correia was born in Campina Grande, Paraiba. She graduated from college with a degree in accounting, but gradually found that she was "too hyperactive for office work." While practicing Sanda, Correia concluded that fighting provided what had been "missing" in her life, and sought to compete in mixed martial arts (MMA).

Mixed martial arts career

Early career


Correia studied a number of techniques at the onset of her MMA career, including jiu-jitsu, Sanda, and amateur wrestling. She would eventually develop a preference for striking, particularly boxing and kickboxing.

She made her professional MMA debut in her native Brazil in May 2012, defeating Daniela Maria da Silva by unanimous decision at the First Fight: Revelations show. Training with the "Pitbull" brothers, Patrício and Patricky Freire, she won her first six fights within 13 months.

Ultimate Fighting Championship
In October 2013, Correia signed a multi-fight deal with the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC). Correia noted, "Being in the UFC is having the chance to fight with the best in the world and accept big challenges. It's the dream of any fighter."

Correia made her promotional debut the following December as she faced MMA veteran Julie Kedzie at UFC Fight Night: Hunt vs. Bigfoot. At the time, Correia had fought in six professional bouts, while Kedzie had competed in 28. Correia won the fight via split decision.

She then faced Jessamyn Duke on April 26, 2014 at UFC 172. Despite her reach disadvantage, Correia used quick striking to out-point Duke, and closed the gap by backing Duke toward the cage. She won the fight by unanimous decision.

Correia faced Shayna Baszler on August 30, 2014 at UFC 177. After escaping a submission attempt in the first round, Correia became more aggressive with her striking and won by TKO at 1:56 of round 2.

Bantamweight title shot
Following her third consecutive win in the UFC, Correia was challenged by former Strikeforce bantamweight champions Sarah Kaufman and Miesha Tate. "A lot of girls from the UFC roster want a bout with me," Correia noted. She initially expressed interest in fighting Kaufman, but later stated that she was focused on getting a title shot against UFC bantamweight champion Ronda Rousey. "I want to face the champion," she said.

After her earlier victory over Duke, a member of Rousey's informal "Four Horsewomen" stable, Correia began campaigning for a title shot against Rousey, holding four fingers to the camera and symbolically putting one down. She did likewise after beating Horsewoman Baszler. In March 2015, UFC officials confirmed that Correia would fight Rousey for the title on August 1, 2015, at UFC 190 in Rio de Janeiro.

Despite the fact that Rousey had finished all but one of her previous fights within a round, Correia displayed much confidence heading into the bout, stating that she planned to give Rousey the worst beating of her career. She also expressed a desire to win by knockout.

Fighting style
Correia is a striker who largely uses boxing and grappling techniques. She is recognized for her punching combinations, counter strikes, spinning back fists, and aggressive right hands. During her fight against Jessamyn Duke, she led by 100 strikes to Duke's 55.

Correia is known for her use of dirty boxing and cutting off the cage. While clinching, she will usually move the fight toward the fence and attack with flurries At UFC 172, she used this technique to negate Jessamyn Duke's reach; she later used it to earn her stoppage against Shayna Baszler.
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Serena Williams Biography

Friday, 10 July 2015

Serena Williams
Serena Williams

Lahir pada tahun 1981 di Saginaw, Michigan, Serena Williams mulai pelatihan tenis intensif pada usia 3. Dia memenangkan kejuaraan besar pertamanya pada tahun 1999 dan menyelesaikan karir Grand Slam pada tahun 2003. Seiring dengan keberhasilan individu nya, Williams bekerja sama dengan adiknya Venus Williams untuk memenangkan seri dari kelas ganda. Kemenangannya di Prancis Terbuka 2015 memberikan 20 gelar Grand Slam single-nya, total ketiga tertinggi dalam sejarah.

Masa Muda

Petenis Amerika Serena Williams Jameka lahir pada tanggal 26 September 1981, di Saginaw, Michigan. Bungsu dari Richard dan lima putri Oracene Williams, Serena Williams, bersama dengan kakaknya Venus, akan tumbuh menjadi salah satu juara besar olahraga.

Serena ayah-mantan petani penggarap dari Louisiana bertekad untuk melihat dua gadis bungsunya berhasil digunakan apa yang telah diperoleh dari buku dan video untuk mengajar Serena dan Venus tentang cara bermain game tenis. Pada usia 3, berlatih di lapangan yang tidak jauh dari keluarga baru Compton, California, rumah, Serena bertahan kerasnya praktek dua jam setiap hari dari ayahnya.

Fakta bahwa keluarga telah pindah ke Compton tidak ada kecelakaan. Dengan tingkat tinggi aktivitas geng, Richard Williams ingin mengekspos anak-anaknya untuk kemungkinan jelek hidup "jika mereka tidak bekerja keras dan mendapatkan pendidikan." Dalam pengaturan ini, pada pengadilan yang penuh dengan lubang dan jaring kadang-kadang hilang, Serena dan Venus memotong gigi mereka pada permainan tenis dan persyaratan untuk tekun dalam iklim sulit.

Pada tahun 1991, Serena adalah 46-3 pada tur Asosiasi Tenis Amerika Serikat junior, dan peringkat pertama di divisi 10-dan-bawah. Merasakan gadis itu diperlukan instruksi yang lebih baik untuk menjadi profesional yang sukses, ia pindah keluarganya lagi-ini waktu ke Florida. Ada, Richard melepaskan beberapa tanggung jawab pembinaan, tapi tidak pengelolaan Serena dan Venus karir. Waspada putrinya terbakar terlalu cepat, ia turunkan jadwal turnamen junior mereka.

Tenis Bintang

Pada tahun 1995, Serena berbalik pro. Dua tahun kemudian, dia sudah No. 99 di dunia peringkat-up dari Nomor 304 hanya 12 bulan sebelumnya. Setahun kemudian, ia lulus SMA, dan segera menandatangani $ 12.000.000 sepatu kesepakatan dengan Puma. Pada tahun 1999, ia mengalahkan kakaknya dalam lomba mereka untuk pertama Grand Slam kemenangan keluarga, ketika dia merebut gelar AS Terbuka.

Ini mengatur panggung untuk lari dari bertenaga tinggi, tinggi-profil kemenangan untuk kedua bersaudara Williams. Dengan gaya tanda tangan mereka dan bermain, Venus dan Serena mengubah tampilan olahraga mereka juga. Kekuasaan belaka dan kemampuan atletik kewalahan lawan, dan rasa gaya dan kehadiran membuat mereka selebriti menonjol di pengadilan.

Pada tahun 2002, Serena memenangi Prancis Terbuka, AS Terbuka, dan Wimbledon, mengalahkan Venus di final setiap turnamen. Dia menangkapnya Australia Terbuka pertama pada tahun 2003, membuatnya salah satu dari hanya enam perempuan di era Terbuka untuk menyelesaikan karir Grand Slam. Kemenangan itu juga memenuhi keinginannya untuk menampung semua empat gelar utama secara bersamaan untuk terdiri apa yang dia dijuluki "The Serena Slam." Pada tahun 2008, dia memenangkan AS Terbuka dan bekerja sama dengan Venus untuk menangkap ganda perempuan kedua medali emas Olimpiade di Olimpiade Beijing.

Tapi Serena juga memiliki goresan dan kerugian nya. Dia menjalani operasi lutut pada bulan Agustus 2003, dan pada bulan September dia setengah-adik Yetunde Harga dibunuh di Los Angeles, California. Tiga tahun kemudian, Serena tampak terbakar. Digigit oleh cedera, dan hanya kurangnya motivasi untuk tetap fit atau bersaing di tingkat yang sama dia pernah punya, Serena melihatnya peringkat tenis kemerosotan ke 139.

Serena dikreditkan imannya sebagai seorang Saksi Yehuwa, serta perjalanan yang mengubah hidup dia membuat ke Afrika Barat untuk memperbaharui harga dirinya dan api kompetitif. Pada tahun 2009, Williams telah merilis otobiografi baru, Ratu Pengadilan, dan memenangkan tempat kembali di atas peringkat dunia, memenangkan kedua 2009 Australia Terbuka single (untuk keempat kalinya) dan Wimbledon 2009 single (untuk ketiga kalinya). Dia juga memenangkan ganda cocok baik di Australia Terbuka dan Wimbledon tahun itu.

Tapi tidak semuanya berjalan lancar. Williams menjadi berita utama pada bulan September tahun itu, ketika ia mengecam lineswomen untuk kaki-kesalahan yang disebut dekat akhir kerugian semifinal untuk juara Kim Clijsters di AS Terbuka. The senonoh-laced ledakan termasuk jari menunjuk dan, menurut lineswoman, ancaman diduga dari Serena terhadap hidupnya.

Williams meremehkan apa yang terjadi, menyangkal tuduhan bahwa dia telah mengancam wanita itu. Tapi insiden tersebut tidak pergi lebih baik dengan tenis melihat masyarakat, maupun Asosiasi Tenis AS, yang didenda $ nya 10.000 pada tempat. Dua bulan kemudian, ia ditempatkan pada dua tahun masa percobaan dan diperintahkan untuk membayar lain $ 82.500 kepada panitia Grand Slam untuk episode, hukuman terbesar yang pernah dikenakan terhadap pemain tenis.

Pada awal 2010, bagaimanapun, Serena melakukan yang terbaik untuk bergerak melewati insiden tersebut. Benar saja, tahun itu dia memenangkan Terbuka single Australia dan ganda pertandingan, serta Wimbledon kejuaraan nya single keempat.

Pada tahun 2011, Williams mengalami serangkaian takut kesehatan, setelah dokter menemukan gumpalan darah di salah satu paru-parunya, yang terus menjauh dari tenis selama beberapa bulan. Setelah beberapa prosedur, termasuk satu untuk menghapus hematoma, spekulasi meningkat mengenai apakah Williams akan pensiun dari olahraga. Kesehatannya telah membaik pada bulan September 2011, bagaimanapun, dan Williams tampak seperti diri dominan lamanya di AS Terbuka sebelum jatuh ke Samantha Stosur di final.

Williams tersandung buruk di 2012 Prancis Terbuka, abadi kerugian putaran pertama untuk pertama kalinya di turnamen besar. Tapi dia kembali bentuk atas di London musim panas itu, mengalahkan 23 tahun Agnieszka Radwanska dalam emosional tiga set untuk mengklaim gelar tunggal Wimbledon kelimanya dan kejuaraan besar pertama dalam dua tahun. Setelah menang, Williams dilarikan ke keluarganya di tribun, dengan air mata di matanya, dan memeluk mereka selama beberapa detik. Dalam sebuah wawancara pasca-Wimbledon dengan ESPN, dia ditanya apakah dia pikir dia bisa atas kemenangan tersebut, dan menjawab: "? Apakah Anda bercanda The [2012] AS Terbuka, Australia Terbuka, Prancis Terbuka, Wimbledon 2013."

Pada 2012 Olimpiade Musim Panas, Serena mengalahkan Maria Sharapova untuk mengambil medali emas pertamanya di tunggal putri. Keesokan harinya, dia mengaku medali emasnya yang keempat secara keseluruhan Olimpiade dengan bekerja sama dengan adik Venus mengalahkan Republik Ceko bintang Andrea Hlavackova dan Lucie Hradecka di ganda putri.

Williams melanjutkan kemenangan beruntun dia ke acara Grand Slam berikutnya. Pada bulan September 2012, ia mengalahkan saingan Victoria Azarenka untuk mengambil gelar tunggal di AS Terbuka. Menurut USA Today, Williams tidak yakin bahwa dia muncul sebagai pemenang. "Saya benar-benar tidak percaya saya menang. Saya benar-benar reparing pidato runner-up saya, karena saya pikir, 'Man, dia bermain begitu besar.'"

Pada saat ini, Williams telah menangkap 15 gelar tunggal Grand Slam dan 13 Grand Slam ganda judul. "Saya ingin meninggalkan bekas," Williams pernah berkata tentang berdiri nya di dunia tenis. "Saya pikir jelas saya akan, karena fakta bahwa saya melakukan sesuatu yang berbeda dalam tenis. Tapi saya tidak berpikir saya pernah bisa mencapai sesuatu seperti Martina Navratilova-saya tidak berpikir saya akan pernah bermain panjang yang tapi siapa yang tahu? Saya pikir saya akan meninggalkan bekas terlepas. "

Juni 2013, Williams mengambil kedua Prancis Terbuka judul-serta Grand Slam tunggal judul-in 16 6-4, 6-4 atas petenis juara bertahan Sharapova. "Aku masih sedikit marah tentang itu kerugian tahun lalu," kata Williams dalam sebuah wawancara dengan ESPN mengikuti pertandingan. "Tapi itu semua tentang, bagi saya, bagaimana Anda memulihkan. Saya pikir saya selalu mengatakan juara bukan tentang berapa banyak mereka menang, tapi ini tentang bagaimana mereka pulih dari surut, apakah itu cedera atau apakah itu kerugian . "

Hampir satu bulan kemudian, Williams berkompetisi di Wimbledon, di mana dia mengalami kerugian mengejutkan (6-2, 1-6, 6-4) di babak keempat untuk Jerman Sabine Lisicki, No 23 biji. Karir terbaik 34 pertandingan kemenangan beruntun di atasnya, Williams mengatakan Sports Illustrated, "Saya tidak berpikir itu adalah kejutan besar. [Lisicki] adalah pemain hebat. Peringkat nya tidak berpengaruh pada apa yang harus dia menjadi. Dia harus peringkat lebih tinggi. Dia hanya memiliki super, super permainan untuk bermain baik di lapangan rumput. "

Terbuka AS, Williams membuat menunjukkan kuat. Dia tersingkir saingannya muda Sloane Stephens di babak keempat sebelum upending Azarenka untuk meraih gelar AS Terbuka. Ini adalah tahun kedua berturut-turut bahwa pasangan telah berhadapan di final.

Williams merebut gelar ketiganya secara keseluruhan lurus dan keenam AS Terbuka single pada tahun 2014 dengan mengalahkan teman baiknya Caroline Wozniacki. Her kemenangan dibawa ke tahun baru, saat ia mengalahkan Sharapova untuk mengklaim 2015 kejuaraan Australia Terbuka. Di Perancis Terbuka pada bulan Juni, Williams berhasil mengatasi penyakit untuk memenangkan turnamen untuk ketiga kalinya dan mengklaim Grand Slam gelar tunggal ke-20 nya, baik untuk tempat ketiga sepanjang masa.

"Ketika saya masih kecil, di California, ayah dan ibu saya ingin saya untuk bermain tenis," katanya kepada kerumunan di Perancis setelah kemenangannya. "Dan sekarang aku di sini, dengan 20 gelar Grand Slam."

Mencari untuk menambah koleksi hardware-nya musim panas itu, Williams pertama harus mengatasi kakaknya untuk maju melewati putaran keempat di Wimbledon. Menampilkan kekuatan merek dagang, dia mengecam 10 ace dan 36 pemenang untuk mengalahkan Venus dan meningkatkan ke 15-11 dalam karir pertemuan mereka head-to-head.
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Keluarga Ken Stabler menyumbangkan otak untuk penelitian di CTE

Ken Stabler
Ken Stabler

Pada tahun 2012, gelandang Ken lebih stabil memimpin sekelompok 74 penggugat dalam gugatan terhadap NFL untuk cedera yang diderita akibat gegar otak saat bermain. Meskipun litigasi gegar otak dekat yang menetap, penelitian terus mengenai hubungan antara sepak bola dan konsekuensi kesehatan jangka panjang.

Untuk itu, keluarga lebih stabil telah mengumumkan bahwa otak dan sumsum tulang belakang akan disumbangkan ke Boston University kronis Trauma Encephalopathy Center untuk mendukung penelitian untuk penyakit otak degeneratif pada atlet.

Keluarga telah meminta agar, sebagai pengganti bunga, donasi dilakukan dengan XOXO Stabler Foundation untuk mendukung penelitian kanker usus dan kepala trauma yang berhubungan dengan olahraga. Informasi tambahan akan tersedia di halaman Facebook Fan Stabler dan melalui XOXO Stabler Foundation.
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Tiki Barber

Friday, 11 March 2011

Tiki Barber
Tiki Barber Can’t Stay Gone

Posted by Ian Crouch

Tiki Barber had, for a while, an almost perfectly managed retirement. His announcement that the 2006 N.F.L. season would be his last was a surprise. He had played ten years, a long time for any football player, and especially for a running back, and was already the all-time rushing leader for the New York Giants, but he seemed to be at the height of his powers. (Indeed, his final season was the second-most successful of his career, in terms of rushing yards, and the previous one had been his best.) But he probably surprised more people when he actually followed through with his plan and walked away.

Professional athletes have over the years been about as inclined to abdicate their positions of power and prestige as have Middle Eastern dictators.

In the past year, though, Barber’s story has started to sound a bit more familiar, culminating with word earlier this week that he had filed papers with the league to return to football, after a series of ups and then rather furious downs. “After seeing my brother still have fun at our age, it reignited the fire,” Barber explained to FOXSports.com, referring to his twin brother Ronde, a cornerback for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. “I’m really looking forward to the challenge of seeing if I can get back to the level of where I was.” But several sports columnists identified another factor: money. In the past year, Barber sparked a public scandal when he left his wife, Ginny—then eight months pregnant with twins—and began dating a twenty-three-year-old intern at NBC, where he had been a football analyst and contributor to the “Today Show.” Soon after, the network terminated his contract, citing a “morality clause.” In June, several news outlets reported that Barber was broke.

Un-retiring is awkward enough in the best of circumstances, but it’s especially tricky for Barber, who insisted in 2007 that he was thoroughly finished with the game, and then spent the next few years burning his bridges to the league; he spoke disparagingly about his former coach, Tom Coughlin, and his former quarterback, Eli Manning—and in so doing alienated the Giants organization and its fans. (The team said this week that they wished him luck elsewhere.) Antonio Pierce, a former teammate and current analyst for ESPN, offered this take on the Barber comeback:
Tiki Barber the person? The leader? The person in that locker room? He’s not going to do anything for your team. Now if that’s the guy you think you’re bringing in, you might want to look in another direction.
Some people had bristled at what they saw as Barber’s nearly season-long retirement tour in 2006, but generally Barber was remarkable for his widespread likability. When Ben McGrath wrote about him for the magazine, in 2007, both Barber and his agent, Mark Lepselter, were enjoying the far-reaching profitability of what they called Tiki Inc., which included forty-thousand-dollar appearance fees, ad contracts, and his entry into what Barber had announced as his post-football career: television news. Barber was also an intriguing character among professional athletes, a genuine Renaissance Man. McGrath notes that Barber wrote children’s books, acted in plays, and hosted a radio show with his brother Ronde. He had lunch with Condoleezza Rice and was an avid reader of history. Yet Barber was also a “shrewd businessman, methodical and calculating,” traits that, in concert with his revved-up engine of self-promotion, left some detractors cold. The hosts of WFAN’s “Mike and the Mad Dog” radio show, McGrath writes, “snickered about how Barber had come to see himself as Nelson Mandela.”

Barber seemed equipped to succeed in his life after football, but Frank Gifford, another former Giant turned television personality, expressed some skepticism to McGrath at the time:
He’ll have a very difficult time in television eclipsing what he’s done here … Unless he becomes Walter Cronkite, it’s not going to happen. He can be successful there, but to transcend what he’s done … I don’t think people will let him do it. Sometimes you get trapped in your own greatness.
Gifford might have been describing Barber’s current situation, only with the actors reversed. It seems Barber has trapped himself.

There have been signs that the Buccaneers, home to Ronde Barber, might give Tiki a look. (That’s assuming there will be a football season this year; team owners continue to threaten a lock-out for the fall.) Yet there have not been many successful thirty-six-year-old running backs. Even if you dial Barber’s odometer back a few years because of his retirement, thirty-something backs are not normally major contributors in the N.F.L. (Marcus Allen had success after thirty-five, but he’s an exception.) Will Barber be content to be a backup, a third-down option, and a veteran influence on up-and-coming players? And would any team really value that influence?

And should he even be thinking about playing? In 2007, Barber complained to McGrath about being old, and talked at length about the extensive rehab he required each week to recover from the poundings he took on the field. More recently, Barber has said that the game is inherently dangerous and that he feared he would suffer long-term brain damage from his playing days, in the form of chronic traumatic encephalopathy. McGrath, in his article on football head injuries from January, spoke to Barber:
“They can’t try to do more,” he said. “They can’t afford to change what it is: an aggressively fast, physically brutal game.” He added that he believes he will die with traces of C.T.E. in his brain tissue; he now views C.T.E. as “a necessary side effect of contact activity… It’s scary.”
Barber’s earning power came from his legs and his likability. The latter seems to be exhausted; we’ll see if there’s anything left in the former. Regardless, we’ve come a long way from 2007, when, as McGrath wrote at the time, Barber had sounded so confident while explaining his retirement plans to reporters: “You know, it’s better to leave ’em wanting more.”

Photograph: Mary Ellen Mark.

Source : Newyorker
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Sally Meyerhoff

Wednesday, 9 March 2011

Sally Meyerhoff, Sally Meyerhof

Sally Meyerhoff tragedy reminds runners to take precautions

Sally Meyerhoff, a professional marathoner who recently won the P.F. Chang's Rock 'n' Roll Arizona Marathon in January, was killed yesterday in a cycling accident. According to reports, Meyerhoff "who was 27 and lived in Maricopa, Ariz., failed to yield at a stop sign and was struck by a pickup truck. Reports say she was killed instantly."

Meyerhoff's tragic death is a reminder to local runners to practice safety measures while running -- or cross training -- outdoors this spring. With the heavy snow that the Albany area has experienced this winter, road conditions, especially shoulders, can be slippery, wet, icy or snow covered. Moreover, even with the recent snow melt there are still many areas where plows have deposited snow and created large snow banks. These snow banks can make it difficult for drivers to see runners.

Take these precautions when running outdoors to help avoid accidents:

* Stop more frequently. If you normally just slow down at road crossings, take an extra moment to stop and be extra sure that there are no oncoming cars. Pause and look around you more frequently than you normally do.
* Run during daylight hours. If you must run in the dark, make sure you are illuminated and choose a familiar route.
* Run without music. When outdoor conditions are less than ideal, you need to be aware of your surroundings and ensure that you can hear oncoming traffic. Leave the headphones at home!
* Run against traffic. By running against traffic you will be able to see and observe cars as they approach.
* Run in parks or on local trails. While you can't beat the convenience of stepping outside your door and heading down the street for a run, when conditions warrant it, head to less trafficked areas like parks and trails. Head to places such as The Crossings, the Corning Preserve, Thacher Park or bike trail that runs from Schenectady to Albany to avoid running in traffic.

The transition period between winter and spring in the Albany area can be a great time to run. Practice common sense precautions to ensure your safety.

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High School Basketball Player Dies

Saturday, 5 March 2011

Wes Leonard
Autopsy: Mich. hoops player dies of cardiac arrest

FENNVILLE, Mich. (AP) - An autopsy confirms a Michigan high school basketball player who collapsed on the floor after making a game-winning shot died of cardiac arrest due to an enlarged heart.

Fennville star Wes Leonard is being remembered as an "all-American kid." His basket in overtime Thursday gave his team a perfect 20-0 record. But soon after the game ended, the 16-year-old junior fell to the gym floor, his life fading just a few moments after his victory layup. ( Read High School Basketball Player Dies more... )

High School Basketball Player Dies After HItting Game-Winning Shot

Wes Leonard was a popular student and outstanding athlete. Leonard made the winning shot during overtime for Fennville, which was the last game he would ever play.

A Holland Hospital spokeswoman says Wes Leonard, 16, collapsed Thursday night moments after a 57-55 overtime win against Bridgman. Leonard scored the winning basket in overtime, to lead the Blackhawks to victory. Fennville completed a perfect 20-0 regular season.

A Holland Hospital spokeswoman says Leonard fell to the floor as people began rushing the court after the game. ( Read High School Basketball Player Dies more... )

Wes Leonard: High School Basketball Player Collapses After Game-Winning Shot

A western Michigan high school basketball player, Wes Leonard, collapsed and died on the court after making the winning shot for his team.

Leonard, 16, died Thursday night (Mar. 3), but a cause of death is still unknown. CPR was administered on the young boy after he scored the game-winning layup in a final score of 57-55 over Bridgman.

“Obviously, in the midst of celebration, I think shocking is exactly the word,” Fennville Superintendent Dirk Weeldreyer told the paper before Leonard’s ambulance left the high school. ( Read High School Basketball Player Dies more... )

High school basketball player dies after winning shot

16-year-old Wes Leonard, a Michigan high school player, collapsed after making a game-winning layup in overtime. A cause of death has not yet been determined. ( Read High School Basketball Player Dies more... )

Basketball player dies after making winning shot

Wes Leonard, a high school basketball player from Fennville, Mich., died Thursday night, moments after hitting the winning shot for his undefeated team. See video of his winning basket below (content is not graphic). ( Read High School Basketball Player Dies more... )

Local sports teams reflect on Fennville High School basketball player's death

MID-MICHIGAN (WJRT) -- (03/04/11)--A western Michigan community is mourning the sudden loss of a star athlete after he collapsed in cardiac arrest on the court.

Wes Leonard, 16, of Fennville High School, went down just moments after scoring the game-winning layup during the team celebration.

An autopsy shows an enlarged heart led to his sudden death. His coach and teammates are struggling to understand.

"He was just a special kid with a passion that you just don't get to see all the time," said Ryan Klinger. ( Read High School Basketball Player Dies more... )

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Stevo Poulin

Stevo Poulin is Wrestling Champ Kid

Watch this unbelievable kid, Stevo Poulin as he topples everyone in wrestling regardless of size. Where is he getting all the strength? Watch out MMA.

Here is some of 2010 Brute National Champion Stevo Poulin’s lastest and greatest.



Stevo Poulin, Future MMA Star?

Anybody see Stevo Poulin all over the internet. This kid has crazy sick skills.( Read Stevo Poulin more... )

Stevo Poulin, 8 Year Old Wrestling Phenomena

Here’s a video from the 2010 Brute National Championship and some of STEVO’s lastest and greatest. If anything about this kid has you bewildered check out his Leg Cradle around 1.51 minutes into the video. Stevo hails out of Schuylerville, N.Y, and sports a 256-26 record.( Read Stevo Poulin more... )

8-Year-Old Wrestler Stevo Poulin Is Just Killing It (Video)

Some might think that the mohawk on Stevo Poulin’s head is there to intimidate his opponents. I would argue that this 8-year-old wrestling phenom could be wearing curling rolls and a hairnet on his head and the rest of the kids would still be frightened by his presence on the mat.( Read Stevo Poulin more... )

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JP Tokoto

Friday, 4 March 2011

JP Tokoto
College basketball: J.P. Tokoto to attend North Carolina

WAUWATOSA - In the end, J.P. Tokoto couldn't pass up the opportunity to play for one of the marquee programs in men's college basketball.

Tokoto, a highly recruited junior forward from Menomonee Falls, announced Thursday night during a press conference at Dave and Buster's that he's heading to North Carolina after his prep career is over. Tokoto can make his decision official by signing a letter of intent in the fall.

One of the most hotly recruited players in the history of Wisconsin prep basketball, Tokoto chose coach Roy Williams and the Tar Heels over a host of successful programs that included two schools in his backyard, the University of Wisconsin and Marquette. ( Read JP Tokoto more... )

College Basketball: JP Tokoto Chooses North Carolina

J.P. Tokoto has made his decision: UNC will be his destination to play his college basketball, declining offers from Connecticut, Marquette, Kansas, Kentucky, Maryland, UCLA and Wisconsin.

Tokoto, one of the most hotly recruited players in the history of Wisconsin prep basketball, nodded to the Taar Heels and coach Roy Williams during a news conference at Dave and Buster’s on Thursday night.

“I’m going to be a Tar Heel,” Tokoto said in an exclusive interview. “I’m going to North Carolina.”( Read JP Tokoto more... )

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Scout.com: Tokoto Joins Carolina Family Tokoto gave North Carolina and Roy Williams the nod, becoming ... ( Read JP Tokoto more... )

J.P. Tokoto Has Decided

J.P. Tokoto has decided his college destination….

But he won’t announce it until Thursday night at 10 p.m. CST in an exclusive interview with the local Milwaukee Fox affiliate, WITI-TV, at Dave & Buster’s in Wauwatosa, Wisc.

“This is J.P.’s moment so my lips are sealed as tight as can be,” Trevor Trimble, Tokoto’s father, said Wednesday by phone. “I don’t want to take away from his moment.” ( Read JP Tokoto more... )

JP Tokoto to Decide This Week

The last few years have been magical at the Menomonee Falls High School gym. Roy Williams of North Carolina and Bill Self of Kansas have been there. Kentucky's John Calipari has come to hang out. Michigan State's Tom Izzo spent a chilly Friday in our neck of the woods.

Marquette's Buzz Williams has been in the house. Scouts from Georgetown and UCLA have also walked through the gym doors. Wisconsin coach Bo Ryan has been there more often than most Menomonee Falls residents. They all come to see one thing: Junior Forward JP Tokoto.( Read JP Tokoto more... )

College Basketball Recruiting: JP Tokoto Narrows List To 8 Schools

According to Ritchie Davis, Jean-Pierre Tokoto (2012, 6'6", WG, Menomonee Falls HS) has narrowed his list of potential institutions to pursue his academic and athletic endeavors at the collegiate level to eight schools.

The eight are: Connecticut, Kansas, Kentucky, Marquette, Maryland, North Carolina, UCLA and Wisconsin.( Read JP Tokoto more... )

Top recruit Tokoto says he's picked North Carolina

MILWAUKEE—Top Wisconsin high school recruit J.P. Tokoto said Thursday that he has committed to playing college basketball at North Carolina.

The Menomonee Falls High School star forward made the announcement at a Milwaukee restaurant in a room filled with family, friends, teammates, coaches and reporters.

"It's a relief," the 17-year-old junior said. "We can get it off our shoulders and go ahead and focus on other things, like my books, my team." ( Read JP Tokoto more... )

UNC Lands 2012 Swingman J.P. Tokoto

It’s been eight years since Roy Williams left Kansas, but the Midwest continues to be very good to him.

The latest evidence of this is the commitment of Menomonee Falls (Wisc.) High swingman J.P. Tokoto who announced his commitment to the Tar Heels during a Thursday night Milwaukee newscast. ( Read JP Tokoto more... )

J.P. Tokoto Chooses North Carolina

Thursday night J.P. Tokoto made his decision in front of two-hundred-plus people.

As many expected, he has chosen the University of North Carolina and Roy Williams.

Tokoto recently took a visit to Chapel Hill and it has been evident that he liked what the Tar Heels had to offer for sometime.

He "always had a feeling about North Carolina since about last year," Tokoto said. ( Read JP Tokoto more... )

Top recruit J.P. Tokoto says he’s picked North Carolina

MILWAUKEE — Top Wisconsin high school recruit J.P. Tokoto said Thursday that he has committed to playing college basketball at North Carolina.

The Menomonee Falls High School star forward made the announcement at a Milwaukee restaurant in a room filled with family, friends, teammates, coaches and reporters.

“It’s a relief,” the 17-year-old junior said. “We can get it off our shoulders and go ahead and focus on other things, like my books, my team.” ( Read JP Tokoto more... )

Tokoto: 'I Am A Tar Heel For Life'

WAUWATOSA, Wisc. --- Throughout his recruiting process, J.P. Tokoto got so many letters and took so many visits that the schools started to blend together. But when he went to Chapel Hill for the first time on Memorial Day weekend of 2009, the 6-foot-6 small forward saw the whole scope of his recruitment change. ( Read JP Tokoto more... )

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BYU Honor Code

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Vai Talks BYU Honor Code

Our own Vai Sikahema knows a thing or two about the strict Mormon honor code at Brigham Young University

Vai went to BYU and explains how the honor code and its enforcement sets his Alma Mater apart and could possibly hurt their basketball team's chances to go all the way after a player was kicked off the team for violating the code. ( Read BYU Honor Code more... )

Has BYU Done Right by Brandon Davies?

Sometimes the world of sports tees up good LB topics even if the facts at hand don’t concern criminal offenses, civil suits or, for that matter, the court system at all.

Most of these situations involve someone (an umpire, referee or other official) applying a rule in a way that either seems overly draconian or, less frequently, too lenient. At issue in each case: how to apply a law to an individual set of facts. Often the question breaks down like this: Should a law or rule be applied formalistically, that is, rigidly (collateral costs be damned)? Or should the arbiter consider alternative applications of the rule so that an arguably fairer result is reached? ( Read BYU Honor Code more... )

Sports Replay: BYU honor code violations, crime in college football and the 'real' Lamar Odom

John Canzano's Thursday column addresses the dismissal of Brandon Davies from BYU's basketball team for an honor code violation, and the Salt Lake Tribune has a source that says Davies' transgression was having sex with his girlfriend. This might seem strict in some circles, but BYU is not shy about sharing this honor code with students and athletes.

Davies knew what was expected of him and failed to comply. What do you think? Tell me in the comments section below.

And onto some real crime, as opposed to honor code violations: Sports Illustrated and CBS News ran criminal background checks on college football's top 25 teams. The investigation appears to be much more thorough than what teams conduct on recruits and even looked into juvenile arrests where available. The results for Oregon and Oregon State: the Ducks have seven players charged, the Beavers four. The story says Pittsburgh leads the pack with 22. ( Read BYU Honor Code more... )

A Look At BYU's Honor Code, Which Brandon Davies Violated By Having Premarital Sex

On Monday, sophomore BYU forward Brandon Davies admitted to school officials that he violated the school's honor code by having sex with his girlfriend. As a consequence, Davies has been dismissed from the team.

The school's decision brings renewed attention to its honor code. According to BYU's website, these are the honor code's requirements: ( Read BYU Honor Code more... )

BYU Honor Code

Reasons for the BYU Code

Brigham Young University, Brigham Young University—Hawaii, Brigham Young University—Idaho, and LDS Business College exist to provide an education in an atmosphere consistent with the ideals and principles of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. That atmosphere is created and preserved through commitment to conduct that reflects those ideals and principles. Members of the faculty, administration, staff, and student body at BYU, BYU—Hawaii, BYU—Idaho, and LDSBC are selected and retained from among those who voluntarily live the principles of the gospel of Jesus Christ. ( Read BYU Honor Code more... )

BYU Honor Code Violation: Davies Banned For Premarital Sex

After the Brigham Young men's basketball team dispatched San Diego State last Saturday in one of the most hyped athletic events in this city's history, pundits across the country read last rites to the Aztecs' hopes of landing a top seed in a regional bracket.

This piece of good stuff, which helps a team's aspirations of a Final Four bid, was assuredly going to go to third-ranked Brigham Young.

But that was then. This is now. ( Read BYU Honor Code more... )

Brandon Davies Suspended for Violating BYU Honor Code

Brandon Davies, a star college basketball player for Brigham Young University, is "extremely remorseful" for violating the school's honor code, according a report.

His transgression: premarital sex.

The Utah-based school, operated by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, recently suspended Davies from tho No. 3 ranked squad, according to the Salt Lake Tribune. ( Read BYU Honor Code more... )

Only relevant question: Was Davies treated like any BYU student?

Let the overreaction to Mormonism begin.

Also, the overreaction to BYU. And to athletes' privileges and responsibilities. And to premarital sex, and honor codes, and caffeine.

Yes, we can see a national debate forming over the Brandon Davies story, and when you have a national debate in this here piece of land, you go off the rails pretty damned quickly.

Fortunately, there's me. Well, fortunately for me, there's me, anyway.

Let's break this down. The debate is not about Mormonism, or about BYU's honor code, or even about Brandon Davies' willpower, or even the perceived lawlessness of college sports. I mean, it can be if you want it to, but you'll be fighting in taverns a lot. ( Read BYU Honor Code more... )

Brandon Davies decision: BYU not at fault for upholding honor code

Brandon Davies decision: BYU not at fault for upholding honor code ( Read BYU Honor Code more... )

BYU 'honor' shocks nation that treasures wins

"One athlete out of every seven engaged in intercollegiate competition is 'subsidized' to a point bordering upon professionalism."

In case you are of the mistaken notion that the current generation invented the kind of passion for college athletics that puts players in a privileged class and distorts the purpose of higher education, consider that the above paragraph greeted readers of the New York Times on the morning of Oct. 24, 1929.

The subject was what became known as "Bulletin 23," a report from the Carnegie Foundation that indicted colleges for using slush funds and unethical recruiting practices, all to lure young men to play in leather helmets and flimsy shoulder pads. ( Read BYU Honor Code more... )

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BYU Basketball Player Suspended

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Danica Mendivil, Brandon Davies' Girlfriend: BYU Basketball Player's Significant Other Revealed

The girlfriend of Brandon Davies, the BYU forward who was kicked off the team for having pre-martial sex, has been revealed.

According to RadarOnline, Davies' girlfriend is Danica Mendivil, a freshman on the volleyball team at Arizona State University. ( Read BYU Basketball Player Suspended more... )

Sports-Tells: BYU Basketball Player Brandon Davies Suspended for Premarital Sex With His Girlfriend

Brigham Young University (BYU), student Brandon Davies was suspended from the Cougars basketball team for one year because he broke the schools “Honor Code” by having sex with his girlfriend. ****Blankstare***

(BYU) made the decision to kick standout center Brandon Davies off the basketball team because he violated the school’s honor code provision that prohibits premarital sex. ( Read BYU Basketball Player Suspended more... )

BYU Basketball Player Suspended for Premarital Sex

BYU center Brandon Davies was suspended from the Cougars’ nationally ranked team for the remainder of the season because he violated the school’s honor code provision that prohibits premarital sex..Cougars coach Dave Rose addressed Davies’ dismissal for the first time, saying, “I think it was a surprise to everyone.”.Asked whether he believes Davies will play basketball for BYU again, Rose said, “yeah, I do.” ( Read BYU Basketball Player Suspended more... )

Tribune: BYU hoops star suspended for premarital sex

Brigham Young University has suspended star basketball player Brandon Davies from its nationally ranked team for violating the school honor code that prohibits premarital sex, The Salt Lake Tribune reports.

BYU officials publicly have said only that Davies violated the school's honor code and that his actions were not criminal in nature. The suspension applies for the rest of the basketball season. ( Read BYU Basketball Player Suspended more... )

BYU Player Suspended: What did Brandon Davies Do?

Brigham Young University's No. 3 ranked basketball team suffered a major setback after forward Brandon Davies' honor code violation got him dismissed from the team for the remainder of the season. There is no indication that Davies was arrested, and BYU officials confirmed Wednesday that Davies wasn't involved in a criminal incident, ESPN reports.

So what did Brandon Davies do? School officials aren't saying, but it is worth noting that BYU has one of the strictest, if not the strictest honor codes in the country. "The code forbids premarital sex, the use of alcohol and illegal drugs, and cheating on schoolwork." Students are expected to live a chaste and virtuous life, attend church regularly, as well as abstaining from tobacco, tea, coffee and substance abuse. Thus, Brandon Davies' honor code violation remains a mystery. ( Read BYU Basketball Player Suspended more... )

Star Mormon basketball player suspended from BYU team for having sex with girlfriend

* 6ft 9in Brandon Davies violated BYU's honour code
* Team ranked third in the country before his suspension
* BYU lost to unranked team in first game without him

A star college basketball player at one of the country’s most respected teams has been suspended for having sex with his girlfriend.

Brandon Davies, a 6ft 9in centre for Mormon college Brigham Young University (BYU), violated the school’s honour code banning sex before marriage.

The college, in Provo, Utah, obliges students to live a ‘chaste and virtuous life’. ( Read BYU Basketball Player Suspended more... )

Should BYU really suspend a basketball player for having sex?

Sophomore center Brandon Davies was booted off the team for sleeping with his girlfriend, which violates the conservative school's exacting honor code

On Wednesday, Utah's Brigham Young University announced that it would suspend starting center Brandon Davies from the school's basketball team for having premarital sex with his girlfriend. BYU, which is affiliated with the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, is known for its strictness.

It also forbids coffee, smoking, and dishonesty of any kind. Still, the news came as a shock to college basketball fans, since the 6-foot-9-inch Davies had been an integral part of BYU's dominant Cougars, who are among the nation's top teams. Davies himself has expressed remorse for his actions, but did the school go too far? ( Read BYU Basketball Player Suspended more... )

BYU player suspended for having sex

PROVO, Utah, March 3 (UPI) -- A star Brigham Young University basketball player has been suspended for the rest of the season for having premarital sex, the Utah school confirmed.

Brandon Davies, 19, was suspended from the Cougars' nationally-ranked team for the remainder of the season and apologized to his teammates for violating the school's honor code, The Salt Lake Tribune reported Thursday. ( Read BYU Basketball Player Suspended more... )

College basketball star suspended for allegedly having premarital sex

Brigham Young University has suspended a star basketball player for violating the school’s strict code of honour by allegedly having premarital sex with his girlfriend.

The Utah-based school, owned and operated by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, said in a statement that BYU Cougars’ centre Brandon Davies will not play with the team for the remainder of the 2010-11 season due to a “violation” of the university’s honour code.

“Some decisions regarding Davies’ future on the basketball team and at the university are yet to be determined,” said the statement. ( Read BYU Basketball Player Suspended more... )

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Brandon Davies Girlfriend

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Danica Mendivil, Brandon Davies' Girlfriend: BYU Basketball Player's Significant Other Revealed

The girlfriend of Brandon Davies, the BYU forward who was kicked off the team for having pre-martial sex, has been revealed.

According to RadarOnline, Davies' girlfriend is Danica Mendivil, a freshman on the volleyball team at Arizona State University. ( Read Brandon Davies Girlfriend more... )

Brandon Davies Girlfriend: Give the Couple a Break Folks

Brandon Davies Girlfriend is Under Fire From Sports Fans

If you never thought sex and BYU would feature in the same sentence, you have just been disproved. BYU has been rocked by a set of circumstances that would seem almost normal at another school.

A couple of days ago, we were given the news that top collegiate center Brandon Davies was going to be suspended the rest of the year for violating the school's honor code. The violation was released, and it is a head turner. ( Read Brandon Davies Girlfriend more... )

Brandon Davies, Girlfriend Have Sex: BYU Honor Code Violation

The sports world is collectively scratching its head today, as reports that premarital sex and Brandon Davies' girlfriend led to his BYU honor code violation and suspension. A college basketball player suspended for having sex with his girlfriend? At the Mormon school, it is a BYU, honor code violation and grounds for dismissal from the university.

If Brandon Davies played for most any other college basketball team in the country, this would likely never even be reported. But the Salt Lake Tribune reports that is why the star forward, on the No. 3 Cougars team, was suspended mere weeks before the NCAA Tournament.

The suspension could costing the team its hopes for a deep run in the tournament and millions in revenue, but BYU is standing behind its honor code. ( Read Brandon Davies Girlfriend more... )

Brandon Davies Girlfriend Rumored Preggy

Rumor has it that Brandon Davies’ girlfriend is pregnant. The Brigham Young University’s forward, Brandon Davies, has been in the news lately for having been suspended from the BYU basketball team. The reason of the suspension is still unclear.

The school stated that he was released because he violated the BYU honor code, which include “must live a chaste and virtuous life.” ( Read Brandon Davies Girlfriend more... )

Brandon Davies’ Girlfriend Rumored Pregnant

Back in 1981, BYU was down by one point with just nine seconds left in an NCAA tourney matchup against perennial power Notre Dame. That’s when an undersized guard named Danny Ainge took an inbound base from the far baseline and went coast to coast via one of the most spectacular drives in NCAA basketball history.

His layup with under two seconds remaining gave BYU the victory, and for that feat, Ainge’s name is the first one many would associate with BYU’s program. ( Read Brandon Davies Girlfriend more... )

Brandon Davies’ Girlfriend Caused BYU Suspension

Brandon Davies’ girlfriend is now emerging as the reason that the star forward of the Brigham Young University basketball team was suspended yesterday.

Sources say he violated the BYU honor code by having sex with her. While the code doesn’t state specifically that students can’t engage in premarital sex, it states that they must “live a chaste and virtuous life.” Davies’ future as a pro basketball player is also up in the air as a result.

There are rumors that Brandon Davies’ girlfriend may be pregnant, but no one has confirmed this yet. While Davies was apologetic to his teammates for the situation and his actions, they hold no resentment towards him. One of his teammates, Charles Abouo, said, “Everyone makes mistakes in life. We are reaching out and trying to help him get through this.” ( Read Brandon Davies Girlfriend more... )

Brandon Davies girlfriend led to violation of honor code

Brandon Davies, 19, all-star basketball player from Brigham Young University, was suspended from the team earlier this week for violating the BYU honor code. The students from the university wondered what Davies did to violate the code.

The mystery is now revealed; Davies is accused of having sex with his girlfriend, according to the Chicago Sun Times. ( Read Brandon Davies Girlfriend more... )

Brandon Davies Girlfriend: Pre-Marital Sex Sparked Suspension!

Over the past week, fans of Brigham Young University’s starring forward Brandon Davies have been asking themselves, “What did Brandon Davies do to get suspended?” The school released information stating that the promising basketball star was let go from the team because he violated the University’s honor code. At that point, no one knew the reason for the violation. Now, we do.

So What Did Brandon Davies Do? ( Read Brandon Davies Girlfriend more... )

Brandon Davies Girlfriend: BYU Sex Code

If you haven't heard the news yet, you might want to take a seat. The Brigham Young University (BYU) basketball has dismissed Brandon Davies for violation of the BYU honor (sex) code.

That's right... the 6-9 star forward has been kicked off the team for having premarital sex with his girlfriend. BYU is located in Provo, Utah and as students of the Mormon college, are held to a strict honor code that prohibits the use of alcohol, drugs, beards... as in facial hair and as Brandon Davies girlfriend found out, no sex. ( Read Brandon Davies Girlfriend more... )

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Brandon Davies Honor Code Violation

Thursday, 3 March 2011

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BYU: Reno Mahe feels for Brandon Davies

PROVO — Former BYU football star Reno Mahe feels for Cougar basketball player Brandon Davies, who was suspended Tuesday for a school honor code violation.

Mahe suffered the same hard lessons in 1998 after an honor code violation got him booted from the football program after his freshman season.

“I’ve always shared this with people, that it was probably one of the best things that had happened to me,” he said. "I appreciate what BYU did to me. I appreciate the honor code and what it stands for. I appreciate that they enforce it. You get a lot of schools that say they have codes, but I don't think anyone enforces it like BYU does." ( Read Brandon Davies Honor Code Violation more... )

BYU’s Brandon Davies apologizes to teammates

Provo • BYU center Brandon Davies was suspended from the Cougars’ nationally ranked team for the remainder of the season because he violated the school’s honor code provision that prohibits premarital sex, The Salt Lake Tribune has learned.

Davies, a sophomore from Provo High School, acknowledged his transgression to BYU officials on Monday, according to multiple sources.

After BYU’s stunning 82-64 loss to New Mexico on Wednesday night, Cougars coach Dave Rose addressed Davies’ dismissal for the first time, saying, “I think it was a surprise to everyone.”

Asked whether he believes Davies will play basketball for BYU again, Rose said, “yeah, I do.” ( Read Brandon Davies Honor Code Violation more... )

Sports Replay: College football spring practice, BYU's honor code violation and Serena Williams' health scare

Spring football practice began this week at some schools, though the Oregon teams have relatively late spring camps. Thankfully, when teams work out – even in the spring – there are more college football stories to read. Today, we'll take a spin around the Web to see what people are talking about.

Stanford was the first Pac-12 team to start spring drills, opening camp last week. With star quarterback Andrew Luck returning, the Cardinal are expected to challenge Oregon for the first Pac-12 championship. The biggest question mark for Stanford isn't on the field, but on the sideline where Jim Harbaugh has left for the San Francisco 49ers. His replacement, David Shaw, discusses his expectations on the Cardinal website. ( Read Brandon Davies Honor Code Violation more... )

Serena Williams, Brandon Davies, Michael Vick and Wednesday's Late Sports Buzz

Serena Williams was rushed to the hospital Monday to undergo emergency treatment for complications stemming from an earlier pulmonary embolism, or a blockage in the artery of her lung.

Williams, who attended the Oscars, developed the clot last week after returning to Los Angeles from New York. ( Read Brandon Davies Honor Code Violation more... )

BYU’s Brandon Davies Suspended for School’s Honor Code Violation

Brandon Davies has been suspended for the rest of the season by the BYU basketball team for violating the school’s honor code, according to reports. Davies was the third leading scorer for the Cougars. . . . ( Read Brandon Davies Honor Code Violation more... )

Brandon Davies BYU Honor Code Violation Does Not Sound Like a Sex Issue (UPDATE)

The 27-2, third-ranked BYU Cougars were dealt a major blow late Tuesday when it was announced that center Brandon Davies would be suspended for the rest of the season. The school said the dismissal was due to a violation of the school’s honor code, though they did not specify which aspect of the code was violated.

We do know that Davies is still a BYU student and that the school learned about the issue on Monday. The only details that were revealed came from The Salt Lake Tribune. ( Read Brandon Davies Honor Code Violation more... )

BYU coach hopes to keep Brandon Davies in the program

Brigham Young officials said Wednesday that Brandon Davies' violation of the school's honor code -- which earned him a suspension for the rest of the season -- was not criminal in nature.

Davies was the Cougars' leading rebounder and third-leading scorer prior to his suspension Tuesday. ( Read Brandon Davies Honor Code Violation more... )

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Pulmonary Embolism

Pulmonary Embolism
Serena Williams Hospitalized After Pulmonary Embolism

Tennis player Serena Williams was rushed to a Los Angeles hospital Monday to undergo emergency treatment for complications from an earlier pulmonary embolism -- a blockage in an artery of her lung.

Her rep, Nicole Chabot, told People Magazine that Williams developed the clot last week after returning to Los Angeles from New York, where she had been visiting doctors about a foot injury. Williams reportedly cut her foot on a piece of glass at a restaurant in July. It required two surgeries. ( Read Pulmonary Embolism more... )

Medical notes: Pulmonary embolism

A pulmonary embolism or blood clot on the lungs is a serious and potentially life-threatening condition.

However, if treated, most patients will make a full recovery.

What is it?

A pulmonary embolism is a blood clot that has entered the lungs.

Small clots may cause no symptoms at all and medium-sized clots may cause sudden breathlessness.

When the clot is large, it can stop blood from flowing through the lungs. This can cause a person to collapse or even die. ( Read Pulmonary Embolism more... )

Serena reportedly has Pulmonary Embolism

NEW YORK - Tennis star Serena Williams underwent "emergency treatment" Monday, days after doctors discovered a blood clot in her lungs, People magazine reported.

Spokeswoman Nicole Chabot told the magazine that Williams "underwent emergency treatment for a hematoma suffered as a result of treatment for a more critical situation." ( Read Pulmonary Embolism more... )

Serena Williams Hospitalized for Pulmonary Embolism

Serena Williams was rushed to an L.A. hospital yesterday to undergo emergency treatment for a pulmonary embolism ... this according to the 29-year-old tennis star's rep.

Williams' rep released a statement explaining, "Monday Serena Williams underwent emergency treatment at Cedars for a hematoma she suffered as a result of treatment for a more critical situation." ( Read Pulmonary Embolism more... )

Serena Williams Suffers Pulmonary Embolism

Sunday night Serena Williams looked beautiful in her appearance at Sir Elton John AIDS Foundation Academy Awards Viewing Party – but who knew that a serious health scare was awaiting her the very next day. On Monday Serena was spotted at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles.

“Monday Serena Williams underwent emergency treatment at Cedars for a hematoma she suffered as a result of treatment for a more critical situation,” Williams’s rep, Nicole Chabot, said in an exclusive statement to PEOPLE. ( Read Pulmonary Embolism more... )

Pulmonary Embolism: What You Need To Know and Why Pregnancy Increases Your Risk

Thanks to Serena Williams’ pulmonary embolism scare, the internet’s got pulmonary embolism on the brain. A pulmonary embolism is a blood clot that begins in or travels to the lungs. Embolisms happen to be one of my pet hypochondriac topics (there are so many, I know). And my embolism anxiety was never hotter than in the pregnancy and postpartum period, when embolism risks are elevated.

One of my favorite artists, Paula Modersohn-Becker, died of a pulmonary embolism several weeks after the birth of her daughter. Her death was extra poignant as she painted mothers and pregnant women…and the suddenness and tragedy of it all made pulmonary embolism the perfect thing for my pregnant brain to obsess about. ( Read Pulmonary Embolism more... )

Raised Risk of Pulmonary Embolism in Specific Cancers

The risk of pulmonary embolism is significantly higher for outpatients with central nervous system, pancreatic, upper gastrointestinal, and lung/pleural malignancies, and lower for hematological and breast malignancies, according to a study published online Feb. 11 in Cancer.

THURSDAY, Feb. 24 (HealthDay News) -- The risk of pulmonary embolism (PE) is significantly higher for outpatients with central nervous system (CNS), pancreatic, upper gastrointestinal, and lung/pleural malignancies, and lower for hematological and breast malignancies, according to a study published online Feb. 11 in Cancer. ( Read Pulmonary Embolism more... )

Serena Williams hospitalized with Pulmonary Embolism

Hours after she dazzled the red carpet at the Vanity Fair Oscars party, Serena Williams was in a Los Angeles hospital receiving emergency treatment for a blood clot in her lungs.

According to People magazine, Serena suffered a pulmonary embolism last week and was seeing doctors at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center for the problem. It was discovered after she returned from New York for doctor's appointments relating to her foot issues. ( Read Pulmonary Embolism more... )

Serena Williams Suffered a Pulmonary Embolism, Hematoma

Not only did Serena Williams suffer from a foot injury that kept her out of tennis for the past 8 months, but earlier today it was reported that on Monday, Serena underwent emergency surgery for a pulmonary embolism. ( Read Pulmonary Embolism more... )

Serena Williams Suffers Pulmonary Embolism

Tennis star Serena Williams had been spotted at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles several times over the past week -- and now we know why. Williams' rep confirms to People that the 29-year-old athlete "underwent emergency treatment at Cedars for a hematoma she suffered as a result of a more critical situation."

That "more critical situation" was a blood clot in Williams' lungs, also known as a pulmonary embolism. "Last week, Serena suffered from a pulmonary embolism, which was discovered upon her return to L.A.," Chabot explains. "She had been in New York for doctor appointments for the ongoing issues with her foot." ( Read Pulmonary Embolism more... )

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Mike Bibby

Tuesday, 1 March 2011

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Once a Hawk, Mike Bibby could become a big man in Miami

Mike Bibby might just have found a way to the Eastern Conference finals. He couldn’t get there it as a Hawk, but from Chris Broussard of ESPN comes word that Bibby, last seen being grumpy over being traded to Washington, might take his talents …

To South Beach.

I mean, doesn’t everybody? ( Read Mike Bibby more... )

Sources: Mike Bibby leans toward signing with Miami Heat

MIAMI — A pair of independent sources have confirmed to the Sun Sentinel that veteran point guard Mike Bibby is leaning toward signing with the Miami Heat in the wake of Monday's buyout from the Washington Wizards.

Bibby, acquired last week from the Atlanta Hawks at the NBA trading deadline, agreed, according to multiple reports, to bypass his $6.2 million 2011-12 salary from the Wizards in order to move to a contender. ( Read Mike Bibby more... )

Mike Bibby gets bought out, leaves entire $6.2 million salary on table

The Wizards have said all along that Mike Bibby would really have to pay to get his freedom. In the end, he did, big-time. Marc Spears of Yahoo! Sports is reporting that Bibby was willing to waive his entire $6.2 million salary to get bought out from the Wizards. ( Read Mike Bibby more... )

Buyout Watch: Mike Bibby, Troy Murphy, Leon Powe all Possibilities, Rasual Butler to Chicago?

“Bibby has shot just 1-for-9 in two games with the Wizards, but there is a chance — albeit slim — that he may not be around much longer. According to a person with knowledge of the situation, Bibby’s agent, David Falk, plans to meet with Wizards President Ernie Grunfeld on Monday to discuss a possible buyout.

The person requested anonymity because of the sensitivity of the negotiations. The two sides have had preliminary discussions, according to two league sources, but no formal proposals have been made. Bibby makes $5.8 million this season and is on the books for $6.4 million next season. ( Read Mike Bibby more... )

Troy Murphy, Mike Bibby could emerge as Heat options

MIAMI — By the time the Miami Heat's three-day break ends with Thursday's nationally televised game against the visiting Orlando Magic, it is possible the roster has a new look.

Veteran forward Troy Murphy and veteran point guard Mike Bibby, each dealt at last week's NBA trading deadline, could have eyes on South Florida.

Murphy, who reportedly has agreed to a buyout with the Golden State Warriors, is said by ESPN to be deliberating between the Boston Celtics and Heat. ( Read Mike Bibby more... )

Guard Mike Bibby reaches buyout agreement with Wizards

The buyout season has begun.

The Washington Wizards and newly-acquired point guard Mike Bibby reached a buyout agreement Monday, said a person with knowledge of the deal who requested anonymity because the buyout had not become official.

Forward Troy Murphy also reached a buyout agreement with the Golden State Warriors. ( Read Mike Bibby more... )

Wizards, Bibby reach buyout agreement [UPDATED]

By Michael Lee

The Wizards have reached a buyout agreement with point guard Mike Bibby. Bibby's agent, David Falk, met with Wizards President Ernie Grunfeld on Monday at Verizon Center to get the deal finalized.

The terms have not been disclosed, but a person with knowledge of the situation said Bibby sacrificed a "substantial" amount of money for his freedom. Another source said that Bibby surrendered his entire $6.2 million salary next season. Bibby will receive the remainder of his $5.7 million salary this season and has a chance to make more, should he sign a prorated minimum deal with his next team. ( Read Mike Bibby more... )

Troy Murphy And Mike Bibby To Sign With Heat?

Which comes as a total shock, the Miami Herald is reporting that free agents Mike Bibby and Troy Murphy are leaning towards signing with the Miami Heat.

This would be a crushing blow to the Boston Celtics, not only would they be missing out on two key additions, the Miami Heat would be addressing two areas of need. The swing could be enough to catapult the Heat over the Celtics once and for all. The Heat have shown an ability to cruise past lesser teams relying on the their Big Three, but have struggled when playing an elite team that features an above average guard and/or center. ( Read Mike Bibby more... )

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