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Showing posts with label Sports. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Sports. Show all posts
The Kings have plenty reason to celebrate
The Kings have plenty reason to celebrate
The Kings have plenty reason to celebrate their
last season in Arco Arena. They have celebrated
the first of six Legends Nights honoring former
players that made an impact on the team. Last night,
Sacramento welcomed back TNT Analyst Chris
Webber and former point guard Mike Bibby.
Together they reminisced about their time in a
Kings uniform where they played in front...
Billiards-Pankaj AdvaniI-mixed start as he lost to Peter Gilchrist
Pankaj Arjan Advani born 24 July 1985 in Pune is an India professional player
of English billiards and former professional snooker player.Former champion
Pankaj Advani had a mixed start as he lost to Peter Gilchrist 2-3 but beat
Brian Harvey 3-0 in his next outing at the World Championship.
Ace cueist Pankaj Advani will spearhead the strong Indian contingent of 17
men and two women in the World Billiards Championship in Leeds,
commencing...
Worsened UNC Academic Fraud
The latest investigation found that university leaders, faculty members and
staff missed or just ignored flags that could've stopped the problem years
earlier. More than 3,100 students -- about half of them athletes -- benefited
from sham classes and artificially high grades in the formerly named African
and Afro-American Studies department AFAM in Chapel Hill.A report by former U.S. Justice Department official Kenneth...
San Francisco Giants- real giants
That's the long and short of it from Igor Vovkovinskiy, 29, who at 7-feet,
8.33-inches is recognized by Guinness World Records as the tallest man
in the U.S., and George Bell, a 7-foot-8, former Harlem Globetrotter.Neither Vovkovinskiy nor Bell have been following the Giants, and they
don't have a big interest in the World Series."To be honest, I haven't watched baseball in a few years," Vovkovinskiy
told HuffPost. "It's too slow....
Townsend's success has also been helpful in silencing the critics
Townsend's success has also been helpful in silencing the critics. She splits her training time between Chicago, where she began playing and first met Murray at the age of 6, and Washington, D.C., where she trains with former Wimbledon runner-up Zina Garrison.Ranked number one in the world in the junior division in 2012, Townsend burst onto the Grand Slam scene this year, reaching the third round in the French Open and also earning wild-card berths...
Roger Goodell Admits NFL-Recent Failures
NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell admits that the league's recent failures start with him, but has no plans on resigning. In his first public appearance in more than a week, Goodell vowed to improve the NFL's personal conduct policy as it relates to domestic violence and win back the credibility that the league has lost."Unfortunately, over the past several weeks, we have seen all too much of the NFL doing wrong," Goodell said on Friday. "That starts...