Chauncey Billups 'to Clippers' Miracle in Memphis "

Chauncey Billups 'to Clippers' Miracle in Memphis "

Clippers protective Chauncey Billups is on the side of ends torn left Achilles’ tendon, but he is a team with the Memphis Grizzlies face the Clippers in the Western Conference first round playoff series.

and one day after the Clippers tot unlikely Game 1 victory here on Sunday, Billups Times shared the thoughts of his team’s performance and much more.

Memphis, Tennessee – the first three quarters, some guys just do not know what playoff basketball was it really took us three quarters to understand how hard you have to play and playoffs

<.. p> And frankly, when we started to come back, I was just glad that we were starting to come back. And I was happy the next day so we could run some things on tape that we could say: “I saw you’ve got to play hard.”

But this time I do not think we should win game. I do not think we should come all the way back seven minutes remaining. It was amazing.

We have a lot of guys on this team who have no experience at this stage of the season, and I think they are the first three quarters was a lot to us. We learned a lot as a team. We have also learned a lot of effort we played with in the fourth quarter.

During a comeback, what changed was you had Reggie Evans and Eric Bledsoe out there scrapping for every little thing that they could get. And again, not all of which play a tough.

Nick Young stepped up and took some great pictures. Blake Griffin began to feel a little more than themselves. Chris Paul was out there d oing what he does, orchestration.

And all of our team has just started going crazy. Bench almost got a technical error, because we could not sit down. We were going to go crazy. What the team is all about, man.

We are aware that it has no more than that, for every game. And we can do it again for another game? Well, probably not. But if we do not come down to 20-something points, we are OK.

go to the next game is the key to us to be overconfident, knowing that what we did on Sunday was a miracle. We can not do it again. We just have to play with the same effort and heart that we played in the fourth quarter, and we have a better chance to win

-. What told the Times staff writer Baxter Holmes

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Kings and the Blues can not help but like each other

Kings and the Blues can not help but like each other

ST. LOUIS – Kings and Blues have been so civil to each other in preparation for the opener of their second round playoff series Saturday in St. Louis, it’s almost annoying

not playoff opponents should hate each other.? See the hostility between the Pittsburgh Penguins and Philadelphia Flyers. Or between the Vancouver Canucks and where they play every year.

But there is no verbal jabs between the Kings and the Blues, is inflammation of the quotes incite war of words. Lots of praise and criticism.

“See some of their games against the Canucks. They play hard every shift, he has four lines that are willing to invest in the game,” Blues captain David Backes said the Kings. “It is clear, their goalkeeper coaching is also high.

” We want those types of games, one goal games are low scoring. That’s our style. Hopefully we can find ways to solve Jonathan Quick. He is a good goal tender. “

Blues coach Ken Hitchcock was so generous, that he declared the king’s best teams in the West, because they are removed from No. 1-seeded Canucks. But he was not generous enough to give Kings home-ice advantage with the top seed, so the series starts in St. Louis on Saturday and Monday before he moved to Los Angeles next Thursday and Sunday.

“When you turn the Presidents’ Trophy winner to become the No.1 seed. I think everyone knows that, “Hitchcock told the St. Louis.” We have to be on top of our game. I believe that if we are on top of our game, this is a great series and I’m really looking forward to it. “

may be a simple explanation for why the Kings and Blues Haven ‘t worked up to a mutual hatred .. They are so much alike, they almost have to respect each other

It is built on the same principles Everyone has an exceptional goalkeeper coaching – and the Blues Kings located 1 -2 team goals against average this season – defense, which blends a refined muscle and forwards, who are well trained in defensive

Do you know how much effort is required to play bruise, but a disciplined defensive game. are ready to make the entire team’s commitment to to a tight, low-scoring style brought them here, that kings hate the Blues -. or vice versa -. would be almost self-loathing

“I think the match is very similar teams,” Kings defenseman Willie Mitchell said. “They are both well-coached team. Both had some faster and in front of a given size. A good defensive teams. Great goalkeeping coaching. It looks in the mirror. “

similarities to expand their common beginnings and postseason futility.

colleagues in 1967-68 expansion, they are the only surviving” Second Six “teams, who have not won the Stanley Cup. Blues reached the final of each of their first three seasons, but swept always and never came back. Kings won the match with their lone Finals appearance in 1993, not until they have progressed past the second round.

This season, both teams coaching changes. Blues were 6-7 when they rejected the Davis Payne and brought experienced, the commander of Hitchcock. despite the loss of qualified players Andy McDonald, Alex Steen and David Perron as well as a concussion and a long, Hitchcock guided the Blues in the Central Division Title and the No. 2 seed.

Darryl Sutter succeeded Terry Murray behind the Kings’ bench in December, when the two Goal scoring was a game to celebrate. Sutter has developed players and instilled a matter of urgency, draw them out of early hole in the poor home performances during the playoffs on the last slide.

Kings center Colin Fraser, whose energy helped their fourth play an important role in Vancouver, sees many similarities between teams.

“So we were talking about how it will be a physical series, because they are a physical team, we are a physical team. Well the defending team. I think we were 1-2 league defensive numbers,” Fraser said.

“Of course you should not expect a high-score games. But they are not easy games. They will be very difficult. Who will win the battles against the walls and block shots. Little things are big in this series.”

courtesy of the likely ending opening faceoff on Saturday, but the similarities do not.

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Frustrated with the Angels team players will meet before the game Thursday

Frustrated with the Angels team players will meet before the game Thursday

ST. Petersburg, Florida – Angels was supposed to be a player, which is the only meeting before Thursday’s game against Tampa Bay Rays, is hardly a surprise considering the friction and frustration in the clubhouse after Wednesday night’s 3-2 loss for the Angels fell to 6 to 12.

“Sometimes it’s good to get the guys together and speak freely as a group and share our ideas,” fielder Vernon Wells said. “It is a good time to talk, to get all to relax and enjoy yourself and enjoy the game. We can not afford all that has happened so far to rob us of what we can do.”

Almost every player well-touted line-up has underachieved and stopped the criminal gives little or no margin of error of pitching personnel are often broken under pressure.

manager Mike Scioscia often speaks of the need to attack “continuity”, but has used 19 lineups in 17 games, and many of his moves with the Bullpen and the offense have backfired.

fielder Torii Hunter was questioned by both the heart of the club and its leadership on Wednesday night, when he said: “You have to dig deep. We have to fight a little harder. I do not think we think we try so hard. We have just passed through. We have to do what we are able to do. T hat’s it. Not only do players

Hunter remark seemed a hidden Scioscia criticized some of the movements, but when asked about Hunter comments Thursday Scioscia said, “Torii is not a problem that all strategies. He did not come to me something. “

Albert Pujols, Hunter and Kendrys Morales in the heart of what was to be a strong line-up, together with a home run. Angels on Thursday ^{ranked 12 th} in the American League in runs (69) , 11 ^th on-base percentage (.303), 12 ^th in inefficiency (0376), most recently in Homer (12), most recently as walking (41) and 11 th in stolen bases (nine).

The angels seem to succumbing to the weight of their high expectations, but when asked they play “tight,” Scioscia for the first time asked the reporter described as “tight” meant.

“If there is something we experience with this group, it may be that the guys trying to get away from it 0-for-20, 510-foot home run, “ ;Scioscia said.” Or a guy to third base and less than two outs, to expand a guy in his area, because he wants to get a guy to poor. I do not tighten. I am thinking of just trying to do too much, “

Angels will try to three-game losing streak in today’s series finale against the Rays

Angels configuration: .. SS Erick Aybar, 2B Howie Kendrick, 1B Albert Pujols, DH Torii Hunter, RF Mark Trumbo, LF Vernon Wells, 3B Alberto Callaspo, C Bobby Wilson, CF Peter Bourjos, P Jerome Williams

Rays assembly.: LF Desmond Jennings, 2B Ben Zobrist, 1B Carlos Pena, 3B Evan Longoria, DH Luke Scott, RF Matt Joyce, CF BJ Upton, C Jose Molina, SS Sean Rodriguez, P Matt Moore.

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frustrated Angels team players will meet before the game Thursday

Mette says World Peace had been waiting seven game suspension

Mette says World Peace had been waiting seven game suspension

Lakers forward Mette World Peace seemed surprised to get seven game suspension for the elbow, James Harden, head of information he revealed a short podcast on iTunes was released on Wednesday.

“I do not, AOT hope to have seven games. I did, AOT expect James Harden is behind me, and I hit him with his elbow,” World Peace, said the first public comments after a brief statement on Sunday. “But I’m glad she AOM AOS OK. It could have been a bad elbow. I really do not, AOT does not throw elbows to Mr. Harden, the AOS’s head.”

World Peace spoke to a little over two minutes, including information about his thinking in last Sunday’s game against Oklahoma City.

“I’m not, AOT dunked really like that the last three years. In general, people in the competition my shot, and they can block my shot, but I AOM better now,” he said. “We have to steal, Andrew Bynum threw the ball to me, AOM are going full speed, I see Kevin Durant, I get Äòbang-bang, Ao with the left, I get immersed in his left hand.

” In general, people want to prevent these pictures, but I feel like AOM so good. I was just a s aggressively after this third dunk [game]. Do push-ups, jumping up and down, and make the muscles flex and the public. Unfortunately, I hit the elbow, Harden “

Harden continuous concussion and return to play when he hit the World Peace 1:39 remaining in the second quarter of the Lakers ’114. – 106 double-overtime victory.

Harden did not play Tuesday against Sacramento, but said earlier today in his Twitter account that she felt “right”.

World Peace held Thursday’s regular-season finale against Sacramento and the Lakers’ next six games if they are eliminated in the playoffs four or five games, serving the remainder of World Peace suspension -. a game by one or two -. start of next season

World Peace was completed in a podcast on Wednesday, saying, “Thanks for listening. Y Äôall take it easy”

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Juan Uribe is a star Dodgers '7 -2 Braves victory

Juan Uribe is a star Dodgers '7 -2 Braves victory

Maybe Juan Uribe is not ready.

He certainly took it last year when he hit .204 in his injury shortened first Dodgers season. He did not change many minds in spring training, when manager Don Mattingly spoke of the possibility of too much to replace 33-year-old to start the third Baseman.

But 17 games in 2012 season, Uribe is batting .286.

Uribe had his best game as Dodger on Monday night, collecting four hits, driving three runs and scoring two in series-opening 7-2 victory Atlanta Braves at Dodger Stadium.

“I’ve always been a Christian,” Uribe said. “I knew inside I could do it. I’ve always had faith inside me. How to play baseball, what I love to do. How to play baseball, I want to do.”

For Dodgers had a rare game in which Matt Kemp and Ethier Others were not heroes. This name belonged to the players on the bottom line-up: Uribe, James Loney andA.J. Ellis.

Loney had two out of three with a double, walk and two runs made.

Ellis had two four two runs batted in

The trio’s total production led to Uribe something unusual: he praised fans in Dodger Stadium. Loudly.

What was left of the number 26.376 fans were on their feet when Uribe came to the plate in his last at-bat of the eighth inning. When you format a loaded, Uribe thrown the ball to the right field and drove the Dodgers’ two for the competition.

“I have heard them,” Uribe said the fans. “They have treated me well. They have helped me to come here and do my work. “

The game was Uribe’s fourth multi-hit game season. Last time he was a four-hit game was a generation ago, September 8, 2007. He played the Chicago White Sox time.

“It was important to me that I had four hits,” Uribe said. “It was important to me is the fact that we won. I am happy because we won. I am happy because I was able to help the team. “

He could not do it last year, what was his first year of a three-year, $ 21 mill ion contract.

He was injured most of the season. When he was injured, he did not hit.

“It’s nice, because he is a good teammate,” Mattingly says. “The boys love him. He is always a smile on his face. He continues to play defense well for us. “

Of course, Kemp and Ethier were still hits.

Kemp was two for three with a run and walk. His average rose to .460.

Ethier had three or four, and drive to raise an average of 0308. He drove the Dodgers’ first use.

Veteran starter Chris Capuano had his best start Dodgers. He avoids the usual mid-game fade and the Braves held in one run and six hits seven innings.

The Dodgers by opponents of Atlanta is the only one who has won a record today. Dodgers, who remained unbeaten at home (7-0), seemed to welcome the challenge.

“We think we are in good company, and we’ll find out,” Mattingly said.

dylan.hernandez @ latimes.com

Report: Saints GM Mickey Loomis stopped the opponent's coaches

Report: Saints GM Mickey Loomis stopped the opponent's coaches

New Orleans Saints may have a scandal explosive which has nothing to produce.

According to ESPN, was sacred to the general manager Mickey Loomis Superdome machine in his suite, which allowed him to tap into the game against the clock communication coaching staffs, and made his first three seasons in New Orleans – 2002-04 -. Before the unit was closed in 2005

Saints have denied that they stopped a spokesman Greg Bensel said the report is “1,000% false.”

Bensel also quotes Hall of Fame defensive tackle Cortez Kennedy, who has worked as a sacred Loomis advisor over the past decade, and watches games, the GM suite.

“It is absolutely wrong,” Kennedy said. “I’ve been sitting for years Mickey more games, and I can say that when Mickey will go for a walk during breaks or at half time, I put the headset in his .. that WWL-AM radio … I know because I’ve heard. Simple.”

NFL Spokesman Greg Aiello said the league was aware of the allegations.

in the league has been suspended Loomis of the first eight games this season for his role in the saints’ pay-for-performance bonus scandal

ESPN’s “Outside the Lines” CITES “sources familiar with the Saints game-day activities” through the time. According to ProFootballTalk.com, the government agency shall, together U.S. Attorney for Eastern District of Louisiana to recognize it was announced that the charges on Friday, and the local FBI office.

According to the report. When Loomis was the home games, he was able to put the headset is a plug, which was under the table before him. When the headset in place, he could switch back and forth with a switch to listen to games-day communication, either offensive or defensive line.

report also says Loomis was also a metal box under the desk, which contained two belt packs similar to those worn by waist NFL head coach in the game. packs power listen to the available Loomis, ESPN said it was hard connected to the source counterpart coaches.

Soon, ESPN published a story, one of his employees, former Colts manager Bill Polian q uestions the logic of the report.

“Something is missing here,” Polian told the network. “I do not know what is the competitive advantage you can get. Mickey wanted to know the verbiage that the other team in order to turn, and he has to do the same, and to find a way to communicate with his coaching staff and get it down the field, useful in time would be very difficult to do, I think, “

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Padres' Kyle Blanks on the side for the rest of season

Padres' Kyle Blanks on the side for the rest of season

class = “Toolset” class = “byline”> Associated Press class = “date”> 22 April 2012 , 18:36 Diego Padres infielder-outfielder Kyle Blanks going to season ending surgery on his left shoulder, the second time he was an important measure to shorten the period.

Blank tore cartilage when swinging a bat. He was once in spring training because of injury but took office in San Diego and played in four games before going on the disabled list April 14 .

25 years old billets had plastic surgery is the right elbow that ended his 2010 season. Blanks is a career .219 average, 20 home runs over parts of four seasons in San Diego.

Blackburn set to return

Minnesota right-hander Nick Blackburn is due to join the Twins’ starting rotation on Tuesday night.

Blackburn seemed to cramp in the back of his right shoulder April 14 against Texas. He threw a 52 – pitch Bullpen Session Sunday.

Blackburn said he did not feel any pain when you throw and do not expect any lingering questions.

UCLA recruit Shabazz Muhammad will create an enormous advantage in basketball

UCLA recruit Shabazz Muhammad will create an enormous advantage in basketball

Ron Holmes, a USC basketball player, was with a friend in the summer league basketball game in 1982, when he saw his future in the field.

Ser Faye Paige game, Holmes told his friend: “Behold, the number 10? He will be my wife, and we are going to make some All-Americans.”

Shabazz Muhammad is the opportunity to fulfill this prophecy.

Muhammad, Ron and Faye’s 18-year-old son, a 6-foot-6 Swingman is widely regarded as the best or second best high school senior. He is scheduled to begin his college basketball training at UCLA in the autumn, but already thoroughly trained on the home.

shake his family tree and basketballs drop.

Or, as Holmes said, “The sports genes were there.”

Holmes was 1211 points, 20 school in the history of the four seasons at USC, Trojans, and loyalty have asked some of the first personal ground rules for root for UCLA. For example, “I do not do eight clap,” he says. Powder Blue is still out of the closet.

Paige, who changed his name after converting Faye Muhammad and the Muslim faith, played for Long Beach State team that was so good, he says, “We are hardly the Bruins.”

Shabazz’s aunt, Robin Holmes played for Cal State Fullerton. He reminds us that UCLA is “hated” and games for Long Beach, which is the family atmosphere of the dispute.

“Faye was very difficult for a person on the ground,” Robin says diplomatically.

All three played in Pauley Pavilion and won the final game. All are eager to see what Muhammad to begin his career next season has been renewed in the arena.

Faye jokingly blamed his son from school choice “karma”.

“Shabazz was a setback to UCLA jersey when he was younger, and came home one day to find his father had been cut,” UCLA “off,” he says. “I brought it up the other day. I told Ron that he would never have done it over a shirt.”

Holmes says his son’s decision “seemed a little weird”, but blood is thicker than water under the bridge .

“UCLA coaches are all good,” Holmes says.

Holmes, who played El Toro High, taught his son the game is passed down from her parents. Leroy and Ethel Holmes and has contributed to high school.

“It goes much further than Ron and Faye,” says Robin Holmes. “Our mother was the matriarch .. He used to take us out of the school and us”

Robin says he is worried about his nephew: he is too much than his brother

<. P> “Ron does not know the defense, if he bit her ass,” he says. “I tried to work with Ron. It does not help.”

Friday, April 20, 2012

Matt Kemp leads Dodgers over Astros 3-1 and the

Matt Kemp leads Dodgers over Astros 3-1 and the

do not need during the season, all wins are works of art. Mangled, difficult and unpleasant to profits, they are finally counted just the same

Dodgers beat Astros, 3-1, Friday night in Houston, and if many of the components appeared in the familiar -. Home Run Matt Kemp, one RBI from Andre Ethier more dazzling defense jerr yHairston Jr. – were also a number of meet-the-eyes moments

Most of this became a left-hander Ted Lilly,. was the model for the efficiency of its first outing, but never seem to find any rhythm on Friday. If you do not consider the six walks and a hit batter a significant pace. Lilly, however, have already benefited from the conductor Kemp, who just happens to play little planet of baseball.

Kemp hit a two-run Homer off from Houston and Happin the first inning. For those keeping track, it would be his eighth home run in Dodgers’ first 14 games. It also left him 20 RBIs, and both numbers will lead to big leagues.

Kemp is in front of Ethier RBI as the emphasis on competition in third RBI No. 19

Lilly , who walked only one and not allowed to drive seven innings in his first start, and then went about walking a tight rope in Houston, Hairston helped a lot.

One race Lilly really gave up was not associated with his six trips – mostly, he gave the game six years. In the fourth inning, Brian Bogusevic empha sized, was the second and scored on Chris Snyder base hit.

But Lilly was once again the difficulties in the fifth inning when Hairston made a key defensive play. second baseman Jose Altuve went, and one out, was the second base and advanced third infield single, JD Martinez, from the Lilly glove.

Astros would have been a contest in which Carlos Lee flew out to Juan Rivera on the left, but Altuve sign, took a few steps and then for some reason, withdrew from the third. In the meantime, Martinez entered and proceeded to the next. Rivera do not have the best hand, but already behind 3-1, Houston has chosen to play.

This turned out to be costly for Lilly intentionally walked to load Chris Johnson grounds shortstop Jed Lowrie, who immediately found a ball Hairston.

Hairston dived toward the line, but tried to backhand drive. The ball glanced off his glove comes in bad area, but Hairston barehanded the ball and dove into his outstretched hand and the bag just s ipped Martinez for the force out.

Hairston, filling, and sore-wristed Juan Uribe was the third base is also an excellent game of the third inning. Altuve hit the ball hard in his glove and ricocheted deep line of a bad area. It turned out to be easy to double

But Hairston hustled after the ball -. And in one motion – gliding, grabbed the ball, spun and during the flight, shot a second base in time easy to nail stunned Altuve.

Lilly (2-0) went six innings, and after six trips on four hits and struck five.

Bullpen young trio of Josh Lindblom, Kenley Jansen and Javy Guerra was back with the stars Guerra pitching ninth inning to earn his seventh save.

It was enough to leave the Dodgers 11-3 to start the season.

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Coyotes beat Blackhawks in overtime, 3-2

Coyotes beat Blackhawks in overtime, 3-2

Mikkel Bødker accrue overtime for a second straight game and the Phoenix Coyotes beat the Chicago Blackhawks, 3-2, Thursday night in Chicago to take 3-1 lead in Western Conference first round playoff series.

Cooper skating in front of defenseman Nick Leddy and shovel the puck over the goalie Corey Crawford 2 minutes 15 seconds of overtime. All four games the series has gone to overtime.

Michael Frolik tap-in from the left side with 1:26 remaining tied to regulation and the score marked the third time in four games, Blackhawks gathered to force overtime after pulling Crawford an extra attacker.

Shane Doan and Taylor Pyatt made a 44-second intervals, so that Coyotes 2-0 lead in the third. But Brendan Morrison, in which case his first appearance in the series, was made 2-1 and send what has been a quiet United Center, the audience will frenzy.

Phoenix dominated the play last season. After being outshot 23-10 through the first two cycles, coyotes eight shots only one objective is to Blackhawks in the first 10 minutes. But Morrison scored the fight a long shot from the right circle that seemed to hit the Coyotes’ whip before you fly by Mike Smith’s glove and into the goal.

Blackhawks played without star right wing Marian Hossa, who took the ice on a stretcher and transported to the Game 3 after a shoulder- to-head hit, Coyotes total Raffi Torres.

Torres was suspended until further notice on Wednesday and was to be hearing on the league on Friday. Blackhawks were already without rookie forward Andrew Shaw, who produced a five-game suspension for knocking Smith with their Game 2 And there is no timetable for a return to Hossa, who led the team in regular season and 77 points

in Washington 2, Boston 1. Playoff rookie Braden Holtby was followed by a painful ride a great one by making 44 saves and Alexander Semin made a go-ahead goal Capitals, who tied the Eastern Conference series 2-2.

Marcus Johansson put the puck past Tim Thomas less than 1 1/2 minutes after the opening faceoff, but the Bruins’ Rich peverley bound to score later in the first period. Semin put Washington ahead a good 1:17 remaining in the second period is a power-play goal, his second score series.

Washington was 25-0-1 in the regular season when leading two-time and Holtby continued this trend, inspiring songs repeated, “Holt-bee! Holt-bee!” From the red-clad spectators. After things got rowdy Game 3, Capitals did that discipline Sunday:. They were invited to only one punishment

Blues 2, Sharks 1: Brian Elliott made 24 saves, BJ Crombeen and Andy McDonald scored and the St. Louis Blues moved to profit from the second round of the playoffs and 3-1 series management.

Patrik Berglund and David Perron each assisted both goals Blues, who could win the first playoff series since 2002 by beating Sharks Game 5 at home on Saturday night.

San Jose played in a very long, especially in the second and third period, but again struggled to score against St. Louis’ tight defense that allowed the least goals ever 82-game season. Joe Thornton broke the shutout with 1:07 left, but the Sharks did not got the equalizer.

Sharks are at risk of falls in the first round after making the Western Conference finals the previous two seasons. They have to win three consecutive games against a team they have won once on eight occasions this season

New Jersey 4 , Florida 0:. Martin Brodeur returned to the shortest postseason performance records in the twenty-fourth playoff shutout and the Devils offset to the Eastern Conference series 2-2.

Brodeur made 26 saves to take over sole possession of the post-season shutout mark Patrick Roy. 39 the long-term goal of adding his second bid to help the series, where he was 10 his career four behind all-time leader Grant Fuhr.

trouble came two days after Brodeur had been raised after scoring three goals and 22:18 4-3 loss.

Zach Parise, Steve Bernier, Travis Zajac and Ilya Kovalchuk did in New Jersey.

Brodeur made at least six unique one hundred saves to win his first career postseason games.

Wednesday, April 18, 2012

Fighters "brain" damaged long before symptoms develop, study hints

Fighters "brain" damaged long before symptoms develop, study hints

-year investigation boxers “and mixed martial-arts fighters’ brain activity have found them to fight for more than six years will start to experience losses, and those who are fighting for over 12 years to surrender to decline even more every time they come back into the ring.

“What we found is proposing changes and brain damage occurs years before symptoms occur,” said Dr. Charles Bernick, author of the study. “This is what we see in Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s patients.”

Bernick is directed by an MRI and computerized cognitive testing, and about 170 fighters at the Cleveland Clinic center in Las Vegas last year. He presents the findings of the American Academy of Neurology this week in New Orleans. “If we want to protect these athletes, we have to follow them earlier in their course,” Bernick said.

At the moment, only the fighters carried out an MRI of the brain test, which could be the beginning of their career. The State committee may also request an MRI if they are worried about a fighter’s age, performance or behavior. But to locate when to stop a fight yet undetermined point estimates.

Bernick his trial was expected to help create thresholds for neurologists can be used to determine the beginning of chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE), a degenerative brain disease.

CTE is shown for those who suffer from a number of vibrations and other injuries of the brain, that will be hit with the head. symptoms of CTE include memory loss, aggression, and difficulty thinking

Bernick said the study found warriors begin to lose brain volume -. As brain cells die -. The six-year battle

Fighters, which bind to the Cleveland Clinic, a program downloaded for free from magnetic resonance imaging, but agrees to return the annual review.

“We still need to follow these guys up,” Bernick said. “If someone can damage the garden, the Commission wants to limit the number of matches he has. It is the hierarchy of a protective thing, to help. This is further elucidated.

” We see this as a “threshold effect. How much punishment can the brain take? What are the signs that we can look for long-term problems? “

The study was a $ 12 million funding boost earlier this year in Las Vegas dinner and auction. One of the highlights of the night’s Ultimate Fighting Championship president Lorenzo Fertitta was exceeded by Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones, to use $ 1.1 million A couple of autographed gloves belonging to Muhammad Ali.

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Pat Summit is different from Tennessee women's basketball coach

Pat Summit is different from Tennessee women's basketball coach

Pat Summit, winningest coach in the history of college basketball is stepping down as the University of Tennessee women’s coach, the school announced on Wednesday.

Summit, which was found less than a year ago, age, dementia and Alzheimer’s disease, takes the title of “coach emeritus.” He replaces Holly Warlick, who has served as an assistant Summit 27 times of the year.

“I’ve loved to be Tennessee head coach is 38 years, but I admit that it is time to move forward and adopt a new role,” Summit said the university statement. “I am Holly Warlick named the next head coach, and I want to help ensure stability in the program in the future. I want to stress that I fully intend to continue as the head coach emeritus, mentoring and teaching life skills to our players, and I will continue an active role as a representative of the fight against Alzheimer’s Pat Summit Foundation Fund.

“If someone asks me to find by observation of practice, or in my office. Coaching is a great passion for life and my work for me has always been the opportunity to work with the student-athletes and help them find what they want. I will continue my passion for them. I love my players and my coaches, and it’s not going to change. “

Summit has been coaching the Lady Vols 38-year period, which the team has eight national championships, 18 Final Four appearances, 16 seconds in the titles (both regular season and tournament), and a record of 1098-208. He was the SEC coach of the year eight times and the NCAA as a coach in seven times.

“It is very difficult to adequately express what Pat Summit has led the University of Tennessee, sports basketball, and the growth of women’s athletics nationally,” said school principal and director of athletics Dave Hart. “He is an icon that does not see themselves in that light, and his legacy is well defined, and eternal. Just as there will never be another John Wooden, there will never be another Pat Summit. I look forward to continuing to work with him in his new role. He is an inspiration to all. “

Warlick was three times All-American as the Lady Vol players Summit. He has been coaching staff for all eight NCAA titles.

” I am very grateful to all, Pat Summit have done to prepare me for this opportunity, “Warlick said.” He is my coach, mentor and good friend, and I have the honor to continue and to increase the tradition of this program, “

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Tuesday, April 17, 2012

Kings rails to face Canucks' Daniel Sedin

Kings rails to face Canucks' Daniel Sedin

Vancouver Canucks star Daniel Sedin was back in the building … and left on ice.

As for game 4 against the Kings? His will likely come down to a game-time decision Wednesday.

The forward, who has been out since March 21 because of a concussion, said his teammates in practice in El Segundo on Tuesday afternoon. It was the first time in eight days, he has participated in a full practice. class = “body”> “It felt good. It’s been a tough four weeks,” said Sedin, who flew to Los Angeles from Vancouver on Monday. “It’s good to be back, first of all feel good. It has been my biggest problem. I really wanted to be back for the playoffs. But when it was not the case, my main concern to get back to 100%. “

The Kings lead Canucks, 3 -0, in this first round playoff series.

Asked whether he would be able to play, Seding said, “We take it day by day. Today felt good, and we’ll see how it is tomorrow . “

The Kings are fully expects to meet Sedin. Even in the limited games on the power play, he could give a major boost to the struggling Canucks. they are 0 to 14 on the power play and has scored just four goals in three matches.

“If he had made the trip down the ice with the team that we have to assume he will play,” defenseman Rob Scuderi said. “It will not to change something we will do as a team. But surely you have to prepare as if he’s going to be there. He is a big part of their team. And we have to be ready if he is not playing. “

Scuderi spoke of the challenge to play the Sedin twins, Henrik and Daniel. The Sedins were on a line with David Booth at practice Tuesday.

“They are difficult to play against,” Scuderi said. “There’s no doubt about it. They put the puck into space as well with each other, you have to respect it. As I said, you do not want to change anything that we do, but it does not change the fact that they are difficult to play against as a duo. “

Brad Richardson returns to Kings

The Kings were Encouraged by the return of forward Brad Richardson, who had an emergency appendectomy a week ago. It was his first full practice since then and Coach Darryl Sutter said Richardson has been cleared for all activity. Kyle Clifford, injured in Game 1, has not resumed skating.

Richardson, skating with linemates Colin Fraser and Jordan Nolan, said that he has gotten better over the last three to four days.

“For the first three or four days you can feel [bad] because of anesthesia, and you are really hurt,” Richardson said. “Once you kind of get over that hump three or four days you feel really good. Today I felt the best and I hope I feel better tomorrow. I look forward to the game.”

Should Richardson returns back to Game 4 and then rookie Andrei Loktionov would probably be the Odd Man Out. Loktionov is scoreless in the first three games of the series, averaging about four minutes of play per game

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Wesley Korir wins Boston Marathon in the heat slowed the time 2:12:40

Wesley Korir wins Boston Marathon in the heat slowed the time 2:12:40

BOSTON – Wesley Korir, a Kenyan citizen and permanent resident of the United States, won the Boston Marathon on Monday in a heat-slowed time of 2 hours 12 minutes 40 seconds, there were nearly 10 minutes behind the world’s best established here a year ago by Geoffrey Mutai .

It was the second slowest Boston race since 1985 when temperatures rise into the 80s fell heads, and may have persuaded as many as 4,300 participants to sit this one out. Mutai, who hoped a repeat victory would earn him a spot on the Kenyan Olympic team, dropped out after 18 miles with cramps.

Instead, Korir has won a ticket to the London Games.

“For me, I think running Boston Marathon is an Olympic event,” the two-time Los Angeles Marathon Champion said. “I do not care what comes up after that but I’m really, really happy to win Boston.”

Sharon Cherop won the women’s race to complete the Kenyan sweep, outkicking Jemima Jelagat Sumgong to win by 2 seconds in 2:31:50. Women’s race was decided by a sprint down Boylston Street for the fifth consecutive year.

Korir was 19 Kenyan men’s winner in 22 years. But he is hardly typical of the African runners who have come to dominate the event since Greg Meyer was t he last American winner in 1983

Korir attended college at Murray State -. The Racers, of course – before transferring to Louisville and graduated from school with a biology degree. He hopes to obtain U.S. citizenship within a few years.

The winners will receive $ 150,000 each. Korir and his wife, Canadian runner Tarah McKay, run a fund in his home town of Kitale and has been to build a hospital in memory of his brother Nicholas, who was killed by a black mamba snake at the age of 10

Total 22,426 runners started the race in Hopkinton in temperatures expected to be as high as 84 at the time the last of them finish their 26.2 km long trip to Boston’s Back Bay. It is about 84% of the data in nearly 27,000, with many no-shows are expected to race organizers up on their offer of an extension until next year’s race.

The virtually unprecedented offer was issued in response to forecasts calling for temperatures increasing from 69 initially to 81 of the midpoint.

The heat di d not seem to be a problem for Canadian Joshua Cassidy, who won the men’s wheelchair race in a time of 1 hour 18 minutes 25 seconds, which is the fastest in history. American Shirley Reilly edged Japan’s Wakako Tsuchida during a sprint to finish in the women’s wheelchair division.

Monday, April 16, 2012

Kings close in on playoff history with win over Canucks

Kings close in on playoff history with win over Canucks

Yesterday, in fact, has not seemed so far away.

Not for victory-starved Kings fans who long ago enjoyed playoff success of 1993, pulling it out for further investigation, and, yes, peace of mind during those lost years.

The Kings have won a playoff round in 2001 when the famous run to the Stanley Cup finals by Wayne Gretzky and friends. They pulled in a game of doubling that total in Sunday’s 1-0 victory against the Canucks at the Staples Center, take a 3-0 series lead against the league’s best teams.

A game by creating a new talking point in Southern California, a post-Gretzky topic of conversation.

“We hear about it all the time from fans how much fun that was back in the forum and go to the finals,” Kings center Jarrett Stoll said. “They talk about it like it was yesterday. We want to bring back to this city and to the fans because they desperately want it. And we desperately want it. We feel that we are a good team and we have everything in that it takes. “

Now, after the stops and starts and near misses, the Kings’ time?

“I hope so,” Stoll said. “I do not know. You need to do your time. It just does not happen, and enough guys in here know that. When you take your foot off the gas, you may be facing elimination very quickly. If it is our time, we make it happen, “

Said Kings captain Dustin Brown, who scored the game’s only goal in third period:”. This team has tried to put the pieces together for the last five or six years. It has been a long way. And I think it’s really only just begun for this team. “

The Presidents’ Trophy winners, the Canucks are not the only playoff favorite on the brink of elimination. Pittsburgh has lost the first three games for the Flyers, including an ugly fight filled with celebration on Sunday in Game 3, which Philadelphia won, 8-4.

Four goals correspond to the entire Vancouver offensive output in the first three games of its series against the Kings, all without concussed Daniel Sedin. A few minutes in Game 3, it looked as though Canucks can forward without the remaining Sedin twins, captain Henrik Sedin.

Brown leveled Henry with a hard check in front of the Canucks’ bench early in the second period, leading to a brief scrum, and the wounded Sedin had to leave the game briefly. Sedin, who returned within a few minutes , would later call check “pure”.

“I knew right when I hit him it was shoulder to shoulder,” said Brown, who had two short-handed goal in Game 2 “A good, hard hit. Guys, w hen they hit a guy in the head, or they do not.

“Knock on wood, I have not even the [league] conference call. And I take pride in being physical, and doing it the right way.”

game changer? The Kings were in firm agreement hit gave them a significant jolt in the second period after a dull opening 20 minutes. Stoll said they had been skating “in quicksand with the puck.”

“It was definitely a big hit from Brownie,” Kings defenseman Drew Doughty said. “It was one of the better hits I’ve seen in a long time. To make it a star player, their best player, is just one more keyer part.”

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