FILE - In this Aug. 21, 2008 file photo, USA's coach Anne Donovan gives instructions to her team during the third quarter of their women's quarterfinal basketball game against Russia at the Beijing 2008 Olympics in Beijing. View Photo »
Russia's Ksenia Semenova performs on the beam during the women's qualifying for the World Gymnastics Championships at the O2 Arena in London, Wednesday, Oct. 14, 2009. View Photo »
Mike Scioscia, who kept the Los Angeles Angels moving forward after pitcher Nick Adenhart was killed in a car accident in April, won the AL Manager of the Year award yesterday for the second time. Jim Tracy of Colorado was selected for the NL honor. Full Article at Boston Globe
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Had Bill Shankly hailed from Cairo rather than a Scottish mining village, he might have said: "Football's not a matter of life and death – but it can cost you your eyesight." Full Article at The Independent
My wife, Olga, and I have the great pleasure of living in one of the nicest communities in all of Southwest Florida — VeronaWalk in Naples. We have called it home since 2006, and the community continues to get better each and every day. Full Article at Naples Daily News
and the next thing I knew, I had a line of Olympic legends coming.
All of us looked at Carl changing gears like four or five times and he was still picking up when he went through the finish line ... And we said 'this guy, once he learns what he is doing and he gets stronger, he's going to be unbeatable.' And we were right.
No. He doesn't have any regrets
We have talked about that. His love has been for track and field. That's where his heart is. He considered football only because of the money. But, the thing is, when he realized that they could scrunch him up and the money wouldn't mean a thing, he said forget that. He didn't like to be hit and neither...