Last year at training camp, we had everybody but Ted Koppel and Walter Cronkite at Flowery Branch ... Somehow, Mike Smith and (new general manager) Thomas Dimitroff came in and calmed the waters.
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Flanked by a multiethnic coalition of state and local officials including California state assembly member Mike Eng, left, and state senator Mark Ridley-Thomas, right, assembly member Ted Lieu, chair of the legislature's Asian Pacific Islander caucus, holds a letter protesting the LPGA Tour's policy that would require all tour members to speak English, at the Asian Pacific American Legal Center in Los Angeles Friday, Sept. 5, 2008. Under increasing criticism, the LPGA Tour on Friday backed off plans to suspend players who could not efficiently speak English at tournaments. LPGA Tour commissioner Carolyn Bivens said she would have a revised plan by the end of the year that would not include suspensions for players unable to speak English in pro-ams, trophy presentations or interviews.
Brad Pace (L) of Hudson & Marshall auctions encourages Ryan Davis to increase his bid on a house during an auction of foreclosed homes in Denver April 19, 2008. At second left is son Bryce Davis, wife Brenda Davis and at right is Ted Thomas. The Davis' won the bid at $190,000 to buy a new home to live in. Over 400 people attended the auction selling almost 100 lender-owned properties.
In this photo released by the Royal Australian Navy, a commemorative cartridge is passed to Navy Chief Vice Adm. Russ Shalders by family representatives, from left to right, retired Commodore Rory Burnett, son of Commanding Officer of the HMAS Sydney II Captain Joseph Burnett, Margret Morse, daughter of Petty Officer John Davey and Ted McGowan, brother of Able Thomas Henry McGowan. 207 kilometers (112 nautical miles) off Steep Point on the Western Australian coast Wednesday April 16, 2008. Relatives of sailors who died in Australia's worst maritime tragedy held a memorial Wednesday near the site of their deaths, made possible for the first time by the wreck's recent discovery. The Australian navy randomly selected five family members for the ceremony, from among hundreds of relatives of the 645 Australians killed in the November 1941 sinking of the HMAS Sydney by a disguised German freighter.
This handout photo shows a commemorative cartridge being passed to Australian chief Vice-Admiral Russ Shalders (R) by the family representatives Commodore (Retired) Rory Burnett (L), son of Commanding Officer of the HMAS Sydney II Captain Joseph Burnett, Margret Morse (2nd L), daughter of Petty Officer John Davey and Ted McGowan (2nd R), brother of Able Thomas Henry McGowan during a memorial ceremony off the coast of Western Australia on April 16, 2008 at the spot where all 645 crewmembers of the Australian warship sank following a fierce World War II battle with a German raider. During the service wreaths were laid including one laid by five family representatives of the crew of Sydney II. A commemorative cartridge was placed into the ocean over the Sydney II site by the family representatives and chief of navy.