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Lousville Claims Top Seed In This Years NCAA Tournament

March 17, 2013   Alexander Are   No comments

 

Louisville earned the top overall seed in the NCAA tournament Sunday, while Kansas, Indiana and Gonzaga also received No.1 after a topsy-turvy regular season and another round of weekend upsets.

Then there’s that other team from the Bluegrass State. Kentucky won’t even get a chance to defend its 2012 national title, denied a spot in the 68-team field when the brackets came out thanks to an up-and-down season.

The selection committee had its work cut out after five teams swapped the top ranking in The Associated Press poll, capped by the West Coast Conference champion Zags (30-2) moving to the lead spot for the first time in school history.

The tournament begins Tuesday with a pair of games in Dayton. Everyone is trying to get to Atlanta for the Final Four, which begins April 6 at the Georgia Dome.

On Thursday in the Midwest Regional, Louisville gets to rub salt in Kentucky’s wounds by playing at Rupp Arena against either Liberty or North Carolina A&T, who meet in one of the “First Four” games in Dayton. That same day, Gonzaga takes on Southern in the second round of the West Regional at Salt Lake City.

On Friday, Kansas will stay close to home in Kansas City, Mo., to face Western Kentucky in a South Regional second-round game. Indiana, meanwhile, opens in Dayton, Ohio, at the East Regional against either LIU Brooklyn or James Madison, another of the First Four contests.

One thing is for sure in this most uncertain season: There won’t be a repeat champion.

A year after taking its eighth national title — only UCLA has won more — Kentucky’s success in restocking each year with the best one-and-done prospects hit a roadblock. The Wildcats never meshed as a unit, then lost the best of the freshmen when Nerlems Noel went down with a season-ending knee injury.

An upset over Florida boosted their stock heading to the SEC tournament. But the Wildcats turned in a miserable performance in Nashville, Tenn., losing to Vanderbilt 64-48 in the quarterfinals, and will have to settle for a bid from the second-tier National Invitation Tournament.

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Steubenville Football Players Found Guilty of Rape

March 17, 2013   Joanelle Navarro   No comments

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Both football players accused of raping a drunken 16-year-old girl in Steubenville, Ohio, have been found guilty.

Steubenville High School students Trent Mays, 17, and Ma’Lik Richmond, 16, have both been sentenced to at least a year in juvenile jail.  Mays was also sentenced to an additional year in jail on a charge of illegal use of a minor in nudity-oriented material, which is to be served after his rape sentence is completed.

The case had originally come to light after morning-after text messages, social media posts, and online photos and video were discovered.

The two teens broke down in tears after the verdict was read, and later apologized to the victim and to their community.  Richmond’s father, Nathaniel, had also asked that the victim’s family “forgive Malik and Trent for the pain they put you through.”

Mays and Richmond had been charged with digitally penetrating the West Virginia girl, first in the back seat of a moving car on Aug. 11, and then in the basement of a house.  The boys and the victim had gone to several alcohol-fueled parties.

The trial began only a week before, with prosecutors determining to the show the girl was so drunk that she couldn’t have been a willing participant that night, while the defense tried to indicate that the girl, though drunk, knew what she was doing.

The Steubenville case became a nationwide issue after allegations that the teenagers had been given special treatment due to their being on the football team.  Steubenville is a small town that prides itself on it’s good local high school football team.

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LeBron James and Savannah Brinson Set the Date!

March 10, 2013   Joanelle Navarro   No comments

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LeBron James and his longtime girlfriend Savannah Brinson are finally getting married!

Guests recently received a “Save the Weekend” note from the couple, which featured a caricature of the family dressed up and on a plane to San Diego.  The couple is asking friends and family to block up off the weekend of Sept. 13 – 15.

Miami Heat player James, 28, a three-time NBA MVP, and Brinson were high-school sweethearts in Ohio.  They got engaged on New Year’s Eve at the end of 2011.

The couple have two sons, LeBron Jr., 8, and Bryce, 5.

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Kiss from 50 Cent Rebuffed by Erin Andrews Live

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Laker’s Owner Dies

February 19, 2013   Joanelle Navarro   No comments

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Jerry Buss, the owner of the Los Angeles Lakers, has died.  He was 80.

Buss had been hospitalized for cancer, but died of kidney failure on Feb. 18 at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center.

Buss had bought the Lakers over 32 years ago for $67.5 million from Jack Kent Cooke.  The deal also included the NHL’s L.A. Kings, the L.A. Forum sports arena, and Cooke’s California ranch.  He eventually increased the team’s value to $1 billion, making it the second in the NBA, behind the New York Knicks’, to be worth over a billion.

Buss’s team made the NVA finals 16 times during his 32 years with the Lakers, and won 10 titles between 1980 and 2010.

He’s survived by his six children.

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Larry Bird’s Son Arrested

February 16, 2013   Joanelle Navarro   No comments

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Connor Bird, son of basketball star Larry Bird, has been arrested.

The 21-year-old Bird was involved in an argument with an ex-girlfriend in his Bloomington, Ind., apartment on the afternoon of Feb. 10.  He reportedly threw a cell phone at her.

Hours later, the two drove to a nearby parking lot where the woman got out of the car, intending to walk home.  Bird allegedly then attempted to hit her twice with his vehicle.

He was later arrested by the Indiana University Police on charges of battery with injury, criminal mischief, intimidation with a deadly weapon, and possession of marijuana.  He is now free on bail and no trial date has been set.

This isn’t the first time Bird has been arrested though, having previously been in 2011 for underage drinking and disorderly conduct.

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Oscar Pistorius Charged with Murdering Girlfriend

February 15, 2013   Joanelle Navarro   No comments

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Oscar Pistorius, the “Blade Runner” who made history last year as the first Paralympian to compete in the Olympics, has been charged with murdering his girlfriend, model Reeva Steenkamp.

Steenkamp, 30, was found shot dead inside Pistorius’s home in South Africa, after being shot four times in the predawn hours.  The home is located in a gated community in Pretoria.

Steenkamp’s publicist Sarit Tomlinson said, “Our thoughts and prayers go to the Steenkamp family, who have asked to have their privacy respected during this difficult time, everyone is simply devastated.  She was the kindest, sweetest human being; an angel on Earth and will be sorely missed.

Police have stated that a 9 mm pistol was recovered at the scene.  Earlier reports state that Steenkamp was planning a Valentine’s surprise for Pistorious, 26, but it went horribly wrong.  These reports, however, have been unconfirmed by police.

There is no other suspect involved in the case, and previous incidents had occurred at Pistorious’ home.

The suspect, who initially wasn’t named per South African law, has been cooperative and undergone blood alcohol and forensic tests.  He has been requested to be brought straight to court and bail has been refused.

Pistorious’ court hearing was originally to have been down on the afternoon of Feb. 14, but has been postponed until Feb. 15 to give forensics investigators more time to carry out their work.

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Jamie-Lynn Sigler Pregnant!

February 13, 2013   Joanelle Navarro   No comments

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Newly-engaged Jamie-Lynn Sigler has announced she’s pregnant!

The Guys with Kids star, 31, is expecting her first child with fiancé Cutter Dykstra.

“She’s couldn’t be more excited!” a source told PEOPLE.

The actress recently tweeted about her engagement to Dykstra, 23, a baseball player for the Washington Nationals.

Currently there’s no wedding date set nor has the sex of the baby been announced yet.

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Olympian Amanda Beard Pregnant with Second Child

February 09, 2013   Joanelle Navarro   No comments

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Seven-time Olympic medalist winner Amanda Beard is expecting her second child.

Beard and her husband, photographer Sacha Brown, have confirmed they are expecting their second child in July.

“We are so excited to add to our family! During my first pregnancy, I was sick the whole time and felt awful,” the swimmer, 31, told PEOPLE.

Also delighted by the news is soon-to-be big brother Blaise Ray, 3.

“He’s so excited.  He keeps telling me how he is going to hug and kiss the baby and help me take care of [him or her],” says Beard.

Beard is a four-time Olympian and has won two gold, four silver, and one bronze medal throughout her career.

She and Brown have been married since May 2009.

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Lindsey Vonn Suffers Crash

February 06, 2013   Joanelle Navarro   No comments

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Lindsey Vonn has suffered a serious crash on the opening day of the Alpine World Championships in Austria on Feb. 5.

The Vancouver gold medalist lost her ski after a tough landing and slid off course into a gate before she came to a stop.

Vonn supposedly has a tibial plateau fracture.  This type of fracture is a break in the shinbone near the knee and affects stability and motion.

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