Denzel Washington Fordham University

Thursday, 6 October 2011

Denzel Washington Fordham University- (AP) Denzel Washington has donated $2.25 million to Fordham University, his alma mater. The university said Monday that Washington has given $2 million to endow the Denzel Washington Chair in Theatre, and another $250,000 to establish a scholarship for a minority undergraduate student studying theater at Fordham. Phylicia Rashad, who played Clair Huxtable on "The Cosby Show," has joined the school's faculty as the first Denzel Washington Chair in Theatre. Washington cited the late Bob Stone, who was a theater professor at Fordham, for inspiring him.

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2011-12 NHL Regular Season Start

2011-12 NHL regular season start- More than 300 of the NHL's regular season contests will be televised by the League's national broadcast partners during the 2011-12 season. The League unveiled the national television schedule for the upcoming season Thursday, highlighted by the 2011 Compuware NHL Premiere games and a Friday matinee on NBC the day after Thanksgiving. The defending champion Boston Bruins open the NHL season by welcoming Philadelphia to TD Garden on Oct. 6 on Versus, while CBC will broadcast Montreal at Toronto. Both networks have a doubleheader that night, with Pittsburgh at Vancouver acting as the nightcap for both.

The Compuware NHL Premiere games start the next day, with the New York Rangers playing the Los Angeles Kings on TSN and Versus at Ericsson Globe Arena in Stockholm, while the Buffalo Sabres and Anaheim Ducks play at Hartwell Arena in Helsinki. On Oct. 8, Anaheim and New York square off in Stockholm on TSN and Versus, while Buffalo and Los Angeles will play at World Arena in Berlin on TSN2.
Read more: http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=587086

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Diamondbacks Release Bobby Crosby

Saturday, 24 September 2011

Diamondbacks release bobby crosby- Bobby Crosby joined the Arizona Diamondbacks before Sunday's game against the New York Mets, leaving only outfielder Ryan Church to catch up with the team after a five-player swap with the Pittsburgh Pirates. The Diamondbacks optioned outfielder Cole Gillespie to Triple-A to make room for Crosby, a former AL Rookie of the Year who can play multiple infield positions. He was not in the starting lineup against New York, but available off the bench.

Church is expected to join the team Monday or Tuesday, when Arizona is back home for a six-game homestand against Washington and San Diego. Right-hander D.J. Carrasco has already joined the Diamondbacks, who shipped catcher Chris Snyder, minor league shortstop Pedro Ciriaco and cash to the Pirates just before Saturday's non-waiver trade deadline. "Yeah, there's 25 guys. We try to keep it that way," interim manager Kirk Gibson said with a wry smile, after a frantic period of dealing that included trades earlier in the week involving Dan Haren and Edwin Jackson, and the shipping of reliever Chad Qualls to Tampa Bay.

Right-hander Daniel Hudson was slated to make his first start with the Diamondbacks against New York, after arriving from the Chicago White Sox in the deal involving Jackson. Haren was sent to the Los Angeles Angels for Joe Saunders and trio of minor leaguers, while Qualls went to the Rays for a player to be named -- all leaving Gibson's lineup card markedly different.
Crosby signed with the Pirates as a free agent during the offseason and hit just .224 with one homer and 11 RBIs. In 2004, he was voted the AL rookie honor after hitting .239 with 22 homers and 64 RBIs for the Oakland Athletics.
The 31-year-old Church was signed as a free agent in January and is hitting just .183 with three homers and 18 RBIs. His production dipped sharply after he sustained a pair of concussions in a three-month span while with the Mets in 2008.
"Experience on the bench," interim general manager Jerry Dipoto said. "We wanted to be in a flexible position. There are still holes to fill. We maintained a core group to build around. We have the flexibility from a payroll perspective to move into this year.

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Billy Beane Vice President Oakland Athletics

Billy Beane Vice President Oakland Athletics- It looks like the Seattle Mariners could be primed to open the 2012 MLB season in Japan. Seattle would take on the Oakland Athletics in a two-game series but seemingly would also play a set of exhibition games as well. It is not clear if those extra games would be against the Athletics or from teams in the Japanese Baseball League, but plans are in the process of being made.According to the team, Mariners vice president of communications spoke with the team before Wednesday's game about the possibility of opening 2012 in Japan. While it's only in the discussion phase right now, it would make sense if Seattle has one of the most popular Japanese baseball players in Ichiro Suzuki to do something like this. It would also be the first time that the Mariners have opened a season outside of North America, and, on the surface, it is a worrisome way to start a new campaign.
Adamack stated, "We have been approached by MLB about participating in a season-opening trip to Japan in 2012. We have been advised that if this all comes together, we would play two regular-season games and a couple of exhibition games in Japan. Any other updates and information will come from MLB."
Nothing is definite at this point, because the players have to be on board with doing something like this, and discussions will take place now and during the offseason. This also wouldn't be the first time that a series in Japan was planned, as the Mariners tried to do one in 2003, but it was canceled due to fears of player safety during the U.S. invasion of Iraq.
Starting off a season like this would be a really tough road trip, especially if the schedule wasn't adjusted to give Seattle a few extra off-days in the first month of the season. Right now, the 2012 schedule has Seattle and Oakland opening on Friday, April 6 with a three-game series. Then Seattle heads to Texas for a four-game road trip from April 9-12. If Seattle has to go from Japan to Texas with no days off, that would certainly be an extreme competitive disadvantage for the Mariners.
While this may seem like an interesting idea on the surface, more details are needed before I am sold. One detail is what time the games will be broadcast back here in the States. It needs to be at a time where fans can actually watch the games.

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Paul DePodesta Vice President of Player Development and Scouting For the New York Mets

Paul DePodesta Vice President of player development and scouting for the New York Mets- Paul DePodestais leaving the San Diego Padres front office to join Sandy Alderson's staff with the New York Mets as vice president, player development and amateur scouting. Paul DePodesta, having spent 14 years in Major League Baseball, joined the Padres in July of 2006 as Special Assistant for Baseball Operations and was promoted to Executive Vice President on November 10, 2008. DePodesta previously served as the Los Angeles Dodgers Executive Vice President and General Manager for the 2004-05 seasons. He was named to that position at 31 years of age, becoming the third-youngest person to be named general manager in Major League history. In 2004, he helped guide Los Angeles to the National league West Division crown, its first postseason berth since 1996 and its first postseason victory since 1988. Before Los Angeles he spent five seasons as the Assistant General Manager of the Oakland Athletics with responsibilities that included assisting General Manager Billy Beane in all player acquisitions and contract negotiations.
DePodesta began his baseball career as an intern with the Cleveland Indians in 1996, and served as the Major League Advance Scout for the Indians during the 1997 and 1998 seasons. He was promoted to Special Assistant to the General Manager in October of 1998.
A native of Alexandria, Va., DePodesta graduated cum laude from Harvard in 1995 with a degree in economics. He also played baseball and football for the Crimson.
DePodesta has volunteered for Habitat for Humanity, is an advisory board member for his alma mater Episcopal High School, serves as a strategic advisor for Mushroom Networks, a privately-held San Diego-based company, and is a member of The Motley Fool’s CAPS program.

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Scottie Pippen Gulfstream II

Friday, 23 September 2011

Scottie Pippen Gulfstream II- Following a career in which he earned some $120 million in salaries, the former Chicago Bulls forward famously partnered with a few businessmen in 2002 to buy a Gulfstream II corporate jet. Pippen's original stake in the plane was only to be $1 million, but when the other investors defaulted, the six-time NBA champ was left alone with the $5 million tab. Pippen sued his lawyers for legal malpractice in the deal years ago and, remarkably, was rewarded $2 million when the jury reached a verdict in the case earlier this year. That should go a little ways to easing the pain over the other $27 million the All-Star has blown on bad investments.

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Best NFL Nicknames : Top Nickname

Friday, 16 September 2011

Best NFL Nicknames- Look at the best NFL Football Player Nicknames for Running Backs. Top RB players in the NFL receive nicknames to describe their greatness.
Randy moss the mossiah
Joe Namath Nickname Broadway joe

Ben Foethlisberger Nickname Big Ben

William Perry Nickname The Refrigerator

Deion Sanders Nickname Prime Time

Adrian Peterson Nickname Purple Jesus

Walter Payton Nickname Sweetness

Jerome Bettis Nickname The Bus

Terry Bradshaw Nickname Blonde Bomber

Chad Johnson Nickname Ochocinco

Joe Montana Nickname Joe Cool

OJ Simpson Nickname The Juice

Calvin Johnson Nickname Megatron

Brett Favre Nickname The Gunslinger

Dante Hall Nickname The Human Joystick

Jared Lorenzen Nickname Hefty Lefty

Troy Polamalu Nickname The Tasmanian Devil

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Sports Teams Died Crashes

Wednesday, 7 September 2011

Sports teams died crashes: An off-season already rife with tragedy dealt another gut-wrenching blow to hockey's highest ranks Wednesday when a private jet slammed into a Russian riverbank, killing all but one member of a prominent pro hockey team including its Canadian coach. In all, 43 people died, including 27 players of the well-known Lokomotiv Yaroslavl team and coach Brad McCrimmon, of Plenty, Sask., who took over the club in May. Nine other team officials and seven crew members were also killed.

McCrimmon, 52, was most recently an assistant coach with the Detroit Red Wings, and played for years in the NHL for Calgary, Boston, Philadelphia, Detroit, Hartford and Phoenix. He won a Stanley Cup in 1989 as a member of the Calgary Flames.
"This is the darkest day in the history of our sport," said Rene Fasel, president of the International Ice Hockey Federation. "This is not only a Russian tragedy, the Lokomotiv roster included players and coaches from 10 nations. This is a terrible tragedy for the global ice hockey community with so many nationalities involved." The Russian Emergency Situations Ministry said the Yak-42 plane crashed into the shores of the Volga River immediately after leaving the airport near the western city of Yaroslavl, 240 kilometres northeast of Moscow.

The weather was sunny and clear at the time. Russian media said the plane struggled to gain altitude and then crashed into a signal tower, shattering into pieces. Russian television showed a flaming fragment of the plane in the river as divers worked feverishly to recover bodies.

"(He was) a guy who tried to hide his superb intellect and his great wit behind being a farmer from Saskatchewan," Flames president Ken King said of McCrimmon. "He didn't do a very good job of hiding it because he was a real soldier, an awesome guy and I can't tell you how much he'll be missed."

The plane was carrying the team from Yaroslavl to Minsk, the capital of Belarus, where they were to play Thursday against Dynamo Minsk in the opening game of the Kontinental Hockey League season. It had 45 people on board, including 37 passengers and eight crew, the ministry said. Officials said Russian player Alexander Galimov survived the crash along with a crewmember. "Their state of health is very grave. But there is still some hope," said Alexander Degyatryov, chief doctor at Yaroslavl's Solovyov Hospital.
Among the dead were Pavol Demitra, who played for the St. Louis Blues and the Vancouver Canucks and was the Slovakian national team captain. Also killed were Czech players Josef Vasicek, Karel Rachunek and Jan Marek, Swedish goalie Stefan Liv, Latvian defenseman Karlis Skrastins and defenseman Ruslan Salei of Belarus, the Emergency Ministry said.

"Though it occurred thousands of miles away from our home arenas, this tragedy represents a catastrophic loss to the hockey world including the NHL family, which lost so many fathers, sons, teammates and friends," NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman said in a statement. The crash comes on top of an already mournful year for the NHL in which three of the league's enforcers were found dead: Derek Boogaard, Rick Rypien and recently retired Wade Belak.

The cause of Wednesday's crash was not immediately apparent, but Russian news agencies cited unnamed local officials as saying it may have been due to technical problems. The plane was built in 1993 and belonged to a small Moscow-based Yak Service company. In recent years, Russia and the other former Soviet republics have had some of the world's worst air traffic safety records. Experts blame the poor safety record on the age of the aircraft, weak government controls, poor pilot training and a cost-cutting mentality.

Swarms of police and rescue crews rushed to Tunoshna, a ramshackle village with a blue-domed church on the banks of the Volga River, about 15 kilometres east of Yaroslavl. One of the plane's engines could be seen poking out of the river and a flotilla of boats combed the water for bodies. Divers struggled to heft the bodies of large, strong athletes in stretchers up the muddy, steep riverbank.

Resident Irina Prakhova saw the plane going down then heard a loud bang. "It was wobbling in flight, it was clear that something was wrong," said Prakhova. "I saw them pulling bodies to the shore, some still in their seats with seatbelts on." More than 2,000 mourning fans wearing jerseys and scarves and waving team flags gathered in the evening outside Lokomotiv's stadium in Yaroslavl to pay their respects. Riot police stood guard as fans chanted sport songs in honour of the dead athletes.

Yaroslavl Gov. Sergei Vakhrukov promised the crowd that the Lokomotiv team would be rebuilt from scratch, prompting anger from some fans at a perceived lack of respect for the dead. Lokomotiv is a leading force in Russian hockey and came third in the KHL last year. It was also a three-time Russian League champion in 1997, 2002 and 2003.

"We will do our best to ensure that hockey in Yaroslavl does not die, and that it continues to live for the people that were on that plane," said Russian Ice Hockey Federation president Vladislav Tretyak. A cup game between hockey teams Salavat Yulaev and Atlant in the central Russian city of Ufa was called off in mid-match after news of the crash was announced. Russian television showed an empty arena in Ufa as grief-stricken fans abandoned the stadium.

The KHL is an international club league of teams from Russia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Latvia and Slovakia. Russia was hoping to showcase Yaroslavl as a modern and vibrant city this week at an international forum attended by heads of state, including Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, so the crash came as a particularly bitter blow.

Many in the Czech Republic also took the news hard. "Jan Marek, Karel Rachunek, and Josef Vasicek contributed greatly to the best successes of our ice hockey in the recent years, first of all to the golden medals at the world championships in 2005 and 2010," said Tomas Kral, the president of the Czech ice hockey association. "They were excellent players, but also great friends and personalities. That's how we will remember them."

Fans planned to gather Thursday at the Old Town Square in the Czech capital of Prague, where national team players usually celebrate, to commemorate the three Czech players. Vasicek was on the Carolina Hurricanes' 2006 Stanley Cup team. In the western Slovak city of Trencin, where Demitra started his career and where he played during the NHL lockout 2004-05 season, hundreds of fans gathered outside the ice hockey stadium Wednesday night to light candles in his memory.

Meanwhile, Medvedev has announced plans to take aging Soviet-built planes out of service starting next year. The short- and medium-range Yak-42 has been in service since 1980 and about 100 are still being used by Russian carriers. In June, another Russian passenger jet, a Tu-134, crashed in the northwestern city of Petrozavodsk, killing 47 people. That crash has been blamed on pilot error.

In past plane crashes involving sports teams, 75 Marshall University football players, coaches, fans and airplane crew died in Huntington, W.V., on Nov. 14, 1970, coming home from a game. Thirty-six of the dead were players and 5 were coaches.

Some 29 people were killed when a plane carrying the Uruguayan rugby club Old Christians crashed in the Andes in 1972, including five crew and some family members. The entire 18-member U.S. figure skating team died in a crash en route to the 1961 world championships in Brussels, and 18 members of the Torino soccer team died near Turin, Italy, in a 1949 crash. In 1993, another plane crash claimed 18 members of Zambia's national football team and five team officials in Libreville, Gabon.

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Rick Rypien Funeral

Sunday, 21 August 2011

Rick Rypien funeral- NHL enforcer Rick Rypien never walked away from a fight and battled bravely to the end of a too-short life, his friends and family said at his funeral Saturday. A funeral for Rypien, 27, was held Saturday at the arena where he played minor hockey just days after his sudden death in his southern Alberta home. Close to 1,000 friends, family, fans and former teammates turned out on a sunny day at Albert Stella Arena in the Crowsnest Pass to say goodbye.

An autographed blue No. 37 jersey from Rypien's time with the Vancouver Canucks and a poster from his days with the Western Hockey League's Regina Pats were part of only a few mementoes scattered among the bunches of flowers. Rypien's former Vancouver teammate Kevin Bieksa was one of the pallbearers. His cousin, former NFL quarterback Mark Rypien, also attended the service.
The program, with a smiling photo of Rypien in a blue Vancouver jersey, said simply, "Until we all meet again."
He was found dead in his home in nearby Coleman, Alta. Police say his death was not suspicious.
Rypien, who struggled with depression, had signed with the Winnipeg Jets this off-season after six years with the Canucks. His death came as a surprise to many who knew him and thought he had turned a corner. They said he was looking forward to playing for the newly relocated Jets. "We were all hopeful," said Canucks general manager Mike Gillis." We had thought at different times that he had turned a corner and we were making progress but then it would just happen again."
"We had the ability to intervene. We had the opportunity over the past three years to try our hardest to do the best thing. I don't think there's an easy answer to this," he told reporters after the service.
Jets assistant general manager Crag Heisinger knew Rypien from his minor league days with the Manitoba Moose. He was the one who signed the player to a one-year contract with the Jets for the upcoming season.
"The system didn't fail Rick," Heisinger said. "Everybody did as much as they possibly could for him. He did as much as he possibly could for himself. "It's just nothing could be done at the end. At the end of the day if Rick's happier where he is today we should all be happy for him," he said. "Everybody faces challenges. He's no different than anybody else. He fought them like everybody else. It's just in the end the demon depression won out." Rypien's family remembered him as someone who was gifted athletically but who put friends and family ahead of even his love for hockey.
"My overwhelming question is, Why? How could this happen?" said his uncle Allan Rypien Jr. "He had a great family, great friends and a great job." Rypien said his nephew was battling a disease not unlike cancer.
"He fought this disease with everything he had in him," he said. "If you knew Rick he fought with everything he had in him. Unfortunately, the disease won the battle."
"Be thankful the battle he faced is over."
Several hockey players, wearing Crowsnest Pass Thunder hockey jerseys, were among those who attended, as well as Vancouver teammates Craig Burrows, Aaron Rome and Mason Raymond.
Rypien grew up in the scenic Crowsnest Pass, a coal mining area, and played much of his early hockey there.
He was the second NHL tough guy to die in the off-season. Rangers enforcer Derek Boogaard died in May due to an accidental mix of alcohol and the pain killer oxycodone.
Many residents of the tight-knit community were angry at the media coverage of the event.
A family friend demanded that reporters take their cameras and leave, saying people should "respect the man and not the NHL player".
Heisinger said he was there to say goodbye to the man. "At the end of the day he's a fantastic person. I'll leave the player part out of it. The player part is one thing ... the person part is the other and it all starts with the people," he said. "Rick was a fantastic guy. It's unfortunate the ending it came too."
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Chelsea Kidnapping Mikel Father Nigeria

Monday, 15 August 2011

Chelsea kidnapping mikel father nigeria- It comes out on Monday that the kidnapping of father of John Obi Mikel, Chelsea midfielder, has been occurred in Nigeria's restive central region Plateau. Michael Obi was disappeared from his home sometime on Friday and the local police is still finding his location. Who did this is still unknown but there must be some security issues. As two days have been passed but still  no ransom demand had been made.
Mikel is the seventh highest-paid African player in Europe according to a magazine survey in june. The magazine listed Mikel's salary as $5.8 million a year. It could be the reason of kidnapping. 
It comes on Twitter by Mikel's father company, ''Mikel was informed by his manager prior to the Stoke v Chelsea match & decided to play so as not to let down his team & family.''
Nigeria is not a safe place to live from many years as thousands of people died due to fights between Muslims and Christans of two parts of it. Mikel's family, from the Igbo tribe, are a minority in the area.

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Andrew Luck Stanford

Tuesday, 26 July 2011

Andrew Luck Stanford

 Andrew Luck Stanford- The Stanford quarterback Andrew Luck said that he even knows that he was no. 1 pick on any basis but he never seriously considered entering the NFL draft. Hence he turned down a chance at the NFL following an Orange Bowl victory and a one-loss season in what might have been Stanford's best season ever. Luck rather has plans on going pro at the end of this season as said today. He also said that that he is happy and having no regrets for the decision.

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Bayview Mackinac Race 2011

Bayview Mackinac Race 2011- Bell's Beer Signs on as Title Sponsor for the 2011 Bayview Yacht Club Mackinac Race
DETROIT, MI - Detroit's Bayview Yacht Club, one of the most storied and historical sailing clubs in the world, announced today that Bell's Brewery - a major beer producer and the largest based in Michigan -- has come aboard as the title sponsor Bayview's 2011 Port Huron to Mackinac Race.


The officially titled "Bell's Beer Bayview Mackinac Race" sets sail on Saturday, July 23, 2011, in Southern Lake Huron, just north of the Blue Water Bridge.

This year will mark 87 consecutive years for the world-class event. Some 200 plus sailboats and 2,500 sailors take part in the annual regatta with an estimated 100,000 sailing fans and families attending the festive activities in Port Huron leading to the Saturday start. For the third time, sailing fans around the world will be able to follow individual boats or the entire fleet on the Bell's Brewery and Bayview Yacht Club websites as Global Positioning System (GPS) tracking devices will be placed on all participating sailboats. In 2010, a record 4.4 million page views were hit on the web site during the race.

"This race is iconic to the State of Michigan and one of its greatest traditions, and we at Bell's Brewery are thrilled to be a part of this phenomenal event," said Larry J. Bell, President and Founder of Bell's Brewery, Inc. based in Comstock, MI. Bell's produces some 170,000 barrels of beer each year and distributes its products to 18 states.

Bell's, the largest brewery in Michigan, is well known for its famed summer "Oberon" wheat ale and "Two-Hearted Ale" among many other premium and specialty brands. Bell's has been a Bayview Mackinac Race sponsor since 2009. Pure Michigan, the state's travel bureau was the previous title sponsor and the Bayview Mackinac Race is the only event Pure Michigan sponsored in the state.

"This race is unique to the Midwest and is the longest continuously run freshwater race in the world. It features sailing in the Great Lakes and showcases the natural beauty and fresh water resources that are unique to Michigan," said Bell "We welcome sailboats and racing teams from Chicago and around the world for this grand event that marks the height of a Michigan summer."

"Bayview is absolutely thrilled to have a Michigan-based company with the high quality reputation of Bell's Beer as the title sponsor for our great race," said John C. Burke, Commodore, Bayview Yacht Club. "Many sailors here and throughout the country are familiar with Bell's Beer and their brands are becoming as iconic as this race. We welcome the Bell team's support and look forward to a fantastic year."

"The Bayview Yacht Club web site, www.byc.com, generally draws a million page views for the race; up to 10 million page views are expected to hit the www.bellsbeer.com site where the GPS tracking link for the 2011 race will be located", said 2011 Race Chairman Charlie Elmer.

"For fans and spectators we are excited to be able to use the GPS race tracking technology to bring this race to their laptops and phones for those who cannot join us for the majestic experience of being in Port Huron for the pageantry of the race start," said Elmer. "This is one of the most challenging and exciting sailboat races in the world on one of the most unpredictable bodies of fresh water in the world."

From its traditional start in Southern Lake Huron, the fleet will head North on one of two courses. The shorter course, called the "Shore Course," covers 204 nautical miles (252 statute miles) along the Michigan shoreline before heading west to Mackinac Island Bell's Beer finish line. The longer "Cove Island Course" is 259 nautical miles (298 statute miles) and takes the sailors around a buoy off the tip of the Bruce Peninsula in Canadian waters before heading West toward the Bell's Beer finish line at Mackinac Island.

Commodore Burke, an "Old Goat" veteran of 34 races, said the world-class sailboat race is "steeped in generations of sportsmanship and family tradition that touches everyone who lives here or who has ever sailed the Great Lakes."

An estimated 100,000 fans on both the U.S. and Canadian shores will cheer the sailboats as they make their way up the St. Clair River from Port Huron - with flags and pennants flying - in a spectacular nautical parade to the starting area that takes place about five miles from the Blue Water Bridge.

"I would like to extend our appreciation for the sailors, their families, friends and the staff of Bayview for all that they do to make this event such a success. I congratulate the Mackinac 2011 Race Chairman, Charlie Elmer, for an amazing job in getting this race organized and setting the stage for a safe race on two courses," said Commodore Burke.

Bayview Yacht Club, founded in 1915, is widely regarded as the premier sailing club in Michigan and the Midwest. It has been hosting the Bayview Mackinac Race since 1925. The private club is located on the Detroit River near the mouth of Lake St. Clair and has more than 1,000 members. For more information: www.byc.com.

Bell's Brewery celebrated its 25 anniversary in Michigan in September 2010. At that event Larry Bell, owner of Bell's Brewery, announced a $52 million investment over the next five years. For More information on Bell's Beer please visit: www.bellsbeer.com.

Approximately $17 million will be invested in 2011 to expand the Comstock Township plant, adding 24 new 400-barrel fermenters, a 200-barrel brew house, a new employee care area as well as space and equipment for some new specialty fermentations. An additional $35 million will be spent through 2016 to further develop the brewery's Comstock Township facility.

Bell's Brewery is quickly outpacing the definition of a regional brewer and consumer demand for its high-quality beers are exceeding current production capacities prior to the expansion/ This $52 million investment by Bell's Brewery's is targeted toward meeting consumer demand and a multi-year trend of twenty percent growth annually.

Bell began brewing beer as a lone entrepreneur 25 years ago in a 15-gallon soup kettle. Bell's Brewery is one of the few craft breweries to remain under original ownership.

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2011 Pre-season Friendly Games

Thursday, 7 July 2011

Pre-season friendlies

 Last season is well and truly forgotten as football fans across the country scour the media for transfer speculation and how their team is shaping up on the pitch in pre-season friendlies.
Every fan has optimism, sometimes blind faith, in their team's chances for the upcoming season and keenly look to see how they fair in the ever increasingly glamorous pre-season tours.
So if you want to catch a glimpse of the top six placed teams in last season's Premier League before the curtain-raiser on 13 August then check out the fixtures team-by-team...

Manchester United

New England Revolution v Manchester United 13 July
Seattle Sounder v Manchester United 20 July
Chicago Fire v Manchester United 23 July
MLS All-Stars v Manchester United 27 July
Barcelona v Manchester United 30 July
Manchester United v New York Cosmos 5 August
Community Shield
Manchester United v Manchester City 7 August

Chelsea

Portsmouth v Chelsea 16 July
Malaysia XI v Chelsea 21 July
Thailand All Stars v Chelsea 24 July
Kitchee (Asia Trophy) 27 July
Aston Villa or Blackburn Rovers v Chelsea 29th July
Rangers v Chelsea 6th August

Manchester City

Club America v Manchester City 16 July
Vancouver Whitecaps v Manchester City 18 July
LA Galaxy v Manchester City 23 July
Irish XI v Manchester City 30 July
Inter Milan v Manchester City 31 July
Community Shield
Manchester United v Manchester City 7 August 2:30pm BST

Arsenal

Malaysia XI v Arsenal 13 July
Hangzhou Greentown v Arsenal
FC Cologne v Arsenal 23 July
Arsenal v Boca Juniors 30 July
Arsenal v New York Red Bulls 31 July
Benfica v Arsenal 6 August

Tottenham Hotspur

Kaizer Chiefs v Tottenham Hotspur 16 July
Orlando Pirates v Tottenham Hotspur 19 July
Barnet v Tottenham Hotspur XI 23 July
Friendly to be confirmed v Tottenham Hotspur XI 23 July
Milton Keynes Dons v Tottenham Hotspur XI 26 July
Leyton Orient v Tottenham Hotspur XI 29 July
Brighton and Hove Albion v Tottenham Hotspur 30 July
Tottenham Hotspur v Athletic Club Bilbao 6 August

Liverpool

Guangdong v Liverpool 13 July
Malaysia XI v Liverpool 16 July
Hull City v Liverpool 23 July
Valerenga v Liverpool 1 August
Liverpool v Valencia 6 August
Source : Msn Sport

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