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Wooden by the Numbers
Tuesday, 29 June 2010 15:26    | Written by D.T. Bokoski    PDF Print E-mail
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When John Wooden passed away commentators focused on the numbers.

Ten Bruin championships and six hundred sixty-four wins.

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But those aren’t the only interesting numbers associated with the “Wizard of Westwood.”

Start with ninety-nine and thirty-five.

Wooden was ninety-nine years old when he passed away, a living connection to times long gone, with values that sadly seem anachronistic now. Like Bob Hope, for people over fifty, he was a last link to our youth.

Thirty-five years ago when Wooden handed the reigns to Gene Bartow, Larry Bird had just dropped out at Indiana, Michael Jordan was twelve years old, and it was nine years before Lebron James was born (twenty-seven before he nailed a rim to a post on a dimly lit playground, blew a puff of talc into the air, and invented the game of basketball-at least according to Nike).

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It was also three years before the boys in Portland began to reshape the landscape of college athletics by marketing sports and narcissism together as youth culture.

Here’s another number-38,000, the highest annual salary wooden was ever paid at UCLA. In 2009 Tony Bennett (no, not THAT Tony Bennett) made $57,000 a game to coach the University of Virginia into the second round of the ACC tournament.

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Fifteen is the number of seasons it took Wooden to win a national championship at UCLA. These days he would never have made it that far. Internet lynch mobs declare coaches failures after three seasons without a trip to the final four.

Speaking of the internet, it was another four years after the former Purdue star retired before there would be network based implementation of the hypertext concept. I have no idea what that means, but let’s just say that nobody sent wooden e-mail best wishes on his retirement.

Fifty-two thousand, six hundred, ninety-three is the number of fans who filled the astrodome to see Guy Lewis’ Houston team break UCLA’s 47 game winning streak, 71-69. The game featured Kareem Abdul-Jabber (then Lew Alcindor) against the “Big E” Elvin Hayes in one of the first “made for TV” college matchups.

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One hundred twenty is the number of TV stations around the country who signed on to the syndicated broadcast, signaling to networks and advertisers how much interest there was in the college game. The “Road to March Madness” can be said to have started in Houston in 1968 and it only cost the TVS network $27,000. In 2009 CBS sold $589 million in ads for the NCAA tournament. Without Wooden and UCLA basketball would eventually have been as popular, but that one game set the timetable up a decade.

Sixty-five percent is the graduation rate of Wooden’s players at UCLA.

Forty-seven percent is portion of freshmen and juniors in the first round of the 2010 NBA draft.

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Progress? Maybe not.

While numbers are a good measure of coaching success, this quote sums up who Wooden was far better than any set of statistics.

“Talent is God given. Be humble. Fame is man given. Be grateful. Conceit is self-given. Be careful.”

That was John Robert Wooden, the greatest basketball coach of all time.

 

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July 2010 SRM Girl Of The Month
Wednesday, 30 June 2010 20:15    | Written by SRM EDITOR    PDF Print E-mail
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A native New Yorker, Reby Sky took a deep interest in the arts from an early age. Classically trained in ballet & theatre, she began her career in dance, performing in off-broadway venues & competing in dance competitions throughout the United States. Reby has also been featured in numerous instructional dance videos, including "Bellydance Your Way to Cardio" & "Bellydance for Mothers & Daughters".


Also formally trained in classical piano under master-pianist Rosario Garriga, Reby has performed in concert halls throughout the East coast, and attended the LaGuardia School of Music & Art & the Performing Arts - The "FAME" school - as a major in music.

In addition to dance, theatre, & music, Reby added professional football player to her repertoire in 2008; She signed with the LFL (Lingerie Football League) for a brief period of time before resigning for personal reasons.

Working as a successful model, Reby Sky has appeared in numerous national & international publications including, but not limited to Esquire, STUFF Magazine, Supermodels Unlimited, & PLAYBOY. Also making the jump into live media, Reby has appeared on television shows such as SPIKE-TV's "Midnight Spike" as a guest host & on TLC-TV's "Date Patrol" as a guest dance instructor. She has been featured in print ads for AXE bodyspray & SportRobe, and in numerous television advertisements, as well as nationally aired music videos on networks such as MTV, BET & FUSE. In 2009, Reby was named Miss Howard TV of the Year by the Howard Stern Show. She is also known within the sports world as the "NY Giants Girl".

Now working in broadcast media, Reby Sky is currently an on-air talent for Sirius/XM Radio on the pro-wrestling show, "Busted Open" and has become the on-air host/reporter for the online sports networkSportsRev.TV . Previous radio experience includes work as a sports correspondent for Clear Channel radio station, 98 Rock in Tampa, FL. Reby was also the host of her own radio show, "Digital Photography on the Radio", on 1010am Sports Radio (CBS) in 2008.

 

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STEIN'S LINES: Here's how to give Big Ten a split personality
Wednesday, 04 August 2010 18:21    | Written by Steve Stein    PDF Print E-mail
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Steve Stein's "Nine Lines" for Wednesday, Aug. 4

1. Here's how I would set up the divisions for football when Nebraska joins the Big Ten Conference next year: (East) Indiana, Michigan, Michigan State, Ohio State, Penn State and Purdue. (West) Illinois, Iowa, Minnesota, Northwestern, Nebraska and Wisconsin. Traditional rivalries are preserved.

2. Fans can no longer bring bottled water to University of Michigan football games at Michigan Stadium. Why? Because it's taking too long for security to inspect the bottles. To its credit, U-M will be providing bottled water to fans once they get inside the stadium.

3. Definition of a bad day: An errant golf ball shattered the back window of a van traveling on a road alongside a golf course in Macomb Township, Mich. Glass sprayed all over a 2-year-old and a 15-month-old, sending them to the hospital to have glass removed from their hair and ears, and cuts on their arms and legs repaired. The golfer who shot the ball has apologized to the mother who was driving the van, but hasn't offered to pay her anything yet.

4. The Miami Heat has sold out its season tickets and has a waiting list of 6,000, so the club has fired its season ticket sales staff. Thirty people are without jobs for doing their job. There's another reason to hate the Heat.

5. On Tuesday night, when the Tampa Bay Rays took over first place in the American League East with a 6-4 win over the Minnesota Twins, the crowd at Tropicana Field was a whopping 18,261. Shameful.

6. Matthew Clemmons of Cherry Hill, N.J., was sentenced to one to three months in jail, two years of probation, and 50 hours of public service for intentionally vomiting on another fan and his 11-year-old daughter during a Philadelphia Phillies game April 14 at Citizens Bank Park. It should be an "interesting" one to three months in the slammer for the scumbag. The guy Clemmons barfed on, by the way, was an off-duty Easton, Pa., police captain.

7. The Seattle Mariners have hit rock bottom. Their 6-22 record in July matched a team high for losses in a month established in 1977, the club's first season. To make matters worse, the Mariners have sent first baseman Justin Smoak to Triple-A Tacoma after he hit .159 in 16 games with Seattle. Smoak was Seattle's major acquisition from the Texas Rangers in the trade for Cliff Lee.

8. Perhaps the quietest deal made before the baseball trade deadline could pay the loudest dividends. The Minnesota Twins, who are in a fight for the American League Central Division championship with the Chicago White Sox, obtained All-Star closer Matt Capps from the Washington Nationals. The Twins, as you probably know, are without closer Joe Nathan for the entire season.

9. NHL fans looking for a summertime hockey fix should check out the NHL Network's "35 Years of Stanley Cup Clinchers -- 1975-2010" each weeknight. The top five games in fans' voting will re-air Aug. 23-27.

 

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DJ Steve Porter Does it again! Press Hop 2
Thursday, 29 July 2010 11:55    | Written by SRM EDITOR    PDF Print E-mail
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DJ Steve Porter is back with "Press Hop 2," mashing up the greatest press conference moments, dropping a beat, and throwing in a little autotune for good measure. Never change, egotistical sports figures.


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READYING FOR THE HARVEST
Sunday, 29 August 2010 22:34    | Written by B. Marshall Smith    PDF Print E-mail
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Though the rules are being reinvented as we speak, to be sure, Autumn is considered September, October and November in the Northern Hemisphere, and March, April and May in the Southern, if you're keeping score? It has somehow come to be the time of the year when the arrival of night comes noticeably earlier; the pageants forever forward in march, but none of this is calculated from a purely astronomical perspective...

 

Up in the mornin' and out to school. The teacher is teachin' the golden rule . Everything is shiny and new, but teacher, don't you fill me up with your rule! Smoking aint allowed ANYWHERE, I'll not be played the fool. Like deciphering the unfamiliar word at the tiny tip of the tongue. No bother, a student must remain alert. Here's to learners, even if they ain't so young!

 

Begin and end with consonants. Finish school related projects. Start with new Velcro snap backpacks. Commence transition from Summer into Winter sharing ideas at the fountain of knowledge with lots of different learners. Begin alienation process. Bus bullies. Book fairs and pizza on Fridays. Classmates joined forever at the hip, learning to develop brand new voices along a multitude of paths.

 

At this time, the stay-at-home parent rejoices! It's the...MOST... wonderful...time...of...the yeeeeeeear!

 

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The MLB Playoffs and it's picture grows clearer for richer or poorer. Your affinities for a team have been studyin' so hard and hopin' to pass. With the right ingredients, the sky's the limit, turning mirrors into windows without high risk, plus that strong return on reward!

It all happens so fast. Seasons change. Most everyone grows old. It pays to do your homework and gain insight into the line between black and white. This makes anyone less uptight as it is a marathon and not a sprint for lack of one single step.

 

Learning ken be fun but the insanity of the first day of school is on a high-rise of levels. Summer fun fades to distant recollections as the foliage of Fall...only to slip and slide away! Parents begin to unpack sweatshirts and hats, boots and mittens, readying for the worst Mother Nature has to offer, as the boys of summer continue to play.

 

This is by no means the house of detention, but a new season in the scheme of life. Stop and take stock, even with the dark storm clouds of NFL and NBA lockouts looming. Sow ye rosebuds whilst ye may! This entire process, like water heading to the sea, brings a feast of newfound friends, on a vicious whirlwind cycle with scores of cameos from complete characters that slowly begin to fade. Akin to shiny red apples for the teacher long since rotted. 123's and ABC's. Job security in the learning process means theres always students in need of a teacher and vice versa.

 

It's about time we got wise. Prostrate to a profession? Come empty. Leave open...nothing is important in a classroom if numbers needn't be learned. Spend time counting, begin at the beginning, keeping progress in proper sequence. This will help with the score...

 

Ring ring goes that bell. It's not hard to tell who's a Beary Good Worker. Happy New School Year! Any pertinent material will go in the appropriate file for any eligible gold stars. Athletes get clauses and cars, but try to smile and have fun. Master a craft within the appropriate perimeter. Let's minimize interruption. Ask questions and please take a stand. Understand, everything is to be neat and tidy. We've certainly made a mess of this apparent mockery!

 

As there are rules, if you behave, there is football Saturday, Sunday, Monday and sometimes Thursday and Friday all across the country! The appropriate parties, deemed responsible, will be notified in advance.

 

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The hall bulletin is in the hall. This will provide news, notes and scores. Roster amendments, transactions and worse! If you get yourselves into groups to discuss shapes and focus on classifications, know we're in trouble! Instead try to develop those savory skills and a solid sense of self. Keep your sneakers clean. Stay on the scene.

 

Experience and education are often mistook for the other...

 

The Harvest is meant to be imparted. Never sporadic. All well within due process. For what is left of the NBA? The revamped Heat, featuring their own version of Cream, now consists of trio, Dwyane Wade, Chris Bosh and LeBron James, who will open the NBA season against the Boston Celtics Oct. 26, on a nationally televised clash, cite TNT.

 

As compared to the proud processional that is this New England Fall, which changes vestments royal in ceremony like a full moon harvest festival, trust I'll stay till my seeds all dry up.

The chill of winter is on the horizon. Skies will turn grey, and people, inward. Let's not beat around the bush. Tell the tourists what they want to hear. There is a gladness for the fruits of the Earth mixed with a certain melancholy linked to the imminent arrival of Old Man Winter. Layers are often required in compensation as it does tend to grow cold. You do what you are and become what you do.

 

The NHL is getting old! This season, which will be the 93rd, hockey starts on October 7, 2010! It will be the fourth consecutive season that will open in Europe and a record, three events are scheduled with tons of hoopla built in!

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Some will say, to be cool, know-how comes down to size. Weight and measurement, but check your World History. Read between the lines. You're sure to use practical math. This could be, yet another, rags to riches story and your involvement in the learning process is critical, crucial and potentially mandatory.

 

I don't like Mondays, though I have to admit it's getting better, it's getting better all the time. Money can't buy love, happiness or an education and these are the class rules, which are tools for workin' your fingers right down to the bone.

 

Subtract to add, creating patterns, which would be, in your estimation? Positive or negative? Have a bad neighbor? Well, now you ken throw in the fact, the one who lives next to you won't leave you alone, otherwise, you're well on the way toward success.

 

 

This change in seasons has little to do with a well fed female adorned with fruits but remains a classic nonetheless. For every reason...turn...turn...turn. Show solidarity in your efforts. If all else fails, blame it on the school district.

 

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