The match was the first all-American final at Queen’s since Todd Martin defeated Pete Sampras in 1994. Querrey is the eighth American winner of the Wimbledon warm-up event.
• Lleyton Hewitt upset Roger Federer for the first time in 16 matches to win the Gerry Weber Open title in Halle, Germany. Hewitt won 3-6, 7-6 (4), 6-4 in his first final of the season. The 29-year-old Australian last beat Federer in 2003; Federer had won his previous 29 matches at Halle.
• Top-seeded Li Na beat Maria Sharapova 7-5, 6-1 to win the Aegon Classic in Birmingham, England, and claim her first title this year.
AROUND THE HORN
NFL: Police say Tennessee Titans quarterback Vince Young received an assault citation after an altercation inside a Dallas strip club, but no arrests were made.
See the full article from “Minneapolis Star Tribune”
HM: The Chuck-Spasm – Jeffrey Harris has the .gifs covered on this front, but for reasons that I’m still not sure have ever been unearthed, Chuck couldn’t seem to watch a fight without making it look like he was on the receiving end of an exorcism. Ne’er a funnier reaction to an MMA fight.
HM: CM Punk attempts to get Chuck to kick Samoa Joe’s ass – An indirect Liddell moment. Long story short, Punk and Joe were at an Ibiza strip club in California and to the chagrin of absolutely no one, Liddell was in attendance as well. Punk and Joe were sitting nearby while Chuck was posing for pictures and flashing the obligatory shaka sign, and Punk tried to get Chuck’s attention by mocking his hand gesture. Catching Liddell’s attention, Punk immediately ducked down to leave Joe out in the cold in hopes that he could say he got to see his best friend get his ass kicked by “The Iceman.”
See the full article from “411mania.com”
Quarterback Vince Young #10 of the Tennessee Titans watches the action on the field from the sidelines against the Indianapolis Colts at Lucas Oil Field on December 6, 2009 in Indianapolis, Indiana. The Colts defeated the Titans 27-17. (Getty Images)more pics »
Vince Young got in a strip club brawl during the week house of the morning Sunday in Dallas, and now the Tennessee Titans quarterback wants to make amends. He apologized to his fans, teammates, and coaches today after practice for the incident, which earned him a misdemeanor assault citation, according to ESPN.
He said: “I just made a mistake, I made a mistake even being there and I let that guy provoke me into doing what I did. I pray to God that Roger Goodell doesn’t come down hard on me, because I definitely want to be here for my teammates.”
See the full article from “Zimbio”
ALL MY CHILDREN: Liza attempted to seduce Damon herself after Jasmine, the stripper she hired, refused to do it. Pretending to be drunk, Liza let Damon take her home, but her attempt to seduce him was interrupted by a drunken Tad. Damon hid while Liza got rid of Tad. Damon told Liza that he secretly took photos of her attempt to seduce him but said he wouldn’t show them to anyone if she leaves him and Colby alone. Caleb grabbed the photo of a woman Erica found in his belongings. Greenlee told Ryan she knows where Erica is, but covered when quizzed by Jesse, saying she just felt guilty about having wished Erica would disappear because of their feuding. David got arrested for slugging Jake, who said it’s only a matter of time before Greenlee walks out on David. Jake and Amanda said their “I do’s” a second time in the formal wedding she wanted. Angie collapsed during the wedding, but told Jesse that she would be just fine.
See the full article from “Times Herald-Record”
Lobbyists Buffaloes boosters have been frustrated at the Colorado state legislature’s lack of comment on the story, according to Neill Woelk of the Daily Camera. Baylor boosters have been loud and relentless in their support of the Bears. They have pushed the legislature to speak on their behalf and latched themselves as a package with the other Texas schools to any reporter who will listen. ADVANTAGE: Bears
Athletic Reputation We previously mentioned the Buffaloes’ national championship in 1990. The school has won a total of 22 national championships. Baylor has two national titles, one in men’s tennis in 2004 and one in women’s basketball in 2005. ADVANTAGE: Buffaloes
Scandal
Both schools have been in the headlines for the wrong reasons.
USA Today reports that starting in 1997, rape, sexual assault, underage drinking, providing minors with alcohol, strippers, and sexual harassment were a regular part of football recruitment season.
See the full article from “Bleacher Report”
NOPD1024 Yes MState75 we know that Ole Miss is a public university but I didn’t see where anyone said or even implied that it wasn’t. You are showing you lack of intelligence why don’t you look up what a land grant school is before blasting people for a post. Here is a hint it is not a derogatory term.
MState75 nob,I didn’t blast anyone.It’s just that you people have your noses stuck so far up in the air that you don’t even know your sh*t stinks.UMiss fans are like Oprah. You might be from Mississippi, but no one would ever know it, and you would never admit it.
I keep hearing and READING that “Texas A&M is considering the SEC,”….
Well, I think that the issue is really are we considering them. I mean is Slive such the prostitute that he will take a school because they want to join?
See the full article from “Jackson Clarion Ledger (blog)”
… There is anxiety associated with any type of change,” Wellman said. “It remains to be seen if the changes that may or may not occur will be beneficial to college athletics overall. I would say the changes made in the past have been beneficial. I don’t think we need to fear change. I think we need to make sure the changes are appropriate.”
Is it really about academics?
While acknowledging that the flourishing Big Ten Network is one reason to expand, Big Ten Commissioner Delany has said expansion is one way the league’s schools can counter a general population shift to the South from the Midwest. He also has said that academics are a top priority, emphasizing AAU membership as a requirement for Big Ten membership.
An exception would be Notre Dame, not an AAU member but strong academically and long coveted by the league. Notre Dame turned down the league for membership in 1999.
“Of course they’re going to say that,” Smith College economics professor Andrew Zimbalist said of the Big Ten’s repeated emphasis on academics. “What are they going to say? ‘We’re going to prostitute ourselves?’ “
See the full article from “USA Today”
They will quote any number of important people talking about how much they admired Wooden, which more often than not made him uncomfortable. He preferred to quote others.
“A life not lived for others is not a life,” he would often say in repeating something said by Mother Teresa, the person in his lifetime he admired the most.
He was a student of Abraham Lincoln and worshipped his own father, suggesting everyone’s mother and father should be first on the list to be revered.
All his life he carried his father’s seven-point creed with him in his wallet, one of his father’s maxims best explaining John Wooden’s entire life: “Make each day your masterpiece.”
I will recall his wicked sense of humor, our arguments over tattoos, our little jokes about mixing up Sally Rand the stripper with Sally Ride the astronaut, and the mock outrage for naming a post office after someone who drank moonshine during Prohibition.
See the full article from “The Star-Ledger – NJ.com”
Police Seek Man In Strip Club Killing
1 Killed, 2 Injured In March Shooting
POSTED: 10:12 pm EDT June 3, 2010
UPDATED: 10:22 pm EDT June 3, 2010
INDIANAPOLIS — Indianapolis police are looking for a man in connection with a shooting at a strip club that left one person dead and two others injured.
The shooting happened late on March 19 at Patty’s Show Club in the 2000 block of West Washington Street on Indianapolis’ west side.
Gary Dunlap, 21, Larry Hardy, 42, and Cierra Gray, 21, were shot, and Dunlap later died of his injuries.
Witnesses told police that a man came into the club and fired several shots with a handgun, appearing to aim for a specific table.
Police released a sketch of the shooter Thursday night.
See the full article from “WRTV Indianapolis”
… This is the beginning of a
journey that will test my limits, challenge my body, play tricks with my mind,
and match no other extreme physical experience I endeavor,” he reflected. “By the time it’s all over, I will have
literally climbed the amount of elevation equal to reaching the edge of outer
space. The opportunity is incredible, but the odds against me are great.
However, today the weather is beautiful, and my legs are fresh.”
Last week, two friends joined Clark
as he ran through St. Louis, MO and crossed the Mississippi River. It was a good thing they were with him when
they crossed the state line into Illinois and traveled through east St. Louis: the area was so dangerous, a police officer
tried to convince them to let him give them a ride. Since they couldn’t do that, he escorted them
for the next mile — a road referred to as the “prostitute strip,” where
drive-by shootings frequently occur.
See the full article from “Mission Network NEws (press release)”