LB's - "the edited stock pit" (wayne)

[Watcher31]

Anyone know where or what happened to Lance ?

[Watcher31]

"the Stock Pit" aka www.thestockpit.com is being updated and will reopen soon

[Sportsjunkie]

wow,almost a year since my last visit...

[Sportsjunkie]

It is always fun going back down memory lane......

[Sportsjunkie]

I have submitted a request to I/h admin for that post to be posted as it was deleted and is as important and factual and very much a vital part of what was offered to CCAJ and they chose another route..
all shareholders should be entitled to have a chance to know..

[Sportsjunkie]

MY CCAJ STATEMENT THAT WAS DELETED CAUSE INSIDERS OF CCAJ DONT WANT INVESTORS TO KNOW THE TRUTH...


really you might think you actually know something but let me give you some facts of what and how it works..
Iron Ridge takes on select clients that turn over documented
paperwork that is notarized by both the debt holder and the company and takes over all liabilities for the company and
goes to court and presents this info and upon a court decision than takes on the responsibility of paying all the parties and than in exchange for shares..

http://www.sec.gov/interps/legal/cfslb3r.htm


it is not the b/s financing where you are handed over shares and in this case hope you get any money back from your shares..
this procedure takes 6 months to lock up all shares and no leakage anywhere and all is done via the court system,maybe the reason was the fact that there was too many loose locations for trying to sell outside of Iron Ridge...

as for commission and finders fee,yeah tom is paid direct from IRON ridge for all service as a independent broker and NO money ever comes out of CCAJ pockets period...

AXLX and RFMK have both more than tripled and continue to offer fantastic swing trade for investors and what exactly as CCAJ done..

exactly..plus tony would have been out of all liabilities and Debt and would have turned them all over to Iron ridge who pays these debt immediately upon the court ruling...

YEAH THAT SUCKS..RIGHT...

[MARKSMAN]

I see the history of this board has some sports talk. Just want to say my Niners... Well there's nothin to say :)

[Sportsjunkie]

There is no way Tom does not follow through and backs it up with everything he said,but when i dont know and have not asked him cause of how well it has done for me..

[pristine]

RFMK - was doing good but seems to be losing momentum with no PRs and no 10K...the idiot traders don't help either...

What are the odds Tom follows through on the 10K?

[Sportsjunkie]

CCAJ- i am going to stick this up here for all to see cause the reality is i dont know whether you should cut your losses at this spot or not,nobody can tell you that answer...I dont know if it goes lower than this cause jeannie did not bring me tomorrow's paper yet...

those that have followed me for years know i dont hold stocks as soon as they are red from where i paid,i never cost average stocks so following me is more than just grabbing my tickers and than saying why,it is also learning how i trade to help give you a better strategy to trading...

Now what can i tell you about what you bought..it is an established company for many many years that just did a reverse merger into ccaj..
As you seen it has a product in Home Depot that currently is doing 40 percent more revenue than it did last year with them..

Now i was told that they ordered a machine that could up their production from this level to where they would generate a 300 percent revenue spike per current levels....

I know the company stock price is Cheap,They have a big name attached already with them and i know the machine will help them in other areas such as bidding on contracts etc..

do i think as a long term stock in which i said it was that it is a good deal,fuck yeah...

I am just glad some of you were not here when BBDA dropped 75 percent on me from .004 to .0012..oh crap would i have heard it too....

[Sportsjunkie]

exactly....

[cocktails and dreamz]

so this is where we go to pump and bash RFMK & CCAJ lol...sweet

[Stingray]

R.I.P.

[harbs]

still on vacation?...long time no see

[Churak]

Walls donates kidney to ex-teammate Springs

DALLAS (AP) - Ron Springs and Everson Walls will always share a bond forged over their years as teammates on the Dallas Cowboys. That's nothing compared to their newest link — the kidney Walls donated to Springs.


Everson Walls, pictured here in '88, was recovering Thursday, a day after donating one of his kidneys to ex-teammate Ron Springs. Said Springs, "That's brotherly love." (Allen Dean Steele / Getty Images)
Springs and Walls were recovering at Medical City Hospital on Thursday, a day after the transplant operation — the first between two former U.S. professional athletes.

"That's brotherly love," Springs told The Associated Press in December. "It's something you can't explain, but something that I will always think about every day for the rest of my life."

The former football stars and their doctors are scheduled to hold a news conference Friday. The players hope they can inspire others to become organ donors by sharing their story.

The only other known transplants involving former pro athletes as donors include Greg Ostertag giving a kidney to his sister in 2002 when he was playing for the Utah Jazz, and basketball Hall of Famer Oscar Robertson donating a kidney to his daughter in 1997. Several pro athletes have received an organ, with basketball players Alonzo Mourning and Sean Elliott returning to play in the NBA following their ordeals.

The 50-year-old Springs has suffered from diabetes for 16 years and has been on the national transplant waiting list since 2004. The disease has led to the amputation of his right foot and the big and middle toes on his left foot, and caused his hands to curl into knots. He also was forced into a wheelchair and needed dialysis three times a week.

Providing his body accepts Walls' kidney, Springs will no longer need dialysis and can expect his hands to regain their normal form. He also should again be able to walk on his own.

"It's like getting a new battery in a car," Springs said in December. "I'll be able to be back to basically almost 100 percent normal."

The 47-year-old Walls volunteered to be tested after things fell through with two of Springs' relatives who were perfect matches.

"I said, 'Well, look, I know my blood type is the same as his. Why not give it a shot and see what happens?"' Walls said in December.

Springs and Walls became fast friends during Walls' first training camp with the Cowboys. They played together only four years (1981-84), but their close relationship continued, enhanced by their wives and children being close with each other, too.

The duo had wanted to keep the transplant quiet until it happened, but word leaked in December through Springs' oldest son, Shawn, who plays cornerback — Walls' old position - for the Washington Redskins.

Ron Springs joined the Cowboys in 1979 and became a starter alongside Tony Dorsett in '81, the year Walls arrived as an undrafted rookie from Grambling. Springs left in 1985, finishing his career with two seasons in Tampa Bay.

Walls led the NFL in interceptions his first two seasons and again in '85, making him the only three-time leader in NFL history. He picked off 57 passes and made the Pro Bowl four times over his 14-year career, which included stints with the New York Giants and Cleveland Browns.

[gdog]

PHILADELPHIA, Jun 05, 2006 (The Canadian Press via COMTEX) --
Former major league umpire Eric Gregg was fighting for his life Monday, a
day after a stroke that left him with little hope of any significant
recovery, his son said.

"I think we're running out of time right now," Kevin Gregg said. The
55-year-old Gregg, who spent his career trying to overcome weight problems
that saw him reach almost 400 pounds, was in critical condition at Lankenau
Hospital.

"Physically, his body is with us. The brain is almost gone," Gregg said.
"The damage to the brain is so severe, we're just waiting to see how long he
can fight. We're still waiting to see if it's two hours or two days.

"The family has come to grips that we're going to lose this one eventually."

Gregg said his father complained to family members on Sunday morning at his
home in Ardmore, Pa., that he couldn't feel anything on his left side.

Gregg was among 22 umpires who lost their jobs in 1999 when their labour
plan of mass resignations backfired. Recognized for his large frame and large
strike zone, he worked the 1989 World Series, four championship series, two
division series and one all-star game.

In early March, the former umpire had his right knee replaced. Kevin Gregg
said his father was taking blood thinners to prevent clots.

With his wide smile, gregarious personality, and lively stories from his
days in the majors, Gregg remained a popular fixture in town. He worked at
the popular sports bar Chickie's and Pete's in northeast Philadelphia as a
jack-of-all trades bartender, host, or waiter and also poured beers at their
concessions stand at Citizens Bank Park.

Manager Michael Herron saw Gregg on Saturday night, and said the former ump
was looking and feeling great. Herron said Gregg had lost some weight because

[harbs]

man, can i say it after all these years finally..

"the nba, it's faaaaaaantastic!"

[Memphis Guy]

What a shame!

When this fella's curveball was on, God couldn't hit him. Loved watching him throw that blistering fastball! Strawberry and Gooden were the MEN, at one time.


Gooden Arrested After Admitting Cocaine Use
Drug Use Violates Terms of Former Big League Star's Probation

TAMPA, Fla. (March 14) - Former baseball star Dwight Gooden was arrested Tuesday on charges of violating the terms of his probation.


The 41-year-old pleaded guilty in November to speeding away from police after a DUI traffic stop in August 2005 and was sentenced to three years probation. On Tuesday he went to a regular meeting with a probation officer, where he admitted to using cocaine, according to Jo Ellyn Rackleff, a spokeswoman for the Department of Corrections.

"He went to his regular meeting with his probation officer, admitted to the officer that he had used cocaine. She did a drug screen, and he tested positive for cocaine," Rackleff said.

Gooden was then arrested and taken to the Hillsborough County Jail, Rackleff said. He is being held without bond, according to Assistant State Attorney Pam Bondi.

"We will be requesting that he remain in jail on no bond because he violated probation," Bondi said.


Gooden was voted the 1984 NL Rookie of the Year and 1985 NL Cy Young Award while pitching for the New York Mets. He went 194-112 with a 3.51 ERA before retiring in 2001. He also pitched for the Yankees, Cleveland Indians, Houston Astros and Tampa Bay Devil Rays.

Gooden will make his first appearance in court Wednesday, Bondi said.

An after-hours call to Peter Hobson, who has represented Gooden in the past, was not immediately returned.


03/14/06 18:14 EST

[Burpzilla]

You in the pool this year, nostink?

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[nostinkinc]

To Whom it May Concern

NCAA (Nationally Constantly Academically-Challenged A-Holes) Selection Committee

P.O. Box 911

Clueless, TN 00411



Re: Seedy Seed or Sour Seedless Grapes



Greetings:



First let me just say congratulations on your selections of the number one seeds in the NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament. Those were really tough to determine. The entire country had it right before your announcement. That was tough work. I congratulate you also on getting the number of teams correct. Yep 65. Based on the picks, one would wonder if you could get it correct. It is certainly understandable that actually selecting 65 teams while simultaneously counting to 65 could be difficult. Credit should be given for your ability to do both. It must have been difficult to pick 65 with the computer RPIs bouncing around in that smallest of space between your collective ears



Suffice it to say that getting the number one seeds correct (like all of us did) and getting the number of teams correct (65) is about as far as you got it right. You either became bored or confused from there and thus proved once again that your annual spring Sunday selection announcement is truly what make the tournament most commonly known as March Madness – a name best used to described your botchery of the tournament selections and seeds.



Rumor has it that the majority of the 2006 selection committee is comprised of mid-major conference representatives. With your favoritism shown to the Missouri Valley Conference, one would think this majority had some say over the seeds to be sown for the tournament, but yet again, the selection committee has proven that in March, madness runs rampant.



While it is too late for this year’s show, let’s review some simple math to prevent future blunders. First, let’s assume that the coaches in the NCAA actually know a thing or two about the teams against whom they play. Pretty simply so far. Now stay with me. The coaches rank Texas as ninth in the country. Now this is where it gets difficult. There are four regions which means there can only be four number one seeds and four number two seeds or a total of eight teams seeded either 1 or 2 in the tournament. Again, Texas is ranked ninth. Yet you seeded Texas as a number 2 seed. (AND PLAYING THEIR FIRST TWO GAMES IN DALLAS OF ALL PLACES!!!!!!!!) But back to the math. Nine is more than eight. Yes that’s right. Shocking as it may be, eight comes before nine. (Just count to ten on your fingers and you will see what I mean). (LONG PAUSE)



Okay ready. Now continuing along those lines, let’s see where Tennessee is ranked. (Please wait while I scroll way down the coaches poll). Oh there’s Tennessee ranked a whopping number 19. Yet, you seeded Tennessee number 2. Perhaps you simply have a problem with the number 2 or comprehending that there are only 8 teams that can be seeded 2 or higher when you have only four regions. Or perhaps you forgot that you were seeding the NCAA Men’s tournament. Not the lady Volunteers who would probably at least merit a 2 seed or higher. Or perhaps you intended to seed the Lady Volunteers in the Men’s tournament. That would make more sense than giving (and I do mean as in “Gift”) the Tennessee Men’s team a 2 seed.



Now – continuing with the math – Gonzaga was ranked 5 by the most recent coaches poll. A 5 ranking and yet you provided a 3 seeding. Hmmm Do you understand that 5 is less than eight or do we need to go back to the finger counting thing again. Further, 12 (4 regions multiplied by 3) is higher than eight. Perhaps you do not understand Math at all.



So let’s switch to a slightly different method. Stay with me now – Gonzaga played Oklahoma State at Oklahoma State and won. Both Texas & Tennessee played Oklahoma State at Oklahoma State and they both lost. Yet Texas and Tennessee = 2 seed and Gonzaga = 3 seed. Texas lost 6 games. Tennessee lost 7 games. Gonzaga lost 3 games. 6 and 7 are more than 3. Again – I know that is math and it is difficult to understand. Just plug it into your computer and I’ll wait.



Perhaps it’s a color thing. You like orange and you do not like red, white and blue. Now that would make some sense because your selections are about as un-American as they could be. But then again, you let Air Force in. Conclusion… you like orange and the military and teams from the south but not long hair and fuzzy mustaches and teams that win more games than other teams. Now I think we have gotten somewhere. If you would simply let your subjective selection criteria known ahead of time instead of leading teams to assume that silly things like number of losses and poll rankings actually count, everyone would be on the same playing field (or court in this case).



Next year – we all wear orange. Thank you for your time.



Sincerely,



Baffled Zags Fan

[Churak]

Legendary Montreal Canadiens forward Bernie (Boom Boom) Geoffrion has died at the age of 75.


CBC Sports

Bernie (Boom Boom) Geoffrion died early Saturday. His jersey is set to be retired prior to Saturday night's game in Montreal. (CP PHOTO/Paul Chiasson)
Word of his death came early Saturday, the exact date the Canadiens had set to raise Geoffrion's No. 5 to the rafters prior to their game against the New York Rangers at Bell Centre.

The Canadiens said the ceremony will go on as planned.

Earlier this week, Geoffrion assured Canadiens Alumni Association president Rejean Houle that his heath troubles wouldn't prevent him from attending the ceremony.

But on Thursday, Geoffrion's wife, Marlene, and daughter, Linda, had him admitted to a hospice in Atlanta, where the family lives.

One day later, son Danny Geoffrion described his father as entering "the last stage."

A tumour was discovered in Geoffrion's stomach during a checkup two weeks ago. Doctors operated, but found the disease had spread too much to be removed.

Geoffrion, who many view as the innovator of the slapshot, was the second player in NHL history - teammate Rocket Richard was the first - to score 50 goals in a season, in 1960-61. That same season he won the Hart Trophy as the NHL's most valuable player and the Art Ross Trophy as the league's leading scorer.

He also won the Art Ross Trophy in 1954-55.

Geoffrion was a three-time all-star in the Quebec Major Junior League with the Laval Nationale. He made an immediate splash in Montreal, winning the Calder Trophy as the rookie of the year in 1952, with 30 goals and adding 24 assists in his first season in the NHL.

He was a member of six Stanley Cup winners with the Canadiens, leading all players in the 1956-57 playoffs with 11 goals and 18 assists in just 10 games.

He retired in 1964. After coaching the Quebec Aces in the American Hockey League for two seasons, he came out of retirement in 1966 and played two seasons with the Rangers.

In a 16-year NHL career, Geoffrion compiled 393 goals, 429 assists, and 689 penalty minutes in 883 games. He played in the league's all-star game in all but five of those seasons.

Geoffrion was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in 1972.

He tried his hand at coaching, taking the helm of the expansion Atlanta Flames for two-and-a-half seasons in the early 1970s. He even got to coach the Canadiens in 1979-80, but lasted only 30 games.

He suffered from stomach ulcers, which were exacerbated by his coaching stints.

Geoffrion's wife, three children and some grandchildren will be on hand for the ceremony in Montreal on Saturday night.

[Sportsjunkie]

Clemens pitches to minor leaguers at Astros camp

By CHRIS DUNCAN, AP Sports Writer
February 27, 2006

AP - Feb 27, 4:43 pm EST
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KISSIMMEE, Fla. (AP) -- Roger Clemens' son took dad deep on the Rocket's first pitch of spring training, crushing a trademark fastball over the left-field fence Monday.

"That was probably one of the harder fastballs I cut loose," Roger Clemens said after throwing to Koby and other Houston Astros minor-leaguers. "He got my attention."

Then the Rocket got Koby's. The next time his oldest son came to the plate, Roger buzzed him high and tight with another fastball. The younger Clemens dodged the pitch, then smiled at his father.

"He was like, 'Sorry about that pitch inside. I was trying to change the view of the ball for you a little bit,"' said Koby, a third baseman who was drafted by Houston last summer. "I said, 'I knew what you were doing."'

Clemens, 43, got applause from about 100 fans as he walked to the mound behind the Astros' minor-league complex. He threw 18 pitches from behind a screen before his 19-year-old son's homer on his first pitch after the screen was moved away.

"I'm getting old," Clemens said. "It happens."

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But based on what he saw Monday, Koby thinks Dad's still got it.

"He's just hitting the spots out there," Koby said. "His stuff is pretty nasty."

Clemens threw a total of 66 pitches to Astros' minor-leaguers in preparation for the World Baseball Classic, then said he's no closer to deciding his future beyond the event. Baseball officials approved the appearance.

Clemens led the major leagues with a 1.87 ERA last season and became a free agent when the NL champions didn't offer him salary arbitration. He has said he'll decide after the tournament whether he'll play a 23rd season.

"If you asked me today, I'm doing the world baseball deal and (then) I'm going to go watch baseball," Clemens said.

But asked if he was retiring, Clemens shied away.

"I'm not even going to mention that word," Clemens said. "I've been trying to do that for a couple of years now and it's not working."

Clemens can't re-sign with the Astros until May 1. But he could sign with another team before that and Boston, the New York Yankees and Texas have told Clemens they're interested.


AP - Feb 27, 4:33 pm EST
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Clemens said he might put off a decision until midsummer.

"I don't know what will happen down the road," he said. "I might be sitting around in May, June, July and all of a sudden, I'm looking at three or four teams that came down to talk to me already and gave me their pitch."

Between three "innings" on the mound, Clemens stretched behind second base with Brian McNamee, his personal strength coach for the last 10 years. He stretched again after he was done pitching and felt "close" to 100 percent afterward.

"I don't think I'm ever going to be too far behind," Clemens said. "Right now, my arm is a little bit ahead of the curve. I want to make sure my legs are where they need to be."

Clemens has said he won't sign with a team if he thinks his body won't make it through another season. He physically broke down late last year, leaving after two innings in Game 1 of the World Series.

He's working through the same rigorous offseason regimen he always has with McNamee. To get ready for the World Classic, Clemens has been throwing to players at a Houston high school and at the University of Texas, his alma mater.

"For me, it's almost like I turn into a robot, I've done it for so many years," Clemens said. "I'm a creature of habit. I've got a great program, I love to do it, so I'm doing it."

Clemens will pitch to the minor leaguers at Astros camp again on Thursday. The minor leaguers are working separately from the Astros and since Clemens is a free agent, he has to work separately, too.

Astros ace Andy Pettitte, one of Clemens' closest friends, said it's odd not having Clemens in the clubhouse this year. He's talked to Clemens about his future but wouldn't give a hint to which way the Rocket is leaning.

"He's got major decisions to make," Pettitte said. "I would never try to ask him or persuade him to do anything that he doesn't want to do."

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[Churak]

Hockey legend Lafleur mugged

CANADIAN PRESS


MONTREAL—Hockey legend Guy Lafleur was used to taking knocks on the ice but wasn't ready for a robber's punch during a recent South American vacation.

Lafleur, his wife and another couple were waylaid by three thugs on motorcycles a week ago in Buenos Aires, Argentina, as they got off a shuttle.

The robbers attacked Lafleur's friend and went after his wife, grabbing a watch.

Lafleur, 54, was also on the receiving end of a fist that gave him a black eye.

"I didn't have any time to react before I got a sucker-punch in the eye," said the Hockey Hall of Fame player. "It was like one of the players from the Bruins.

"I didn't fall," said the former goal scorer with the Montreal Canadiens, Quebec Nordiques and New York Rangers.

He also noted the robbers didn't get his watch.

The robbers vanished as quickly as they appeared and Lafleur said the matter wasn't reported to police because the travellers didn't want to lose time.

However, he said tourists should be cautious about where they wear any jewellery and should keep valuables in a concealed money belt in rougher areas.

CANADIAN PRESS

[harbs]

what you post and then run..only to come back a year or so later if we're lucky?

alert: the squirrel is on the branch, repeat: the squirrel is on the branch..

[nostinkinc]

Report: Williams up in smoke again?
Feb. 19, 2006
CBS SportsLine.com staff



The Miami Herald website reports that Dolphins running back Ricky Williams tested positive for drug use. If it's true, Williams faces at least a one-year suspension from the NFL.

The Herald reports that two sources confirmed a story by Denver TV station that Williams failed the test, though the substance was not identified.

This would be Williams' fourth violation. He tested positive for marijuana use three previous times. The Herald report says that Dolphins spokesman Harvey Greene declined comment Sunday evening.

Williams can appeal a violation to the league and had made it through the season despite being tested 10 times a month. If the violation remains, Williams would be banned from the league for 12 months from the time of the violation before he could apply for reinstatement to the NFL, meaning he would miss all of the 2006 season.

Williams was scheduled to earn the league minimum of $560,000 next season and for an option year in 2007. If Williams is suspended, he remains property of the Dolphins and his contract will not run out while he is serving the suspension.

[Billybob_TX]

My dad grew up with him in Wyoming. They weren't friends though, my dad says he was very arrogant as a kid, but I bet that served him well in the broadcast business.

[Sportsjunkie]

REST IN PEACE CURT....thanks for the memories...


Curt Gowdy dies at 86
Curt Gowdy dies at 86

By HOWARD ULMAN, AP Sports Writer
February 20, 2006

FORT MYERS, Fla. (AP) -- He was the smooth voice of sports history, a welcome companion who brought listeners Ted Williams' last home run, the first Super Bowl and dozens of other dramatic moments.

Curt Gowdy, who died Monday, told generations of Americans about the games they loved from the broadcast booths at 13 World Series, 16 All-Star baseball games, numerous Rose Bowls and the 1976 Montreal Olympics.

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"He was the first superstar of sports television because he did all of the big events," veteran NBC broadcaster Dick Enberg said. "He's the last of the dinosaurs. No one will ever be the voice of so many major events at the same time ever again."

Gowdy died of leukemia at his winter home in Palm Beach. He was 86.

It all started as he sat on a box, with his microphone on another box, for his first play-by-play -- a six-man football game in Cheyenne, Wyo., in subzero temperatures in 1944.

Before cable television spawned a new breed of announcer -- those who use shouts and hip phrases instead of subdued sounds and straightforward description -- Gowdy was a star who just wanted to tell a story, a well-liked man who stayed that way as his fame grew.

He brought a warm feel to the broadcast booth, his commentary full of good humor and enthusiasm.

He once said, "I tried to pretend that I was sitting in the stands with a buddy watching the game, poking him in the ribs when something exciting happened. I never took myself too seriously. An announcer is only as good as yesterday's performance."

In his 1960 essay "Hub Fans Bid Kid Adieu," published in The New Yorker, John Updike said Gowdy sounded like "everybody's brother-in-law."

Gowdy spent 15 years as the Boston Red Sox main play-by-play announcer from 1951-1965. He left the Red Sox for a 10-year stint as the baseball broadcaster on NBC's "Game of the Week" through 1975.

He also covered many Super Bowls and NCAA basketball Final Fours.

"He's certainly the greatest play-by-play person up to this point that NBC sports has ever had," NBC Universal Sports chairman Dick Ebersol said from the Turin Olympics. "He literally carried the sports division at NBC for so many years on his back. ... He was a remarkable talent, and he was an even more remarkable human being."

An avid outdoorsman, the native of Green River, Wyo., also was host of the "American Sportsman" series on ABC from the early 1960s into the 1980s.

On that program, former presidents Jimmy Carter and George H.W. Bush appeared in fishing segments. Others guests on the fishing and hunting show were Williams, quarterback Terry Bradshaw, singer Bing Crosby, actor Andy Griffith and comedian Jonathan Winters.

George Bodenheimer, president of ESPN and ABC Sports, said Gowdy's contributions were "indelible." He said Gowdy was a "pioneer in our business and set the highest of standards for everyone in sports broadcasting."

Winner of numerous broadcasting awards, Gowdy covered minor league baseball and did recreations of major league games on KOMA radio in Oklahoma City. He later owned radio stations in Massachusetts, Wyoming, Florida and New Hampshire.

In 1949, he joined Mel Allen to broadcast games of the New York Yankees and, two years later, he became the No. 1 broadcaster for the Red Sox.

"His distinct voice was a comfort to a generation of baseball fans in New England and throughout the country," commissioner Bud Selig said.

"To fans in New England in the 1950s and '60s, his was the voice that told the stories of the Red Sox to a generation of fans," said Charles Steinberg, the Red Sox' executive vice president for public affairs. "He was the voice under the pillow."

While youngsters curled up beneath their sheets with a transistor radio under their pillows, the players Gowdy told them about developed an admiration for him.

Johnny Pesky, a former Red Sox infielder and now an 86-year-old spring training instructor for the team, spent his last seasons with the team from 1949-52 with Gowdy broadcasting his games.

"He was in the clubhouse before the game. He was really easy to speak to," Pesky said at the Red Sox spring training complex. "He dressed well. He was a peach of a guy."

Gowdy became friends and fished with Williams and made the memorable call on the slugger's home run in his final major league at bat on Sept. 28, 1960:

"Everybody quiet now here at Fenway Park after they gave him a standing ovation of two minutes knowing that this is probably his last time at bat," Gowdy said. "One out, nobody on, last of the eighth inning. Jack Fisher into his windup, here's the pitch. Williams swings and there's a long drive to deep right! The ball is going and it is gone! A home run for Ted Williams in his last time at bat in the major leagues!"

There also were descriptions remembered for less pleasant reasons.

On Nov. 17, 1968, Gowdy broadcast Oakland's 43-32 win over the New York Jets in which the Raiders won with two touchdowns in the last minute. He described those plays, not knowing viewers didn't see them because NBC had cut away to fulfill a contractual obligation to show "Heidi," the classic children's story.

He called the last of his 10 consecutive World Series in 1975 between Cincinnati and Boston, then was replaced by Joe Garagiola. During Game 3, he and broadcast partner Tony Kubek said umpire Larry Barnett should have called Reds pinch-hitter Ed Armbrister out for interfering with catcher Carlton Fisk, a 10th-inning bunt that led to Cincinnati's victory.

NBC said its decision to replace Gowdy didn't result from Barnett's statement that Gowdy and Kubek were responsible for death threats against him and his family.

If Gowdy called a game, Enberg said, "you knew it was a major event."

Gowdy broadcast part of a Red Sox game at Fenway Park in 2003 as part of an ESPN promotion and was honored there last Aug. 28 before a game.

He was inducted into the broadcast wing of the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1984 and into the American Sportscaster's Hall of Fame in 1985. The Curt Gowdy State Park was established in Wyoming in 1971.

Gowdy is survived by his wife, Jerre; daughter Cheryl Ann; sons Trevor and Curt Jr., the vice president of production and executive producer of the Mets' new SportsNet New York network; and five grandchildren.

A funeral is scheduled for Saturday at Trinity Church in Boston, with a private burial to follow.



Updated on Monday, Feb

[Sportsjunkie]

bryon scott should be considered for coach of the year,what an amazing job he has done in a tough western conference..

[Memphis Guy]

Reckon we will have any militant terrorist BS at the olympics? Sure hope not.

[gdog]

not sure the out come would have been much different, .. hows the weather out there? flying into west Plam today at 5: p.m.

[Sportsjunkie]

he wasnt..lol

[gdog]

what'd ya think of the first touchdown? I didn't think it was in....

[Sportsjunkie]

CANT REMEMBER A SUPER BOWL WITH SUCH GAME BREAKING BIG MISTAKES...

[Art2Gecko]

25 annoying Super Bowl party guests
Jan. 30, 2006
By Clay Travis




Every year, Super Bowl parties bring together awkward groupings of people who are then forced to sit and watch a football game. Inevitably this drives me crazy. Primarily because I don’t understand why I should suddenly be forced to watch football games with people who haven’t bothered to watch a game all season.


I mean, is there any other event that celebrates idiocy more? For instance, I don’t feel compelled to show up in New York City and crash some Broadway actors' Tony Awards party. You know why? Because I don’t like musicals and haven’t even seen a Broadway play in the past five years.

But I respect the fact that for someone who enjoys the Tonys, it would be sort of annoying for me to begin the night by saying, "I just don’t understand how anyone could ever like a musical." Yet, somehow, people arrive at Super Bowl parties and say things like, "I just don’t understand why the teams don’t score more touchdowns. Pass me a Zima," with absolute impunity. It’s lucky these parties only have plastic utensils.

Even worse than that, these Super Bowl gatherings require small-talk, ginger ale, finger foods, awkward banter, excessive praise of sugar-free sugar cookies that someone made, insufficient supplies of beer and overly abundant Mike’s Hard Lemonade, poor seating options and requiring you to listen to some guy explain what a first down is to his girlfriend with an IQ that would barely be sufficient to allow her to be executed were she to commit a murder.

Basically, the Super Bowl forces the legitimate football fan to be tortured for about four hours with people he or she wouldn’t even think of spending time with on any other sporting occasion. Essentially, a true football fan has three options when confronted with a Super Bowl gathering of football imbeciles: 1. Actually answer idiotic and rhetorical questions 2. Make everyone at the party uncomfortable by calling out the idiots and telling them to shut-up and 3. Doing your best to ignore the outrageous commentary and the idiots you're with.

Regarding this, I’ve always thought it would be classic for someone to roll up for a Super Bowl party, sit down on the couch and put on headphones to listen to the radio broadcast. If anyone is willing to do this at a party, send pictures and I will interview you. In an effort to make this experience somewhat more enjoyable, we here at ClayNation have devised a comprehensive list of people who you will hate to spend Super Bowl Sunday with.

1. The aforementioned fan who does not understand why teams don’t score more touchdowns.
This clown can be either male or female, and will begin speaking at any point when the score is not approaching 81-79. Which means always. Worse, there is always someone who seconds this opinion with a brilliant and nonsensical endorsement. "Yeah, why don’t they score more?" One appropriate response would be, "Because the football team is missing out on your offensive genius."

2. Girl with an exposed thong.
Inevitably she will sit right in front of you and you’ll think you’re clubbing in South Beach. The thong will be something ridiculous, like leopard print or have a saying like, "Sex kitten ... make me purr," which will be true but distracting. Of course this girl will lean forward on a pillow or something and you’ll miss several important third down plays because you are trying to keep your wife or girlfriend from noticing your obsession with the exposed thong.

3. Guy with a hat turned sideways.
Please, oh God, please could you not just turn your hat either forwards or backwards? Is that too much to ask? If you feel like it, ask this guy if he’s dancing in the half-time show or meeting Kevin Federline’s posse post-game.

4. Wife who brought the sugar-free sugar cookies.
And now you have to pretend to be impressed by some sugar substitute that you’ve never heard of. Oh great, now the sugar cookies taste like bread dipped in a bird-feeder. Man, these are great.

5. Guy who feels compelled to say three minutes into the game, "(Insert team’s name here) just didn’t come ready to play."
Really? I’m pretty sure the Super Bowl didn’t sneak up on either team. It’s not like Matt Hasselbeck was out shopping at Home Depot earlier that morning and then he suddenly realized, "Oh man, it’s the Super Bowl today, I better get to the stadium."

6. The fan who works at Denny’s and complains about how much the players get paid ... then suggests he or she could do their job.
Right, of course you could. Despite misconceptions that most players arrive in the NFL after proving themselves somewhere in college football, they actually get discovered as short-order cooks making Grand Slam breakfasts in Hoboken, NJ. Good point, run a post route and don’t come back.

7. Guy who draws sweeping conclusions from any and every play, particularly those that occur early in the first quarter and when the teams are separated by a single score.
"I’m telling you Seattle just can’t handle Pittsburgh today," he will say. Easy there Nostradamus. I’m pretty sure that four-yard off tackle play for a first down midway through the first quarter hasn’t defined the game.


8. Guy in the Dan Marino jersey.
There is always a guy in a Dan Marino jersey.



9. Boyfriend of girl with exposed thong.
He will be constantly eyeballing every other guy in the place in a kind of territorial way. He also will attempt to cuddle with his girlfriend so that her mid-riff bearing sweater can attempt to reconnect with her low-riding jeans. The cuddling will be unsuccessful.

10. Guy who confidently asserts, "It’s about time for the halfback pass," on first and ten from inside their own five.
Dude, give up on the halfback pass. If one team actually runs the halfback pass in said situation, just stand up and leave the game. Halfback pass guy is going to be emboldened and you really don’t need to or want to hear him demanding the double reverse on fourth and goal.

11. Guy who says, "He’s gonna score," every time a five-yard gain occurs.
Easy there hombre. There are players who aren’t on the screen. If this starts to get really annoying (and it will) start picturing this guy out drinking at the bar. For him, foreplay begins the moment any girl accidentally bumps into him standing in line at the bathroom.

12. Guy who calls for the quarterback to be replaced midway through the second quarter with the score something like 10-3.
"I’m just telling you (insert quarterback’s name here) is just not getting it done." You always have to love this guy. It doesn’t matter how many regular season games the starting quarterback has won or that no healthy starting quarterback has been replaced in the Super Bowl in either of your life times. Guaranteed, this guy has a message board name like Pantyraidingqbstuffer48. Feel free to ignore everything he says ... if you can. If not, log on to his favorite message board and choose as your own name Pantyraidingqbstuffr48. Gleefully destroy his message board "credibility" post by post.

13. Woman who is overly obsessed with the raffled scoring grid.
"Oh, and if the game finishes with a score of 3-2, Suzy will win. Yay, Suzy." Lean over to this woman, who I guarantee will be named something like Ronda, and give her the most difficult logic puzzle you can think of that incorporates the raffled scoring grid. Something like, "Ronda, if Pittsburgh scores one-half of the points that Seattle scores in the first quarter but three times as many as Seattle scores in the second quarter and each team alternates scores of 7, 3, 2, 3, 7 in the second half, whose square would win if there is a safety by Pittsburgh in the final minute?"

14. Guy who compares this game to his high-school game in New Mexico circa 1984.
Yeah, sure. The approximately three base defenses and three pass plays (screen right, slant, screen left) your team ran in those days really offer an outstanding template for the Super Bowl. I’m surprised Bill Cowher didn’t request the game film.

15. The person who spends the entire game cheering for ridiculous things like how many times a punted ball bounces or number of times players tap each other on the butt.
Make this fun for everyone. Start counting the number of times this person touches his or her hair, crosses his or her leg or eats a pretzel. Have Ronda keep a chart if necessary.

16. Guy who shows up wearing wristbands.
What, did he just step off a jet and come straight to your place from the Australian Open? At a crucial moment in the game, feel free to lift his arm and mop your brow with his wristbands. I mean, that’s what wristbands are for right?

17. Guy who keeps saying, "I can’t tell if the Seahawks are in the dime or the nickel," while the Seahawks are on offense.
They’re in the quarter ... please shut up.

18. The foreign dude who is studying abroad and keeps saying, "American football is only the second most popular football in the world."
Maybe so, but it’s the most popular football in this house and this country. Go have a strudel ... and take the metric system with you.

19. Woman who parades her fat kid around the room and says, "When Tommy grows up he’s going to play football."
Just because your kid is fat doesn’t mean he is going to play football. In fact, chances are, he’s just going to be fat. Please move him from in front of the television screen and tell him to put down the bowl of cheese-puffs.

20. Person who announces they only watch the Super Bowl for the commercials, talks throughout the game broadcast and then shushes everyone during the commercial breaks.
Does this even require any analysis? Shun them ... or stone them during half-time.

21. The insider.
This person will have the most ludicrous connection imaginable to one of the teams. He/she will say they share a refrigerator repairman with Jerome Bettis yet will insist all night with some tidbit of knowledge like, "Jerome Bettis’ sub-zero had cornmeal inside," will determine the outcome of the game ... according to the refrigerator repairman.

22. Guy who is absolutely certain that, "(Insert coaches name here) doesn’t want to win."
You’ve hit the nail on the head. I’m sure the coach has been working 100-hour weeks since June so he can lose the biggest game of the year. Solid analysis ... go back to telling us about your new call-center job please.

23. Woman who says something like, "I don’t understand why the Steelers have such ugly colors ... black and yellow, yuck."
Because their primary market isn’t prissy broads drinking martinis at Super Bowl parties. Please be quiet.

24. Couple that gets into an argument over how many beers the guy is drinking.
This means the guy is going to drink twice as many more beers as he otherwise would have. Whatever you do, don’t offer to make this guy a Lemon Drop.

25. Guy who makes everyone who doesn’t care about football uncomfortable by telling someone else’s kid to shut up when they are running around the house screaming.
This will probably be your friend ... and it might be you. Take a tip from ClayNation and during a commercial break flash a $100 bill at the kids. Then go outside and hide a $5 bill in the most difficult place imaginable. Then tell the kids it was a hundred and whomever finds it gets to keep it. An hour later when someone finds the five, say, "Someone else must have hid that. My hundred is still out there."

The remaining 25 people you can’t stand to spend Super Bowl Sunday with will be out on the Saturday before the game. They’re written, but much like the NFL, we insist on two weeks between the conference championship games and the Super Bowl. We at ClayNation want to prolong your anticipation for as long as possible. Please, someone plan on wearing headphones to a party. Until Saturday ...


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[gdog]

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ssional Vote Could Make Residents Pay More In Student
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uld Make Residents Pay More In Student Loans

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Contact: Toby Chaudhuri or Jessica Mantooth, 202-955-5665
COLUMBUS, Ohio, Jan. 30 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Ohio students could have to pay
$1843 more in college loans if Congress passes a measure Wednesday to cut
spending, according to a new report released today by the research arm of the
Campaign for America's Future.
Campaign for America's Future co-director Robert Borosage said our nation
has a responsibility to provide an affordable college degree to every child
in Ohio.
"This bill will make it harder for students from working families to go to
college," said Borosage. "This measure makes deep and harmful cuts to student
loans that will not even pay for the new tax breaks planned for the wealthy."
The legislation, pushed by the White House and congressional Republican
leaders, imposes the largest cuts in student loan programs ever. The House
will vote on it around Feb. 1. The measure passed the Senate by the narrowest
of margins, 51-50, with Vice President Cheney casting the deciding vote.
The proposal includes a $12.7 billion cut in student loan aid, the largest
cuts in history, and locks in higher fixed interest rates on student and
parent loans. While college costs soar and Pell grants remain capped at
$4,050 for the fourth straight year, student debt levels have doubled in the
last ten years and are likely to rise even higher.
During a question-and-answer session with students at Kansas State
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said he preferred to call it "reform" of the student loan program and
inaccurately said that reduction in costs would not affect students.
The bill locks in higher rates for student and parent loans and lawmakers
have rejected proposals to retain a dramatically lower interest rate.
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Good Ole Bush keep spending billions on a war and cut kids education... idiot.....

[Sportsjunkie]

the only thing i see stopping the pistons this year
is the misfortunate of an injury...

[gdog]

Have u been watching the Pistons at all OMG are they something....

[gdog]

went to the joe last night and watched the wings beat Vancouver 2-1 the guys aren't scoring very well riight now, got tickets to the predator game March 21, that should be awesome, the Predators are as fast as Detriot,

[gdog]

the run the Detroit Pistons are on is unreal 33-5

[Sportsjunkie]

selling strategy,now we are talking...a lot of traders
might make a good entry but are too scared about the exit
and if they will get that lucky again...let me at least share
a way you might want to look at it,you can adjust it to 1/3 spots etc,but the theory of cost averaging your shares against capital returned to treasury is the key..
the ultimate way of looking at position trading is the ability to use the same capital and increase the size of your portfolio and still have the 1/4 position left in case the stock has the big breakout...


http://www.investorshub.com/boards/read_msg.asp?message_id=1856749

[Domerfan17]

Agreed, if I can get anything above a penny I will be relieved....4 thrilled, not holding my breath though.

[Domerfan17]

I'm too green to use alerts, haven't learned those concepts yet but I want to, so I admit I wing it.....not with a ton of success either. I have bought nice and low on some good runners, in bcit at .0023, wnmi .0035 prior to Paris run and ibzt 2.3 cents, before it hit 8 cents....my problem has always been the selling point. I realize I need a strategy to exit in partils, my problem has been I have gotten down so far, I am constantly looking for a home run to get back most of the losses and start fresh with all my new strategies. Ironically, I had a strategy for bcit and it had me back more than 1/2 of my losses, but before I could pull the trigger, Scottcrud locked me down.

[Sportsjunkie]

if my theory is right and certain big market makers
shorted this stock cause of all the paper that was being filled there way,without any direction or news you cant just open for business with nothing with 259 million shares...
they have deeper pockets and are more skilled at this...
market makers will play the flow,if any new investors wanted in they would do the double up theory and run the stock like they did to .04 on the last run and cover their .01 sells buy moving to .04 selling and buying back at .017..


people are very naive on the last few weeks of trading ,this stock went to almost .05 and than came back to .017..

nite and others are not as short as you think cause they could have been short several million at .01 but sold some at .04 to cost average and than bought back all they need to cover when stock tanked back to .017...

[Sportsjunkie]

the only thing i would make any comment on is
to set a percentage or volume alert so that you can find
early enough to sell to someone else higher..
a lot of people like to use the buy low/sell high theory
but to me that mens buy low and hope to be lucky enough
that the sector or someone runs the stock..

a good example for me is POGI...my volume and alerts went off at .085...did not know anything and really no still little,but was able to make nice money in it...

[Domerfan17]

As far as BCIT goes, if my reading comp. is working, you believe that the only chance current holders have is if prior to the resumption of trading Megas makes announcements, almost anything that gives some type of direction, in order to have even a chance against mms who will have the deck stacked. Otherwise they will use the last 4-6 months of bs, coupled with the lack of clear direction to give the appearance that everyone is chomping at the bit to get out. In other words, Megas helps matters by initiating a pump of some type or further abets MMs in their drive to crush the pps, by remaining silent. Am I close?

[Domerfan17]

"but if you follow who is making the money you can accidentally make enough for you..."
That is profound and is about the most important fact I've learned. Al the bs charts, all the hyperbolic prs, all the "buyback" programs, etc. mean squat. The object is to figure out the direction, buy low, and get the hell out. It is usually an accidental payday if you do......now I just hope I get the opportunity to put it into practice.

[Sportsjunkie]

well the problem is the penny market has so much crap going on it is hard to tell who is giving it to you...
i learned over the years to play the flow,not to create the flow....
i have found that most shorting is done within the realm of the finance structure of the company..whether you have free paper that never ends that they just are floorless so they draw down afterwards like the boys at cornell,or brokers that tip there hat that 25 million shares was just deposited to be dumped so other people short against that...or companies have their brokers just short against restricted paper or an s-8 copy letter that is about to take place..

meaning the market was not really geared for the little guy to make money on,but if you follow who is making the money you can accidentally make enough for you...

example...
on a big short day when pgcn went from 1.90 to 1.00 and bounced...if you were patient you could have made money on buying 13000 shares at 1.03 and selling them in the 1.20 range...
the bounce was not geared or set up for me but patiently waiting it allowed me to cash in on there big profit day...

[Domerfan17]

That's kind of the way I see it. I don't know if I'm reading him wrong, but it seems that Jim Bishop for example thinks that naked shorting is somewhat of a myth used by the scammers to work their unscrupulous magic. While I believe that is in part true, I also believe that there are naked shorters out there in some form.

[Sportsjunkie]

yes i believe that if a stock runs from .20 cents to
4.00 that there will be huge naked shorting in the stock,
but i dont believe that a stock that is selling at 1 cent
and is there for months and months yelling foul is being
naked shorted..

shorters take a bigger risk and due a lot more due diligence than the average investor,so taking a risk at one cent is just stupid...


you look at our high fliers like klge,pgdp,cwpc and i am sure you will find naked shorters in there like there was in TKER when it went to 4.00

[Domerfan17]

Lance, do you believe naked shorting is real and not just the machinations of scammer CEOs to hide their own duplicitous intent in relation to toxic financing and endless dilution?