The detainees at Guantanamo Bay prison in Cuba have the right to challenge their detention in American civilian courts according to the U.S. Supreme Court, the Boston Globe reported.
The prisoners are being kept there as part of President Bush's policy of holding terrorist suspects indefinitely without charge.
Many believe the 5-to-4 ruling will bring on a barrage of hearings of the roughly 260 men who have been detained for years without trial or formal charges, according to the Globe.
The U.S. government must now provide evidence against the detained men that proves they are a threat to national security or release them.
Friday, June 13, 2008
A new American
Boston Red Sox slugger David Ortiz recently became an American citizen.
Big Papi was granted U.S. citizenship during a ceremony at the John F. Kennedy Library Wednesday along with 226 other immigrants from 57 countries, according to the Boston Globe
Ortiz, a native of the Dominican Republic, was very proud, the Globe reported.
Big Papi was granted U.S. citizenship during a ceremony at the John F. Kennedy Library Wednesday along with 226 other immigrants from 57 countries, according to the Boston Globe
Ortiz, a native of the Dominican Republic, was very proud, the Globe reported.
Bryant slams Schilling's criticism
Red Sox pitcher Curt Schilling attended Game 2 of the NBA Finals in which Kobe Bryant's LA Lakers lost 108-102 to the Boston Celtics. Schilling, having been perturbed by the sight of Bryant shouting at his teammates during the defeat.
"He'd yell at someone, make a point, or send a message, turn and walk away, and more than once the person on the other end would roll eyes or give a 'whatever dude' look," the hurler wrote on his Web site.
At press conference soon after, Bryant was asked by reporters to respond to Schilling's criticism. The star's two-word response?--- "Go Yankees!"
"He'd yell at someone, make a point, or send a message, turn and walk away, and more than once the person on the other end would roll eyes or give a 'whatever dude' look," the hurler wrote on his Web site.
At press conference soon after, Bryant was asked by reporters to respond to Schilling's criticism. The star's two-word response?--- "Go Yankees!"
Sunday, June 8, 2008
何がイチロー〔一郎〕で具合が悪いですか？ (What's wrong with Ichiro?)
My Boston Red Sox defeated the Seattle Mariners 2-1 earlier today to wrap up a three-game series at Fenway Park. And one of the most striking things about the Mariners' box score is the batting average of Ichiro Suzuki, which is still at a sub-par level. At .290, this Japanese juggernaut's batting average far below what he is capable of. Since his rookie season in 2001, Suzuki has batted .350, .321, ..312, .372, .303, .322 and .351.
Surely, the right fielder-turned center fielder has not lost his touch, but something is definitely going on with the Kasugai, Japan, native. I am used to enjoying seeing him perform with such grace that slapping hits into the outfield, beating out infield singles and throwing out runners with pinpoint precision look ridiculously easy. He will obviously snap out of it, but the All-Star is about a month away and such a low batting average leaves Major League Baseball fans to wonder: What's wrong with Ichiro?
Surely, the right fielder-turned center fielder has not lost his touch, but something is definitely going on with the Kasugai, Japan, native. I am used to enjoying seeing him perform with such grace that slapping hits into the outfield, beating out infield singles and throwing out runners with pinpoint precision look ridiculously easy. He will obviously snap out of it, but the All-Star is about a month away and such a low batting average leaves Major League Baseball fans to wonder: What's wrong with Ichiro?
Saturday, June 7, 2008
Sportscaster Jim McKay dead at 86
The sports world mourns tonight the death of legendary sportscaster Jim McKay, who passed away of natural causes at his farm in Monkton, Md., this morning. He was 86.
McKay began hosting ABC's "Wide World of Sports" in 1961 and continued this work for 40 years. But he is perhaps most known for covering 12 Olympic Games, most notably the Summer Games in Munich, Germany, in which Palestinian terrorists kidnapped 11 Israeli athletes. McKay was the one who announced to the world the shooting death of one of the captured and later the murder of the remaining 10 when a commando raid to rescue the athletes ended tragically.
According to foxnews.com, McKay won both a news and sports Emmy Award for his coverage of the Munich Olympics as well as the prestigious George Polk award.
It is fitting that McKay died just hours before Big Brown made his unsuccessful attempt to win a Triple Crown at the Belmont Stakes, as McKay considered horse racing to be one of this favorite sports.
McKay began hosting ABC's "Wide World of Sports" in 1961 and continued this work for 40 years. But he is perhaps most known for covering 12 Olympic Games, most notably the Summer Games in Munich, Germany, in which Palestinian terrorists kidnapped 11 Israeli athletes. McKay was the one who announced to the world the shooting death of one of the captured and later the murder of the remaining 10 when a commando raid to rescue the athletes ended tragically.
According to foxnews.com, McKay won both a news and sports Emmy Award for his coverage of the Munich Olympics as well as the prestigious George Polk award.
It is fitting that McKay died just hours before Big Brown made his unsuccessful attempt to win a Triple Crown at the Belmont Stakes, as McKay considered horse racing to be one of this favorite sports.
Big Brown can't deliver
Well, the 140th Belmont Stakes is in the books and jockey Alan Garcia led 38-1 long shot Da' Tara to an upset victory, forcing the racing community to keep waiting for the first Triple Crown winner since Affirmed accomplished the feat in 1978.
Instead of being the 12th winner of racing's Triple Crown, and the first in 30 years, Big Brown - the 1-4 favorite who won the Kentucky Derby and the Preakness Stakes - came in last and in the 19th horse in history to win the first two legs and finish in the cellar at the Belmont, according to ESPN.com.
Da' Tara paid $79 with his win. Denis of Cork placed and Anak Nakal and Ready's Echo both showed.
Jockey Kent Desormeaux slowed up Big Brown before the 3-year-old was even finished the race.
"I had no horse," said Desormeaux. "He was empty. He didn't have anything left."
The Belmont Stakes is by far the longest and most difficult of the Triple Crown races.
Instead of being the 12th winner of racing's Triple Crown, and the first in 30 years, Big Brown - the 1-4 favorite who won the Kentucky Derby and the Preakness Stakes - came in last and in the 19th horse in history to win the first two legs and finish in the cellar at the Belmont, according to ESPN.com.
Da' Tara paid $79 with his win. Denis of Cork placed and Anak Nakal and Ready's Echo both showed.
Jockey Kent Desormeaux slowed up Big Brown before the 3-year-old was even finished the race.
"I had no horse," said Desormeaux. "He was empty. He didn't have anything left."
The Belmont Stakes is by far the longest and most difficult of the Triple Crown races.
Thursday, February 28, 2008
Oh, what's in a (nick)name?
Baseball immortal George Herman Ruth was more commonly known by the his nickname, ‘Babe.’ Legendary defensive lineman Ed Jones was called “Too Tall.” And college basketball great Pete Maravich was “Pistol Pete.”
For as long as professional sports have been familiarized in American living rooms thanks to the invention of television, certain athletes have had nicknames bestowed upon them with which their coaches, teammates and loving fans and friends refer to them. And the Massachusetts women’s soccer team is not different.
Almost as soon as they sign a letter of content with the Maroon and White, incoming female soccer stars have a playful pseudonym given to them by UMass coach Jim Rudy. He said he likes nicknames not only because they help him reach a personal level with his players, but they also make opposing players confused when he shouts instructions from the sidelines addressed to someone with a name that is not listed the roster.
Here is a list of Rudy’s nicknames for each of his Minutewomen and how they earned them:
Junior forward Vanessa Patry (a.k.a. Bucky)- “The nickname Bucky came from her initials, which are V.P., which is short for vice president. And what did the vice president (Dick Cheney) do to his best buddy? He hit him with buckshot. And, you know what, she (understood it). It takes a stretch of the imagination to that and she got it.”
Senior midfielder Jenny Roehrig (a.k.a. J-RO)- “There’s a J-RO… there’s an A-Rod, so that’s where (she) got (hers). (That) was obvious.”
Redshirt senior goalkeeper Kristin Walker- “Walker’s just Walker. In fact, nobody knows her by ‘Kristin.’ Her mom said something about ‘Kristin this or that’ – I didn’t know who she was talking about.”
Senior midfielder/defender Kaelyn Caldwell (a.k.a. Mini)- “When I first saw her I thought she was sort of a small kid. She plays big but I thought she was a small kid so I called her ‘Mini.’
Senior forward Britt Canfield (a.k.a. Granny)- “I call her ‘Granny’ sometimes because she’s from Granville, (Mass.)” Her official name is ‘Brittney,’ but she is always addressed as ‘Granny’ or, more commonly, ‘Britt.’
Senior goalkeeper Melissa Jubinville (a.k.a. MoLiss)- “It’s sort of a sub-in for ‘Molissa,’ because they talk a little differently, you see [Though he doesn’t have a southern accent, Rudy was born in Washington D.C.]. You can’t have a ‘MELissa,’ you got to have a “MOlissa.’ And we already had a Melissa, we had Melissa Toulouse (when Jubinville transferred from St. Anselm).”
Senior midfielder/defender Christina Nunes (a.k.a. Nunezy)- “The players will call her that.”
Senior midfielder/defender Tina Rodriguez (T-Rod)- [Same reason as Alex Rodriguez]
Junior defender Melissa Toulouse (a.k.a. Mel or Melacious)- “(‘Melacious’) is the antithesis of who she is. A malicious person is a bad person and Mel is just a happy-go-lucky, good person. It’s being facetious.”
Sophomore forward Cristina Adams (a.k.a. Young Adams)- “Because she’s young.”
Redshirt sophomore defender Amy Ballew (a.k.a. Lew)- “I call her Lew and I call her Amy.”
Sophomore forward Jacquelyn Desjardins (a.k.a. DJ)- “I call her ‘DJ’ for Desjardins (French for ‘of the gardens’). I love French names. My wife is French Canadian.”
Sophomore midfielder Meghan Gould (a.k.a. Lesley)- “She was on crutches a lot of last year [after undergoing two leg surgeries] and her nickname was ‘Limp-along Lesley.’ [Rudy picked ‘Lesley’ because it is an alliteration of ‘Limp-along’]
Sophomore goalkeeper Lauren Luckey- “I don’t have one (for her). When you’re Luckey (lucky) you don’t need a nickname.”
Sophomore midfielder/forward Katie Ruggles (a.k.a. Rugg)- “It’s abbreviated and it’s quick.”
Sophomore forward Sydney Stoll (a.k.a. Syd the Kid)- [She got the nickname when she was a freshman]
Freshman defender Kelsey Anderson (a.k.a. Woo)- “It’s just a nickname that her sister told me to call her. I think when she was a young baby or something she used to just jump up and down on the bed and go, ‘Woo, woo’… I don’t know. It sounds good and it’s quick.”
Freshman midfielder/forward Ashley Hamel (a.k.a. Ham or Ash)- “Ham for Hamel. I call her Ash, too.”
Freshman midfielder Therese Smith (a.k.a. Tee or Smitty)- (Her teammates) call her ‘Tee,’ I call her ‘Smitty.’ I’ve had two (players) I’ve called ‘Smitty’ over the years. It’s quick and it works.”
Freshman defender Alyssa Visconti (a.k.a. Wee or Vava)- (Her teammates) call her Wee. That means we have a ‘Wee’ and a ‘Woo.’ I call her ‘Vava’ because she’s very technical like a Brazilian. Vava! Although she is of Italian descent.”
For as long as professional sports have been familiarized in American living rooms thanks to the invention of television, certain athletes have had nicknames bestowed upon them with which their coaches, teammates and loving fans and friends refer to them. And the Massachusetts women’s soccer team is not different.
Almost as soon as they sign a letter of content with the Maroon and White, incoming female soccer stars have a playful pseudonym given to them by UMass coach Jim Rudy. He said he likes nicknames not only because they help him reach a personal level with his players, but they also make opposing players confused when he shouts instructions from the sidelines addressed to someone with a name that is not listed the roster.
Here is a list of Rudy’s nicknames for each of his Minutewomen and how they earned them:
Junior forward Vanessa Patry (a.k.a. Bucky)- “The nickname Bucky came from her initials, which are V.P., which is short for vice president. And what did the vice president (Dick Cheney) do to his best buddy? He hit him with buckshot. And, you know what, she (understood it). It takes a stretch of the imagination to that and she got it.”
Senior midfielder Jenny Roehrig (a.k.a. J-RO)- “There’s a J-RO… there’s an A-Rod, so that’s where (she) got (hers). (That) was obvious.”
Redshirt senior goalkeeper Kristin Walker- “Walker’s just Walker. In fact, nobody knows her by ‘Kristin.’ Her mom said something about ‘Kristin this or that’ – I didn’t know who she was talking about.”
Senior midfielder/defender Kaelyn Caldwell (a.k.a. Mini)- “When I first saw her I thought she was sort of a small kid. She plays big but I thought she was a small kid so I called her ‘Mini.’
Senior forward Britt Canfield (a.k.a. Granny)- “I call her ‘Granny’ sometimes because she’s from Granville, (Mass.)” Her official name is ‘Brittney,’ but she is always addressed as ‘Granny’ or, more commonly, ‘Britt.’
Senior goalkeeper Melissa Jubinville (a.k.a. MoLiss)- “It’s sort of a sub-in for ‘Molissa,’ because they talk a little differently, you see [Though he doesn’t have a southern accent, Rudy was born in Washington D.C.]. You can’t have a ‘MELissa,’ you got to have a “MOlissa.’ And we already had a Melissa, we had Melissa Toulouse (when Jubinville transferred from St. Anselm).”
Senior midfielder/defender Christina Nunes (a.k.a. Nunezy)- “The players will call her that.”
Senior midfielder/defender Tina Rodriguez (T-Rod)- [Same reason as Alex Rodriguez]
Junior defender Melissa Toulouse (a.k.a. Mel or Melacious)- “(‘Melacious’) is the antithesis of who she is. A malicious person is a bad person and Mel is just a happy-go-lucky, good person. It’s being facetious.”
Sophomore forward Cristina Adams (a.k.a. Young Adams)- “Because she’s young.”
Redshirt sophomore defender Amy Ballew (a.k.a. Lew)- “I call her Lew and I call her Amy.”
Sophomore forward Jacquelyn Desjardins (a.k.a. DJ)- “I call her ‘DJ’ for Desjardins (French for ‘of the gardens’). I love French names. My wife is French Canadian.”
Sophomore midfielder Meghan Gould (a.k.a. Lesley)- “She was on crutches a lot of last year [after undergoing two leg surgeries] and her nickname was ‘Limp-along Lesley.’ [Rudy picked ‘Lesley’ because it is an alliteration of ‘Limp-along’]
Sophomore goalkeeper Lauren Luckey- “I don’t have one (for her). When you’re Luckey (lucky) you don’t need a nickname.”
Sophomore midfielder/forward Katie Ruggles (a.k.a. Rugg)- “It’s abbreviated and it’s quick.”
Sophomore forward Sydney Stoll (a.k.a. Syd the Kid)- [She got the nickname when she was a freshman]
Freshman defender Kelsey Anderson (a.k.a. Woo)- “It’s just a nickname that her sister told me to call her. I think when she was a young baby or something she used to just jump up and down on the bed and go, ‘Woo, woo’… I don’t know. It sounds good and it’s quick.”
Freshman midfielder/forward Ashley Hamel (a.k.a. Ham or Ash)- “Ham for Hamel. I call her Ash, too.”
Freshman midfielder Therese Smith (a.k.a. Tee or Smitty)- (Her teammates) call her ‘Tee,’ I call her ‘Smitty.’ I’ve had two (players) I’ve called ‘Smitty’ over the years. It’s quick and it works.”
Freshman defender Alyssa Visconti (a.k.a. Wee or Vava)- (Her teammates) call her Wee. That means we have a ‘Wee’ and a ‘Woo.’ I call her ‘Vava’ because she’s very technical like a Brazilian. Vava! Although she is of Italian descent.”
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