clark francis rankings of the top seniors in the class of 2009 are out and brooklyn lincoln guard lance stephenson tops the list. stephenson has said he will wait until the spring to announce his future plans. st. johns kansas and usc are among the schools recruiting him and some speculate he may also opt to follow brandon jennings to europe. derrick favors of south atlan......
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christmas is all about giving gifts and apparently toys are the main agenda. but in these times you would think that parents would care less about what children would be asking for but apparently some folks have taken the initiative to seek lesser marketing exposure aimed at the youth not necessarily to save on expenses but to avoid breaking their hearts. the exposure that these kids get buil....
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espn will show 15 high school boys basketball games this year on espnu espn and espn2. lincoln star lance stephenson will appear three times and putnam city ok. standout xavier henry who recently committed to memphis will appear twice. the schedule will open with a doubleheader on thursday dec. 11 with bishop mcguinness okla. vs. henry and no. 25 putnam city 40......
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photo courtesy of prnewsfotonewsweek on newsstands today mrs. o appears on the cover of newsweek accompanied by a feature article theameaning of michelle aa ndaanothe r brilliant collection of photos atracing back to her childhood.athis is mrs. os second cover for newsweek the first was in february 2008 . oddly enough we believe mrs. oawears the same top for......
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while the indictment raised against vice president cheney and attorney general alberto gonzales may have raised some eyebrows the real story may be in the many midnight regulations that president bush has been approving in the last weeks. according to a story in the los angeles times president bush has pushed through 53 changes in federal law in the last three weeks nearly double as many......
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with anthony mason jr. sidelined for the year with a foot injury expect the 6foot7 210pound senior to seek a medical redshirt that would allow him to play in the 200910 season. the issue is this. after getting nlis from omari lawrence and dwight hardy st. johns has just one scholarship remaining for next season a scholarship they were saving for another recruit8 230.poss. .....
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the best way to save on home expenses such as electricity is to make use of the natural ways of lighting such as daylight. there are devices you can put on your roof like the solatube tubular technology dome which is installed at the rooftop and uses reflective surfaces to guide daylight inside even at a 90degree angle. with the solatube tubular technology dome daytime can help you conserve......
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source usa today this is what the chargers dreamed about playing the indianapolis colts with so much at stake. but in november afraid so as the 46 chargers tangle with the surging colts sunday night with san diegos season hanging in the balance. trying to spit out a stretch that has seen three losses in four games the chargers are playing without any wiggle room. they......
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we were all excited when sports illustrated announced back in march that they were putting all of their old issues online 150000 stories 2800 covers 500000 photographs but for every intriguing journey into the si vault there is also a very dark disturbing one as a tipster pointed out this morning by sending us a link to the following frank deford piece about him trying o......
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lance stephenson versus tamir jackson tristan thompson against michael gilchrist those delicious matchups will take place in early 2009 at a pair of prep matchups not to be missed. stephenson and the threetime psal champion lincoln railsplitters will face jackson and the st. benedicts gray bees in the brian doherty classic on jan. 24 at 630 p.m. at the prudential center i......
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for the last few months i have to admit ive been obsessed. by politics. and while i had particular emotional moral and principled reasons for my obsession what really grabbed me was the way that the presidential campaign played out over the net through specific campaign activities but also social media and countless homegrown viralefforts. i think its fair to say that one of the ma......
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three things happened on tuesday in virginia. first mark warner sailed to election as virginias new senator after a campaign against jim gilmore that was never really a contest . second barack obama became the first democratic candidate for president since lyndon johnson to win virginias electoral votes. and third the political divide between northern virginia and the......
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for a brief moment there it appeared basketball fans might see two legendary lincoln high school players from different generations pair up in the backcourt. stephon marbury and lance stephenson starbury and born ready together for the first time at least for a quick minute in practice. seriously marbury said he might go back and practice with his o......
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the first edition of the national prep basketball poll is out and as usual brooklyn lincoln and the trinity of jersey catholic powerhouses are near the top. lance stephenson and lincoln are no. 4 in the national poll followed by danny hurleys st. benedicts team at no. 5 and kevin boyles st. patrick team at no. 6. for the record were picking the celtics to ......
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flashback one year in loudoun county.ademocrats are celebrating at a local watering hole after winning enough seats on the county board to secure a majority.aother democratsawere reelected up ballotaand the only real downer was not seeing the oppressive eugene delgaudio removed from office. as you can imagine the mood was jovial. beers were on the house. they were flowing. all of a sudden ......
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after all the rain wind cold and debate over bud seligs decision to suspend game five of the world series action resumed a little after 830 tonight. folks america has finally crowned a world series champion the philadelphia phillies as they beat the tampa bay rays 43. tampa was upended by a phillies team that hustled its way to a win. the shaky rays bullpen once again ca......
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story highlights obama to air a 30minute ad on most major networks at 8 p.m. et wednesday tonight expert says it will probably cost the campaign in the 4 to 5 million range analyst ad boxes mccain in takes the oxygen out of the room mccain launched an ad attacking obama for his 30minute special 30minute obama ad shows campaign mus......
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the dalai lama throws in theatowel it is always hard to tell what is for show and what is real in the long drawn out tragedy of sinotibet relations but the dalai lamas announcement that he has had enough see here and is giving up on talks with china is an important moment even if it is partially symbolic. it has also lead to renewed speculation about whether he might be re......
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...m the washington post.image httpmed ia3.washin gtonpost.c omwp...8 061200193. gif nice graphic from the washington post. devami.........
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chris gaston got about three hours of sleep on saturday night and then had one of the best games of his life sunday morning. after waking up at 415 sunday gaston made a fivehour drive from the new hampton n.h. school to queens with new hampton head coach pete hutchins . the 6foot7 210pound gaston then scored 26 points grabbed 12 rebounds and made 3 blocks to lead the playaz......
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lance stephenson isnt making the trip to kansas for late night in the phog tonight but it looks like hell be very busy in the big apple this weekend. the 6foot5 stephenson will begin by playing saturday afternoon at 430 in the semifinals of the is8 against new heights in queens. durand scott and the gauchos meet the playaz seniors in the first semifinal at 3. ......
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its probably all over the place already but this factory wrapped douche the chairman of the virginia gop compared barack obama to osama bin laden. im too exhausted to really have anything to say about this so heres a my allpurpose message to all these fascist goons......
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tragically there was another school shooting at the beginning of this week. this one was in finland and their second in 12 months which left 10 dead 11 including the shooter. we can expect the cry for more gun control both domestically and in finland so i pulled out a post ive been saving due to not having time to finish it. finland first i want to address the finland shootin......
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usc is actually number 1 so looks like usc is the real deal in college football.a it is a shame that ohio state had their touchdown called back in the first half.a usc would have still won but it would have been more interesting.a what i didnt understand was why tressel played boeckman for 1st downs then had terrelle pryor come in for 2nd3rd down.a why not give pryor a whole series......
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