Harrington, Vince

Jun 14
2008

Harrington, Vince

These two coveted rookie quarterbacks will be forever linked as being the top two quarterbacks taken in the 2009 NFL Draft. Only time will tell who will end up being the best, however I believe one has a distinctive advantage already…

One can only imagine the amount of pressure and responsibility these two young men have on their shoulders. Once you get past the hype and the big contracts there is a much bigger task at hand…earning the respect of the locker room.

There are many examples of young quarterbacks not earning the respect of their teammates. A classic example is one Joey Harrington. Just never fit in and established himself as one of the boys in Detroit. His nickname was “champagne Joey” and his piano playing performance didn’t help much either. I actually had the pleasure of sitting next to him at a Detroit Tigers vs. Boston Red Sox game in 2005. He had his hat very low, talked with my friends and I a bit with a little cockiness but the most surprising thing of the whole experience…He came by HIMSELF.

At the time I really respected him for it and still do knowing how much the Detroit fans hated him at the time. However, it spoke volumes about his relationships with his teammates in my opinion. I mean the starting quarterback of an NFL team couldn’t get one other guy to go with him to the baseball game? The funny thing is that he did say some of the other guys were on the way but they never showed. Not a shocker that a guy like this wouldn’t succeed at leading a professional football team. He is now the third string quarterback in New Orleans and recently had this to say about Detroit when asked last year in the week 16 game against the Lions about their performance in 2008:

“Yeah, I guess I was here in their heyday”

I guess he can laugh now, but the point is that Harrington’s inability to win over the locker room had a big effect on his performance. So now the question is; out of Stafford and Sanchez, who seems to be gaining the respect of their teammates quicker? Without question the answer is Matthew Stafford.

A photo shoot and a couple pictures from a Nascar outing at Talladega have made all the difference in the image of these two youngsters. While Sanchez is posing for GQ looking like a Baywatch lifeguard, Stafford is keepin’ it real with a backwards hat, cut-off shirt and a keg over his head. Ironically, pictures that got him in trouble while he was in college at Georgia are helping his image in the eyes of his teammates in the NFL.

I first heard about these pics of Stafford a while ago but Tom “The Killer” Kowalski wrote a good article for mlive.com recently about how these pictures are earning Stafford respect in the locker room that opened my eyes to how they could be working to his benefit now. And Stafford’s teammates are not the only one’s who are gaining his respect. His new head coach Jim Schwartz had some really good things to say about him recently, noting his textbook release.

At Jets camp things are a bit different. Jets kicker Jay Feely wrote on his twitter page recently; “Should be another fun day for our boy Sanchez today … GQ photo shoot came out and he is taking heat!!!” Feely wrote earlier, “Sanchez was a common target from the moment he introduced himself.”

So, will these two be compared with Vince Young and Matt Leinart or more with Matt Ryan and Joe Flacco? My guess is somewhere in between, but Stafford has the early edge and the potential to break out to a point where he will not even be linked with Sanchez very much anymore.

Sanchez reminds me all to much of Harrington and they even played in the same weak defensive conference, the Pac 10. I’m not saying that Sanchez will be a complete bust like Harrington, but I’m not saying he’s the next Joe Namath either. Don’t underestimate the value of fitting in with your teammates and the effect that their image will have on the young quarterbacks performance. The fantasy value may not be there for either of these guys yet, however their fates could be pre-determined by their teammates already.

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Harris, Scotty

Mar 31
2008

Harris, Scotty

This season\’s lineup includes senior forward Jeff Adrien from Brookline, senior guard Craig Austrie from Stamford, sophomore guard Kyle Bailey from Lancaster, sophomore guard Donnell Beverly from Hawthorne, senior guard Johnnie Bird from Fort Bragg, junior guard Jerome Dyson from Potomac, junior forward Gavin Edwards from Gilbert, freshman guard Scottie Haralson from Jackson Mississippi, junior Alex Hornat from South Windsor Connecticut, senior John Lindner from Cheshire, freshman Ater Majok from Stone Mountain, sophomore Charles Okwandu from Lagos Nigeria, senior A.J. price from Amityville, junior Stanley Robinson from Birmingham Alabama, junior Hasheem Thabeet from Dar Es Salaam Tanzania, senior Jim Veronick from Durham Connecticut and freshman Kemba Walker from the Bronyx.

No basketball team amounts to much without the necessary guidance from the basketball coaching staff who supports, educates, trains and instructs the team. The Huskies are no exception. Coaching support for the Huskies includes head coach Jim Calhoun who is in his 23rd season with the Huskies. Associate head coach George Blaney is in his 8th season with the Huskies. Assistant coach Andre LaFleur is in his 8th season with the Huskies. Assistant coach Patrick Sellers is in his 5th season with the Huskies and director of operations Beau Archibald is in his 2nd season with the Huskies.

The Huskies will continue their participation in the 2008-2009 season with games against the Providence, at Louisville, Michigan, Syracuse, at Seton Hall, Pittsburgh, South Florida, at Marquette, Notre Dame and at Pittsburgh.

Thus far the Huskies have an overall game record of 18 wins and 1 loss. These statistics can be further broken down into 9 wins and 1 loss at home games, 5 wins and no losses at away games and 4 wins in neutral areas.

Adrien appears to be quite the contender for most valuable player on the team this season with point scoring averaging 14.3 and a total of 271 points. A very close competitor, however is Dyson, who has 257 points and is averaging 13.5 points per game. Of course, there are more than a few games left to be played this season, which means numbers can change quickly.

The Harry A. Gampel Pavilion is the location that all home games for both men\’s and women\’s basketball are held. Opened for business in 1990, the Harry A. Gampel Pavilion is over 171,000 square feet in the overhead dome and offers 39,000 square feet of space that is attached to the Wolff-Zackin Natorium.

With state of the art facilities, the Harry A. Gampel Pavilion offers modern scoreboards with complete player lineup information that includes fouls, points, and full color game video boards, wood grain professional style individual lockers, an adjoining varsity team lounge and an audio visual area with a large screen television that features satellite dish hook-up for game reviews and scouts.

The Huskies are NCAA participants and follow the rules of the organization regarding agents, amateurism, contact with students and athletes at the school and with high school and junior college coaches and student-athlete employment.

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Harrington, Joseph (I)

Oct 31
2007

Harrington, Joseph (I)

The Virginia Cavaliers are no newcomers to success or change. Some of their greatest victories lie behind them as an impetus to push them forward into the 2009 season. Whether it turns into a revival for this fantastic team or not remains to be seen. Many fans are reminded of the heroic victories accomplished over the years and are expecting nothing less from this team for 2009.

So far, the odds have stacked against the Virginia Cavaliers in games against TCU, Southern Mississippi, and William & Mary. However, with much of the season still ahead, there’s great potential for this fighting team to show their competition what they’re made of.

Looking for your favorite player by number? Here’s an alphabetical breakdown: Oday Aboushi (72), Mike Ahunamba (27), Danny Aiken (80), Tory Allen-Ford (46), Will Barker (61), LoVante Battle (37), Luke Bowanko (70), Landon Bradley (67), Chris Broadnax (21), Javaris Brown (9), Kris Burd (18), Denzel Burrell (45), B.J. Cabbell (65), Isaac Cain (75), Darnell Carter (57), Sean Cascarano (79), Daniel Childress (27), Darren Childs (49), Aaron Clark (41), Nate Collins (98), Matt Conrath (940, Chris Cook (2), Billy Cuffee (62), Jared Detrick (55), John-Kevin Dolce (59), Ras-I Dowling (19), Patch Duda (38), Terence Fells-Danzer (50), Paul Freedman (88), Jared Green (4), Steve Greer (53), Vic Hall (4), Kevin Harrington (95), Will Hill (93), Chris Hinkebein (11), Raynard Horne (44), Jimmy Howell (8), Quintin Hunter (15), Dontrelle Inman (81), Rashawn Jackson (31), Drew Jarrett (6), Brandon Jarvis (32), Nick Jenkins (96), Staton Jobe (22), Cam Johnson (56), Perry Jones (33), Dom Joseph (23), Ray Keys (86), Brendan Lane (2), Matt Leemhuis (34), Corey Lillard (29), Collin Lundgren (51), Torrey Mack 9225), John Maghamez (66), Jeremiah Mathis (58), Connor McMartin (51), Kyle McMartin (7), Rodney McLeod (28), Zach Mendez-Zfass (23), Ross Metheny (13), Matt Mihalik (71), Anthony Mihota (68), Max Milien (36), Lamar Milstead (69), Chase Minnifield (13), Corey Mosley (40), Brian Oden (39), Curt Orshoski (47), Mike Parker (43), Zane Parr (92), Austin Pasztor (63), Colter Phillips (89), Johnny Pickett (87), J.C. Poma (44), Mike Price (60), Robert Randolph (3), Nathan Rathjen (29), Justin Renfrow (54), LaRoy Reynolds (26), Kevin Royal (82), Buddy Ruff (91), Bill Schautz (47), Jameel Sewell (10), Ryan Shaw (46), Jack Shields (64), Mikell Simpson (5), Billy Skrobacz (37), Patrick Slebonick (74), Riko Smalls (3), Bobby Smith (85), Tim Smith (20), Jake Snyder (90), Matt Snyder (14), Logan Spangler (16), Javanti Sparrow (16), Hunter Steward (78), Brady Stovall (38), Aaron Taliaferro (52), Eric Thornton (28), Joe Torchia (83), Brent Urban (99), Aaron Van Kuiken (77), Marc Verica (6), Ausar Walcott (30), Devin Wallace (42), Dominique Wallace (21), Matt Weiler (33), Aaron Wilson (22), Tucker Windle (39), Trey Womack (1) and Brandon Woods (17).

Located at Whitehead Road and Alderman Road in Charlottesville, Virginia, Scott Stadium hosts all home football games that the Virginia Cavaliers play. Expanded several times to include grass hill seating and upper decks, this year Scott Stadium also received an upgrade of a larger video screen and new scoreboard to give visitors a better view and brighter tally of the game scores. If you follow tradition, then you should know that a visit to Scott Stadium to see the Virginia Cavaliers play means wearing orange if you’re a student and if you want to catch the Virginia Pep Band performing, you’ll have to catch them outside in the parking lot as they perform for the tailgating crowd only.

Scott Stadium is a u-shaped venue that provides an opportunity to get a seat from virtually any preferred location in the stadium to watch the Virginia Cavaliers play. If you like the up close action feel of a football game, you’ll want to take advantage of the 100s section that stretches around three-quarters of the field.

Boxes and club seating are limited but available in the 300s section of the stadium. Those who want to raise the roof and enjoy the elements of an outdoor game as well as keep their budget in tact can choose from a wide variety of seating options in the 500s section.

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The season is heating up and now is the best time to get Virginia Cavaliers tickets for your favorite games. There are plenty of choices in seating at the spacious Scott Stadium.

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Track Listings

1. Come Beofre His Presence :: Philip Bailey
2. I’m Available to You :: Rev. Milton Brunson, Thompson Community Singers
3. Praise Jehovah :: Beverly Crawford, O’Landa Draper
4. Jesus, the Mention of Your Name :: Donnie McClurkin
5. Jesus :: Shirley Caesar
6. Center of My Joy :: The Richard Smallwood Singers
7. My Soul Doth Magnify the Lord :: O’Landa Draper & the Associates,…


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Kate Allan

Oct 09
2007

In Firefly Lane, Kristin Hannah takes us deep inside a 30-year friendship between two unlikely cohorts-Kate Mularkey, high school nerd, and Tully Hart, glamorous new-girl. But the bond between the two is so strong that in the summer of 1974 they form a single unit: TullyandKate, BBF, best friends forever. And they are.

During college and later in their mid-twenties, the two are inseparable, both following the course set out for them by Tully-TV news stardom. Tully, in particular, is driven to fill an inner void carved out by her mother’s abandonment. Smart, talented, and beautiful Tully pursues her career with an intensity that pushes aside desire for husband and family. She craves approval and adulation, not love and commitment-except from Kate.

Kate eventually finds her own path, separate from that of Tully: first as writer and advertising exec, then as wife and mother. She, along with her own parents, creates the family that Tully returns to time and again as haven.

Any friendship, of course, is not without strain-and author Hannah explores those natural tensions between the two women. Everyone, men especially, is captivated by Tully’s beauty and powerful presence. Kate feels the lesser one, even within her own family. Her husband, daughter, and mother are all drawn in by Tully’s aura-a source, at times, of fear and resentment for Kate. Nor is Tully above appropriating Kate’s family for her own needs.

The plot’s conflict also reflects tension between career and family. Kate and Tully came of age during the first wave of feminism when those competing choices were front and center for women. What gives this book its immediacy-and poignancy-is that the issue has yet to be resolved. Witness Judge Sonia Sotomayor, who by her own admission feels an emptiness in her personal life-the result of sacrifices made in pursuit of a top-flight legal career. It’s hard not to notice that the same choice-family vs. career-has been required by few to none of her male peers.

If there’s a weakness in this book it’s that the writing is somewhat facile…and plot-driven. There isn’t enough devoted to the inner-lives of its characters. At times it reads like a screen-play in search of a film-crew…and it wouldn’t be surprising if, in fact, we someday see Firefly Lane, the Film. It’s a terrific story…and it made me want a little more from the two characters.

About the author

Molly Lundquist is owner of LitLovers, an online resource for book clubs and solo readers. LitLovers brings together Molly’s life-long love of reading, writing, and teaching. The website includes a large list of in-depth reading guides, book recommendations and reviews, free online literature courses, international book club recipes, and plenty of “how-to” tips for book clubs, including tips for kids book clubs.

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