DRIVING THE GOVERNOR, JERRY BROWN

While channel surfing the other night, I came across Bill O'Reilly on Fox in the midst of aflammable diatribe on California Governor Jerry Brown, whom O'Reilly accused of creatinga "state sanctuary" because he did not support federal law concerning immigration.Ok, whatever. It was late and I wasn't interested in O'Reilly getting on his pulpit and attacking somebody else. I wanted to be entertained, which really didn't take that much at...

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JOSH SHAW IS 'BREAKING BAD'

If HBO needs a creative genius to produce their next hit series, Josh Shaw might just betheir guy. The USC team captain has such a fertile imagination, there's little doubt he couldproduce something that would rival AMC's "Breaking Bad".The defensive back of Trojans, who transferred from the University of Florida, which recentlygave society such upstanding citizens like Aaron Hernandez, Riley Cooper, and the 38 other players with criminal...

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MARK REARICK 2.0

New Canaan High School just wasn't the same when classes began Wednesday morning. Forthe first time in 41 years, Mark Rearick wasn't around. The former student, coach, and Godfatherof the cafeteria, who was not only part of the fabric of the tony town on Connecticut's gold coast,but its foundation and infrastructure as well, retired last June.Filling the void created by his departure would be like putting a garden hose in the Grand Canyon and turning...

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WHAT IF YOU HAD ALS?

What if you were diagnosed with ALS?What if your doctor told you there was nothing they could do to help you orslow down the runaway freight train that has never lost a battle?What if you knew that the only thing you could control during your battle withALS was your mind. Everything else, your ability to walk, talk, eat, and dressyourself would be lost forever. What would you do? How would you act?The Ice Bucket challenge has brought ALS to the forefront...

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ICE BUCKET CHALLENGE IS PRETTY DAMN COOL

It can be silly, self-serving, and sophomoric, but the Ice Bucket challenge has become thegreatest fundraising vehicle since Milton Berle hosted the first telethon for cancer researchin 1949.What started as a tiny snowball, has now become an unstoppable avalanche on socialmedia. Facebook, once littered with pictures of food on a plate, feet by the sea, and every second of a newborn's life, is now smothered with videos of people getting doused...

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REMEMBER DICK KELLY IN ALS CRUSADE

He went to Boston College, was a big part of the sports program, and earned accolades andrespect for what he did for the Eagles. He also was diagnosed with ALC.I'm not talking about Pete Frates, who has become the face of the crusade against ALS, butrather Dick Kelly.Kelly spent 22 years in the media relations department promoting student-athletes like Fratesand trying to put a shining light on the entire Boston College athletic program, In...

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I WILL RE-CAPTURE MY DREAM

Impossible is nothing.Joe Moglia proved that when he was named head football coach of Coastal Carolina at the age of 62. He had built TD Ameritrade into a multi-billion dollar company and then walked away to re-capture his dream of being a college football coach. In three years at Coastal Carolina, the the team has compiled a 20-8 record. Imagine that, somebody took a chance on a man in his 60's who believed he had the formula to make...

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THE BEAUTY OF COACH MAC

A baseball man.We heard that phrase pinned to Don Zimmer after he died in early June. Zimmer, a long-time bench coach for Joe Torre, was in baseball for a long, long time. 65 years to be exact. Zimmer was a player, coach, manager, and consultant for many different teams during his marathon career in professional baseball.Howard McCullough is a "baseball man" through and through. He might not havereached the heights of Zimmer, but his impact on the...

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A BRAVE NEW SPORTS WORLD

Records weren't broken, mega-million dollar deals weren't signed, and not one salaciousscandal broke out, but a three-day stretch in mid-August made a lot of us say, "Wow."On Wednesday, Arizona State lineman Chip Sarafin announced that he is gay.Thursday, WNBA stars Brittney Griner and Glory Johnson were engaged.Friday, 13-year old Mo'ne Davis became a household name in the sports world by authoring a dominating performance in the Little League World...

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TOM HANNY & THE WORLD'S BEST SELFIES

In the land of a billion selfies, Tom Hanny might just be the king of them. No, he doesn't takeselfies in a car at a stop light or in a parking lot or just because he has nothing better to do thansnap a mundane photo like the thousands of ones we see on Facebook every single day. (Yes,the new haircut in your selfie looks really nice, by the way.)Nope, Hanny takes the selfie to a whole different level. He dropped the kid's stuff a long,...

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