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Source: Youngstown Vindicator (Original Article)

By Joe Scalzo

Brad Smith makes the most of his opportunities

scalzo@vindy.com

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Former Chaney High coach Ron Berdis flew down to Tampa in mid-December to watch his former quarterback, Jets wide receiver Brad Smith, play a Week 14 game against the Buccaneers.

Smith didn’t have an amazing game but he did have a busy one, rushing five times for 16 yards, catching one pass for 4 yards, completing one pass for 27 yards and returning one kickoff for 16 yards and one punt for 21.

The Jets won 26-3. Even better, after spending the previous seven games as an offensive afterthought, Smith’s role seemed to be expanding.

“That was probably his breakout game,” said Berdis.

The next week, Smith caught two passes and ran it once in a loss to the Falcons. Then, on Dec. 27, he returned a kickoff 106 yards for a touchdown — the longest return in Jets history and second-longest in NFL history — to help New York hand the Colts their first loss, 29-15.

He struck again in Week 17, rushing four times for 92 yards to help the Jets blank Cincinnati. Three weeks later, he made arguably the biggest play of his NFL career, hitting Jerricho Cotchery for a 45-yard touchdown pass in the AFC championship game, which the Jets lost 30-17 to the Colts.

The season was over but after four seasons in the NFL, Smith’s career finally seemed ready to begin.

“It’s all about seizing the opportunity,” said Berdis. “He certainly proved he could be a worthwhile commodity for the Jets.

“All of us had been saying, ‘We knew he could do this all along. What took them so long to realize he could make plays?’ ”

For the first 31‚Ñ2 years of his Jets career, Smith did his best to transition from a record-breaking college quarterback at Missouri to an NFL wide receiver. For most of that time, it meant playing on special teams. Then, the Jets gave him the ball cheap flights from Adelaide to Mackay more over the last half of last …continue reading

Source: Minneapolis Star Tribune (Original Article)

Not that long ago, Darko Milicic ate hamburgers in the locker room before games because he knew there wasn’t a prayer he’d play for the New York Knicks that night.
Wednesday night, he is expected to start at center for the Timberwolves at Dallas while starter Al Jefferson serves a two-game team suspension because of his drunken-driving arrest last weekend.
"That’s what happens in this league," Wolves coach Kurt Rambis said.
Milicic wore the black starter’s jersey in practice Monday and Tuesday while Jefferson ran with the second unit because he will not play again until Monday’s rematch with the Mavericks at Target Center.
"I’m kind of leaning that way," Rambis said of starting Milicic in Jefferson’s spot even though the 7-footer still isn’t nearly in game shape. "I’m not locked into it."
Why Milicic alongside Ryan Hollins and Ryan Gomes in the frontcourt rather than, say, Hollins and Kevin Love as starters?
"I like Kevin coming off the bench," Rambis said. "It could be just a short minute thing. I think Darko provides us somebody who can pass the basketball, and I like the things Ryan Hollins has done early in a lot of games. I like him being able to run the floor. They [opponents] don’t like to deal with his post sprinting, so hopefully that’s something we can take advantage of."
The Wolves visited Dallas a month ago and rallied late to beat the Mavericks, the home team’s sixth loss in its past eight games.
Struggling and starting to look like an afterthought in the Western Conference race, the Mavericks made a deal before the trade deadline that sent away Josh Howard and brought Caron Butler and Brendan Haywood from Washington.
The Mavericks now have won eight consecutive games and have moved past Denver into the second seed in the West, behind only the Lakers. They have added Butler and Haywood since the teams last met while the Wolves will play Planethopia – place where everything begins on without Jefferson and rookie guard Wayne …continue reading

Source: Boston Globe (Original Article)

NBA roundup

Cleveland works OT
Williams’s treys dump Raptors

February 27, 2010

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Mo Williams made back-to-back 3-pointers in overtime and finished with 22 points, LeBron James scored 36, and the Cavaliers beat the Raptors, 126-118, last night in Toronto.Antawn Jamison scored 22 points and Delonte West added 15 for Cleveland, which won its third straight.Anderson Varejao, playing in place of the injured Shaquille O’Neal, had 11 points and eight rebounds before fouling out with 2:12 remaining in the fourth quarter.Jarrett Jack and Andrea Bargnani each scored 24 points for the Raptors. Mavericks 111, Hawks 103 – Dirk Nowitzki scored 37 points, Jason Kidd had 19 points, 17 assists, and 16 rebounds, and visiting Dallas beat Atlanta in overtime for its sixth straight victory.Kidd had his first triple-double of the season and 104th of his career, third most in NBA history behind Oscar Robertson and Magic Johnson.Joe Johnson scored 27 points for Atlanta. Nuggets 107, Pistons 102 – Chauncey Billups scored 25 points, Carmelo Anthony added 24, and Denver broke a seven-game losing streak to Detroit.J.R. Smith added 15 points and Arron Afflalo had 14 for the hosts, who beat the Pistons for the first time in four years.Richard Hamilton led the Pistons with 20 points. Knicks 118, Wizards 116 – David Lee’s layup with 1.6 seconds to play in overtime gave New York a rare road win.New York snapped an eight-game losing streak by surviving a bizarre overtime in which the teams combined to miss 13 of 16 field goal attempts. Thunder 109, Timberwolves 92 – Kevin Durant greys anatomy dvd scored 25 points, Russell Westbrook narrowly missed …continue reading

Source: Rotoworld.com (Original Article)

Raiders defensive backs coach Clancy Pendergast has reportedly left the team to accept the defensive coordinator job at Cal-Berkley.
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Source: National Football Post

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1. WHERE IS THE CONTROVERSY?

Last year, baseball was in the midst of the steroid blame-game, with Alex Rodriguez front and center. This year, it’s suspiciously quiet. No rumors, no innuendos, no pictures of A-Rod in the New York tabloids. Manny hasn’t been being Manny. There haven’t been any bitter contract squabbles or off-the-field incidents.

Perhaps the biggest story has been the admission of steroid use by Mark McGwire, above, to several media outlets as he prepared to begin his duties as hitting coach for the St. Louis Cardinals. And that blew over relatively fast, despite McGwire’s ridiculous assertion that steroids never helped him hit the ball farther.

But don’t expect the quiet to remain. Soon, a player will be unhappy with his role, or another book or allegation will surface. It’s become an annual rite, just like spring training.

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Source: CNNMoney.com (press release) (Original Article)

Coca-Cola FEMSA, S.A.B. de C.V. (BMV: KOFL) (NYSE: KOF) (“Coca-Cola FEMSA” or the “Company”), the largest Coca-Cola bottler in Latin
America and the second-largest Coca-Cola bottler in the world in terms of sales
volume, announces results for the fourth quarter of 2009.

“In 2009 our Company extended its track record of solid results by producing
double-digit top- and bottom-line growth in the face of a very adverse economic
and consumer environment. We increased revenues, operating income and EBITDA by
24%, 16% and 15% respectively. The Company grew organically through our defensive
portfolio of products as exemplified by the solid performance of the Coca-Cola
brand, and our new lines of business, such as ValleFrut in the orangeade
category; proving to be counter-cyclical to the prevailing economic conditions.
On the acquisitions front, we continued integrating the Brisa water business in
Colombia, helping us to consolidate our presence in the water segment in that
market. We successfully weathered one of the most difficult years for consumers,
while strengthening our balance sheet and investing for the long term. We enter
2010 with a renewed spirit of optimism, eager to continue learning from the
challenges and the opportunities that the beverage industry presents.” said
Carlos Salazar Lomelin, Chief Executive Officer of the Company.

CONFERENCE CALL INFORMATION

Our fourth-quarter 2009 Conference Call will be held on: February 12, 2010, at
10:00 A.M. Eastern Time (9:00 A.M. Mexico City Time). To participate in the
conference call, please dial: Domestic U.S.: 866-700-7477 or International:
617-213-8840. We invite investors to listen to the live audiocast of the
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Source: FOXBusiness (Original Article)

SEATTLE, Feb 08, 2010 (BUSINESS WIRE) —-With Valentine’s Day just around the corner, Amazon.com (NASDAQ:AMZN)
today announced its list of the Top 20 Most Romantic Cities in America.
After compiling sales data of romance novels; sex and relationship
books; romantic comedy DVDs; Barry White CDs; and sexual wellness
products since Jan. 1, 2010, on a per capita basis in cities with over
100,000 residents, the top 20 most romantic cities in the U.S. are:

In taking a closer look at Amazon.com’s “romantic” data, the company
also unveiled that:

–Virginia, with three cities in the Top 20, may be for lovers like the
state’s tourism slogan says, but Florida is for romantics, with four
cities–Miami, Gainesville, Orlando, and Tallahassee–ranked among the Top
20 Most Romantic Cities.

–Miami is the Sexiest City in America, winning the top spot in the
sexual wellness category.

–And lastly, rounding out the bottom of the list are El Monte, Calif.;
Paterson, N.J.; and Miami Gardens, Fla., as the Least Romantic Cities,
coming in with the fewest number of overall purchases in the determining
categories, on a per capita basis in cities over 100,000 residents.

To browse Amazon’s selection of Valentine’s Day gifts in books, music,
movies, or sexual wellness–and contribute to your city’s romantic
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www.amazon.com/sex
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Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN), a Fortune 500 company based in Seattle,
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Source: Variety (Original Article)

Santa Barbara fest a local affair
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By KATHY A. MCDONALD

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