Billy Van Raaphorst

Billy Van Raaphorst is openly gay judge in the 10-team independent league baseball, who found himself on the receiving end of foul verbal recitation on behalf of the coach Brent Bauer. Bauer is the coach of Edmonton capitals, and he was angry that he kicked Raaphorst two games in a row. What happened next, eventually got him fired.



After the release of Bowers ran up to me and started shouting: "You know what I heard?" I heard you fucking fag. Rumor from a few managers and people in the league, you fag ... So what do you do you fucking fag? You It seems that before fucking ass you fag? "When he said this, he leaned over and grabbed him by the ankles to show this action. I replied: "Nice very stylish, that any of this have to do with you acting like this? Real stylish Brent, you are simply a class act."

He was in my face, shouting: "What's done to you your fucking friend fucking diploma at face today is that as you like, you fucking fag." I said: "Great now you're just behaving like a complete jackass, real stylish Brent. I thought you were a big leaguer?" He replied: "I was in the big leagues, where you have worked to fuck?" Who do you know the big leagues .. .? "I replied:" I know a lot of big league players ... and the judges ... and none of them act like you ... "Bowers continued to scream and took off his hat and shouted:" You should tan head fag. .. "Then Bowers threatened me said:" I have to hit your ass you fag. "

[Michael] Gilmore plate judge came up, and I left. Bowers went on shouting at me: "Go away you fag, you take it up the ass fag." Bowers began to scream at Gilmore for about 20 meters from me. I heard Gillmore said Bowers, "Brent, you have crossed the line, you went in a straight path. You have to start working." Bowers was shouting: "I know he's queer, I said to Gary Templeton (Chico Manager) and Kevin Outcalt (GBL Commissioner) that he fucking fag. I know that it fag!" Gillmore began visiting him in the dugout, he continued yell at me, when this path. Once in the dugout soon left, and the game resumed, and ended without further incident.

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Miami Heat

Free agent Dwayne Wade and Chris Bosh determination "Miami Heat" on Wednesday, sources told ESPN magazine Chris Broussard.

From 2 to 3 big free agents are off the table, all eyes now turn to LeBron James. James has shown when he will announce where he will play next season, but work in the camp, James' on where to continue.


In the face of increasing understanding between the opposing direction, that James intends to stay in his hometown Cleveland Cavaliers' sources close to the situation told ESPN.com, that James is still seriously considering the possibility of joining forces with Wade and Bosh in Miami and had a discussion the possibility that all 3 can play together to finish the heat in the conference at 12:30 Wednesday morning.

As we at the end of the fifth full day of free agency, several sources told ESPN.com, that James is not expected to testify about his decision before the official announcement on ESPN on Thursday at 9 pm ET.

The news comes after 48 hours, during which several teams around the league have expressed confidence that ESPN.com, that James is more likely to re-sign with his hometown Cavaliers, and that Wade and Bosh were on their way to the semifinals.

Nevertheless, it was a growing feeling Tuesday night that he hoped that the heat in landing all three All-Stars were revived.

Said one Eastern Conference official close to the situation when asked to predict the place to pick up James: "... Cleveland or Miami, Wade and Bosh".

ESPN.com 's Marc Stein and Chris Broussard reported that on 28 June 3 met last weekend in Miami to seriously discuss your future with a focus on the more plausible the possibility of using these 3 combined with the warmth of Wade.

While the sources of knowledge of the meeting stressed in ESPN.com, that James, while clearly intrigued by the possibility of formation of the stellar trio of Miami with Wade and Bosh, not yet perfect, leaving his hometown Cavaliers on South Beach.

Signing in Miami will provide its share of problems. It would be difficult but not impossible, since the heat to the amount of work. Nobody knows what the salary cap until the evening of the medium. In almost every scenario, the lack of heat cap space to give each of the free agents the maximum contracts. They could try to develop a trade that sent Michael Beasley and Mario Chalmers on the team with cap space to clear additional room, but even if they are to evacuate the roster, they would still little is unable to pay for each player max.

If heat can not remove the cover of the space, each player can sign a little less than the maximum, and probably will lose about $ 7 million for a 5-year contract. This number may be adjusted based on final numbers league cap.

Alternatively, heat can work with birds of prey and / or the Cavs to sign and hand "for Bosh and James. Raptors Bryan Colangelo M. indicated that he was willing to talk sign and trade with the heat, but so far ignored the idea of taking back to Beasley such transactions. Cavs owner Daniel Gilbert was adamant that the Cavs will not participate in a sign and trade for James.

If heat can not work out the sign and trade with the fowls and Cavs, James and Bosh could potentially leave each additional $ 30 million dollars on the table thanks to the collective negotiation of rules that allow their team at home offer higher raises, and the sixth year of the contract.

Bosh, in particular, was adamant that all the transactions he is developing is done as a sign and trade.

Despite the enormous obstacles facing them, the sources said that the trio opened for making pay cuts to make the dream team, if the heat can not find a way to give them more money.

If the three ends together, it will be a partnership of many years in the making.

James, Wade and Bosh were the first, fourth and fifth picks in 2003 draft. In 2006 they signed a virtually identical contract extensions - all received $ 15,779,912 in salary last season - with the right to become unrestricted free agents in summer 2010.

Although the 2010 free agency market featured big names like Dirk Nowitzki and Paul Pierce, James, Wade and Bosh has always been the headliners. Their presence on the open market, in simple in his career, has aroused fury. Talk Ohio native, James, in particular, reached a climax after the Cavaliers were disgraced in the second round of the playoffs in the hands of the "Celtics" in the middle of May.

Although the Cavaliers had a high salary, lack of co-stars from the roster of Cleveland was the issue for seven seasons, James NBA.

NBA free agency began at midnight on July 1, and immediately James, Wade and Bosh were bombarded with presentations. Bosh met with the Rockets, predators, bull, Heat, Knicks and network. In addition to talking to the heat, networks, and the Knicks, Wade spent much time in his hometown of Chicago, becoming acquainted with the Bulls.

Meanwhile, downtown Cleveland offices LRMR Marketing (the company founded by James and friends, Maverick Carter, Rich Paul and Randy Mims) James' free agency opened with the advent of rap mogul Jay-Z and Russian billionaire Mikhail Prokhorov, who led a contingent submit their web case on Thursday morning. In the following days, the Knicks, Heat, scissors, Cavaliers and Bulls each half-day meeting with James and his team of advisers, who included a longtime friend of James and business partner Carter and agent Leon Rose.

Heat, of course, seemed to the attention of James. According to reports, Riley and his staff met the agent, James, Rose, in the lobby of downtown Cleveland Ritz-Carlton late in the evening of Thursday, in anticipation of Friday presentation heating. The meeting the next morning dragged on for nearly three hours, holding the scissors front office executives are waiting for their turn.

James met with the president Pat Riley heat, the owner Micky Arison, coach Erik Spoelstra, senior center Alonzo Mourning, and vice-presidents Andy Elisburg and Nick Arison, son of the owner. The younger Arison traveled with the team the United States and said to have good relations with all three free agents.

Heat face two major challenges in taking a step that all three free agents, must join together in Miami. Cover Expert Group, Elisburg, was tasked to explain the scenarios in which 3 can be combined in Miami. Heat face the task of persuading at least one, if not all three free agents to take less than they could make elsewhere.

Another issue relates to the cap rules, which dictate that if you warm to devote all available space cap for free agents, the team would be monumental task without any players in the league's most expensive areas - the center - while the opportunities we offer only the minimum salaries for players who will fill the list.

No one argues that any group would James, Wade and Bosh would be good, but good enough to win the title? Maybe three to consider taking even more than necessary, reducing the pay increase the likelihood of the team be able to provide decent support cast the title? Riley reportedly brought seven championship rings at a meeting, in particular, as a way to instill confidence that he knew how to run the winning teams - although sources say that the players expect the coach Erik Spoelstra heat will remain in his post, despite Riley leaving open the possibility that he may return to the sidelines.

But as we approach the press conference LeBron on Thursday it looks as if we were to Miami and Cleveland for the ultimate prize.

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jenny thompson

In the basement of his house, in the room with cracked windows, there is a small, 5-lane, 15-yard pool. And one fine day in the spring of 2002, for no particular reason, Jenny Thompson dove in.

''It was nice and cute,''said Thompson, who won more Olympic medals than any American woman. ''But I want to get dizzy after too many laps.''


She had quit swimming two years earlier, because, after many years, the love of her life became a burden. Although she won her 10th medal of the Olympics in Sydney, its main emotion is a mixture of relief that her career is ending and disappointment that she never won the individual gold medal. Her eight gold medals won in relays.

Now she returns. At age 31, Thompson will swim at the trials of the United States, which begins today in Long Beach, California, in an attempt to make her fourth Olympic team. It will attempt to qualify for the freestyle 50-m, 100 free and 100 butterfly - and seeded first in the 50 freestyle.


Blonde hair, blue eyes, V-tapered back are the same. It's the woman inside, which is different.

Thompson now knows life offers things more expensive than gold medals. There are friends, family, medical school. There is a black and ivory wool scarf sitting in the hall closet, knitted memory of her mother.

''I have more perspective on things now,''said Thompson, wearing a tank top, hands a positive effect. ''I took things for granted. Now I do not know. I think I had to go through a very difficult time for the implementation of brevity of life.''

In February, just after Thompson took a leave from Columbia Medical School to prepare for the Olympics, her mother, Margrid, died of cancer of the esophagus. She was the biggest fan of Thompson, sitting on the pool deck in her chair, knitting blankets and baby clothes while the applause. Her mother, who was divorced, raised her four children alone in Dover, NH Jenny was the youngest.

Of her 20-apartment in Washington Heights in Upper Manhattan, where she can see through the Hudson River, past the George Washington Bridge, on the roof of the Bronx, Thompson talked about his mother nothing happened. She saw an independent, strong role model suffer for three years Margrid Thompson fought cancer.

''I know that I absorbed some of its strength, the courage and spirit, because I feel it every day,''Thompson said. ''Now everything is different. It is about to pay tribute to sport that gave so much to me.''

Thompson's return to swimming was unexpected. She began medical school after 2000 games. But after 2 years from Earth, and her spontaneous dip in the basement pool, she joined Coach John Collins at the Badger Swim Club in Larchmont, NY, and swam competitively again. She quickly realized she had lost much of their speed and form. The biggest advantage, however, the prospect of making another Olympic team. He saw her mother smile.

''I know, looks at me to swim is a source of joy for nee''Tompson said, adding that seeing her mother in 2003 at the world championships was a special moment in her comeback. Jenny won five medals, which are responsible, including individual gold in the 100 butterfly. ''I'm looking in the stands and saw her there really happy. That's all I could ask for.''

Collins was perfect for Thompson. It is soft, unlike the coaches in her past, giving Thompson missing practices because of schoolwork or rotations at the hospital. Collins always trusted that Thompson will get his job done, because ona''togo same roda''i''znaet how to do things now.''

She enjoys teaching because she is now in the pool with swimmers who are in middle school and younger. It is carefree, talking girl talk and listening to uneasiness among his colleagues swimmers. After all these years, she has fun.

''Even though it is famous, she's really, really cool,''said Paola Duguet, 16, Tarrytown, New York''Vy never think that it is almost twice our age.''

The situation is the complete opposite of her preparation for the 2000 Games, when Thompson had to share the pool and the coach at Stanford, California, with rival swimmer Dara Torres - creating so much stress that they should keep them in practice at different times.

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NBA Free Agency 2010

The NBA's free agency period has opened, with LeBron James leading perhaps the deepest group of players to ever hit the market.
Teams could begin making their pitches at 12:01 a.m. EDT Thursday, and some were getting started quickly.
Atlanta's Joe Johnson was expecting early visits in Los Angeles from the Hawks and New York Knicks, with the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reporting that the Hawks were prepared to offer the All-Star shooting guard a maximum salary contract.

Things get interesting later Thursday, when the New Jersey Nets and Knicks are scheduled for visits to Ohio to meet with James, the two-time MVP who heads the class.
It includes other All-Stars such as Dwyane Wade, Chris Bosh, Dirk Nowitzki, Amare Stoudemire and Carlos Boozer; veterans such as Shaquille O'Neal and Ray Allen; and young up-and-comers such as Rudy Gay and David Lee.
"We've never had anything like this in my time that I can remember," New Jersey Nets president Rod Thorn said. "There have been big-time free agents before, but never this many teams that are trying to woo them. So it's unprecedented."
Teams were headed around the country to meet with players, though the Mavs were saved a long trip when Nowitzki informed them he would meet with them Thursday in Dallas — with the message arriving while president Donnie Nelson was at the airport preparing for a flight to Germany.
Showing they planned to be active, the Knicks confirmed on Twitter they would also meet with Wizards swingman Mike Miller in Los Angeles. But they would do so without team president Donnie Walsh, who went directly to Ohio in preparation for Thursday's meeting with James.
Pat Riley and a Heat contingent also began their free agency tour in California, where teams were hoping to meet with Stoudemire. They also planned to meet with Johnson.
It promised to be a wild first few days of July, with plans changing by the minute.
"You're not in control, as much as you would like to be," Timberwolves president David Kahn said. "I don't think any team feels right now they're in control of the situation. There's too many teams with room. Too many fine players out there. I think in those types of situations, it's best to be really nimble and change course if need be."
Kahn said early Thursday that Gay would visit Minnesota later in the day and Lee would arrive on Saturday. Gay is a restricted free agent, so Memphis can match any offer for him.
Even the Clippers, those longtime losers, thought they could be a player this summer. General manager Neil Olshey announced in a statement the team had already contacted several players and confirmed it had scored an invitation to meet with James.
"At that time, we intend to present the many reasons why his joining our organization is the best possible choice he could make," Olshey said.
Talk of James' destination seems to change by the minute. He was considered a lock for Chicago in one report, then seemingly guaranteed to head to Miami in another. The rumor mill spun so out of control that an online sports book simply stopped taking action on James' next team.
Bottom line: James can get perhaps $125 million over six years by staying in Cleveland; $96 million over five years if he goes. (The exact figures can't be determined until next season's salary cap is set in July). But leaving could put him in a better position to win a championship.
Thorn is headed to Ohio, where James will welcome suitors to his home state Thursday. He'll be joined by new Nets owner Mikhail Prokhorov, coach Avery Johnson and hip-hop superstar Jay-Z, a part-owner and James' longtime friend.
The Knicks plan to drop in on James, too. They can afford to pay him and another classmate the maximum next season, which might be what the Knicks need to finally get going again after a franchise-record nine straight losing seasons.
"We've had to live through some tough times in order to get where you think you start rebuilding the franchise," Walsh said. "We have that opportunity now. How well, how fast we can rebuild the team can be shortcut by getting great players."
They'll have plenty of competition. The Heat, Nets, Chicago Bulls and Los Angeles Clippers also can afford to offer a player about $16.6 million next season, which is the maximum someone with James' amount of NBA experience can make. Chicago and New Jersey made trades in recent days to push them closer to joining the Knicks with enough to offer two max deals, and the Heat can keep Wade, give an additional max contract and have enough left over for another quality player.
Top players rarely leave via free agency because NBA rules allow their teams to offer them more money in the long run. The difference comes not in the first year of a new contract, but in the raises.
A player signing with his own team is eligible for annual increases of 10.5 percent, while a new team can offer only 8 percent bumps. The home team can also offer six-year deals, whereas players joining new teams can get only five-year contracts.
The Knicks traded away Jamal Crawford and Zach Randolph — the NBA's top sixth man and a first-time All-Star, respectively — to get their $34 million in cap room. New Jersey, which shipped out Jason Kidd, Richard Jefferson and Vince Carter in recent years, went just 12-70 last season but hopes for a quick turnaround. Miami essentially left Wade to play by himself this season in exchange for the chance to get him some superstar help next year.
"It is an 'all-in' strategy, in that even when it works, you're going to have to operate with a very low payroll," Houston Rockets general manager Daryl Morey said. "If it doesn't work, it can be catastrophic in terms of if you strike out, it's going to be very difficult to be competitive."
Morey used his Twitter feed to announce he'd met with Bosh in the opening hours of free agency.
"He is about winning so I focused on how (with) Houston he can win a championship," Morey wrote.
The clock started ticking four summers ago, when James, Wade and Bosh passed on maximum-length extensions on their rookie contracts in favor of shorter deals that allowed them to opt for free agency this summer.
Momentum kept building as fears grew that owners will seek radical changes in the length and value of contracts next summer when the league's collective bargaining agreement expires. That made it wise for a player like Nowitzki, even if he has no intention of leaving Dallas, to exercise his early termination option now and sign a new deal under the current rules.
Toronto expects to lose Bosh. If the All-Star forward joins James or Wade, or both, that team figures to become an immediate championship contender. Boston won the title the year after assembling its Big Three — which could now be broken up with Ray Allen on the market — and the Lakers have reached the finals every year since acquiring Pau Gasol to complement Kobe Bryant.
Numerous teams are now dreaming of similar pairings once deals can be signed on July 8.
"You look at the teams that have an awful lot of cap space, there could be a lot of power shifting in this league," Minnesota coach Kurt Rambis said.

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Richard Jefferson

Spurs swingman Richard Jefferson has opted out of the final year of his contract and will become a free agent.

Spurs spokesman Tom James said the nine-year veteran informed the team Thursday. Jefferson was due to make about US$15 million next year after underachieving in his first season in San Antonio.


Jefferson averaged 12.3 points a game last season, his lowest since his rookie year. He struggled to adapt to coach Gregg Popovich's system, at one point losing his job in the starting lineup.

The Spurs traded for Jefferson and his hefty contract last summer in a deal with Milwaukee.

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Joel Zumaya Injury

As he rolled in agony on the Target Field turf Monday night, Tigers right-hander Joel Zumaya figured he’d just thrown his final pitch.

“I thought my career was done,” Zumaya said.

Zumaya feared he’d suffered torn ligaments in his elbow. After a medical exam on the elbow Tuesday, he learned otherwise.

As he threw that final pitch Monday, he suffered a broken tip of his elbow — it’s called the olecranon — but he didn’t damage the ligaments.

“Really, really satisfying news,” Zumaya said. “I left it in God’s hands, and I guess He gave me another blessing that I don’t need (any ligament surgery).”

Head athletic trainer Kevin Rand said: “This is probably the best-case scenario we could have hoped for.”

“It is the best worst news we could have gotten,” manager Jim Leyland said. It’s possible that further tests will show that Zumaya needs surgery, Rand said.

In the more encouraging scenario — the one to which Zumaya has subscribed — the break will heal in four months without surgery and Zumaya will return in spring training.

Zumaya’s mood Tuesday wasn’t one of disappointment, of someone who’s done for this season, but of someone determined to pitch next season.

“I know it’s going to take four months to heal,” he said. “It’s not 12 months. I’m a hardworking guy. I won’t give up.

“I’ve got a son (born last year) who I want to see me play baseball, so I’m not going to give it up.”

This becomes the fourth straight year that Zumaya’s season has been significantly shortened by injury. He hasn’t had a full season of health since his standout rookie season of ’06.

“I worked too hard for this to happen,” said Zumaya, 25. “All I wanted was one full year of health.”

With no guarantee of a job entering spring training this year, Zumaya returned from shoulder surgery in August to regain a key late-inning role in the bullpen. He was throwing 100 m.p.h. regularly this season, just as in ’06.

When he got hurt Monday night on his pitch to Delmon Young, he was protecting an eighth-inning lead with first place at stake.

“It felt like my elbow exploded,” Zumaya said. “Crying in front of 40,000 people is pretty weak. But it’s a lot of pain, and I felt like I had no one on my side.

“But when those (fans) got up on their feet and started cheering, and then the entire team was comforting me after the game, it meant a lot to me. I’m happy that I still have a chance, and hopefully things will go the way I want.”

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Spain vs Portugal FIFA World Cup 2010

Spain vs Portugal was a great game.Spain vs Portugal Highlights are available.Spain vs Portugal ended 1-0 and Spain will face Paraguay in the next stage at World Cup.A new goal from David Villa, the fourth in five marked by the ‘Red’ in the 2010 World Cup, Spain qualified for the quarterfinals, unlocking the Iberian intense duel with Portugal, and enlarging a selection that showed his maturity when competing in a game of life and death.I liked Spain vs Portugal very much.

It was a rendezvous with history that makes the identity of a team that seeks to expand its legend in the great event in South Africa. Large selection-Argentina, Germany and Brazil were thrashed in the second round. Was the turn of the champions of Europe. His physique does not give comprehensive victories but to make him as being among the favorites for the title.Spain vs Portugal ended 1-0,Davil Villa scored.

Freed from the fear of failure, the voltage generated by the poor World Cup debut, Spain jumped to the Green Point Stadium turf with personality. It was time to show a style, to take advantage of having faced a rival who speak the same language. Away from individual markings, to impose their football, thunder defensive force of Portugal. Spain vs Portugal was a nice game,I liked very much.

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Chase Utley

The Philadelphia Phillies have lost half of their starting infield to injury.

The Phillies put second baseman Chase Utley and third baseman Placido Polanco on the 15-day disabled list Tuesday and sent them back to Philadelphia for exams to see how long they will be sidelined. Utley has a sprained right thumb. Polanco has a sore left elbow.


Suddenly, the defending NL champions could be in the market for some help.

"The main thing is we need to find out the length of Chase and Poly's stay on the DL," assistant general manager Scott Proefrock said. "At this point, we're not sure."

Philadelphia is finishing June with seven players on the disabled list, including two key infielders. If Utley and Polanco are out for more than two weeks, the Phillies would be looking to trade.

"I think we're always looking to get better," Proefrock said. "Now our focus may be a little different than it was."

Utley hurt his thumb while sliding into second base during the fourth inning of a 7-3 loss to the Cincinnati Reds on Monday night, when he was tagged out while trying to stretch a single. He stayed in the game until the ninth, when he left for a pinch hitter because the thumb was sore.

An MRI on Tuesday wasn't clear about the severity of the sprain. Utley headed back to Philadelphia to see a hand specialist and get more tests on Wednesday.

Utley, who is batting .277 with 11 homers and 37 RBIs, met briefly with manager Charlie Manuel before heading home. It's only the second time that the four-time All-Star has been on the disabled list. He broke his right wrist and missed a month in 2007.

"He wasn't in a talkative mood," Manuel said. "Neither was I."

Polanco has a bone spur in the left elbow. It was hit by a pitch in April and has bothered him since despite two injections to help the healing. He aggravated it while diving last Friday and hadn't played. He went back to Philadelphia to get more tests on Wednesday.

"The question is why is it so persistent?" trainer Scott Sheridan said. "You'd expect if you treat it with anti-inflammatories and the types of things we've done with it that it should respond, and it has not. So I think it's time to put him on the DL, rest him and try to get some better answers for why this thing is staying the way it is."

The Phillies signed Polanco as a free agent after he won his second Gold Glove as a second baseman with Detroit. They moved him to third to replace Pedro Feliz. The move has worked well: Polanco is third in the NL with a .318 average and leads all NL third basemen in fielding percentage.

The Phillies replaced them short-term by calling up infielder Brian Bocock and utility player Greg Dobbs from Triple-A Lehigh Valley.

Bocock batted .179 with one homer. Dobbs was designated for assignment, then outrighted to Lehigh on June 23. He played in four games there, going 2 for 17. Manuel said Dobbs will play some games at third base.

"When you lose Utley and Poly, that's a big part of our lineup," Manuel said. "At the same time, that's when you give somebody else a chance."

Polanco and Utley were leading their respective positions in NL All-Star voting announced Tuesday. Polanco's lead over New York's David Wright was down to about 23,000 votes. He was ahead by 130,000 votes last week.

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Cedric Benson Arrested By Austin Police

Cincinnati Bengals running back Cedric Benson was arrested Tuesday and charged with misdemeanor assault for allegedly punching a bar employee in the face nearly a month ago.

Benson was booked into the Travis County jail where he later posted $5,000 bail and was released. The charge of assault with injury carries a maximum potential penalty of up to $4,000 in fines and up to a year in jail.



According to the Austin police arrest affidavit, Benson was at Annie's West bar in the Sixth Street entertainment district on May 30 when he got into an altercation with another, unknown bar patron that left him spitting blood from a cut lip. After staff intervened, witnesses told police Benson shoved a bar worker and was verbally abusive. After being asked to leave, Benson was escorted to the door.

"As they took him outside, he continued to push and shove," Senior Police Officer Veneza Aguinaga said.

Bartender Bryan White told police that once outside, Benson complained to people passing by that "all these white boys are ganging up on me and kicking me out."

White said he told Benson he wouldn't take time out of his night just to kick him out, then Benson punched him in the face.


Benson's attorney, Sam Bassett, said his client "looks forward to telling his side of the story at the appropriate time."

"Though he does not entirely agree with the version of facts recited in the court filings," Bassett said, "he does not wish to make his comments public at this time."

"Mr. Benson has always been willing to cooperate with the Austin Police Department to tell his version of what happened so long as he could have a lawyer present," he said. "The Austin Police Department decided to go forward with obtaining a warrant without obtaining Mr. Benson's side of the story."

Aguinaga said police interviewed witnesses and reviewed video surveillance cameras that caught the incident. Detectives invited Benson to speak with them last week but he didn't show up for a scheduled meeting, she said.

Police then obtained a warrant and Benson was arrested without incident at a private home shortly before 8 a.m. Tuesday. Aguinaga said she didn't know if it was Benson's home.

The arrest is just the latest brush with the law for Benson and the latest could draw a suspension from NFL commissioner Roger Goodell.

"We are looking into it," said NFL spokesman Brian McCarthy, who said the league would not have further comment.

In 2008, Benson was arrested twice in a month on alcohol charges that were later dropped. While in college at the University of Texas, he was suspended for a game and pleaded no contest to a charge of criminal trespassing for forcing his way into an apartment to find a television he said was stolen from him.

Drafted in the first round by the Bears in 2005, Benson's legal troubles and poor results on the field prompted Chicago to cut him in 2008. He signed as a free agent with the Bengals and led the team with a career-high 1,251 yards and six touchdowns in 2009.

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Joel Zumaya

Tigers Detroit pitcher Joel Zumaya hurt, it would seem scary elbow injury Monday night in Minneapolis, bringing the pitcher was writhing on the field in excruciating pain. 1 in the eighth inning, the hard-throwing Zumaya threw 99 miles per hour Fastball twins outfielder Delmon Young.

Soumaya responded almost immediately, turning in discomfort, before falling to the ground. His right hand was visibly shaking, and tigers Greg Laird sight – was 60 meters from Zumaya at the time of the injury – said he heard the “pop”.
Zumaya, who has a history of injury trouble, is known for pitching at very high speeds. He was once clocked throwing a step in 104 miles / h.
After the game, Tigers manager Jim Leyland said: “This obviously did not look good. It’s awful bad feeling when you see something like this happen to anybody.?

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Michael Kirkham Died

Michael Kirkham dies in his debut game. He was only 30 and was appearing in his first professional MMA fight which was fought in South Carolina on Saturday. It has been reported by WRDW TV station that Michael Kirkham had died and could not survive from his head injuries in the hospital. He was transported to the hospital on Saturday.


It has been further reported by WRDW that Michael Kirkham who belonged to Gaston S.C. has been pronounced dead by the authorities of Aiken Regional Medical Center today morning. He got head injuries after being struck up numerous times during his fight on Saturday and was unresponsive when he was rushed to the hospital. It has also been said that he never returned to consciousness before his death, reported by WRDW television station.

Kirkham was a new comer in this field as he had only six fights being an amateur in the events of MMA. Though he was 6.9 foot but he was not a heavy weight fighter. “Tree” was the nickname which was given to this youngster just because of his height. Sam King told while talking to media that he has no comments except of conveying his deep sorrow and prayers to his family.

Reports also claim that this is a second death of this nature in which a fighter died because of his injuries during MMA fight in the history of United States. Sam Vasquez was the other fighter who had lost his life in year 2007. He was also a youngster.

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Tennis Player Jennifer Capriati

Former tennis star Jennifer Capriati was rushed to the hospital early Sunday after paramedics responded to a call for a possible drug overdose.The call came from a Riviera Beach hotel.
Capriati, 34, was one of the brightest stars on the tennis circuit in her teens, but has struggled with off-the-court issues through the years.

Her father told TMZ that she is “recovering well.”

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USA VS Ghana FIFA World Cup 2010

We are looking forward to this game and we are sure it is going to be a good one. Part of us think that the United States should get through this, but there is a little bit of us that think Ghana will have an advantage and that the United States have had all the luck they are going to get in this World Cup.

We don't think this game is going to be all about luck but we think it might be a factor in who ultimately wins.

We are hoping for a moment of magic and we think both teams are capable of it. You don't get to the last sixteen of the World Cup without having that ability in the team, but if we were to expect anything, it would be a cheeky one goal win or penalties.

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Spain Win To Chile In FIFA Worldcup 2010

Spain learned from Italy and France. But Chile still is alive, and South America keeps on rolling.
With Spain staring at an early exit from the World Cup, David Villa and Andres Iniesta each scored and the Spanish beat Chile, 2-1, on Friday in Pretoria, South Africa
The result sent both teams to the round of 16.
Spain finished at the top of Group H with six points and will play Portugal on Tuesday. Chile was second and will play Brazil on Monday. Switzerland was third and Honduras was last.

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Steve McNair's First Death Anniversary

In some off-topic news, current Tennessee Titans quarterback Vince Young is said to be visiting Steve McNair's Mother in Mississippi on the anniversary of his death one year later.

Young was taken under the wings of the late Steve McNair, going all the way back to attending his football camp when he was a youngster.


July 4th will mark the one year anniversary of when he was shot and killed by his girlfriend, who proceeded to turn the gun on herself after shooting Steve, committing suicide.

"I'm gonna go out to Mama Mac's house,'' Young was quoted in the Tennessean. "I'm gonna go out there and spend the weekend with Mama Mac in Mississippi."

"It's the one-year anniversary for Steve not being here. It's gonna be a sad moment, but we're gonna eat some barbecue and celebrate the life of Steve McNair, the things he put in my life and his family's life.''

A grand jury agreed not to reopen the case earlier this month. McNair took the Titans to their only Superbowl appearance in the history of the team, which they lost to the Rams.

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Chad Jones Was Seriously Injured In Crash

Beginner Security Giants Chad Jones Was Seriously Injured In Crash:New York Giants rookie safety of Chad Jones is in hospital in critical condition after breaking his leg in an accident one car in the morning in New Orleans, WWL-TV.
Johns arteries and nerves were exposed in the accident, which occurred around 6 am New Orleans time WWL said, citing unnamed officials. Jones, who played football in college of the University of Louisiana, was in surgery at 10:15 am, the station said.

Giants selected Jones in the third round of the National Football League draft in April. It was also designed Houston Astros in the 13 th round of the 2007 MLB draft, and again in the 50 tour this year.
Jones, 21, played the Bowl Championship Series LSU national title-winning soccer team in the 2007 season as a freshman, and the Tigers on National Collegiate Athletic Association baseball championship as a sophomore in 2009.
The Giants are collecting information on incidents and declined to comment, the representative team Pat Hanlon said in an e-mail.

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Derrick flavor

Derrick flavor became the first player who was selected UTEP any team in the NBA draft over the past fifteen years. This advanced player UTEP was selected Los Angeles Lakers last night on Thursday. Los Angeles Lakers is now a champion of the 1916 NBA championship as they beat Celtics in the finals series 7.

Derrick Choice flavor was a 58-m overall NBA pick a project that was made in the Los Angeles Lakers in the second round. It’s 275 pounds and 6.9 feet high, a player honored to be chosen time player last season team All-Conference USA . He also was selected as a player in the All-District I choose for their first team, NABC.
In addition, he has a good average of 14,1 points per game, 0.9 blocks per game average with 8.1 rebounds per game average. He also leads by 16 positions at the national level as a percentage of the ball that is 0.567 per cent. Seven double-doubles were also recorded this new boy, along with 22 points, one time, the high points that were made compared to Houston.
15 rebounds, also made by Derrick smack against Norfolk State and Mississippi. The first two seasons the player played with Louisville and his average was about 8 points per game in both seasons. It takes 26 th player UTEP, which was selected in NBA draft.

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Minneapolis Saint. Paul

   Minneapolis Saint. Paul

: Minnesota Timberwolves today acquired 6-7 guard or forward Martell Webster of the Portland Trail Blazers in exchange for forward Ryan Gomes, and the draft rights of Luke Babbitt, 16 overall pick in the draft tonight.

"We are pleased to add a player like Charles, who has the ability to shoot and show basketball rare athleticism to the floor. It blends well with our stated desire to stay young and to add the term," said David Kahn, president of basketball operations Timberwolves. We want to thank Ryan Gomes for what consummate professional, both on and off the court during his stay in Minnesota and wish him good luck in the future. "
Just 23 years old, and 5-year veteran in the league, Webster owns career averages 8.5 points and 3.1 rebounds in 301 games (starts 164) for the Blazers. The sixth overall pick in 2005 NBA Draft the Seattle Preparatory School in Seattle, Washington, Webster jumped to appear in all 82 games last season and after mid 9,4 points and 3,3 rebounds per game after suffering a stress fracture in his left foot on premiere in 2008, forcing him to miss all but 5 minutes of the 2008-09 season. Career 37.2 percent shooter from behind the arc, Webster, connected to 120 + 3-pointers in each of his last two full NBA seasons.
Gomez has played three seasons in Minnesota, averaging 12.3 points and 5,1 rebounds in 240 games. Fifties overall pick Boston Celtics in 2005 NBA Draft, Minnesota acquired Gomez in 2007 trade that sent Kevin Garnett to Boston.

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