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Monday, August 17, 2009
Federer: 'So many guys are very equal'
Reuters
CINCINNATI, Ohio -- Roger Federer played down Andy Murray's elevation to the world No. 2 ranking on Monday, saying the Scot would merely be one of many contenders for his U.S. Open title next month.
The world No. 1 stepped up his preparations at the Western & Southern Financial Group Masters this week, looking to hone his game before he bids to win his sixth consecutive U.S. Open title and claim a 16th Grand Slam crown.
Murray lost to Federer in the final in New York last year, but the Swiss said there were plenty of other players who could be just as dangerous.
"If you look at last week's draw [in Montreal], so many guys are very equal, I think, right now," Federer said. "The final was close, for instance. I think there are many guys who are beating each other right now so it's quite an interesting dynamic.
"We all know Rafa [Nadal] was injured, so he couldn't put in the fight he wished to concerning the rankings. Now he's back, I'm back playing again after a few weeks. Everybody seems healthy again, and that can only be a good thing for the rest of the season. I'm sure Nadal will bounce back strong if he's really fit and healthy," he said.
Murray, who won the Rogers Cup on Sunday, leapfrogged Nadal to become the first Brit to be ranked No. 2.
Federer admitted that the 22-year-old had become a force on hard courts through his results in the past 12 months.
"I think [Murray] announced himself when he won here last year," Federer said. "From then on he had an unbelievable run, especially on the hard courts. He's almost won everything there is to win ... he's done really well so it doesn't come as a surprise to many people now."
In Federer's first event since winning Wimbledon and since wife Mirka gave birth to twin girls last month, he was beaten in the quarterfinals in Montreal by Frenchman Jo-Wilfried Tsonga having led 5-1 in the final set.
Nevertheless, the 28-year-old said he was happy with his game, even if he will not be putting too much pressure on himself to do well this week.
"It would be good [to do well], but it's not crucial," he said. "I'm going to try everything to have a good tournament here. This tournament has been tricky for me. Either I won or I lost early. I hope it's one of those years where I can go all the way again.
"I feel my game is good enough to do really well here," he said. "Then again, I still have to do little adjustments playing on hard courts again. I'm very excited to be [heading] back to New York."
Such a lovely and catchy tune. It will surprise you if you give it at least a week of listening!!
Unbelievable speed for sure!!
As of August 17, 2009
| Curr | Prev | Name | DOB | Nation | Rank pts | Tours |
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| 1 | 1 | Safina, Dinara | 27/04/86 | RUS | 9810 | 19 |
| 2 | 2 | Williams, Serena | 26/09/81 | USA | 8558 | 17 |
| 3 | 3 | Williams, Venus | 17/06/80 | USA | 6865 | 17 |
| 4 | 5 | Jankovic, Jelena | 28/02/85 | SRB | 6620 | 21 |
| 5 | 4 | Dementieva, Elena | 15/10/81 | RUS | 6235 | 21 |
| 6 | 6 | Kuznetsova, Svetlana | 27/06/85 | RUS | 5960 | 19 |
| 7 | 7 | Zvonareva, Vera | 07/09/84 | RUS | 5300 | 23 |
| 8 | 8 | Wozniacki, Caroline | 11/07/90 | DEN | 4810 | 27 |
| 9 | 9 | Azarenka, Victoria | 31/07/89 | BLR | 4553 | 16 |
| 10 | 12 | Pennetta, Flavia | 25/02/82 | ITA | 3420 | 26 |
Major upset: Yang beats Woods for PGA title
CHASKA, Minn. - Y.E. Yang accomplished what was thought to be impossible — beat Tiger Woods on the final day of major.
With the help of a chip-in eagle on the par-4 14th and a birdie on 18, the South Korean finished with an 8-under 280 to beat Woods by three strokes in the 91st PGA Championship at Hazeltine National on Sunday.
It is only the second time Woods has lost when having the lead going into the final round on the PGA Tour, and the first time at a major. The world’s No. 1 player finishes the year without a major title for the first time in five years.
"Life is so constructed, that the event does not, cannot, will not, match the expectation."
- Charlotte Bronte -
UBS to name 5,000 accounts under U.S. deal: paper
GENEVA (Reuters) – The deal initialed last week between the United States and Switzerland over UBS will involve the disclosure of around 5,000 holders of secret Swiss accounts, weekly newspaper NZZ am Sonntag said on Sunday.
Another Swiss weekly, Sonntag, said around 4,500 names would be handed over.
The landmark deal, ending a dispute in which the U.S. tax authorities had sued UBS to disclose 52,000 U.S. clients suspected of tax evasion, dispels a big cloud hanging over the world's second biggest wealth manager.
It also formally leaves Switzerland's cherished banking secrecy intact, although many Swiss private bankers say it has been badly damaged.
NZZ am Sonntag, citing its own researches and reports in the U.S. press, said the deal would be based on the existing U.S.-Swiss double taxation agreement of 1996, and therefore not require any changes to Swiss law.
As a result, the Swiss cabinet will be able to implement the deal directly, without going through parliament, it said.
UBS will also escape having to pay a fine, it said.
The deal will probably be signed this week, a source familiar with the situation told Reuters on Friday.
A spokesman for the Swiss justice department declined to comment, noting that the two sides had agreed not to release details of the deal until it is signed. A spokesman for UBS also declined to comment.
HIDDEN LIMITS
NZZ am Sonntag said the names of those to be disclosed would be those suspected of committing tax fraud under the terms of the double taxation agreement, which obliges Switzerland to provide help if Washington seeks it in a criminal investigation.
Accounts below a certain size would not be reported, but this limit would be kept confidential so that account-holders could never be sure whether they were vulnerable, it said.
However, account-holders threatened with disclosure would be able to challenge the move in the Swiss courts, it said.
NZZ am Sonntag said the U.S. government had backed off from the original demands of the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) because the U.S. Treasury Secretary did not want to provoke another financial crisis by pushing UBS over the edge.
Under a previous agreement, UBS settled criminal charges that it had facilitated tax fraud by paying $780 million and handing over data on about 250 U.S. clients.
U.S. prosecutors said on Friday that a California client of UBS would plead guilty to criminal charges arising from an investigation into tax evasion at UBS, the fourth prosecution arising from that deal.
Criminal charges arising from that case, and the disclosure of further names from the latest deal are keeping pressure on suspected offenders to report themselves voluntarily under an amnesty program running to September 23.
Sonntag said that the total amount of fines likely to be paid by account-holders disclosed in last week's deal would be around 4 billion Swiss francs ($3.74 billion).
But it said a British lawyer was already trying to drum up support for a class action by UBS customers who feel they have been betrayed by the bank.
It quoted Konrad Hummler, partner in Swiss private bank Wegelin, as saying that Swiss banks would suffer from any further disclosure of customer data by UBS, even if in purely formal terms that did not breach Swiss law or banking secrecy.
"Everyone is talking about success -- the IRS, the Swiss government, UBS. But that can't possibly be the case," he said.
"Although we still don't know any of the details, we can guess some things: the customer has been made a fool of -- he was promised something which retroactively no longer applies," he said.
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In Touch Exclusive:
Kourtney's baby's daddy revealed!
In Touch has learned exclusively that Keeping Up With the Kardashians star Kourtney Kardashian is pregnant with her on-again, off-again boyfriend Scott Disick's baby! "Kourtney is in her second trimester and she's super-overwhelmed but very happy. Right now they have no plans for marriage," a pal of Kourtney's tells In Touch. While the news of the pregnancy broke earlier today, the reality star is keeping the details, like who the father is, quiet. Kourtney, 30, is telling fans they will have to watch the premiere of her new show Kourtney & Khloe Take Miami, which premieres Sunday on E! Network. One thing is for certain: Her younger sister Kim and the entire Kardashian family are over the moon. "The family is so excited about meeting the baby," the pal adds. Congrats to Kourtney and Scott!
Thursday, August 13, 2009
Stallworth suspended for 2009
ESPN.com news services
Cleveland Browns wide receiver Donte' Stallworth has been suspended without pay for the 2009 season for violating the NFL's personal conduct policy and its substance abuse policy, the league said Thursday.
Stallworth, 28, who pleaded guilty to DUI manslaughter in Florida in connection with the March 14 crash in which he struck and killed construction worker Mario Reyes, will be reinstated after the Super Bowl in February 2010, the league said.
In a letter to Stallworth made public Thursday, commissioner Roger Goodell said, "I believe that further consequences are necessary" in addition to the punishment handed down by the legal system.
Stallworth
"There is no question that your actions had tragic consequences to an innocent man and his family, and that you have violated both the Substances of Abuse and Personal Conduct Policies," Goodell said. "In that respect, you are clearly guilty of conduct detrimental to the integrity of and public confidence in the NFL."
"Your conduct endangered yourself and others, leading to the death of an innocent man. The NFL and NFL players must live with the stain that you have placed on their reputations," Goodell said.
Goodell suspended Stallworth indefinitely on June 18, two days after Stallworth pleaded guilty.
On March 14, after Stallworth spent the night drinking at a bar in Miami Beach's Fountainebleau hotel, police said he hit Reyes, a construction crane operator who was rushing to catch a bus after finishing his shift at about 7:15 a.m. ET.
Stallworth told police he flashed his lights in an attempt to warn Reyes, who was not in a crosswalk when he was struck.
Stallworth had a blood-alcohol level of .126 after the crash, well above Florida's .08 limit. Stallworth stopped after the crash and immediately told officers he had hit Reyes. Police estimated Stallworth was driving about 50 mph in a 40 mph zone.
Stallworth was given a 30-day jail sentence, of which he served 24 days, and reached an undisclosed financial settlement with Reyes' family. Besides jail time, Stallworth's sentence included two years of house arrest, eight years of probation and other restrictions.
Stallworth, who met with Goodell earlier this month, said afterward he would live with whatever punishment Goodell handed down.
In a statement he issued on Aug. 6, a day after meeting with Goodell, Stallworth said: "I recognize that there is a difference between the legal standard in my criminal case and the standard to which NFL players are held.
"It is clear that I exercised poor judgment and caused irreparable harm to Mario Reyes, his family, the NFL, its owners, coaches, employees and to my fellow players."
A college star at Tennessee, Stallworth also has played for the New England Patriots, Philadelphia Eagles and New Orleans Saints. His first year with Cleveland was marred by injuries. He hurt his leg in training camp, which sidelined him for most of the season.
The Browns signed him to a seven-year, $35 million contract in 2008, hoping he could be a complementary No. 2 receiver and take pressure off Braylon Edwards.
But Stallworth never got going because of the injury and made only seven starts. Edwards spent the season dropping important passes and Cleveland finished a disappointing 4-12.
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Rick Pitino said he gave Karen Sypher $3,000 after she claimed to be pregnant Sypher is accused of trying to extort $10 million from the Louisville coach Despite Sypher's allegations of rape, Pitino has not been charged with any crimes |
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LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) -- In a state where basketball is king, Rick Pitino cuts quite the fine figure. Designer suits, Italian dress shoes, best-selling books on how to succeed on the court and in life, a hit TV commercial with fellow college coaching titans Bobby Knight, Mike Krzyzewski and Roy Williams, a devout Roman Catholic whose priest friend often leads the Louisville team in pregame prayer. On top of that, he's a winner. His greatest challenge, however, may be saving his career and reputation in the midst of a salacious scandal. Karen Sypher, the woman accused of trying to extort $10 million from Pitino, approached him in a restaurant six years ago and they had sex, the coach told police. She says it happened after closing time at a table. Two weeks later, the married father of five gave Sypher $3,000 after she said she was going to have an abortion and didn't have health insurance, according to a summary of Pitino's July 12 statement to police. His attorney, Steve Pence, said Wednesday that the money was to help her get medical coverage, not specifically to pay for an abortion. "The coach believed that the money was for insurance, that's what she said it was for and that's the way his report reads," Pence said. University of Louisville President James Ramsey expressed surprise at the new details in the scandal surrounding the 56-year-old coach, a staunch Roman Catholic whose contract includes dishonesty and moral depravity as grounds for firing. Pitino said Wednesday that he'll continue coaching the Cardinals "as long as they will have me." He apologized for what he called an "indiscretion." "I do want to say that the past seven months have been very difficult on the people I love," Pitino said. "I am here today because I personally apologize to my family every single day. I let them down with my indiscretion six years ago and I'm sorry for that and I tell them that every day." He said he would "be quiet" about the extortion case, but that he is cooperating with authorities and has consistently told them, his family and friends the truth. He did not take questions. The school president expressed disappointment in Pitino's "errors in judgment" but pledged to move forward. "As we try to teach our students, when you make a mistake you admit it and right it as best you can," Ramsey said in a written statement. "Coach has done that today." Athletic director Tom Jurich said he was "a million percent" behind Pitino and he expects him to remain the head coach at Louisville "for a long time." Moving forward won't be easy, even for the only coach to lead three different schools to the Final Four. Though Pitino has brought star quality to his programs, he has also presented the image of a dedicated family man. His children frequent Louisville's home games at Freedom Hall and he often speaks about his relationship with wife Joanne. Yet his carefully crafted public image has taken a hit since the Cardinals ended their season with a loss to Michigan State in the regional finals of the NCAA tournament. In April he acknowledged he had contacted the FBI about a possible extortion plot against him. Sypher, 49, was then indicted on May 12 on charges of extortion and lying to federal authorities. She has pleaded not guilty. After she was charged, Sypher told police the sex with Pitino was not consensual, and said he also assaulted her when they met two weeks later to discuss her pregnancy. Pitino denied the rape accusation and Kentucky authorities said there wasn't enough evidence to prosecute. Sypher's attorney, James Earhart, said Wednesday that while some details have surfaced, he expects the rest to come out eventually. He said Sypher and her family "have suffered a lot, and they continue to suffer every day as a result of this." In 2004, Sypher married Pitino's equipment manager Tim Sypher, who the complaint says brought Pitino a written list of demands from his wife, including college tuition for her children, two cars, money to pay off her house and $3,000 per month. The demands later escalated, the complaint said. Tim Sypher has not been charged. Pence wondered why the focus seemed to be on the coach and not Sypher. "The feeding frenzy seems to be on the coach instead of what this woman has done," Pence said. "The coach has done nothing illegal." It may not matter when it comes to public opinion. His involvement, even indirectly, in an abortion could be difficult to overcome in heavily Catholic Louisville. Pitino, needing to regain momentum, was back at his office on Wednesday focusing on recruiting. At least one incoming recruit seemed unfazed by Pitino's latest setback. "Yo I ain't leaving," incoming freshman Peyton Siva posted on his Twitter account. "Rick('s) personal life is his life. He's here to coach me and is the best teach of hoop to me! So like the fans say, 'Go Cards."' Not everyone was so supportive. Dwight Lacy, a Louisville native and a broadcast journalism major at the University of Kentucky, said he's not sure if Pitino can survive the latest setback to his reputation. "What are we going to do now?" he said. "I could understand if he got fired. I don't want him to get fired because he is a good coach, but he got involved in some not-so-honorable actions. You have to compare your love of the game with the love of your morals." |
"And the children of Benjamin gathered themselves together after Abner, and became one troop, and stood on the top of an hill."
- 2 Samuel 2:25 -
Sometimes breaking up is hard to do................LOL!!!!
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