Basketball season is upon us and No. 11 West Virginia tips off the season at Ramstein Air Base in Ramstein-Meisenbach, Germany against the 25th-ranked Texas A&M Aggies. The Mountaineers lost several key contributors to last season's team, including Nathan Adrian, Elijah Macon, Tarik Phillip, Teyvon Myers and Brandon Watkins. Those affects of those losses showed in WVU's closed scrimmage against Purdue last weekend, where they struggled to execute the full court press. Despite losing a lot of talent, the Mountaineers return seniors Jevon Carter (13.5 points, 5.0 rebounds) and Daxter Miles Jr. (8.5 points). Both players bring a leadership role to a youthful team and Carter was the face of WVU's pressure defense. Lamont West is expected to start
Michael “Meeko” Thompson has spent more than two decades locked away in the Chippewa Correctional Facility. Michael was arrested for selling three pounds of cannabis to an undercover officer. He had prior drug offenses, but no history of violence. When his house was raided after his arrest, a few antique firearms and one usable firearm were recovered. Despite the fact that the antiques did not fire and the one that did was owned by Michael’s wife, he was convicted of felony possession of a firearm along with his cannabis charges. This was his fourth offense which labeled him a habitual offender, and he was sentenced to 40-60 years in prison. He could have been sentenced to as little as five years. Notably, even the Michigan Supreme Court
Another case is that of 17-year-old Kendrick Johnson whose death was initially ruled the result of accidental suffocation. A second autopsy produced a different conclusion, but when the second autopsy was performed, his body had been stuffed with newspaper, and his organs were missing ("Organ Trafficking, Melanin Theory & the Fountain of Youth -," n.d.). The brain, heart, lungs and liver were missing. He also discovered Johnson's death was due to blunt force trauma to the right side of his neck (Archer,
“Everybody wants this thing to be successful, and they have just been waiting for something to happen for such a long time,” Hoyt said. “For a long time Columbia basketball was more of an afterthought. Now, it 's more like, I can 't wait for winter we can go watch some games. It 's going to be like that this year with the guys we are bringing in.”
The best recruiting class in NCAA history came in and changed the game. Before they came to college, players still wore short shorts and the only people caught wearing black socks on a basketball court were 60-year olds trying to be young again. They changed the game with their great basketball skills, and their swagger. The road to greatness wasn't very easy for some though; they lived a tough life, and used that as motivation to drive them to greatness. They are Michigan's Fab Five.
'"I don't belong here and I am not going to play their game.' 'If I were to cooperate in all these things, it would be as if I were saying, 'I'm a guilty man, and I am not a guilty man"' (New Jersey).
There is no doubt in the minds of many people who are familiar with the Rubin "Hurricane" Carter story that he, and the man who was convicted for murder with him, John Artis, are innocent of those crimes. While no one knows for sure who is guilty of the crime, but the one thing that is for certain is that Carter and Artis were victims of racial bias from many people who would see them in jail. This story is truly a tragic one of a promising career, and of a life that was spoiled by prejudice and one that reviles some of the ways in which, society's present legal system can fail to ensure the right of justice for people in our society.
“Here comes the story of the Hurricane”-Rubin Carter—the boxer, the man—who had justice stacked against him (Dylan, Bob). The question: What is justice? According to whose point of view? In the 1960s, were blacks treated fairly? Case in point—Rubin “Hurricane” Carter who was finally released from jail after 19 years of being wrongfully imprisoned for a crime he never committed.
This is Reggie. Reggie was a victim of society. He felt he had no choice but to abuse drugs because his life was too much to bare. No one was there to help him and no one cared about how he felt until it was too late. He passed away alone in this cold hearted world, parched because of the excessive amount of ecstasy in his mouth, Feeling peerless and not loved by anyone. Its a shame our youth resort to drugs to solve their problems but sometimes they feel as if they don’t have a choice. Hopefully his death is a lesson to everyone on how much drugs can affect your life and how family is very important. Now all people can say about Reggie is “Reggie was so young and had so much to live for.” “Reggie was never the same after the death of his mother.” “Such a smart boy it’s a shame that such an intelligent boy would die because of stupid decisions.” “How could this have happened to him?” This is his story….
Oakville (7-9, 3-1) lost 2 key players from last years team from their District 1 championship game team. One player is currently playing Division 1 basketball (SLU) while another player went on to play Division 2 basketball (Missouri S&T) according to their coach.
Bob Ford revisits the golden years of Ryan Howard and the Phillies as Howard has played his last game as a part of the franchise, marking the end of a glorious era. Ryan Howard had been overlooked and taken for granted while the Phillies were dominating the N.L. East and competing in the postseason consistently year after year. The World Series in 2008 was special and after that, the Phillies slowly declined and each player moved on from that team. Eight years later, Phillies fans say goodbye to the last player from that World Series team, and officially moving on to the future. Ford compares Howard to Mike Schmidt, both great players in Phillies’ history and each had their own decline that made Phillies fans realize how really special they were to the organization. (Bob Ford. September 30, 2016. Philly.com).
The game went back and forth with a Plymouth South Andrew Shortall touchdown followed by a Plymouth North Miles Uva 41 yard rush into the endzone. With the score now 29 to 14 things heated up as Plymouth South had determination.
Jimmy Jones is a 56-year-old patient who is admitted to your unit with a s/p abdominal surgery. In assessing his pain level, Mr. Jones complains a 6 out of 10 pain. When the nurse looks into the physician’s order, there are several pain medications to choose from in the patient’s medical administration record (MAR). The pain medications that are ordered are listed as follows:
The Pioneers (8-7, 0-1 Summit) were led by freshman guard Claire Gritt who was four-for-four from the field and two-for-two from the free
In the movie The Hurricane, famous American middleweight boxer Rubin “Hurricane” Carter was wrongly convicted of a triple homicide in New Jersey on November 30th, 1966. Carter and his friend John Artis were convicted for murder at a local bar, Lafayette Bar and Grill. The stereotypical and persistent New Jersey police arrested Carter and Artis, with a 31 day trial taking place shortly after the arrest. An all-white jury convicted Carter and Artis of first-degree murder with the jury recommending life sentences. Carter then spent over 20 years of his life in prison as an innocent man due to the lack of equality and discrepancy in our justice system. Even without palpable evidence against Carter, he still was denied his fundamental rights and was treated like
Joe Herman would get Craig Poythress for a one-yard loss as the Golden Panthers continue to try and run up the gut of the defense that had as many as ten in the box at times. The drive came to a close soon after as the defense refused to give an inch.