Saturday, March 24, 2012
Bobby Cox and Chipper Jones reminisce about their first meeting | MLB.com - Mark Bowman - Former manager Bobby Cox and Chipper Jones will be forever linked as one of the most successful player-manager combos in Major League history. The Braves won 11 division titles and advanced to the playoffs in 12 of the 16 full seasons they shared together in Atlanta. But many baseball fans will remember that their relationship actually dates back to 1990, when Cox, then the Braves general manager, chose to select Jones with the first overall selection in the First-Year Player Draft.
Tim Tebow did not come to NY Jets to be a backup, thinks he can beat out Mark Sanchez for starting QB job: sources - NY Daily News - Gary Myers - A major factor in Tebow’s push to come to New York over Jacksonville, his hometown, is that he sees a clear path to resuming his career as a starter, sources tell the Daily News.
BACK PAGE: Tebow chose Jets, but why - NYPost.com - Justin Terranova - Tim Tebow did have a choice and he picked the Jets. "We did (give him a choice)," Broncos executive John Elway told ESPN Radio on Thursday. "There was more (offered) from Jacksonville, but we looked at it and it was close enough and we were in contact throughout the day and talked to him and he knew what was going on the whole time." The question is, why would Tebow choose the Jets over the Jaguars?
Tim Tebow still isn’t technically a New York Jet | Shutdown Corner - Yahoo! Sports - Chris Chase - The beloved, if not technically-proficient quarterback, still isn't an official member of the New York Jets despite the stutter-step Wednesday trade that sent him to Broadway for a fourth-round pick. Because of the salary advance issue that almost sent him elsewhere, Tebow had to sign a new, restructured contract with the Denver Broncos before the trade was consummated. ESPN reported the news. Tebow has to stay a Bronco for 24 more hours and then can be traded to the Jets, which he will be this weekend. On Monday, finally, he will be announced as the team's new "backup" quarterback.
Suit alleges financial fraud at TBN ministry - LATimes.com - Christopher Goffard - McVeigh's lawsuit alleges that Brittany Koper was promoted to the position of TBN's finance director in July because the network directors needed someone "within the family" to keep its financial "skeletons" hidden. The lawsuit alleges that Paul Crouch Sr. obtained a $50-million Global Express luxury jet for his personal use through a "sham loan," and that TBN funds paid for a $100,000 motor home for dogs owned by his wife, Janice Crouch, a network director. The suit also alleges that TBN bought residences across the country for its directors under the pretext that they were "guest homes" or "church parsonages."
Private jets, 13 mansions and a $100,000 mobile home just for the dogs: Televangelists 'defrauded tens of million of dollars from Christian network' | Mail Online - Two former employees of the world's largest Christian television channel Trinity Broadcasting Network are accusing the non-profit of spending $50 million of its funding on extravagant personal expenses. Among purchases, the network founded by Televangelists Paul and Jan Crouch, is accused of misappropriating its 'charitable assets' toward a $50 million jet, 13 mansions and a $100,000-mobile home for Mrs Crouch's dogs. Their granddaughter, Brittany Koper, 26, recently filed her allegations in court after a brief appointment as the network's chief finance director in July.
Flashback: Sep 22, 2004 - Ex-Worker Accusing TBN Pastor Says He Had Sex to Keep His Job - Los Angeles Times - Ford said, Crouch took him to a TBN-owned cabin near Lake Arrowhead. It was there, Ford said, that Crouch first had sex with him. "I did it because I didn't know if this man is going to throw me straight out of that cabin," Ford said. "And I didn't want to lose my job. I was going to be in trouble if I said no." The next morning, Ford said, Crouch read a Bible passage to him in an attempt to reassure him about the night before. The passage, Proverbs 6:16-19, details seven "detestable" attitudes and acts in God's eyes. Ford said Crouch told him that because homosexuality wasn't listed, the Lord wasn't worried about what they had done. Still, Ford said, Crouch warned him to keep the encounter quiet "because people wouldn't understand."
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