Thursday, April 05, 2012
Kid's family to be recognized Opening Day - Mets Blog - ESPN New York - Adam Rubin - The New York Mets will honor the memory of Gary Carter on Opening Day, Thursday, April 5 at Citi Field with his family participating in a special pre-game ceremony prior to the season’s opener against the Atlanta Braves at 1:10 p.m. Carter passed away February 16 after a courageous 10-month battle with brain cancer. Gary’s wife, Sandy, son, D.J., and daughters, Kimmy and Christy, and their families will be on the field during a moment of silence for their father and for the ceremonial first pitch.
Wednesday, April 04, 2012
Billy Payne struggles to keep focus on the Masters | Jeff Schultz - AJC - Payne unwittingly set himself up again for criticism of Augusta National’s exclusionary membership policies by referencing “our efforts to grow the game of golf,” and saying, “Golf is too precious, too wonderful, to sit on the sidelines and watch decreasing participation.” Problem: His own club excludes 51 percent of the population from membership potential. There already was a roomful of media members ready to pounce. Payne’s opening comments just turned the exercise into tee ball.
Braves pitcher's killer freed from prison | ajc.com - Alexis Stevens - Shotkoski's widow told the AJC Wednesday she's shocked that Evans, who had an extensive criminal record before the murder, is a free man. "He should have been in prison for 27 years to protect everyone that is still here," Felicia Shotkoski said by telephone from Chicago, where she works. "I can’t change it. But what I can try and do is protect other people from going through what we went through. This is just plain wrong." Evans pleaded guilty in 1997 to second-degree murder in Dave Shotkoski's death.
O.J. Simpson 'furious with daughter for squandering his $25,000-a-month NFL pension and letting his mansion fall to foreclosure as he sits in jail' - Mail Online
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