Executive senior level experience in new and traditional sports media—web, mobile, TV, radio, magazine, and newspaper. Has successfully worked with the major sports leagues and media companies. In recent years Marc has served as Senior Coordinating Editor for ESPN New Media and Director of SportsNation and as President of Content and Programming for Nobok Sports. His prior experience includes executive posts with AOL Sports Channel, FoxSports.com, Active.com and Sports Illustrated for Kids. Marc was a sportswriter for the Los Angeles Times and is the author of two books--SI For Kids bio on Joe Montana and "Dad, Are You Pumped? A Father-Son Baseball Odyssey."
"Dad, Are You Pumped? A Father-Son Baseball Odyssey"Marc and his 12-year-old son Michael hit the highway on an awesome baseball road trip! Over two weeks, two countries, eight states, and 3,000 miles, the father-son team goes to eight games in six stadiums and visits the baseball, hockey and pro football halls of fame. But their trip is about a lot more than baseball. It is hot dogs, pizzas, laughs, talks, adventures, and misadventures--the stuff that memories are made of. "Dad, Are You Pumped" is about three generations connected by baseball, and how a special game becomes intertwined with family, friendships, and a career.
Friday, August 21, 2009
Adam Lucas
Adam Lucas is the publisher of Tar Heel Monthly and Tar Heels Today and a featured columnist for TarHeelBlue.com. He is the author of four books on Carolina basketball, plus the upcoming official story of the 2009 national championship team, One Fantastic Ride. His current project is the official 100 years of Carolina basketball book, which will be released in the fall of 2010.
From Buster Olney
"if I picked right now, I'd have the Yankees beating the Rockies, in five games....
hope all is well with you,
Buster"
hope all is well with you,
Buster"
Thursday, August 20, 2009
NOT sayin'; jus sayin'
the Boston Red Sox have looked like a World Championship team versus the Toronto Blue Jays ...
at times ...
KEEP THE FAITH Red Sox Nation.
Keep The Faith!
at times ...
KEEP THE FAITH Red Sox Nation.
Keep The Faith!
Wednesday, August 19, 2009
Kevin O'Neill (USC)
Kevin O’Neill, 52, was named the new USC men’s basketball head coach on June 20, 2009, replacing Tim Floyd who resigned on June 9, 2009 after four strong seasons of leading the Trojans. O’Neill brings 13 years of collegiate and NBA head coaching experience and has worked in the coaching ranks for 30 years. Last year, he served as an assistant coach and special assistant to the general manager of the NBA’s Memphis Grizzlies. He has extensive knowledge of the Pac-10 and West Coast basketball as he served as an assistantat Arizona from 1987-89 when the Wildcats compiled an 82-19 record and went to three straight NCAA Tournaments, reached one Final Four and posted two first-place and one second-place finish in thePac-10. He then served as the Arizona interim head coach for the 2007-08 season when Lute Olson took a leaveof absence. O’Neill guided Arizona to a 19-15 record and into theNCAA Tournament despite directing a team with four of its top five players being freshmen or sophomores. O’Neill began his NCAA Division I collegiate head coaching career at Marquette, where he went 86-62 (.581) in five seasons (1990-94)and had three postseason appearances. His initial team in 1990 went 15-14 and played in the NIT, the school’s first winning season and postseason trip since 1987. His 1993 squad was 20-8 (Marquette’s first 20-win seasonsince 1985) and captured the school’s first NCAA berth since 1983. That season, he was named the Great Midwest Conference Co-Coach of the Year, Basketball Weekly Midwest Coach of the Year and National Association of Basketball Coaches District 11 Coach of theYear and he was a finalist for Associated Press National Coach of the Year. Marquette then went 24-9 in 1994 to earnits first-ever league title and he guided the Warriors to their first NCAA Sweet Sixteen berth since 1979. O’Neill was selected as the 1994 Great Midwest Coach of the Year and the NABC District 11 Co-Coach of the Year. His final two Marquette teams led the nation in defensive field goal percentage. While at Marquette, he was featured in the 1994 Oscar-nominated documentary,“Hoop Dreams.” He then became Tennessee’s head coach for three seasons (1995-97), inheriting a team that had won just five games in 1994 and getting theVolunteers into the NIT by his second season. O’Neill then served as the head coach at Northwestern for three seasons (1998-2000), where he went 30-56. The 1999 Wildcats team was 15-14 (its first winning season since 1994) and played in the NIT, just the third postseason appearance in school history. He then moved on to the NBA as an assistant coach, spending the 2001 season with the playoff-bound New York Knicks and then two seasons (2002-03) with the Detroit Pistons. The Pistons won 50 games, were the Central Division champs and appeared in the playoffs both seasons (advancing to the Eastern Conference Finals in 2003) and were regarded among the NBA’s premier defensive teams. O’Neill served as the Toronto Raptors’ head coach in 2004. His team started out 25-25 and was in position to make the NBA playoffs, but then injuries struck and the team finished with a 33-49 record, just missing a playoff spot. He spent the next three years (2005-07) with the Indiana Pacers, the first two as an assistant as the club made the NBA playoffs both seasons and the third as a consultant.
O’Neill began his coaching career asthe head coach at Central High in Hammon, N.Y. in 1980, then spent the next two years (1981-82) as the head coach at North Country Coummunity College in Saranac Lake, N.Y. Within two seasons the program earned aberth in the Region III junior college playoffs. In 1983 he served as the head coach at the NAIA’s Marycrest College in Davenport, Ia. He then became an assistant coach at Delaware for two seasons (1984-85), Tulsa in 1986 and Arizona (1987-89) before landing the head coaching job at Marquette. The Tulsa team went 23-9, won the 1986 Missouri Valley Conference tournament and made the NCAA Tournament.
O’Neill was a three-year basketball letterman at McGill University in Montreal(1976-79), helping the Redmen to a 52-35(.598) mark in his career. In his 1978 junior season, McGill posted a school-record 28 wins and advanced to the Canadian Interuniversity Sport national championship tournament. He received his bachelor’s degree in education from McGill in 1979 and his master’s degree in secondary education from Marycrest in 1983.
O’Neill was born on Jan. 24, 1957, in Malone, N.Y. His wife’s name is Roberta. He has a son, Sean.
O’Neill began his coaching career asthe head coach at Central High in Hammon, N.Y. in 1980, then spent the next two years (1981-82) as the head coach at North Country Coummunity College in Saranac Lake, N.Y. Within two seasons the program earned aberth in the Region III junior college playoffs. In 1983 he served as the head coach at the NAIA’s Marycrest College in Davenport, Ia. He then became an assistant coach at Delaware for two seasons (1984-85), Tulsa in 1986 and Arizona (1987-89) before landing the head coaching job at Marquette. The Tulsa team went 23-9, won the 1986 Missouri Valley Conference tournament and made the NCAA Tournament.
O’Neill was a three-year basketball letterman at McGill University in Montreal(1976-79), helping the Redmen to a 52-35(.598) mark in his career. In his 1978 junior season, McGill posted a school-record 28 wins and advanced to the Canadian Interuniversity Sport national championship tournament. He received his bachelor’s degree in education from McGill in 1979 and his master’s degree in secondary education from Marycrest in 1983.
O’Neill was born on Jan. 24, 1957, in Malone, N.Y. His wife’s name is Roberta. He has a son, Sean.
Ethan Zohn
Ethan Zohn is the 2002 winner of the reality television show Survivor. With his 1 million dollar prize money, Ethan co-founded Grassroot Soccer, a nonprofit organization that trains professional soccer players to teach African children, through a tailor-made curriculum, about HIV/AIDS prevention. Since its founding GRS has caught the attention of (and now partners with) Nike, the Gates Foundation, FIFA Futbol for Hope, Daimler Chrysler, DeBeers and Kellogg Foundation, and ‘graduated’ over 300,000 youths. By the FIFA World Cup in South Africa in 2010, the organization’s goal is to graduate one million African youths from the program.
In August 2008, Ethan officially launched Grassroot Soccer UNITED an international, youth-led movement to raise money and build awareness for his foundation and mission to end HIV/AIDS in Africa, by embarking on a world-record-breaking 550-mile journey on foot, from Boston, MA, to Washington, D.C. – dribbling a soccer ball the entire route. Ethan is also the national spokesperson for America Scores, an organization that helps inner city kids participate in educational soccer programs. Other extensive charity work includes the Colon Cancer Alliance, Intergovernmental Renewable Energy Organization (IREO), Autism Speaks, St. Jude Hospital, and Maccabi USA.
In May—less than 30 days after his diagnoses with Hodgkin’s Lymphoma—Ethan was asked to serve as National Ambassador for “Stand Up 2 Cancer.” Ethan has also been asked to stand in for Lance Armstrong as the keynote speaker for all of the Livestrong Challenge Races this summer while Lance is training and competing in the Tour de France. And he plans to do both while battling his cancer.
In recognition for his charitable work, Ethan has been awarded the Nkosi Johnson Community Spirit Award by the International Association of Physicians in AIDS Care, the Heroes Among Us Award from the Boston Celtics and the Massachusetts State Health Department, and the Auxilia Chimusoro Award from the U.S. State Department in Zimbabwe. In addition, he was awarded The 2007 Peace Abby “Courage of Conscience,” the 2008 A Caring Hand’s “Philanthropic Achievement Award,” and was named one of People Magazine’s “Helpers of the Year” in 2005.
Among his many broadcast credits, Ethan’s own television show, EarthTripping —profiling eco-friendly travel and adventure around the globe—premiered internationally in 2008. Ethan has also hosted The MSG Soccer Report (Madison Square Garden Network) and F.C. Fox (Fox Soccer Channel), in addition to working as a commentator and soccer analyst for The U.S. Men’s National team at the 2002 World Cup in Korea and Japan, MLS, USL1, MISL, and ESPN Radio.
Other credits include Survivor: All-Stars, Eco-Challenge Fiji, Fear Factor, Challenger World, Celebrity Paranormal Project, guest-host appearances on MTV and VH1, a principal role in the feature film The Scorned, and TV and print campaigns for HP, PUMA and Nike. Recently, Ethan was featured in the documentary film A Closer Walk along with The Dalai Lama, Bono and Kofi Annan.
As a motivational speaker, Ethan routinely addresses high school, college, corporate and professional sports audiences. In 2005, he was voted Campus Activities Magazine’s ‘Rookie Speaker of the Year’.
Originally from Lexington, MA, Ethan graduated from Vassar College in upstate New York, going on to play professional soccer for Highlanders FC (Zimbabwe), Cape Cod Crusaders (Massachusetts, USA) and Hawaii Tsunami (Hawaii, USA). Ethan also played for the 1997 and 2001 U.S. National Maccabiah squads.
Off the field, from 1998 to 2002, Ethan was the Assistant Coach for the Fairleigh Dickinson University Men and Women’s soccer teams. In 2003, he was Head Coach of the U.S. National Maccabiah team at the Pan-American Maccabiah Games, in Santiago, Chile.
Ethan is also an aspiring inventor. His EZ Crunchbowl (www.ezcrunchbowl.com) will be featured on the Discovery Channel hit Pitch Men with Anthony Sullivan and Billy Mays.
Ethan resides in New York City.
In August 2008, Ethan officially launched Grassroot Soccer UNITED an international, youth-led movement to raise money and build awareness for his foundation and mission to end HIV/AIDS in Africa, by embarking on a world-record-breaking 550-mile journey on foot, from Boston, MA, to Washington, D.C. – dribbling a soccer ball the entire route. Ethan is also the national spokesperson for America Scores, an organization that helps inner city kids participate in educational soccer programs. Other extensive charity work includes the Colon Cancer Alliance, Intergovernmental Renewable Energy Organization (IREO), Autism Speaks, St. Jude Hospital, and Maccabi USA.
In May—less than 30 days after his diagnoses with Hodgkin’s Lymphoma—Ethan was asked to serve as National Ambassador for “Stand Up 2 Cancer.” Ethan has also been asked to stand in for Lance Armstrong as the keynote speaker for all of the Livestrong Challenge Races this summer while Lance is training and competing in the Tour de France. And he plans to do both while battling his cancer.
In recognition for his charitable work, Ethan has been awarded the Nkosi Johnson Community Spirit Award by the International Association of Physicians in AIDS Care, the Heroes Among Us Award from the Boston Celtics and the Massachusetts State Health Department, and the Auxilia Chimusoro Award from the U.S. State Department in Zimbabwe. In addition, he was awarded The 2007 Peace Abby “Courage of Conscience,” the 2008 A Caring Hand’s “Philanthropic Achievement Award,” and was named one of People Magazine’s “Helpers of the Year” in 2005.
Among his many broadcast credits, Ethan’s own television show, EarthTripping —profiling eco-friendly travel and adventure around the globe—premiered internationally in 2008. Ethan has also hosted The MSG Soccer Report (Madison Square Garden Network) and F.C. Fox (Fox Soccer Channel), in addition to working as a commentator and soccer analyst for The U.S. Men’s National team at the 2002 World Cup in Korea and Japan, MLS, USL1, MISL, and ESPN Radio.
Other credits include Survivor: All-Stars, Eco-Challenge Fiji, Fear Factor, Challenger World, Celebrity Paranormal Project, guest-host appearances on MTV and VH1, a principal role in the feature film The Scorned, and TV and print campaigns for HP, PUMA and Nike. Recently, Ethan was featured in the documentary film A Closer Walk along with The Dalai Lama, Bono and Kofi Annan.
As a motivational speaker, Ethan routinely addresses high school, college, corporate and professional sports audiences. In 2005, he was voted Campus Activities Magazine’s ‘Rookie Speaker of the Year’.
Originally from Lexington, MA, Ethan graduated from Vassar College in upstate New York, going on to play professional soccer for Highlanders FC (Zimbabwe), Cape Cod Crusaders (Massachusetts, USA) and Hawaii Tsunami (Hawaii, USA). Ethan also played for the 1997 and 2001 U.S. National Maccabiah squads.
Off the field, from 1998 to 2002, Ethan was the Assistant Coach for the Fairleigh Dickinson University Men and Women’s soccer teams. In 2003, he was Head Coach of the U.S. National Maccabiah team at the Pan-American Maccabiah Games, in Santiago, Chile.
Ethan is also an aspiring inventor. His EZ Crunchbowl (www.ezcrunchbowl.com) will be featured on the Discovery Channel hit Pitch Men with Anthony Sullivan and Billy Mays.
Ethan resides in New York City.
Sunday, August 16, 2009
Y. E. Yang defeats Tiger by 3 strokes!
South Korean, Y.E. Yang, won the 91st PGA Championship; eagles 14 and birdies 18.
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