Josiah

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xCSzysu_flY

MLB's Ben Zobrist

#18 recalls receiving his first professional paycheck after playing the Vermont Expos at Centennial Field in 2004.

2009 MLB All Star, Ben Zobrist, played for Tri-City of the New York-Penn League back then.

(For copies of this or any other interview, email wdev@radiovermont.com or BeInteresting@yahoo.com)

Are you kidding me?

Chia-Obama

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rPlbVjTSTtQ

Wow.

Dec. 5th Coach Michael McDonough @ 9:05 PM

Seven (7) Overtimes

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GlP3s0_N_Vw&playnext=1&list=PL81830551A6FE0967&index=22

Michael McDonough
Head Men's Basketball Coach

mmcdonough@svc.edu

Education:

University of Notre Dame, degree in Architecture, 1974

Professional Experience:

Southern Vermont College, 2010-Present, Assistant Athletic Director
Southern Vermont College, 2004-Present, Head Men’s Basketball Coach (43-104)
Southern Vermont College, 2001-2004, Assistant Men’s Basketball Coach
During which time the Mountaineers won the 2002 Great Northeast Athletic Conference Championship
Advanced to the second round of the NCAA Tournament
2003 finished second in the GNAC and received an invitation to the ECAC Tournament
Mt. Anthony Union High School, 1981-1999, Assistant coach of boy’s basketball
During which time the Patriots won five consecutive Vermont Division I State Championships and made seven final four appearances.

University of Notre Dame

Served as a student manager for football under Coach Ara Parseghian
Senior basketball manager for former Irish coach and current ESPN basketball analyst Richard "Digger" Phelps.

Has been a guest clinician for:

Vermont Basketball Coaches Association
High school basketball summer camps

Returns to Notre Dame each summer as a director of Coach Mike Brey's summer basketball camps.

Community Involvement:

Currently serving on the Bennington Planning Commission and the Vermont Downtown Development Board.
Past President of the Park-McCullough House Association and the Better Bennington Corporation.
Served as Chair of the Bennington Historic Preservation Commission.

Full Bio:

Michael McDonough enters his sixth year as the head coach of men's basketball. McDonough is responsible for managing all aspects of the program as an NCAA Division III member.

Prior to assuming the head coaching position, McDonough served as an assistant at Southern Vermont for three seasons, during which time the Mountaineers won the 2002 Great Northeast Athletic Conference Championship, advancing to the second round of the NCAA Tournament, and in 2003 finishing second in the GNAC and receiving an invitation to the ECAC Tournament. The Mountaineers returned to the GNAC Quarterfinals in 2006.

Coach McDonough believes in giving players the opportunity to perform and use their skills on the court, while living up to their responsibilities as students and citizens off the court, believing the two go hand-in-hand.

A native of Bennington, McDonough has extensive basketball experience. While an undergraduate at the University of Notre Dame, he served as a student manager for football under Coach Ara Parseghian and served as the senior basketball manager for former Irish coach and current ESPN basketball analyst Richard "Digger" Phelps.

McDonough graduated from Notre Dame with a degree in Architecture and is a licensed architect with his own private practice. Upon returning to Bennington, McDonough coached for six years in the Mount Anthony Youth Athletic Association Basketball Program, serving as program director for three years.

McDonough joined the Mt. Anthony Union High School boy's basketball staff in 1981 under his former coach and New England Hall of Fame member David Fredrickson, serving as freshman coach and varsity assistant for 18 years, during which time the Patriots won five consecutive Vermont Division I State Championships and made seven final four appearances.

Coach McDonough has also been a guest clinician for the Vermont Basketball Coaches Association and high school basketball summer camps, and returns to Notre Dame each summer as a director of Coach Mike Brey's summer basketball camps.

Coach McDonough has had considerable involvement in community affairs, currently serving on the Bennington Planning Commission and the Vermont Downtown Development Board, and is a past President of the Park-McCullough House Association and the Better Bennington Corporation, and served as Chair of the Bennington Historic Preservation Commission.
His efforts have been recognized with service awards from Mt. Anthony Union High School, the Chamber of Commerce, the Better Bennington Corporation and the Bennington County Regional Commission, and by being named a Paul Harris Fellow by the Bennington Rotary Club.
He resides in Bennington with wife Sandy.
For more information on the Southern Vermont College men's basketball program, contact Coach McDonough at mmcdonough@svc.edu or call 802.447.4658.

Carl Parton

Special thanks to Carl Parton for joining my sports rant and talk show "SCORE, the Sunday Night Special Edition."

http://www.cvtsport.net/

Check it!

DECEMBER 5th, 2010 on WDeV

Coach Jim Johnson with Bobby Plump
(aka "Jimmy Chitwood" of Hoosiers).

MLB All Star Ben Zobrist.

Red Sox Pitching/InterLeague

2010 InterLeague

13 Wins, 5 Losses

5/17, 2B, 2 RBI, R

Jon Lester:  0/3, RBI, Walk, 2 K's
John Lackey:  2/5, Double, Run, K
Daisuke Matsuzaka:  2/4, RBI
Tim Wakefield:  0/4, Walk, 2 K's
Clay Buchholz:  1/1, Single

Boston Red Sox

after last evening's 2-0 victory; and 6th consecutive win, the Red Sox are currently tied for 2nd in the America League East w/ the Tampa Bay Rays, trailing the NY Yankees by one game

for the C's to win Game 7

In my opinion:

The loss of Perk may become a blessing in disguise.  If Sheed plays great post defense, the C's should/could be okay.  Both Sheed and Baby can hit a jumper; i.e., extend the defense, therefore opening the lane for Rondo to get to the rim.

*Rondo needs to understand being fouled by one of LA's bigs is just as important as making the free throws in this Game 7.

Sheed's stated he'll emerge in the playoffs.  Has there ever been a bigger game for "GuaranSheed"?

Pierce and KG will be All Stars.  Ray Ray will if the refs allow him to be ... Referee calls will play a huge role; as the key to the C's defense vs. the Lakers bigs will be understand the difference between tough and physical, hustle, "wile-veteranism" and looking for a call/to make a call.

LA ... Kobe, Fisher, Pau, Artest, Odom ...

Celtics starters must play the game min. they did in high school.  Boston's bench not only needs to bring energy but must execute defensively and move the ball on offense.  Do not settle for jump shots unless they come out of the offense.  Foul the bigs out, double team Kobe; and pray he has an off game.

2010 NBA Finals ... ESPN Classic Series; C's by 5.

(or LA by 15)

Ray Allen

My observation saw Ray's looks off more one-on-one misdirection to get open vs. the team setting multiple double and staggered screens.  Pierce and Ray's shot were short, flat almost; but Game 4 & 5 better be different for the Green.

Coach Wooden

http://www.nba.com/2010/news/features/scott_howard_cooper/06/04/wooden.obit/index.html

MARK COFMAN

162-0: IMAGINE A RED SOX PERFECT SEASON

By Mark Cofman/Foreword by Tony Massarotti

Even the greatest baseball teams lose 30 percent or more of their games each season. The Boston Red Sox have put together some very impressive regular season records in recent history, including their World Series championship teams in 2004 and 2007; however, they never won more than 65.3% percent of their games during those two years.

But imagine, Boston fans, a year in which the Red Sox never lose a single game. An undefeated regular season including a season-long sweep of the dreaded Yankees…perfection at its greatest! Author and Boston journalist Mark Cofman envisions just that in his new book 162-0: Imagine a Red Sox Perfect Season

Complete with a foreword from Boston Globe writer Tony Massarotti, Cofman chronicles the most memorable victories on each and every single day of the baseball calendar season, including:

¨ The first ever game at Fenway – a win against New York – on April 20, 1912
¨ Roger Clemens striking out a record 20 Mariners on April 29, 1986
¨ Cy Young chalking up the only perfect game in Red Sox history on May 5, 1904
¨ Cancer survivor Jon Lester’s no-hitter against the Royals on May 19, 2008
¨ Ted Williams home run in his career finale on September 28, 1960
¨ Carl Yastrzemski winning the AL Triple Crown on October 1, 1967

Ranging from games with incredible historical significance to great individual Red Sox achievements, 162-0: Imagine a Red Sox Perfect Season is a classic must-have for Sox fans that reflects back on the greatest moments in Boston Red Sox lore and ponders the impossible…a perfect season both at Fenway Park and on the road.

About the author: A 30-year newspaper veteran, Mark Cofman is currently a freelance writer and an adjunct professor at Endicott College in Beverly , Massachusetts . A 1979 graduate of Emerson College in Boston, he began his newspaper career at the Marlboro ( Mass. ) Enterprise and was the sports editor of the Fitchburg ( Mass. ) Sentinel before joining the sports staff of the Boston Herald in 1985. He worked at the Herald as a beat writer and editor for 18 years, and in subsequent years continued to contribute to that newspaper on a freelance basis. Cofman also served as editor of the Boston Globe’s weekly sports publication, OT, which ended operation in March 2009. He lives in Hull , Massachusetts , with his wife, Paula, their 11-year-old daughter, Giana, and the family’s four-year-old dog, Homer.

MARK GOODMAN

Mark Goodman is a high school sports editor in the Greater Boston area for Gatehouse Media and a European soccer correspondent for World Soccer Reader. A graduate of the University of Rhode Island, he attended his first pro soccer match in 2003 and has been hooked ever since.

http://www.worldsoccerreader.com/

Coach Mike Salmon

Coach Mike Salmon returns in 2010 to the Ice Storm after a three year hiatus. An original member of the team, Mike played in 2001 and 2002 as a defensive back and linebacker. In 2002 Vermont went on to win the championship of the New England Football League by defeating the New England Stars 18-0 in Boston, MA.

In 2003 Salmon retired from playing to concentrate on coaching. Over the next four years he coached the defensive backfield, special teams, running backs and in 2006 was elevated to the defensive coordinator position. That year, 2006, the team moved up to the Triple A level and entered the Empire Football League. The Ice Storm advanced to the second round in the national tournament before bowing to the eventual National runner-up team, the Albany Metro Mallers.

In 2007 Salmon took a leave from the Ice Storm and along with his wife Linda successfully formed a single A semi-pro football team located in Barre, VT. Salmon as the Vermont Ravens Head Coach for two years and defensive coordinator for one helped the team reach the New England Football league's championship game two out of three years.

Mike is a 1977 graduate of South Burlington High School and a former football player for the Rebels. Shortly after graduating from SBHS he met his wife Linda with whom he has shared the last 32 years. Together they have five children and eleven grandchildren.

Coach Salmon has been employed by Triangle Metal Fab in Milton for the past 14 years as shop Foreman. Residing in Colchester, the family enjoy boating on Lake Champlain, and cheering on the local sports teams from UVM, St. Michael's, the Lake Monsters and Frost Heaves. In his spare time Mike coaches the Colchester Rockets, who are the recreation department's 5-6 grade basketball team.

from the Boston Globe

http://www.boston.com/sports/hockey/bruins/gallery/05_04_10_famous_bites/

Sun., May 9th, 2010

BOSTON RED SOX

vs.

NEW YORK YANKEES

@ Fenway Park

C.J. KNUDSEN

Connecticut Tigers
Vice President of Operations

2010 mark's C.J.'s fifteenth season in Minor League Baseball. He started his career in 1995 as an intern with the Vermont Expos of the New York-Penn League, before graduating from Keene State College in 1996 with a B.S. in Physical Education, specializing in Sport Management.

Knudsen served as the General Manager of the Vermont Expos/Lake Monsters from June 2000 to November 2009.

Knudsen was the recipient of the 2006 Robert Julian Community & Baseball Service Award, an honor given by the New York-Penn League to an individual for their contributions to both their community and to baseball. In 2003, he was also recognized for his work by receiving the New York-Penn League Executive of the Year award.

Knudsen was born in Poughkeepsie, New York and raised in Burlington, Vermont. He spends his "limited" free time with his family and friends, fishing, skiing, traveling and frequently playing a bad round of golf.

Sun., April 25th, 2010

NATE CLOUTIER
(GM of the Vermont Lake Monsters; http://www.vermontlakemonsters.com/)

Nate was named Lake Monsters General Manager on November 9, 2009 and has been with the organization since 2002. Nate was the team's Assistant General Manager 2007-2009 after holding positions such as Director of Ticket Operations, Merchandise Operations and Publications & Graphic Design 2002-2007. A 1998 graduate of St. Johnsbury Academy, where a two-time Vermont State Decathlon Champion, member of the 1997 Division One State Championship basketball team and a two-time captain of the Track and Field team. Also a 2002 graduate of University of Vermont's Self-Designed program where he focused on Advertising. Nate's career began in Australia during the 2000 Olympic Games, helping the USA Track and Field team on their way to gold.

HANNAH KEARNEY

Birthday: Feb. 26, 1986

Freestyle Skiing - Moguls

2006 Olympian

2010 Olympic gold medalist

Vancouver 2010 Olympic Winter Games

February 13, 2010 - Kearney brought home the first gold medal for Team USA in the 2010 Games with a championship run in moguls at Cypress Mountain, British Columbia. Following a disappointing performance at her first Olympics in 2006, Kearney said she learned from the experience and leveraged that growth to do what she needed to do to win.

Personal Specs

Height: 5'6"

Short List Performance

2006 Olympic Winter Games - 22nd
2005 World Champion
2009 World Championships bronze medalist (dual moguls), 14th (moguls)
2009 World Cup Season Champion
2010 Olympic Winter Games gold medalist
Vancouver 2010 Olympic Winter Games

Kearney's gold is the first gold medal for the U.S. women since Donna Weinbrecht won women's moguls at the Albertville 1992 Olympics.

Personal

Kearney started skiing at age 2, coming up through the Ford Sayre program and Nick Preston's Black and Blue Trail Smashers Team at Waterville Valley, N.H. Prior to winning four Junior World Championships in moguls, she was a high school state soccer and track champion. Once Kearney narrowed her focus to moguls full-time, she won two competitions in her first World Cup season at age 17. She missed the 2007 World Championships due to a torn knee ligament, then missed three weeks in 2008 with a concussion.

Kearney is a member of a sports-crazed family. Her mother is a recreation director in Norwich; her brother, Denny, is a star hockey player at Yale; and her dad used to coach Denny in Babe Ruth baseball. Kearney was a straight-A student.

Did You Know...?

While injured in 2007, she took in a 7-year-old Rhodesian Ridgeback dog, Lola, from an elderly woman who couldn't care for her

Carries photos of family and friends and knitting supplies on the road
 
BOB RYAN
(http://www.en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Ryan)

ZEKE MARKSHAUSEN

Tonight I have the good fortune of interviewing Zeke Markshausen.

:: 5' 11" 185 lbs
:: WR at Northwestern University
:: 2009 Season: 91 catches, 858 receiving yds
:: 91 catches are 2nd in NWU history and seventh-most in Big Ten history
:: 2009 Second-Team All-Big Ten
:: 2009 CoSIDA First-Team Academic All-American
:: Two-time Academic All-Big Ten

(www.empowersports.com/markshausen_page.htm)

Thank you!

Thanks again for supporting Habitat for Humanity (http://www.centralvermonthabitat.org/).

The game last night with the Harlem Ambassadors was a tremendous success.  Thanks again to all of those who take part, gave and attended the event.

GAME DAY

Tonight, get out and watch Habitat for Humanity take on the Harlem Ambassadors @ the Barre Auditorium, 6 PM Tip Off!

TJ Sorrentine, Germain Mopa Njila, Benson Callier, Bobby Shedd, Jen Niebling and other local stars join myself on the Habitat  "Old School" squad.

Get there early and bring a Sharpie w/ your camera! (No, we won't autograph your camera; unless you request ;)

PBL to reinstate Puerto Rico Capitanes; Frost Heaves lose hopes of postseason

Recording interviews w/:

Nate Cloutier (http://www.vermontlakemonsters.com/)
Thomas Williams (son of the Orlando Magic co-founder, Pat Williams; now working with the Boston Red Sox)
Tobe Carberry (UVM alum & 2000 College Slam Dunk Contest runner-up)
Brad Daugherty (UNC & Cleveland Cavaliers alum; NASCAR analyst)
Bob Ryan (http://www.boston.com/)

Pls email any questions to BeInteresting@yahoo.com

BOBBY PLUMP (aka "Jimmy Chitwood")

From Milan to Butler; and now back on WDeV FM and AM Sun., April 11th @ 9:10 PM, Bobby Plump!

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/31/sports/ncaabasketball/31plump.html

http://www.milan54.org/

Joshua Sacco

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZkqAErSitJM

A Captain's Duty: Somali Pirates, Navy SEALS and Dangerous Days at Sea

CAPTAIN RICHARD PHILLIPS

http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5hmRr3LDkQW1Edfy0J3PTCZyg8x1gD9EPMUCO2

MARQUS BLAKELY: 22nd Annual State Farm Slam Dunk Contest

Watch UVM's Marqus Blakely in tonight's 22nd Annual State Farm Slam Dunk Contest, 9 PM on ESPN!

2010 NIT Final Four

Madison Square Garden, New York City

NATIONAL INVITATIONAL TOURNAMENT

#3 Dayton vs. #2 Mississippi
#2 Rhode Island vs. #4 North Carolina

No number one seed advanced to the NIT Final Four. Illinois (Dayton), Arizona State (Mississippi), Virginia Tech (Rhode Island) & Mississippi State (North Carolina) all find themselves watching the NCAA, NIT & CBI Championships from the comfort of their dorm room.

This all begs the question; and no I'm not simple posting because I'm a Carolina "homer"; but who holds the rights to the NIT, and CBI for that matter? ESPN?

CBS currently holds the rights to the NCAA tournament. If any sort of expansion occurs, what will it do to the NIT, and/or CBI?

(My suggestion for NCAA expansion either drop the play-in game; or add a play-in game for each region. THAT is it.)

Regarding UNC, ... possible back-to-back "Championships" in Chapel Hill ...

Here's a nice article courtesy of USA Today,

http://www.usatoday.com/sports/college/mensbasketball/2010-03-29-north-carolina-nit_N.htm

WDeV "Fairness to Fans Machine" Boston Red Sox tickets

Email wdev@radiovermont.com your name, address & telephone number to be entered to win Boston Red Sox tickets this 2010 season.  One may also mail a postcard with your name, address and telephone number to WDeV, P.O. Box 550 Waterbury, VT 05676.

After your name is announced during Ken Squier's sports at 12:15, you will have 5 minutes and 50 seconds to call the Stations of Radio Vermont and claim your tickets, 802/244-1777 or 877/291-TALK.

Iditarod Musher Bruce Linton to join WDeV tonight at 6:30 PM!

Saturday, March 27th @ WDeV

Turn on WDeV FM and AM tomorrow night as I fill in for Lee Kittell, 6 PM-Midnight at the Stations of Radio Vermont (AM 550 and FM 96.1, 96.5 & 101.9). 

Incredible guest line up you will not want to miss:

7:10 Alex Brandstetter (http://www.slamforsudan.org/)
7:30 Coach Don Meyer (http://www.coachmeyer.com/)
8:10 Andrew Chmura (http://www.grandslamtennistours.com/)
8:30 Ryen Russillo (ESPN Radio)
9:05 Brian Hefferan (http://www.smashlifeagency.com/)
10:05 Adam Deyo (Liberty University)
10:30 Brian Gallagher (http://www.thevermontmountaineers.com/)

As well, the possibility of Coach Mike Lonergan of UVM Men's Basketball!

SHARON DAWLEY: UVM Women's Basketball Head Coach

THIS Thurs., March 18th @ 9:05 PM, SHARON DAWLEY will join the Stations of Radio Vermont, as I fill in for Lee Kittell on his sports talk and rock show "SCORE," WDeV FM and AM!

The 2009-10 season marks the seventh season at the helm of the Vermont women's basketball program for head coach Sharon Dawley. She was introduced as head coach at the University of Vermont on June 11, 2003.

Dawley owns a career record of 238-142 in 15 years as a head coach at the collegiate level. She is 101-79 in six seasons at Vermont and ranks third among the all-time winningest coaches at UVM. She picked up her 100th career win at Vermont with a 66-56 win over Hartford in the semifinals of the 2009 America East Championship. Dawley earned her 200th career victory with an 80-64 win over Harvard on December 16, 2007.

During her stint on the UVM sidelines 23 of the 28 players that have taken the floor have earned either academic and/or athletic accolades from America East.

Last season (2008-09), Dawley led Vermont to its first America East Championship since 2000 with upset wins over No. 2 Hartford in the semifinals and No. 1 Boston University in the title game. With the championship win, the Catamounts made their first NCAA Tournament appearance in nine years. UVM drew No. 1 Connecticut in the first round of the NCAAs and fell to the eventual national champions.

Courtnay Pilypaitis and May Kotsopoulos led Vermont at the America East Tournament last season. Pilypaitis was named the Most Outstanding Player after averaging 20 points, 8.7 rebounds, 3.6 assists and shooting 9.13 percent from the foul line. Kotsopoulos joined Pilypaitis on the all-tournament team. She averaged 17.3 points and shot 55.6 percent from three-point range and 82.6 percent from the foul line. Kotsopoulos garnered a spot on the ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District I Women's Basketball First Team and was named the America East Women's Basketball Scholar-Athlete for the second straight season.

In 2007-08, Dawley guided Vermont to one of its best seasons in school history. The Catamounts went 24-9 overall, recording the fourth most wins in school history, and were the America East Runners-up during the regular season with a 13-3 league mark. UVM also earned its second trip to the Postseason WNIT Tournament in school history and the first postseason appearance under Dawley. The Catamounts drew regional rival Dartmouth in the first round of the WNIT and Dawley faced her former mentor Chris Wielgus on the opposing sideline. Vermont defeated the Big Green to earn its third postseason victory in school history and advanced to the second round of the WNIT for the second time in the program's history.

Several Catamounts were honored following the 2007-08 season. Pilypaitis was named the America East Player of the Year and garnered a spot on the all-conference first team. Kotsopoulos became the first Catamount to be named the America East Defensive Player of the Year and was also selected to the all-conference second team and all-defensive team. She was also named the America East Women's Basketball Scholar-Athlete.

The 2006-07 season was one of Dawley’s best at Vermont. She led UVM to a 19-12 record and a third place finish in the America East Conference. She guided the Catamounts to a 13-3 start, the best since the 1992-93 season. The year was also highlighted by Vermont’s first-ever win over a ranked opponent when the Catamounts upset No. 22 Boston College in the championship game of the URI Invitational.

After being picked to finish eighth in the 2006-07 America East Preseason Coaches Poll, Dawley led Vermont to a No. 3 seed and the Catamounts advanced to the semifinals of the America East Women’s Basketball Championship. Pilypaitis and Kotsopoulos were unanimous picks for the America East All-Rookie Team. Pilypaitis was a unanimous selection for the America East Rookie of the Year honor and Kotsopoulos became the first Vermont player to earn a spot on the America East All-Defensive Team.

The Catamounts were named one of the most improved teams in the country at the Division I level following the 2006-07 season. Dawley was also the recipient of the 2007 Charles Zabriskie Jr. Awards for Excellence.

The Catamounts posted a record of 9-18 overall in 2005-06. A pair of Vermont players earned America East All-Conference honors. During the season UVM advanced to the championship game of two in-season tournaments and three players earned all-tournament honors.

In 2004-05, the Catamounts were picked to finish seventh in the America East Preseason Coaches Poll, but surpassed the coaches expectations and earned the No. 4 seed in the America East Women's Basketball Championship with an overall record of 14-15 and a 9-9 mark in the league. The Catamounts defeated No. 5 Binghamton, marking Dawley's first America East Tournament victory, in the quarterfinals and advanced to the America East Semifinals for the 14th time in the history of the program.

During the season, the Catamounts advanced to the championship game of two regular season tournaments. UVM opened the 2004-05 campaign with a victory over Louisville in the TD Banknorth Classic at Patrick Gym. Vermont also traveled to San Diego to compete in the Surf-n-Slam Classic, earning a first round win over host San Diego before falling to Mississippi in the title game.

Following the 2004-05 season, Lani Boardman was named to the America East All-Conference Second Team, while teammate Alexis Castro earned America East All-Rookie honors. Boardman, an ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District First Team selection on 2004-05, was also named to the America East All-Championship Team after an impressive performance in the tournament.

In Dawley's first season on the Vermont sidelines (2003-04), she posted the best start by a first-year head coach at Vermont, guiding the Catamounts to a 6-2 mark to begin the season. She earned her first career victory as a Catamount in UVM's 72-51 season opening win over St. Francis (N.Y.) in the first round of the TD Bank Classic. Dawley recorded her first America East victory with a 92-76 win over Stony Brook (Jan. 13, 2004) at Patrick Gym.

Dawley also guided Vermont to a five-game win streak to close out the regular season, which included victories over No.1 Maine, No. 2 Binghamton and No. 4 Albany on the road. Vermont's victory over Maine in Alfond Arena snapped the Black Bear's 31-game conference win streak. At the end of the year, Aaron Yantzi was named to the America East All-Conference First Team.

Under Dawley's guidance, the Vermont women's basketball team has also earned success in the classroom. During her six years at the helm of the Catamounts, her student-athletes have earned 55 America East Academic Honor Roll citations, including 23 nominations to the America East Commissoner's Academic Honor Roll for achieving a cumulative grade-point average of 3.5 or higher.

Kotsopoulos has earned the America East Women's Basketball Scholar-Athlete honor twice heading into the 2009-10 season. Three players, Kotsopoulos, Boardman '05 and Brittney Cross '07 including Kotsopoulos have been named to the ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District I Women's Basketball First Team and gone on to be on the national academic All-America ballot.

In 2008-09 Amy Rosenkrantz was a finalist for the Lowe's Senior CLASS Women's Basketball Award. An acronym for Celebrating Loyalty and Achievement for Staying in School, the Lowe’s Senior CLASS Award encourages student-athletes to use their platform in college athletics to make a positive impact of their circle of influence. Finalists were selected from a list of 30 candidates based on personal qualities that define a complete student-athlete. Each finalist displays numerous accomplishments across all four award pillars: classroom, community, character and competition.

In 2003-04, Dawley's first year at Vermont, the Catamounts ranked 10th out of the 25 Division I teams selected to the Women's Basketball Coaches Association (WBCA) Academic Top 25 Team Honor Roll for Division I. The award recognized the nation's highest team grade point averages (GPA) for the that season. The Catamounts posted a 3.35 overall GPA and were the top team among the women's basketball programs in the America East. In 2004-05, Vermont posted a team GPA of 3.20 in to lead all America East women's basketball teams.

Prior to arriving at Vermont, Dawley spent 10 years as a member of the women's basketball staff at nearby Dartmouth College. She served as an assistant coach from 1993-1997 and was promoted to associate head women's basketball coach under head coach Chris Wielgus in July of 1997.

During Dawley's decade-long stint on the Dartmouth sideline, the Big Green won four Ivy League Championships and advanced to the NCAA Tournament three times, including back-to-back appearances in 1999 and 2000. Dawley was instrumental in the Big Green's success over the 10 years. During her tenure every four-year player at Dartmouth graduated with at least one Ivy League Championship ring.

Before joining the Dartmouth staff, Dawley served as head women's basketball coach at Tufts University for nine seasons. She compiled a record of 137-62 (.688) and still owns the record for most wins and best winning percentage in the program's history.

She led the Jumbos to a Northeast Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Championship in just her third season (1986-87). Tufts reached the NIAC title game in her first five years. The Jumbos also reached the ECAC Championship semifinals in three of Dawley's final four seasons, the first postseason appearances in the program's history.

In October of 2009, Dawley was inducted into the New England Basketball Hall of Fame. She was one of two inductees in the Division I College Women's Coaches category.

A native of Revere, Mass., Dawley earned a bachelor of arts degree in business from St. Anselm College (Manchester, N.H.) in 1983. She was a four-year member of the women's basketball team. During her senior season the Hawks posted a record of 22-6 overall, earned a #15 national ranking and won the ECAC Division II Championship.

www.uvm.edu/athletics/womens_basketball/coaches/coach_profile.php?sport=womens_basketball&coach_id=47

JIM CRAIG

Jim Craig has been called the backbone of a team that accomplished one of the most extraordinary and memorable sports victories of all time. He went on to play professionally and transitioned to tremendous and ongoing success in the business world.

Today Jim Craig travels internationally as a motivational speaker, spokesperson, marketing and sales strategist, and master storyteller. He is president of Gold Medal Strategies, a Boston-area based promotions and marketing firm that also manages and represents Jim and his appearance business. Over the past 25 years, Jim has inspired, instructed, and provided strategic and winning direction for employees and associates from more than 300 organizations, including Allianz, Bayer Corporation, Buena Vista Home Entertainment, Coca-Cola, Dunkin’ Donuts, Evergreen Financial, GE Access, Gore Medical, John Hancock, Next Financial, Time Inc., Walt Disney, Welch’s, and other companies that hold some of the world’s most recognized brands.

An All-American goalie at Boston University and standout for the Terriers’ 1978 NCAA championship squad, Jim was selected as the starting goaltender for the U.S. 1980 Olympic hockey team. At the Lake Placid games his performance was phenomenal. Indispensable to Team U.S.A.’s epic – what some have called miraculous – upset of the Soviet Union was the play of Jim Craig. In the game against the Soviets, the Americans were outshot 42-16, but Jim made 39 saves, many of the spectacular variety, and his teammates scored four times. Two days later, against Finland, Jim was again superb, and the Yanks won, 4-2, to take Olympic gold.

How incredible was the victory over the Soviets? Consider that as the 20th century came to a close, most major media sports polls selected what happened two decades prior in Lake Placid, as the number one sports episode of the previous 100 years.

“It may just be the single most indelible moment in all of U.S. sports history,” said Sports Illustrated of Team USA’s win over the Soviet Union. “One that sent an entire nation into frenzy.”

Following the Olympic Games, Jim Craig played in the NHL where he started for the Atlanta Flames, Boston Bruins, and Minnesota North Stars. While in net for the North Stars, Jim sustained an injury that ended his professional hockey career. Jim is enshrined in the Boston University Athletic Hall of Fame, the International Ice Hockey Federation Hall of Fame, the United State Hockey Hall of Fame, and the United States Olympic Hall of Fame.

When Jim retired from pro hockey, he pursued a marketing and sales career with the same passion, focus, work ethic, and dedication that he put forth on the ice. He signed on as marketing and sales consultant for Valassis Inserts, owned by Australian media magnate Kerry Packer’s Consolidated Press Holdings and the largest freestanding newspaper insert company in the U.S. While with Valassis Inserts and later Valassis Communications (also owned by Consolidated Press Holdings), Jim took an operating unit that had $300,000 in annual sales and over a 10 year period built it to unit that did $50 million in annual sales, the top sales-producing division of the corporation. During these years, Jim received “Salesman of the Year” awards from the Marketing Corporation of America and Valassis Communications.

Jim left Valassis in 2005 to become the top salesman of Hat Trick Group, a company that creates and produces promotions, incentive marketing, and custom premium programs and products. Under his stewardship and guidance, Hat Trick Group developed new products and services and increased annual dollar sales by 80 percent and its number of clients by 30 percent.

In 2007, Jim directed his competitive zeal and devotion to innovation and teamwork to the launch and operation of Gold Medal Strategies. Still in its infancy, the firm has as growing roster of highly satisfied clients all receiving premium value and competitive advantage.

Jim has volunteered for several years as a youth hockey coach and contributes to and supports many philanthropic organizations and causes, including taking to the ice with the Boston Bruins Alumni to play in benefit games.

Jim and his wife, Sharlene (Charlie), have been married for over 20 years. They have a teenage son and daughter, both of whom are talented hockey players, neither of whom play goalie.

courtesy of http://www.jimcraig.net/

Boston Celtics vs. New Jersey Nets Feb. 5th

Join Lee Kittell Sun. night

Host of SCORE, sports talk & rock, Mon.-Sat., 9-midnight w/ open phone lines, 877/291-TALK, as he graciously covers while I am in Michigan the next two Sundays.

This Sun., Valentine's Day, Feb. 14th, 2010

HAROLD JONES (Real life coach of "RADIO")

DAVE MOODY

GARY CHAPMAN

PETER ROBERT CASEY

Peter Robert Casey is the first media credentialed micro-blogger in college basketball history. Labeled a "pioneer" for altering the composition of St. John's press row, Casey's story of social media success was featured in the New York Times, and on the pages of ESPN.com, Sports Illustrated, Mashable, and AOL's Switched

Casey is a basketball blogger for The Huffington Post and Bounce Magazine, and is in the process of creating a 'decision management tool' for NBA GMs. You can keep up with him via Twitter (@Peter_R_Casey) and his website, PeterRobertCasey.com, where he discusses the interplay of basketball, social media and marketing.

KELLEY DEYO (Siemon)

C's 96, Nets 87

Courtside; well, 3 rows behind the C's bench ... Happy the season ticket holders didn't care to watch the Nets!

All that plus Glen Davis' autograph during the pre-game shootaround!

SuperBowl Sun. on WDeV FM and AM

MARINA KNIGHT
(www.vermontolympians.com)

Marina Knight is a staff writer for the Stowe Reporter, who is covering her second Olympic Games. In Torino 2006, she reported for the Stowe Reporter on alpine skiing, cross-country and snowboarding.

For the 2010 Games, her coverage has been expanded to daily radio reports on Waterbury’s WDEV Radio, television reports for WCAX – Burlington’s CBS affiliate and The Valley News, a daily paper covering the upper valley of Vermont and New Hampshire.

In addition to covering the Olympics, Knight is the author of World Cup Notes, a weekly column published in the Stowe Reporter about the FIS Alpine World Cup. She has written for Ski Racing Magazine, Berkshire Living Magazine, Forbes.com and published photos in The Boston Globe. In 2009, she wrote for the United States Ski and Snowboard Association, covering World Cup races in alpine, cross-country, nordic combined and freestyle skiing including moguls, aerials and skicross. In 2006, Knight won the Environmental Reporting award from the New England Press Association.

In addition to writing, Knight is the Web editor at The Stowe Reporter.

DANIEL "RUDY" RUETTIGER
(www.rudyinternational.com)

TJ SORRENTINE

PAT WILLIAMS
(Senior VP and Co-founder of the Orlando Magic)

"Pat Williams is Senior Vice President of the Orlando Magic, the NBA team he co founded in 1987. He has been involved in professional sports for over 45 years and has been affiliated with NBA teams in Chicago, Atlanta and Philadelphia, including the 1983 World Champion 76ers. Known as a master marketer, Pat Williams spearheaded the movement to bring a professional basketball team to Orlando. Twenty-four of his teams have gone to the NBA play-offs and six of them have made the NBA finals. In 1996, Pat was named as one of the “50 most influential people in NBA history.” The Orlando Magic became NBA Finals contenders again in 2009.

Pat Williams is one of America’s top motivational speakers and is the author of over 40 books, including: Go for the Magic, How to Be Like Jesus, The Paradox of Power, Coaching Your Kids to Be Leaders, The Warrior Within, The Pursuit, How to Be Like Walt and What Are You Living For?

Pat Williams was raised in Wilmington, Delaware, earned his Bachelors degree at Wake Forest University, and his Masters degree at Indiana University. He has a doctorate in Humane Letters from Flagler University. Pat Williams is a member of the Wake Forest Sports Hall of Fame, and is also a member of the Delaware Sports Hall of Fame.

As one of America's top motivational, inspirational, and humorous speakers, Pat Williams has addressed employees from many of the Fortune 500 companies and the Million Dollar Round Table. He has been a featured speaker at two Billy Graham Crusades and two Peter Lowe Success Seminars. Pat Williams has also spoken on many university campuses.

After serving for seven years in the United States Army, Pat Williams spent seven years in the Philadelphia Phillies organization, two as a minor league catcher and five in the front office. He then spent three years in the Minnesota Twins organization before moving to the National Basketball Association. Since 1968, Pat has been affiliated with teams in Chicago, Atlanta, Philadelphia, including the 1983 World Champion 76ers, and now the Orlando Magic which he co-founded in 1987 and helped lead to the NBA finals in 1995. They returned to the finals in 2009.

In his NBA career, Pat Williams has traded Pete Maravich, traded for Julius Erving, Moses Malone, Penny Hardaway, and won four NBA draft lotteries, including back-to-back winners in 1992, 1993 and in 2004. He also drafted Charles Barkley, Shaquille O'Neal, Maurice Cheeks, Andrew Toney and Darryl Dawkins and signed Billy Cunningham, Chuck Daly, and Matt Guokas to their first professional coaching contracts. Twelve of Pat Williams’ former players have become NBA Head Coaches and seventeen have become assistant coaches.
Pat Williams helps teach an adult Baptist Sunday school class in Orlando and hosts a weekly sports radio show. He has completed twenty-eight marathons - including the Boston Marathon eight times - and also climbed Mt. Rainier. He is a weight lifter, Civil War buff, and serious baseball fan. Every winter he plays in Major League Fantasy Camps.

Pat Williams and his wife Ruth are the parents of 19 children, including 14 adopted from four nations, ranging in age from 18 to 32. For one year, 16 of his children were all teenagers at the same time. Pat and his family have been featured in Sports Illustrated, Readers Digest, Good Housekeeping, Family Circle, The Wall Street Journal, Focus on the Family, New Man Magazine, plus all of the major television networks, The Maury Povich Show and Dr. Robert Schuller’s Hour of Power." Courtesy of www.bigspeak.com/pat-williams

DAVID CHADWICK
(www.foresthill.org)

Education:

Bachelor of Arts- UNC Chapel Hill
Graduate Degree-University of Florida
Master of Divinity and Dr. of Ministry-Columbia Theological Seminary

College Career:

Member of the 1969 NCAA Final Four Basketball Team

Other Achievements:

Pastor of Forest Hills Church in Charlotte, NC Since 1980
Hosts a Weekly Radio Program: "The David Chadwick Show"
Authored 3 Books: 'The Twelve Leadership Principles of Dean Smith'; 'My Father, My Friend' ; 'Moments of Hope'

(courtesy of mvpspeakers.com/Bio.asp?SpeakerName=Chadwick%2C+David)

Special Feature; Jeff Strohm

Tune in Sun. night for my interview with Jeff Strohm, former Head Coach of the Vermont Frost Heaves. Jeff's contract was terminated by new ownership on Fri., Jan. 22nd.

Sun., Jan. 31st on WDeV FM and AM: SCOREsnse

BOBBY PLUMP (a.k.a., "Jimmy Chitwood" of Hoosiers)

PERSONAL

Date of Birth: 9-9-36 at the family home in Pierceville, IN
Spouse: Jenine Ford Plump
Date of Marriage: 6-14-58
Children: Tari Marie Plump, Kelli Plump Piechocki, Jonathan Ford Plump
Seven Grandchildren
Milan High School
Butler University – Bachelor of Science Degree

Occupation: General Agent in Insurance, Business and Estate Financial Consulting

Owner of “Plump’s Last Shot Restaurant’ in Broad Ripple, IN

ACCOMPLISHMENTS

*Voted one of the 50 Greatest Sports Figures from Indiana in the past century by Sports Illustrated Magazine
*Voted one of the 50 Most Newsworthy Hoosiers of all time for the past century by The Indianapolis Pacers, Indianapolis Star Newspaper, Logo Athletic, and WIBC Radio Station
*Voted one of the ten best all time Butler University Basketball Players
*Governor Evan Bayh presented Bobby with the Sagamore of the Wabash
*Member of the Pan American and Olympic Basketball Playoff Teams
*Member of Indiana Basketball Hall of Fame
*Biography written on his life titled Bobby Plump……Last of the Small Town Heroes

Milan High School

*All county basketball in 1952, 1953, 1954
*All sectional basketball in 1953, 1954
*All regional basketball in 1953, 1954
*All semi-state in basketball in 1953, 1954
*All state in basketball in 1953, 1954
*Final four appearance in basketball in 1953
*Won state championship in basketball in 1954 (the movie HOOSIERS was based on this championship)
*First person ever to play on the state championship “winning” team, be named Mr. Basketball and receive the Trester Award (1954)
*Member of Ripley County Basketball Athletic Hall of Fame

Butler University

*Holds the career record for the most free throws made at Butler University
*Established (since broken) single and career scoring records in basketball at Butler University
*Honorable Mention All American Team Senior Year
*Member of the first Butler N.I.T. team to play basketball in Madison Square Garden
*Member of the 1958 East – West Basketball All Star Team that played in Madison Square Garden
*Most valuable player in basketball junior and senior years at Butler
*Holds free throw percentage record at 94% in the N.I.B.L.
*Member of Butler University Athletic Hall of Fame
*Four your letterman in baseball at Butler University
*All conference in baseball junior and senior years at Butler University
*Voted the #1 Butler Basketball Player of all time by a 2007 Internet vote of fans conducted by the Indianapolis Star Newspaper

CARL PARTON
(www.cvtsport.net)

Married to Sonia Parton (Pharmacist at Medicine Shoppe in Barre)
3 year old son Zack 6 year old daughter Kallista
Active in Plainfield's Macedonia Baptist Church, Led
MBC Youth Adventure Club, faith-based teen "good
choice' activity youth group.

Graduate of:
Twinfield HS 3 Sport Athlete All-State Soccer 1989
and Basketball 1988&1989 Al Hambra Selection 1989.
Lyndon State College Graduate 1Year Varsity Soccer,
4 Year LSC Basketball 1000 point scorer 1000 Rebounds

Coached Freshman then JR hoop at Twinfield 2000-2005.

PA for Frost Heaves 2007-2010

Official Scorer for the VT Mountaineers for their 1st
4 years.

Local Sports Highlight show on public access cable
1995-2001 Central VT Sports Report(CVSR)

Last 3 Years Owner of Central Sports Net www.CVTSport.net

Full game and highlight video of High School and
College Sports, Mountaineers, Thunder Road, Frost
Heaves and VT Ravens.
Work with Times Argus, WDEV, ORCA, CVTV, WSNO, WSKI,
World

Active in local politics, wrote and performed the
campaign jingle for Pat McDonald in 2006.

Served on the Berlin Planning Commission from 2002-2007.

JOHN MCDEVITT
(www.sportstalkschatpack.com)

Co-owner of Side Kick Productions LLC. Side Kick Productions LLC is a sports broadcasting company via the Internet featuring 4 shows:

Sports Talk with the Chat Pack
BBI Online Live - NY Giants fan show
Round by Round - MMA show
2010 Draft Preview - an NFL Draft Preview show

They will be debuting a new show soon, Double File, a Nascar weekly show.

He began broadcasting in 2007 as a color guy for St. Mikes basketball. That stint allowed him to move into his roll as host and producer of Sports Talk with the Chat Pack on ESPN Radio here in Vermont. From there he added Catamount Weekly, a weekly UVM athletics show to his resume.

After leaving ESPN Radio he decided that the show, which was no longer in production with him no longer there, needed to be brought back into production. Thus the creation of Side Kick Productions LLC.

He has had the privilege of interviewing guests like Brandon Jacobs of the NY Giants, Torrey Mitchell of the San Jose Sharks to guys like Leapin Lanny Poffo, James Tobeck and Tom Coughlin.

JIM JOHNSON
(www.coachjimjohnson.com)

Family: wife Pat, physical education teacher and son Tyler going to be a Freshman at the University of Maryland

Job Title:

Physical Education Teacher and Boys Varsity Basketball Coach at Greece Athena High School

Professional Speaker and Workshop Leader

Basketball Coaching Resume 28 years total
Overall record at Varsity level 307-188

Record at Greece Athena 201-81

1 year Freshman coach at Greece Arcadia
2 years J.V. coach at Greece Athena
1 year asst. coach at Genesee Community College
1 year asst coach at Nazareth College
1 year Varsity coach at Churchville Chili HS
2 years Varsity coach at LeRoy HS
7 years Varsity coach at Greece Olympia
13 years Varsity coach at Greece Athena HS

Team Accomplishments:
NYSPHSAA Scholar Athlete Team: 2006-07, 2007-08, 2008-2009
Team QPA Highest in NY State 2007-08.
7 Division Titles (Including 4 in a Row)
2 #1 Seeds Section V Class AA
2 Monroe County Championships
7 Straight Final 4 Appearances in the Section V Basketball Tournament
3 Section V Championships
1st or 2nd place in the division last 16 seasons
.500 or better record the last 16 years

Coaching Honors:
Section V Coach of the Year 1994-95
Division 2 Coach of the Year 2001-02, 2007-08
All Greater Rochester Coach of the Year 2005-06
Town of Greece Coach of the Year 2005-06
Harter, Seacrest, Emery Coach of the Year 2005-06
National Sportsmanship Award 2006
NYSBCA Section V Co-Coach of the Year 2008-2009

Affiliations:
Monroe County Boys Basketball Chairman
Member of the N.Y State Basketball Coaches Association
Member of National Association of Basketball Coaches
Member of the New York State National Speakers Association
Member of the National Speaker's Association
2009-2010 Cambridge Who's Who of Executives, Professionals and Entrepreneurs

Coach Johnson Appearances:
Honoree at the Bubel-Aiken (Clay Aiken, American Idol Runner-Up) Charity Dinner 2007
Met President Bush, Senator Hillary Clinton, Governor George Pataki and Magic Johnson
Appeared on Oprah Winfrey show and Teen Choice Awards 2006
Interviewed by Good Morning America, ESPN, Jim Rome Show, CBS Sports and CBS Evening News
Interviewed by numerous TV and radio shows across the globe.
Feature Interview on Peter Thompson (UK's Leading Personal Development Coach) Achievers Edge program

MIKE UTLELY

Date of Birth: December 20, 1965-Seattle, WA

Grade School
St. Paul-Seattle, WA

High School
John F. Kennedy High School-Seattle, WA

Football Coach: Tom Merill, “Mike Utley was the greatest football player in the history of John F. Kennedy High School in Seattle, Washington”.

Lettered in football and basketball-served as captain on both teams.

College
1984-Scholarship to Washington State University in Pullman, WA
In 1989 he led the Cougars to their most successful season since 1929 with a 9-3 record and their fourth ever post-season bowl bid, an Aloha Bowl invitation. The WSU Cougars won the Aloha Bowl with a win over the Houston Cougars (score 24-22)

Bowl Games
Coca Cola Bowl-Tokyo, Japan 1987
Aloha Bowl-1988 (Mike was MVP)
Hula Bowl-1989
East West Shrine Game-1989

All American
He became only the second player in WSU history to earn consensus first team All-American honors.
He received this recognition from:
American Football Coaches Association
Football News
Football Writers of America
Kodak
Scripps- Howard
United Press International
Voted WSU Most valuable player
Mike was one of 10 nominees for the Seattle Post
Intelligencer’s Sports Star of the Year Award.

Drafted
1989 by the Detroit Lions-3rd pick in the third round. In Mike’s rookie year, he became the starting right guard for the Lions.

Injured
November 17, 1991-fractured 6th and 7th cervical vertebrae. Hospitalized and had surgery at Ford Hospital in Detroit, MI. Started rehabilitation December 13, 1991 at Craig Hospital in Englewood, CO.

Mike Utley Foundation
With the help of his agent, Bruce Allen, Mike founded the Mike Utley Foundation. Established to find a cure for spinal cord injuries the Foundation supports select research, rehabilitation and education for SCI.

KELLEY DEYO

Kelley Deyo is entering her fourth season as an assistant coach and her second year as recruiting coordinator on the Lady Flames' basketball coaching staff. Post play and development, on-court practice and game strategy and scouting are some of Deyo’s responsibilities in addition to recruiting.

Formerly Kelley Siemon, the native of Edina, Minn., is a 2001 graduate of the University of Notre Dame, earning a bachelor’s degree in sociology. She was a senior starter on the 2001 Fighting Irish national championship team. That season, she averaged 11.3 points per game, earning the BIG EAST Conference’s Most Improved Player award while hitting the 1,000-point mark in the final game of her career. Deyo was also named to the BIG EAST All-Tournament team as well as the NCAA East Regional All-Tournament team during that memorable year.

Deyo was selected by the Los Angeles Sparks in the third round of the 2001 WNBA Draft, but decided instead to intern with Athletes in Action on Duke’s campus in 2002. In 2003, Deyo played professional basketball overseas in Vienna, Austria.

“It has been an absolute joy to work for someone like Carey Green – a man who genuinely cares about his staff, his players and the Lynchburg community,” commented Deyo. “Under Coach Green, I truly believe that Liberty University will one day compete for a national title. He expects his players to compete at the highest level on the court, while being concerned for their personal and spiritual growth as well."

"Kelley brings the ultimate example of a champion for Christ to our program," head coach Carey Green stated. "She continues to have the enthusiasm to grow in the game of basketball and in her spiritual life as well. Her desire for achievement challenges our players to achieve at the highest level. I am very grateful that Kelley has a true passion for the game of basketball and for our program."

Deyo and her husband, Adam, who serves as the director of basketball operations for the Lady Flames, currently live in the Lynchburg area with their son, James, born in July.

Sunday, Jan. 24th on WDeV FM and AM

Mike Donoghue has been an award-winning news and sports writer with The Burlington Free Press for four decades.

Mike is the immediate past national president of the National Sportswriters and Sportscasters Association -- the largest national organization to bring together the two crafts of sportscasting and sportswriting.

He is also a former president of the Vermont Sportswriters and Sportscasters Association (2001-2003) and serves as its executive director.

Mike has had an extraordinary career as a journalist. He started off as a part-time sportswriter in high school, moved into the newsroom for more than 25 years and returned to sports in 1998. During the school year he is the primary high school writer and each summer is the beat writer for Vermont ’s minor league baseball team.

Mike and the Free Press have won countless awards for his news and sportswriting work. Mike’s work has been credited in the arrests in two murder cases and also the jailing of the world’s largest deadbeat parent. His writing has helped change the Vermont criminal justice system, including tougher drunken driving laws.

Shortly after transferring back into sports, Mike broke the story about hazing of freshman hockey players at the University of Vermont . The resulting scandal eventually led to the cancellation of the university’s hockey season in January 2000, criminal convictions for players and a toughening of the hazing law in Vermont .

Mike has won the Sportswriter of the Year award for Vermont nine out of the last 10 years. His work has been honored by numerous groups at various levels, including the Vermont Soccer Coaches Association and both the Vermont and New England Basketball Coaches Associations, the Vermont State Athletic Directors Association, the National Women's Sports Foundation, Norwich University.

In 2000 he was selected as a charter member of the New England Press Association Hall of Fame. He also was inducted into the Southern Vermont College/St. Joseph College Athletic Hall of Fame in 2000. He was one of three charter members selected by the Society of Professional Journalists and the National Freedom of Information Coalition for their National Hall of Fame founded in 2003.

Both the Vermont Principals’ Association and the New England Basketball Hall of Fame inducted him into their respective Halls of Fame in 2009.

He is a frequent speaker and master of ceremonies for athletic and media events and team functions. He also is often invited by sportscasters and announcers on radio to provide analysis for games or events.

Besides his Free Press work, Mike has been an adjunct professor at St. Michael’s College in the Journalism Department, where he has taught a variety of courses since 1985.

He also serves as the Executive Director of the Vermont Press Association, which represents the interests of the 10 daily and roughly four dozen non-daily newspapers circulating in Vermont . While serving as president of the VPA (1983-85), Mike was a driving force in getting cameras and recording equipment into Vermont courtrooms.

He lives in South Burlington with his wife, Ann Marie, who he met on in church on Christmas Day.

George "Roadie” Rodecker - www.collegechalktalk.com is a 20 year member of the United States Basketball Writers Association (U.S.B.W.A.) and has closely observed the amateur & professional basketball scene world-wide for the past 21 seasons.

He’s covered the NCAA Final Four, the FIBA World Championships, the Goodwill Games as well as the Portsmouth, Phoenix, Chicago and Orlando NBA Pre-Draft camps and is a regular attendee at private Pre-Draft workouts. Roadie’s also a regular at the NBA Draft Lottery as well as the NBA Draft itself.

He's reported on college basketball and specifically the NBA Draft on behalf of CBS, hoopville.com, collegeinsider.com, hoopshype.com, Sportsline, basketballtimes.com, Basketball Times Magazine, and Eastern Basketball Magazine.

Additionally, Roadie has appeared on NBA-TV, as well as making hundreds of appearances on sports talk radio stations around the US as well as internationally.

On average he attends around 125 games each season and watches an additional 100+ games on tape.

He makes his home in New York State’s historic Hudson Valley where he recently completed a cooking/good living book and enjoys cooking, fine cigars, Pink Floyd & bird watching – often all at the same time!

Ernest Johnson, Jr. (born November 5, 1956 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin) is a sportscaster for TNT and TBS.

Biography

Childhood

Johnson went to Mother of Good Counsel (MGC) for his grade school. In Atlanta, he graduated from the Marist School (Georgia).

Early career

Johnson's career began in 1977 while he was still a student at the University of Georgia, taking a job as the news and sports director for the radio station WAGQ-FM in Athens, Georgia. He held that job until 1978, when he graduated from UGA with a Bachelor of Arts in Journalism. In 1979, Johnson began his broadcasting career in Macon, Georgia, joining WMAZ-TV after graduating. He worked there as a news anchor until 1981, when he moved to Spartanburg, South Carolina to work as a news reporter at WSPA-TV. Johnson moved back to Georgia in 1982, this time taking a job in Atlanta at WSB-TV as a general assignment news reporter. He became the station's weekend sports anchor and reporter in 1983. He held those jobs until 1989, when he left to join Turner Sports. From 1993 to 1996, Johnson called Atlanta Braves baseball games for SportSouth (now FSN South), where he had a unique broadcaster partner — his father, Ernie Johnson Sr., a former Major League Baseball pitcher and Braves play-by-play announcer.

Turner Sports

The NBA on TNT

Main article: NBA on TNT

At TNT, Johnson is also known as "E.J.", works as the studio host for the network's coverage of the NBA, working pregame and halftime shows, as well as hosting the network's famous studio show that airs after each NBA doubleheader, Inside the NBA. At the end of each broadcast, Ernie presents "E.J.'s Neat-o Stat of the Night," which has become a popular part of the show but is sponsored by no one, hence the sign that says "Your logo here"; This changed in May 2007 when vitaminwater stepped in as a sponsor for the segment, replaced by Panasonic's Viera line of televisions for 2008. It should be noted that for the 2005-2006 season, his segments were sponsored by Intel Centrino and most recently Suzuki. In the 2008 NBA Playoffs, his segments were presented by Geico and vitaminwater. For all NBA-related shows, Johnson is joined by former NBA stars Kenny Smith and Charles Barkley, and, on occasion, Magic Johnson, Chris Webber, and/or Reggie Miller.

Non-NBA assignments

In addition to working basketball, Johnson is also the play-by-play announcer for TNT's PGA Tour coverage. At TBS, Johnson works as the studio host for their coverage of college football. In 2002, Johnson was co-winner of the Sports Emmy for Outstanding Sports Personality, Studio Host, tying with Bob Costas of NBC and HBO. It was the first time Johnson had been nominated for a Sports Emmy. In 2006, Johnson won the award again, this time on his own, snapping Costas' six-year stranglehold on it, including the year the two shared the honor. Since October 2007, Johnson has worked as the studio host alongside Cal Ripken, Jr. for TBS's coverage of Major League Baseball.

Past TNT assignments

Johnson's past work at TNT included roles as studio host for The Championships, Wimbledon from 2000 to 2002, studio host for its National Football League coverage from 1990 to 1997, and various duties at the 1994, 1998, and 2001 Goodwill Games, as well as the 1992 Winter Olympics in Albertville, France and the 1994 Winter Olympics in Lillehammer. He also co-hosted Barkley's now-defunct talk show, Listen Up! Past work at TBS also included working as studio host for their NBA coverage. Johnson also called weightlifting for NBC's coverage of the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney.

Personal

Johnson Jr. and his wife, Cheryl, a licensed professional counselor, live in Atlanta and have two biological children (one son, named Eric, and one daughter, named Maggie) and two adopted children (Michael, adopted from Romania, and daughter Carmen, adopted from Paraguay). A Christian since 1997, he works on a regular basis with the Fellowship of Christian Athletes (FCA), Athletes in Action (AIA) and Samaritan's Feet, a nonprofit organization which has a mission of putting 10 million pairs of shoes on 10 million kids' feet worldwide over the next ten years.

Cancer

In 2003, Johnson was diagnosed with non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, but continued his work through June 2006, when he began treatment.

Due to his cancer, Johnson Jr. missed TNT's coverage of the British Open and PGA Championship, the last two golf major tournaments in 2006. Mike Tirico replaced him in the British Open, and Verne Lundquist in the PGA Championship.

Johnson returned to Inside the NBA on October 31, 2006, while continuing his chemotherapy treatments. He had lost his hair due to chemotherapy.

(courtesy of Wikipedia)

Playing "pro" ...

April 14th I'm taking part (playing) in a Habitat for Humanity benefit, playing against the Harlem Ambassadors at Barre Auditorium, 6 PM.

Check it all!

www.centralvermonthabitat.org

www.harlemambassadors.com

This Sun., Jan. 17th on SCORE, the Sun. Night Special Edition

Jeff Strohm (Vermont Frost Heaves Head Coach)

During a college-coaching career that began in 1989, Strohm, 42, has served as an assistant at Northern Illinois, Utah, Marquette and Western Kentucky, reaching NCAA Final Fours with both the Utes and the Warriors. He was one of the finalists in the University of Vermont’s 2003 search for a coach to replace Tom Brennan. “Jeff has a track record in all the areas that Frost Heaves basketball has become known for, from the recruitment of young men who are winners on and off the court, to the development of their potential once they sign on,” said team founder Alexander Wolff. “He’s helped to recruit and bring along five NBA first-round picks and, in Dwayne Wade, an MVP and Olympic gold medalist. He has fresh connections throughout the basketball world as well as a passion for teaching the game. From his associations with people like [former Utah coach and U.S. national team assistant] Rick Majerus, Frost Heaves fans can expect him to adapt quickly to the pro game. “More than that, Jeff understands how basketball and the Frost Heaves fit into the Green Mountain State,” added Wolff, who last month ceded management of the team to an investment group based in Central Vermont. “He grew up on a farm in Illinois, and as a Vermonter by marriage knows how important it is to ensure that the team continues to be part of life in Vermont during the winter.” Strohm is married to former Oxbow (Vt.) High School and Vanderbilt standout Jade Huntington, herself a former head coach at Colorado State. She played in four Vermont state title games at the Barre Auditorium, winning three. On accepting the Head Coach position, Strohm states, “My family and I are humbled and honored to be selected to serve the wonderful people of Vermont as The New Head Coach of The Vermont Frost Heaves. It is with tremendous enthusiasm, energy and excitement we accept this position. Vermont Basketball has produced so many great lasting memories over the years for my wife, her family and the great basketball fans in Vermont. We look forward to helping create many more of these memories in the years ahead for Vermont and its great Frost Heave fans”. Strohm, who holds a B.S. and M.S. in Education from Eastern Illinois, has organized, directed or participated in more than 100 basketball camps and will oversee the Frost Heaves’ Have-A-Ball Kids Camps and Basketball Academy. Strohm lives in Bradford, Vt., with his wife Jade and their daughters Sydney, Jordin and Rylee.

Joe Castiglione (Radio voice of the Boston Red Sox)

Castiglione joined the Red Sox broadcast team in 1983, teamed with Ken Coleman. He admitted not being in the booth when the ball rolled through Bill Buckner's legs in the 1986 World Series, as he was in the clubhouse covering Red Sox' seemingly-impending victory celebration. After Coleman's retirement in 1989, Bob Starr became the lead announcer for the Red Sox. After Starr's departure at the end of the 1991 season, Castiglione became the team's lead radio announcer along with Jerry Trupiano. Castiglione became nationally known when the team won the 2004 World Series, with his broadcast of the end of the game. During the 2007 season he shared announcing duties with a rotating duo of Dave O'Brien and Glenn Geffner. With Glenn Geffner leaving for the Florida Marlins broadcast booth, Castiglione shared the booth with Dave O'Brien, Dale Arnold or Jon Rish in 2008. Dave O'Brien and Jon Rish are his partners for 2009.

Castiglione claims to have been a New York Yankees fan as a kid. He said in his autobiography that he then closely followed the Pittsburgh Pirates because they were the closest to Youngstown, and likewise became an Indians fan after moving to Cleveland.

Castiglione is currently a Lecturer in the department of Communication Studies at Northeastern University, where he teaches a course on Sports Broadcasting. Current Red Sox play-by-play announcers Don Orsillo and Uri Berenguer were among his students and broadcast booth interns. He has also taught at Franklin Pierce University in New Hampshire.

In 2004, Castiglione published a book called Broadcast Rites and Sites: I Saw It on the Radio with the Boston Red Sox. The book is a collection of stories from his days covering the Cleveland Indians and Boston Red Sox. It was updated in 2006 to include material on the 2004 World Series.

(courtesy of Wikipedia)

Micki Sander (www.snowballexpress.org)

Micki Sander - Chairman of the Board
Business Development Chair
Micki Sander is married to Robert Sander, her life and business partner she is an avid golfer, who now teaches her grandchildren about the game of golf.

Attended the University of Miami, Coral Gables, Florida and Berkeley College in New York.

She has been a free lance writer with articles in the New York Times, of Westchester Magazine, Travel Navigator, Florida Golf, Avid Golfer Magazine and past Travel Editor of both Avid Golfer and Women’s Golf Magazine, Texas. Former producer of The Golfspot Radio Show. Member of the Golf Travel Writer’s Association. Women’s Editor of the PGA Magazine Fore Texas.

Past Community affiliations include the Dallas Arboretum Board of Directors, Trinity River Commission, Cable Board of Dallas, North Dallas Chamber Board of Directors, Chairman of the Turtle Creek Parknership, and a member of Board of Directors of the Caribbean Tourism Organization.

Received The City of Dallas Proclamation for creating ArtPicks, first major art festival in Dallas, voted Woman of the Year for AMC Cancer Research Center and Hospital’s National Council of Auxiliaries in 1979, received the Crystal Award from Cable Access of Dallas in 1987 and 1988 and co-chaired the first annual Dallas Blooms at the Arboretum.

Presently sits on the Board of Executive Women Golf Association, Dallas Chapter, 2008 President of SKAL (an international organization of the Hospitality Industry), immediate past President of the Four Seasons Sports Club Women’s Golf Association.

She is President of The Golfspot, a golf travel company owned and operated by Bob and Micki Sander.

Rebekah Splaine (Boston Celtics' Community Relations Director)

NO, I am NOT stranded in Africa. Although ...

Couldn't we all use $2,800.00?

Thanks all for your understanding.

The now infamous email.

Season's Greetings to you once again! How are you doing today? I am sorry I didn't inform you about my traveling to Africa/Nigeria for a Music Events It as been a very sad and bad moment for me because I misplaced my wallet on my way to the hotel where i lodged along with my mobile phone, bag where my passport was and since then i have been without any money. I am even owing the hotel here. So i have limited access to emails for now, I will like you to assist me with a soft loan urgently. I'm in a panic now, The total sum of money that is needed would be $2,800 to sort-out my bills at the hotel and get myself back home. I will appreciate whatever you can afford, I promise to reimburse you back as soon as i return, Let me know if you can assist me so that i can send you the details to use when sending the money through western union. I'll really appreciate your concern and support. Sorry for all the inconvenience caused. Please contact to let me know any possibilities.

I look forward to hearing from you.

Best Regards.


Jeff Fuller

Security Breach

Somehow someone hacked into my Yahoo! email account. I MORE than apologize to all of you who received an absolutely bogus email stating I was stranded in Africa requiring funds. (Feel free to send funds, just to me in Vermont not Africa.)

Please accept my sincerest apologies as that act was unprofessional in every way. I will do all that I can to secure your privacy.

Thank you again for your patience and understanding.

Sun., Jan. 10th

Tune in to the Stations of Radio Vermont; WDeV FM and AM, for my sports rant and talk show, SCORE the Sun. Night Special Edition, 3 hours of live radio featuring interviews with Rusty "The Logger" Dewees, Adam Nelson, Alex Brandstetter and my recorded interview with 12 year NBA professional Tracy Murray.

Watch this video! Awesome, as in HILARIOUS!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-fVDGu82FeQ&feature=player_embedded

Another great night to be on radio!

Not only did I record tremendous interviews with Micki Sander of Snowball Express (www.SnowballExpress.org) and Boston Celtics Community Relations Director Rebekah Splaine; but I also received emails from Senior VP of the Orlando Magic, Pat Williams and Ernie Johnson of TBS stating they will appear on my Sun. night sports rant and talk show, SCORE, the Sun. Night Special Edition!

This Sun., Jan. 10th on WDeV FM and AM

R U S T Y D E W E E S
HEIGHT: 6'4" HAIR: RED WEIGHT: 195 EYES: BLUE

Rusty DeWees: Entertainer, comedic artist, actor, producer, writer, musician, master of duct tape…and the Logger of course! Rusty does it all and keeps his fans and audiences laughing, as he puts it, "till their backs get better." Rusty grew up in Stowe, Vermont where he was actively involved in theatre throughout high school and college. As a young adult, he performed with the award winning Vermont Repertory Theatre, before moving to New York City where he trained at the George Loris Actors Theatre School and the Lee Strasberg Institute. This professional training was followed by scores of notable roles off-Broadway, and in television, film, and national commercials. Missing his home state, Rusty moved back to Vermont where he continued his acting career and developed the Logger character. An eclectic and innovative act, THE LOGGER one-man comedy show is best described as "Blue Collar Comedy" meets "Prairie Home Companion", and has been steadily selling out theatres, large and small, throughout New England ever since it hit the stage in 1998. The success of the live act has spawned three Logger DVDs, two CDs, five calendars, Logger apparel (duct tape wallets and Logger thongs included), and Scrawlins, a compilation of Rusty's columns for syndicated and regional newspapers. Rusty also writes, voices, directs, and produces radio and television spots for various companies throughout New England, and has always, throughout his career, donated his time to promote positive lifestyle choices among high school age kids.
TRAINING: Lee Strasberg Institute, New York City; Goerge Loris Actors Theatre School, New York City; Stage Combat; Peter Hock Boxing; Mark Breland
SPECIAL SKILLS: Drums, Juggling, Basketball, Skiing, Skating, Motorcycling, Drivers License, Weight Lifting, Stone Masonry, Logging, Boxing, Stage Combat, Roller Blading, stock car racing, motocycling - road/dirt
DIALECTS: Southern, French Canadian, Irish, New England, Vermonter
FILM
New Port South
Radical Jack
Mud Season
Injest
Icebreaker
Black Dog
A Stranger in the Kingdom
Pressure Point
Devils Own
Letters to My Mother’s Early Lovers
Diamond Run
Where the River Flows North
Ethan Frome
TELEVISION
All My Children
Law & Order
The Guiding Light
Saturday Night Live
Law & Order
Cosby Mysteries
As the World Turns
One Life to Live
THEATRE
OFF OFF BROADWAY
Sunshine
Oh Pioneers
The Foreigner
BOSTON
The Logger
REGIONAL
The Logger
Of Mice and Men
Terranova
Uncle Vanya
True West
Judevine
Buried Child

ADAM NELSON

Adam Nelson was named Head Basketball Coach and Assistant Director of Athletics at Suffolk University in August, 2005. Nelson is just the fourth head coach in the 50 year history of Suffolk Basketball following Charles Law (30 seasons), James E. Nelson (19 seasons), and Dennis McHugh (10 seasons).

Adam Nelson began his career in college basketball as a student, first at the University of South Carolina (1992–1994) and then Boston College (1994– 1996). Nelson worked for 1993 National Coach of the Year Eddie Fogler while at South Carolina, and 1999 National Coach of the Year Jim O’Brien at Boston College.

In 1996, Nelson was named Assistant Coach, and later promoted to Associate Head Coach at Curry College in Milton, Mass. Also during this time, Nelson gained valuable experience while serving as the Head Coach of the Southeast squad for the Bay State Summer Games. His team won the gold medal in 1997, and the silver in 1998. After a two year stint at Curry, Coach Nelson moved on to become a Division I Assistant at Holy Cross, and later Northeastern University.

After his time as an assistant, Nelson became one of the youngest head coaches in the country at the age of 26, when he accepted the job as the head coach at Becker College in 2000. While at Becker, Nelson recruited and coached the Rookie of the Year in the North Atlantic Conference in 2 out of his 3 seasons (2000-01 Abel Carmona, 2002-03 Albert Ortiz). The 2002-03 Becker team broke or tied 11 school records and hosted a first round NAC play-off game for the first time ever. The team also ended its 19 game (11 year) drought vs. league rival Mt. Ida College, and halted Lasell College’s remarkable NAC winning streak which extended over two seasons on 1/30/03.

After Becker, Nelson moved on to become the Head Coach Newbury College. There he and his staff successfully recruited the first Boston Globe and Boston Herald All-Scholastic player (Arch Mitchell) to wear a Nighthawk uniform since becoming a member of the NCAA. Nelson’s run at Newbury was capped off with one of the biggest wins in the programs history - a 76-73 victory over eventual ECAC Champion Wheaton College in February 2005.

Nelson’s first season at Suffolk saw his squad win 11 games while going 9-9 in the Great Northeast Athletic Conference. Junior guard John Murphy was named to the all-conference first team, while averaging 21.9 points per game. In April of 2006, Nelson received the Suffolk University Student Government Leadership Award recognizing him as the Outstanding Athletic Coach of the Year. In 2007, Nelson guided the Rams to nine victories and a berth in the Great Northeast Athletic Conference semi-finals after an upset triumph over Emerson in the league quarterfinals.

Nelson has gained great visibility over the past two years in Boston media circles, as he has served as a guest analyst for both the NCAA Basketball Championship and the NBA Finals for New England Cable News (NECN). Nelson has made several appearances on “Good Morning Live”, breaking down the brackets during NCAA "March Madness", as well as providing analysis during the Celtics run to the NBA Championship last season.

Nelson and his wife Deb live in West Quincy, Mass. with their children AJ, Jack and Mollie.

ALEX BRANDSTETTER

http://extra.champlain.edu/portals/alumni/champlain_view/fall09/14.php

links for the Slam for Sudan:

www.slamforsudan.org
www.facebook.com/slamforsudan
www.twitter.com/theslamforsudan

TRACY MURRAY

Tracy Lamonte Murray (born July 25, 1971 in Los Angeles, California) is a retired American professional basketball player who played for six different NBA franchises and two Greek clubs, with a final stint in France. He now serves as a fill-in analyst with the UCLA ISP Sports Network for selected games during the UCLA Bruins' basketball season. (Courtesy of Wikipedia)