10. The Ravens took a 20-13 lead against the Cleveland Browns on a mild November 7, 2004 Sunday night. With 7:03 left on the game clock, Jeff Garcia rallied his team and took them to the Ravens 5 yard line with 45 seconds remaining in the game. With nothing to lose most expected the Browns to go for a two point conversion and the win should they score a touchdown. Facing a second and five, Garcia tried to hit Aaron Shea down near the goal line but Shea was hit by Ray Lewis just as the ball arrived (some believe perhaps a split second too soon). The pass deflected off Shea and into the hands of Ed Reed who scooped the ball just before it hit the end zone. 106 yards later, Reed’s record interception return for a score put an abrupt end to Cleveland’s comeback and sealed the 27-13 victory for the Ravens a score that certainly isn’t indicative of how close the game really was.
9. In Baltimore, we always feel that we’re on the short end of the stick when it comes to Monday Night Football. Not in 2002. The 0-2 Ravens were facing a smoking hot 3-0 Denver team on MNF. Despite a lackluster at best performance v. Tampa Bay the week before the Ravens’ early season bye, the atmosphere at then Ravens Stadium was electric. The voltage meter went off the chart after a long field goal attempt at the end of the first half by Denver’s Jason Elam fell way short and into the waiting arms of Chris McAlister who was standing 7 yards deep in the end zone. Initially McAlister hesitated but eventually emerged from the end zone after "encouragement" from Ray Lewis. Ray’s hit on a Denver special teams player Keith Burns was one for the ages and it sprung McAlister as he raced down the sidelines for an NFL record 107 yard scoring play.

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The NHL Draft was held Friday and Saturday in Ottawa. Find out which players with Big Ten ties were selected below:
MICHIGAN: Four future Michigan players were selected in the 2008 NHL Entry Draft on Saturday. Incoming freshman defenseman Brandon Burlon went highest when the New Jersey Devils selected him in the second round (52nd overall). Robbie Czarnik followed just 11 picks later (63rd overall) when the Los Angeles Kings picked him early in the third round. Greg Pateryn was chosen by the Toronto Maple Leafs in the fifth round (128th overall) and David Wohlberg joined Burlon as a Devils pick in the sixth round (172nd overall).
Burlon played the last two seasons for the St. Michael’s Buzzers (OPJHL) in Toronto. As an alternate captain for the Buzzers in 2007-08, he helped the squad record program records for wins (43), points (88) and fewest losses (4) en route to the OPJHL regular-season crown. The 6-0, 195-pound rearguard earned a 7-17-24 line to go along with 41 penalty minutes in 32 regular-season games. Burlon was rated the 41st-best North American skater in the NHL Central Scouting Service’s final rankings leading up to the draft.
Czarnik and Wohlberg were teammates on the U.S. National Team Development Program the last two years. In 50 games with the U.S. NTDP Under-18 Team, Czarnik (6-0, 178 pounds) posted a 16-15-31 line to finish fifth on the team in scoring and had 32 penalty minutes. Wohlberg (6-0, 192 pounds) accumulated an 11-11-22 line and 55 PIM in 46 games with the U.S. NTDP Under-18 Team. He also had 5-1-6 totals in six games with the U.S. NTDP Under-17 Team. The duo collected bronze medals at the IIHF World Under-18 Championship earlier this spring. In the NHL’s CSS final rankings, Czarnik was ranked 88th while Wohlberg was ranked 172nd.

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LONDON, ENGLAND — The 2008 US Open golf tournament begins on Thursday at Torrey Pines Golf Course in California. The year’s second major features a far larger field than its predecessor, the Masters, and promises to deliver one of the most open contests witnessed in years.
All eyes will, of course, be on world number one Tiger Woods, who has been priced as 11/4 tournament favourite by William Hill. Whilst Woods is unbeatable when in top form, questions will be asked of his fitness coming in to the event after knee surgery and a two month lay-off from professional golf.
While Woods can never be ruled out of a major tournament, several other in-form golfers look like better candidates for taking the 2008 US Open. While sportsbooks seem to be setting their odds according to the world rankings, Trevor Immelman’s win at the US Masters proved that 72 consecutive holes of quality play is enough to trump reputation in any golf event.
Padraig Harrington looks like both the best European contender at the 2008 US Open golf tournament and the golfer most likely to carry ranking and form through to a win at the Major. 20/1 priced Harrington has been competing on American greens for several weeks, and has proven his ability to perform at the highest level by winning the Open Championship in 2007.
Australian Geoff Ogilvy also looks like a promising contender, besides offering great odds of 33/1 with William Hill. The Australian not only won the US Open in 2006, but has also had the beating of Tiger Woods on several occasions.
Golf fans interested in placing bets on the US Open 2008 should consider placing several bets on outright winners, given the excellent odds on offers on a wide selection of players all capable of winning the event. However a variety of interesting golf betting opportunities, including match bets and 3-ball bets can be explored at William Hill.

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No. 28 seed Ivan Ljubicic came from two sets down to stun Davydenko, while No. 24 Fernando “Gonzo” Gonzlaez likewise came from two sets down to subdue Wawrinka.
Davydenko admitted to choking away his lead.
“First two sets he didn’t play,” the fourth-seeded Davydenko said. “Then he start to fighting a little bit more…That’s why I was starting to be nervous, start to make so many mistakes.”
Other winners into the fourth round Saturday were (1) Roger Federer (d. Mario Ancic), (5) David Ferrer (d. (25) Lleyton Hewitt in five), (21) Radek Stepanek (d. (12) Tommy Robredo), Frenchmen Gael “Force” Monfils (d. Jurgen Melzer in five) and Julien “United Colors of” Benneteau (d. Robin Soderling), and American Robby Ginepri (d. Florent Serra).
“The more I play on the clay, I think, the better my all-around game is going to get, and the smarter I am going to get on the court,” Ginepri said.
Highlights Sunday at Roland Garros are (3) Novak Djokovic vs. (18) Paul-Henri Mathieu, (2) Rafael Nadal vs. (22) Fernando Verdasco, Ernests Gulbis vs. Michael Llodra, and France’s Jeremy Chardy vs. (19) Nicolas Almagro.
Sharapova the Cow, Kuznetsova Advance at French Open
World No. 1 Maria Sharapova, the self-described “cow on ice,” the favorite at the French Open? Not exactly, but the lanky Russian saw a ray of hope on Saturday as she advanced into the fourth round at the French Open in straight sets.
“I kind of forgot what it felt like to finish in two [sets],” Sharapova said after defeating No. 32 seed Karin Knapp in straight sets. “I’ve been kind of lucky to get through those two matches. Today was definitely a step-up from the previous two.”
One player to watch out for is No. 4 seed and former US Open champ Svetlana Kuznetsova, who is feeling it.

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Give or take a nickel or two, that was the price we soccer junkies paid when the UEFA European Championship was conducted four years ago in Portugal. Not to go see a match in Lisbon, but to watch the tournament on television via pay-per-view. ESPN rescued us from that tyranny by securing the rights to the entire event — being staged concurrently in Switzerland and Austria — and placing the matches on its family of networks. In exchange for this, ESPN ought to be forgiven for “Dream Job” and “Madden Nation.”
All the rest of what you’ll need to know (most of it, anyway) in order to follow what some incongruously refer to as “Europe’s World Cup” is contained right here:
Five essential facts
5. This is the biggest international tournament outside the World Cup. Some purists claim this event is better because there aren’t any weakling entrants from Asia or North America. There are 16 squads drawn into four groups, with the top two from each advancing to the quarterfinals. And because these teams keep stepping on each other in qualifying for this tournament and the World Cup, there is a greater intensity throughout this event than in some early World Cup games.
4. England’s not coming. Because of some bureaucratic bungling at England’s Football Association that led to incompetent Steve McClaren being selected as manager, which led to David Beckham being prematurely dropped from the squad, which led to an embarrassing nil-nil tie with Macedonia, England fell one point short of qualifying.
That failure removed one of the most passionately followed teams from Euro 2008, as well as the star-power attached to Beckham, John Terry and Steven Gerrard. But there’s still plenty worth watching.
3. Greece is your defending champion. That’s easy to forget. Greece is not among the first names most would mention when pondering the list of European soccer powers, but the Greeks won with defense, chemistry and a sense of opportunism at Euro 2004. It’s doubtful they’ll be able to replicate that magic, but their success gives hope to a capable team such as Croatia.

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(Following Advance for Use Monday, June 9th)
Today in History
Today is Monday, June 9th, the 161st day of 2008. There are 205 days left in the year.
Today’s Highlight in History: On June 9th, A.D. 68, the Roman Emperor Nero committed suicide.
On this date: In 1870, author Charles Dickens died in Gad’s Hill Place, England.
In 1940, during World War II, Norway decided to surrender to the Nazis, effective at midnight.
In 1953, 94 people died when a Tornado struck Worcester (WU’-stur), Massachusetts.
In 1954, during the Senate-Army Hearings, Army special counsel Joseph N. Welch berated Senator Joseph R. McCarthy, asking: “Have you no sense of decency, sir?” In 1969, the U.S. Senate confirmed Warren Burger to be the new chief justice of the United States, succeeding Earl Warren.
In 1973, Secretariat became horse racing’s first Triple Crown winner in 25 years by winning the Belmont Stakes.
In 1978, leaders of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints struck down a 148-year-old policy of excluding black men from the Mormon priesthood.
In 1980, comedian Richard Pryor suffered almost fatal burns at his San Fernando Valley, California, home when a mixture of “free-base” cocaine exploded.
In 1985, American educator Thomas Sutherland was kidnapped in Lebanon; he was released in November 1991 along with fellow hostage Terry Waite.
In 1986, the Rogers Commission released its report on the Challenger disaster, criticizing NASA and rocket-builder Morton Thiokol for management problems leading to the explosion that claimed the lives of seven astronauts.
Ten years ago: Three white men were charged in Jasper, Texas, with the brutal dragging death of James Byrd Junior, a black man.
President CLinton unleashed a torrent of public works money, signing a 203 billion-dollar transportation bill.

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‘We are in the midst of the worst financial crisis since the 1930s,” warnsthe eminent financier George Soros in his latest book, The New Paradigm forFinancial Markets. It’s a rather extreme view, but the man who broke theBank of England is not alone in his dark funk. At a recent event, one bankerlaced Soros’s sentiment with a little gallows humour, ruefully predicting “10years of depression followed by a world war”.( photo: Investorsgather in New York’s financial district after the stock market crash of 1929,which heralded the onset of the Great Depression).
Comparisons with the great crash of 1929 are inevitable and the parallelsmanifold. Then it was an over-inflated stock market that burst before widereconomic malaise ushered in the Great Depression.
This time, in the words of Intermediate Capital managing director TomAttwood, sub-prime was merely “a catalyst” for the inevitable pricking of thecredit market bubble as “disciplines were bypassed in favour of loan book growthat almost any cost”. Again the talk is of recession, certainly in the US andpossibly in the UK.Perhaps the most intriguing parallel, though, is the crudeattempt at self-preservation made by the investment trusts in 1929 and the banksnow.
In the great crash, investment trusts with vast cross-holdings in each othertried to stem their collapse by buying up their own stock in what the economistJK Galbraith in his book, The Great Crash 1929, described as an act of”fiscal self-immolation”. At the time, “support of the stock of one’s owncompany seemed a bold, imaginative and effective course,” Galbraith wrote, butultimately the trusts were just “swindling themselves”.
Modern economists have compared the trusts’ actions with what the banks arenow doing. “They seem to be just papering over the cracks,” says Brendan Brown,chief economist at Mitsubishi UFJ Securities.
To free their books of the estimated $1,000bn (£505bn) of sub-prime assetsand $340bn of leveraged loans banks have been left carrying since the creditmarkets shut down last year, lenders are offering to sell these damaged assetscut-price and - crucially - are willing to lend investors the money to buy them.In other words, the banks are providing new debt for the old debt they no longerwant.

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Earthfest 2008 is 11 a.m.-7 p.m. today at Pellissippi State Technical Community College’s Hardin Valley campus. The free event, with the theme “Small Steps to Reduce Our Carbon Footprint,” includes music, children’s activities, arts and crafts as well as environmental information. Musicians performing include singer/songwriter Jodie Manross, the Irish traditional group Four Leaf Pete, and the bluegrass band Wires and Wood. Student actors from Belle Morris Elementary School perform “The Lorax” at noon in the J.L. Goins Administration Building. Bring used car batteries, used ink cartridges and old cell phones to recycle.
GREASE IS STILL THE WORD
Years after John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John made the musical “Grease” a household word with songs you can’t stop humming, the story of Danny, Sandy and the 1950s world of T-birds and Pink Ladies lives on. The Oak Ridge Playhouse’s presentation of the musical is set for select dates through May 11. Tickets are $17 and $20 at 865-482-9999. Shows at the playhouse, on Oak Ridge’s Jackson Square, are 8 tonight, May 1-3 and May 9-11; 2 p.m. May 4 and 11.
PARTY WITH BUTTERFLIES
The Knoxville Zoo celebrates the spirit of this week’s Earth Day with a “Party for the Planet” 1-4 p.m. Sunday, April 27. There’ll be Earth Day cake, while it lasts, and area conservation groups will showcase success stories in conservation. While at the zoo, stop into the park’s newest exhibit, “Bloomin’ Butterfly Gardens.” The free-flight butterfly house can showcase some 500 butterflies at one time - and chances are good a butterfly will light on your nose or in your hair. The zoo is open 9:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m. weekdays, 9:30 a.m.-6 p.m. weekends. Admission is $16.95 adults, $12.95 senior citizens 65 and older or children 2-12. Children under 2 get in free; parking is $4 per vehicle.
COONSKIN CAPS WELCOME

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Hyderabad, May 04: The two-year wait for the Engineering Agriculture and Medical Common Entrance Test (EAMCET) could go waste if students arrive at the venue after the commencement of the examination.
“Regarding the examination time, we have to be very strict and no student will be allowed into the examination hall after the commencement of the examination,” said EAMCET Chairman and JNTU Vice-Chancellor K. Rajagopal at a press conference here on Saturday.
The examination would be held on May 8 in two sessions. The engineering test would be held from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. and the medical test from 2.30 p.m. to 5.30 p.m. The test for 2,70,636 engineering aspirants would be conducted in 521 centres and for the 79,572 candidates of medical stream in 146 centres. Prof. Rajagopal said the OMR sheets would also have photographs, hall-ticket numbers and names of the candidates and they should verify twice before starting to write.
In case of any defect, candidates can ask for replacement within five minutes of the commencement of the test. Any correction in name, father’s name or local status can be done on the nominal rolls available with the invigilator and those changes would reflect in the rank cards.
EAMCET-2008 Convener E. Saibaba Reddy said that candidates could also write to the Convener if they found mistakes and that would be rectified.
He said hall-tickets had been sent and those had not received them could download from www.apeamcet.org. Downloaded hall-tickets should be handed over to the Invigilator.
Prof. Reddy said those who had missed out on the submission of applications could still submit them till May 7 by paying a fine of Rs. 10,000 at the Convener’s office in Hyderabad only.

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NJJN Features Editor
About 100 years ago if a Jew donned boxing gloves, it was to supplement the family income (or to learn survival skills on the mean city streets).
More often than not, the pugilist practiced under a pseudonym so as not to bring shame to the mishpacha.
Some of the greatest fighters of all time were Jews: Benny Leonard, Barney Ross, Izzy Schwartz, Lou Tendler, all names that bring a smile to older fans.
In the post-war years, as they found more lucrative (and safer) ways to make a living, Jews drifted away from the sweet science, but rising stars like Dmitriy Salita and Yuri Foreman are once again supplying a high-level Jewish presence.
Dustin Fleischer of Monmouth Beach hopes to join their ranks one day.
The 18-year-old won the 141-open weight class category at the 2008 New Jersey Golden Gloves tournament in April, becoming the first competitor to win consecutive “fighter of the night” awards. He was also named the “most outstanding pound-for-pound boxer” at the event by Golden Glove officials.
Fleischer got his start half a lifetime ago, entering the ring at age nine under the tutelage of his father, a middleweight who fought under the nickname “Difficult Phil.”
To supplement his income as a truck driver, Phil worked as a sparring partner at boxing gyms, sometimes bringing his son. He began sparring with Dustin “when he was four years old…and as big as a spit bucket.” He worked with his son as a trainer and manager during Dustin’s amateur career, but has decided to step aside now that Dustin is turning pro. (Dustin lost his last amateur fight at the National Golden Gloves Tournament of Champions held earlier this month in Grand Rapids, Mich.)
It’s clear in talking with the younger Fleischer that he loves what he does. “A lot. [Dad] always brought me to the gym to see him [box] and I started to like it.”

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