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Lancaster CA- First of all, for those of you that don’t know it, Lancaster is the new Compton of Southern California. Its a desert community in Los Angeles County, and it has a rather large criminal element that moved from south central Los Angeles after the Rodney King riots.

What I want to know is why a person would bring a meat thermometer to a movie theater in the first place.

The woman who was talking on a cell phone during a movie didn’t take to kindly to being ’shushed’ by another moviegoer. Or at least her boyfriend didn’t.

In a drama that turned more lively than the one on screen, the boyfriend allegedly attacked and stabbed the ’shusher’ in the neck. With a meat thermometer.

According to KTLA:

The stabbing occurred last Saturday at the Cinemark 22 theater at 2600 West Avenue I in Lancaster, according to Detective Richard Cartmill of the Lancaster sheriff’s station.

Deputies say that while the movie was playing, a woman was talking on her phone and the victim asked her to turn it off.

The victim was attacked by the woman’s boyfriend and another man. Deputies say he was stabbed in the neck with a meat thermometer.

The stabbing victim is expected to survive and is recovering at a local hospital. Two others who tried to help the victim were also injured, according to KTLA.

According to Sheriff’s officials, the suspects were described as black males. One man was wearing an orange hat with an orange jersey and the other man was dressed in a black hooded sweatshirt.

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Former Dodgers general manager Buzzie Bavasi once said of center fielder Willie Davis: “There was nothing more exciting than to watch Willie run out a triple.”

Bavasi would then finish the statement: “He could have been a Hall of Famer, but he had million-dollar legs and a 10-cent head.”

Davis, one of the fastest, flashiest and electrifying players of his generation when he roamed the Dodger outfield in the 1960s and ’70s, but someone who eventually couldn’t outrun his own mistakes, was found dead Tuesday at his home in Burbank. He was 69.

Burbank police Sgt. Robert Quesada said Davis was found by a neighbor, and no foul play is suspected.

Dodger fans remember how the pitch of Vin Scully’s voice would rise when Davis hit a ball into the gap, following “The 3 Dog” as he rounded first and flew into third with his helmet somewhere near second base. Davis got the nickname because he wore No. 3, often batted third in the lineup and annually led the team in triples.

He was one of Los Angeles’ most gifted homegrown products, a four-sport star at L.A.’s Roosevelt High who had 9.5-second speed in the 100-yard dash and set a state record in the long jump. Scout Kenny Myers signed Davis during the summer of 1958, the year the Dodgers moved to L.A., and promised him within two years he’d be the team’s starting center fielder. It came true; Davis replaced future Hall of Famer Duke Snider full-time by 1961.

In his 14 seasons with the team, Davis was a two-time National League All-Star, a three-time Gold Glove winner, and set L.A.-franchise records for hits (2,091), extra-base hits (585), at-bats (7,495), runs (1,004), triples (110) and total bases (3,094). A career .279 hitter, Davis still has the mark for the Dodgers’ all-time hitting streak, with 31 games in 1969.

Author Roger Angell wrote about him in 1962: “(Davis) is the first player I have ever been tempted to compare to Willie Mays. Speed, sureness, a fine arm, power, a picture swing – he lacks nothing.”

On a Dodger team that made three trips to the World Series in the ’60s on pitching and speed, the 6-foot-2, 180-pound Davis – pushing along Maury Wills, and running down fly balls behind Sandy Koufax and Don Drysdale – was a star attraction.

Although he put his name in the record book for most errors in a World Series game – three, all during the fifth inning of Game 2 of the 1966 Fall Classic against Baltimore, in Koufax’s last game – Davis also set a World Series record the year before against Minnesota with three stolen bases in Koufax’s 7-0 victory in Game 5.

But as his legs began to give out on him, his motivation questioned by team officials and following a trade to Montreal (for eventual Cy Young Award-winning relief pitcher Mike Marshall) before the 1974 season, Davis’ life and career began to tailspin. He bounced around to four other teams and two more in Japan before he finished with the Angels in 1979 as a part-time designated hitter.

Bavasi, the Angels’ GM at the time, was again just trying to help Davis out, knowing he had money problems.

“I spent it as soon as I got it because I always knew there would be more,” Davis once told the Montreal Gazette. “I spent it on women, clothes, cars …”

He experimented with Buddhism, and was known as someone moody to deal with. He became very despondent for a long time after his second wife died after falling off a cliff near their home in Hawaii in the late ’70s.

Davis also dealt with post-career drug problems that landed him in jail after he threatened to kill his parents – brandishing a samurai sword – and burn down their Gardena home if they didn’t give him $5,000 in 1996.

The Dodgers tried to help him as well as they could in the past few years, having him as part of the speakers’ bureau so he could council kids who had substance-abuse problems.

During a 2006 interview, Davis said playing in L.A. was a blessing for him.

“People always remembered me; this is my hometown,” he said.

Dodgers owner Frank McCourt said in a statement released by the team: “Willie Davis was beloved by generations of Dodger fans and remains one of the most talented players ever to wear the Dodger uniform. Having spent time with him over the past six years, I know how proud he was to have been a Dodger. He will surely be missed and our sincere thoughts are with his children during this difficult time.”

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I have an idea. Lets goe climb around on a vocano!

Mount St. Helens, Washington (CNN) — A climber who fell into the crater of Mount St. Helens volcano on Monday has been found dead, an official said Tuesday.

A U.S. Naval helicopter lifted the body of Joseph Bohlig, 52, from the south crater wall at 2:45 p.m. local time and flew it to Carson, Washington, for transport to the Clark County Medical Examiner’s Office for autopsy, said David L. Cox, undersheriff of the Skamania County Sheriff’s Office.

Bohlig, of Kelso, Washington, was at the edge of the volcano’s crater Monday when the cornice on which he was standing crumbled, causing him to plunge 1,500 feet down its ice- and rock-covered inner wall, authorities said.

“The snow gave way, the cornice overhang gave way as he was standing there and he essentially fell the distance that he did,” Skamania County Sheriff Dave Brown said. “Nobody saw him after he went over the crater rim, didn’t see where he landed.”

Fellow climber Scott Salkovics told CNN affiliate KGW that Bohlig had handed his camera to another climber and was about to pose for a picture with Mount Rainier in the background when he turned around and took a final step on the cornice.

“Boom, it busted off and I saw him clawing for the edge with a startled look on his face, and then he disappeared,” Salkovics told KGW. “I was looking right at him, he was only 10 feet away … then he just disappeared.”

KGW: “He was only 10 feet away … then he just disappeared”

Bohlig was a veteran climber, CNN affiliate KATU reported.

Salkovics and Bohlig had recently returned from a climbing trip in Ecuador and thought it would be fun to do a trip on Mount St. Helens, KGW reported.

Warnings about unstable cornices on the crater rim are posted, according to the Gifford Pinchot National Forest Web site. Every year, thousands of climbers trek to the rim of the active volcano, according to the Web site.

Mount St. Helens erupted on May 18, 1980, killing 57 people and leveling nearly 150 square miles of forest.

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Georgian luge hopeful Nodar Kumaritashvili was killed Friday in a crash after flying off the Olympic track in Whistler, Canada during a training run, the Toronto Sun reported.

The 21-year-old, who was knocked unconscious, was immediately placed on a stretcher before he was taken away in an ambulance.

“Georgian slider Nodar Kumaritashvili has had a serious crash in the final run of official training for the men’s singles on Friday,” said an official statement.

“The 21-year-old fell out of the track when he crashed. He was treated onsite by medical staff who administered CPR and was then taken away in an ambulance.”

The Globe and Mail newspaper reported Kumaritashvili was “near the bottom and fastest part of the track when he hit one side of the wall, crashed into the other, and was then thrown off his sled and over the wall. He appeared to hit a metal pole on the side of the track after he was thrown over the wall.”

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Georgian luger Nodar Kumaritashvili has been seriously injured in an Olympic training run.

He was coming around the final 270-degree turn, where speeds approach 140 km/h, when he flipped off his sled and was hurled into a metal pole. He appeared to hit his head.

Medics administered CPR to the 21-year-old from Borjomi, Georgia, before he was lifted into an ambulance. An air-rescue helicopter arrived some eight minutes after the crash.

There was no immediate word on his condition.

Training was suspended indefinitely. Members of the International Luge Federation were called for a briefing and team captains from each nation were asked to attend a meeting.

At the finish area, not far from the crash, athletes, coaches and officials awaited word on Kumaritashvili.

“I’ve never seen anything like that,” said Shiva Keshavan, a four-time Olympian from India. “I’m afraid it’s bad.”

Kumaritashvili competed in five World Cup races this season, finishing 44th in the world standings.

The $105-million sliding centre, on the southeast face of Blackcomb Mountain, has been billed as a wild ride and the accident happened at its fastest point.

The 1,450-metre course has 16 turns and drops steeply for 152 metres, the longest drop of any track in the world.

The average grade is about 11 per cent, including two stomach-inverting drops of 20 per cent.

It was the second crash of the day on the course after defending Olympic champion Armin Zoeggeler of Italy lost control on the lower part of the track. He didn’t appear to be injured. On Thursday, Romanian women’s slider Violeta Stramaturaru crashed and had to be airlifted out.

More than a dozen athletes have crashed during Olympic training, with a Romanian woman briefly knocked unconscious.

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There is a little discussed issue that goes on daily here in the greater Los Angeles area that gets little attention from the media unless someone snaps and goes off the deep end.

Such was the case with Thomas Thompson, the Los Angeles driver convicted of assaulting 2 cyclists, was given a 5 year sentence by Superior Court Judge Scott T. Millington. Thompson was convicted of 6 felonies and 1 misdemeanor back in November, 2009.

I watched the coverage of the trial in the Los Angeles Times, and read as Mr. Thompson was told he was to receive five years in prison for his actions on that fateful day.

But there was one thing that was mostly omitted from the coverage of the Thompson trial. That was the overwhelming support of people from Thompson’s neighborhood that have to deal with these militant cyclists on a daily basis.

The case stems from an incident on July 4th when 2 cyclists, Ron Peterson and Christian Stoehr, were assaulted by Thompson as they rode their bikes down Mandeville Canyon Road near Los Angeles. Thompson drove past the 2 cyclists, then slammed on his brakes, causing the cyclist to run into his car. Peterson suffered serious injuries to his head, requiring over 90 stitches, while Stoehr suffered skin loss and a separated shoulder.

During and after the trial, there were people from the neighborhood that came to the courthouse, trying to tell the media what they face on a daily basis, and the media were mostly turning a deaf ear.

Mandeville Canyon Road draws a lot of cyclists to the area to ride through this hills and canyons. Many of these cycle enthusiasts are incredibly belligerent to people in automobiles.

I face this dilemma here where I live in San Dimas. The problem here in San Dimas is that we have these weekend warrior cyclists that seem to believe that they have some God given right to use the traffic lanes.

These cyclists are quite militant, like a bicycle militia, complete with weapons such as tire pumps and water bottles.

Groups of one hundred or more will block all traffic lanes from Bonelli Park to Foothill Blvd. as they ride through town on their way to the surrounding foothills. If an automobile come upon them and tries to pass, they routinely block the lanes as to prevent you from passing.

If you dare to tap your horn at them, you get the international salute AKA the bird. Then, when the opportunity to pass presents itself and you can pass, you can expect to get a dousing of water from the cyclists water bottles.

This goes on every weekend all over the east San Gabriel Valley. Now I know there are some cyclists out there that might read this and respond with the normal platitudes, but I blogged about this more than a year ago on my website, and I received more than eighty comments from the people around the area, and the majority of responses were from people that had also experienced this rude behavior from the cyclists.

The irony of the situation is that most of these cyclists drive cars, and I would bet that when on the freeways, if someone gets in front of them and slows them down, they are on their high beams and horns ranting and raving like a lunatic.

But put these same people on a bicycle, and suddenly they think they deserve the same space o the road as an automobile.

There is another side to this story from a personal perspective. I run. I run upwards to 40 miles a week. Where I run there is a shared trail that cuts through town.

While running I stay to the right. As I run along, invariably a tribe of these militant bicyclists will come flying up on me, screaming “On the left” as if I am too stupid to know that they are coming.

On three separate occasions I have been hit by these bicycle malcontents, once by a little kid so I won’t count that one, but once requiring a trip to the doctor for stitches. These cyclists are doing the same thing to me that they complain about cars doing to them.

I am not the only runner on this trail that complains about it. The trail is a part of the old Red Car railway that used to run from San Bernardino to Los Angeles. I run the section that traverses Rancho Cucamonga.

So these crazed cyclists are doing the same thing to walkers and runners that they complain about cars doing to them on the streets. You can’t have it both ways. You can’t roll a bike around the trails like you own them and you cannot complain when you get hit by a car. JD

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This is my prediction. The Saints are hungry, driven and their defense wants a piece of Peyton Manning. I predict that Manning will be knocked out of the game at the beginning of the third quarter. Then the Saints will own the Colts. The final score will be 34 to 27 Saints. By the way, I hate the New Orleans Saints. I want the BALTIMORE Colts to win.  This prediction was posted at 11:55 am,  February 7th, 2010    JD

I found this on a site called Fanhouse.com To read the whole column click the link.

    • Thomas George
    • Thomas George is a Senior NFL Writer for FanHouse


FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Football is speed. It is physical and it is tough and it can be wicked. But you can’t hit what you can’t catch.

And you cannot negate an offense that gives you the sharpest digs, the cleanest cuts, the prickliest execution.

That is why the best NFL coaches throughout the game’s history have always preached that their best players, their best teams, are not hindered by thinking. They know the schemes. But paramount, they use their speed in uninhibited ways. They play fast. They make the game a tornado. You are left spinning in your cleats.

This is what we have in the New Orleans Saints.
FanHouse TV: Stars Weigh InMuch of the nation and the Indianapolis Colts are sleeping on the Saints offense and its ability to play the game faster and quicker and cleaner than you can defend them. You take a well-oiled offense like this against a good Colts defense with a very suspect, inexperienced secondary in spots and I see the Saints offense having its way in Super Bowl XLIV. I see the Saints offense having much more success against the Colts defense than the Colts offense will have against the Saints defense.

I think Drew Brees is going to slice this Colts defense.

I think coach Sean Payton is going to creatively pluck this Colts defense with a well-conceived, effective game plan and play-calling.

It does not matter how many points the great Peyton Manning produces for the Colts. The Saints will simply produce more.

This Saints offense in its prime reminds me of some of Hall of Fame coach Bill Walsh’s best offense. The players are an extension of each other. The plays are set up to complement each other. The multiple pieces in personnel make the offense flexible and probing. The mismatches created can be overwhelming.

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Toronto Maple Leafs general manager Brian Burke’s youngest son has died in a car crash.

Brendan Burke, 21, was fatally injured in an accident Friday in Wayne County, Indiana. Police told a Daytona, Ohio television station a black Jeep lost control in poor weather and slid into oncoming traffic, hitting another vehicle head on and killing Burke as well as another passenger.

Brian Burke also is the general manager of the U.S. Olympic team.
“Our heart goes out to Brian and his family in this very difficult time,” Dave Ogrean, executive director of USA Hockey, said late Friday in a statement. “We know the prayers of the entire hockey family, including our Olympic Team, are with the Burke family.”

NHL commissioner Gary Bettman also expressed his condolences in a statement. “The National Hockey League grieves tonight for the family and friends of Brendan Burke, a young man of courage and character. Words simply cannot express our sorrow over his loss. We send our deepest, most heartfelt condolences to Brendan’s father, Brian; his mother, Kerry; everyone in Brendan’s family and all who were inspired by his love for hockey.”

Brendan Burke made headlines in November after he discussed being gay. At that time, Burke stood behind his son, expressing pride and admiration.

The family has asked for privacy.

MLSE president and CEO Richard Peddie said, “On behalf of the entire Maple Leaf Sports and Entertainment family, we extend our heartfelt condolences to the family and friends of Brian Burke. Our thoughts and prayers are with the Burke family during this extremely difficult time.”

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Josh Shirley

Go UCLA! Good pick Josh Shirley! I hate USC. Too many people are USC “Bandwagon Fans” because USC football is always in the top ten and ranked high. Rooting for USC is akin to going to Vegas and rooting for the house to win. Anybody can be a USC fan. Josh Shirley picked a school where you actually have to have a brain to attend in UCLA. Good for UCLA for picking up an amazingly talented player. JD

In one of the big surprises of the recruiting day, Fontana Kaiser linebacker Josh Shirley has selected UCLA as his college choice.

USC and Miami were supposed to be the top two contenders, though the Bruins never gave up on Shirley, who’s known for his pass-rushing ability.

His arrival in Westwood, combined with linebacker Jordan Zumwalt from Huntington Beach Edison, adds lots of ability to UCLA’s defense.

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The crybabies at USC have finally outdone themselves. Recruiting a 13 year old for their football team has to be an all new low for the ailing school. With their NCAA violations and the loss of Pete Carroll, I guess desperate times call for desperate measures. Ed.

The next Tiger Woods? The next Lebron James? Everyone is always looking for the next phenom. And that’s why you might want to learn the name David Sills. He is a seventh grader who just gave a verbal commitment to the University of Southern California to be their quarterback – in 2015.

The six-foot-tall 13-year-old is a wunderkind in the eyes of his personal coach Steve Clarkson, who has mentored top college quarterbacks Jimmy Clausen and current USC star Matt Barkley.

The shocking commitment of such a young player is more common in sports that are less physically demanding than football. There is the issue of Sills continuing to mature physically to withstand the punishment of the highest level of collegiate football, but Clarkson doesn’t foresee any problems.

“His skill set is off the chart,” Clarkson said. “I’ve never seen anyone at his age do what he’s been able to do,” he said according to ESPN. He added that Sills breaks down NFL game film as part of his routine.

USC coach Lane Kiffin contacted Clarkson to discuss another player and instead was sold the bill of goods on Sills. Kiffin came away more than impressed.

Kiffin continues his stretch of making big news after he bolted Tennessee after only one year to accept one of the most hallowed coaching jobs in the NCAA.

The USC job was available after Pete Carroll left USC for the NFL, agreeing to become the Seattle Seahawks new head coach.

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Tags: American football, David Sills, Football, Jimmy Clausen, Kelly Clarkson, Lebron James, Pete Carroll, quarterback, Sports in the United States, Tiger Woods, University of Southern California

Okay so I am old and out of the loop. But I did manage to catch a bit of the the X Games replays last night and watched as Shaun White dazzled the crowd with his amazing skills. The announcer had mentioned White’s crash the day before but it was not shown.

I just found this video of the crash, and it was pretty scary. He performed well last night and didn’t want to really talk about the accident, but there was something even more amazing to see. Guys on skis, that go down the ski jumping hill backward, and then do amazing tricks and land . . . BACKWARDS and continue down the hill. I recommend watching to anyone that likes winter sports. JD

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Just when it couldn’t get any better, it just got even better. The only reason there is a push to get the ManCrunch.com ad on CBS’ Super Bowl rotation is to get free publicity and a lawsuit. The commercial is stupid and CBS should tell GLAAD and ManCrunch.com that its a stupid commercial and leave it at that.

The Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD) has released a statement asking CBS to publicly explain its advertising standards after rejectingproposed Super Bowl commercial from gay dating website Mancrunch.com. The statement points out that the rejection follows the network having recently approved a controversial Super Bowl spot from the Christian organization Focus on Family. ”This network should come clean to the public about what’s going on because this seems to be a homophobic double standard,” said GLAAD President Jarrett Barrios.

CBS did not immediately respond to a request for comment on GLAAD’s statement. Yesterday, the network explained its decision on the Mancrunch ad with the following statement: “After reviewing the ad — which is entirely commercial in nature — our Standards and Practices department decided not to accept this particular spot. As always, we are open to working with the client on alternative submissions.”

In its rejection letter to Mancrunch, CBS also cited trouble with verifying the company’s credit status – a 30-second spot costs an estimated $2.6 million. A rep for Mancrunch claims the company has the money and even offered to pay cash upfront for the commercial. CBS tells EW the network has no record of such an offer.

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Here is the “ManCrunch” Super Bowl ad that has everyone so upset. I have seen it, and I think its kind of stupid. It has nothing to do with being homophobic, I just think its lame because I am not gay, and it doesn’t make me want to purchase the product.

In fact, current statistics show that about two percent of the American population is homosexual. Gay advocacy groups put that number at ten percent. For the sake of argument, lets go with the ten percent. Ninety percent of the people that watch the Super Bowl eat snack foods. Ninety percent of the people that watch the Super Bowl drink beer. It makes perfect sense then to spend the money on the ad time to sell your product.

It occurs to me that ManCrunch.com is just looking for free publicity and a law suit. I would bet money that they don’t even have the financial ability to pay for the ad if CBS was to run it. Ed

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MELBOURNE, Australia — Serena Williams won her fifth Australian Open championship here Saturday in a three-set thriller that showcased her big serve, her ballistic forehand and most of all an unquenchable will to win that she needed every bit of to turn back Justine Henin, 6-4, 3-6, 6-2.

Serena Williams returning a serve from Justine Henin during the women’s final at the Australian Open.

It was a 12th Grand Slam title for Williams, who matches Billie Jean King’s total and is halfway to the record 24 major titles held by Margaret Court, who was here at Melbourne Park to hand over the championship trophy to Williams.

“I’d like to congratulate Justine for having a fabulous tournament. She gave me all I could handle tonight,” said Williams, who won her previous four titles here in 2003, 2005, 2007 and 2009.

It was, indeed, a match of twists and turns that forced Williams to dig deep for both her talents and her fortitude to defeat Henin, who was playing in only her second tournament after leaving the game for 20 months. Henin’s return was the emotional touch point for the fortnight here as she seemed to rediscover the magic that had propelled her to seven time Grand Slam titles.

The last time a women’s Grand Slam went three sets was at Wimbledon in 2006, when Henin lost to Amelie Mauresmo. Over a two-hour-and-seven-minute match, Henin’s shot making and grit often matched that of Williams, especially in a furious second set and the opening of the third – a span in which she won five straight games and 15 consecutive points.

Williams, in fact, looked haggard during the run, but leaned on her rocket first serve – she dished out 12 aces – and then broke Henin’s serve three straight games.

“It’s been very emotional two weeks for me,” she said, accepting the second-place trophy. “I’d like to congratulate Serena – she’s a real champion.”

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Obama is Fighting Mad

We have been reading all the headlines about Obama being “Fighting mad” about a whole host of issues including campaign finance,  the supreme court,  Massachusetts,  Big Macs and almost everything else under the sun.   So we created a picture we call “Fighting Obama.”   Pictured here with his head speech writer Don King,  Obama has just left the ring after a fight with Newt Gingrich.   Obama won the fight because he is “fighting mad.”

funny Obama fighting mad pissed off

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