2010 torch passes 1976 Olympic stadium in Montreal

2010 torch passes 1976 Olympic stadium in Montreal: The past and future of Canada’s Olympic Games got together this morning in Montreal. The torch for the 2010 games was carried past the site of the 1976 Summer Olympics. Short-track speedskater Jean-Francois Monette carried the flame past the city’s Olympic Stadium, site of the 1976 Games and longtime home to baseball’s now-defunct Montreal Expos.

It was a surreal scene. The city’s first snowstorm of the season, combined with howling winds, made it seem like the stadium’s famous tower was shrouded in a tornado of white dust.

The 1976 Games were the first time Canada hosted the Olympics; Calgary was the second, in 1988, and Vancouver will be the third.

Jimmy Rollins Girlfriend, Johari Smith

Jimmy Rollins Girlfriend, Johari Smith: James Rollins is an All-Star and MVP shortstop for the Philadelphia Phillies of Major League Baseball.

Though Rollins has developed into a five-tool player during his career due to significant increases in his power hitting, he is perhaps best known for his baserunning skills. He has stolen at least 20 bases every season since 2001, with a career high of 47 in 2008. This emulates Rollins’ childhood baseball hero, Rickey Henderson.

Rollins comes from an athletic family, as his brother, Antwon, formerly played with minor league affiliates of the Texas Rangers and the Montreal Expos.His sister, Shay Rollins, is a starter on the University of San Francisco’s women’s basketball team,and Rollins is the cousin of former MLB player Tony Tarasco.

Rollins also attended the same high school (Encinal High School) as Detroit Tigers pitcher Dontrelle Willis.

Rollins is a resident of Woolwich Township, New Jersey.
Jimmy Rollins is one of the most dapper Phillies, and he and girlfriend Johari Smith will appear in a Playboy fashion feature, most likely in the June issue and on video on Playboy’s Web site.
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Presidents Cup Tv Schedule

THE 2009 President’s Cup starts Thursday at the Harding Park Golf Course in San Francisco, California. This is a match-play competition, pitting the International team captained by Greg Norman against the U.S. team captained by Fred Couples. The Americans have won six of seven.

President’s Cup TV Schedule
More than 20 hours of TV coverage are on tap for the 2009 Presidents Cup.

GOLF CHANNEL: Wed: 7p – 8:30p / Thu: 3p & 8:30p / Fri: 2p & 8:30p
NBC: Sat: 11a – 9p / Sun: 12p – 6p

Photo shows Steve Stricker at the Ryder Cup. He’ll team with Tiger Woods at the President’s Cup. Credit: Proforged/Flickr

TV SCHEDULE:
Today: Foursome Matches, 3 – 8 p.m. ET, Golf Channel
Tomorrow: Four-ball Matches, 2 – 8 p.m. ET, Golf Channel
Saturday: Foursomes & Four-ball Matches, 11 a.m. – 9 p.m. ET, NBC
Sunday: Singles Matches, Noon – 6 p.m. ET, NBC
Tiger Woods, Phil Mickelson, Vijay Singh and the four Major Championship winners from this year (Angel Cabrera – Masters, Lucas Glover – U.S. Open, Stewert Cink – British Open, Y.E. Yang – PGA Championship) highlight a field that includes six of the world’s top 10 players competing in the Presidents Cup from Harding Park Golf Course in San Francisco, Calif. The biennial event, which is contested in non-Ryder Cup years, pits the United States against a team of non-European international stars in match play competition. NBC Sports will broadcast 16 hours of exclusive live coverage on Saturday and Sunday, including coverage of the 12 concluding singles matches on Sunday.
NBC SPORTS GOLF TEAM: Host Dan Hicks and analyst Johnny Miller, in their10th season together as NBC Sports’ lead golf commentators, anchor the network’s 16 hours of Presidents Cup coverage Saturday and Sunday. NBC also will produce Golf Channel’s 11 hours of coverage on Thursday and Friday. Hicks and Miller are joined by tower reporter Gary Koch; on-course reporters Roger Maltbie, Mark Rolfing and Dottie Pepper; and interviewer/essayist Jimmy Roberts; with reports from Golf World’s Tim Rosaforte. Tommy Roy, one of the most nominated persons in the history of the Sports Emmys will produce the 27 hours of coverage on NBC and TNT.
ROY ON MATCH PLAY: “It’s great fun. You tend to see the emotions come out much more than in a regular stroke play event, where they try to hold their thoughts in check. Here everything flows and our coverage really accentuates not only showing the shots but all the emotions and capturing that as well.”
MALTBIE ON THE STRATEGY OF MATCH PLAY VS. STROKE PLAY: “In stroke play, you’re adding a series of strokes over four days and there’s a sameness to it. But match play strategy constantly changes depending on what your opponent does. When you have the opportunity to see the result of your opponent’s shot then you can govern your play and that becomes the intriguing part of match play. It’s almost like playing backgammon with the doubling cube.”
MALTBIE ON GROWING TRADITION OF PRESIDENTS CUP: “Match play is personal and a great many of these players that have been on teams’ past are on the team presently and there’s unfinished business. You’re starting to build that little bit of angst, or let’s say, friendly animosity.”
MILLER ON GOING BACK TO HARDING PARK – WHERE HE GREW UP: “This will probably be the most nostalgic thing I can do in golf. I have nothing but pure thoughts about Harding, what it meant to me. I’d like to go out there and let it wash over me. I have so many memories. I look forward to seeing those trees I used to climb.”
ROSTERS:
United States: Captain – Fred Couples, Assistant Captain – Jay Haas
Automatic qualifiers – Tiger Woods, Phil Mickelson, Steve Stricker, Kenny Perry, Zach Johnson, Stewart Cink, Sean O’Hair, Jim Furyk, Anthony Kim, Justin Leonard
Captain’s picks – Lucas Glover, Hunter Mahan.

International: Captain – Greg Norman, Assistant Captain – Frank Nobilo
Automatic qualifiers – Geoff Oglivy (Australia), Vijay Singh (Fiji), Camilo Villegas (Columbia), Retief Goosen (South Africa), Ernie Els (South Africa), Angel Cabrera (Argentina), Mike Weir, (Canada), Robert Allenby (Australia), Y.E. Yang (South Korea), Tim Clark (South Africa)
Captain’s picks – Ryo Ishikawa (Japan), Adam Scott (Australia)
NBCSPORTS.COM: NBCSports.com will offer live post-game coverage all four days with the U.S. Open Wrap-up Show presented by Lexus, hosted by Bill Patrick, Brian Crowell and Jennifer Mills. The site also will offer highlights, interviews and analysis, as well as live blogging.
PRESIDENTS CUP ON NBC SPORTS MOBILE: Golf fans will be able to get news and scores right on their cell phones with the NBC Sports Mobile Web site or the all-new NBC Sports iPhone app. Fans can also sign-up for exclusive text alerts with scoring updates and daily news. To find out how, users can just text the word GOLF to 51515 or visit http://mobile.nbcsports.com.
PRESIDENTS CUP HISTORY: The U.S. team takes a 5-1-1 advantage in Presidents Cup play into this year’s event. In 2007 in Montreal the U.S won its fifth Presidents Cup in seven tries led by David Toms who had the most points for the U.S. team.
In 2005 outside of Washington D.C., the U.S. won by an 18 ½ – 15 ½ margin as Chris DiMarco clinched the victory by sinking a 15-foot birdie putt on the 18th hole to win his singles match.
In the 2003 competition held in South Africa, the teams finished knotted at 17 points apiece. The rules (since amended) called for the winner to be decided in a sudden death playoff, and Tiger Woods and Ernie Els were their captains’ selections to represent the squads in the playoff. After three playoff holes had failed to decide the match, and with darkness approaching, the teams agreed to be recognized as co-winners of the 2003 Presidents Cup.
The United States won the event in 2000 by a 21 ½ -10 ½ count at the Robert Trent Jones Golf Club. When the 2001 Ryder Cup was postponed following the September 11 terrorist attacks, Presidents Cup competition shifted to odd-numbered years.
The International Team won for the only time in 1998 in Australia.
The Presidents Cup was launched by the PGA Tour in 1994 to give the world’s best non-European players an opportunity to compete in international team match-play competition in non-Ryder Cup years. Presidents Cup competition consists of 32 matches: 10 foursomes, 10 four-ball matches, and 12 singles matches involving all players on the final Sunday. All matches are worth one point each, for a total of 32 points.
ELIGIBILITY: Members of the 2009 U.S. Team were selected based on official earnings from the start of the 2008 season through the 2009 PGA Championship. International Team players were chosen on the basis of the Official World Golf Ranking and do not include players eligible for the European Ryder Cup Team. The eligibility rankings are used to select 10 members for both squads. The 12-man teams are rounded out by two Captains’ Choices per team.

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DJ Roc Raida

“I am sorry 2 say that on this day at 2:05 Sept 19th we lost another incredible life…Dj Roc Raida died 2day my personal Dj is gone…” -Busta Rhymes

“I feel fortunate to have been able to catch this great man on the tables many times. He is one of a select few who defined the term ‘turntablism’” – Black Bubblegum

he passed today. Was a NYC staple for countless years. He’ll be seriously missed. Was a very good guy and always put together great events throughout the city. [Thanksgiving Brown]

Literally one of the single greatest trick DJs of all time, Roc Raida of the legendary X-ecutioners, has passed away. Last week it was being reported that Roc was “admited to the hospital after being involved in a car accident that left him with serious injuries”, but today AllHipHop says,

..a representative for the DJ, [said] “Family and friends will miss him dearly. Please give the family their privacy.”

The source refused to give details of his illness or injury, or even the cause of Roc Raida’s death, but did state that previous reports of an injury during karate class or a car accident were inaccurate.

The rep confirmed that Roc Raida was hospitalized last week, but would only state that the DJ’s death was totally “unexpected.”

That was quickly followed by an article at Baller Status that says something slightly different:

“Raida was recently in an mixed martial arts accident, something that he has been practicing for several years,” a statement from his family read. “Although he had under gone two surgeries with great success, he was released to an inpatient physical therapy facility and was in great spirits the past few days. This morning he started to have complications and passed. The family asks for privacy at this time.”

Condolences to his family. Roc Raida RIP.

One of his recent NYC performances took place July 23rd in Crotona Park in the Bronx. In August he toured Canada with Busta Rhymes. Video from the show they played at the Metropolis in Montreal, and more, below…

More Information DJ Roc Raida

Alan Thicke

Alan Thicke (born Alan Willis Jeffery; March 1, 1947) is a Canadian actor, songwriter, and game and talk show host. He is best known for his role as Jason Seaver, the patriarch on the ABC television series Growing Pains.

Background and personal life

Thicke was born in Kirkland Lake, Ontario, the son of Joan, a nurse, and William Jeffrey, a stockbroker. His mother later married Brian Thicke, a physician. He graduated from Elliot Lake Secondary School in 1965, and was elected the homecoming king. He went on to attend the University of Western Ontario, where he joined the Delta Upsilon fraternity. Alan is an avid hockey and softball fan/player.

Thicke has been married three times. His first marriage to Days of our Lives actress Gloria Loring, from 1970 to 1983, bore him two sons, Brennan and Robin Thicke. His second marriage was to the Miss World 1990 pageant winner, Gina Tolleson, from 1992 to 1999, and produced a third son, Carter Willam. He has been married to Tanya Callau since 2005.

His son Robin is a platinum album-selling musician, and his son Brennan was a voice actor for cartoons when he was younger.

Game shows

Thicke hosted a Canadian game show on CFCF-TV in Montreal called First Impressions in the late 1970s and the prime time celebrity game show Animal Crack-Ups in the late 1980s. In 1997, he hosted a television version of the board game Pictionary. In the early 2000s, he hosted the All New 3’s a Crowd on the Game Show Network.

Talk shows

Norman Lear hired Thicke to produce and head the writing staff of Fernwood 2-Night, a tongue-in-cheek talk show based on characters from Lear’s earlier show, Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman.

Thicke was also the host of his own popular talk show in Canada during the early 1980s, called the The Alan Thicke Show. The show at one point spawned a prime time spin-off titled Prime Cuts, which consisted of edited highlights from the talk show.

Based on the success of his talk show, Thicke was signed to do an American late night talk show Thicke of the Night.

Theme song composer

Thicke had a successful career as a TV theme song composer. He often collaborated with his wife Gloria Loring on these projects, which included the themes to the popular sitcoms Diff’rent Strokes and The Facts of Life. He also wrote a number of TV game show themes, including The Wizard of Odds (for which he also sang the vocal introduction), The Joker’s Wild, Celebrity Sweepstakes, The Diamond Head Game, Blank Check, Whew! and the original theme to Wheel of Fortune.

TV and movie appearances

Apart from Growing Pains, Thicke also appeared on the American television series Hope & Gloria, which lasted 35 episodes. In 2004, Thicke hosted the Miss Universe Canada pageant. In April 2006, he hosted Celebrity Cooking Showdown on NBC, in which celebrities were teamed with famous chefs in a cooking competition.

In August 2006 and 2007, Thicke made a few appearances as talk show host Rich Ginger on The Bold and the Beautiful.[2] Thicke also had a cameo appearance in the 2007 movie Alpha Dog as the father of the lead character’s girlfriend.

In 2008 Thicke appeared in a major supporting role as Jim Jarlewski in the television series adaptation of Douglas Coupland’s jPod. That year, he also had a cameo appearance in the How I Met Your Mother episode Sandcastles in the Sand as the dad in Robin’s second “Robin Sparkles” music video. He also appears on a website made specifically for the show, canadiansexacts.org.

In February 2009, Thicke made a guest appearance on adult swim’s Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job. In the same month, he made a guest appearance on the web series Star-ving.

Thicke had a role in the 2009 film The Goods: Live Hard, Sell Hard, starring Jeremy Piven, Ving Rhames, Ed Helms, Ken Jeong, and James Brolin. On July 10, 2009, Thicke appeared on the 1000th episode of Attack Of The Show, and sang a song with Kevin Pereira and Olivia Munn, at the end kissing Munn.
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