Very early on Wednesday morning, I wrote that "expecting another 16-hour day from [the NBA and its players] on Wednesday is daffy," considering the 16-hour day the two sides put in on Tuesday in an attempt to end the ongoing NBA lockout. Well, who's daffy now?
The NBA and its players took a break a little after 7 1/2 hours of negotiations on Wednesday, with NBA commissioner David Stern, head legal counsel Joel Litvin and Boston Celtics owner Wyc Grousbeck heading to an owners-only meeting to discuss enhanced revenue sharing. They'll be back at the table later on Wednesday night, however, with the negotiations appearing to be heading into the wee hours yet again. Nothing contentious or showy going on here.
Who to thank for all this? Apparently federal mediator George Cohen, who once again managed to force both sides into keeping tight lips as they broke for a short respite near the end of the typical working day. NBA deputy commissioner Alan Silver has apparently long been the most talkative NBA voice at the table during these talks, so it might not even matter with Stern out of the room; especially with Cohen on board and the typical NBA Players Association retinue on hand.
Those expecting a quick resolution once Stern returns won't be satisfied, either. The fact that the owners are still haggling over just how to break up their own slice of the pie once they finally destroy the NBAPA is not a good sign. As has been the case for months, the league's own particular house has quite a bit to figure out.
Any talk is good talk, though. And it beats the heck out of going a month between meetings while the players freeze out their first missed paychecks
Announced their engagement to the sudden dissolution of marriage from the World Cup golden goal winner Frank took only three months, is what makes him so do not fly? The answer is the other woman, the British media, dating is now the object of Uruguayan supermodel Victoria - Sarah Shakespeare, and this woman was a teammate Frank.
In March, Frank announced on twitter in the individual and his girlfriend Nora is about to marry, but in June, they suddenly announced the break up, then away from their original wedding less than two weeks. The reason for divergent views, there is economic reasons, there is a sudden they tired of each other.
Today, Frank's new girlfriend has surfaced, the Spanish media that the Spanish model Tamara - Kanpi Luo name, but good at digging lace "The Sun" is disclosed, Uruguayan model Sarah's new love is Biya.
Frank on the relationship and makes no reference to confidentiality, "Sun", said excavation, which may be Sarah's ex-boyfriend on Shakespeare, Shakespeare before Sarah's boyfriend, is team-mate Frank Carlos in Uruguay - Bueno, as Frank when she got on with the relationship is unknown.
Sarah Shakespeare was designed to catch players accused, who big on whom, but the Uruguayan model does not acknowledge this: "I see who and who is not good, but Frank is the first on my list . "
God created the everything of the world .But many people don’t believe in him .The first man created by god is Adam ,God created Eve as his wife and prepared the Garden of Eden for them .Everything was so perfect.
Then Adam and the Eve didn”t obey the god to eat the fruits of the tree of distinguish good and evil. From that on, the evil went to the world from Adam.So all of us are born with evil now.God is so holy and pure ,but we are so dirty ,the evil separate god with us .
We should go to die if not because the love of god.God love us and he is full of pity and kindness ,so he kill his unique son jesus in the cross to wash our evil.
Jesus is the son of the god and is the savior of the human .He obey the god”s will come to the world to surf misery .But many people don”t know him now,they don”t believe the Lord .There are many Christians in the Occident but little in the Asia.Many Chinese begin to receive and believe in the Lord now .Thanks the Lord.All the glory and praise should belong to the god .
The Lord love you !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
HOUSTON—Houston Texans defensive end Mario Williams is out for the season after tearing a pectoral muscle in Sunday’s 25-20 loss to Oakland.
Coach Gary Kubiak said Williams will go on injured reserve and undergo surgery in the next week.
Williams appeared to be hurt while sacking Jason Campbell with about five minutes left in the first quarter. He walked to the locker room on his own, and was on the sideline in the second half, wearing a T-shirt and shorts.
Williams, the top overall pick in the 2006 draft, moved from defensive end to outside linebacker this season in new coordinator Wade Phillips’ 3-4 alignment. He was growing more comfortable with the role each week, and had five sacks and a forced fumble before the injury.
“I feel so bad for Mario, because he’s such a heck of a player,” Kubiak said Monday. “He had really taken to the position he’s playing. He was improving every day in practice, improving in every game. I’d never seen him so upbeat about what was going on.”
The Texans (3-2) play at Baltimore (3-1) on Sunday, and Williams isn’t their only injury concern.
Quarterback Matt Schaub has a sore throwing shoulder and a thigh bruise, and fullback James Casey left Sunday’s game with a strained pectoral muscle. Kubiak said both players are “day to day.”
Right guard Mike Brisiel left Sunday’s game with injuries to his ankle and knee, and Kubiak said he will be re-evaluated on Wednesday.
The Texans were already playing without star receiver Andre Johnson, who injured his right hamstring in last week’s win over Pittsburgh. Kubiak said Johnson is no longer sore after a minor procedure last Tuesday, but he couldn’t say if Johnson could be ready in time for Sunday’s game against the Ravens.
“His rehab has picked up,” Kubiak said, “so we’ll see where he’s at each day.”
The loss of Williams is a major blow to a defense that had showed vast improvement from last season.
For the second straight year, Houston is losing one of its defensive stalwarts after a promising start. In 2010, All-Pro linebacker DeMeco Ryans tore his left Achilles tendon in the sixth game, and the Texans dropped eight of their last 10 to finish 6-10.
The 6-foot-6, 285-pound Williams is Houston’s all-time sacks leader (53). He set the team’s single-season sacks record with 14 in 2007, and was named a Pro Bowl starter in 2009 and `10.
“I’m disappointed for Mario,” Kubiak said. “Obviously, it’s tough on the team. We’re missing a great player.”
Rookie Brooks Reed, a second-round draft pick, will move into Williams’ spot in the starting lineup. Reed had four tackles in about 50 plays in Sunday’s game.
“It’s a great opportunity here in his young career to step up and be a starter,” Kubiak said. “That’s why we drafted him. (He’s) very capable of doing it. He’ll get his opportunity here.”
Kubiak said the Texans may bring linebacker Jesse Nading off the practice squad to add depth. Kubiak will meet with general manager Rick Smith and owner Bob McNair to discuss other possible roster moves.
“We’ve got a lot of things to look at right now,” Kubiak said. “We’ve got some challenges from a management standpoint, me and Rick and Bob, as we sit here and have to juggle some things as we move forward with these injuries and some of the things going on.”
Casey, a converted tight end, had developed into a dependable offensive option and was Houston’s third-leading receiver coming into the game.
Backup fullback Lawrence Vickers dropped an easy pass from Schaub inside the 15-yard line with Houston down 25-17 in the fourth quarter. The Texans settled for Neil Rackers’ field goal on the drive.
“It was a play called for the fullback to be open in the flats and Coach (Kubiak) gave me my opportunity and I let my teammates down,” Vickers said after the game. “It hurts, but I deserve to feel like this right now.”
The Texans acquired Vickers as a free agent early in training camp, after Vonta Leach signed with the Ravens. Vickers played five seasons in Cleveland before coming here, and Kubiak still thinks he can depend on the veteran.
“He’s started in this league, he has a lot of starts at fullback,” Kubiak said. “That’s why we brought him in here, and he’ll get a lot of work now. He’s been working with James. He’s a little bit of a different player than James.
“But I’ve got a lot of confidence in him,” Kubiak said. “When somebody goes down, the next guy’s got to step up, you’ve got to keep going.”
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