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Belichick on deflated balls: 'We try to do everything right'

Belichick on deflated balls: 'We try to do everything right' 
 

New England Patriots football head coach Bill Belichick speaks during an NFL football news conference at Gillette Stadium, Saturday, Jan. 24, 2015, in Foxborough, Mass., where he defended the way his team preps its game balls.

 

FOXBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) -- Saying his team "followed every rule to the letter," New England Patriots coach Bill Belichick described in detail how his team prepares its footballs on game day and defended his players from chatter that they made it to the Super Bowl by cheating.

"At no time was there any intent whatsoever to try to compromise the integrity of the game or to gain an advantage," Belichick said in an unscheduled availability on Saturday afternoon, eight days before the Patriots will play the Seattle Seahawks for the NFL championship.

"Quite the opposite: we feel like we followed the rules of the game to the letter," he said. "We try to do everything right. We err on the side of caution. It's been that way now for many years. Anything that's close, we stay as far away from the line as we can."

Speaking once again with authority on a topic he previously professed ignorance of, Belichick said the team conducted an internal study on the process of getting game balls ready.

Most of the steps are designed to make them tackier, which has a noticeable effect on how it feels, he said, but the process could also affect the pressure inside the ball, which is harder to tell by touch.

"I'm not a scientist. I'm not an expert in footballs; I'm not an expert in football measurements," Belichick said. "I'm just telling you what I know."

The Patriots reached the Super Bowl for the sixth time in Belichick's tenure when they beat the Colts 45-7 in the AFC championship game on Sunday. But later that night, Indianapolis TV station WTHR reported that some of the game balls provided by New England for the use of its offense weren't sufficiently inflated.

The NFL said its initial investigation confirmed that some of the footballs used in the first half of the conference title game were underinflated. On Thursday, Belichick deferred questions on the game balls to Brady; the quarterback also denied any impropriety.

But in the slow news off-days before Super Bowl week, the allegations received disproportionate attention - and Twitter hashtags such as "Deflategate" and "Ballghazi" - along with comparisons to the videotaping scandal of 2007, when the Patriots were hit with unprecedented penalties after Belichick was caught recording opposing coaches sending in signals from the sidelines.

Belichick denied that there is a pattern of rule-breaking, or even of pushing the rules to their limit.

"It was wrong. We were disciplined for it. That's it. We never did it again. We're never going to do it again," Belichick said of the scandal that came to be known as "Spygate." "And anything else that's close, we're not going to do either."

A football lifer who only seems happy on the sidelines, if at all, Belichick is known for an absolute attention to detail that prepares his team for every imaginable situation.

But instead of getting ready for the Super Bowl, he said he has spent far too much time the past week studying the science and learning about "bladders, air gauges, stitching, pressure, game day football preparation, rubdowns and so forth."

"I'm embarrassed to talk about the amount of time that I've put into this relative to the other important challenge in front of us," he said. "It sounds simple, and I'm not trying to say that we're trying to land a guy on the moon, but there are a lot of things here that are a little hard to get a handle on."

But Belichick seemed most emotional when he came to the defense of his team. Among the questions he and his players have been asked this week is whether they cheated to get to the Super Bowl.

Belichick praised his players, who went 12-4 in the regular season, won an 11th division title in 12 years, made a fourth straight trip - and ninth overall - to the conference championship game, and have a chance for a fourth NFL title in his tenure.

"They're a physically and mentally tough team that works hard, that trains hard, that prepares hard and have met every challenge that I put in front of them," he said.

"This team was the best team in the AFC in the regular season. ... The best team in the postseason, that's what this team is. I know that because I've been with them every day. And I'm proud of this team."

Seahawks Top Packers 28-22 To Punch Their Ticket To Super Bowl

Seahawks Top Packers 28-22 To Punch Their Ticket To Super Bowl

SEATTLE, WA – JANUARY 18: Luke Willson #82 of the Seattle
Seahawks celebrates after scoring on a two point conversion during
the fourth quarter of the 2015 NFC Championship game against the
Green Bay Packers at CenturyLink Field on January 18, 2015 in
Seattle, Washington.
 
SEATTLE (AP) — The loudest stadium in America was silent. A return trip to the Super Bowl was slipping away.

Time for the Seattle Seahawks to show why they are champions.

“You have the belief these guys have in one another, there is nothing you can’t do,” coach Pete Carroll said after an implausible comeback for a 28-22 victory over Green Bay in the NFC championship game Sunday.

Plagued by turnovers and outplayed much of the day, the Seahawks staged a stunning rally built on resilience. Russell Wilson, who struggled until the final minutes, hit Jermaine Kearse for a 35-yard touchdown 3:19 into the extra period to win it.

The Seahawks became the first defending champion to make the Super Bowl in 10 years, and will play the AFC champion New England Patriots, who routed Indianapolis 45-7. How Seattle got there was stunning.

For full story go to:  http://philadelphia.cbslocal.com/

Patriots Beat Colts 45-7, Return To Super Bowl

Patriots Beat Colts 45-7, Return To Super Bowl

LeGarrette Blount #29 of the New England Patriots runs with the ball
against Greg Toler #28 of the Indianapolis Colts in the third quarter of
the 2015 AFC Championship Game at Gillette Stadium on January
18, 2015 in Foxboro, Massachusetts.

FOXBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) — Tom Brady threw for three touchdowns and LeGarrette Blount ran in three more on Sunday to lead the New England Patriots into the Super Bowl with a 45-7 victory over the Indianapolis Colts.

The Patriots won their eighth AFC championship — their sixth under Brady and coach Bill Belichick. They will play the Seattle Seahawks in Super Bowl in Glendale, Arizona, on Feb. 1.

New England (14-4) opened a 14-point lead in the first half and then broke it open in a driving rain with three third-quarter touchdowns and another to start the fourth. That made it the second-most lopsided game in AFC championship history.

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Nina Milano Fashion and Beauty and Recreation For The Kids

Nina Milano, Sexy Model, Leads Public Service Announcement: Using Modeling to Ask About More Recreation Centers In Philly Suburbs By Van Stone frontpagenews1@yahoo.com

Nina Milano, Sexy Model, Leads Public Service Announcement: Using Modeling to Ask About More Recreation Centers In Philly Suburbs By Van Stone frontpagenews1@yahoo.com

Nina Milano, Fashion and Beauty Model, uses her image to support
social issues in America.  Making a statement to city council,
the mayor, and even the public library in Yeadon Borough, Delaware County, 
recreation centers and sports fields for kids among her concerns.

At a community billboard led by Fashion and Beauty Model Nina Milano, Phillly Suburban residents are assisted to expressed concerns over a variety of issues, including the parks and recreation department. The Puerto Rican-American Model supports groups gathering in the Philadelphia Suburb auditoriums to ask a panel of city officials about issues including blighted houses, dirt bike laws, attracting new real estate and retail businesses to their neighborhoods and the potential closure of city recreation centers.

Faced with competition from better-equipped YMCA's and a shrinking city budget, Yeadon Borough's recreation centers are on track to shut down completely or offer children deteriorating facilities and broken-down equipment. To fix the problem, Milano hopes that the department that oversees recreation will pay more attention to the recreation shortage for kids.  Nina Milano is all for an assembled task force of models, city leaders, private citizens and business executives to figure out how the Department of Recreation and Parks can generate money.

Nina Milano: Flawless and Uncompromised Fashion and Beauty

Widow of Teddy Pendergrass Focusing on Burnishing Late Singer’s Legacy

Widow of Teddy Pendergrass Focusing on Burnishing Late Singer’s Legacy

Teddy Pendergrass and Joan Williams, on their wedding day in 2008.
 
PHILADELPHIA (CBS) — It’s been five years since R&B crooner Teddy Pendergrass died in a suburban Philadelphia hospital, and for the first time since his death, his widow is speaking out about the family court battle, the singer’s legacy, and what’s next.

“Teddy and I were soul mates and good partners,” Joan Pendergrass told KYW Newsradio this morning.  She says she fell in love with Theodore Pendergrass in 2006, but when he died four years later she found herself embroiled in a nasty court battle over his estate.

“One of the allegations was that I’m a gold digger, and it’s untrue,” she says calmly.

For full story go to:  http://philadelphia.cbslocal.com/

Nina Milano, Fashion Model Rising Star, Is New Face Of Philadelphia Front Page News-Magazine and Media Key 307.

Nina Milano, Fashion Model Rising Star, Is The New Face Of Philadelphia Front Page News-Magazine and Media Key 307.

Philadelphia County/Delaware County – Nina Milano has modeling star power that is a cross between Jennifer Lopez, Zuleyka Rivera, and Brenda Lynn amongst the other beautiful Latina women with American style. And in 2015, Milano is the new face of Van Stone’s magazine called Philadelphia Front Page News as well as Media Key 307.  She is a part of the Van Stone symbol which is for Uplifting Fallen Humanity, the Key to Unity. Nina Milano, in the USA is  the changing face of family fashion. Family can rise to prominence where ever anyone finds positive image of Black women and Women of Color. Milano, who is of the life in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and Delaware County Pennsylvania, was discovered last year by Philadelphia Front Page News on facebook, and debuted this year on a Making the Cover Magazine editions of Philadelphia Front Page News-Magazine/Media Key 307 online. She’s since become hot and cutest popularity, Vanstone Philadelphiafrontpagenews facebook news feeds. Courtfighter Vanstone, and Ninabeldejesus.

Radio station listeners who listen to Power WVSR 1360.1 AM at www.powerwvsr1360.us and readers who read the newspapers and magazine online at www.fpnnews.us, www.frontpagenews.us, and www.delcofrontpagenews.com says followers are curious about Nina Milano while looking over the news feeds,  and think of her as a hot artist on the rise, which mean lots of new Milano fans.  Nina, models female clothes, and when dressing herself she sometimes chooses heels or makeup—but is just as confident about posing natural. Her new-found fame with Philadelphia Front Page News and Media Key 307, both magazines are owned by Philly native Van Stone, is a sign that “the public opinion that women who reveal more but in a modest and pleasing to the eye style can be respected.  Family fashion is all about providing dignity poses and presentation. It doesn’t matter if a woman chooses to appear in racy clothing such as bed room wear or out on the town gear as long as she is not sending a message that no part of her sexy body is off limits. Nina, Milano dresses and poses, producing such fantastic pictures, in such a way that even a single woman or married woman will view her modeling in photography and feel appreciated as a positive woman amongst the female peers.  

ESPN sportscaster Stuart Scott dies at age 49

ESPN sportscaster Stuart Scott dies at age 49

 

Stuart Scott, ESPN

BRISTOL, Conn. -

Stuart Scott, the longtime "SportsCenter" anchor and ESPN personality known for his enthusiasm and ubiquity, died Sunday. He was 49.

Scott had fought cancer since a diagnosis in late 2007, the network said, but remained dedicated to his craft even as he underwent chemotherapy, radiation and surgery.

ESPN President John Skipper said in a statement that Scott was "a true friend and a uniquely inspirational figure" and that his "energetic and unwavering devotion to his family and to his work while fighting the battle of his life left us in awe, and he leaves a void that can never be replaced."

Scott accepted the Jimmy V Perseverance Award at the ESPYs in July. During his speech, he told his teenage daughters: "Taelor and Sydni, I love you guys more than I will ever be able to express. You two are my heartbeat. I am standing on this stage here tonight because of you."

On Sunday morning, NFL Network broadcaster Rich Eisen's voice broke as he reported the death of his good friend, with whom he worked on "SportsCenter" broadcasts.

"I love this man," Eisen said.

ESPN anchor Hannah Storm called him "our colleague, our friend and our inspiration" as she reported the news. On the network's NFL pregame show, Chris Berman said, "Stuart made ESPN what it is, he made us better people."

Born in Chicago, Scott attended high school in North Carolina. After graduating from the University of North Carolina in 1987, Scott worked at three TV stations in the southern U.S. before joining ESPN for the 1993 launch of its ESPN2 network, hosting short sports update segments.

He often anchored the 11 p.m. "SportsCenter," where he would punctuate emphatic highlights with
"Boo-ya!" or note a slick move as being "as cool as the other side of the pillow."

Scott went on to cover countless major events for the network, including the Super Bowl, NBA finals, World Series and NCAA Tournament. He also interviewed President Barack Obama, joining him for a televised game of one-on-one. In 2001, Scott returned to Chapel Hill as the university's commencement speaker.

Scott was first diagnosed with cancer in November 2007 after he had to leave the "Monday Night Football" game between Miami and Pittsburgh to have his appendix removed. Doctors discovered a tumor during surgery. He underwent chemotherapy again in 2011.

Scott made a point of continuing to live his life — at work and outside of it.

"Who engages in mixed martial arts training in the midst of chemotherapy treatments?" Skipper said in ESPN's statement. "Who leaves a hospital procedure to return to the set?"

Scott is survived by his parents, O. Ray and Jacqueline Scott; siblings Stephen Scott, Synthia Kearney and Susan Scott; his daughters Taelor, 19, and Sydni, 15; and girlfriend Kristin Spodobalski.

As he accepted the award named for former N.C. State coach Jim Valvano, who died of cancer in 1993, Scott noted: "When you die, that does not mean that you lose to cancer.

"You beat cancer by how you live, why you live, and the manner in which you live," Scott said. "So live. Live. Fight like hell."

Read more here: http://www.charlotteobserver.com/2015/01/04/5424183/espn-announcer-stuart-scott-dies.html#storylink=cpy

Nina Milano’s making the magazine cover appearance with the Front Page News- Magazine/VSP Foundation by Van Stone frontpagenews1@yahoo.com (267) 293-6703

Nina Milano’s making the magazine cover appearance with the Front Page News- Magazine/VSP Foundation by Van Stone frontpagenews1@yahoo.com (267) 293-6703

Nina Milano, Fashion Model, Philadelphia Front Page News-Magazine
and Media Key 307 Magazine.

Modeling With VSP Foundation… With more than 25 years’ combined experience in programming for modeling, fashion, beauty, style, formal wear design, as well as photography, Van Stone has welcomed fashion model, Nina Milano and fashion model friends to join in Philadelphia, PA and Yeadon, PA to create modeling culture in 2015. Nina, Milano and friends earned numerous accolades from peers, the fashion press, including the Delaware County Front Page News online, because of VSP’s amateur and professional model culture. Thanks to Nina Milano’s recent appearance with the Front Page News-VSP has been recognized by other magazines such as 360 West, Lingerie, The Patron Magazine, Paper City, Indulge Magazine, D Weddings, En Vie Magazine, and most importantly their delighted clientele. Amateur models nationally across the USA now look to Nina Milano to ensure that they look and feel just as they dreamed they would on their big day of modeling in 2015.         

Philadelphia Front Page News-Magazine and Media Key 307 Magazine, (National/International Fashion Group of the Dominican Republic and USA) is a part of VSP Foundation, Inc., a national/international, non-profit, professional organization, with more than 190,000 readers, representing all areas of the fashion model industry.  Philadelphia Front Page News-Magazine provides a high-profile forum to promote the fashion model business by hosting events that educate and facilitate the exchange of ideas by giving back to the community.

Nina Milano, Sexy Female Fashion/Beauty Model, and Fashion Model Friends…  Nina Milano, Puerto Rican American, a community and modeling activist.  She is the Special Volunteer of The Phila. Front Page News-Magazine and WVSR1360 Playground of Hope project. The project is for helping children and youth coping with community and family crisis using magazines, radio, modeling and fashion presentations.  From Philadelphia County/Delaware County, Pennsylvania, she leads the fashion and beauty- magazine cover-community-based operation that respects and celebrates the cultural richness of the American Women and Latina Women experiences.  She also leads public affairs programming for the WVSR radio station to be announced, produced, and hosted by Latina women.  She can be reached @Nina Milano facebook. Click on the photo to go to the VSP member page.