((HT: CBCTheNational))
It is now time to reflect and remember the legacy of Freestyle skiier Sarah Burke...
Ian Hanomansing caught up with those who knew her best...
And the last question brought up to Scott Russell is the rub from all of this risk.
Friday, January 20, 2012
Bernie Fine Accuser Wants Civil Case Halted
((HT: WSYR-TV Syracuse))
In a simple statement from his attorney, Bernie Fine accuser Zach Tomaselli is indicating that he wants his civil suit against the former Orangemen assistant basketball coach halted...
From the office of Tomaselli attorney Jeff Kulikowsky:
“Our office, along with Co-counsel Alan Perer, is withdrawing representation of Zach Tomaselli and will be dismissing his case. We are sad and disappointed that we cannot pursue justice for Zach, but we will continue to support him in his recovery.”
Earlier this week you'll recall, current jailhouse attendee Floyd VanHooser admitted that he lied about a Fine molestation to get back at the coach for not supporting him in a criminal case. Two other former SU ball boys have come forward, but the statute of limitations for any molestation claim would have only applied to the Tomaselli case.
Tomaselli told both the Syracuse Post Standard newspaper and the Syracuse University student newspaper, The Daily Orange, that he lied and doctored emails in an effort to convince media that Fine molested him.
Here's the latest from Syracuse...
So, the HQ asks: Now what...???
We dunno, either...
In a simple statement from his attorney, Bernie Fine accuser Zach Tomaselli is indicating that he wants his civil suit against the former Orangemen assistant basketball coach halted...
From the office of Tomaselli attorney Jeff Kulikowsky:
“Our office, along with Co-counsel Alan Perer, is withdrawing representation of Zach Tomaselli and will be dismissing his case. We are sad and disappointed that we cannot pursue justice for Zach, but we will continue to support him in his recovery.”
Earlier this week you'll recall, current jailhouse attendee Floyd VanHooser admitted that he lied about a Fine molestation to get back at the coach for not supporting him in a criminal case. Two other former SU ball boys have come forward, but the statute of limitations for any molestation claim would have only applied to the Tomaselli case.
Tomaselli told both the Syracuse Post Standard newspaper and the Syracuse University student newspaper, The Daily Orange, that he lied and doctored emails in an effort to convince media that Fine molested him.
Here's the latest from Syracuse...
So, the HQ asks: Now what...???
We dunno, either...
REPORT: Updyke Turns Down Plea Deal
((HT: Birmingham News))
Evan Woodbery of the Birmingham News, among others, is reporting that alleged Toomer's tree poisoner Harvey Updyke turned down a plea deal.
The deal would have meant a sentence of 13 years behind bars for his act of treachery and a permanent ban from Alabama football games...
The HQ figured where that would go immediately- if not sooner- in all of this...
Here's Updyke returning to a Lee County court earlier this week when his current attorney, Everett Wess, asked the current judge in the case recuse himself and tried to move the trial out of Lee County ((AL)).
The trial is scheduled for March, but the HQ will believe it when the HQ sees it.
Evan Woodbery of the Birmingham News, among others, is reporting that alleged Toomer's tree poisoner Harvey Updyke turned down a plea deal.
The deal would have meant a sentence of 13 years behind bars for his act of treachery and a permanent ban from Alabama football games...
The HQ figured where that would go immediately- if not sooner- in all of this...
Here's Updyke returning to a Lee County court earlier this week when his current attorney, Everett Wess, asked the current judge in the case recuse himself and tried to move the trial out of Lee County ((AL)).
The trial is scheduled for March, but the HQ will believe it when the HQ sees it.
Lewd Bama fan from BCS game found and arrested
((ht: ledger-enquirer.com))
The mystery of the Alabama fan who put his genitals in the face of a passed out LSU fan after the BCS Championship game has been solved. And yes, there was a YouTube video of this.
32-Year-old Brian Downing, who apparently lives in Smith Station, Alabama is facing charges of sexual battery and obscenity and was booked into a New Orleans jail on Thursday afternoon.
The arrest apparently came after Downing and his attorney showed up at the Russell County, Alabama sheriffs office so Downing could turn himself in. He apparently is the cousin of Russell County's sheriff.
It all appears to have gone down the night of January 9th after Alabama had shut down L.S.U in the B.C.S Championship game. Downing and the unnamed victim were at a Krystal restaurant on Bourbon Street. The LSU fan was apparently heavily intoxicated and wearing LSU gear when he was found and mocked by several 'Bama fans. Someone shot the entire thing on a cellphone camera...which was bad, until Downing allegedly dropped his drawers.
That's when things turned illegal.
Read a full description of how the story unfolded from the Columbus Ledger RIGHT HERE
Ok.
Really, there isn't a lot we can add here. This seems to be a case of drunken idiots being drunken idiots and doing idiotic things.
Plain and simple. There isn't much else to say about it. If Downing is indeed found guilty of this, he deserves everything he gets. It doesn't mean the LSU fan should have been so drunk he passed out, but he did and it still doesn't excuse what was done to him
This is just something the legal process will have to take care of. But it is still somewhat appalling.
WTVM-TV in Columbus, GA gives us the TV version of the story:
Here's the side from the Bama side of the border...
((HT: Alabamas13.com))
The mystery of the Alabama fan who put his genitals in the face of a passed out LSU fan after the BCS Championship game has been solved. And yes, there was a YouTube video of this.
32-Year-old Brian Downing, who apparently lives in Smith Station, Alabama is facing charges of sexual battery and obscenity and was booked into a New Orleans jail on Thursday afternoon.
The arrest apparently came after Downing and his attorney showed up at the Russell County, Alabama sheriffs office so Downing could turn himself in. He apparently is the cousin of Russell County's sheriff.
It all appears to have gone down the night of January 9th after Alabama had shut down L.S.U in the B.C.S Championship game. Downing and the unnamed victim were at a Krystal restaurant on Bourbon Street. The LSU fan was apparently heavily intoxicated and wearing LSU gear when he was found and mocked by several 'Bama fans. Someone shot the entire thing on a cellphone camera...which was bad, until Downing allegedly dropped his drawers.
That's when things turned illegal.
Read a full description of how the story unfolded from the Columbus Ledger RIGHT HERE
Ok.
Really, there isn't a lot we can add here. This seems to be a case of drunken idiots being drunken idiots and doing idiotic things.
Plain and simple. There isn't much else to say about it. If Downing is indeed found guilty of this, he deserves everything he gets. It doesn't mean the LSU fan should have been so drunk he passed out, but he did and it still doesn't excuse what was done to him
This is just something the legal process will have to take care of. But it is still somewhat appalling.
WTVM-TV in Columbus, GA gives us the TV version of the story:
Here's the side from the Bama side of the border...
((HT: Alabamas13.com))
OSG High: Jeff.City (Mo.) Helias' Deion Hughes Launches From 70 Feet Off Glass And In
This wasn't a buzzer beater to win the game, it came before halftime but it's a good one.
In the cross town rivalry between the Helias Crusaders and the Jefferson Cith Jays Tuesday night Helias' Deion Hughes hit from long, long range.
Rod Smith describes the action from Fleming Fieldhouse at Jeff. City High School. By the way, you can see the shot at 1:11. (Thanks KRCG-TV.)
Helias won the game 62-52 to win their sixth straight. Hughes had 19 points in the game.
In the cross town rivalry between the Helias Crusaders and the Jefferson Cith Jays Tuesday night Helias' Deion Hughes hit from long, long range.
Rod Smith describes the action from Fleming Fieldhouse at Jeff. City High School. By the way, you can see the shot at 1:11. (Thanks KRCG-TV.)
Helias won the game 62-52 to win their sixth straight. Hughes had 19 points in the game.
Thursday, January 19, 2012
BREAKING: Sarah Burke Dies From Injuries
Canadian freestyle skier Sarah Burke has died from injuries sustained in the superpipe accident at the Park City, Utah resort she was practicing in last week.
Burke had been in a medically-induced coma and in critical condition since hitting her head in a fall at the superpipe at Park City Mountain Resort on January 10th.
Here's Burke winning the XGames-15 skiing event in the superpipe...
((HT: ESPN/XGames))
More when we know more...
1600 UPDATE: Amy Donaldson of the Deseret News has the following statement from the Canadian Freestyle Skiing Association...
"What defines Sarah now is what has always defined her," said Canadian Freestyle Ski Association CEO Peter Judge. "She was always very gregarious, very outgoing and popular with those around her. She is very giving in terms of her time, especially in the sport."
Burke's family released the following statement regarding her passing at 9:22AM local time:
"The family expresses their heartfelt gratitude for the international outpouring of support they have received from all the people Sarah touched."
Hospital officials at the University of Utah hospital say Burke sustained severe irreversible damage to her brain due to lack of oxygen and blood after falling into cardiac arrest on site in Park City before she was taken to hospital. As a result, doctors say Burke passed away "peacefully surrounded by those she loved."
The hospital also said that Burke's organs and tissues were donated to "save the lives of others."
For more information on making donations on behalf of Sarah Burke, the family is asking everyone go to http://www.giveforward.com/sarahburke.
The family will not be making any future public statements...
1700 UPDATE: Judge told FOSG and Sportsnet Big Hoo-Hah Glen MacDonald, through Glenny-Mac's Twitter Feed:
told me Sarah would've won gold in 4 different Olympics if her sport was given opportunity. She was that good.
Burke was instrumental in getting women's skiing events entered in the Winter Four-Ringed Circus. She was trying to get freestyle in her home country events in Vancouver, but it will be included in the Sochi Games in 2014.
To say she was a pioneer and a trailblazer isn't using hyperbole, and her impact and vision in the sport will be missed immeasurably...
Here's early coverage from our friends at CTV...
((HT: CanadianHQTV))
1715 UPDATE: More from Glen MacDonald...
Sarah Burke was injured practicing a Flatspin 5 - a move she has done many times before. Peter Judge called it a "freak accident"
1725 UPDATE: Courtesy of our friends at GlobalToronto, here is part of the text of the statement released from Burke's family through Burke's publicist, Nicole Wool...
It details the nature of the accident and how Sarah Burke was injured...
As the result of Sarah's fall, she suffered a ruptured vertebral artery, one of the four major arteries supplying blood to the brain. The rupture of this artery led to a severe intracranial hemorrhage, which caused Sarah to go into cardiac arrest on the scene. Emergency personnel responded and CPR was administered on the scene during which time she remained without a pulse or spontaneous breathing. Studies in the University of Utah Hospital Emergency Department indicated that she retained brainstem function. She was placed on life support and a protocol of therapeutic hypothermia was initiated to protect her brain. An angiogram indicated the site of arterial bleeding, and on Wednesday, January 11 the injured artery was successfully repaired.
After the operation, numerous neurological examinations, electrodiagnostic tests and imaging studies revealed that Sarah sustained severe irreversible damage to her brain due to lack of oxygen and blood after cardiac arrest, resulting in hypoxic ischemic encephalopathy. Sarah passed away peacefully surrounded by those she loved. In accordance with Sarah's wishes, her organs and tissues were donated to save the lives of others.
While early reports in the media stated that Sarah's injury was a traumatic brain injury, it is important to note that Sarah's condition was the result of a lack of oxygen to the brain during cardiac arrest.
2030 UPDATE: Here's early coverage from ABC4 in Salt Lake City
Burke had been in a medically-induced coma and in critical condition since hitting her head in a fall at the superpipe at Park City Mountain Resort on January 10th.
Here's Burke winning the XGames-15 skiing event in the superpipe...
((HT: ESPN/XGames))
More when we know more...
1600 UPDATE: Amy Donaldson of the Deseret News has the following statement from the Canadian Freestyle Skiing Association...
"What defines Sarah now is what has always defined her," said Canadian Freestyle Ski Association CEO Peter Judge. "She was always very gregarious, very outgoing and popular with those around her. She is very giving in terms of her time, especially in the sport."
Burke's family released the following statement regarding her passing at 9:22AM local time:
"The family expresses their heartfelt gratitude for the international outpouring of support they have received from all the people Sarah touched."
Hospital officials at the University of Utah hospital say Burke sustained severe irreversible damage to her brain due to lack of oxygen and blood after falling into cardiac arrest on site in Park City before she was taken to hospital. As a result, doctors say Burke passed away "peacefully surrounded by those she loved."
The hospital also said that Burke's organs and tissues were donated to "save the lives of others."
For more information on making donations on behalf of Sarah Burke, the family is asking everyone go to http://www.giveforward.com/sarahburke.
The family will not be making any future public statements...
1700 UPDATE: Judge told FOSG and Sportsnet Big Hoo-Hah Glen MacDonald, through Glenny-Mac's Twitter Feed:
told me Sarah would've won gold in 4 different Olympics if her sport was given opportunity. She was that good.
Burke was instrumental in getting women's skiing events entered in the Winter Four-Ringed Circus. She was trying to get freestyle in her home country events in Vancouver, but it will be included in the Sochi Games in 2014.
To say she was a pioneer and a trailblazer isn't using hyperbole, and her impact and vision in the sport will be missed immeasurably...
Here's early coverage from our friends at CTV...
((HT: CanadianHQTV))
1715 UPDATE: More from Glen MacDonald...
Sarah Burke was injured practicing a Flatspin 5 - a move she has done many times before. Peter Judge called it a "freak accident"
1725 UPDATE: Courtesy of our friends at GlobalToronto, here is part of the text of the statement released from Burke's family through Burke's publicist, Nicole Wool...
It details the nature of the accident and how Sarah Burke was injured...
As the result of Sarah's fall, she suffered a ruptured vertebral artery, one of the four major arteries supplying blood to the brain. The rupture of this artery led to a severe intracranial hemorrhage, which caused Sarah to go into cardiac arrest on the scene. Emergency personnel responded and CPR was administered on the scene during which time she remained without a pulse or spontaneous breathing. Studies in the University of Utah Hospital Emergency Department indicated that she retained brainstem function. She was placed on life support and a protocol of therapeutic hypothermia was initiated to protect her brain. An angiogram indicated the site of arterial bleeding, and on Wednesday, January 11 the injured artery was successfully repaired.
After the operation, numerous neurological examinations, electrodiagnostic tests and imaging studies revealed that Sarah sustained severe irreversible damage to her brain due to lack of oxygen and blood after cardiac arrest, resulting in hypoxic ischemic encephalopathy. Sarah passed away peacefully surrounded by those she loved. In accordance with Sarah's wishes, her organs and tissues were donated to save the lives of others.
While early reports in the media stated that Sarah's injury was a traumatic brain injury, it is important to note that Sarah's condition was the result of a lack of oxygen to the brain during cardiac arrest.
2030 UPDATE: Here's early coverage from ABC4 in Salt Lake City
Jerome Simpson Indicted On Marijuana Charge
Not that the HQ is surprised or anything...
And this was one charge he couldn't go all-Gymkata on and avoid...
A Kentucky grand jury indicted the Bengals wide receiver on a felony count of trafficking marijuana. If he is found guilty, the crime could put Simpson in the pokey for anywhere from one and five years. But, since he does not have a criminal record, Simpson could be eligible for "diversion"- whatever that means.
Simpson has been under investigation since mid-September when 2-and-a-half pounds pounds of marijuana was allegedly delivered to his home from California. Authorities say Simpson's girlfriend signed for the package that was addressed to a "Jason Snider."
The package was discovered by a drug-sniffing dog on its way out of the state of California, according to California Department of Justice spokesperson Michelle Gregory, and tracked to the Simpson address.
Here's the original story from our friends at CPO, since it was after all, Brother Phil's old address...
No word yet on the fate of Simpson's roommate, Anthony Collins...
And this was one charge he couldn't go all-Gymkata on and avoid...
A Kentucky grand jury indicted the Bengals wide receiver on a felony count of trafficking marijuana. If he is found guilty, the crime could put Simpson in the pokey for anywhere from one and five years. But, since he does not have a criminal record, Simpson could be eligible for "diversion"- whatever that means.
Simpson has been under investigation since mid-September when 2-and-a-half pounds pounds of marijuana was allegedly delivered to his home from California. Authorities say Simpson's girlfriend signed for the package that was addressed to a "Jason Snider."
The package was discovered by a drug-sniffing dog on its way out of the state of California, according to California Department of Justice spokesperson Michelle Gregory, and tracked to the Simpson address.
Here's the original story from our friends at CPO, since it was after all, Brother Phil's old address...
No word yet on the fate of Simpson's roommate, Anthony Collins...
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)