Nine-man Real Madrid saw their lead in La Liga cut to six points on Wednesday after they were held to a 1-1 draw by Villarreal.
Cristiano Ronaldo scored his 33rd goal of the season in the 62nd minute, but Marcos Senna equalised with eight minutes remaining for struggling Villarreal.
Things got worse for Real as Sergio Ramos, making his 300th appearance, and Mesut Ozil were both red-carded in the closing moments while coach Jose Mourinho and assistant Rui Faria were sent to the stands.
Barcelona had defeated Granada 5-3 on Tuesday to keep their title hopes alive with superstar Lionel Messi taking his career club goals tally to a record 234.
Afterwards neither Mourinho nor any of his backroom staff came out to face the press while it was reported that Ronaldo left the pitch repeatedly shouting 'we've been robbed'.
"Referees hurt us too much sometimes, but we must hold our heads high and move on. Every team would like to have a six point lead," said Real's Brazilian star Marcelo.
"You saw what happened and how many of us were sent off. We must do our job. We took one point and must continue working hard.
"There's no pressure and any team would like to be where we are now. We're fine. We didn't win but we're in good spirits."
Villarreal had a number of chances to take the lead, the most notable when Iker Casillas saved well on 20 minutes after a Sergio Ramos slip allowed Nilmar to bear down on goal.
Mourinho made a tactical buy nike air force ones online
change in midfield on 28 minutes replacing Lass Diarra, who had picked up a yellow card, with Jose Callejon.
The home team then had a strong claim for a penalty turned down on 37 minutes when Alvaro Arbolea appeared to pull the shirt of Neymar at a corner.
The game was becoming increasingly scrappy when on 61 minutes Ronaldo and Ozil exchanged passes, the latter with a delightful back-flick, for the Portuguese to round Diego Lopez in the Villarreal goal and put Madrid ahead.
Madrid were now in control and four minutes later Javier Camunas had to make a goal-line clearence after Sami Khedira hooked the ball towards the net.
Villarreal did not look like equalising until Hamit Altintop fouled Joan Oriol on the edge of the area and Senna stepped up to convert the free-kick from 20 yards with eight minutes left.
In the aftermath of that decision, Mourinho was sent to the stands and then a minute later Sergio Ramos was dismissed for a second yellow card. It was his 14th red card as a Real Madrid player.
Ozil was then given his marching orders with a direct red for protesting.
Earlier, third-placed Valencia slumped to a 2-1 home defeat to Zaragoza with the rock-bottom club taking the three points despite finishing, like Real Madrid, with only nine players.
Pablo Hernandez putcustomize your nike dunks
Valencia ahead, but two goals from Antonio Galdeano 'Apono' gave Zaragoza some hope of escaping relegation.
The victory was deserved for a Zaragoza team who had Pablo Alvarez sent off on 20 minutes for a foul on Aritz Aduriz while Franco Zuculini received his marching orders with three minutes remaining.
Levante battled back from a goal down to beat Real Sociedad 3-1 and move just three points behind Valencia.
Carlos Vela put Sociedad ahead after just five minutes, but Jose Barkero replied almost immediately from the penalty spot against his former club when Inigo Martinez tripped Morroccan Nabil El Zhar.
Arouna Kone then powered home a buy nike running shoes online
right footed shot just before the interval to give his side the lead.
Real Sociedad had midfielder Gorka Elustondo sent off on 57 minutes for a second yellow card before Xavi Torres stabbed home from close range in the last minute to wrap the game up.
Sporting Gijon lost 3-2 at home to Mallorca for whom Alvaro Gimenez got the winner with 13 minutes remaining.
Colombian forward Radamel Falcao grabbed two goals for Atletico Madrid to beat Athletic Bilbao 2-1. Falcao now has 19 league strikes this season.
2012年3月22日星期四
Mancini expects Tevez to boost City's title bid
Manchester City manager Roberto Mancini expects Carlos Tevez to go from strength to strength as his side chase the Premier League title.
Tevez inspired a 2-1 win over Chelsea on his return from exile as a second half substitute at Eastlands on Wednesday.
The Argentine forward set up a winning goal for Samir Nasri as his side closed the gap on leaders Manchester United to one point.
A Sergio Aguero penalty soon after Tevez's introduction had cancelled out Gary Cahill's opening goal for Chelsea as City also record a 20th consecutive home league win, a record in the Premier League era and only the fourth time in history a top flight club has reached such a landmark.
Tevez's appearance from the bench had been greeted by boos from sections of City supporters, still angered by the forward's self-imposed six-month exile from the club following his discount nike running shorts
refusal to warm-up during a Champions League tie in September.
But Mancini has no doubt that the player will not take long to win over the dissenting few.
"I think it was important that Carlos made an incredible assist for Samir and all the supporters were happy with that," Mancini said.
"I think Carlos needs more time, it's not easy for him but it's important that he is here now.
"Maybe in 10 days, two weeks, he can find good form. I think that will be important for us.
"Carlos is maybe not 100 per cent but he knows football and he was important because he was incredible for us.
"I have spoken with Carlos every day this month and he knows he had to come off the bench and play 20 minutes in this game but he can play more in the future.
"He's an important player, he needs another two or three weeks to have good form but when he plays, he knows where to take the ball."
Mancini also insisted that any ill-feeling between him and Tevez has been well and truly eradicated.
"That was finished a month ago when Carlos came back here," added Mancini.
"Now it's important for Carlo to play some games for us, for him, for his future."
The feel-good factor extended beyond the manager's dug-out with Tevez's team-mates clearly content to have him back in the fold.
"I'm really happy for him," added Nasri of Tevez. "He's showed great spirit since he's been back and showed in this match he can be really important until the end of the season. It's good that it's him that gave me this assist.
"At 1-0 we showed great spirit and that is really important as we want to win the title and we know we have to win every game."
City, who face United at Eastlands in April, remain firmly in the title race thanks to Tevez and Mancini is confident they can still wrestle the trophy from Old Trafford.
"At times this season we have played fantastic football," he said.
"I don't think we have played well all black womens nike shox
the last three or four weeks, we have been so-so, but after tonight something can change. There are nine games until the end and we want to stay there."
For Chelsea manager Roberto Di Matteo, the decision to start with Fernando Torres in attack, leaving Didier Drogba on the bench, seemed to back-fire and the Spanish striker appeared unhappy, exchanging words with his manager, when he was brought off.
"I just thought to start the game, the dynamic of the team, it was going to be the right decision, he had a very good performance on Sunday," said Di Matteo of his choice of starting striker.
"There is no problem with Didier. And no player is happy about being substituted but there is buy nike trainers online
absolutely no problem with Fernando. I communicate with all my players, there is no problem."
Meanwhile, Di Matteo refused to be too downhearted by the first defeat of his reign as interim boss.
"Two weeks ago we were seven points behind third place, now we're six so we are going in the right direction," he added.
"We showed we can match the best teams in this league, we're very disappointed we didn't get at least a point."
Tevez inspired a 2-1 win over Chelsea on his return from exile as a second half substitute at Eastlands on Wednesday.
The Argentine forward set up a winning goal for Samir Nasri as his side closed the gap on leaders Manchester United to one point.
A Sergio Aguero penalty soon after Tevez's introduction had cancelled out Gary Cahill's opening goal for Chelsea as City also record a 20th consecutive home league win, a record in the Premier League era and only the fourth time in history a top flight club has reached such a landmark.
Tevez's appearance from the bench had been greeted by boos from sections of City supporters, still angered by the forward's self-imposed six-month exile from the club following his discount nike running shorts
refusal to warm-up during a Champions League tie in September.
But Mancini has no doubt that the player will not take long to win over the dissenting few.
"I think it was important that Carlos made an incredible assist for Samir and all the supporters were happy with that," Mancini said.
"I think Carlos needs more time, it's not easy for him but it's important that he is here now.
"Maybe in 10 days, two weeks, he can find good form. I think that will be important for us.
"Carlos is maybe not 100 per cent but he knows football and he was important because he was incredible for us.
"I have spoken with Carlos every day this month and he knows he had to come off the bench and play 20 minutes in this game but he can play more in the future.
"He's an important player, he needs another two or three weeks to have good form but when he plays, he knows where to take the ball."
Mancini also insisted that any ill-feeling between him and Tevez has been well and truly eradicated.
"That was finished a month ago when Carlos came back here," added Mancini.
"Now it's important for Carlo to play some games for us, for him, for his future."
The feel-good factor extended beyond the manager's dug-out with Tevez's team-mates clearly content to have him back in the fold.
"I'm really happy for him," added Nasri of Tevez. "He's showed great spirit since he's been back and showed in this match he can be really important until the end of the season. It's good that it's him that gave me this assist.
"At 1-0 we showed great spirit and that is really important as we want to win the title and we know we have to win every game."
City, who face United at Eastlands in April, remain firmly in the title race thanks to Tevez and Mancini is confident they can still wrestle the trophy from Old Trafford.
"At times this season we have played fantastic football," he said.
"I don't think we have played well all black womens nike shox
the last three or four weeks, we have been so-so, but after tonight something can change. There are nine games until the end and we want to stay there."
For Chelsea manager Roberto Di Matteo, the decision to start with Fernando Torres in attack, leaving Didier Drogba on the bench, seemed to back-fire and the Spanish striker appeared unhappy, exchanging words with his manager, when he was brought off.
"I just thought to start the game, the dynamic of the team, it was going to be the right decision, he had a very good performance on Sunday," said Di Matteo of his choice of starting striker.
"There is no problem with Didier. And no player is happy about being substituted but there is buy nike trainers online
absolutely no problem with Fernando. I communicate with all my players, there is no problem."
Meanwhile, Di Matteo refused to be too downhearted by the first defeat of his reign as interim boss.
"Two weeks ago we were seven points behind third place, now we're six so we are going in the right direction," he added.
"We showed we can match the best teams in this league, we're very disappointed we didn't get at least a point."
Tribeca Film acquires 'Booker's Place' documentary
LOS ANGELES, March 19 (TheWrap.com) - Tribeca Film has acquired domestic rights to the documentary "Booker's Place: A Mississippi Story," and will release the movie on VOD during this year's Tribeca Film Festival.
The civil rights documentary rounds outbuy nike bags online
the slate of films Tribeca will release during the festival. The others are "Death of a Superhero," "The Giant Mechanical Man" and "Sleepless Night."
"Booker's Place" will be released on VOD on April 26, and have a theatrical release on April 25 in Los Angeles and April 27 in New York.
The movie has its roots in 1965, when filmmaker Frank De Felitta made an NBC News documentary featuring Booker Wright, an African-American waiter who worked in a "whites only" restaurant nike 60 cheap
in Mississippi. Wright later was murdered.
Frank De Felitta's son, Raymond De Felitta ("City Island," "Two Family House"), made "Booker's Place," a story about past and current-day Mississippi and following Wright's granddaughter.
Among the questions Raymond De Felitta asks is nike sb shoes online
whether his father's documentary played a part in Wright's murder.
(Editing By Zorianna Kit)
The civil rights documentary rounds outbuy nike bags online
the slate of films Tribeca will release during the festival. The others are "Death of a Superhero," "The Giant Mechanical Man" and "Sleepless Night."
"Booker's Place" will be released on VOD on April 26, and have a theatrical release on April 25 in Los Angeles and April 27 in New York.
The movie has its roots in 1965, when filmmaker Frank De Felitta made an NBC News documentary featuring Booker Wright, an African-American waiter who worked in a "whites only" restaurant nike 60 cheap
in Mississippi. Wright later was murdered.
Frank De Felitta's son, Raymond De Felitta ("City Island," "Two Family House"), made "Booker's Place," a story about past and current-day Mississippi and following Wright's granddaughter.
Among the questions Raymond De Felitta asks is nike sb shoes online
whether his father's documentary played a part in Wright's murder.
(Editing By Zorianna Kit)
2012年3月15日星期四
NY Mets pitching prospect Matt Harvey impresses again in outing Wednesday
PORT ST. LUCIE - A short time after Chipper Jones grounded out against Matt Harvey last Friday, Josh Thole arrived at third base. The future Hall of Famer, shaking his head, had a question for the Mets catcher.
“Where did you get this guy?”nike outlet albertville mn
Jones said. “He’s throwing bowling balls up there.”
The legion of Harvey believers is growing, and the Mets pitching prospect built his legend by retiring Jones and Jason Heyward on Friday, among other Braves.
His third appearance of the spring took place on a much smaller stage, but Harvey was no less impressive. Pitching against Mets minor leaguers at the team’s spring training complex, Harvey breezed through five scoreless innings Wednesday.
With team brass including Jeff Wilpon, John Ricco and J.P. Ricciardi watching along with fellow phenom Zack Wheeler, who sat on a picnic table behind the backstop, Harvey displayed a fastball that sat around 94 mph, while often touching 96 mph, and a whiff-inducing changeup.
“I was really happy with my offspeed pitch,” said Harvey, the Mets’ first-round pick (seventh overall) in 2010 out of the University of North Carolina. “I was getting everything over for a strike. Still not quite therecheap womens nike running shoes
with my fastball command, but overall I feel pretty good."
The 22-year-old also said that he has noticed improvements since last season, his first full year in professional baseball. Splitting time between Single-A and Double-A, Harvey was 13-5 with a 3.32 ERA.
This spring, he said, “I feel like my mechanics are a lot more repeatable, especially with my off-speed stuff. I’m staying in-line better and getting out in front. I’m able to throw any pitch on any count right now. Last year, that might not have been the case, but this year, the last couple of outings I have been able to do that.”
LANGILL SUSPENDED
The Mets announced that bullpen catcher Eric Langill, who was arrested and charged with DUI in Port St. Lucie on Sunday night after a one-car accident, will be suspended for seven days without pay.
“We met with Eric Langill this morning,” good nike basketball shoes
the team said in a statement. “He was contrite and very apologetic about Sunday night’s incident. We informed Eric that he will be suspended without pay for seven days and will be required to seek counseling through the Employee Assistance Program."
METS LOSE
A Mets squad diminished by injuries and the right of veterans to skip lengthy bus rides lost to Detroit, 8-7, in 10 innings, in Lakeland, Fla. Wednesday. Dillon Gee started and allowed two runs in four innings, the damage coming on a two-run home run by Prince Fielder.
No Mets were hurt in the making of that ballgame.
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“Where did you get this guy?”nike outlet albertville mn
Jones said. “He’s throwing bowling balls up there.”
The legion of Harvey believers is growing, and the Mets pitching prospect built his legend by retiring Jones and Jason Heyward on Friday, among other Braves.
His third appearance of the spring took place on a much smaller stage, but Harvey was no less impressive. Pitching against Mets minor leaguers at the team’s spring training complex, Harvey breezed through five scoreless innings Wednesday.
With team brass including Jeff Wilpon, John Ricco and J.P. Ricciardi watching along with fellow phenom Zack Wheeler, who sat on a picnic table behind the backstop, Harvey displayed a fastball that sat around 94 mph, while often touching 96 mph, and a whiff-inducing changeup.
“I was really happy with my offspeed pitch,” said Harvey, the Mets’ first-round pick (seventh overall) in 2010 out of the University of North Carolina. “I was getting everything over for a strike. Still not quite therecheap womens nike running shoes
with my fastball command, but overall I feel pretty good."
The 22-year-old also said that he has noticed improvements since last season, his first full year in professional baseball. Splitting time between Single-A and Double-A, Harvey was 13-5 with a 3.32 ERA.
This spring, he said, “I feel like my mechanics are a lot more repeatable, especially with my off-speed stuff. I’m staying in-line better and getting out in front. I’m able to throw any pitch on any count right now. Last year, that might not have been the case, but this year, the last couple of outings I have been able to do that.”
LANGILL SUSPENDED
The Mets announced that bullpen catcher Eric Langill, who was arrested and charged with DUI in Port St. Lucie on Sunday night after a one-car accident, will be suspended for seven days without pay.
“We met with Eric Langill this morning,” good nike basketball shoes
the team said in a statement. “He was contrite and very apologetic about Sunday night’s incident. We informed Eric that he will be suspended without pay for seven days and will be required to seek counseling through the Employee Assistance Program."
METS LOSE
A Mets squad diminished by injuries and the right of veterans to skip lengthy bus rides lost to Detroit, 8-7, in 10 innings, in Lakeland, Fla. Wednesday. Dillon Gee started and allowed two runs in four innings, the damage coming on a two-run home run by Prince Fielder.
No Mets were hurt in the making of that ballgame.
Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/baseball/mets/ny-mets-pitching-prospect-matt-harvey-impresses-outing-wednesday-article-1.1039414#ixzz1pCTLeekv
Union Rags holds as favorite for Kentucky Derby, Creative Cause is best of the bunch on West Coast
The Kentucky Derby will be run for the 138th time on May 5. Here's a look at Jerry Bossert's top contenders for thebuy nike blazers selvage denim
“Run for the Roses.”
Union Rags
Trainer: M. Matz
Jockey: J. Leparoux
Last start: Fountain of Youth 1-4
Next start: Florida Derby 3/31
Comment: Breezed 4f on Saturday in :50.76.
Pool 2 odds: 4-1
Creative Cause
Trainer: M. Harrington
Jockey: J. Rosario
Last start: San Felipe 1-3/4
Next start: Santa Anita Derby 4/7
Comment: Right now he’s the best on the West Coast.
Pool 2 odds: 17-1
El Padrino
Trainer: T. Pletcher
Jockey: J. Castellano
Last start: Risen Star 1-nose
Next start: Louisiana Derby 4/1
Comment: Should be returning to the work tab shortly.
Pool 2 odds: 12-1
Hansen
Trainer: M. Maker
Jockey: R. Dominguez
Last start: Gotham 1-3
Next start: Wood Memorial 4/7
Comment: Showed he can rate, which is key in the Derby.
Pool 2 odds: 9-1
Mark Valeski
Trainer: L. Jones
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Napravnik
Last start: Risen Star 2-nose
Next start: Louisiana Derby 4/1
Comment: Finished fourth to Union Rags in debut.
Pool 2 odds: 38-1
Alpha
Trainer: K. McLaughlin
Jockey: R. Dominguez
Last start: Withers 1-3-1/4
Next start: Florida Derby 3/31
Comment: Breezed 5f on Saturday in 1:01.21.
Pool 2 odds: 18-1
Bodemeister
Trainer: B. Baffert
Jockey: R. Bejarano
Last start: San Felipe 2-3/4
Next start: Santa Anita Derby 4/7
Comment: Lightly raced colt ran huge in defeat.
Pool 2 odds: 29-1
I’ll Have Another
Trainer: D. O’Neill
Jockey: M. Gutierrez
Last start: Robert Lewis 1-2-3/4
Next start: Santa Anita Derby 4/7
Comment: Will have to prove last wasn’t a fluke.
Pool 2 odds: 22-1
Gemologist
Trainer: T.nike 6.0 online store
Pletcher
Jockey: J. Castellano
Last start: Ky. Jockey Club 1-1-3/4
Next start: Allowance 3/16
Comment: Will pass Rebel for easier spot.
Pool 2 odds: 23-1
Secret Circle
Trainer: B. Baffert
Jockey: R. Bejarano
Last start: Southwest 1-1/2
Next start: Rebel 3/17
Comment: Breezed 6f in 1:11.60 on Saturday at Santa Anita.
Pool 2 odds: 37-1
Dullahan
Trainer: D. Romans
Jockey: K. Desormeaux
Last start: Palm Beach 2-1
Next start: Blue Grass 4/14
Comment: Ran well to get up for 2nd in return after wide trip.
Pool 2 odds: 26-1
Fed Biz
Trainer: B. Baffert
Jockey: R. Bejarano
Last start: Allowance 1-5-3/4
Next start: Undecided
Comment: Missed San Felipe, may run next in Wood Memorial.
Pool 2 odds: 22-1
Prospective
Trainer: M. Casse
Jockey: L. Contreras
Last start: Tampa Bay Derby 1-3/4
Next start: Wood Memorial 4/7
Comment: Showed plenty of heart in Tampa Bay score.
Pool 2 odds: Field
Sabercat
Trainer: S. Asmussen
Jockey: C. Nakatani
Last start: Delta Jackpot 1-4
Next start: Rebel 3/17
Comment: Scheduled to work Monday morning at Santa Anita.
Pool 2 odds: 30-1
My Adonis
Trainer: K. Breen
Jockey: E. Trujillo
Last start: Gotham 2-3
Next start: Wood Memorial 4/7
Comment: Has hit board in seven of eight career starts.
Pool 2 odds: Field
Other Pool 2 Odds: Battle Hardened 59-1, Castaway 45-1, Empire Way 37-1, Liaison 39-1, Midnight Transfer 73-1, News Pending 45-1, Out of Bounds 23-1, Rousing Sermon 68-1, Scatman 97-1, Take Charge Indy 38-1, Mutuel Field 3-1
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“Run for the Roses.”
Union Rags
Trainer: M. Matz
Jockey: J. Leparoux
Last start: Fountain of Youth 1-4
Next start: Florida Derby 3/31
Comment: Breezed 4f on Saturday in :50.76.
Pool 2 odds: 4-1
Creative Cause
Trainer: M. Harrington
Jockey: J. Rosario
Last start: San Felipe 1-3/4
Next start: Santa Anita Derby 4/7
Comment: Right now he’s the best on the West Coast.
Pool 2 odds: 17-1
El Padrino
Trainer: T. Pletcher
Jockey: J. Castellano
Last start: Risen Star 1-nose
Next start: Louisiana Derby 4/1
Comment: Should be returning to the work tab shortly.
Pool 2 odds: 12-1
Hansen
Trainer: M. Maker
Jockey: R. Dominguez
Last start: Gotham 1-3
Next start: Wood Memorial 4/7
Comment: Showed he can rate, which is key in the Derby.
Pool 2 odds: 9-1
Mark Valeski
Trainer: L. Jones
Jockey: R.custom nike running shoes
Napravnik
Last start: Risen Star 2-nose
Next start: Louisiana Derby 4/1
Comment: Finished fourth to Union Rags in debut.
Pool 2 odds: 38-1
Alpha
Trainer: K. McLaughlin
Jockey: R. Dominguez
Last start: Withers 1-3-1/4
Next start: Florida Derby 3/31
Comment: Breezed 5f on Saturday in 1:01.21.
Pool 2 odds: 18-1
Bodemeister
Trainer: B. Baffert
Jockey: R. Bejarano
Last start: San Felipe 2-3/4
Next start: Santa Anita Derby 4/7
Comment: Lightly raced colt ran huge in defeat.
Pool 2 odds: 29-1
I’ll Have Another
Trainer: D. O’Neill
Jockey: M. Gutierrez
Last start: Robert Lewis 1-2-3/4
Next start: Santa Anita Derby 4/7
Comment: Will have to prove last wasn’t a fluke.
Pool 2 odds: 22-1
Gemologist
Trainer: T.nike 6.0 online store
Pletcher
Jockey: J. Castellano
Last start: Ky. Jockey Club 1-1-3/4
Next start: Allowance 3/16
Comment: Will pass Rebel for easier spot.
Pool 2 odds: 23-1
Secret Circle
Trainer: B. Baffert
Jockey: R. Bejarano
Last start: Southwest 1-1/2
Next start: Rebel 3/17
Comment: Breezed 6f in 1:11.60 on Saturday at Santa Anita.
Pool 2 odds: 37-1
Dullahan
Trainer: D. Romans
Jockey: K. Desormeaux
Last start: Palm Beach 2-1
Next start: Blue Grass 4/14
Comment: Ran well to get up for 2nd in return after wide trip.
Pool 2 odds: 26-1
Fed Biz
Trainer: B. Baffert
Jockey: R. Bejarano
Last start: Allowance 1-5-3/4
Next start: Undecided
Comment: Missed San Felipe, may run next in Wood Memorial.
Pool 2 odds: 22-1
Prospective
Trainer: M. Casse
Jockey: L. Contreras
Last start: Tampa Bay Derby 1-3/4
Next start: Wood Memorial 4/7
Comment: Showed plenty of heart in Tampa Bay score.
Pool 2 odds: Field
Sabercat
Trainer: S. Asmussen
Jockey: C. Nakatani
Last start: Delta Jackpot 1-4
Next start: Rebel 3/17
Comment: Scheduled to work Monday morning at Santa Anita.
Pool 2 odds: 30-1
My Adonis
Trainer: K. Breen
Jockey: E. Trujillo
Last start: Gotham 2-3
Next start: Wood Memorial 4/7
Comment: Has hit board in seven of eight career starts.
Pool 2 odds: Field
Other Pool 2 Odds: Battle Hardened 59-1, Castaway 45-1, Empire Way 37-1, Liaison 39-1, Midnight Transfer 73-1, News Pending 45-1, Out of Bounds 23-1, Rousing Sermon 68-1, Scatman 97-1, Take Charge Indy 38-1, Mutuel Field 3-1
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NY Governor Andrew Cuomo makes inquiry into horse deaths at Aqueduct on same day HBO halts ‘Luck’ over fatalities
On the day that HBO ceased all future production of its gritty racetrack series “Luck” following the death of another thoroughbred during filming Tuesday, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo made his own formal inquiry into the recent rash of fatal breakdowns at Aqueduct.
The producers nike air max release dates
of "Luck," which were under pressure from the American Humane Association to investigate their procedures following the third death of a racehorse during filming of the show, issued a statement Wednesday evening saying they couldn't guarantee that future accidents wouldn't happen. The AHA monitors the use of animals in "Luck" and other television and film productions.
"It is with heartbreak that executive producers David Milch and Michael Mann together with HBO have decided to cease all future production on the series LUCK," they said in their statement. "Safety is always of paramount concern. We maintained the highest safety standards throughout production, higher in fact than any protocols existing in horseracing anywhere with many fewer incidents than occur in racing or than befall horses normally in barns at night or pastures. While we maintained the highest safety standards possible, accidents unfortunately happen and it is impossible to guarantee they won’t in the future. Accordingly, we have reached this difficult decision."
Cuomo, meanwhile, called for the New York Racing Association to hire an outside investigator to look into the deaths of 16 horses,nike factory online
including one Wednesday, since racing began on the inner-dirt track on Nov. 30.
"The State and NYRA need to develop best in class procedures to insure against needless injuries to horses and to riders," read a letter Cuomo sent to NYRA President Charles Hayward Wednesday. "By this letter, we are advising NYRA to hire a qualified independent investigator or team of investigators to review the circumstances involving these breakdowns, analyze the causes, and recommend any necessary action to (limit) equine breakdowns at NYRA faciliites." The letter advised that NYRA should assume the costs of the investigation.
While NYRA claims the inner-dirt track is safe, they are moving racing to the main track on March 21, two weeks earlier than scheduled, a move that didn't come in time for Hillsboro Bay, who was taken off the inner-dirt track after Wednesday's finale in the equine ambulance after injuring her right front leg. She was later euthanized.
“This pattern of equine loss should not be allowed to continue,” Cuomo's letter said.
Cuomo's letter acknowledged the inherent risks in racing, but said those risks should not be an "excuse for our inaction."
NYRA responded to Cuomo's letter by telling the Daily News that it "will cooperate with the requests made in the letter, and make a recommendation to the Racing and Wagering Board regarding selection of an investigator."
According to national statistics as reported by The Jockey Club, there are two fatal breakdowns for every 1,000 starters, but there are plenty of other injuries horses suffer that result in death, including Tuesday’s fatality at Santa Anita Park, where “Luck” is filmed. In that instance, the horse reared up, fell backwards and suffered a severe head injury. The AHA, which oversaw the filming of “Luck”, issued a statement earlier Wednesday saying that the horse that died had just been inspected by a veterinarian and died as a result of an accident.
HBO defended its procedures during filming. “From the very outset of this project, the safety of the animals was of paramount concern to us,” HBO said. “Assertions of lax attitudes or negligence could not be further from the truth.basketball finger sleeves nike
We partnered early on with AHA, who is the only mandated authority in the industry, and we work very closely with the AHA and racing industry experts to implement safety protocols that go above and beyond typical film and TV industry standards and practices.”
A similar incident occurred Wednesday at Aqueduct when No Flaws flipped in the paddock before the seventh race and was ordered a late scratch; fortunately, he didn’t fatally injure himself. In the same race another horse, Hooked On Dance, dumped jockey Alan Garcia before crashing through the rails. He too was lucky and appeared to escape injury.
Horse trainer Graham Motion knows just how fragile a race horse is. After winning the Kentucky Derby last year and running second in the Preakness Stakes with Animal Kingdom, Motion watched his prized pupil suffer a fractured hock in his left hind leg in the Belmont Stakes, sidelining him for the remainder of the 2011 season.
The colt returned to light training in September and finally made it back to the races with a victory on Feb. 18 and was preparing for the $10 million Dubai World Cup on March 31 until he developed a stress fracture that will sideline him for another 90 days.
“We have a tremendous responsibility to these animals to know what’s going on,” Motion said of all horse trainers. “The highs are high and the lows are low no doubt about it.”
One of the highest highs an owner or trainer can experience is winning the Kentucky Derby, which Gretchen Jackson did, along with her husband, Roy, with their talented colt Barbaro. But Barbaro became a national story when he shattered his right hind leg at the start of the 2006 Preakness Stakes and was euthanized eight months later after developing laminitis in both front legs.
“It’s a daily reminder living on a farm,” Gretchen Jackson told the Daily News Wednesday. “The scrapes and bumps. They bump into a fence and break a bone. You don’t know how easy it is for a horse to fatally injure himself. The power, the strength, the agility and speed of a horse, and underneath it all is a very fragile animal.”
While Jackson says she didn't like “Luck” -- she saw only the first five minutes of the program -- she says she understands that accidents happen on the racetrack.
“We had horses flip and had to be put down instantly because of brain damage,” she said. “We had one we thought would be a good runner but fell on her way down to the feed tub and injured her head. She didn’t get a fair shake. It just happens. Their strength outweighs their fragility. It’s totally out of balance how strong they are and how easily they can break apart.”
“We can’t communicate with them,” she added. “They don’t understand. They don’t have the intelligence to save themselves.”
Motion, who only watched the first episode of “Luck” but admitted he didn’t get into it and would give it another chance, agreed with Jackson.
“Like any athlete, they are extremely fragile," he said. "How many football players do you see are sidelined every week? The complicated thing with horses is that they can’t talk and tell you what’s wrong with them. We basically have to look out for them and be very conscious of what they’re doing. They are high charged and have a lot of adrenaline and find ways of injuring themselves. They don’t have a lot of self-preservation.”
Jackson has learned from Barbaro and all the other horses she’s owned and bred.
“You got to enjoy life,” she said. “It doesn’t last long.”
Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/more-sports/animal-kingdom-sidelined-90-days-due-stress-fracture-colt-require-surgery-article-1.1039114#ixzz1pCQjoLDb
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of "Luck," which were under pressure from the American Humane Association to investigate their procedures following the third death of a racehorse during filming of the show, issued a statement Wednesday evening saying they couldn't guarantee that future accidents wouldn't happen. The AHA monitors the use of animals in "Luck" and other television and film productions.
"It is with heartbreak that executive producers David Milch and Michael Mann together with HBO have decided to cease all future production on the series LUCK," they said in their statement. "Safety is always of paramount concern. We maintained the highest safety standards throughout production, higher in fact than any protocols existing in horseracing anywhere with many fewer incidents than occur in racing or than befall horses normally in barns at night or pastures. While we maintained the highest safety standards possible, accidents unfortunately happen and it is impossible to guarantee they won’t in the future. Accordingly, we have reached this difficult decision."
Cuomo, meanwhile, called for the New York Racing Association to hire an outside investigator to look into the deaths of 16 horses,nike factory online
including one Wednesday, since racing began on the inner-dirt track on Nov. 30.
"The State and NYRA need to develop best in class procedures to insure against needless injuries to horses and to riders," read a letter Cuomo sent to NYRA President Charles Hayward Wednesday. "By this letter, we are advising NYRA to hire a qualified independent investigator or team of investigators to review the circumstances involving these breakdowns, analyze the causes, and recommend any necessary action to (limit) equine breakdowns at NYRA faciliites." The letter advised that NYRA should assume the costs of the investigation.
While NYRA claims the inner-dirt track is safe, they are moving racing to the main track on March 21, two weeks earlier than scheduled, a move that didn't come in time for Hillsboro Bay, who was taken off the inner-dirt track after Wednesday's finale in the equine ambulance after injuring her right front leg. She was later euthanized.
“This pattern of equine loss should not be allowed to continue,” Cuomo's letter said.
Cuomo's letter acknowledged the inherent risks in racing, but said those risks should not be an "excuse for our inaction."
NYRA responded to Cuomo's letter by telling the Daily News that it "will cooperate with the requests made in the letter, and make a recommendation to the Racing and Wagering Board regarding selection of an investigator."
According to national statistics as reported by The Jockey Club, there are two fatal breakdowns for every 1,000 starters, but there are plenty of other injuries horses suffer that result in death, including Tuesday’s fatality at Santa Anita Park, where “Luck” is filmed. In that instance, the horse reared up, fell backwards and suffered a severe head injury. The AHA, which oversaw the filming of “Luck”, issued a statement earlier Wednesday saying that the horse that died had just been inspected by a veterinarian and died as a result of an accident.
HBO defended its procedures during filming. “From the very outset of this project, the safety of the animals was of paramount concern to us,” HBO said. “Assertions of lax attitudes or negligence could not be further from the truth.basketball finger sleeves nike
We partnered early on with AHA, who is the only mandated authority in the industry, and we work very closely with the AHA and racing industry experts to implement safety protocols that go above and beyond typical film and TV industry standards and practices.”
A similar incident occurred Wednesday at Aqueduct when No Flaws flipped in the paddock before the seventh race and was ordered a late scratch; fortunately, he didn’t fatally injure himself. In the same race another horse, Hooked On Dance, dumped jockey Alan Garcia before crashing through the rails. He too was lucky and appeared to escape injury.
Horse trainer Graham Motion knows just how fragile a race horse is. After winning the Kentucky Derby last year and running second in the Preakness Stakes with Animal Kingdom, Motion watched his prized pupil suffer a fractured hock in his left hind leg in the Belmont Stakes, sidelining him for the remainder of the 2011 season.
The colt returned to light training in September and finally made it back to the races with a victory on Feb. 18 and was preparing for the $10 million Dubai World Cup on March 31 until he developed a stress fracture that will sideline him for another 90 days.
“We have a tremendous responsibility to these animals to know what’s going on,” Motion said of all horse trainers. “The highs are high and the lows are low no doubt about it.”
One of the highest highs an owner or trainer can experience is winning the Kentucky Derby, which Gretchen Jackson did, along with her husband, Roy, with their talented colt Barbaro. But Barbaro became a national story when he shattered his right hind leg at the start of the 2006 Preakness Stakes and was euthanized eight months later after developing laminitis in both front legs.
“It’s a daily reminder living on a farm,” Gretchen Jackson told the Daily News Wednesday. “The scrapes and bumps. They bump into a fence and break a bone. You don’t know how easy it is for a horse to fatally injure himself. The power, the strength, the agility and speed of a horse, and underneath it all is a very fragile animal.”
While Jackson says she didn't like “Luck” -- she saw only the first five minutes of the program -- she says she understands that accidents happen on the racetrack.
“We had horses flip and had to be put down instantly because of brain damage,” she said. “We had one we thought would be a good runner but fell on her way down to the feed tub and injured her head. She didn’t get a fair shake. It just happens. Their strength outweighs their fragility. It’s totally out of balance how strong they are and how easily they can break apart.”
“We can’t communicate with them,” she added. “They don’t understand. They don’t have the intelligence to save themselves.”
Motion, who only watched the first episode of “Luck” but admitted he didn’t get into it and would give it another chance, agreed with Jackson.
“Like any athlete, they are extremely fragile," he said. "How many football players do you see are sidelined every week? The complicated thing with horses is that they can’t talk and tell you what’s wrong with them. We basically have to look out for them and be very conscious of what they’re doing. They are high charged and have a lot of adrenaline and find ways of injuring themselves. They don’t have a lot of self-preservation.”
Jackson has learned from Barbaro and all the other horses she’s owned and bred.
“You got to enjoy life,” she said. “It doesn’t last long.”
Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/more-sports/animal-kingdom-sidelined-90-days-due-stress-fracture-colt-require-surgery-article-1.1039114#ixzz1pCQjoLDb
Casablanca' lover's commuter fantasy: Sing along with 'La Marseillaise' on the 6:24
When you commute for enough years on a train or bus, you inevitably have an occasional random thought about some totally uncharacteristic thing you’d like to see happen, just once.
Call it a commuter bucket list.
Mine involves the film “Casablanca,”boys nike air max 90
which comes to mind because on March 21, “Casablanca” is returning for a one-night stand in several hundred movie theaters.
More on that in a second. Meanwhile, nike outlet allen tx
back to me.
I am not objective on the subject of “Casablanca.” I’m obnoxious. You can ask my wife, who refuses to watch it with me anymore because I involuntarily say all the lines a second before the actors.
I’m the guy at the party who randomly says things like, “That is my least vulnerable spot” or “She’s coming back. I know she’s coming back.”
That may explain why I don’t get invited to many parties.
Anyhow, my iPod includes a six-minute excerpt from “Casablanca.”
It starts with Victor Laszlo (Paul Henreid) approaching Humphrey Bogart’s Rick Blaine in Rick’s Cafe and asking, “Monsieur Blaine, may I have a minute?” It ends with Major Strasser (Conrad Veidt) telling Ilsa Lund (Ingrid Bergman), “Mademoiselle, you may have observed that in Casablanca, human life is cheap.”
In between, Victor has heard Major Strasser and his German officers singing “Die Wacht am Rhein” (“Watch on the Rhine”) and ordered Rick’s house orchestra to drown them out by playing “La Marseillaise.”
Even though Rick knows this incendiary act will infuriate Major Strasser, he nods approval. Against the backdrop of a world where the Germans have conquered France and occupied Paris, this defiant anthem becomes so stirring the whole cafe joins in.
Call it a cheap setup if you like. Me, tears well up in my eyes every time I see or hear it, including when I hear it on my iPod on the 6:24.
That’s where the commuter fantasy kicks in.
As I’m riding along I imagine “La Marseillaise” blasting through the whole car, echoing off expensive shoulder bags and forcing every head to look up from their smartphones and Kindles.
I envision one person, then two, then everyone starting to sing “La Marseillaise,” swelling to a finale that rattles the steel wheels and dissolves into shouts of “Vive La France!”
Okay, I know that’s less likely on the 6:24 in 2012 than it was in Casablanca in 1942.
So what, I say. You dealnike soccer shoes customize
with commuting in your way and I deal with it in mine.
This much, however, should not be in dispute: No one has ever made a more justifiably beloved movie than “Casablanca.”
Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/movies/casablanca-lover-commuter-fantasy-sing-la-marseillaise-6-24-article-1.1036055#ixzz1pBSEbm68
Call it a commuter bucket list.
Mine involves the film “Casablanca,”boys nike air max 90
which comes to mind because on March 21, “Casablanca” is returning for a one-night stand in several hundred movie theaters.
More on that in a second. Meanwhile, nike outlet allen tx
back to me.
I am not objective on the subject of “Casablanca.” I’m obnoxious. You can ask my wife, who refuses to watch it with me anymore because I involuntarily say all the lines a second before the actors.
I’m the guy at the party who randomly says things like, “That is my least vulnerable spot” or “She’s coming back. I know she’s coming back.”
That may explain why I don’t get invited to many parties.
Anyhow, my iPod includes a six-minute excerpt from “Casablanca.”
It starts with Victor Laszlo (Paul Henreid) approaching Humphrey Bogart’s Rick Blaine in Rick’s Cafe and asking, “Monsieur Blaine, may I have a minute?” It ends with Major Strasser (Conrad Veidt) telling Ilsa Lund (Ingrid Bergman), “Mademoiselle, you may have observed that in Casablanca, human life is cheap.”
In between, Victor has heard Major Strasser and his German officers singing “Die Wacht am Rhein” (“Watch on the Rhine”) and ordered Rick’s house orchestra to drown them out by playing “La Marseillaise.”
Even though Rick knows this incendiary act will infuriate Major Strasser, he nods approval. Against the backdrop of a world where the Germans have conquered France and occupied Paris, this defiant anthem becomes so stirring the whole cafe joins in.
Call it a cheap setup if you like. Me, tears well up in my eyes every time I see or hear it, including when I hear it on my iPod on the 6:24.
That’s where the commuter fantasy kicks in.
As I’m riding along I imagine “La Marseillaise” blasting through the whole car, echoing off expensive shoulder bags and forcing every head to look up from their smartphones and Kindles.
I envision one person, then two, then everyone starting to sing “La Marseillaise,” swelling to a finale that rattles the steel wheels and dissolves into shouts of “Vive La France!”
Okay, I know that’s less likely on the 6:24 in 2012 than it was in Casablanca in 1942.
So what, I say. You dealnike soccer shoes customize
with commuting in your way and I deal with it in mine.
This much, however, should not be in dispute: No one has ever made a more justifiably beloved movie than “Casablanca.”
Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/movies/casablanca-lover-commuter-fantasy-sing-la-marseillaise-6-24-article-1.1036055#ixzz1pBSEbm68
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