Pell lead 2012 Alabama Sports Hall of recognition class


Former Jacksonville State football coach Charley Pell was one of eight people selected Wednesday for introduction into the 2012 class of the Alabama Sports Hall of Fame, which will be inducted at a ceremony in May.

Combination Pell in the class are Mal Moore, E.J. Junior III, Artis Gilmore, Bryan Kirkland, Andre Tippett, Steve Wallace and Dan Washburn.

Pell, a national of Albertville, played just one season of high school football for the Aggies, but was good sufficient to earn a scholarship offer from Bear Bryant to the University of Alabama. He played unpleasant and suspicious tackle at Alabama and was a member of the Crimson Tide's 1961 national championship team.

After his playing days, Pell stayed at Alabama as a mark off assistant before taking a job as an assistant coach at Kentucky under Charlie Bradshaw.

Pell finally earned the head coaching job and athletics director position at Jacksonville State in December 1968 at the age of 28. While at JSU, Pell lead the Gamecocks to a 33-13-1 record in five seasons, counting a 10-0 mark and win over Florida A&M in the Orange Blossom Classic in 1970. He is a member of the 2000-01 class of the JSU Athletic Hall of Fame.

Pell left Jacksonville State in 1974 for an supporter coaching job at Virginia Tech and finally moved on to Clemson as an assistant in 1976. The next season, he became Clemson's head coach, where he went 18-4-1 in two seasons, twice being named the ACC Coach of the Year, before moving on to Florida.

At Florida, Pell went 33-26-3 over five-plus seasons. He was ablaze three games into the 1984 campaign after the NCAA announce that the Gators had committed more than 100 violations under his watch.

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Florida Cricket Academy announce 3rd annual U-19 Invitational Tournament

The City of Miramar and Florida Cricket Academy (FCA) announce our 3rd Annual under 19 Invitational Cricket Tournament.


FCA, a youth cricket growth group since 2007 is based in Miramar/Hollywood, Florida is an affiliate member of the USA Cricket Association.

The Academy is satisfied to announce that our 3rd Annual Under 19 Invitational Cricket Tournament will be detained over the MLK weekend Jan. 13th, 14th, and 15th. All matches will begin at 10:00am each day.

In addition to the FCA U-19 team, the New York Region U-19, Michigan Cricket Academy and Cricket Academy USA under 19 teams will contribute in this event.

All games will be play using both cricket fields at Miramar Regional Park.

Everyone is confident to come out and support the highest level of youth cricket in the region.

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UO runner Centrowitz decides to turn professional


Oregon distance runner Matthew Centrowitz has decided to forgo his final season of collegiate eligibility to run professionally.

The 2011 world bronze medalist in the 1,500 meters has signed with PACE Sports Management, a United Kingdom-based athlete management company.

The PACE track and field roster includes Olympic champion Usain Bolt, and world champions Vivian Cheruiyot, Mo Farah, Linet Masai, Phillips Idowu, Christine Ohuruogu and Jana Pittman.

Centrowitz will turn his focus to the 2012 Olympic trials and the London Olympics. The trials will be held June 22 to July 1, 2012, at Hayward Field in Eugene. The Olympics start July 27.

"I am very grateful to the University of Oregon and the coaching staff for all they have done for me," Centrowitz said. "This important decision has taken me a couple of months to decide on but (is) a decision I feel that is best for me in reaching my upcoming goals."

This past season, Centrowitz won NCAA and U.S. championships at 1,500 meters. He holds the school record in the event at 3:34.46.

Centrowitz was a three time Pac-10 champion in the 1,500 and was a seven-time all-American.

"Matthew has had an enormous impact on the University of Oregon track program," Ducks coach Vin Lananna said. "Oregon has a great tradition in distance running and we are proud of his accomplishments in adding to that tradition.

"We wish him nothing but the best and we are excited for his future as a professional."

Centrowitz will stay at Oregon to complete his sociology degree. Although it's not as common for a track and field athlete to turn pro early as it is in football or basketball, it is not unprecedented.

It is more common for sprinters. Allyson Felix never ran in college despite enrolling at USC. Tyson Gay and Wallace Spearmon both left early from Arkansas and Jeremy Wariner did the same at Baylor.

Former McKay standout Ryan Bailey ran one season at Rend Lake (Ill.) Community College before turning pro. Alan Webb and Evan Jager are examples of distance runners who who left college early.

Webb ran one year at Michigan before turning pro, while Jager left Wisconsin after one year.

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Cody Haas reaches boxing tournament finals


JACKSON — Cody Haas is one more win away from the USA New England Boxing title in the semi-novice 141 pound weight class. The Berlin resident won a unanimous decision in his semifinal bout to advance to the finals this Saturday at 7:30 p.m. at the Billerica Elks in Billerica, Mass.

"He's fighting so well," said trainer and former three-time World Champion Kickboxer Dick "The Destroyer" Kimber, who created the White Mountain Boxing Club and it's headquartered in Jackson at the former site of the Red Fox Pub. "His jab is right on the money and his countering is better, he's doing so well. I think he'd got a real good shot on Saturday. He's in great shape, physically and mentally, I think he's ready to go."

Haas has had some great training to prepare for the tournament, including Kimber and Cody’s dad, Gary Haas, a former Olympic-trials boxer. The Haas family is originally from Ohio and has transferred to the Berlin area, as Gary is a federal officer.

Haas has been training for months in Jackson and is supported by Roland Sanschagrin, Roger Villenueve, and the Red Fox Restaurant.

Kimber is planning a women's kickboxing/self-defense class that will run for six weeks this winter. If anyone is interested, or if anybody would like to help sponsor the fighters in Kimber's program, they can contact him at 723-2659.

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Official: Dennis Erickson out as Arizona State coach


The administrator spoke on the circumstance of secrecy on Sunday because details of Erickson's going away have not been finalized.

Erickson will meet with athletic director Lisa Love as early as Monday and, at 64, could be allowed to give up work rather than be fired. Erickson could unmoving coach in whatever bowl game the Sun Devils play in.

Erickson's job came into danger after Arizona State lost its final four games next a 6-2 start, knocking the Sun Devils from contention to play in the inaugural Pac-12 championship game next Friday. He was 31-30 in five seasons in the wasteland.

Erickson won a pair of national titles with Miami and had stops at Oregon State and Idaho before incoming in Tempe in 2007. He had an imposing start in the wasteland, named the Pac-10 coach of the year after most important the Sun Devils to the Holiday Bowl and their first 10-win season in nine years.

That twisted out to be the highlight of his tenure. Arizona State won no more than six games the next three years, ineligible for a bowl last season since two of its games were next to Football Championship Subdivision schools.

Love opt to stick with Erickson in spite of three straight shaky seasons and the Sun Devils went into this year with high prospect, recurring nearly every starter on both sides of the ball.

Arizona State looks good early; taking control of the Pac-12 South after its first eight games then went into a tailspin.

After becoming bowl eligible for the first time in four years with a win over Colorado on Oct. 29, the Sun Devils lost their grip on the South with a loss to UCLA the next week, and couldn't make up ground regardless of the Bruins' lackluster finish.

The final blows for Erickson's probability of keeping his job came with a unsatisfactory home loss to rival Arizona, which had fired its coach and had won just two games at that point, followed by Friday's 47-39 loss to California at home.

"I don't know that I have ever been through a month like this," Erickson said after the loss to Cal. "We felt that we had a chance to have a great year, then you lose four in a row and just end up with a very, very average year."

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Mistr Pála poll soupier do nemocnice. Teď vyhlíží Klička


Professional boxer Ondřej Pála z MÉDEA BOXING TÝMU obhájil titul mistra Evropy WBO v těžké váhové kategorii. Soupeře Darnella Wilsona z USA porazil jasně 3:0.

"Nečekal jsem, že toho tolik vydrží. Po zápase byl hodně rozbitej a prý ho rovnou odvezli do nemocnice. Ale doboxoval," řekl Pála po souboji.

"O mně se ví, že nejsem po žádném zápase spokojený. I tentokrát tam byly nějaké chyby, mohlo to z mé strany být lepší," okomentoval sobotní zápas Pála, který se do ringu vrátil poprvé od letošního dubna. Po dobu pauzy léčil pochroumané rameno, nyní už je prý naprosto v pořádku.

Přestože porazil Pála Wilsona na body jasně 3:0, během souboje měl prý namále. "V devátém kole mě Wilson chytil zadním hákem a musím přiznat, že jsem byl blízko počítání," prozradil český boxer.

"Jinak to šlo podle plánu a plnil jsem taktiku, kterou jsme s trenérem Krivoručkem vymysleli. Boxoval jsem technicky, na distanc a chtěl soupeře unavit. Musím ale přiznat, že mě Wilson trochu překvapil, jak byl připravený. Nečekal jsem, že toho tolik vydrží. Po zápase byl hodně rozbitej a prý ho rovnou odvezli do nemocnice. Ale doboxoval," dodal Pála.

Ten se vítězstvím nad Wilsonem významně přiblížil k splnění svého velkého snu - zápasu s Ukrajincem Vladimirem Kličkem. "Měl by být domluvený zápas, jehož vítěz by boxoval právě s ním," říká Pála, který triumfoval podevatenácté v řadě a celkově zaznamenal 30. výhru během své profesionální kariéry.

Poslední překážkou k duelu s Kličkem by měl Pálovi být Robert Helenius, boxer světové špičky. "Ale taky je to jenom člověk, rozhodně se s ním dá boxovat. Věřím si," prozradil sedmadvacetiletý boxer.

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Karthikeyan get Gold and Ram get silver


India's Karthikeyan Murali wins the gold medal in the under-12 open collection in the World Youth Chess Championship at Caldas Novas (Brazil) on Sunday morning. India bag five medals in the championship including the gold, silver and three bronze.

The other medal winners for India are TN lad Ram Arvind, who won the silver in the under-8 group while Debashis Das, Rathanvel and Salonika Saina added bronze in the under-18 open, under-10 open and under-8 girl’s category correspondingly.

In the ninth and final round, Karthikeyan draw with Ravi Haria of England and joined for the top spot along with Gledura Benjamin of Hungary. But better tiebreak score helped Karthikeyan in his gold bars quest.

In the under-8 open category, Ram Aravind was unsuccessful not to win the gold as he beaten ultimate gold medal winner Liang Awonder of USA in the final round.

However, the American had a better tie-break score and was sitting pretty after the last but one round.

In under-18 open sort Debashis Das took a draw next to gold medal winner, Grandmaster Ter-Sahakyan Samvel of Armenia to resolve for the bronze medal.

Rathanvel drew his final-round game next to Fide master Tabatabaei M Amin of Iran to bag the bronze medal while Salonika Saina beat Ismayilzada Zeynab of Azerbaijan to come to an end third in her category.

Diptayan Ghosh, who has been determining well for a medal, missed it hardly in the under-14 category by final fourth as he lost his final round game next to Cuellar Diego of Peru.

Lakshmi C and Stany G A had an alike experience in the under-8 girls and under-18 open categories correspondingly as they came fourth.


How Indians finished in Brazil:

Under-8 girls: Salonika Saina (3rd), Lakshmi C (4th), Bommini Mounika Akshaya (19th), Tanishka Kotia (34th)

Under-8 open: Ram Aravind L N (2nd), Ritam Nag (41st), Sai Krishna S (52nd) Under- 10 girls: Bidhur Rutumbara (8th), Bansi Prathima M (12th), Tarini Goyal (13th), Priyanka K (21st)

Under-10 open: Rathanvel V S (3rd), Rakesh Kumar Jena (5th), Mitrabha Guha (11th), Nitish Belurkar (24th), Anand Nadar (31st)

Under-12 girls: Ivana Maria Furtado (13th),Riya Savant (14th), Priyamvada Karamcheti (24th), Tejaswini Sagar (28th)

Under-12 open: Karthikeayn Murali (1st), Aravindh Chithambaram V R (10th), Abhimanyu Puranik (14th), Hetul Shah (15th), Harshal Shahi (22nd)

Under-14 girls: Srija Seshadri (8th), Mahalakshmi M (9th), Lasya G (16th), Monnisha G K (24th)


Under-14 open: Girish A Koushik (12th), Diptayan Ghosh (4th), Satvik M (50th)


Under-16 girls: Pratyusha Bodda (5th), Nandhidhaa P V (8th), Anjana Krishna (26th), Bala Kannamma (38th)

Under-16 open: Antonio Viani D'cunha (7th), Shiven Khosla (35th), Sarang Ponkshe (53rd)

Under-18 girls: A Akshaya (18th), Saranya J (32nd), Visalatch R (37th)

Under-18 open: Debashis Das (3rd), Stany G A (4th), Himal Gusain (15th)

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