This week's Salute is to Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. for his passion and perserverance to change our country for the better. King always had a dream for equality and success for all people, regardless of race. He wanted America to be a great nation, with freedom and justice for everyone. Although his life was tragically cut short, his legacy still lives on.
Monday, 16 January 2012
Sunday, 15 January 2012
By now, I'm sure you've heard of the debacle over Pres. Obama's recess appointments in which Senate Republicans have argued Congress was not in a recess. The talk has died down a bit but when my "favorite" news network, FOX News, brought the issue up again I had to give my opinion.
Okay, first off, who cares? The appointments were to the new Consumer Financial Protection Bureau as well as the National Labor Relations Board. I mean, isn't it a good thing to have the new consumer protection bureau? Senate minority leader, Mitch McConnell, said that Obama had "arrogantly circumvented the American people" with the appointment. I mean, I don't feel deceived or tricked by Obama doing this. Firing back, the Department of Justice released a 23-page memo regarding the appointments, saying the appointments were constitutional because recent pro forma sessions held by the Senate "didn’t constitute legitimate sessions that could block such appointments."
So, Mitch and other Senate Republicans, why don't you stop ridiculing Pres. Obama for everything he does and get some real work done!
Read the full story here.
Wednesday, 11 January 2012
Monday, 9 January 2012
My first Weekly Salute of 2012 is a good one. WRAL had this story about a veteran, named Pat McIlvain, who loved hockey. He played at the collegiate level for University of Pennsylvania-California (Cal-U) but surprised his family by joining the Army.
While in the Army, he was deployed to Afghanistan, where he was shot in the head; critically injuring him. Now, as part of his recovery, he's going back to hockey and is playing in a very special way, thanks to the help of others. Check out the video below for the full story...
Thursday, 5 January 2012
After a lot of talk about the Wisconsin/Michigan State basketball game, I decided to give out yet another Oops Award. If you didn't see what happened, take a look...
Yeah, the scorboard and goal clocks were not synched up. I have never seen something like this happen before. I mean, how can you not synch up clocks? In case you didn't know, the shot/goal clock is the "official" clock so the three-pointer didn't count. I tell you, I'm sure someone got an earful after that game!
Tuesday, 3 January 2012
Only in North Carolina can you find a story where a man was arrested for trying to sell a stolen Olympic torch. Yes, you read that right. The torch was apparently stolen from the 1996 Summer Games in Atlanta and is worth around $15,000. The man tried to sell it at a pawnshop for $200. He was arrested and charged with felony larceny and obtaining property by false pretense.
I mean, seriously? Why would you try to sell a stolen Olympic torch and expect for no one to say anything. In fact, who would actually buy something like that? I bet the guy's bail is a lot more than that torch will ever cost!
I mean, seriously? Why would you try to sell a stolen Olympic torch and expect for no one to say anything. In fact, who would actually buy something like that? I bet the guy's bail is a lot more than that torch will ever cost!
I'll start off my first post of 2012 by saying that, if my blog template looks kind of weird, I apologize. I don't know what's happen. My blog template was fine yesterday but, today, I saw that it was messed up (at least on my computer). If it's not for you, then disregard this message.
Now, on to what this post is about. UNC head coach, Larry Fedora, will officially unveil his new coaching staff today in Chapel Hill. This comes as basically the names of his entire new staff have been leaked to multiple sources. Fedora will be joined by six coaches from his Southern Miss. team. According to WRALSportsFan.com, defensive line coach Deke Adams, co-defensive coordinator and secondary coach Dan Disch, as well as offensive line coach and run-game coordinator Chris Kapilovic gained NCAA approval to start recruiting on behalf of UNC. Golden Eagles offensive coordinator Blake Anderson, co-defensive coordinator Dave Duggan and tight ends coach Walt Bell have since been added to round out the Southern Miss inclusions on Fedora’s staff.
In addition to the Southern Miss. crew, Fedora will add two big names to his staff: Illinois' Vic Koenning and Mississippi’s Gunter Brewer. Koenning turned down an offer from the Illini to stay under their new head coach and Brewer coached with Fedora at Oklahoma St. Brewer also knows Chapel Hill well as he coached the likes of Sam Aiken, Chesley Borders and Jaworski Pollock while at Carolina from 2000-2004. According to WRAL, the final spot to fill will be the position of running backs coach where multiple sources have reported that the front-runner is former UNC back and NC native Randy Jordan. Jordan has four combined years of Big 12 coaching experience at Nebraska and more recently at Texas A&M.
Tom Myslinski, the strength and conditioning coach, is the lone name being held over. That means long time coach, Ken Browning, will not be returning to the Heels. As you may or may not know, Browning was head coach of the Northern High School football team in Durham before moving to Carolina, where he coached for eighteen seasons under five different coaches. According to the Herald-Sun, Fedora made the decision to basically "clean house" after the program was tainted with NCAA violations. The article goes on to say that Fedora is rewarding his staff at Southern Miss. by giving them positions at UNC.
In a way, I don't blame Larry Fedora for what he did. On the other hand, I feel kind of bad for Ken Browning because he, as far as we know, didn't contribute to Butch Davis' scandal. When I read the article it seemed, to me, that Fedora was almost "punishing" Browning for something that he was more than likely not a part of. The wording made me feel like Fedora thinks every coach on Butch Davis' UNC staff contributed to the scandal in some way. I may be over thinking this but, if that's what he believes, it may take me a while to support him and his Carolina team.
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