| Knights play it cool in pressure of playoffs
He dribbled around the top of the key then, with the clock winding down, calmly drove the lane and banked in a five-foot runner for the final two of his game-high 19-points to give the Knights a two-point lead.
"We have a play called 'four down'. It's designed to allow the point to take the ball down to the basket," said Brunello. "The point guard works the top of the key. The big men move out from under the basket and take the post defense with them. That clears out the lane so it's easier to penetrate. I tried to stay composed and just ran the play. It worked out well."
But there were still six seconds on the clock. Six seconds for the packed house to hold its collective breath. Alhambra had time for one final shot.
The Moor's Allen raced the length of the court and put up a desperation three that banged off the back of the rim - no good - and St.
Trek Recalls 49,000 Girls Bikes
The recalled product is the Trek MT220 girls bicycles model years 2005, 2006 and 2007. The model name is printed on the frame of the bicycle. Model year 2008 bicycles are not included in the recall. The bikes, manufactured in China and Taiwan, were sold for about $300 at authorized Trek dealers nationwide from April 2004 through June 2007, CBS station WFOR-TV in Miami reports. Consumers can return the bike to a Trek dealer for a free replacement MT220 girls bicycle or a $100 discount on a different size Trek bicycle. For more information, contact Trek at (800) 373-4594. For additional information, consumers can contact Trek at (800) 373-4594 between 9 a.m. and 6:30 p.m. ET Monday through Friday, and between 10 a.m. and 6 p.m.ET Saturday, or visit the Trek BikesWeb site. (© MMVIII, CBS Broadcasting Inc.
Letters to the Editor (Feb. 21)
It is drivers with this attitude who make the roads dangerous, not cyclists like me.Wendy Byrne, CorvallisLots of considerate motorists, bicyclistsAs cycling season starts to heat up, it seems that the rhetoric between some motorists and cyclists does as well.This is unfortunate, because the vast majority of confrontations seem to be caused by relatively simple misunderstandings.By law, we all have a right to the roads and an obligation to follow the rules, even if some people don't like bikes and some don't like cars.We all pay taxes. Although there are vehicle use fees, most road funding is provided for by general taxes, property assessments, and the like. Besides, few cyclists don't also drive cars.To be certain, being held up behind a bicycle can be annoying.But how often do you get stuck behind someone who insists on turning left across a busy lane of traffic rather than continuing to a light or holding up an entire line of cars to wait for a parking spot?Anyone who drives into blind corners and other situations faster than he can react will eventually encounter a line of vehicles stopped for construction/accident, a kid running out to get a ball or on a bike, large debris, farm equipment, someone turning out of a driveway he didn't know was there, or a number of other common situations.Likewise, anyone who regularly blows through lights and stop signs on a bicycle will eventually cause an accident.As good luck would have it, there are a lot of considerate drivers and cyclists out there who practice defensive driving/cycling.Kyle Banerjee, MonmouthLet's talk solutions, not debate scienceJohn Jones ("Climate change has occurred in the past," Letters, Feb.
UFOs landing in Morristown?
Aliens from another world? Sort of ... beware of the Bike-tivists, hard-core pedal-pushers who invade Morristown roads en masse on the final Friday of every month. The best way to avoid getting run over, they believe, is by riding in traffic on cold, dark nights in the dead of winter . . . defying bewildered motorists to run them over. "Maybe people will notice us, and then when they see a solitary rider, they will take notice again," and share the road, said Samantha Rothman, a member of the town environmental commission who pedaled Friday with husband Dave and a pack of other hardy souls. We tried to count them all, but our fingers and toes were shivering too violently in the sub-freezing evening air. Samantha is an advocate for bike lanes, bike racks and other advances to make the area friendlier to bicycle commuters.
Hydro plans new rate system
Just one week after announcing a major rate increase, BC Hydro on Tuesday unveiled a electricity pricing scheme that allows most customers to escape the full impact of the rate hike. The new scheme sees Hydro eliminate its traditional flat rate in favour of a new two-tier pricing system that rewards energy savers -- and penalizes large-volume electricity consumers in the residential sector. In documents filed on Tuesday with the B.C. Utilities Commission, Hydro proposes to split residential customers' bills into two tiers -- with a lower rate for basic power requirements, and a higher rate for all electricity consumed beyond the basics. .
The Republican implosion
This revulsion at "corruption" was more than the sordid wheeling and dealing of the Republican congressional barons. It was disgust at the moral hypocrisy and false sanctimony of the cultural warriors and the transparent fakery of Bush's imagery. The fate of the Senate turned on many contests, including crucial ones in Missouri and Virginia. In Missouri, an initiative that would authorise embryonic stem-cell research that could lead to cures of many diseases divided the candidates. Actor Michael J Fox made a TV commercial for the Democrat, Claire McCaskill. Looking straight into the camera, with no imagery other than his constantly swaying body, racked with the effects of his medication for Parkinson's disease, Fox made a simple appeal wholly on the basis of the stem-cell research issue.
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