Bosh says he always played hard with Raptors
AP via Yahoo! Sports Thu, 29 Jul 2010 22:02 PM PDT
After being called out as a quitter by his former general manager, Chris Bosh says he "put his heart and soul" into the Toronto Raptors organization and never gave up on his team. In an interview on Rogers Sportsnet on Thursday night, Bosh responded to allegations made by Raptors general manager Bryan Colangelo on Toronto radio station FAN 590 that claimed the All-Star was "checked... |
Organ donor shortage makes survival a long shot
Asheville Citizen-Times Thu, 29 Jul 2010 21:36 PM PDT
ASHEVILLE â€" Julie Wallace always said yes to organ donation. But in recent years, the little heart on her driver's license has held deeper meaning because she came so close to losing her 12-year-old son, Jacob. Both of his kidneys failed nine years ago, when Jacob was 3. |
Calcium supplements may raise risk of heart attack
AsiaOne Thu, 29 Jul 2010 21:33 PM PDT
HONG KONG (Reuters) - Calcium supplements, which many people consume hoping to ward off osteoporosis, may increase the risk of heart attack by as much as 30 percent, researchers reported Friday. |
Jacksonville Beach's Matt Every shares lead at Greenbrier Classic
The Florida Times-Union Thu, 29 Jul 2010 21:28 PM PDT
Jacksonville Beach resident Matt Every shot a 7-under 63 in the inaugural Greenbrier Classic to share the lead with double heart transplant recipient Erik Compton. Playing on a sponsor's exemption, Compton made nine birdies, seven over a nine-hole stretch on the Old White course Thursday in White Sulphur Springs, W.Va. The 30-year-old Compton has made four cuts in six starts this season. He was ... |
Grogan “can’t find anything nice to say†about Tatum
The Kansas City Star Thu, 29 Jul 2010 21:15 PM PDT
Usually the death of an adversary leads to some attempt at reconciliation. But former Kansas State and New England Patriots quarterback Steve Grogan has little sorrow for Jack Tatum , who died Tuesday of a heart attack at age 61. “There’s not too many people that I can’t find something nice to say about when this kind of situation arises,†Grogan said in a radio interview Tuesday on WBZ in ... |
Compton, Every move into first-round lead
Richmond Times-Dispatch Thu, 29 Jul 2010 21:14 PM PDT
WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS, W.Va. -- Erik Compton is a walking billboard for organ donation and sheer determination. He's also at the top of the Greenbrier Classic leaderboard. Playing on a late sponsor exemption, the 30-year-old double heart transplant recipient shot a 7-under 63 yesterday to share the first-round lead with ... |
Al-Qaida launches brazen attack
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Thu, 29 Jul 2010 21:13 PM PDT
BAGHDAD -- In a brazen late-afternoon attack in the heart of this city's most prominent Sunni neighborhood, gunmen attacked two police checkpoints Thursday before a series of roadside bombs detonated on police and army patrols responding to the violence. |
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