The Andre Agassi Charitable Foundation

The Andre Agassi Charitable Foundation. Providing educational and recreational opportunities to enhance the character, self-esteem and career possibilities of at-risk boys and girls.

Deanna Favre Hope Foundation

The mission of the Deanna Favre HOPE Foundation is to provide assistance to women who are underserved or underinsured in their battle against breast cancer.

Stefanie Spielman Fund for Breast Cancer Research

Stefanie Spielman Fund for Breast Cancer Research


Our Mission:
To improve people’s lives through innovation in research, education and patient care.

Our Values:
Integrity
Teamwork
Innovation
Excellence
Leadership

Our Vision:
Working as a team, we will shape the future of medicine by creating, disseminating and applying new knowledge, and by personalizing health care to meet the needs of each individual.

The Bob Tebow Evangelistic Association

The Bob Tebow Evangelistic Association has been serving in the Philippines since 1985 with five major priorities: Evangelism, Church Planting, Pastor Training, an Orphanage, and the Training of the Next Generation of Evangelists. It is the primary goal of BTEA to make the Gospel of Jesus Christ available to every person in the world.

In 1998, BTEA began to implement a plan to preach the Gospel in every barangay (village) in the Philippines. There are approximately 42,000 barangays in the Philippines and it is estimated that over 64% of them do not have a single evangelical church. In a country of 87 million, the number of people who have never heard the Gospel is staggering. These statistics do not even take into account the dozens of ethnic tribal groups that have been living on obscure islands and in remote mountain villages for centuries. It is our goal to go to each and every barangay and give the people the opportunity to hear the Gospel at least one time. In addition to preaching the Gospel, we are endeavoring to plant indigenous churches with the new converts and train national pastors. It is a tremendous task that must be completed.


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Merry Christmas!

Duke University

Duke University has a new football coach. David Cutcliffe has been hired. The former Ole Miss coach was 44-29 in six seasons as the head coach at the University of Mississippi.

Heisman Trophy

Tim Tebow from the University of Florida recently won the Heisman Trophy. He became the third quarterback from Florida to win the most prestigous award in college football. Steve Spurrier and Danny Wuerffel preceded him. Each were children of ministers.

Rich Rodriguez

The University of Michigan has a new football coach. His name is Rich Rodriguez. Rodriguez was hired from West Virginia.

Salem College 2-8-0 1yr
Glenville State 43-28-2 7yrs
West Virginia 60-26-0 7yrs
Total 104-62-2 15yrs

Sylvia Hutton

Sylvia Hutton turns 51 today. Happy birthday to Sylvia.

Robert Cade, Gatorade inventor died recently

Dr. J. Robert Cade, who invented the sports drink Gatorade and launched a multibillion-dollar industry that the beverage continues to dominate, died Tuesday of kidney failure.
He was 80. His death was announced by the University of Florida, where he and other researchers created Gatorade in 1965 to help the school’s football players replace carbohydrates and electrolytes lost through sweat while playing in swamp-like heat.
Cade’s researchers determined a football player could lose up to 18 pounds — 90 to 95 percent of it water — during the three hours it takes to play a game. Players sweated away sodium and chloride and lost plasma volume and blood volume.
Using their research, and about $43 in supplies, they concocted a brew for players to drink while playing football. The first batch was not exactly a hit.
“It sort of tasted like toilet bowl cleaner,” said Dana Shires, one of the researchers.
The researchers added some sugar and some lemon juice to improve the taste. It was first tested on freshmen because Coach Ray Graves didn’t want to hurt the varsity team. Eventually, however, the use of the sports beverage spread to the Gators, who enjoyed a winning record and were known as a “second-half team” by outlasting opponents.

Evel Knievel dies at 69

Evel Knievel, the red-white-and-blue-spangled motorcycle daredevil whose jumps over crazy obstacles including Greyhound buses, live sharks and Idaho's Snake River Canyon made him an international icon in the 1970s, died Friday. He was 69.

Anne Donovan

Anne Donovan has resigned from head coach of the WNBA's Seattle Storm. Donovan became the second coach in Storm history in 2002 after two seasons leading the Charlotte Sting. She coached Seattle to a regular-season record of 93-77 (.547) and to four playoff appearances. That included the league championship in 2004 -- Seattle's second major professional sports title in the last half-century. In 2005, she became the first female coach in the WNBA to win 100 games. Last season, she became the second-winningest coach in league history.

Sandra Lee

Sandra Lee from the Food Network has written her memoir. It is called Made From Scratch and it is available from Amazon.

Lloyd Carr

University of Michigan football head coach Lloyd Carr announced today his retirement from coaching after 28 seasons with the Wolverine program. Carr is second to only Bennie Oosterbaan (31 years; 20 years as an assistant and 11 years as head coach) in years of service with the nation's winningest college football program. As head coach, Carr has compiled a 121-40 overall record and is currently seventh among active coaches with a .752 winning percentage. He has led the Wolverines to six 10-win seasons. Carr trails only Fielding H. Yost (165-29-10) and Bo Schembechler (194-48-5) in career victories at Michigan.

Kim Mulkey

Kim Mulkey has written a book. It is called "Won't Back Down" and it is available from Amazon.

Boom!: Voices of the Sixties Personal Reflections on the '60s and Today

Tom Brokaw has written another excellent book. It is called Boom!: Voices of the Sixties Personal Reflections on the '60s and Today and is available from Amazon.

Happy Veterans Day

Happy Veterans Day. Here is a history of Veterans Day.

NAVY BEAT ND IN FOOTBALL!

Navy finally beat Notre Dame 46-44 in triple overtime on Saturday, ending the Fighting Irish's NCAA-record winning streak against the Midshipmen at 43 games.

Susan G. Komen For The Cure

Nancy G. Brinker promised her dying sister, Susan G. Komen, that she would do everything in her power to end breast cancer forever.

In 1982, that promise became Susan G. Komen for the Cure and launched the global breast cancer movement. Today, Komen for the Cure is the world's largest grassroots network of breast cancer survivors and activists fighting to save lives, empower people, ensure quality care for all and energize science to find the cures. Thanks to events like the Komen Race for the Cure, we have invested nearly $1 billion to fulfill our promise, becoming the largest source of nonprofit funds dedicated to the fight against breast cancer in the world.

Tommy Zbikowski

Tommy Zbikowski has established Tommy Z9 Foundation to help contribute to several charitable foundations. Charitable organizations we have donated to include the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, Hannah and Friends, Make a Wish, and PanCan.

The Jalen Rose Foundation

The Jalen Rose Foundation was
established by NBA star and Phoenix
Sun's Guard Jalen Rose to create
life-changing opportunities for underserved
youth through the development of unique
programs and the distribution of grants to
qualified nonprofit organizations. Grants
focus on sports and education and are
distributed in Jalen's hometown of Detroit
as well as his current NBA home.

Primarily funded through generous
donations from Jalen, JRF has distributed
nearly $1 million to charities. Most recently
JRF awarded a $100,000 grant to the
Biamba Marie Mutombo Hospital and
Research Center in the Democratic
Republic of the Congo. In addition to
supporting the endowment of a scholarship
at the University of Michigan, the foundation
distributes 5 four-year scholarships
annually to Detroit high school seniors. JRF
received more than 230 applications this
year from qualified Detroit high school
seniors looking for financial assistance.

The foundation welcomes individual
donations and corporate sponsors so that
we can enhance our scholarship program.
Every young man and woman deserves
access to a college education!

Deborah Kerr

Deborah Kerr died recently. She was 86. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences nominated Kerr six times for best actress, but never gave her an Academy Award until it presented an honorary Oscar in 1994 for her distinguished career as an "artist of impeccable grace and beauty, a dedicated actress whose motion picture career has always stood for perfection, discipline and elegance."

AC Green Foundation

The A.C. Green Youth Foundation is about building character, building strong bodies and strong minds, winning and losing with dignity, teamwork, and sacrifice. We provide programs that ignite dreams and an abstinence program that says it's okay to wait until marriage. In short, we are building leaders. Leaders who, in their individual capacity, no matter what their station in life, will be able to stand up for what is right instead of wrong, and in fact, will be their brother's keeper.

Reba McEntire

Reba McEntire has released a new CD called Duets. It's available from Amazon.

Kathie Lee Gifford

Kathie Lee Gifford turns 54 years old today.

Little Bits of Honey Memorial Fund

The “Little Bits of Honey Memorial Fund” was set up to help parents, whose babies fall victim to SIDS, afford funeral, burial and grave site costs. As we are sure you can understand no parent is prepared to bury their infant and in many cases such a large expense is very difficult or even impossible. The average funeral costs alone are $2000.00, which does not include the burial, grave, headstone, flowers, prayer cards, etc. Parents are looking at bills totaling over $5000.00 + for the most basic service/burial. Parents are now not only left with the shock and devastation of their loss, but financial issues as well. The memorial fund will help with just this issue. The parents/families will be able to contact the fund to receive help with these costs. We know we cannot ease the burden of their loss, but we are sure we can help relieve some overwhelming heartache that comes with not being financially able to bury your infant. It is a very true reality that if the parents/families are unable to pay for the services, the babies are left with only a county burial, which in most counties due to limited land space, that is a county cremation.

Bo Schembechler

DVD-Bo Memorial
#8268
Reflections: Jim Brandstatter, Mary Sue Coleman, Bill Martin,
Rev. Cory Randall, Lloyd Carr, Jamie Morris, John Robinson, Reggie Mckenzie, Gary Moeller, Bob Forman, Dan Dierdorf, Shemy Shembechler. 2 hours long. All proceeds from this DVD will benefit the University of Michigan Cardiovascular Center's Bo Schembechler Heart of a Champion Fund to attack this disease.

Tanya Memme

Tanya Memme has a new CD. It is available here.

Mack McCarthy

Mack McCarthy is the new head basketball coach at East Carolina.

Brad Wilkerson

In 2000, Brad Wilkerson decided to give back to the
places he first learned to play sports. Six years ago, Brad decided to have a charity golf tournament in Owensboro, Kentucky to help raise money for the United Way and the Boys and Girls Club of America. Through
his efforts, The Brad Wilkerson Charity Golf Classic has donated over $150,000 to these programs. Money is not all that Brad donates. While in Washington D.C., Brad became friends with a young man who was injured during the War in Iraq. Once he was released, Brad arranged for his new friend to throw out the first pitch at a baseball game.

The Crash

Northwest flight 255 was preparing for takeoff on the evening of August 16, 1987. Bound for Phoenix and continuing on to Orange County, the DC-9 was carrying 148* passengers and six crew members. The aircraft was cleared for takeoff on Detroit Metro's runway 03C and began its takeoff roll. After an longer than normal roll, the aircraft lifted off and immediately began rocking laterally.

Wuerffel Trophy

About Wuerffel Trophy


The All Sports Assocation membership is made up of dues paying volunteers whose primary mission is to provide contribution of time to raise money for local youth oriented non-profit organizations with an emphasis on sports programs. Through the efforts of the association with the annual banquet, the group helps fund numerous worthwhile sports organizations and charitable causes. Main beneficiaries of the All Sports Association are the local YMCA, Boys and Girls Club and Special Olympics.

Arizona Memorial Museum Association

The Arizona Memorial Museum Association (AMMA), a non-profit organization authorized by Congress, supports the interpretation and related visitor service activities of the National Park Service (NPS) at four sites across the Pacific region.

Paula Zahn

Paula Zahn has resigned from CNN. Zahn hosted CNN's 8pm ET program, Paula Zahn Now.
Zahn joined CNN in 2001. From 1999-2001 Zahn anchored a primetime show on Fox News Channel called "The Edge."

Skip Prosser

Wake Forest Men's Basketball Coach Skip Prosser has passed away at the age 56. Prosser compiled a 126-68 record in six seasons as the head coach of the Demon Deacons and led the team to five postseason appearances including four trips to the NCAA Tournament. Wake Forest won the ACC regular season championship in 2003.
He compiled a career record of 291-146 in 14 seasons as a head coach. Prosser posted a 14-13 record in one year at Loyola (Md.) and then went 148-65 in seven seasons at Xavier, winning three Atlantic 10 regular season titles.

MUSIC FOR TOMORROW

The mission of Music for Tomorrow is to provide resources to enable the continuation of music traditions in need of assistance. These traditions are an important part of a shared culture heritage, which Music for Tomorrow wishes to preserve. The organization will achieve this by awarding grants to musicians and ensembles, presenting or subsidizing concert series, and supporting music institutions that protect our musical heritage.
Music for Tomorrow is currently committed to providing aid to the city of New Orleans, (1) by helping displaced musicians return to New Orleans, through grants for housing and living, (2) by helping, musicians already back in New Orleans through the subsidization of concerts and with need based grants, (3) and by supporting efforts to construct a National Jazz Center, which will serve as the first home for Jazz in America, through a partnership with the New Orleans Jazz Orchestra.

Band Against MS

The Band Against MS Foundation is a 501 (c) (3), or not-for-profit organization committed to providing educational information for those living with Multiple Sclerosis, funding programs researching a cure for Multiple Sclerosis, and funding programs helping those living with the disease. Nationally acclaimed recording artist Clay Walker established the Foundation in February 2003, because he wanted to help others living with the same disease he has battled since 1996. More information about the Foundation is available at www.bandagainstms.orgThe five goals of the Foundation include:• To help provide hope for those living with MS.• To educate those living with MS about drug therapies and treatments.• To encourage individuals living with MS to seek appropriate treatment.• To fund research seeking a cure for the disease.• To fund programs providing assistance to people living with MSBand Against MS plans to provide educational information and research grants to institutions searching for a cure or treatment for MS, and fund programs that help those living with the disease.Anyone wishing to get involved with the Foundation's goal to raise money for MS research can make a donation by logging on to the Foundation's Web site noted above or by mailing a check or money order to Band Against MS Foundation, P. O. Box 331549, Nashville, TN 37203. All donations will be used to provide funding for programs that impact people living with Multiple Sclerosis and to fund research towards a cure or treatment.By continuing to fund research, Band Against MS Foundation gives those living with Multiple Sclerosis hope for the future. We are sincerely grateful for the individuals, groups and businesses that contribute to the Foundation's success and recognize that they are at the core of our endeavor. Additionally, we strongly encourage those with Multiple Sclerosis to seek out and maintain a drug therapy.

The MaliVai Washington Kids Foundation

The MaliVai Washington Kids Foundation promotes academic achievement and positive life skills in Jacksonville youth through the game of tennis. We use tennis to engage kids in an active and fun recreation program, but what we offer is so much more than sports.
By correlating success on the court with success in life, we foster leadership, sportsmanship, self-esteem, confidence, discipline, accountability and the value of hard work, teamwork and individual effort.

MATT BONNER BASKETBALL CAMPS

The Matt Bonner Basketball Camp is committed to the development of fundamental basketball skills. Campers learn ball handling, triple threat, post moves, rebounding, court spacing, passing, defensive keys, team offense and defense from Matt Bonner and his highly skilled staff.

The Nolan Ryan Foundation

The Nolan Ryan Foundation , a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization, was formed in Alvin, Texas in 1990. Nolan and Ruth generously give their time for signing and other fund-raising efforts that enable the Foundation to provide resources for youth, education, and community development.

Mickie DeMoss

University of Texas women’s basketball head coach Gail Goestenkors completed her staff Tuesday with the hiring of Mickie DeMoss, head coach at The University of Kentucky from 2003-07 and an associate head coach at The University of Tennessee from 1985-2003. Under legendary head coach Pat Summitt, DeMoss was part of six NCAA national championship efforts and 13 NCAA Final Four appearances as part of the Lady Vols coaching staff, and was considered among the most effective recruiters in the nation. Prior to her time at Tennessee, she was assistant coach at Auburn University (1983-85) and at Memphis State (1977-79) and was a head coach at The University of Florida (1979-83). DeMoss received her undergraduate degree at Louisiana Tech University in 1977 and a master’s degree in education at Memphis State University in 1979. "Months ago, I left the coaching profession -- to retire, really -- and take my first break from the game of basketball," DeMoss said. "It was not an easy decision, but one I truly needed to make.

HAPPY INDEPENDENCE DAY!

Jordan Thomas Foundation

First of all, I would like to thank you for all your thoughts and prayers. As many of you know, on August 16, 2005 I was scuba diving and while I was on the surface of the water the wake pushed me behind the boat and the propeller hit both of my legs. I was then sent to Miami where I underwent three surgeries and I lost both of my legs from the calf down. I spent about two weeks in the hospital and returned home to undergo rehabilitation. So far my rehabilitation has been tough but I have been given every opportunity possible.
This year, I am a senior at the McCallie School in Chattanooga, Tennessee. I have been a member of the golf and bowling teams for the past several seasons. One of my goals in rehabilitation was to rejoin my teammates for my senior year. I am happy to report that we just finished a successful golf season at McCallie and the bowling season is just underway. It’s great to be back playing golf and know that If it were not for your love and support, I would certainly not be doing as well as I am.
When I was in the hospital, I was really touched by the kids who would never be able to achieve their dreams because they did not have money to continue their recovery and rehabilitation. Larry was one boy who had been severely burned and was recovering in the Trauma Rehabilitation Unit. He had almost no resources with which to continue his rehabilitation after discharge. To make matters worse, Larry was placed on a waiting list to go to a foster home as his parents had abandoned him. I felt great sadness about his many losses and grateful for all the loving support I have received during my recovery.With that in mind, I have set up the Jordan Thomas Foundation to raise money for children with traumatic injuries who are not as fortunate as I. With my foundation, I hope to raise at least five hundred thousand dollars to help these kids. I would like for you to help us reach that goal!
Gratefully, Jordan Thomas

Nancy Lieberman

Happy Birthday to one of the greatest basketball players of all time. Nancy Lieberman turns 49 today.

NBA

Three players from the Florida Gators basketball team were taken in the NBA draft this past week. Al Horford was drafted third to the Atlanta Hawks, Corey Brewer was taken seventh by the Minnesota Timberwolves and Joakim Noah was taken ninth by the Chicago Bulls.

Gators Invade The White House

If the Gators keep it up, the White House may consider adding a Gators suite adjacent to the Lincoln Bedroom.
This is the third time in a year that a UF team - and the second time the men's basketball team - has made the trip to Washington to meet President George W. Bush

Give A Girl A Reason

Jennifer Peterson Hind has released her first CD, Give A Girl A Reason. It is available from CD Baby.

UPDATE

Billy Donovan has changed his mind and returned to Florida. The Orlando Magic have hired Stan Van Gundy.

Natalie Morales

Happy 35th birthday to Today show correspondant Natalie Morales. She also has a blog.