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<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" media="screen" href="/~d/styles/atom10full.xsl"?><?xml-stylesheet type="text/css" media="screen" href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~d/styles/itemcontent.css"?><feed xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:openSearch="http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearch/1.1/" xmlns:blogger="http://schemas.google.com/blogger/2008" xmlns:georss="http://www.georss.org/georss" xmlns:gd="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005" xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0" gd:etag="W/&quot;D0MDQHo8cSp7ImA9WhJTEk8.&quot;"><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4463181205755118893</id><updated>2012-06-20T16:51:11.479-04:00</updated><title>MRSN</title><subtitle type="html">The Michigan Regional Sports Network Blog</subtitle><link rel="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://mrsnsports.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default" /><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://mrsnsports.blogspot.com/" /><link rel="next" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4463181205755118893/posts/default?start-index=26&amp;max-results=25&amp;redirect=false&amp;v=2" /><author><name>MRSN</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01089720218634443829</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail" width="16" height="16" src="http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif" /></author><generator version="7.00" uri="http://www.blogger.com">Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>38</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><atom10:link xmlns:atom10="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/mrsnsports" /><feedburner:info xmlns:feedburner="http://rssnamespace.org/feedburner/ext/1.0" uri="mrsnsports" /><atom10:link xmlns:atom10="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" rel="hub" href="http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/" /><entry gd:etag="W/&quot;D0IBQHs8fCp7ImA9WhdVFEo.&quot;"><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4463181205755118893.post-2154071807141073812</id><published>2011-09-19T19:28:00.002-04:00</published><updated>2011-09-19T19:39:11.574-04:00</updated><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2011-09-19T19:39:11.574-04:00</app:edited><title>Kodiaks off to good start, defeat Xavier</title><content type="html">&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-QZoCpxEzcJI/TnfScqX6JII/AAAAAAAAACk/pZ7FDZwrapI/s1600/41569_65427726230_763_n_z0ik.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 234px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-QZoCpxEzcJI/TnfScqX6JII/AAAAAAAAACk/pZ7FDZwrapI/s400/41569_65427726230_763_n_z0ik.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5654219247039685762" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Flint MI--The University of Michigan-Flint Kodiaks are off to a good start in their second season defeating Xavier Saturday night 35-3 at Atwood Stadium.  The Kodiaks used superior depth and a vastly improved passing game to defeat the visitors from Cincinnati.  UM-F had 275 yards total offense, led by QB Zeke Zanetta, who completed 10 of 13 passes for 168 yards, including touchdown strikes of 48 and 35 yards.  Dion Smith was the leading rusher with 52 yards and a touchdown.  UM-F's defense was stellar holding Xavier to 125 yards passing in 32 attempts.  Coty Pyscher had two interceptions.</content><link rel="replies" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://mrsnsports.blogspot.com/feeds/2154071807141073812/comments/default" title="Post Comments" /><link rel="replies" type="text/html" href="http://mrsnsports.blogspot.com/2011/09/kodiaks-off-to-good-start-defeat-xavier.html#comment-form" title="0 Comments" /><link rel="edit" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4463181205755118893/posts/default/2154071807141073812?v=2" /><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4463181205755118893/posts/default/2154071807141073812?v=2" /><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://mrsnsports.blogspot.com/2011/09/kodiaks-off-to-good-start-defeat-xavier.html" title="Kodiaks off to good start, defeat Xavier" /><author><name>MRSN</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01089720218634443829</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail" width="16" height="16" src="http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif" /></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-QZoCpxEzcJI/TnfScqX6JII/AAAAAAAAACk/pZ7FDZwrapI/s72-c/41569_65427726230_763_n_z0ik.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry gd:etag="W/&quot;DkEHSH0zfip7ImA9WhdVFEo.&quot;"><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4463181205755118893.post-6542920189811141973</id><published>2011-09-19T18:58:00.002-04:00</published><updated>2011-09-19T19:23:59.386-04:00</updated><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2011-09-19T19:23:59.386-04:00</app:edited><title>Generals sweep Penguins</title><content type="html">&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-n0NW5TBwTZc/TnfO0Bcg0DI/AAAAAAAAACc/v_cC-rmJ5hg/s1600/gens.png"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 80px; height: 92px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-n0NW5TBwTZc/TnfO0Bcg0DI/AAAAAAAAACc/v_cC-rmJ5hg/s400/gens.png" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5654215250323492914" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Flint MI-The Flint Junior Generals swept the Pittsburgh Junior Penguins in a weekend series at Iceland Arena.  The Generals won Saturday night 8-0 with goaltender Dominic Orlando stopping all 18 shots for the shutout. The Generals were led by Richard Jansson and Edward Osowski with two goals apiece. Osowski also had 2 assists. Captain Warren Carter had a goal and 2 assists.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Sunday, the Penguins were more physical but lost 4-2. Osowski, Andrew Lay, Alexander Compean and Kenneth Miloser scored for the Generals.  Susi Vincent and Bryan Hovanec scored for Pittsburgh in a game that saw 12 penalties and two ejections in a rough second period. Flint's Ben Myers had 28 saves.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Listen to MRSN Sports Radio's replay of the game by clicking &lt;a href="http://en.1000mikes.com/download/247372/7440969.mp3"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;SUNDAY'S BULLPEN SPORTS MRSN 3 STARS OF THE GAME&lt;br /&gt;1ST STAR: Kestner, Joshua (FLT)&lt;br /&gt;2ND STAR: Myers, Benjamin (FLT)&lt;br /&gt;3RD STAR: Osowski, Edward (FLT)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The Generals embark on a road trip this weekend, in Toledo Friday, and at the Metro Jets in Waterford Saturday.  The next game on MRSN is October 9 against the Metro Jets at 2:15 PM.</content><link rel="replies" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://mrsnsports.blogspot.com/feeds/6542920189811141973/comments/default" title="Post Comments" /><link rel="replies" type="text/html" href="http://mrsnsports.blogspot.com/2011/09/generals-sweep-penguins.html#comment-form" title="0 Comments" /><link rel="edit" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4463181205755118893/posts/default/6542920189811141973?v=2" /><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4463181205755118893/posts/default/6542920189811141973?v=2" /><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://mrsnsports.blogspot.com/2011/09/generals-sweep-penguins.html" title="Generals sweep Penguins" /><author><name>MRSN</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01089720218634443829</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail" width="16" height="16" src="http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif" /></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-n0NW5TBwTZc/TnfO0Bcg0DI/AAAAAAAAACc/v_cC-rmJ5hg/s72-c/gens.png" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry gd:etag="W/&quot;DkYNQnk6fCp7ImA9WhdXFUs.&quot;"><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4463181205755118893.post-6873128772694454127</id><published>2011-08-28T16:36:00.002-04:00</published><updated>2011-08-28T16:43:13.714-04:00</updated><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2011-08-28T16:43:13.714-04:00</app:edited><title>Late TD lifts Brother Rice over MLK</title><content type="html">Cheyne Lacanaria's 78 yard touchdown pass to Travis Ferguson with 2:20 left lifted Birmingham Brother Rice to a 28-21 victory over Detroit Martin Luther King on MRSN Saturday. King RB Dennis Norfleet, bound for Cincinnati, did his part with 225 yards rushing on 33 carries and 2 TDs.  The tandem of Devin Church (106 yards rushing) and DeShun Brown (99 yards and 2 TDs) led the Warriors. </content><link rel="replies" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://mrsnsports.blogspot.com/feeds/6873128772694454127/comments/default" title="Post Comments" /><link rel="replies" type="text/html" href="http://mrsnsports.blogspot.com/2011/08/late-td-lifts-brother-rice-over-mlk.html#comment-form" title="0 Comments" /><link rel="edit" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4463181205755118893/posts/default/6873128772694454127?v=2" /><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4463181205755118893/posts/default/6873128772694454127?v=2" /><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://mrsnsports.blogspot.com/2011/08/late-td-lifts-brother-rice-over-mlk.html" title="Late TD lifts Brother Rice over MLK" /><author><name>MRSN</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01089720218634443829</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail" width="16" height="16" src="http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif" /></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry gd:etag="W/&quot;CUADRH86fyp7ImA9WhdXFUs.&quot;"><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4463181205755118893.post-7573168632169394006</id><published>2011-08-28T16:33:00.002-04:00</published><updated>2011-08-28T16:36:15.117-04:00</updated><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2011-08-28T16:36:15.117-04:00</app:edited><title>Harrison blast Cass Tech 43-7</title><content type="html">Farmington Hills Harrison proves they may be the best team in Michigan by blasting Detroit Cass Tech 43-7 at the Big Day Prep Showdown Saturday.  Austin Hunter rushed for 3 TDS for the Hawks</content><link rel="replies" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://mrsnsports.blogspot.com/feeds/7573168632169394006/comments/default" title="Post Comments" /><link rel="replies" type="text/html" href="http://mrsnsports.blogspot.com/2011/08/harrison-blast-cass-tech-43-7.html#comment-form" title="0 Comments" /><link rel="edit" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4463181205755118893/posts/default/7573168632169394006?v=2" /><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4463181205755118893/posts/default/7573168632169394006?v=2" /><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://mrsnsports.blogspot.com/2011/08/harrison-blast-cass-tech-43-7.html" title="Harrison blast Cass Tech 43-7" /><author><name>MRSN</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01089720218634443829</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail" width="16" height="16" src="http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif" /></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry gd:etag="W/&quot;DEQFQ3k7fCp7ImA9WhZRFUk.&quot;"><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4463181205755118893.post-3410111791920775011</id><published>2011-04-11T13:53:00.004-04:00</published><updated>2011-04-11T14:25:12.704-04:00</updated><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2011-04-11T14:25:12.704-04:00</app:edited><title>2011 Flint Monarchs womens pro basketball schedule</title><content type="html">Sat. May 14-at Toronto TBD&lt;br&gt; Sat. May 21-at Columbus TBD &lt;strong&gt;(Live on MRSN)&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt; Sat. May 28-at Detroit TBD &lt;strong&gt;(Live on MRSN)&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt; &lt;span style="color:#ff6666;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Fri. June 3-vs Oakland/Macomb 7:00 &lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;(Live on MRSN)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt; &lt;span style="color:#ff6666;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Sat. June 11-vs Columbus 5:00 &lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;(Live on MRSN)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt; &lt;span style="color:#ff6666;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Sun. June 12-vs Detroit 5:00 &lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;(Live on MRSN)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt; Sat. June 24-at Oakland/Macomb 7:00 &lt;span style="color:#ff6666;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;Sat. July 9-vs Toronto 5:00 &lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;(Live on MRSN)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt; &lt;span style="color:#ff6666;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Sat. July 16-vs Columbus 5:00 &lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;(Live on MRSN)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;br&gt;Sun. July 17-at Toronto TBD&lt;br&gt; Sat. July 23-NE Regional Tournament &lt;strong&gt;(Live on MRSN)&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt; Home games in Red-Home arena, The Cage Sports Center, Swartz Creek</content><link rel="replies" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://mrsnsports.blogspot.com/feeds/3410111791920775011/comments/default" title="Post Comments" /><link rel="replies" type="text/html" href="http://mrsnsports.blogspot.com/2011/04/2011-flint-monarchs-womens-pro.html#comment-form" title="0 Comments" /><link rel="edit" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4463181205755118893/posts/default/3410111791920775011?v=2" /><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4463181205755118893/posts/default/3410111791920775011?v=2" /><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://mrsnsports.blogspot.com/2011/04/2011-flint-monarchs-womens-pro.html" title="2011 Flint Monarchs womens pro basketball schedule" 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Michigan.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;The schedule is as follows:&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Friday &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Women – St. Clair vs Delta 1 p.m.; Oakland vs Schoolcraft 3 p.m.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Men – Delta vs Henry Ford 5:30 p.m.; St. Clair vs Mott 7:30 p.m.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Saturday &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Women’s final 1: p.m; Men’s final 3 p.m.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Listen to these games live on &lt;a href="http://mrsn.us/"&gt;MRSN&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;            &lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel="replies" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://mrsnsports.blogspot.com/feeds/1481177744923279053/comments/default" title="Post Comments" /><link rel="replies" type="text/html" href="http://mrsnsports.blogspot.com/2011/03/mrsn-to-broadcast-juco-tournament-this.html#comment-form" title="0 Comments" /><link rel="edit" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4463181205755118893/posts/default/1481177744923279053?v=2" /><link 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tourney</title><content type="html">&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-eHZpb7FKWWE/TW6RF2RNomI/AAAAAAAAACQ/gM7j3Lww4gU/s1600/SC27959_k_bee.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 190px; height: 320px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-eHZpb7FKWWE/TW6RF2RNomI/AAAAAAAAACQ/gM7j3Lww4gU/s320/SC27959_k_bee.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5579556518011708002" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;!--[if gte mso 9]&gt;&lt;xml&gt;  &lt;w:worddocument&gt;   &lt;w:view&gt;Normal&lt;/w:View&gt;   &lt;w:zoom&gt;0&lt;/w:Zoom&gt;   &lt;w:punctuationkerning/&gt;   &lt;w:validateagainstschemas/&gt;   &lt;w:saveifxmlinvalid&gt;false&lt;/w:SaveIfXMLInvalid&gt;   &lt;w:ignoremixedcontent&gt;false&lt;/w:IgnoreMixedContent&gt;   &lt;w:alwaysshowplaceholdertext&gt;false&lt;/w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText&gt;   &lt;w:compatibility&gt;    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Rolak&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 13.5pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;b style=""&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(44, 44, 44);font-family:Arial;"  lang="EN"&gt;Photo of Ocelet forward Kimberly Bee by &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Rena Laverty&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 13.5pt;"&gt;&lt;b style=""&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(44, 44, 44);" lang="EN"&gt;LIVONIA&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b style=""&gt;&lt;span style="" lang="EN"&gt;—&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span style="" lang="EN"&gt; “This keeps me coming back,” said Karen Lafata, the veteran Schoolcraft  College coach.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;It was the 62&lt;sup&gt;nd&lt;/sup&gt; straight home floor win for the Lady Ocelots as they took the Michigan Community College Athletic Association title with a 71-53 triumph over Muskegon CC.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;Schoolcraft heads into the NJCAA H-District at 27-3.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;Muskegon dropped to 22-8 and will go to the G-District.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 13.5pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="" lang="EN"&gt;Diamond Tolliver, led all scorers with 20 points, including five-3’s.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;Shawnicka Thomas added 19 points and Kimberly Bee, had 18 rebounds.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt; &lt;/span&gt;The only sophomores on Schoolcraft’s roster are Bee, Shealica Grandberry and Sarah Jury. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 13.5pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="" lang="EN"&gt;“They wanted it and went out and got it,” added a smiling Lafata.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 13.5pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="" lang="EN"&gt;The week before the championship game Schoolcraft beat the visiting Oakland Community College, 90-59.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 13.5pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="" lang="EN"&gt;It was truly a team affair as six players scored in double figures for the Lady Ocelots.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;Shawnicka Thomas led Schoolcraft with 21 points.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;Kimberly Bee (15), Amber Sammons (12), Diamond Tolliver (11), Shanequa Braggs (10) and Charlise Slater (10) were the other contributors.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 13.5pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="" lang="EN"&gt;Bee added 13 rebounds to pad her new career team record of 713.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;Schoolcraft, overall are ranked fifth nationally in NJCAA Division II.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 13.5pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="" lang="EN"&gt;Meagan Heiden had 15 and Amber Kingsley added 11 to for the Lady Raiders.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;They are 10-12 on the year.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 13.5pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="" lang="EN"&gt;The Lady Ocelots, in their previous home game before OCC, came from behind to beat Delta College, 56-51.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 13.5pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="" lang="EN"&gt;Coach Karen Lafata deflects the praise to her team and assistant coaches.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;“It’s the Schoolcraft family and team approach, I have great help from my longtime assistant coaches, Kevin Brathwaite and Marty Simmonds,” said Lafata. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 13.5pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="" lang="EN"&gt;Bee, a 6’1” sophomore, center from Detroit CMA  High School, is being heavily recruited nationally for the next level of play.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 13.5pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="" lang="EN"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 13.5pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(44, 44, 44);" lang="EN"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;                                                               &lt;/span&gt;XXX&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</content><link rel="replies" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://mrsnsports.blogspot.com/feeds/1177500280992485623/comments/default" title="Post Comments" /><link rel="replies" type="text/html" href="http://mrsnsports.blogspot.com/2011/03/ocelot-women-continue-to-roll-into.html#comment-form" title="0 Comments" /><link rel="edit" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4463181205755118893/posts/default/1177500280992485623?v=2" /><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4463181205755118893/posts/default/1177500280992485623?v=2" /><link 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ON AIR TALENT</title><content type="html">&lt;strong&gt;Donald Mathews&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;Lives in Flint, Michigan&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;president of MRSN&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;play by play for baseball, basketball, football&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;color for basketball, football, &lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;former coach of Michigan Admirals semi pro football&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Bill Schnorenberg&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;Lives in Flint, Michigan&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;play by play for football, hockey, basketball&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;former voice of the Admirals on MRSN and Audio Sports Online&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;assistant freshman basketabll coach at Flint Carman-Ainsworth&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Terry Vaughn&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;Lives in Flint Township, Michigan&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;part time color for football and basketball&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Matt Hoepnner&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;play by play for college basketball and NA3HL Hockey&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;graduate of Michigan State University&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;former sports director at WHFH-FM&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Experience at WDIV (Detroit), WILX/WSYM (Lansing) and Fox Sports Chicago&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;works for MLB.com as pitch F/X operator&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Ray Clark&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;Lives in Bay City, Michigan&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;play by play for ACHA College Hockey, including the ACHA champion Saginaw Valley State University Cardinals&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Works for XO Communications in Saginaw&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Matt Dumouchelle&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;Lives in Windsor, Ontario, Canada&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;play by play for various sports in Ontario&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Morning Show Co-host/Newscaster of “Rock Mornings with Craig and Matt” on 95.1 and 100.7 The Rock in Windsor&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Color Commentary for select Owen Sound Attack OHL Broadcasts for 560 CFOS&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Jefferson Matthews&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;senior at Olivet College&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;sports director at WOCR 89.1 - The One, Olivet&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;part time play by play/color for Battle Creek Bombers baseball&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;play by play for Battle Creek Blaze football on MRSN starting in June&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;</content><link rel="replies" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://mrsnsports.blogspot.com/feeds/2466924918872475785/comments/default" title="Post Comments" /><link rel="replies" type="text/html" href="http://mrsnsports.blogspot.com/2011/01/mrsn-on-air-talent.html#comment-form" title="0 Comments" /><link rel="edit" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4463181205755118893/posts/default/2466924918872475785?v=2" /><link rel="self" 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2011 Big Day Prep Showdown VII football event  Aug. 25-27 at Eastern Michigan’s Rynearson Stadium were announced today  by Detroit Sports.  The event will be broadcasted for the second year in a row by the Michigan Regional Sports Network.&lt;span class="aa"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="articleflex-container"&gt;  &lt;div class="articleflex"&gt;   &lt;span class="adlabel-horz"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span class="pp"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;Billed as the premier opening-week high school football event in the state, the showdown will feature:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;Thursday, Aug.  25&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;• Clinton vs. Manchester, 5 p.m.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;• Sterling Heights Stevenson vs. Howell, 8 p.m.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;Friday, Aug. 26&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;• Ann Arbor Skyline vs. Hartland, 5 p.m.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;• Chelsea vs. Novi, 8 p.m.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;Saturday, Aug. 27&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;• Monroe St. Mary Catholic Central vs. Plymouth, 11 a.m.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;• TBD, 2 p.m.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;• Detroit King vs. Birmingham Brother Rice, 5 p.m.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;• Detroit Cass Tech vs. Farmington Hills Harrison, 8 p.m.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;*Detroit Sports will announce a 2 p.m. game on Aug. 27 at a later date.&lt;/p&gt;</content><link rel="replies" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://mrsnsports.blogspot.com/feeds/7259086830181413044/comments/default" title="Post Comments" /><link rel="replies" type="text/html" href="http://mrsnsports.blogspot.com/2011/01/2011-big-day-prep-showdown-on-mrsn.html#comment-form" title="0 Comments" /><link rel="edit" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4463181205755118893/posts/default/7259086830181413044?v=2" /><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4463181205755118893/posts/default/7259086830181413044?v=2" /><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://mrsnsports.blogspot.com/2011/01/2011-big-day-prep-showdown-on-mrsn.html" title="2011 Big Day Prep Showdown on MRSN Matchups Announced" /><author><name>MRSN</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01089720218634443829</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail" width="16" height="16" src="http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif" /></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry gd:etag="W/&quot;CUUGSXg-fyp7ImA9Wx9XFkU.&quot;"><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4463181205755118893.post-2181076118133732582</id><published>2011-01-10T13:10:00.002-05:00</published><updated>2011-01-10T13:13:48.657-05:00</updated><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2011-01-10T13:13:48.657-05:00</app:edited><title>Four Area Players Selected For All Star Game To Be Broadcasted On MRSN</title><content type="html">Four Flint-area athletes have been selected to play in the Michigan High  School Football Coaches Association's All-Star game. The game will be  held June 25 at Central Michigan University.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Area players who  were listed on rosters announced Sunday are: Running back &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Thomas Rawls  of Flint Northern&lt;/span&gt; — who set a city rushing record this season —  defensive back &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Chad Coleman of Flint Carman-Ainsworth&lt;/span&gt;, defensive lineman  &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Ryan Hankins of Davison&lt;/span&gt;, and defensive lineman &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Kyle Fisher of Linden&lt;/span&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The game features the top graduating seniors from the state and will be broadcasted live for the second straight season on the Michigan Regional Sports Network (www.mrsn.us)</content><link rel="replies" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://mrsnsports.blogspot.com/feeds/2181076118133732582/comments/default" title="Post Comments" /><link rel="replies" type="text/html" href="http://mrsnsports.blogspot.com/2011/01/four-area-players-selected-for-all-star.html#comment-form" title="0 Comments" /><link rel="edit" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4463181205755118893/posts/default/2181076118133732582?v=2" /><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4463181205755118893/posts/default/2181076118133732582?v=2" /><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://mrsnsports.blogspot.com/2011/01/four-area-players-selected-for-all-star.html" title="Four Area Players Selected For All Star Game To Be Broadcasted On MRSN" /><author><name>MRSN</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01089720218634443829</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail" width="16" height="16" src="http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif" /></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry gd:etag="W/&quot;C0UMQHs6eCp7ImA9Wx9RFkg.&quot;"><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4463181205755118893.post-6666504082687832093</id><published>2010-12-18T00:46:00.002-05:00</published><updated>2010-12-18T00:48:01.510-05:00</updated><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2010-12-18T00:48:01.510-05:00</app:edited><title>Mott starts conference play Saturday on MRSN</title><content type="html">The Mott Bears start conference play Saturday facing the Alpena Lumberjacks at 3:00 PM Eastern at Ballenger Fieldhouse live on MRSN.  To listen go to MRSN's website at www.mrsn.us</content><link rel="replies" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://mrsnsports.blogspot.com/feeds/6666504082687832093/comments/default" title="Post Comments" /><link rel="replies" type="text/html" href="http://mrsnsports.blogspot.com/2010/12/mott-starts-conference-play-saturday-on.html#comment-form" title="0 Comments" /><link rel="edit" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4463181205755118893/posts/default/6666504082687832093?v=2" /><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4463181205755118893/posts/default/6666504082687832093?v=2" /><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://mrsnsports.blogspot.com/2010/12/mott-starts-conference-play-saturday-on.html" title="Mott starts conference play Saturday on MRSN" /><author><name>MRSN</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01089720218634443829</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail" width="16" height="16" src="http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif" /></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry gd:etag="W/&quot;C0AERHcyfSp7ImA9Wx9RFkg.&quot;"><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4463181205755118893.post-5474369630338984493</id><published>2010-12-08T16:59:00.007-05:00</published><updated>2010-12-18T00:55:05.995-05:00</updated><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2010-12-18T00:55:05.995-05:00</app:edited><title>PRO HOCKEY COMES TO MRSN</title><content type="html">&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_IolOJAvhUDI/TQAA-gtogGI/AAAAAAAAABw/G08SuoNplwA/s1600/loggers.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px 0px 10px 10px; width: 181px; float: right; height: 172px;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5548435814853673058" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_IolOJAvhUDI/TQAA-gtogGI/AAAAAAAAABw/G08SuoNplwA/s320/loggers.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;strong&gt;December 7, 2010&lt;/strong&gt;-The Michigan Regional Sports Network (MRSN) announce a nine game broadcast package of Lapeer Loggers professional hockey beginning January 2. The Loggers are members of the All-American Hockey League (AAHL) in its first season. The games MRSN will broadcast are:&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Sun 1/2 vs Battle Creek 11:55&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;Fri 1/7 vs. TBA 7:25&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;Fri 1/21 vs Indiana 7:25&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;Fri 1/28 vs Troy 7:25&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;Sat 1/29 vs Troy 7:25&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;Fri 2/11 vs Battle Creek 7:25&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;Sun 2/20 vs Battle Creek 3:30&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;Fri 3/25 vs Indiana 7:25&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;Sat 3/26 vs Battle Creek 7:25&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;MRSN is a internet broadcast network based in Flint that broadcast high school, college and professional sports.   To listen, go to MRSN's website at &lt;a href="http://www.mrsn.us/"&gt;http://www.mrsn.us/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel="replies" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://mrsnsports.blogspot.com/feeds/5474369630338984493/comments/default" title="Post Comments" /><link rel="replies" type="text/html" href="http://mrsnsports.blogspot.com/2010/12/pro-hockey-comes-to-mrsn.html#comment-form" title="1 Comments" /><link rel="edit" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4463181205755118893/posts/default/5474369630338984493?v=2" /><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4463181205755118893/posts/default/5474369630338984493?v=2" /><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://mrsnsports.blogspot.com/2010/12/pro-hockey-comes-to-mrsn.html" title="PRO HOCKEY COMES TO MRSN" /><author><name>MRSN</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01089720218634443829</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail" width="16" height="16" src="http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif" /></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_IolOJAvhUDI/TQAA-gtogGI/AAAAAAAAABw/G08SuoNplwA/s72-c/loggers.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry gd:etag="W/&quot;AkMGSXk8eip7ImA9Wx9SE0k.&quot;"><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4463181205755118893.post-485953930699618297</id><published>2010-12-02T22:50:00.002-05:00</published><updated>2010-12-02T22:53:48.772-05:00</updated><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2010-12-02T22:53:48.772-05:00</app:edited><title>Mott Basketball in action Saturday on MRSN</title><content type="html">High flying Doug Anderson and the #10 ranked Mott Bears face the Grand Rapids Raiders Saturday in College Basketball Saturday on the Michigan Regional Sports Network.  Tipoff is at 7:00 PM ET.  Saturday marks a homecoming for GRCC's  D'Marius Houston (Beecher) and Roy Jackson (Hamady)</content><link rel="replies" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://mrsnsports.blogspot.com/feeds/485953930699618297/comments/default" title="Post Comments" /><link rel="replies" type="text/html" href="http://mrsnsports.blogspot.com/2010/12/mott-basketball-in-action-saturday-on.html#comment-form" title="0 Comments" /><link rel="edit" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4463181205755118893/posts/default/485953930699618297?v=2" /><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4463181205755118893/posts/default/485953930699618297?v=2" /><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://mrsnsports.blogspot.com/2010/12/mott-basketball-in-action-saturday-on.html" title="Mott Basketball in action Saturday on MRSN" /><author><name>MRSN</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01089720218634443829</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail" width="16" height="16" src="http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif" /></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry gd:etag="W/&quot;AkcARnk7fyp7ImA9Wx9SE0k.&quot;"><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4463181205755118893.post-4913069934522068738</id><published>2010-12-02T22:38:00.002-05:00</published><updated>2010-12-02T22:47:27.707-05:00</updated><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2010-12-02T22:47:27.707-05:00</app:edited><title>Local players on Detroit News All-State football teams</title><content type="html">&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;Here is a list of Genesee County area players on the Detroit News 2010 High School football all-state team:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Division 1-2&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Thomas Rawls, RB, Flint Northern&lt;br /&gt;Ryan Hankins, DL, Davison&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Honorable Mention&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Chris Thompson, L, Flint Carman-Ainsworth&lt;br /&gt;Jake Georgakopoulos, LB, Fenton&lt;br /&gt;Shane Barron, ST, Flint Carman-Ainsworth&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Division 3-4&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Kyle Fisher, DL, Linden&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Honorable Mention&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Thad Kenney, QB, Linden&lt;br /&gt;Wade Wood, RB, Goodrch&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Division 5-6&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Reggie VanHook, OL, Flint Beecher&lt;br /&gt;Zane Brugger, LB, Byron&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Honorable Mention&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Chris Versailles, RB, Burton Bendle&lt;br /&gt;Markis Walker, LB, Flint Beecher&lt;br /&gt;Nick Huckabay, LB, Montrose&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Division 7-8&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Jeremy Emmendorfer, WR, New Lothrop&lt;br /&gt;Shaquille Sidley, OL, New Lothrop&lt;br /&gt;Carl Youry, DB, Genesee&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Honorable Mention&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Caleb Quintanilla, LB, Genesee</content><link rel="replies" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://mrsnsports.blogspot.com/feeds/4913069934522068738/comments/default" title="Post Comments" /><link rel="replies" type="text/html" href="http://mrsnsports.blogspot.com/2010/12/local-players-on-detroit-news-all-state.html#comment-form" title="0 Comments" /><link rel="edit" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4463181205755118893/posts/default/4913069934522068738?v=2" /><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4463181205755118893/posts/default/4913069934522068738?v=2" /><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://mrsnsports.blogspot.com/2010/12/local-players-on-detroit-news-all-state.html" title="Local players on Detroit News All-State football teams" /><author><name>MRSN</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01089720218634443829</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail" width="16" height="16" src="http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif" /></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry gd:etag="W/&quot;CE4BQ3w9cSp7ImA9Wx5XE0g.&quot;"><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4463181205755118893.post-4258272707731981452</id><published>2010-09-13T00:36:00.002-04:00</published><updated>2010-09-13T00:42:32.269-04:00</updated><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2010-09-13T00:42:32.269-04:00</app:edited><title>Cleveland edges Generals 4-3 Sunday</title><content type="html">&lt;b&gt;Blaine Marney's Power play goal midway in the third period lifted the Cleveland Lumberjacks to a 4-3 victory over the Flint Junior Generals in their 2010-11 home opener at Iceland Arenas.  Jonathan Butitta had a goal and two assists for Cleveland (2-0).  Andrew Lay scored twice for Flint (0-3), including the tying goal less than a minute before Marney's game winner.  The Generals are home next weekend against the Pittsburgh Junior Penquins Saturday at 7:20 pm and Sunday at 2:20 pm.  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A lot of  your perspective gets changed in a hurry.”&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;Domerese, 60, had been the picture of health. He ran at least five  miles a day for 21 straight months, plus biked 10 miles a day. Then he  began noticing soreness in his left arm, a pain he dismissed at first,  but which grew progressively worse over a five-day period.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;“On the fifth day, I was running with a couple other people, doing a  five-mile run,” he said. “It hurt a little more than the day before. I  just felt like garbage.”&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;Around two miles, he told the group to go on without him and he slowly covered the final three miles alone.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;To be safe, Domerese went to a doctor on July 21 and had a heart exam  the next day. The tests revealed frightening news — he had 97-percent  blockage in his coronary arteries and would need heart surgery the  following day. He was told that at some point in the previous few days,  he’d experienced a heart attack.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;“You couldn’t surprise me more if you told me I was pregnant,” he said. “I never thought I’d have a heart problem.”&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;He was told that being active may have saved his life.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;div class="entry_widget_small entry_widget_left"&gt;&lt;span class="mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-photo" style="display: inline;"&gt;&lt;span class="adv-photo-small"&gt;&lt;img original="http://media.mlive.com/flintjournal/runners/photo/fli082410crim-03jpg-084bf021b115a23e_small.jpg" src="http://media.mlive.com/flintjournal/runners/photo/fli082410crim-03jpg-084bf021b115a23e_small.jpg" class="adv-photo" alt="FLI082410Crim_03.JPG" /&gt;&lt;span class="photo-data"&gt;&lt;span class="caption"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Kenn Domerese&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="photo-bottom-left"&gt;&lt;!-- --&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="photo-bottom-right"&gt;&lt;!-- --&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;“The  doctor said that with the fact I ran so much, my heart just  compensated,” he said. “It will actually grow additional vessels.” &lt;p&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Once he was confident he had survived the scare of his life,  Domerese allowed himself to think about missing the Crim for the first  time. He had overcome numerous other physical issues to continue showing  up for the Crim every year.  &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;“Basically, every day I get up and run,” Domerese said. “You just  don’t even know how tough that is when you’ve done that your wholfe  life and you’re not able to jump up and go.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;“I’ve had about 10 different surgeries. Both Achilles, I had an ACL  tear one time and the other ones have just been clean-ups on my knees. I  just scheduled a bunch of those for the first week in January, so I’m  ready to go at the Crim. I got to schedule that stuff. This one, I  didn’t get to schedule; I didn’t have a choice on this one.”&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;Domerese is one of 22 men who have run every Crim. As soon as news of  his heart attack got out, several members of that exclusive fraternity  got in touch with Domerese and offered ways to get him through this  year’s race.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;“The Crim guys wanted to push me in a wheelchair,” he said. “I  wouldn’t be thrilled to push a wheelchair on the Bradley hills. Thirteen  of the guys signed up to push me. I can’t tell you how humbling that  is. That’s just cool. As a coach, after I thought about it a few days, I  wouldn’t do that. You either cover it somehow or you don’t cover it  somehow.”&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;Domerese gets choked up whenever he talks about the outpouring of  support he received from his fellow runners and former athletes.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;Domerese is walking three or four miles a day, which is less activity  than he’s used to, but which puts him well ahead of most patients who  have just undergone a quadruple bypass. He had hoped to walk three or  four miles on Crim day, then head back downtown to watch the finish, but  said he likely to walk only one mile to be on the safe side.&lt;/p&gt;  “I could probably do (10 miles), and the doctors said basically I can  do whatever I want,” Domerese said. “The cost physically is probably  not worth me doing it. Obviously, everybody knows how much I want to do  it.”</content><link rel="replies" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://mrsnsports.blogspot.com/feeds/2361526935686745487/comments/default" title="Post Comments" /><link rel="replies" type="text/html" href="http://mrsnsports.blogspot.com/2010/08/heart-attack-bypass-wont-keep-ca-coach.html#comment-form" title="0 Comments" /><link rel="edit" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4463181205755118893/posts/default/2361526935686745487?v=2" /><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4463181205755118893/posts/default/2361526935686745487?v=2" /><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://mrsnsports.blogspot.com/2010/08/heart-attack-bypass-wont-keep-ca-coach.html" title="Heart attack, bypass won't keep C/A coach Domerese from The Crim" /><author><name>MRSN</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01089720218634443829</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail" width="16" height="16" src="http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif" /></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry gd:etag="W/&quot;CkEGRHk-fip7ImA9Wx5SE0U.&quot;"><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4463181205755118893.post-3895368900274756425</id><published>2010-08-09T14:35:00.002-04:00</published><updated>2010-08-09T15:03:45.756-04:00</updated><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2010-08-09T15:03:45.756-04:00</app:edited><title>Countdown to The Showdown on MRSN</title><content type="html">&lt;p style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:180%;" &gt;COUNTDOWN TO THE SHOWDOWN ON MRSN&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;script type="text/javascript" src="http://cdn.widgetserver.com/syndication/subscriber/InsertWidget.js"&gt;&lt;/script&gt;&lt;script type="text/javascript"&gt;if (WIDGETBOX) WIDGETBOX.renderWidget('eddd7001-15c1-4baf-b61b-0a26ef8146&lt;/script&gt;Big Day Prep Showdown is a showcase &amp;amp; kickoff event for Michigan  High School Football.  The following five years have been a huge success  and we are extremely proud of the event.  This season we are proud to have MRSN as a broadcast partner for the event.  You can listen to all games live at www.mrsn.us.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Big Day Prep Showdown VI features three full days (August 26th, 27th  &amp;amp; 28th, 2010), seven games, the best high school football programs  in Michigan and the top athletes and recruits in Michigan and the  nation!&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;"&gt;BDPS VI MATCHUPS ON MRSN (W/ 2009 RECORDS)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;table style="text-align: left; width: 526px;" border="1" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="2"&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr valign="middle" align="center"&gt;&lt;td colspan="3" style="width: 150px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:10pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:18pt;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Thursday, August 26th &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td style="text-align: center; width: 250px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:10pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"&gt;Away&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td style="text-align: center; width: 100px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:10pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"&gt;Time&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td style="text-align: center; width: 150px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:10pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"&gt;Home&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td style="text-align: center; width: 250px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:10pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.detroitsports.org/images/stories/BDPS/2010Helmets/manchesterhelmet.jpg" width="100" height="100" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Manchester (10-2)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td style="text-align: center; width: 100px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:10pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"&gt;5:15 PM&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td style="text-align: center; width: 150px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:10pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.detroitsports.org/images/stories/BDPS/2010Helmets/clintonhelmet.jpg" width="100" height="100" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Clinton (9-2)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td style="text-align: center; width: 250px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:10pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.detroitsports.org/images/stories/BDPS/2010Helmets/stevensonhelmet.jpg" width="100" height="100" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Sterling Heights Stevenson (13-1)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td style="text-align: center; width: 100px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:10pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"&gt;8:00 PM&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td style="text-align: center; width: 150px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:10pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.detroitsports.org/images/stories/BDPS/2010Helmets/howellhelmet.jpg" width="100" height="100" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Howell (8-3)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;/tbody&gt; &lt;/table&gt; &lt;table style="text-align: left; width: 526px;" border="1" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="2"&gt; &lt;tbody&gt; &lt;tr align="center"&gt; &lt;td colspan="3" style="width: 150px;"&gt; &lt;p&gt; &lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:10pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:18pt;"&gt;Friday, August 27th &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td style="text-align: center; width: 250px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:10pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"&gt;Away&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td style="text-align: center; width: 100px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:10pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"&gt;Time&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td style="text-align: center; width: 150px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:10pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"&gt;Home&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td style="text-align: center; width: 250px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:10pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.detroitsports.org/images/stories/BDPS/2010Helmets/melvindalehelmet.jpg" width="100" height="100" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Melvindale (10-1)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td style="text-align: center; width: 100px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:10pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"&gt;5:00 PM&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td style="text-align: center; width: 150px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:10pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.detroitsports.org/images/stories/BDPS/2010Helmets/southgateandersonhelmet.jpg" width="100" height="100" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Southgate Anderson (8-4)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td style="text-align: center; width: 250px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:10pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.detroitsports.org/images/stories/BDPS/2010Helmets/whitelakelakeland.jpg" width="100" height="100" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;White Lake Lakeland (4-5)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td style="text-align: center; width: 100px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:10pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"&gt;8:00 PM&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td style="text-align: center; width: 150px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:10pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.detroitsports.org/images/stories/BDPS/2010Helmets/northvillehelmet.jpg" width="100" height="100" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Northville (6-4)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;/tbody&gt; &lt;/table&gt;   &lt;table style="text-align: left; width: 526px;" border="1" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="2"&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr align="center"&gt; &lt;td colspan="3" style="width: 150px;"&gt; &lt;p&gt; &lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:10pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:18pt;"&gt;Saturday, August 28th &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td style="text-align: center; width: 250px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:10pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"&gt;Away&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td style="text-align: center; width: 100px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:10pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"&gt;Time&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td style="text-align: center; width: 150px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:10pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"&gt;Home&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td style="text-align: center; width: 250px;"&gt;&lt;img alt="patrickhenry" src="http://www.detroitsports.org/images/stories/BDPS/2010Helmets/patrickhenry.png" width="94" height="92" /&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:10pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"&gt;Patrick Henry (Ohio)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;/td&gt; &lt;td style="text-align: center; width: 100px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:10pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"&gt;2:00 PM&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td style="text-align: center; width: 150px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:10pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.detroitsports.org/images/stories/BDPS/2010Helmets/stcharleshelmet.jpg" width="100" height="100" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;St. Charles (10-2)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td style="text-align: center; width: 250px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:10pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.detroitsports.org/images/stories/BDPS/2010Helmets/chelseahelmet.jpg" width="100" height="100" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Chelsea (8-3)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td style="text-align: center; width: 100px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:10pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"&gt;5:00 PM&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td style="text-align: center; width: 150px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:10pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.detroitsports.org/images/stories/BDPS/2010Helmets/aahuronhelmet.jpg" width="100" height="100" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ann Arbor Huron (5-4)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td style="text-align: center; width: 250px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:10pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.detroitsports.org/images/stories/BDPS/2010Helmets/aapioneerhelmet.jpg" width="100" height="100" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ann Arbor Pioneer (8-3)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td style="text-align: center; width: 100px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:10pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"&gt;8:00 PM&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td style="text-align: center; width: 150px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:10pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.detroitsports.org/images/stories/BDPS/2010Helmets/casstechhelmet.jpg" width="100" height="100" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Detroit Cass Tech (6-4)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;</content><link rel="replies" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://mrsnsports.blogspot.com/feeds/3895368900274756425/comments/default" title="Post Comments" /><link rel="replies" type="text/html" href="http://mrsnsports.blogspot.com/2010/08/countdown-to-showdown-on-mrsn.html#comment-form" title="0 Comments" /><link rel="edit" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4463181205755118893/posts/default/3895368900274756425?v=2" /><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4463181205755118893/posts/default/3895368900274756425?v=2" /><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://mrsnsports.blogspot.com/2010/08/countdown-to-showdown-on-mrsn.html" title="Countdown to The Showdown on MRSN" /><author><name>MRSN</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01089720218634443829</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail" width="16" height="16" src="http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif" /></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry gd:etag="W/&quot;C0UEQXc7eSp7ImA9WxFUEko.&quot;"><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4463181205755118893.post-6383934644163607814</id><published>2010-06-23T01:29:00.002-04:00</published><updated>2010-06-23T01:33:20.901-04:00</updated><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2010-06-23T01:33:20.901-04:00</app:edited><title>Fall Schedule TBA Soon</title><content type="html">MRSN will be announcing new broadcasters in the coming weeks as the network prepares for its fall schedule.  The schedule will include two high school football games per week, the inaugural season of University of Michigan-Flint football and American Collegiate Hockey Association action.</content><link rel="replies" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://mrsnsports.blogspot.com/feeds/6383934644163607814/comments/default" title="Post Comments" /><link rel="replies" type="text/html" href="http://mrsnsports.blogspot.com/2010/06/fall-schedule-tba-soon.html#comment-form" title="0 Comments" /><link rel="edit" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4463181205755118893/posts/default/6383934644163607814?v=2" /><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4463181205755118893/posts/default/6383934644163607814?v=2" /><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://mrsnsports.blogspot.com/2010/06/fall-schedule-tba-soon.html" title="Fall Schedule TBA Soon" /><author><name>MRSN</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01089720218634443829</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail" width="16" height="16" src="http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif" /></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry gd:etag="W/&quot;CE8BRnsyeSp7ImA9WxFUEEg.&quot;"><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4463181205755118893.post-1320786443696081177</id><published>2010-06-20T12:51:00.001-04:00</published><updated>2010-06-20T12:54:17.591-04:00</updated><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2010-06-20T12:54:17.591-04:00</app:edited><title>The Legacy of Manute Bol</title><content type="html">&lt;div class="postTop clrFx"&gt;          &lt;h1 class="entry-title"&gt;&lt;span id="ppt19523209"&gt;Manute Bol's Legacy Lives On in Africa&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h1&gt;               &lt;/div&gt;          &lt;p class="postTime"&gt;&lt;abbr class="published updated"&gt;6/19/2010 6:02 PM ET By &lt;a href="http://www.fanhouse.com/staff/kevin-blackistone/"&gt;Kevin Blackistone&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/abbr&gt;&lt;/p&gt;              &lt;div id="articleStr" class="mediumText"&gt;  &lt;ul class="wrtr"&gt;&lt;li class="wrtrInfo"&gt;    &lt;ul class="author"&gt;&lt;li class="wrtrNm fn n"&gt;Kevin Blackistone&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class="wrtrBio"&gt;National Columnist&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;   &lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;          &lt;div class="entry-content" id="19523209"&gt;              &lt;img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/kevin-blackistone.fanhouse.com/media/2010/06/manutebol-tz-230.jpg" alt="" vspace="4" align="right" border="1" hspace="4" /&gt;ILLOVO, South Africa -- Shortly after pulling off his inaugural event as director of the &lt;a href="http://nba.fanhouse.com/"&gt;NBA&lt;/a&gt;'s first office in Africa on Saturday -- having a dozen kids from Johannesburg interact with a few pro athletes including &lt;a href="http://nba.fanhouse.com/" class="injectedLink"&gt;NBA&lt;/a&gt; star &lt;a href="http://nba.fanhouse.com/players/steve-nash/3103" class="injectedLink"&gt;Steve Nash&lt;/a&gt; and English Premiership player Anton Ferdinand -- Amadou Gallo Fall, a Senegalese who apprenticed at basketball in the states, got a sobering email. It reminded him of the lineage of which he was a part and the legacy he was to uphold.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It announced &lt;a href="http://nba.fanhouse.com/2010/06/19/manute-bol-dies-acute-kidney-failure/"&gt;the death&lt;/a&gt; of &lt;a href="http://www.fanhouse.com/tag/Manute+Bol/"&gt;Manute Bol&lt;/a&gt;. He was 47.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"It's very sad," Fall told me Saturday evening. "What this office is doing right now ... comes from the same spirit [Manute emoted]. I'm not just talking about charity, but empowering young people."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Indeed, long before the NBA set up Fall's Mandela Square office as part of commissioner &lt;a href="http://www.fanhouse.com/tag/David+Stern/"&gt;David Stern&lt;/a&gt;'s social responsibility initiative, &lt;a href="http://www.fanhouse.com/tag/Manute+Bol/"&gt;Bol&lt;/a&gt;, mostly alone, was using his spare time away from his day job -- blocking shots and shooting three-pointers as a 7-feet-7-inch NBA center -- trying to save the young people in his native war-torn Sudan. He was a Dinka tribesman, a people in southern Sudan that in the early 1980s suffered displacement and massacre not unlike what the people of Darfur have gone through the past several years.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="float: right;"&gt;&lt;a style="text-decoration: none;" href="http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fkevin-blackistone.fanhouse.com%2F2010%2F06%2F19%2Fmanute-bols-legacy-lives-on-in-africa%2F%3Fncid%3Dbannadusaolp00000044&amp;amp;t=Manute%20Bol%27s%20Legacy%20Lives%20On%20in%20Africa%20--%20FanHouse&amp;amp;src=sp" type="box_count" name="fb_share"&gt;&lt;span class="fb_share_size_Small fb_share_count_wrapper"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="fb_share_count_nub_top fb_share_no_count"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="fb_share_count fb_share_no_count fb_share_count_top"&gt;&lt;span class="fb_share_count_inner"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="FBConnectButton FBConnectButton_Small" style="cursor: pointer;"&gt;&lt;span class="FBConnectButton_Text"&gt;Share&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;script src="http://static.ak.fbcdn.net/connect.php/js/FB.Share" type="text/javascript"&gt;&lt;/script&gt;&lt;/div&gt; Bol was known to demonstrate outside the Sudanese embassy in Washington to publicize what Christian southern Sudanese thought northern Muslim Sudan was doing to them.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In the midst of what turned into a 10-year NBA career, in 1991 Bol began making regular visits to southern Sudanese refugee camps. His large extended family, some of whom briefly ran a restaurant in his name I recall visiting on Washington's now trendy U Street in the mid '90s, included leaders in the Sudanese People's Liberation Army that was rebelling against the North.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="border-left: 2px solid rgb(194, 194, 194); margin: 10px 5px 10px 20px; padding: 5px 0px 5px 15px; float: right; width: 225px; font-size: 135%; text-align: right; line-height: 150%; font-weight: 600;" class="pullquote"&gt;"I know its cliché to say he just didn't talk the talk, but he didn't."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic; font-variant: small-caps; font-size: 85%; line-height: 115%; font-weight: normal;"&gt;Amadou Gallo Fall, Director of NBA Africa&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt; Three years later, the NBA officially followed Bol to Africa when Stern joined &lt;a href="http://www.fanhouse.com/tag/Dikembe+Mutombo/"&gt;Dikembe Mutombo&lt;/a&gt;, from the Congo, &lt;a href="http://www.fanhouse.com/tag/Alonzo+Mourning/"&gt;Alonzo Mourning&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href="http://www.fanhouse.com/tag/Patrick+Ewing/"&gt;Patrick Ewing&lt;/a&gt;, and several other players, officials and coaches, in South Africa to conduct youth clinics and meet the newly freed Nelson Mandela.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Nineteen years after Bol started regularly bringing the NBA's credentials to Africa, the NBA late last month opened the office to which Fall was given the keys as a vice president.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"The thing that stuck out to me about Manute was he was the real deal who gave back," said Fall, who as a player for the University of the District of Columbia as the '80s turned into the '90s was often mistaken for one of Bol's brothers. "I know its cliché to say he just didn't talk the talk, but he didn't."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Bol supported the rebel movement by giving it an estimated $3.5 million. He lobbied members of Congress for U.S. intervention against what he thought were northern Sudan extremists. In 1996, a cease-fire was achieved.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Bol never recovered after falling ill last month helping build a school in Sudan and staying longer than anticipated when asked to make election appearances in hope his reputation would counter voting corruption.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"He was here for Basketball Without Borders just a couple of years ago," Fall recalled of Bol participating in the NBA and international basketball governing body's global basketball program that uses sport to create social change. "His contributions have a lot to do with where we are today in terms of the commitment to launch this massive initiative on the continent."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The NBA's plan as Fall is carrying it out isn't to mine Africa for basketball talent, even though there were at least 25 NBA players in the league this year born in Africa. Instead, it is for now to use the game's largesse to help bring much needed help to many people on the continent who need it. He has a five-year plan that includes opening more offices in Africa, building indoor and outdoor courts throughout South Africa, and using the sport to bolster education and teach positive life skills.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img alt="" id="vimage_3098858" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/kevin-blackistone.fanhouse.com/media/2010/06/manutebol-tz-420.jpg" vspace="4" align="right" border="1" hspace="4" /&gt;The dozen kids who played a little soccer and shot a few baskets with Nash, Ferdinand, &lt;a class="injectedLink" href="http://nba.fanhouse.com/team/bucks"&gt;Milwaukee Bucks&lt;/a&gt; forward Luc Mbah a Moute from Cameroon and former South African soccer star Lucas Radebe were the kind of kids Bol always wanted to help. They were survivors of one of the most impoverished townships, the black ghetto Alexandra, as can be found in South Africa. They were supported by the Nelson Mandela Children's Fund.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;They got their t-shirts autographed. They got encouraging words of support.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"We teach music and life skills," said Jacob Mhlapong, who directs the Alexandra Field Band Foundation of which the kids were apart. "We would like to do more but have limited funds. So this was a free opportunity for kids to have fun and meet some sports stars."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Time was when the basketball marvel Nash, who I came to know during six years we were both in Dallas, would've been ashamed for it to be known that he was born in South Africa. After all, he was a guy who spoke from time to time about the need for everyone to get along and most memorably spoke out in words and fashion against the Bush administration's run-up to war against Iraq.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;But there was Nash on Saturday in his birth country for the first time since his father spirited the family out of South Africa in 1975 when Nash was just one. Nash's father didn't want his son reared under apartheid.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"For the World Cup to come to Africa, to come to South Africa, is fantastic," Nash told me. "It shows a commitment from soccer to Africa, and I think it's about time we all support the continent."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Nash then headed to back to O R Tambo International Airport after spending several days in the country of his birth. He didn't know before leaving that the visionary for what he'd just involved himself in had died.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;But no one with the NBA, or in Africa, will ever forget what Manute Bol did for both. A Mandela statue stands tall in the square beneath Fall's office window. How appropriate it would be if the world's biggest basketball league championed its own selfless humanitarian with some sort of honor for posterity. &lt;/div&gt;     &lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel="replies" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://mrsnsports.blogspot.com/feeds/1320786443696081177/comments/default" title="Post Comments" /><link rel="replies" type="text/html" href="http://mrsnsports.blogspot.com/2010/06/legacy-of-manute-bol.html#comment-form" title="0 Comments" /><link rel="edit" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4463181205755118893/posts/default/1320786443696081177?v=2" /><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4463181205755118893/posts/default/1320786443696081177?v=2" /><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://mrsnsports.blogspot.com/2010/06/legacy-of-manute-bol.html" title="The Legacy of Manute Bol" /><author><name>MRSN</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01089720218634443829</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail" width="16" height="16" src="http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif" /></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry gd:etag="W/&quot;A0MGSX08eip7ImA9WxFUEk4.&quot;"><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4463181205755118893.post-1992596191051244785</id><published>2010-06-20T12:18:00.003-04:00</published><updated>2010-06-22T16:43:48.372-04:00</updated><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2010-06-22T16:43:48.372-04:00</app:edited><title>East wins All Star Tilt 20-16</title><content type="html">Jason Fracessa led a frantic last minute drive aided by two major penalties to lead the East to a come from behind 20-16 victory  over the West in the 30th annual East-West High School All Star Game in Spartan Stadium in East Lansing.  Spartan to be Jeremy Langford scored the winning touchdown with 14 seconds left.  The East scored all their points in the second half after spotting the West a 16-0 lead and having only 7 yards of total offense.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;MRSN broadcasted the game live and the game can be listened to and download to your computer at &lt;a href="http://en.1000mikes.com/download/153416/3664046.mp3"&gt;http://en.1000mikes.com/download/153416/3664046.mp3&lt;/a&gt;</content><link rel="replies" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://mrsnsports.blogspot.com/feeds/1992596191051244785/comments/default" title="Post Comments" /><link rel="replies" type="text/html" href="http://mrsnsports.blogspot.com/2010/06/fracessa-lead-east-to-20-16-comeback.html#comment-form" title="0 Comments" /><link rel="edit" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4463181205755118893/posts/default/1992596191051244785?v=2" /><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4463181205755118893/posts/default/1992596191051244785?v=2" /><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://mrsnsports.blogspot.com/2010/06/fracessa-lead-east-to-20-16-comeback.html" title="East wins All Star Tilt 20-16" /><author><name>MRSN</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01089720218634443829</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail" width="16" height="16" src="http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif" /></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry gd:etag="W/&quot;A0EASXc6eyp7ImA9WxFUEk4.&quot;"><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4463181205755118893.post-8827420502284667940</id><published>2010-06-13T20:22:00.004-04:00</published><updated>2010-06-22T16:47:28.913-04:00</updated><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2010-06-22T16:47:28.913-04:00</app:edited><title>Bench leads Flames over Toronto</title><content type="html">Angel Chan led a 42 point bench effort with 12 points to lead the Flint Flames to their second consecutive victory, a 78-54 win over Toronto Sunday at Northern High School.  Alisha Tatham led Toronto with 23 points.</content><link rel="replies" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://mrsnsports.blogspot.com/feeds/8827420502284667940/comments/default" title="Post Comments" /><link rel="replies" type="text/html" href="http://mrsnsports.blogspot.com/2010/06/chan-lead-bench-brigade-in-flames-win.html#comment-form" title="0 Comments" /><link rel="edit" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4463181205755118893/posts/default/8827420502284667940?v=2" /><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4463181205755118893/posts/default/8827420502284667940?v=2" /><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://mrsnsports.blogspot.com/2010/06/chan-lead-bench-brigade-in-flames-win.html" title="Bench leads Flames over Toronto" /><author><name>MRSN</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01089720218634443829</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail" width="16" height="16" src="http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif" /></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry gd:etag="W/&quot;A0EMRn47eCp7ImA9WxFUEk4.&quot;"><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4463181205755118893.post-3194364711934927164</id><published>2010-06-12T20:38:00.003-04:00</published><updated>2010-06-22T16:48:07.000-04:00</updated><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2010-06-22T16:48:07.000-04:00</app:edited><title>Jones lead Flames over Columbus 85-81</title><content type="html">Larecha Jones' 21 points (including 4 3's) lead the Flint Flames to their first on court victory of the season 85-81 over previously unbeaten Columbus Saturday. Sharonda Hurd chipped in 17 points for the Flames (2-4).  The short handed Hidden Gems (7-1) were led by Niki McCoy and Jeannie Summers with 20 points apiece.</content><link rel="replies" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://mrsnsports.blogspot.com/feeds/3194364711934927164/comments/default" title="Post Comments" /><link rel="replies" type="text/html" href="http://mrsnsports.blogspot.com/2010/06/larecha-jones-21-points-lead-flames.html#comment-form" title="0 Comments" /><link rel="edit" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4463181205755118893/posts/default/3194364711934927164?v=2" /><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4463181205755118893/posts/default/3194364711934927164?v=2" /><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://mrsnsports.blogspot.com/2010/06/larecha-jones-21-points-lead-flames.html" title="Jones lead Flames over Columbus 85-81" /><author><name>MRSN</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01089720218634443829</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail" width="16" height="16" src="http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif" /></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry gd:etag="W/&quot;CkcMRXs-fyp7ImA9WxFWEks.&quot;"><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4463181205755118893.post-1026131201710199600</id><published>2010-05-30T18:48:00.002-04:00</published><updated>2010-05-30T18:54:44.557-04:00</updated><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2010-05-30T18:54:44.557-04:00</app:edited><title>Flames Still 0 for Season, Lose to Columbus 94-89 (MRSN)</title><content type="html" /><link rel="replies" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://mrsnsports.blogspot.com/feeds/1026131201710199600/comments/default" title="Post Comments" /><link rel="replies" type="text/html" href="http://mrsnsports.blogspot.com/2010/05/flames-still-0-for-season-lose-to.html#comment-form" title="0 Comments" /><link rel="edit" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4463181205755118893/posts/default/1026131201710199600?v=2" /><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4463181205755118893/posts/default/1026131201710199600?v=2" /><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://mrsnsports.blogspot.com/2010/05/flames-still-0-for-season-lose-to.html" title="Flames Still 0 for Season, Lose to Columbus 94-89 (MRSN)" /><author><name>MRSN</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01089720218634443829</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail" width="16" height="16" src="http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif" /></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry></feed>
