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Phillies 1st round pick joins Cutters |
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Thursday, 19 August 2010 10:07 |
from Crosscutters.com staff reports
LHP Jesse Biddle, the Philadelphia Phillies 1st round draft choice in 2010 joined the Williamsport Crosscutters on Wednesday in Auburn.
Biddle, from Germantown Friends School near Philadelphia, started the season with the Rookie League Gulf Coast Phillies. In 9 starts, Biddle was 3-1 with a 4.32 ERA including one complete game shutout. He has recorded 41 strikeouts in 33.1 innings.
Biddle is expected to make his first start for Williamsport on Saturday when the Crosscutters host the Batavia MuckDogs at 7:05pm.
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Pepsi partners with ESPN 1050/104.1 |
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Tuesday, 17 August 2010 15:15 |
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from ESPNWilliamsport.com staff reports
Williamsport, PA - Pepsi Bottling Company, ESPN 1050/ESPN 104.1 and www.espnwilliamsport.com announced a historic pact today.
According to Corey Bellows (Unit Sales Manger), "Pepsi recognizes ESPN Radio Williamsport as the clear market leader in local sports coverage and it is our pleasure to be able to interact with our customer base on a daily basis in such a positve and uplifting way. Additionally, with the web initiatives that ESPN Radio Williamsport, it presents another avenue to reach our customers with qulity local content."
ESPN Radio Williamsport, General Manager, Todd Bartley stated the following, "partnering with Pepsi and all of the brands that they have is a natural fit for us as a station. Our core values match in serving the community; and there generous support of our efforts is a testament to the quality of the company."
The deal includes Pepsi commercials in all of the locally produced games beginning this fall on ESPN 1050/ESPN 104.1 and www.espnwilliamsport as well as considerable presence on www.espnwilliamsport.com.
Pepsi products will also be referred to as the "official soft drink" of ESPN Radio Williamsport. Within the newly constructed ESPN Radio Williamsport studio complex Pepsi products will also be available to guests on locally produced programs as well as at live off-site broadcasts.
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Bryant Johnson: Still A Lion at the Next Level |
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Tuesday, 17 August 2010 16:23 |
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By BILL ALBRIGHT
ESPNWilliamsport.com Senior Writer
PITTSBURGH -- On the heels of an outstanding career at Penn State, Bryant Johnson was a “no-brainer” first-round pick in the NFL draft. That proved to be the case for the former PSU wideout as he was the first-round pick of the Arizona Cardinals (17th overall) in the 2003 draft.
As is the case with many players when they venture into the NFL, Johnson found himself on a roller coaster in his initial season with the Cardinals. He jumped into the starting role when three Arizona wideouts were on the inactive list for the second game of the season, but later found himself on that same list when he suffered a shoulder injury against the Cowboys. As you might expect, Johnson shrugged off the injury four weeks later as he scored his first NFL touchdown against the Cincinnati Bengals.
Following a five-year stint in Arizona, Johnson found himself in the free agent mix when he spent a year in San Francisco before making his way to Detroit to play with the Lions. Now in the Motor City, Johnson knows he is going to have to work hard to get on the field.
“When you come into the league, you really don’t know what to expect,” said Johnson. “When you go into the second year and you are able to make some plays, your confidence level goes up. They made a lot of off-season acquisitions and they just brought in another playmaker (Nate Burleson), They brought in Scheff (Tony Scheffler) and they had a good draft with guys like (running back Jahvid) Best so we have a lot of playmakers on this offense. With the playmakers we have, I think the sky is the limit for us on offense.”
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Up Close and Personal With LHU's Nick Gounaris |
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Monday, 16 August 2010 16:15 |
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By BILL ALBRIGHT
ESPNWilliamsport.com Senior Writer
LOCK HAVEN -- When the Lock Haven University football team makes the trip to Lexington, Virginia, for the 2010 season opener with VMI, leading the young Bald Eagles onto the field will be senior captain Nick Gounaris.
Although Gounaris answers to the name Nick, he has one other special “handle”. To his teammates, he is affectionately known as the Secretary of Defense.
The Bald Eagles haven’t tasted victory for more than two years, but Gounaris isn’t one to dwell on the past. His motto might be summed up as learn from the past, work hard in the present and hope for good things in the future.
“That is a good way to look at things because we have learned a lot from some of our losses whether they be close ones or big ones,” said Gounaris. “Every person out on the field should be giving one hundred percent from the snap until the play is over. I have learned over the years that in a tough game you have to push yourself even though you might be feeling tired or down. Whatever the case might be, you have to keep pushing to work your way through it.”
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EXCLUSIVE: SSHE releases salary numbers |
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Monday, 16 August 2010 15:05 |
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from ESPNWILLIAMSPORT.COM staff reports
ESPNWILLIAMSPORT has obtained from PASSHE sources under the Pennsylvania Right to Know Law the salaries of the parties named in the federal lawsuit filed in the Western District of Pennsylvania last Thursday.
The suit names the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education, Association of Pennsylvania State College and University Faculties (APSCUF), California University, Lock Haven University of Pennsylvania, Mansfield University of Pennsylvania, Indiana University of Pennsylvania and Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania as defendants.
The listed Plaintiffs are Thomas Pucci as well as other current and former athletic directors including Sharon E. Taylor, Peter Campbell and Danielle Barney of Lock Haven, Barbara Cleghorn of Surfside Beach, SC, Roger Maisner of Mansfield, Roberta Page of Fortville, Ind. and Frances A. Nee of Indiana.
Listed are the dates the Plaintiffs entered the PASSHE system for the first time; Thomas Pucci (9/30/1991), Sharon Taylor (8/19/1972), Peter Campbell (7/1/1999), Danielle Barney (7/26/1999), Barbara Cleghorn (10/12/1998) (Left the System in 2007), Roger Maisner (7/1/1983), Roberta Page (10/2/1966) (Retired in 2009) and Frances Nee (8/1/1987).
The salary number is based on calendar year rather than academic year so the 2010 amount is year to date.
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Steelers: Welcome Back Aaron Smith |
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Sunday, 15 August 2010 22:16 |
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By BILL ALBRIGHT
ESPNWilliamsport.com Senior Writer
PITTSBURGH -- The final score at Heinz Field Saturday night was Pittsburgh 23, Detroit 7, but the win was only part of the story.
The other part of it was that with 1:31 left in the first half, Mother Nature decided to intervene in the NFL game with a powerful storm that featured many lightning strikes as well as rain that resembled a monsoon.
Regardless of those two factors, maybe the most important aspect of the game for the Black & Gold was the appearance of arguably the best player in the league at his position in the person of Steeler defensive end Aaron Smith.
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Derrick Williams Showcasing Talents at Next Level |
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Sunday, 15 August 2010 14:58 |
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By BILL ALBRIGHT
ESPNWilliamsport.com Senior Writer
Remember Derrick Williams? Defensive backs of Penn State opponents spanning the 2005-08 seasons certainly do, and most of them would like to forget about trying, and failing, to cover the elusive wide receiver during his outstanding career.
When Williams’ career was finished at Penn State, heading to the next level to play on Sunday wasn’t even in the question. It was just a matter of which team would draft him and in what round. That question was answered by the Detroit Lions when they chose the former PSU standout wide receiver in the third round of the 2009 Draft.
“Things are going pretty good right now,” said Williams. “I have worked hard on some things and now it is time to go back and look at the tapes to see the mistakes I made so you can straighten them out before the (regular) season starts.”
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Lawsuit filed in SSHE wage dispute |
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Sunday, 15 August 2010 11:36 |
Courtesy: Indiana Gazette.com
Published: Saturday, August 14, 2010 3:17 PM EDT
An Indiana University of Pennsylvania administrator and her counterparts at other of the state's public universities have sued the State System of Higher Education, contending they are owed millions of dollars for unpaid overtime work and lost pension contributions.
They are also suing their labor union, the Association of Pennsylvania State College and University Faculties, saying the union hasn't taken any steps to resolve the problem, despite having been alerted to it more than three and a half years ago.
The lawsuit, filed in U.S. District Court in Pittsburgh, is on behalf of IUP associate athletic director Frances A. Nee, of Indiana, and seven other directors and associate directors. They are each seeking at least $1 million in back overtime pay and lost pension contributions, in addition to attorney's fees and punitive damages.
Also named as defendants in the lawsuit are the administrators' respective universities - California, Lock Haven, West Chester, Mansfield, Shippensburg and Indiana.
Nee didn't return a phone call seeking comment.
The dispute arises from the job classification under which the administrators fall. According to their labor contract, the directors are considered ``academic faculty,'' which are full-time and part-time professors, librarians and some others whose primary responsibilities are outside of the classroom.
So their workloads are structured like, say, a biology professor teaching four, three-credit classes during a semester. In other words, they are supposed to work the equivalent of 12 hours per week per semester; if they work more than 15 hours per week during a semester, they are due overtime, according to the contract.
However, the directors said they have over the years worked much more than that, sometimes more than 40 hours per week and haven't been paid overtime.
``By the contract, they are all clearly undercompensated,'' said their attorney, D. Scott Lautner, of Pittsburgh.
In December 2006, one of the administrators, Lock Haven athletic director Sharon Taylor, filed a grievance, claiming that because of her duties she had worked an average of 66 hours per week from the fall 1996 semester to the spring 2006 semester.
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LHU, Mansfield ADs sueing schools |
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Friday, 13 August 2010 23:41 |
By: JENNIFER HARR
courtesy Herald Standard
The athletics director at California University of Pennsylvania, along with seven other former and current athletics administrators from state universities, have sued for $1 million each claiming they work far in excess of what their contract requires.
Thomas Pucci of Jefferson Hills, director at Cal U, and the others are only required to work 12 hours per week under their contract, according to the federal lawsuit filed Thursday by attorney D. Scott Lautner.
The suit names Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education, Association of Pennsylvania State College and University Faculties (APSCUF), Cal U, Lock Haven University of Pennsylvania, Mansfield University of Pennsylvania, Indiana University of Pennsylvania and Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania as defendants.
In addition to Pucci, other current and former athletic directors named are Sharon E. Taylor of Lock Haven, Peter Campbell of Lock Haven, Danielle Barney of Lock Haven, Barbara Cleghorn of Surfside Beach, SC, Roger Maisner of Mansfield, Roberta Page of Fortville, Ind. and Frances A. Nee of Indiana.
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