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Show /port/ B6 M O N D A Y • M A R C H 5 • 2007 The NFL dog show See WISDOM -B5 and (as most jobs require) a urine test. If a player fails one test, it could be to their doom-or as in the Houston Texan's case, it could be to a potential employer's doom. After Vince Young bombed the wonderful Wonderlic test a year ago with a 6 out of 50 (the test is meant to determine intelligence of players through 50 asked questions that require answering in 23 minutes), the Texans passed on the quarterback from Texas and he made them wish they wouldn't have. Did his Wonderlic score mean he wasn't smart enough to toss around the pig skin and take off for a big run? He still was the third pick in the draft, so he well on the Wonderlic or didn't fall too far; but oth- bench press. Jerry Rice wasn't the ers have. The combine is only one step in the draft fastest at the combine back process, but every year in his day and neither was more and more weight is Emmit Smith, but I think given to the off-season those guys did okay for their teams. showcase of prospects. Some winners at the Over 300 players go through the weeklong job NFL dog show will actualinterview, and some do ev- ly end up losers and some ery test-but some would of the losers will become rather save their workout winners. When it comes to draftfor a Pro-Day at their alma ing any athlete, one can't mater. The only thing the big measure desire or estimate fiasco in the mid-west how long a guy will have doesn't test is how the that desire or strong work players actually play on ethic. Teams just hope that the guy that plays the best the field. Yes, scouts and coaches will actually turn out to be watch endless amounts the best. There are no guarantees, of film where the players actually perform, but so no absolutes. Teams would much is put on whether a just like to believe that they guy runs a 4.3 40 or a 4.5 are getting the best dog for Courtesy photo/UVSC Athletics UVSC Softball Coach Todd Fairebourne instructs one of his players during a game 40 or whether a guy can do their money. last year. The softball team hasn't had a home game yet but they take on the Utes next week at home. Sports on TV Softball team working through road struggles College basketball Mar. 6-11 NCAA Conference tournaments. Check listings NBA erts took care of business on the mound as well as at Sports Writer the plate as she pitched four Believe it or not, spring innings, allowed six hits is on its way and with the and only four runs. warmer weather comes She also had a fantastic baseball and let's not forget day offensively going three about softball. for four from the plate with The UVSC softball team five RBIs, sending the Wolhas been in action at the Red verines to an 11-5 win over Desert Classic down in St. Idaho State. The WolverGeorge and has played to ines dropped their next four a 3-5 record. With victories games, getting hammered over Idaho State, Southern by Loyola Marymount, Utah and Utah State, the BYU, SUU and Utah State. Wolverines are gaining exHowever, UVSC didn't perience against good com- become discouraged; they petition before returning for shot right back with vengetheir first home game of the ful victories over SUU and season against the Univer- Utah State at the Thundersity of Utah on Mar. 13. bird Invitational in Ceder In their first game of the City. year, UVSC's Jackie RobIn the win over SUU, the Wolverines had to rally in the final two innings scoring a run in the sixth and then tying it in the seventh, when Lindsey Dyer singled home Cari Hamilton. In the eighth, Jamie Tonis put the game away for UVSC with a two-run double. Matt Beaudin Mar. 11 Dallas at LA Lakers, 7 p.m. on ESPN Avrntiiw* DEGREES SPECIAL Aviation Degrees offered at UVSC BENEFITS: •*" Competitive Flight Costs •* Accelerated Option Available " ' Federal & Alternative Funding <*~ Stato-of-the-Art Aircraft -*" VA Benefits •*• National Awarded Winning Curriculum ^- Transfer Prior College Credits & FA A Ratings Two Year Degreaa: FREE TOUR OP THE UVSC FLIGHT CENTER IPOOM TJUiii Valley Four Yoar Oagrau: a Hmctmtoir of Sc«no* m mam suite college Success ...realization of droams como truo ((©&©)) 1S>©1I--T1IS>2! wwvw.Fb/UVSC. LXVTI ASUVSC A Presentation by George Freeman Assistant General Counsel 12 p.m. - 1 p.m. Wednesday, March 7 Regan Theater Utah Valley State College ADMISSION IS FREE Refreshments Provided Media and The First Amendment George Freeman is Assistant General Counsel of The New York Times Company, a title he has held since 1992. In that capacity, he is primarily responsible for the Company's litigations. He also is involved in newsroom counseling, antitrust and distribution problems, employment relations and business counseling involving The Times's news/advertising, circulation and personnel departments. He has worked in these areas for the Company's affiliated newspapers and broadcast properties as well, since he began work for The Times in 1981. Mr. Freeman is chair of the American Bar Association's Litigation Section's First Amendment and Media Litigation Committee. He is also the immediate past chair of the ABA's Forum on Communication Law. From 1992 to 1996, Mr. Freeman was chairman of the New York State Bar Association Media Law Committee. Previously, he had served as chair of that organization's cameras in the courts subcommittee. He also chairs the Access and Newsgathering Subcommittee of the Newspaper Association of America's Legal Affairs Committee. He is a frequent lecturer and moderator of panels on First Amendment issues and has been on the Practising Law Institute's Communications Law faculty since 1985. He also was founder and remains co-chair of the Boca Conferences winter meeting bringing together 250 media attorneys nationwide which recently celebrated its 10th anniversary. In March 1993, he participated in a conference in Moscow on "Democratic Governance and a Free Press" with Russian government officials. In 1979, he toured China as a member of the New York Bar Association Delegation, exploring legal and trade matters in Peking, Shanghai, Canton, Shenyang and Dairen. In 2000-01 he was co-chair of an ABA Task Force on jury initiatives and in 2001-03 was co-chair of its Task Force on the Public Perception of Lawyers. Prior to coming to The Times, Mr. Freeman was an associate at the New York law firm of Cahill Gordon & Reindel, where he represented The Times in litigation of several significant cases. Since 1998, Mr. Freeman has been an adjunct professor at New York University, teaching media law courses to both undergraduates and graduate journalism students. Mr. Freeman was a lecturer-at-lawatthe University of Miami Law School in 1975 and 1976, following his cum laude graduation from Harvard Law School in 1975. He graduated magna cum laude from Amherst College in 1971. From 1973 to 1974, Mr. Freeman served as assistant to the Dean at Vermont Law School. Mr. Freeman, who was born in New York City, is an avid tennis player. He is married to the former Anne Griffith; they live in Westchester with their two children, Jennifer and Griffith. llorkStincs ** KNOWLEDGE NETWORK, INSPIRING THOUGHT Against Utah State, the Wolverines had a chance to avenge their loss earlier in the season to the in-state rivals the Aggies. UVSC would get all the scoring they would need in the first inning as they scored two runs, one of them coming on a Boyer double, scoring Tonis. Lindsey Dyer then followed with a double of her own, scoring Boyer. Corie Jensen for the Wolverines would go on to pitch a complete game giving up only one run. The Wolverines would finish the invitational by getting shutout by the ThunderbirdsofSUU9-0. UVSC played at the Sun Devil Invitational in Tempe, Arizona before taking the short trip south to Cedar City to face Southern Utah again. Catch the ladies when they finally play on their home field Mar. 13. They will face the University of Utah at 3 p.m. Finished on a high note advantage, with a 40-19 lead. The Canadian duo NJIT gained a little swept the Independent ground on the Wolverines Conference awards for the as they tried to creep back week. Fairbanks received into the contest but the her fifth Division-I Inde- team captain, Ahlstrom, pendent Player of the Week and Rebekah Peterson award for the season, while would have none of that McMurray took home her as they both calmly sank third Independent New- their own respective threecomer of the Week one. point baskets. The entire This is the third time in bench saw action in the four weeks that McMurray contest, as even local walk earned this award telling us on players Chelsey Potter that she's had a great final (Paysqn) and Mari Larsen month of the season. (Highland) got into the acThe (4-22) New Jersey tion. Potter drained a deep Tech Highlanders started bucket in the late stages off the game draining some of the game and Larsen deep three-pointers, as the pulled down a rebound, score was tied at 10 in the to put them on the stat early goings. sheets. UVSC dominated From there it was all the boards in the contest, UVSC as Ahlstrom led the 50-27, and out shot the charge with a sweet assist Highlanders 46 percent to inside to Fairbanks, wlio a dismal 26 percent. delivered like normal, to Coach Nixon said, trigger a 15-1 run for the "This is incredible with 10 Wolverines. Right before freshmen and sophomore's the half UVSC helped dis- to finish the season at .500 tance themselves a little or better, considering the more ahead of the Hfgh- difficulty of our schedule," landers as the score was With the victory the 36-19. The Wolverines Wolverines improved thenquickly scored a couple record to 14-13 on the year. of buckets in the second The team ended its season half giving them a 21 point against UTPA on the road. From WOMEN-B5 |