GREEN BAY, Wis. -- His right foot is black and blue, and this will not do. This will not do at all. New York Giants kicker Lawrence Tynes is a fastidious sort -- every button is buttoned, every hair in place, every tooth is immaculate -- and for him to walk around with ugly bruising on his right foot, well, that will have to be addressed this week.
"Some ice, some sort of cream," he said. "I'll take care of it."
Of course he will. Lawrence James Henry Tynes is all about the details. It is his attention to detail, in fact, that allowed him to convert one of the more improbable kicks in NFL postseason history, the 47-yarder in overtime that lifted the Giants to a 23-20 victory Sunday against Green Bay for the NFC championship and a spot in the Super Bowl.
After the game Tynes was asked repeatedly how he had been able to make that kick in overtime after missing two tiebreaking attempts in the final seven minutes of the fourth quarter, including a 36-yard shank on the final play of regulation.
The unspoken question was clear: After choking twice, how did he not choke a third time? Answer: Tynes doesn't think he choked. Not the first time when he missed a 43-yarder with 6:49 left in regulation, and not the second time when he badly missed from 36.
The first miss was the wind's fault, Tynes said of gusts that dropped the wind chill to minus-20 throughout the game and then pushed his 43-yarder wide left. He learned from that one and started his winning kick a little farther to the right than normal, and let the wind guide it through the goalposts. The second miss, he said, was "the operation," referring to a high snap that had holder Jeff Feagles stretching to catch the ball and then rushing to set it down.
"A little bit of a high snap threw the timing off," he said. "I'm moving into the kick and then when I have to slow down, there's nowhere for me to go, so I go sideways -- and so does the kick. To me that was not a perfect operation. If everything had been perfect (on the final kick of regulation) I'd have been upset with myself, but I knew we could do better."
That's how he justified to himself his first two misses and managed to stay cool for the overtime kick, even as his head coach was seething and his teammates were seemingly freezing him out. After Tynes' first miss, coach Tom Coughlin angrily yelled at him, "Come on!"
After Tynes' second miss, the one that forced overtime, none of his teammates said a word to him on the sideline. None but his holder, Feagles, who gave him the usual, "Keep your head up, we're going to need you again." Everyone else on the Giants sideline ignored him, even the team managers, who had been keeping players warm all game. They didn't bother to drape a jacket over Tynes' shoulders as he stood alone near midfield, listening to the crowd cheer for his miss and watching the Packers win the coin flip to get the ball first -- and perhaps exclusively, had Brett Favre not thrown that interception -- in overtime.
Tynes would say later that the lack of communication from his teammates was "no big deal. ... I don't talk to anyone during games anyway." He would also explain away his decision not to celebrate his winning kick on the field with his teammates. As the ball was tumbling through the uprights, silencing the Lambeau Field crowd and sending his teammates onto the field in a frenzy, Tynes turned and ran 75 yards through the opposite end zone, through the tunnel and into the locker room. He ran alone.
"I was cold," he said. "I wanted to get inside."
Maybe it's just that simple -- his teammates were celebrating a trip to the Super Bowl, but he was cold. He'd meet them inside. Who knows? But I will say this: I shadowed Tynes for most of an hour inside the Giants locker room, and Feagles was again the only teammate who said a word to him. Yes, there was a 10-minute period immediately after the game when the media was not allowed inside the locker room, and perhaps the entire organization used that time to kiss Tynes' feet -- but for the next hour, not a single teammate said a word to the guy who kicked the game-winning field goal in the NFC title game. That seems strange.
But then, Tynes is a little strange -- at least for the culture of the NFL. He spent his first 10 years in Scotland, the son of a U.S. Navy master chief, and didn't play football until his senior year of high school in Milton, Fla. Before landing with the Giants he was cut twice by Kansas City and spent one year kicking professionally in Europe and two in Canada. And of course he's a kicker, an ostracizing position. While his teammates were doing their thing on the team's practice field late last week, Tynes was alone inside Giants Stadium working on his own.
Tynes was alone again Sunday after the game. A winning NFL locker room is a loud, emotional place. Multiply that by XLII and you've got the atmosphere inside the Giants locker room. But Tynes dressed quietly, slipping his still-tied tie over his neck and buttoning every button on his double-breasted blue suit and pushing his hair just right and saying to no one in particular, "I've got to brush my teeth." He uses an electric toothbrush, if you're wondering. An electric toothbrush and Crest. Details matter.
Details certainly matter to Tynes. During his postgame news conference a reporter said to him: "During the regular season you were like 22-for-26. Is this the first time you missed two field goals in a game?"
And Tynes answered: "I was 23-for-27, and yes."
Two misses in one game -- in the fourth quarter, no less -- but kicking in this game couldn't have been easy. Both teams averaged less than 33 yards per punt. Kickoffs were stalling near the 15-yard line. The sub-zero temperature turned the ball slippery and hard -- so hard that it left bruises all over the top of Tynes' foot.
"I didn't feel it during the game," Tynes said. "But I feel it now."
Things could feel worse. Tynes could have missed that kick in overtime. Imagine being that guy -- the fastidious Scottish kicker who cost his team not one, not two, but three chances to get to the Super Bowl. Tynes briefly allowed himself to consider that possibility.
"Make the kick," he remembers thinking, "or I'm spending the night in Appleton."
Alone. As usual.
Source:By Gregg Doyel
CBSSports.com National Columnist
Monday, 21 January 2008
Sunday, 20 January 2008
Don King says blame Garden for setting out-of-this-ring prices
Promoter Don King often jokes that he has been blamed for every disaster in history, from the San Francisco earthquake to the Johnstown flood.
But one thing that King didn't want to be blamed for was the over-inflated ticket prices for the Roy Jones, Jr.-Felix Trinidad match at the Garden Saturday night. Front-row seats for the fight were initially priced at $15,000, with second row going for $12,500, third row $10,000 and fourth row $7,500.
"I had nothing to do with that. That was all done by Madison Square Garden," King said. "It was a big mistake."
Even though slightly less than 400 tickets were priced at the higher rate, the sticker shock had a trickle-down effect and sent a chill through the market. That, coupled with the fact that the fight lacked pizzazz, made it a tough sell.
The Garden dropped the price of the tickets on Tuesday, hoping to salvage the event, but the premium seats were still going for $5,000. No one at the Garden would comment on the thinking behind the pricing for Jones-Trinidad.
Perhaps their thinking was influenced by the way tickets sold for the Floyd Mayweather-Ricky Hatton fight on Dec. 8 in Las Vegas. It was a hot fight, with few tickets offered to the general public. Scalpers were getting upwards of $20,000 for ringside seats. But those prices were driven by Brits who came over from England to support Hatton, who hails from Manchester, and didn't have tickets. That market didn't exist for Jones-Trinidad.
King said he was not involved in scaling the prices for tickets because the Garden bought the show from him for $8.5 million. Some executives at the Garden had balked at that price, thinking it was not going to be profitable enough for the arena. King circumvented them and went directly to Charles and James Dolan, the Cablevision magnate and Garden chairman, respectively, and struck the deal.
After making the deal with King, James Dolan came back to his Garden executives and told them to make it work for the arena. Their idea was to scale the premium seats at a higher rate to help recoup the site fee that was given to King. Besides the highest-price tickets, there were 10 different price levels, with the cheapest being $100.
King promoted the show heavily, but primarily because he wanted to increase the HBO Pay-Per-View sales, of which he has a cut.
The prices for Jones-Trinidad were wildly out of whack compared with the most recent successful shows at the Garden involving Miguel Cotto, another Puerto Rican boxing icon. The tickets for Cotto-Zab Judah last June were priced from $500 for ringside to $50 for the least expensive seats. The fight was a sellout, with 20,658 in attendance. Cotto-Shane Mosley drew 17,135, with ringside going for $750 and the cheapest ticket being $50. Ringside tickets for the upcoming heavyweight unification match between IBF champ Wladimir Klitschko and WBO champ Sultan Ibragimov are $1,000.
The Garden needed Jones-Trinidad to be a blockbuster at the box office to make a profit. That wasn't going to happen. And King, who already had $8.5 million in the bank, didn't want to take the blame for that.
CALZAGHE IN VEGAS: It looks like a deal to bring Joe Calzaghe to the U.S. to fight Bernard Hopkins has been finalized. The fight, April 19 in Las Vegas and on HBO, will be just the third outside of England for Calzaghe, the 168-pound king. Promoter Frank Warren has scheduled a press conference in London for Tuesday for a major announcement on Calzaghe's next fight. ... Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Oscar De La Hoya are talking about a rematch in September. Their first fight did a record at the gate and on Pay-Per-View. Mayweather beat De La Hoya in the first fight and after what Mayweather did to Hatton (10th-round KO), it's obvious that Mayweather-De La Hoya II is merely a money grab.
BY TIM SMITH
DAILY NEWS SPORTS WRITER
But one thing that King didn't want to be blamed for was the over-inflated ticket prices for the Roy Jones, Jr.-Felix Trinidad match at the Garden Saturday night. Front-row seats for the fight were initially priced at $15,000, with second row going for $12,500, third row $10,000 and fourth row $7,500.
"I had nothing to do with that. That was all done by Madison Square Garden," King said. "It was a big mistake."
Even though slightly less than 400 tickets were priced at the higher rate, the sticker shock had a trickle-down effect and sent a chill through the market. That, coupled with the fact that the fight lacked pizzazz, made it a tough sell.
The Garden dropped the price of the tickets on Tuesday, hoping to salvage the event, but the premium seats were still going for $5,000. No one at the Garden would comment on the thinking behind the pricing for Jones-Trinidad.
Perhaps their thinking was influenced by the way tickets sold for the Floyd Mayweather-Ricky Hatton fight on Dec. 8 in Las Vegas. It was a hot fight, with few tickets offered to the general public. Scalpers were getting upwards of $20,000 for ringside seats. But those prices were driven by Brits who came over from England to support Hatton, who hails from Manchester, and didn't have tickets. That market didn't exist for Jones-Trinidad.
King said he was not involved in scaling the prices for tickets because the Garden bought the show from him for $8.5 million. Some executives at the Garden had balked at that price, thinking it was not going to be profitable enough for the arena. King circumvented them and went directly to Charles and James Dolan, the Cablevision magnate and Garden chairman, respectively, and struck the deal.
After making the deal with King, James Dolan came back to his Garden executives and told them to make it work for the arena. Their idea was to scale the premium seats at a higher rate to help recoup the site fee that was given to King. Besides the highest-price tickets, there were 10 different price levels, with the cheapest being $100.
King promoted the show heavily, but primarily because he wanted to increase the HBO Pay-Per-View sales, of which he has a cut.
The prices for Jones-Trinidad were wildly out of whack compared with the most recent successful shows at the Garden involving Miguel Cotto, another Puerto Rican boxing icon. The tickets for Cotto-Zab Judah last June were priced from $500 for ringside to $50 for the least expensive seats. The fight was a sellout, with 20,658 in attendance. Cotto-Shane Mosley drew 17,135, with ringside going for $750 and the cheapest ticket being $50. Ringside tickets for the upcoming heavyweight unification match between IBF champ Wladimir Klitschko and WBO champ Sultan Ibragimov are $1,000.
The Garden needed Jones-Trinidad to be a blockbuster at the box office to make a profit. That wasn't going to happen. And King, who already had $8.5 million in the bank, didn't want to take the blame for that.
CALZAGHE IN VEGAS: It looks like a deal to bring Joe Calzaghe to the U.S. to fight Bernard Hopkins has been finalized. The fight, April 19 in Las Vegas and on HBO, will be just the third outside of England for Calzaghe, the 168-pound king. Promoter Frank Warren has scheduled a press conference in London for Tuesday for a major announcement on Calzaghe's next fight. ... Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Oscar De La Hoya are talking about a rematch in September. Their first fight did a record at the gate and on Pay-Per-View. Mayweather beat De La Hoya in the first fight and after what Mayweather did to Hatton (10th-round KO), it's obvious that Mayweather-De La Hoya II is merely a money grab.
BY TIM SMITH
DAILY NEWS SPORTS WRITER
Serena sees off stubborn Vaidisova
MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Champion Serena Williams applied the pressure when she need to and withstood a tough fourth-round challenge from Nicole Vaidisova on Sunday to reach the Australian Open quarter-finals.
The American seventh seed won the match 6-3 6-4 after being forced to dig deep in the second set when her 12th-seeded Czech opponent attempted to force a decider.
However, just as the rangy Vaidisova looked to capitalize on a second set break of serve, the American broke immediately back to go ahead 5-4 with the opportunity to serve for the match.
The 18-year-old Vaidisova, who smashed her racket on the court at the end of that game, was seen talking to herself constantly during the changeovers.
Williams then capitalized on the teenager's frustration and served to love to seal victory.
"I think I had my chances, especially in the second set," Vaidisova told reporters. "Didn't choose the right shot, maybe went for too much. She pushes you to do that.
"That was the difference. The points that were very important, she went out there and played a great point."
Williams, who beat Vaidisova in the semi-finals at Melbourne Park last year, said she believed her opponent had a big future.
"It's definitely interesting playing her," said Williams.
"She's so unpredictable. I think that's really a good thing.
"Last couple of times I played her, her serve has just been really, really, really good."
Williams will face either third-seeded Serbian Jelena Jankovic or Australia's Casey Dellacqua in the last eight.
"At the end of the day, I never really get upset at whoever I play because I'm totally fine.
"As long as I'm not playing Venus in the quarters, it doesn't matter to me.
"Eventually you're going to have to play everyone else."
By Greg Stutchbury
Reuters
(Editing by Ed Osmond)
The American seventh seed won the match 6-3 6-4 after being forced to dig deep in the second set when her 12th-seeded Czech opponent attempted to force a decider.
However, just as the rangy Vaidisova looked to capitalize on a second set break of serve, the American broke immediately back to go ahead 5-4 with the opportunity to serve for the match.
The 18-year-old Vaidisova, who smashed her racket on the court at the end of that game, was seen talking to herself constantly during the changeovers.
Williams then capitalized on the teenager's frustration and served to love to seal victory.
"I think I had my chances, especially in the second set," Vaidisova told reporters. "Didn't choose the right shot, maybe went for too much. She pushes you to do that.
"That was the difference. The points that were very important, she went out there and played a great point."
Williams, who beat Vaidisova in the semi-finals at Melbourne Park last year, said she believed her opponent had a big future.
"It's definitely interesting playing her," said Williams.
"She's so unpredictable. I think that's really a good thing.
"Last couple of times I played her, her serve has just been really, really, really good."
Williams will face either third-seeded Serbian Jelena Jankovic or Australia's Casey Dellacqua in the last eight.
"At the end of the day, I never really get upset at whoever I play because I'm totally fine.
"As long as I'm not playing Venus in the quarters, it doesn't matter to me.
"Eventually you're going to have to play everyone else."
By Greg Stutchbury
Reuters
(Editing by Ed Osmond)
Jones wins unanimous decision over Trinidad
NEW YORK - The stage couldn't get much bigger for two fighters who have been considered past their prime for several years.
Four-time world champion Roy Jones Jr. and five-time champion Felix "Tito" Trinidad were looking to recapture past glory at Madison Square Garden in a fight that should have happened years ago.
Jones captured that glory in dominating fashion as he scored a unanimous decision victory over Trinidad in front of 12,162 on Saturday night. The win put an exclamation point on the career of a fighter who many view as an all-time great.
Jones won easily on all three scorecards, 116-110, 117-109, 116-110. Trinidad was game, landing several body shots early in the fight. But Trinidad, who fought in the welterweight, junior middleweight and middleweight divisions for most of his career, didn't have the power to hurt Jones.
Jones didn't have any issues showing his power as he knocked down Trinidad in the seventh and 10th rounds. The knockdowns notwithstanding, Jones credited Trinidad for being a hard puncher and being able to take punches.
"He's got a hard head and I jammed a knuckle," said Jones, who landed 147 power punches compared to 101 for Trinidad. Jones said to Trinidad after the fight: "I can't believe you stayed in there 12 rounds with me."
Jones, who viewed the fight as a stepping stone, was hoping to land a big-money bout with Joe Calzaghe. "As soon as I knock out Trinidad, I'm going to Wales," he said at his media workout.
With Calzaghe recently signing a deal to fight Bernard Hopkins April 12 at the Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas, Jones will have to look elsewhere for his next opponent.
Jones didn't seem too broken up about it at his media workout when told Calzaghe inked a deal with Hopkins. "I would fight Glen Johnson, Antonio Tarver, Chad Dawson - I don't care," Jones said. "Let me tell you one more time, my time, my probation period is over. I don't care who he is."
He reiterated that stance after the fight. "I don't care who you bring next," Jones said. "I'll fight anybody, anywhere, anytime."
As for Trinidad, he gave Jones credit for his speed and strategy. "Roy was very fast and strong," Trinidad said. "And he threw great punches."
Trinidad, whose last fight was nearly three years ago and thought he could've won the fight if not for the knockdowns, said he will talk things over with his father before making any decisions on his future.
Jones landed 172 of 482 punches in the fight, compared to 160 of 552 for Trinidad. But Trinidad landed 59 jabs, compared to just 25 for Jones. Still, it was the power punches that won the fight for Jones.
BY MARCUS HENRY | marcus.henry@newsday.com
Four-time world champion Roy Jones Jr. and five-time champion Felix "Tito" Trinidad were looking to recapture past glory at Madison Square Garden in a fight that should have happened years ago.
Jones captured that glory in dominating fashion as he scored a unanimous decision victory over Trinidad in front of 12,162 on Saturday night. The win put an exclamation point on the career of a fighter who many view as an all-time great.
Jones won easily on all three scorecards, 116-110, 117-109, 116-110. Trinidad was game, landing several body shots early in the fight. But Trinidad, who fought in the welterweight, junior middleweight and middleweight divisions for most of his career, didn't have the power to hurt Jones.
Jones didn't have any issues showing his power as he knocked down Trinidad in the seventh and 10th rounds. The knockdowns notwithstanding, Jones credited Trinidad for being a hard puncher and being able to take punches.
"He's got a hard head and I jammed a knuckle," said Jones, who landed 147 power punches compared to 101 for Trinidad. Jones said to Trinidad after the fight: "I can't believe you stayed in there 12 rounds with me."
Jones, who viewed the fight as a stepping stone, was hoping to land a big-money bout with Joe Calzaghe. "As soon as I knock out Trinidad, I'm going to Wales," he said at his media workout.
With Calzaghe recently signing a deal to fight Bernard Hopkins April 12 at the Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas, Jones will have to look elsewhere for his next opponent.
Jones didn't seem too broken up about it at his media workout when told Calzaghe inked a deal with Hopkins. "I would fight Glen Johnson, Antonio Tarver, Chad Dawson - I don't care," Jones said. "Let me tell you one more time, my time, my probation period is over. I don't care who he is."
He reiterated that stance after the fight. "I don't care who you bring next," Jones said. "I'll fight anybody, anywhere, anytime."
As for Trinidad, he gave Jones credit for his speed and strategy. "Roy was very fast and strong," Trinidad said. "And he threw great punches."
Trinidad, whose last fight was nearly three years ago and thought he could've won the fight if not for the knockdowns, said he will talk things over with his father before making any decisions on his future.
Jones landed 172 of 482 punches in the fight, compared to 160 of 552 for Trinidad. But Trinidad landed 59 jabs, compared to just 25 for Jones. Still, it was the power punches that won the fight for Jones.
BY MARCUS HENRY | marcus.henry@newsday.com
Suzanne Pleshette Dies in Los Angeles
Suzanne Pleshette, the husky-voiced star best known for her role as Bob Newhart's sardonic wife on television's long-running "The Bob Newhart Show," has died at age 70.
Pleshette, whose career included roles in such films as Hitchcock's "The Birds" and in Broadway plays including "The Miracle Worker," died of respiratory failure Saturday evening at her Los Angeles home, said her attorney Robert Finkelstein, also a family friend.
Pleshette underwent chemotherapy for lung cancer in 2006.
"The Bob Newhart Show, a hit throughout its six-year run, starred comedian Newhart as a Chicago psychiatrist surrounded by eccentric patients. Pleshette provided the voice of reason.
Four years after the show ended in 1978, Newhart went on to the equally successful "Newhart" series in which he was the proprietor of a New England inn populated by more eccentrics. When that show ended in 1990, Pleshette reprised her role — from the first show — in one of the most clever final episodes in TV history.
It had Newhart waking up in the bedroom of his "The Bob Newhart Show" home with Pleshette at his side. He went on to tell her of the crazy dream he'd just had of running an inn filled with eccentrics.
"If I'm in Timbuktu, I'll fly home to do that," Pleshette said of her reaction when Newhart told her how he was thinking of ending the show.
Born Jan. 31, 1937, in New York City, Pleshette began her career as a stage actress after attending the city's High School of the Performing Arts and studying at its Neighborhood Playhouse. She was often picked for roles because of her beauty and her throaty voice.
"When I was 4," she told an interviewer in 1994, "I was answering the phone, and (the callers) thought I was my father. So I often got quirky roles because I was never the conventional ingenue."
She met her future husband, Tom Poston, when they appeared together in the 1959 Broadway comedy "The Golden Fleecing," but didn't marry him until more than 40 years later.
Although the two had a brief fling, they went on to marry others. By 2000 both were widowed and they got back together, marrying the following year.
"He was such a wonderful man. He had fun every day of his life," Pleshette said after Poston died in April 2007.
Among her other Broadway roles was replacing Anne Bancroft in "The Miracle Worker," the 1959 drama about Helen Keller, in New York and on the road.
Meanwhile, she had launched her film career with Jerry Lewis in 1958 in "The Geisha Boy." She went on to appear in numerous television shows, including "Have Gun, Will Travel," "Alfred Hitchcock Presents," "Playhouse 90" and "Naked City."
By the early 1960s, Pleshette attracted a teenage following with her youthful roles in such films as "Rome Adventure," "Fate Is the Hunter," "Youngblood Hawke" and "A Distant Trumpet."
She married fellow teen favorite Troy Donahue, her co-star in "Rome Adventure," in 1964 but the union lasted less than a year. She was married to Texas oilman Tim Gallagher from 1968 until his death in 2000.
Pleshette matured in such films as Hitchcock's "The Birds" and the Disney comedies "The Ugly Dachshund," "Blackbeard's Ghost" and "The Adventures of Bullwhip Griffin." Over the years, she also had a busy career in TV movies, including playing the title role in 1990's "Leona Helmsley, the Queen of Mean."
More recently, she appeared in several episodes of the TV sitcoms "Will & Grace" and "8 Simple Rules ... For Dating My Teenage Daughter."
In a 1999 interview, Pleshette observed that being an actress was more important than being a star.
"I'm an actress, and that's why I'm still here," she said. "Anybody who has the illusion that you can have a career as long as I have and be a star is kidding themselves."
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Pleshette, whose career included roles in such films as Hitchcock's "The Birds" and in Broadway plays including "The Miracle Worker," died of respiratory failure Saturday evening at her Los Angeles home, said her attorney Robert Finkelstein, also a family friend.
Pleshette underwent chemotherapy for lung cancer in 2006.
"The Bob Newhart Show, a hit throughout its six-year run, starred comedian Newhart as a Chicago psychiatrist surrounded by eccentric patients. Pleshette provided the voice of reason.
Four years after the show ended in 1978, Newhart went on to the equally successful "Newhart" series in which he was the proprietor of a New England inn populated by more eccentrics. When that show ended in 1990, Pleshette reprised her role — from the first show — in one of the most clever final episodes in TV history.
It had Newhart waking up in the bedroom of his "The Bob Newhart Show" home with Pleshette at his side. He went on to tell her of the crazy dream he'd just had of running an inn filled with eccentrics.
"If I'm in Timbuktu, I'll fly home to do that," Pleshette said of her reaction when Newhart told her how he was thinking of ending the show.
Born Jan. 31, 1937, in New York City, Pleshette began her career as a stage actress after attending the city's High School of the Performing Arts and studying at its Neighborhood Playhouse. She was often picked for roles because of her beauty and her throaty voice.
"When I was 4," she told an interviewer in 1994, "I was answering the phone, and (the callers) thought I was my father. So I often got quirky roles because I was never the conventional ingenue."
She met her future husband, Tom Poston, when they appeared together in the 1959 Broadway comedy "The Golden Fleecing," but didn't marry him until more than 40 years later.
Although the two had a brief fling, they went on to marry others. By 2000 both were widowed and they got back together, marrying the following year.
"He was such a wonderful man. He had fun every day of his life," Pleshette said after Poston died in April 2007.
Among her other Broadway roles was replacing Anne Bancroft in "The Miracle Worker," the 1959 drama about Helen Keller, in New York and on the road.
Meanwhile, she had launched her film career with Jerry Lewis in 1958 in "The Geisha Boy." She went on to appear in numerous television shows, including "Have Gun, Will Travel," "Alfred Hitchcock Presents," "Playhouse 90" and "Naked City."
By the early 1960s, Pleshette attracted a teenage following with her youthful roles in such films as "Rome Adventure," "Fate Is the Hunter," "Youngblood Hawke" and "A Distant Trumpet."
She married fellow teen favorite Troy Donahue, her co-star in "Rome Adventure," in 1964 but the union lasted less than a year. She was married to Texas oilman Tim Gallagher from 1968 until his death in 2000.
Pleshette matured in such films as Hitchcock's "The Birds" and the Disney comedies "The Ugly Dachshund," "Blackbeard's Ghost" and "The Adventures of Bullwhip Griffin." Over the years, she also had a busy career in TV movies, including playing the title role in 1990's "Leona Helmsley, the Queen of Mean."
More recently, she appeared in several episodes of the TV sitcoms "Will & Grace" and "8 Simple Rules ... For Dating My Teenage Daughter."
In a 1999 interview, Pleshette observed that being an actress was more important than being a star.
"I'm an actress, and that's why I'm still here," she said. "Anybody who has the illusion that you can have a career as long as I have and be a star is kidding themselves."
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Saturday, 19 January 2008
Jane Felix-Brown and Omar bin Laden Plan Horse Race for Peace
Jane Felix-Brown, now Zaina Alsabah, and her husband Omar Osama Bin Laden, son of Osama bin Laden, are planning a 4800 km horse race that will span across North Africa. They hope to bring attention to the cause of peace.
At a café in a Cairo mall, Omar says “It’s about changing ideas of the Western mind.” Omar continues, “A lot of people think Arabs - especially the bin Ladens, especially the sons of Osama - are all terrorists…This is not the truth.”
The couple hopes to start the race in March.
Jane Felix-Browne and Omar bin Laden are still planning the event, seeking government approval for the route and sponsors to fund the race and money for child victims of war.
Omar says they will be riding 48km per day, taking weeklong rests in each country they pass.
Teams are encouraged to join from all over the world. The couple wants the race to be the equine vrsion of the Paris-Dakar car rally.
Commenting on the car rally and his race, Omar said, “I heard the rally was stopped because of al-Qaida. I don’t think they are going to stop me.”
befound@finditt.com
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At a café in a Cairo mall, Omar says “It’s about changing ideas of the Western mind.” Omar continues, “A lot of people think Arabs - especially the bin Ladens, especially the sons of Osama - are all terrorists…This is not the truth.”
The couple hopes to start the race in March.
Jane Felix-Browne and Omar bin Laden are still planning the event, seeking government approval for the route and sponsors to fund the race and money for child victims of war.
Omar says they will be riding 48km per day, taking weeklong rests in each country they pass.
Teams are encouraged to join from all over the world. The couple wants the race to be the equine vrsion of the Paris-Dakar car rally.
Commenting on the car rally and his race, Omar said, “I heard the rally was stopped because of al-Qaida. I don’t think they are going to stop me.”
befound@finditt.com
www.finditt.com
DNA points to new killer in '99 case
FORT COLLINS, Colorado (CNN) -- New evidence points to a different killer in the case of a Colorado man convicted in the sexual mutilation slaying of a woman when he was a teenager, the special prosecutor named to review the case said Friday.
Adams County District Attorney Don Quick recommended that Tim Masters, now 36, be freed pending a new trial.
Masters was convicted and sentenced in 1999 to life in prison for the slaying of Peggy Hettrick 12 years earlier. But Quick said DNA evidence found on Hettrick's clothing matched another man, casting further doubt on a case already under a microscope.
The new evidence surfaced after the Colorado Bureau of Investigation conducted new tests on DNA found on Hettrick's clothing, finding partial profiles that did not match Masters.
Masters' defense team pursued further testing with a laboratory in the Netherlands that ultimately provided a match with another man who had once been considered a suspect.
The CBI laboratory reviewed the Dutch lab's findings and "confirmed the results consistent with the alternate suspect and inconsistent with Tim Masters," Quick said.
He did not identify the alternate suspect.
Masters' defense attorneys are in court alleging police and prosecutorial misconduct and arguing for a new trial.
Hearings on the case were scheduled to resume Tuesday, when the two original prosecutors in the case -- both now judges -- had been expected to take the stand.
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Quick, who has already backed defense contentions that key pieces of evidence were withheld during the original trial, said he would make his recommendations for a new trial Tuesday morning.
"We're going to go upstairs and see if there's anything that can be done this weekend" to get Masters out of prison, he said. "If not, it'll be done Tuesday morning."
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The case will be examined on CNN's Anderson Cooper 360° Friday at 10 p.m. ET.
The new defense team's claims of misconduct are supported not only by the attorneys who represented Masters in 1999, but also by former police officers, investigators and forensic experts, some of whom say police ignored other viable suspects.
From Eliott C. McLaughlin
CNN.Com
Adams County District Attorney Don Quick recommended that Tim Masters, now 36, be freed pending a new trial.
Masters was convicted and sentenced in 1999 to life in prison for the slaying of Peggy Hettrick 12 years earlier. But Quick said DNA evidence found on Hettrick's clothing matched another man, casting further doubt on a case already under a microscope.
The new evidence surfaced after the Colorado Bureau of Investigation conducted new tests on DNA found on Hettrick's clothing, finding partial profiles that did not match Masters.
Masters' defense team pursued further testing with a laboratory in the Netherlands that ultimately provided a match with another man who had once been considered a suspect.
The CBI laboratory reviewed the Dutch lab's findings and "confirmed the results consistent with the alternate suspect and inconsistent with Tim Masters," Quick said.
He did not identify the alternate suspect.
Masters' defense attorneys are in court alleging police and prosecutorial misconduct and arguing for a new trial.
Hearings on the case were scheduled to resume Tuesday, when the two original prosecutors in the case -- both now judges -- had been expected to take the stand.
Don't Miss
* Police still arguing over merits of '99 conviction
* Defense demands new trial for Masters (pdf)
* Prosecution says evidence not turned over (pdf)
* Defense response to prosecution (pdf)
Quick, who has already backed defense contentions that key pieces of evidence were withheld during the original trial, said he would make his recommendations for a new trial Tuesday morning.
"We're going to go upstairs and see if there's anything that can be done this weekend" to get Masters out of prison, he said. "If not, it'll be done Tuesday morning."
advertisement
The case will be examined on CNN's Anderson Cooper 360° Friday at 10 p.m. ET.
The new defense team's claims of misconduct are supported not only by the attorneys who represented Masters in 1999, but also by former police officers, investigators and forensic experts, some of whom say police ignored other viable suspects.
From Eliott C. McLaughlin
CNN.Com
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