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Captain Patrick McEnroe's Belgrade Blog - USTA Florida
Great Websites That Help When Looking For A Job - Gather.com
MCLA: No. 1 Michigan Holds On to Beat No. 3 Arizona State, 11-10 - Inside Lacrosse (press release)
Holmes gets one more chance at home to score big for Bears - Baltimore Sun

Captain Patrick McEnroe's Belgrade Blog - USTA Florida

Posted: 04 Mar 2010 06:35 AM PST

U.S. Davis Cup Captain Patrick McEnroe shares his thoughts exclusively with USTA.com. During the 2010 World Group First Round series against Serbia at the Belgrade Arena, March 5-7, read McEnroe's exclusive analysis of team practice and preparation, the series outlook and the challenges ahead.

Entry No. 1: "Keep him calm"

Thursday, March 4 – Welcome back, U.S. Davis Cup fans, to the Captain's Blog. The team is really excited to begin a new campaign and try to win the Cup again.

As you know, we have a new-look roster for the 2010 season. Andy Roddick and James Blake are taking the year off, and it's exciting for me to see the young guys come in and get the opportunity. I'm pretty energized by what I see.

Obviously, each guy is a little bit different, how you handle each player. But that's always been the case, even with Andy and James over all these years. Dealing with different personalities is part of the job. I'm excited to see how these guys play in such a big atmosphere.

So we feel good with the team we have. We know that Andy and James will support us, but our mentality is that this is our team for the year. These guys have proved that they deserve the chance. We hope that we have more matches to play this year if we can sneak through this one.

The draw today worked out pretty well for us. I never get too hung up on the draw, but the big question – who Serbia was going to play in the second singles role – was answered.

We kind of expected Viktor Troicki to play. He's a big hitter with a big game, but John Isner's looked really good. He's had a great week of practice and looks pretty relaxed, so obviously my job is to keep him calm, and he'll be fine.

It'll be interesting to see how John and Sam Querrey perform on a big international stage. It's a change for them, but I think they'll do well. Sam played in Davis Cup competition for us a couple of years ago against Spain in Madrid, and that was a great experience for him.

John thrives in the big-match atmosphere – he's shown that in his young career already. I think the fact that he played a lot of college tennis will help him get somewhat ready for the crowd. It'll be a bigger crowd here than down at the University of Georgia, but I think he'll handle it well.

Thinking about the doubles match on Saturday, I think the twins are ready. They know that this is going to be one of their toughest Davis Cup matches in doubles, so I'm sure they'll plan accordingly. It's certainly a great challenge for them. Zimonjic has had a lot of success against a lot of different people; he's a flat-out great doubles player. He's not playing here with his regular partner, but whomever Serbia puts out there with him would be a tough out for us.

We're obviously the underdog here, playing away against a tough team, but we're looking forward to it.

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Great Websites That Help When Looking For A Job - Gather.com

Posted: 04 Mar 2010 04:41 AM PST

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www.CareerBuilder.com - One of the more popular websites that can help when looking for a job, CareerBuilder.com has 1.6 million jobs listed at last inspection. Here you can search for jobs by category, company, industry and even look for jobs that are open internationally.

Yahoo Hot Jobs - This is a great website that can help when looking for a job by offering advice on resumes, interviews and negotiating salaries. Job listings can be searched by categories and locations, and you can even post your resume here.

It's a good idea when using great websites that can help when looking for a job to register with as many as possible to get your name and skills out there to employers.

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MCLA: No. 1 Michigan Holds On to Beat No. 3 Arizona State, 11-10 - Inside Lacrosse (press release)

Posted: 04 Mar 2010 06:14 AM PST

Tempe, Ariz. – The University of Michigan men's lacrosse team won a nail-biter Wednesday night in Tempe, defeating #3 Arizona State by a score of 11-10. In a back and forth affair that came down to the wire, junior goaltender Mark Stone (Greenwood Village, Colo./Cherry Creek) stopped a low screamer from the stick of Ryan Westfall as time expired as the Wolverines improved to 2-0 on the young season and handed the Sun Devils their first loss of 2010. Junior faceoff specialist David Reinhard (East Lansing, Mich./East Lansing) stole the show, winning 21 of 25 faceoffs, helping the Wolverines overcome some sloppy play on all sides of the ball.

The Wolverines got on the board first following an ASU turnover that resulted in a transition attempt for the Maize and Blue. Senior midfielder Anthony Hrusovsky (Lake Forest, Ill./Lake Forest) fed fellow senior Clark McIntyre (Little Silver, N.J./Rumson – Fair Haven) just out front for the early 1-0 lead. Freshman attackman Thomas Paras (Lakewood, Ohio/St. Ignatius) increased the Wolverines lead to 2-0 on a dodge from the left GLE before firing high over the goaltender's shoulder.

Following an ASU timeout and an ensuing faceoff win from Reinhard, U-M turned the ball over deep in their own end which resulted in a wide-open chance for the Sun Devils from 10 yards out. ASU buried the shot to cut the lead to 2-1 with 10:51 left in the first quarter.

The Sun Devils evened the game at 8:05 on a transition tally before almost grabbing their first lead of the game with just over two minutes left, ringing one off the left post. Just over a minute later it was junior attackman Trevor Yealy (Pittsburgh, Penn./Upper St. Claire) who helped Michigan regain the lead right before the quarter break, shoveling one home in front after scooting the ball along the grass to himself and around the ASU goaltender.

Leading 3-2 after a quarter of play, Michigan earned the first solid possession of the second. Yealy a took feed from senior captain Svet Tintchev (Rockville, Md./Bullis) and finished from just outside the crease as Michigan regained the two-goal lead early in the second. Paras banged home his second of the game just moments later, but ASU quickly answered themselves following the ensuring faceoff with a long-pole goal on the transition as the Wolverines led 5-3 with 12:48 left in the first half.

The Sun Devils slowed the Michigan momentum, scoring from the near right wing with over eight minutes left in the second, but senior captain David Rogers (Wayne, N.J./Wayne Hills) got Michigan rolling again with a blistering shot from the far right wing. The back and forth action continued as ASU answered immediately following the faceoff as Michigan led 6-5 with 5:31 left in the second.

Both teams put together solid possessions during the remainder of the second quarter, but neither team was able to find the back of the net as Michigan took a 6-5 lead into the second half of play.

Michigan came out in the third quarter with a different look between the pipes as Stone (Greenwood Village, Colo./Cherry Creek) took over for fellow junior Andrew Fowler (Grosse Pointe, Mich./Hotchkiss CT)

Hrusovksy and Rogers hooked up three minutes into the third quarter with Hrusovsky taking a feed from Rogers and firing from 15 yards straight out as Michigan regained the two-goal lead early in the second half. U-M was called for a slash on ASU's next possession and paid the price as the Sun Devils scored from the left wing.

ASU knotted the game up at 7-7 just under four minutes later on another transition tally following an initial shot that rang off the pipe. The Sun Devils immediately scooped up the rebound and fired again.

Michigan regained the lead at the 4:02 mark, winning the whistle as Yealy found a wide-open Tintchev right out front following a errant shot. Tintchev's goal closed out the scoring in the third quarter with Michigan leading 8-7 entering the final frame.

ASU scored just over two minutes into the third quarter to tie the game at 8-8 on a quick stick tally before scoring 20 seconds later on the transition to earn their first lead of the game early in the fourth.

The Wolverines earned possession following the ensuing faceoff and immediately called a timeout once they entered the ASU box. Michigan was unable to score coming out of the break, but Rogers found senior attackman Kevin Zorovich (Massapequa, N.Y./Massapequa) soon after on the transition. Zorovich fired high from the right wing to tie the game with 11:04 left in the fourth.

The Wolverines had a golden opportunity soon after, as the Sun Devils took two penalties on the same play, but the Wolverines were unable to capitalize. After more than eight minutes of back and forth action, Rogers broke the tie with his second of the game on a dodge around the cage. Senior midfielder Jordan Kirshner (Ann Arbor, Mich./Huron) scored the eventual game winner two minutes later, taking a feed from McIntyre and cutting inside before firing.

With just 54 seconds left and Michigan up by two, the Wolverines won the faceoff and raced into the ASU zone only to turn the ball over. A long clear attempt from the Sun Devils was snatched out of mid-air by Stone just outside the Maize and Blue crease, but he was immediately checked and the ball squirted in as Arizona State clawed within one. ASU won the ensuing faceoff and put the ball in the hands of Westfall who dodged to his right and fired low from 20 yards out. Stone went low to make the save as time expired and the Wolverines earned their second win on their opening-season road trip.

Statistically, Michigan dominated in all areas but one. U-M outshot their opponent 46-26, and recorded 58 groundballs to the Sun Devils 39. U-M was 21 of 25 on faceoffs, and finished 17 of 25 on clears, while riding ASU to 18-36 totals. Michigan failed to score on two man-up attempts with Arizona State finding the net once on two tries. It was Michigan's inability to make the smart play or simple pass the kept the game close as U-M registered 39 turnovers in the game, with many unforced.

The Wolverines will look to clean things up when they take on rival #4 Brigham Young this upcoming Saturday, March 6 in Provo, Utah at 7:00pm MST. For all of your Michigan men's lacrosse needs, please visit mgobluelacrosse.com.

NOTES
● Junior Trevor Yealy failed to score more than two goals for only the eighth time in his three-year career spanning 41 games.

● Between the pipes, Fowler finished with one save and five goals against in the first half, while Stone stopped five shots while also allowing five goals.

● Eight Wolverines registered points in the contest with eight different players finding the back of the net. Only three players registered multi-goal games, Rogers, Yealy, and Paras.

● With the win, Michigan extends their winning streak to 42 games.

● Rogers tied his career high with four points (2-2-4), set most recently vs. Minnesota (3/15/09).

● Kirshner set a career high with 10 groundballs to go along with his game-winner. His previous best was six, set vs. Sonoma State (5/13/09).

QUOTES

Head Coach John Paul
On his general impressions: "I'm proud of the guys for gutting that out versus a very good ASU team, but we didn't help ourselves out with the way we were turning the ball over or the way we were playing in general. Some days you have it and some days you don't and we were never able to correct the mistakes we were making but we got it done and ultimately I'm proud of the guys for a getting a win on the road against a great team."

On the cause of the sloppy play: "It was partly execution mistakes with the 39 turnovers and a lot of those were unforced and we can't play that way. Some of it was also focus mistakes. We were doing a poor job of locating our shots and our shot selection was bad. Those don't show up as turnovers on the stat sheet but they're essentially turnovers if they're hitting him in the chest or if we're shooting from somewhere where we told them not to."

On the goalie swap: "It was kind of similar to our regular-season Chapman game last year, only it was reversed. I don't think Fowler had a particularly bad first half, but I thought he was just on his heels a little bit because they were getting a lot of chances right on the doorstep. We have a lot of confidence in all of our goalies but we're going to be quick to make changes if we feel its going to give us an advantage or it's going to change momentum a little and I think that happened today. Stone was ready to go and I think it sparked us a little in the second half. He did a great job coming in and dealing with a team that puts a lot of pressure on you."

On stopping their big scorers: "I think we made some fundamental mistakes on defense today that gave them a few goals that I don't think we would have normally given up, but ultimately, when they have those kind of offensive weapons, they're going to get some goals. I think in the end though we did a nice job and we held the Westfall brothers to two goals and if you're able to do that you're going to slow them down a little."

On the spread scoring: "A couple of days ago we had Yealy scoring six when they were trying to shut him off, and tonight he only had two against just some sound defense and a good goalie. He didn't shoot too well and missed a couple I think he should have had, but other guys stepped up. We don't need one other guy to pick up the slack either. We have 10-12 guys who can score and even the game-winner came from a defensive midfielder. That makes us tough. We have a couple players teams need to be aware of, but we have a lot of guys who can score. They might not light you up for five in a night, but they are going to bury the chances they get."

On Reinhard's play: "I think we would have had some major trouble if he didn't have the kind of night he had. He was clearly our MVP tonight, and it's as dominant of a performance as you're going to see at faceoff. He was doing whatever he wanted with the ball and that was key. Unfortunately we were throwing the ball away a lot immediately after the faceoff but it's still about possessions in the end, and facing off is a huge part of that battle."

On the upcoming match vs. BYU: "We respect BYU tremendously. We've only beaten them once at their place, and our focus has to be cleaning up the mistakes and playing better. We need to make better decisions and we showed versus Arizona we're capable of executing better. We just have to do and be consistent about it. It doesn't have to come down to a one-goal game. We can simply play better and that's what we have to do."

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Holmes gets one more chance at home to score big for Bears - Baltimore Sun

Posted: 04 Mar 2010 06:35 AM PST

Ever quick with the needle but always on the mark, Todd Bozeman called down to Reggie Holmes from an upper-deck seat in a virtually empty Hill Field House this week.

"Hey, Reggie, he wants to know if I recruited you at Home Depot," the Morgan State coach cackles.

As usual, there is some truth - but more exaggeration - to Bozeman's jibe. Holmes shrugs and smiles, knowing his Morgan State coach is having fun.

These are, indeed, fun times at Morgan State, where the unlikely tandem of Bozeman and Holmes has highlighted a four-year overhaul of the men's basketball program. Bozeman's blueprint and Holmes' spot-on shooting have earned the Bears three straight regular-season titles in the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference and one - for now - berth in the NCAA tournament.

The Reggie Show will play one final time at Hill Field House in tonight's 7:30 home finale against Coppin State. Holmes is the first recruit to play a full four seasons for Bozeman at either Morgan or California. More importantly, he is one of the headliners who brought Morgan's destitute program back from the brink.

"Him coming to Morgan and putting Morgan on the map was his challenge," Bozeman said. "He's got three banners [MEAC championships] in here. He's going to go to the postseason in three of his four years. There's not a lot of Division I players who can say that. He's 34-6 at home."

Holmes is also one of the most prolific scorers in Morgan history. He trails the school's all-time men's leader, Marvin Webster, by just 32 points. And he ranks second this season in the NCAA with 703.

Which makes his arrival on campus four years ago all the more remarkable.

A Baltimore native, Holmes grew up in the rough Cherry Hill neighborhood, played for two high schools (Southern and St. Frances) and at least three Amateur Athletic Union teams. Needing to improve his SAT scores to play Division I, he attended Eldon Academy, an SAT-prep school in Petoskey, Mich. But halfway through the basketball season, the school closed for lack of funds.

Holmes returned to Baltimore, got a job at Home Depot, and mulled offers from Wichita State and Kent State.

Then Morgan, coming off a 4-26 season, hired Bozeman, who had been out of college coaching for 10 years with NCAA sanctions. Holmes bought into the restoration project and signed with the Bears.

"It was important," Bozeman said of his first Morgan recruit, "because I knew he could score the ball and he came from two of the most established programs in the city. So it said a lot for the program to get off the ground like that."

Holmes, 6 feet 4, weighed just 173 pounds as a freshman, which earned him the nickname "Noodles" from Bozeman. Before long, the young recruit and the demanding coach were at odds on any number of subjects.

In time, though, Holmes saw the wisdom of Bozeman's methods, and so did his father, Mark Holmes, who was originally opposed to Reggie attending Morgan. The father's opinion changed as he watched his son develop.

"Todd right now could be the next person to God [as the best thing] that happened to Reggie," the elder Holmes said. "He brought the best out of Reggie. He challenged him. Reggie owes a lot to Todd. ... It came together like a jigsaw puzzle."

Holmes adapted to the Bozeman style. He muscled up to 197 pounds with weight training, developed a mid-range game and learned to play defense.

Now he holds school career records for 3-pointers made (294), free throws made (488) and games played (128). Averaging 22 points this season, Holmes needs just five more to pass Webster's single-season record of 707.

"I said from Day One, I thought he'd leave here as the all-time leading scorer," Bozeman said.

Holmes, 22, sees the bigger picture now, like Bozeman.

"I think about it every day that it was a special career at Morgan State to see that nothing changes to something," he said.

The Bears (23-9) go into next week's MEAC tournament as the favorite. Beyond that, Holmes will take a crack at the NBA with a more likely destination in Europe.

"He's going to make a living playing basketball," Bozeman said. "The reality of it is, it'll probably be overseas, but he'll have a chance [at the NBA]."

As for tonight, Bozeman anticipates an emotional farewell.

"Reggie says he's not going to cry, but it's going to be emotional," the coach said. "He's a great kid. I would be surprised if they don't give him a standing ovation."

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