Philadelpia News Wire

Sixers loss to Miami Heat

admin — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 05:55:27 +0000

One of the highlight of the game was when Heat forward Udonis Haslem grabs Andre Iguodala after fouling him in the first half.
The Sixers host the Miami Heat in this Eastern Conference matchup, February 16, 2019 at Wachovia Center. Unfortunately the night was obviously not on their side. They missed wide-open dunks for three times and other chances of winning.
This is their first game and yet they suffered a disappointing 105-78 loss to the Miami Heat at the Wachovia Center in a game that was over midway through the third quarter.
The Sixers finished the game shooting 37.9 percent from the field, but they shot 26.3 percent in the second quarter and 31.8 percent in the third.
The teams combined for eight turnovers in the quarter. Most of the Sixers’ field goals came from around the rim. The Sixers had 10 field goals in the period, seven of them coming inside the paint. Miami led, 23-21, after one.
At the start of the second quarter, Miami heat started to work for the win while the Sixers were left behind. On this quarter the Sixers shot a disappointing 5 for 19 and scored 14 pts.
Miami won the game even without Wade, who rested on the bench after collecting six points and four assists in the first quarter.

Local Group Racial Unity USA to protest against John Mayer

admin — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 05:36:00 +0000

Despite Mayer’s apology last week during a concert in Nashville, the LOCAL GROUP Racial Unity USA will still be protesting on Sunday outside John Mayer’s concert at the Wachovia Center. According to the group’s executive director, Asa Khalif, he is a fan of Mayer’s music but that there was no excuse for the guitarist to have used the N-word during a recent Playboy interview.
“His apology didn’t mean anything. It was more rambling. A case of ‘I got my hand caught in the cookie jar,’ ” said Khalif. He went on to say that the incident is more hurtful because this is Black History Month, and that he hopes some of Mayer’s African-American band members and backing singers leave the stage during his show.
Mayer, who also talks about his exes Jessica Simpson and Jennifer Aniston in the interview, referred to his penis as being a white supremacist like David Duke because he doesn’t date black women. Mayer used the N-word while explaining that he thought he had “a ‘hood pass.”
Ironically, it wasn’t the first time Mayer was reported as having used the incendiary word. In 2006 Mayer used it repeatedly during his stand-up comedy debut at the Comedy Cellar, in New York.

Guilty plea of Joseph Genovese in the death of Two Cardinals fan

admin — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 05:31:45 +0000

Joseph Genovese, 20, of South Philadelphia, pleaded guilty to vehicular homicide for plowing into two Cardinals fans outside Citizens Bank Park in July 2008, killing Cindy Grassi, 43, of St. Louis, Mo.

Cindy and her companion are from Missouri, they traveled here to watch their favorite Cardinals vs. Phillies. Unfortunately while crossing the street, Joseph Genovese who was then drunk ran a red light at Broad Street.

Cindy Grassi died immediately while her her friend and fellow elementary schoolteacher, Sandra Wacker, who was then 36, suffered a traumatic brain injury and spent months in recovery.

Genovese, of the 3100 block of S. Juniper Street, also pleaded guilty to vehicular aggravated assault while intoxicated and vehicular homicide while intoxicated.

His sentencing was scheduled for April 13, and he faces 13 1/2 to 27 years in prison.

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admin — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 13:34:47 +0000

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