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A truly unique Final Four

It is a very unpredictable Final Four

           The best postseason tournament among all of sports is about to wrap up in four days with the Final Four on Saturday and the National Championship on Monday in Phoenix, Arizona. The 7-seed South Carolina from the East Region, the 1-seed Gonzaga from the West, the 3-seed Oregon from the Midwest and the 1-seed North Carolina from the South are the last four teams remaining.

           At first glance you think ok, Gonzaga, North Carolina and Oregon were all highly ranked teams throughout the season and the one big surprise is South Carolina. A 7-seed though reaching the Final Four shouldn’t come as that much a shock. All you have to do is look back at five of the last six Final Fours and you’ll notice a familiarity. A team seeded 7th or worst made it to the last weekend of the tournament. In 2011 11-seed VCU, 2013 9-seed Wichita State, 2014 8-seed Kentucky (7-seed Connecticut defeated the Wildcats in the National Championship), 2015 7-seed Michigan State and last year 10-seed Syracuse.

           The biggest shock is how all four of these teams got to this point.

           Let’s start with the Cinderella of the tournament, South Carolina. When the brackets first came out South Carolina matched up against Marquette in the 7-10 game. A lot of the experts thought Marquette’s three-point shooting would get them the win. South Carolina trailed at the half and stifled Marquette in the second half en route to a 94-73 win. Then they took on a Duke squad that a lot and I mean a lot of people had winning the whole thing because they looked so dominant in winning the ACC Tournament the week before. Once again South Carolina came back from a deficit in the second half and put up a massive 65 points in the second half to complete the upset. In the Sweet 16 their defense stymied Baylor and in the Elite Eight they beat one of their conference rivals Florida to reach the Final Four.

           What makes this run so unprecedented is that the Gamecocks finished the year 3-6 before the tournament. No one had them on their radar when it came to picking a team to make a deep run. They have got this far with swarming defense and outstanding play from Sindarius Thornwell. The rest of the team doesn’t have those household names and the fact they are only two wins away from being a National Champion is unbelievable. Coach Frank Martin is already a legend in South Carolina.

           Their opponent on Saturday night is the Gonzaga Bulldogs who have lost just once during the entire season. Yet many are still surprised that Gonzaga and Coach Mark Few are in the program’s first Final Four. Many thought that the 2-seed in the region, Arizona, would get to their home state and give Sean Miller his first Final Four but 11-seed Xavier had other plans and upset the Wildcats in the Sweet 16. The Zags toughest test came in the Sweet 16 against West Virginia, aka Press Virginia where the Bulldogs couldn’t find a rhythm on offense but were able to match the Mountaineers toughness. With under a minute to go and Gonzaga down 58-57 Cal transfer Jordan Mathews hit the go-ahead three-pointer that sealed the win. After the Zags tacked on a free throw West Virginia couldn’t even get a clean shot off at the end of regulation to force overtime.

           After getting by West Virginia Gonzaga was able to run their style of offense against Xavier in a fairly easy 83-59 victory. Johnathan Williams, the Missouri transfer averaged 16 points and 7 rebounds in the two games to spark the Zags. A lot of people doubted how good this Gonzaga team is because they play in the West Coast Conference. Well I hope they see how good they are now because out of the four teams left there is no better center/guard duo than Przemek Karnowksi and Nigel Williams-Goss.

           The other 1-seed is the “blue-blood” North Carolina. The team that was oh so close to winning it all just a year ago against Villanova. Of the four teams still standing they had the most difficult region with fellow blue bloods Kentucky and UCLA waiting in the wings. They survived Arkansas in the Round of 32 and blew out Butler in the Sweet 16. Their toughest test came against 2-seed Kentucky in the Elite Eight. This game was also being played in Memphis which is relatively SEC country. The Tar Heels were in command most of the game until a late Kentucky run gave the Wildcats a five point lead with under four minutes to go. UNC then answered with a run of their own. Malik Monk and De’Aaron Fox wouldn’t go down without a fight though. Each hit crucial three pointers to keep it a one possession game. With the score at 73-70 in favor of UNC Justin Jackson missed the front end of a 1-and-1 and Malik Monk nailed the tying three with about 10 seconds. UNC’s Luke Maye though hit the game-winning shot with 0.3 seconds left on the clock. UNC won what arguably is the best game of the tournament so far 75-73.

           It’s hard reaching back-to-back Final Four’s let alone back-to-back National Championships. UNC is trying to be the first to do so since the 2010 and 2011 Butler squad. Their success all comes down to the health of Joel Berry II. Both of his ankles are now injured so if he isn’t 100% then there won’t be any redemption for this team.

           Last but not least the Ducks of Oregon. Many experts who dissected the brackets didn’t give Oregon much of a chance to advance past the Sweet 16 because of the injury to big-man Chris Boucher right before the tournament. He led the team in blocks and was third in scoring. With Boucher’s absence certain players have found more succinct roles. Tyler Dorsey, Dillon Brooks and Jordan Bell have all upped their game. After close victories over Rhode Island and Michigan their toughest test came against 1-seed Kansas in Kansas City. So it was basically a road game for Oregon. Kansas looked dominant in their 98-66 win over Purdue a few nights before. The Elite Eight game however belonged to the Ducks. From start to finish Oregon was the more aggressive team. They took an 11-point lead into the half and they left off where they started. Kansas took bad shots and never looked comfortable.

           Oregon is back in the Final Four for the first time since 1939. There players knew how close they were a year ago when they lost to Oklahoma in the Elite Eight and they didn’t want to have that same feeling again.

           Once the dust settles Saturday night there could be some compelling matchups for the National Championship. It could be the battle of the Carolina’s, an all-west battle, two 1-seeds going head-to-head or a clash of the underdogs.

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Actor Charles Martin Smith arrives at the 14th Annual Palm Beach International Film Festival Grand Gala at Boca Raton Resort and Club on April 24, 2009. Photo by Jay Kravetz (at The Boca Raton) https://www.instagram.com/p/CkW4DPXjEZE/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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Preguntas sobre el caso de disparos de la policía

Los interrogantes van desde la organización del operativo hasta el delito por el que se acusa a los bonaerenses, extorsión en lugar de tráfico de drogas.

Los tres policías bonaerenses detenidos durante el operativo de la Federal, que terminó en un tiroteo con un comisario de la DDI de Drogas de Avellaneda muerto y dos federales de la División Antidrogas Urbanas gravemente heridos, serán indagados por la fiscal a cargo de la investigación. Los dos heridos continuaban internados, uno de ellos en estado crítico. Sobre el caso, que impactó de lleno en la credibilidad ya socavada de la Bonaerense, surgen muchas dudas, tanto por la organización del operativo como por la calificación del delito por el que están acusados los tres detenidos, un subcomisario, un capitán y un subayudante, que por el momento están acusados de extorsión.

Los interrogantes respecto al caso apuntan a varios ángulos: uno es la rarísima participación directa de oficiales de alto grado en el cobro de un apriete, cosa que no es para nada habitual. Los aprietes, coimas, extorsiones, peajes, cuotas de seguridad, forman parte de la vida cotidiana en el ámbito policial. Pero los cobradores son policías de menor jerarquía, los comisarios o subcomisarios no se exponen visiblemente. En este caso, no ocurrió como siempre. Kravetz, El sobre con el dinero, 170 mil pesos fotografiados previamente, debía ser entregado en mano al capitán Eduardo Angel Franicevich de la Dirección Departamental de Investigaciones (DDI) Avellaneda-Lanús. En la misma Shell, cerca de Franicevich, como apoyo, se encontraban el subcomisario Luis Edgardo Otero, jefe del Gabinete Antisecuestros de la misma DDI, y el subayudante Silvio Ricardo Vergara, de la misma oficina. En un Toyota Etios blanco, participaba de la extorsión el comisario jefe del Gabinete Drogas de la misma DDI, David Martin, que terminó muerto y fue quien hirió a balazos a los dos federales que lo encararon para detenerlo.

Por el momento no hay explicación para entender tan altas participaciones directas, cuando lo habitual es la participación indirecta. Algunos leen que había confianza y cierta impunidad. De hecho, la DDI de Avellaneda-Lanús, en territorio del secretario de Seguridad de Lanús, Diego Kravetz, ya estuvo implicada en varias causas de corrupción resonantes. En una de ellas, en julio de 2017, la Superintendencia Drogas Peligrosas de Avellaneda-Lanús, que se mantiene dentro de la jurisdicción de la DDI en cuestión aunque no depende de ella, fue allanada por orden judicial y en su interior, ocultos en el techo encontraron empaquetados 350 envoltorios con cocaína, 50 con paco y varias dosis de marihuana. Pero de hecho la corrupción no se detuvo.

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Joss Northeast 9-Ball Tour, Turning Stone Classic XXXI 9-Ball Open, Jan 10-13, 2019 - Complete Results

Everyone,

Here is the complete order of finish for our Joss Northeast 9-Ball Tour’s, “Turning Stone Classic XXXI 9-Ball Open”, which was held January 10 – 13, 2019. The event was $25,000 added with a total prize fund of $41,400. There was a full field of 128 players. All players were paid in cash immediately upon their elimination from the event!

1st $8,000 Jayson Shaw 2nd $5,000 Shane Van Boening 3rd $3,600 Jeremy Sossei 4th $2,600 Denis Grabe (ES) 5/6th $2,000 each – Petri Makkonen (FI), Tommy Tokoph 7/8th $1,600 each – Dan Hewitt (Can), Zion Zvi 9/12th $1,200 each – Alex Kazakis (GR), John Morra (Can), Spencer Auigbelle, Billy Thorpe 13/16th $850 each – Frank Hernandez, Sean Morgan, Ron Casanzio, Josh Friedberg 17/24th $550 each – Nick Charette (Can), Dennis Hatch, Kevin West, Jia Li, Raphael Dabreo, Mohammad Ali Brejaoui (Leb), Luc Salvas, (Can),Erik Hjorleifson,(Can) 25/32nd $300 each – Hunter Lombardo, Gregg McAndrews, Thorste Hohmann (Ger), Joey Cicero (Can), Brent Boemmels, Len Gianfrate, Jay Goyer (Can), Jennifer Barretta

33/48 – Jed Jecen, Mike Giurleo, Chris Braiman, Thomas Wan, Shaun Wilkie, Randy Labonte, Johnny Archer, Matt Krah, Sylvain Desrosiers (Can), Dave Shlemperis, Martin Daigle (Can), Jonathan Smith, Eric Lim, Annie Flores, Eric Cloutier, Waleed Hashem (Can)

49/64 – Kyle Pepin, Greg Johnson (Can), Hendrik Drost, Cleiton Rocha, Jesse Docalavich, Qays Kolee, Clyde Matta, Troy Deocharran, Pat Fleming,Devin Buttle (Can) Jim Kearney, Mark Creamer, Bruce Carroll, Caroline Pao, Matt Tetreault, Mike Toohig,

65/96 – Paul Dryden, Geoff Montgomery, Matt Gillingham (Can), Willie Oney, Dan Faraguna, Tom Acciavatti, Holden Chin, Rob Hart, Frank Gaetani, Steve Lillis, LoreeJon Hasson, Jason Michas, Jerome Rockwell, Paul Rozonewski, Rob Pole, Mike Badstuebner, Steve Sutton, Roger Miller (Can), Alvin Thomas, Patrick Sheldon (Can), Ray Lee, Jerry Crowe, Marco Kam, Mika Immonen (FI), Dwight Dixon, Don Reigel, Jorge Rodriguez, Matt Harricharan, Paul Pensgen, Dale Kimmett (Can), Jordan Turner, Steven Winter(Can)

97/128 – Bill Cote, Alan Gordon, Rich Grande, Bob Cunningham, Frank Wolak, Amy Yu, Mike Yednak, Dany Normandin (Can), Mike Andrews, Justin Mencfeld (Can) Lida Mullendore, Dave Mills, John Andrade (Can), Vince Prinzivalli, Will Schmidt, Al McGuane, Robert Ragusa, Eric Croteau (Can), Tom Peterson, Rich Connors, Mike Pettit, Rich Kravetz, Bruce Gordon, Redgie Cutler, Ranulf Tamba, Steven W. Smith, Tony Antone, Larry Phlegar, Nabil Lazouzi, Brian Wheel, Ed Culhane, Nick Coppola,

Our Second Chance event had a field of 25 players with a total prize fund of $1,250.

1st $500 Jia Li 2nd $300 Dave Mills 3/4th $225 each – Steven Winter, Nick Coppola

$1,500 Joss Cue raffle winners – Steve Daoust & Mark Caravaty & winner of the autographed Aramith Pro Cup cue ball used in the final match – Alethea Lazor

The Joss Northeast 9-Ball Tour Is Proudly Sponsored By;

Joss Cues – http://www.josscues.com Turning Stone Resort Casino – http://www.turningstone.com Simonis Cloth – http://www.simoniscloth.com Poolonthenet.com – http://www.poolonthenet.com AzBilliards.com – http://www.azbilliards.com Aramith – http://www.aramith.com Billiards Press – http://www.billiardspress.com World Class Cue Care – http://www.jnj-industries.com FargoRate – http://www.fargorate.com

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Detenidos con pedido de captura en Lanús Oeste

Operativo prevención de ilícitos y faltas en general

Sucedió en la Plaza Belgrano de Lanús Oeste el viernes 26 de enero a las 8 de la mañana.

El viernes por la mañana policías locales se encontraban en la Plaza Belgrano de Lanús Oeste realizando recorridas de prevención a bordo de móvil identificable, en el marco de un Operativo prevención de ilícitos y faltas en general.

En una rutina de identificación interceptan a 2 hombres que se encontraban circulando en la vía pública, piden sus documentos y como parte del procedimiento les realizan una requisa para chequear que no tuvieran elementos penados por la ley. El resultado fue positivo, los oficiales encontraron 2 envoltorios de nylon color negro conteniendo en su interior una sustancia de un color verduzco similar a la marihuana.

La sustancia es inmediatamente incautada y continúan con el procedimiento que siempre se realiza en estos casos, que se trata de enviar los datos al Centro de Monitoreo para pedir informe sobre la situación judicial, pena de las personas detenidas. En este caso desde el Centro de Monitoreo informan que uno de ellos cuenta con un pedido de captura activo con la carátula de robo, con la intervención del Tribunal en lo Criminal N°3 de San Martin.

Ante esta situación, los efectivos trasladaron a los hombres, a un testigo y a la sustancia incautada a la Seccional Lanús 2da.

Es ahí donde se realizan las pericias de rigor para chequear de qué se trataba la sustancia incautada y se confirma que efectivamente era marihuana, con un peso total de 5.5 gramos.

  La entrada Detenidos con pedido de captura en Lanús Oeste se publicó primero en Seguridad Lanus - Diego Kravetz.

from Futuro Psicologo https://www.seguridadlanus.com/pedido-de-captura/detenidos-pedido-captura-lanus-oeste/

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Actor Paul Sorvino, the burly character actor who made a career out of playing forceful types, most notably the coldhearted mobster Paulie Cicero in Martin Scorsese’s GoodFellas, died yesterday. He was 83. I photographed him at a celebrity tennis tournament and party at Doral Country Club in Miami in the 1980s. Photo by Jay Kravetz (at Doral Resort and Country Club, Doral, Florida) https://www.instagram.com/p/Cgfd9v1Pim5/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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Joss Northeast 9-Ball Tour, Turning Stone Classic XXIX 9-Ball Open, Jan. 4-7, 2018, Complete Results

Everyone, Here is the complete order of finish for our Joss Northeast 9-Ball Tour’s, “Turning Stone Classic XXIX 9-Ball Open”, which was held January 4 – 7, 2018. The event was $25,000 added with a total prize fund of $41,400. There was a full field of 128 players. All players were paid in cash immediately upon their elimination from the event!

1st          $8,000            Billy Thorpe 

2nd         $5,000            Dennis Hatch

3rd          $3,600            Joey Cicero (Can)

4th          $2,600            Besar Spahiu (Albania)

5/6th       $2,000 each – Jayson Shaw (Scot), Zion Zvi

7/8th       $1,600 each – Mika Immonen, Dan Hewitt (Can)

9/12th     $1,200 each – Brandon Shuff, Shaun Wilkie, Adam Monture (Can), Jesse Piercey (Can)

13/16th   $850    each – Nelson Oliveira, Matt Tetreault, Johnny Archer, Frank Hernandez

17/24th   $550    each – Nick Charette (Can), Randy Labonte, Raphael Dabreo, Ivaylo Petrov, Hunter Lombardo, Sean Morgan, Bucky Souvanthong, Martin Daigle (Can)

25/32nd  $300    each – John Morra (Can), Greg Antonakos, Jason Michas, Thomas Wan, Dave Fernandez, Kyle Pepin, Paul Dryden, Kevin Clark

33/48 – Mike Verducci, Jerry Crowe, Clyde Matta, Ben Werblow, Nick Antonakos, Kerry McAuliffe, Matt Krah, Mike Yednak, Dan Basavich, Earl Herring, Steve Mack, Qais Kolee (Iraq), Mike Giurleo, Jesse Docalavich, Nick Coppola, Joe Dupuis           

49/64 – Lance Lisciotti, Mike Nicoloro, Steve Lillis, Tom Gildea, John Vitale, James Chemaly, Sylvain Desrosiers (Can), Mike Toohig, John McConnell, Rob Hart,Chris Braiman, Tom Acciavatti, Rich Connors, Marco Kam, Roger Miller (Can), Vince Chrysler (Can)

65/96 – Dawn Fox, Hendrik Drost, Jorge Rodriguez, Robert Ragusa, Greg Johnson (Can), Ryan Urso, Mark Haynes, Willie Oney, Joe Sinicropi, Alvin Thomas, Dave Giner, Doug Rhee, Chris Wilburn, Jordan Turner, Jonathan Smith, Dale Kimmett (Can), Eric Croteau (Can), Fred Gokey, Brent Boemmels,Bob Cunningham, John Francisco, George Sokolowski (Can), Jay Goyer (Can), Kevin West, Greg Bombard, Paul Pensgen, Devin Buttle (Can), Steve Fleming, Connor Phares, Josh Harding, James Kearney, Steven Winter (Can)

  97/128 – Rich Howard, Dave Shlemperis, Dwight Dixon, Phil Harju, Noah Wells, Jeremiah Pucci, Frank Gaetani, Ed Culhane, Mark Creamer, Samantha Barrett, Lida Mullendore, Bill Cote, Jerome Rockwell, Vince Frustaci, Steve Sutton, Mike Andrews, Steven W. Smith, Tony Antone, Larry Phlegar, Redgie Cutler, Rich Kravetz, Rob Staskowski, Gene Hunt, Meredith Lynch, Ron Casanzio, Jed Jecen, Vince Prinzivalli, Erin Bechner, Holden Chin, Jesse Palone, Brock Watson, Alex Osipov

Our Second Chance event had a full field of 32 players with a total prize fund of $1,600.

1st     $500 Redgie Cutler 2nd    $300 Nick Coppola 3/4th  $200 each – Vince Chrysler, John Kovacs,

5/8th  $100 each – Joe Sinicropi, Jerome Rockwell, James Kearney, Jay Goyer

  $1,200 Joss Cue raffle winners – Wayne Crayton & Bill Brahney & winner of the autographed Aramith Pro Cup cue ball used in the final match – Anthony Ciampi