| Parents not pleased with investigation
Several parents of the Bear River athletes suspended Tuesday due to a violation of the school district's athletic code not only disagree with the result of the school's investigation, but also how it was conducted.
A total of 14 winter sports athletes - including 10 of the 11 varsity girls basketball players - were suspended after attending a party in Granite Bay where alcohol was consumed, according to parents of the players involved.
Because all but one member of the basketball team was involved, the Lady Bruins will forfeit the remaining games on their season schedule.
Some parents took issue with actions by school officials on Friday, when the incident was first reported.
"I feel like this was too much of a knee-jerk reaction," said Mike Spencer, father of Bruins basketball player Talore Spencer.
Dick Jerardi: BCS doesn't compare to NCAA Tournament
I DECIDED TO let the bowl games simmer for a few weeks just to see if my feelings had changed. They have not. The football/basketball argument has been out there for years. You know the one. Football has a great regular season, basketball a great postseason. There was a time I thought that was a reasonable trade-off. Not anymore. Here is the problem with the whole argument. What do you really remember about sports? It is not often the regular season. It is almost always the postseason. Name one player from Appalachian State. Christian Laettner, you know. Football has a terrific regular season and the worst postseason in sports. Why? Money. The BCS conference cartel controls the football money and doesn't want to share. The money is simply more important to these people than a true champion, decided by a playoff.
Charlie Brooker's screen burn
It's the Fact Ents equivalent of a horror movie. Three of the guinea pigs are simply kept in dark rooms, while the rest are made to wear eye masks that reduce the world to a grey blur, headphones that pump a continual white noise drone into their ears, and gigantic foam mittens so they can't even scratch their bums for entertainment. Meanwhile, a psychotherapist with an unnerving omnipresent grin monitors their progress using night vision cameras, taking notes each time they pace up and down, talk to themselves, or hallucinate. One sits on the end of the bed watching snakes and cars and the occasional human visitor; another (the comedian Adam Bloom, oddly enough) strolls round a non-existent pile of empty oyster shells. These laugh-a-minute sequences are interspersed with talking-head testimony from former victims of sensory deprivation: a guy called Parris who was locked in solitary for years for a crime he didn't commit, and former hostage Brian Keenan.
Girls hoops: North Suncoast district tournament preview
This year, they'll have to climb their way from the No. 3 seed to repeat as champions. Mitchell swept first-round opponent Alonso during the regular season but split with potential semifinal opponent St. Petersburg. The good news? Mitchell won five of its last six games in the regular season and played a tough Land O'Lakes team close. Class 2A, District 9 at Indian Rocks Christian Schedule - Friday: Bishop McLaughlin (3) vs. Indian Rocks (2), 6; Calvary Christian (4) vs. Tampa Prep (1), 7:30. Saturday: final, 7. Tournament notes Hurricane warning: The Hurricanes will have a tough challenge facing Indian Rocks on its home floor. Both times these teams met. Bishop McLaughlin came away with losses and was held to 23 points in each game.
Property tax-cutting amendment wins, easily tops 60 percent
It's estimated to save taxpayers up to $15 billion over five years, including $174 for the average homeowner in the first year. The Legislature then placed Amendment 1 on the ballot. It is expected to cut taxes another $9.3 billion in the first five years. It offers primary homeowners, or homesteaders, the estimated $240 annual savings — more for those who move — and other reductions for businesses, second homes and other non-homestead properties. "Nearly every editorial board, many local government officials and some politicians did everything they could to see this amendment fail, but taxpayers recognized the chance for relief," said Florida Senate President Ken Pruitt, R-Port St. Lucie. "Charlie Crist proves again that he truly is the people's governor. This is a big win for Floridians and for Gov.
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