Wife’s Illness Leads Mickelson to Suspend Season
Amy Mickelson, the wife of the PGA Tour star Phil Mickelson, has learned she has breast cancer and will begin treatment near the couple’s home in Rancho Santa Fe, Calif.
Tests will continue and treatment is expected to begin with “major surgery” within two weeks, according to an announcement from Gaylord Sports, Mickelson’s management firm.
Mickelson, the No. 2-ranked golfer in the world, withdrew from the H.P. Byron Nelson Championship in Dallas, where he was scheduled to begin a two-week run, including a title defense at next week’s Crowne Plaza Colonial. He will suspend his playing schedule indefinitely, the announcement said.
Amy Mickelson, 37, had not accompanied her husband to Dallas this week, remaining at home with their children: Amanda, 9; Sophia, 7; and Evan, 6.
A frequent presence at PGA Tour events, she could usually be spotted walking along the gallery ropes watching her husband and chatting with fans, as she did most recently at the Players Championship two weeks ago. She is known as a naturally gregarious person, much like her husband, and is often approached by fans who want to talk to her about golf and about how her husband is playing.
In an interview two years ago she told The Augusta Chronicle that she wished her husband could hear some of the flattering comments.
“When I’m at a tournament alone, a lot of people will come up to me and tell me how they feel about him,” she said then. “It’s incredible. He’s very lucky. It’s very flattering.”
They met in Phoenix while attending Arizona State University, where Mickelson was an all-American golfer and the winner of the 1990 United States Amateur. Over the past two years Amy Mickelson has helped with the operation of the couple’s charity commitments, including the Special Operations Warrior Foundation, Homes for Our Troops and Birdies for the Brave.
“We are saddened by the news of Amy Mickelson’s diagnosis, but are hopeful that with the support of Phil and her family and friends, she will come through this difficult time,” Tim Finchem, the commissioner of the PGA Tour, said in a statement. “The thoughts and prayers of everyone connected with the PGA Tour are with the Mickelson family.”
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http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/21/sports/golf/21golf.html?ref=golf
Wednesday, May 20, 2009
Sunday, May 17, 2009
Norma McCorvey (born September 22, 1947, in Simmesport, Louisiana) is best known by the legal pseudonym "Jane Roe" in the landmark American lawsuit Roe v. Wade in 1973. The U.S. Supreme Court ruled that laws legislating against abortion are unconstitutional, overturning individual states' laws against abortion. Years later she recanted her support of abortion rights, thus becoming pro-life.
Today, several online reports inaccurately list McCorvey among those persons arrested during Obama’s visit to Notre Dame.
South Bend Fox28 however reports McCorvery was not among the 4 arrested Sunday, currently being held on $250 bonds. An additional 21 were arrested during a protest yesterday.
Reports FOX:
Protesting today but not arrested was Norma McCorvey, the plaintiff identified as “Roe” in the Roe v. Wade
McCorvey had told press in advance of her protest:
“Hopefully we can convince Mr. Obama that he should be standing on the right side, and that’s the side for life. I’m pro-life now, I’m not afraid.”
http://news.lalate.com/2009/05/17/norma-mccorvey-jane-roe-not-arrested/
Today, several online reports inaccurately list McCorvey among those persons arrested during Obama’s visit to Notre Dame.
South Bend Fox28 however reports McCorvery was not among the 4 arrested Sunday, currently being held on $250 bonds. An additional 21 were arrested during a protest yesterday.
Reports FOX:
Protesting today but not arrested was Norma McCorvey, the plaintiff identified as “Roe” in the Roe v. Wade
McCorvey had told press in advance of her protest:
“Hopefully we can convince Mr. Obama that he should be standing on the right side, and that’s the side for life. I’m pro-life now, I’m not afraid.”
http://news.lalate.com/2009/05/17/norma-mccorvey-jane-roe-not-arrested/
Tuesday, May 12, 2009
The Last Lecture
The Last Lecture by Randy Pausch
The lecture that captivated the world is now a book to inspires millions. It is a book you should read.
“We cannot change the cards we are dealt, just how we play the hand.”
—Randy Pausch
When Randy Pausch, a computer science professor at Carnegie Mellon, was asked to give a lecture, he knew it would be his last. He had recently been diagnosed with terminal cancer. The lecture he gave—“Really Achieving Your Childhood Dreams”—wasn’t about dying it was about the importance of overcoming obstacles, of enabling the dreams of others, of seizing every moment (because “time is all you have...and you may find one day that you have less than you think”). It was a summation of everything Randy had come to believe. It was about living.
In this book, Randy Pausch has combined the humor, inspiration and intelligence that made his lecture such a phenomenon and given it an indelible form. It is a book that will be shared for generations to come.
"People do not regret over the things they have done when they are dying but they regret over the things that they have not done or did not do in their lifetime."
—Randy Pausch
If you had one hour to speak to an audience before you died, what would you say?
Go here to view the Last Lecture
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ji5_MqicxSo
The lecture that captivated the world is now a book to inspires millions. It is a book you should read.
“We cannot change the cards we are dealt, just how we play the hand.”
—Randy Pausch
When Randy Pausch, a computer science professor at Carnegie Mellon, was asked to give a lecture, he knew it would be his last. He had recently been diagnosed with terminal cancer. The lecture he gave—“Really Achieving Your Childhood Dreams”—wasn’t about dying it was about the importance of overcoming obstacles, of enabling the dreams of others, of seizing every moment (because “time is all you have...and you may find one day that you have less than you think”). It was a summation of everything Randy had come to believe. It was about living.
In this book, Randy Pausch has combined the humor, inspiration and intelligence that made his lecture such a phenomenon and given it an indelible form. It is a book that will be shared for generations to come.
"People do not regret over the things they have done when they are dying but they regret over the things that they have not done or did not do in their lifetime."
—Randy Pausch
If you had one hour to speak to an audience before you died, what would you say?
Go here to view the Last Lecture
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ji5_MqicxSo
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