Bodybuilding Champions Jay Cutler and Ronnie Coleman to Meet Fans at GNC
PITTSBURGH, April 29 /PRNewswire/ — GNC will host current Mr. Olympia title winner Jay Cutler and eight-time Mr. Olympia Ronnie Coleman for an autograph session from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Friday at its Sixth Avenue location (300 Sixth Avenue, downtown, at the corner of Sixth and Wood).
Both members of the International Federation of Bodybuilders (IFBB), Cutler and Coleman are considered the world’s most esteemed bodybuilders: Winning the Mr. Olympia competition stands for the ultimate success and superiority in bodybuilding.
This autograph session is free and open to the public.
Additionally, Cutler and Coleman will guest-pose at the IFBB Pittsburgh Pro Figure Championships Saturday at the Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Hall in the city’s Oakland neighborhood. This event features men’s and women’s fitness and figure competitions, categorized by height, weight and age groups. Judging begins at 9 a.m. and finals start at 6:30 p.m. For ticket information, visit http://www.ifbbpro.com/events/2008-pittsburgh-pro-figure-may-3/. Cost is $30; $25 if preordered.
Attendees at both events will have the opportunity to pick up health and wellness information, sports nutrition tips and free product samples. They can also enter the Incredible Hulk Road Muscle Sweepstakes for a chance to win a custom Hulk chopper valued at approximately $100,000.
About GNC:
GNC, headquartered in Pittsburgh, Pa., is the largest global specialty retailer of nutritional products; including vitamin, mineral, herbal and other specialty supplements and sports nutrition, diet and energy products. GNC has more than 4,900 retail locations throughout the United States (including 978 franchise and 1,358 Rite Aid store-within-a-store locations) and franchise operations in 49 international markets. The company – which is dedicated to helping consumers Live Well – also offers products and product information online at http://www.gnc.com/.
Source: General Nutrition Centers, Inc.
Web site: http://www.gnc.com/
First-Ever NBA Legends Trip Planned to Israel Benefiting Youth
‘Dr J,’ Rick Barry, Earl ‘The Pearl’ Monroe, Dominique Wilkins in Unprecedented Visit to Bring Basketball Clinics to Underprivileged Youth in Israel
NEW YORK, April 29 /PRNewswire/ — Four of the greatest NBA players of all time — Rick Barry, Earl “the Pearl” Monroe, Dominique “The Human Highlight Film” Wilkins, and “Dr J,” Julius Irving — will embark on a week-long mission to hold clinics for the thousands of orphaned, abused and underprivileged boys and girls of Israel. It’s the first such trip ever to the Middle East.
This unprecedented NBA pilgrimage to the Holy Land will take place from May 25 – May 30, and is sponsored by Migdal Ohr, one of the most prominent and largest single charities in Israel. Robert Katz, executive vice president of the American Friends of Migdal Ohr, says it was Barry who convinced his fellow-NBA legends to join the mission.
“I spoke to Rick before the 2008 NBA All-Star Game in New Orleans,” said Katz, “and he instantly agreed to be the voice of 6,500 children at risk and a spokesperson for a tiny country with hundreds of thousands of basketball-crazed fans.”
“How could I not?” asked Barry. “Migdal Ohr has put together a tremendous event, all to help kids in a country, which, by the way, already has Maccabi Tel Aviv, one of the great basketball teams in the world.”
Plans for the NBA Legends Mission include clinics and shoot-arounds in Jerusalem and Tel Aviv, autograph sessions, tours of various holy sites, visits with Israeli dignitaries, and attendance at the Israeli Basketball League Championship Game.
Last October, the New York Knicks sold out Madison Square Garden in a special exhibition game against Maccabi Tel Aviv — to benefit Migdal Ohr — the first time the Knicks had ever hosted an international team.
Migdal Ohr, Hebrew for “Tower of Light,” operates Israel’s largest youth village, providing much-needed support to more than 6,500 orphaned, abused, underprivileged and new immigrant children in Israel. The organization runs a network of schools, providing academic and vocational studies while integrating new immigrant children into Israeli society through specialized curricula and after-school programs. The organization was founded in 1972 by Israel Prize Laureate Rabbi Yitzchak David Grossman.
For more information about Migdal Ohr and the Legends Mission, please call 212-397-3700 and visit http://www.migdalohrusa.org/.
Sports news 28 April 2008
 China Daily |
Olympic torch relay begins North Korea leg free of protest
The Associated Press PYONGYANG, North Korea (AP) – Assured of a trip free of anti-Chinese protests, the Olympic torch made its first-ever relay run Monday in authoritarian North Korea. |
 Aljazeera.net |
Kimi Raikkonen wins Spanish Grand Prix for Ferrari
International Herald Tribune AP BARCELONA, Spain: World champion Kimi Raikkonen helped Ferrari win its third straight race and make it the clear Formula One leader. |
 The Province |
Learning a Lesson, Kyle Busch Prevails
New York Times By RAY GLIER TALLADEGA, Ala. – Talk of Tony Stewart’s future has become background noise, or no noise at all. Whether Stewart, a two-time series champion, wants to play his hand as a free agent or stay with Joe Gibbs Racing will bring some who-cares … |
 Vancouver Sun |
Rangers’ Postgame: Smaller Controversy, No Complaining
New York Times By Lynn Zinser The Rangers lost Sunday’s playoff game to Pittsburgh, 2-0, with none of the uproar over a late penalty as there was in Game 1. In fact, the Rangers got two late power plays to try to overcome a 1-0 late in the third. |
 CBC.ca |
Kidd’s Signature Moment Is Ugly One for Mavericks
New York Times By HOWARD BECK DALLAS – Jason Kidd came to Dallas two months ago to lift the Mavericks into championship contention, or at the least, to make a lasting impact. |
 Sydney Morning Herald |
Lord Byron smiles down on Adam Scott
Boston Herald By Gil LeBreton / McClatchy Newspapers IRVING, Texas – He began the day with a three-stroke lead, and in anticipation of Adam Scott’s presumably certain EDS Byron Nelson tournament victory, the Irving Convention & Visitors Bureau snapped into action. |
 Canoe.ca |
Patriots quick on their feet
Boston Globe FOXBOROUGH – The words have been spoken so many times in recent years they have become the slogan for Bill Belichick and Scott Pioli on the annual NFL draft campaign trail. |
 Albany Times Union |
Sox are blinded by Rays
Boston Globe ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. – This wasn’t the same as Yaz and Lonny and Boomer and the other Sons of Dick Williams back in ’67, huddling around a transistor radio in the Red Sox clubhouse and waiting for Dick McAuliffe to ground into a double play in Detroit … |
Sports news 26 April 2008
 Washington Post |
AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin
ESPN This is probably not how Phoenix’s Amare Stoudemire and Raja Bell thought they would be spending the closing moments of Friday night’s home game against San Antonio. |
 SLAM! Sports |
• Martin seals it in lucky 13th for Dodgers
MLB.com LOS ANGELES — A sacrifice fly by Russell Martin, who made his Major League debut at third base four innings earlier, scored Matt Kemp in the bottom of the 13th inning to lift the Dodgers to an 8-7 win over the Rockies on Friday night. |
 The Age |
McCarron having “lot of fun” at Nelson
San Jose Mercury News By STEPHEN HAWKINS AP Sports Writer Jesper Parnevik, of Sweden, hits out of the rough on the 14th hole during the second round of the EDS Byron Nelson Championship golf tournament in Irving, Texas, Friday, April 25, 2008. |
Vancouver Sun |
Rangers Lose a Barnburner on a Tough Call
New York Times By Lynn Zinser The Rangers have plenty of things to blame for their 5-4 loss to the Penguins in the first game of their playoff series Friday night, most self-inflicted, but they took issue with the call that set up the game-winning power-play goal. |
 NDTV.com |
Olympic torch relay ends in Japan without major incident
Washington Post By JIM ARMSTRONG AP NAGANO, Japan — Heavy security and a large contingent of pro-Chinese supporters thwarted protesters’ efforts Saturday to disrupt the Japanese leg of the Olympic torch relay. |
 San Diego Union Tribune |
NBA fines Cheeks $25000
Philadelphia Daily News By PHIL JASNER For Maurice Cheeks, it probably will be easier to pay his $25000 fine than explain it to his mother. The telephone call home to Chicago was necessary after the NBA fined the 76ers coach for not leaving the bench in a timely manner and … |
 Bleacher Report |
New Orleans vs. Dallas – Recap
ESPN Dallas Mavericks guard Jason Terry celebrates a basket against the New Orleans Hornets in the second half of Game 3 in a first-round NBA playoff basketball series in Dallas, Friday, April 25, 2008. |
 Calgary Herald |
Rivers had blast in past
Boston Globe WALTHAM – The uniforms aren’t the same as the cool ones he wore in the 1980s with the Hawks. His home arena, The Omni, was demolished 11 years ago. |
 Washington Post |
Danica’s whirlwind media tour ends with Kansas Indy stop
USA Today By Nate Ryan, USA TODAY KANSAS CITY, Kan. – Preparation – specifically a brilliant strategy cooked up by crewmember Kyle Moyer – was the key to Danica Patrick becoming the first woman to win a major-league open-wheel race. |
Extreme Motorsports Completes Engineering for Industry’s First Electric Sandcar
Extreme Motorsports of California, Inc. (Pink Sheets: EMOC)(“Xtreme” or the “Company”), the world’s only publicly traded sandcar manufacturer, is pleased to announce it has completed the engineering & manufacturing plans for the industry’s first completely electric sandcar.
With the ever-rising concerns by California Air Resource Board (CARB) of new emissions laws within the sandcar industry and the growing concern about future climate change, Xtreme Motorsports has completed the engineering and production plans for the first “Zero Emissions Sandcar” (ZES). Utilizing the latest in motor & controller technology from Azure Dynamics, a leader in providing solutions for the electric car industry, along with advanced Lithium Ion battery technology from AEVehicles, these new Sandcars are the most exciting line of vehicles for the consumer we have put out to date.
The ZES technology will be offered in both the Sportster and Dune Racer models as of April 28th, 2008 and will be available for immediate reservation. Three (3) of the Dune Racer ZESs are already reserved for 2009 delivery. The advantage of electric motor technology is that the torque is instant from one RPM forward vs. a gas engine that must build up to its torque curve. The Dune Racer shows performance of 0 to 70 miles per hour in about 5 seconds with a top speed of 105 MPH and instant torque of 665 Ft. Pounds. It also has a range of up to 200 miles on one charge and can be charged off a standard generator seen on many toy haulers today. It’s certainly not shy on performance! Additionally the Dune Racer has eliminated the need for a transaxle or transmission through advanced gearing technology.
“We have been working on this project and trying to keep it under wraps for quite some time,” said Alan McCaa – President of Extreme Motorsports. “It’s time to release it to the public! We pride ourselves on being the leader in Sandcar technology and this is just another example proving that fact. Just think, no more high-price fuel, no more broke transaxles, no more emissions concerns. It’s just pure, clean, non-polluting off-road fun!”
Source: Extreme Motorsports of California, Inc.
Web site: http://www.xmssandcars.com/