Philadelphia University’s legendary men’s basketball coach Herb Magee poised for 903rd career win
Coach Magee could best Bobby Knight’s record of 902 NCAA wins on Tuesday, Feb. 23
Philadelphia University men’s basketball coach Herb Magee, renowned as a coach, player and “shot doc” to top NBA stars, could earn his 903rd NCAA career win and best the record of legendary coach Bobby Knight at a home game Tuesday, Feb. 23.
Currently tied with Knight at 902 NCAA career wins, Magee could become the top men’s basketball coach with all games coached in the NCAA when the PhilaU Rams take on Goldey-Beacom at home Feb. 23, with a game start of 8 p.m.
That game will come just three days after the Rams won a thrilling 70-67 victory on Saturday, Feb. 20, at Post University in Ct. Freshman Jim Connolly sank a three-pointer at the buzzer to win the game, making it 902 wins for Coach Magee.
A Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame nominee and Pennsylvania and Philadelphia Sports Hall of Famer, Magee has had an extraordinary career during his 50 seasons as a player and coach at Philadelphia University.
Magee became the number one all-time Division II men’s basketball coach in NCAA history on February 1, 2007, when he earned win 829 in a heart-stopping double-overtime win against Wilmington College to break the mark previously held by Winston-Salem State’s Clarence “Big House” Gaines.
Continuing his record-breaking success, last season Magee passed former Kentucky Coach Adolph Rupp’s NCAA record of 877 wins and former North Carolina coach Dean Smith’s NCAA record of 879 career wins.
In just his third year of coaching, Magee led the Rams to a 1970 NCAA National Championship, and has taken his team to the NCAA Tournament 24 times.
At 68, Magee is still at the top of his game and respected throughout the basketball world as perhaps the greatest shooting coach of all time. Just ask Charles Barkley, Malik Rose, Sebastian Telfair and Jameer Nelson, among those who have sought the “shot doc” out to improve their jump shots. Or talk to his friends and colleagues in the tight-knit Philly coaching community, people like Villanova’s Jay Wright, Temple’s Fran Dunphy and St. Joe’s Phil Martelli.
Magee also is a highly respected coaching mentor, and many of his former assistants and players have gone on to top coaching jobs, including Pat Chambers at Boston University, Sean Kearney at Holy Cross and Steve Donohue at Cornell.
Sure, he’s had opportunities to move to DI and NBA teams, but Magee has chosen to stay close to his family and hometown of Philadelphia. Having lost both his parents by age 13, this 5’10″ kid from West Philadelphia was a playground legend during the time of Earl Monroe, Wali Jones and Walt Hazzard, and starred at famed West Catholic High along with lifetime friends and future coaches Jim Lynam and Jim Boyle.
After his playing days, he was drafted by the Celtics, but instead chose to make his mark as a coach, becoming head coach at his alma mater in 1966. Remarkably, Magee has won more than 1,100 games with the Rams, including his years as a player and coach.
A two-time All-America selection at what was then Philadelphia College of Textiles and Science, Magee ended his college career as the Rams’ top scorer and today remains the team’s third all-time high scorer with 2,235 career points — an extraordinary achievement in the era before the three-point shot.
Herb Magee is a Philly legend who exemplifies the tenacity and hometown loyalty of every Philadelphia fan. Considering Magee’s career as a coach and player, his contributions to basketball and his dedication to his student athletes, well, these are remarkable achievements by a man who continues to rewrite basketball history.
Source: Philadelphia University
The Passion for Soccer: Mexico’s 2010 Liga de Ascenso available in the United States only on MexicoTV
Never before has Mexico’s Liga de Ascenso been so exciting. The coming tournament is generating big headlines, and with good reason. For Mexican audiences in the U.S. longing for soccer from home, MexicoTV is bringing them the thrill of this League so they can experience the elation of victory of their favorite teams, and watch their rivals go down to defeat.
Among the contenders, there is not only Necaxa, a team with a towering reputation in Mexico, fighting for a comeback longed for by its many thousands of fans, but also the teams blocking its way who are also determined to get there first, at all cost, come what may. Like Veracruz, in years past the First Division pace-setter, famed for the passion and loyalty of its fans, which has hired a player who is now without question Mexico’s hottest soccer icon: Cuauhtemoc Blanco. He is hated by a heavy majority of Mexican fandom when he plays for the Club America team, or any other rival – but when he plays for Mexico’s national team, that hate turns into boundless love. Another team committed to winning is Irapuato, current leader of the 2010 League, tied with Necaxa and separated only by a difference of goals scored. These teams have been battling each other in one of the most exciting finals in the League’s recent history, going to the terminal stage of penalty kicks to decide who will come out the winner.
Throw into the mix of this soccer frenzy all the teams that MexicoTV broadcasts: Necaxa, Veracruz, Irapuato, Leon, Orizaba, Pumas Morelos, Tijuana, Correcaminos, Durango, Atlante UTN, and this promises to be one unforgettable season.
MexicoTV offers all of the excitement of the Liga de Ascenso, with games promising to keep audiences riveted to the edge of their seats.
MexicoTV’s signal is distributed via satellite by DIRECTV Mas. It is available through a variety of cable systems such as: Comcast in Fresno, San Francisco, Oakland, San Jose, Colorado, Denver, Chicago, Boston, Detroit, Eugene, Portland and Houston; on Time Warner Los Angeles, Austin, Beaumont, Port Arthur, Corpus Christi, Dallas, El Paso, Harlingen, Brownsville, Laredo and San Antonio; by TV Max in Houston and by Jackson Energy Authority in Jackson TN.
Source: Canal Sur
Drive it Home: Scotland’s biggest global golf promotion
Scotland: the Home of Golf is offering its biggest ever golf promotion in 2010, with over 250 tee times throughout Scotland, the chance to play golf with Sam Torrance, win a trip to the Open Championship in its 150th anniversary year, and play the illustrious St Andrews Old Course.
From 15 – 28 February 2010, golfers can register on http://www.driveithome2010.com to win their free golf times, where they could see themselves and three of their friends playing on one of over 50 of Scotland’s top courses, from the world famous Turnberry and Royal Troon in Ayrshire to the Torrance Course at Fairmont St Andrews and Gleneagles, home of the Ryder Cup 2014.
March sees Golf fans given the opportunity to win a golf visit to Scotland, including a day with Scotland’s Ryder Cup legend Sam Torrance; while April offers the chance to win a trip to July’s Open Championship and play the famous Old Course.
Scotland is undeniably the Home of Golf, with over 550 courses to choose from and having pioneered the game from as early as the 15 century. From the iconic courses of St Andrews and the coastal links of Aberdeenshire, Morayshire and Ayrshire, to the challenges Dalmahoy and Gleneagles, Scotland’s golf courses provide the experience of a lifetime for golfers.
Sam Torrance, VisitScotland’s golf ambassador, said, ‘The Drive It Home promotion is the perfect reason for international golfers to visit the Home of Golf in 2010. Scotland is the undisputed ‘Home of Golf’. We have the best courses in the world and facilities that are second to none and will again be firmly on the golfing map this year with the 150th anniversary of the Open Championship. Scotland has over 550 courses the length and breadth of the country, the difficulty golfers have when visiting is choosing their favourite!’
This year’s Drive it Home campaign website harnesses the support and enthusiasm of hundreds of partners across Scottish tourism, including 60 accommodation providers and travel operators. With free tee times up for grabs at over 50 of Scotland’s courses, and a range of associated discounts and deals, this year’s biggest golf push is on course to persuade even more golfers to ‘Drive It Home’.
The winners of the free four-ball will be selected in a random drawing from all eligible entries received, on March 1, 2010. By entering the prize draw, entrants fully and unconditionally agree to be bound by these rules and decisions of the judges.
265 winners will receive a free four-ball. There will be one free four-ball per winner. Winners are designated a specific golf course on which to redeem their free four-ball – this is non-transferrable. Golfers nominated to join a free four-ball are not eligible to claim a free four-ball themselves.
The four-ball prize may be redeemed at the designated Scottish Golf Course between 13th April – 30th October 2010, subject to availability.
Source: Visit Scotland
BMW introduces Joy to its Olympic marketing efforts
New “Story of Joy” Campaign Taps into Human Side of Brand and Provides Platform for Automaker’s Future Global Communications
BMW of North America announced the launch of its largest brand awareness campaign in its history – “Story of Joy.” The campaign begins during the XXI Winter Olympic Games and continues at a pace heavy enough to make BMW the largest luxury automotive spender of the Games. “Story of Joy” will serve as the umbrella for the automaker’s global communications.
“Story of Joy” introduces a new creative aesthetic characterized by strong, colorful images often conveying people and their experiences with the subtlest of references to BMW products punctuated by various three-word headlines leading off with “Joy Is…”
The new campaign from BMW and its global creative partner, Austin-Texas-based GSD&M Idea City, media buying agency Universal McCann of New York City, and interactive agency Dotglu of New York City, represents the largest, most comprehensive marketing initiative in the company’s history and incorporates a number of innovative elements across television, digital, mobile and out-of-home platforms. An advertising first for this groundbreaking campaign is BMW’s use of MSN’s new proprietary enhanced video capabilities for a nine-video panel homepage takeover in mid-February.
“The ‘Story of Joy’ encapsulates the sentiment shared throughout BMW that we are more than a car company. We are creators of joy,” said Jack Pitney, Vice President, Marketing, BMW of North America. “All of our efforts in engineering, design and technology are about one thing, which is creating moments of joy. Given recent trends in consumer mindsets, the campaign refocuses BMW on the joy of driving and sharing those moments in an upbeat, humanized and refreshing fashion.”
The campaign heavily incorporates high-impact television placements to run on NBC, MSNBC and CNBC during the 2010 Winter Olympic Games and the Academy Awards. Additionally, throughout NBC’s two-week televised coverage of the Winter Games, BMW will be the sole automotive sponsor of the network’s “Olympic Moments of Joy” segments highlighting the triumphant tales of real-life Olympic athletes as they unfold.
The first of two television spots, a 60-second piece entitled “Story of Joy,” will make its debut on NBC February 12th during Opening Ceremony of the Winter Games. The piece opens with a detail shot of BMW’s signature kidney-shaped grille and moves into quick-cutting “snapshots,” from contemporary and vintage video footage, creating a collage of people experiencing joyful moments of life with the products that illicit them. The voice over that closes the spot states, “We realized a long time ago that what you make people feel is just as important as what you make. And at BMW we don’t just make cars. We make joy.”
The 60-second “Tunnel” spot, which will premiere on February 15th, depicts the futuristic-looking BMW Vision EfficientDynamics Concept Vehicle driving through a dark tunnel, its image giving way to glimpses of vehicles in BMW’s product line-up as it darts in and out of shadows. At the other end of the tunnel, the entire product portfolio emerges into full daylight and the video cuts to smiling drivers behind the wheels. A voice over intones, “Every BMW is created with EfficientDynamics – technologies that maximize the joy of driving and make us the most fuel-efficient luxury car company in America.”
Multiple digital platforms and executions are also central to the “Story of Joy” campaign. In an exclusive arrangement with MSN, BMW will mount a homepage takeover on February 15th distinguishing the automaker as the first advertiser to employ the web site’s new proprietary enhanced video capabilities. The new MSN technology creates a 3-D-like display which allows users to access any of the nine BMW-sponsored “Golden Moments of Joy” video panels directly from the homepage. The interactive video panel is expected to attract nearly 125 million users in its one-day homepage takeover.
Additionally, beginning with the Olympic Games, BMW’s partnership with NBC extends to NBCOlympics.com with “Golden Moments of Joy,” a section of the web site that will feature all the Gold Medal moments, through a combination of video and still pictures framed by BMW banners, for each day of competition. Similarly, a mobile version of the site, also carrying BMW banners, will render the “Golden Moments of Joy” content easily accessible through mobile devices. Also starting in April, a “Story of Joy” experience micro-site, at bmwusa.com/JOY will run unscripted BMW-produced content highlighting real-life tales of BMW enthusiasts and owners.
The campaign’s targeted print buy revolves around custom creative treatments for Vanity Fair’s March “Hollywood” issue, a four-page spread featuring vintage images of Elvis posed with his BMW 507 and the headline “Joy Is Timeless.”
High-impact out-of-home in New York City, Los Angeles and Spartanburg, South Carolina, home of BMW’s North American Manufacturing Plant and Performance Driving School, during the months of February and March round out the campaign.
Panasonic opens Full HD 3D Theatre at the Vancouver 2010 Olympic Winter Games Live Site
World Invited to Experience Highlights of the Games in Full HD 3D at Panasonic’s Olympic Pavilion
Panasonic Corporation, the Official Worldwide Olympic Partner in the Audio and Visual Equipment category for the Vancouver 2010 Olympic Winter Games, today opened the doors of its Olympic Pavilion “Panasonic FULL HD 3D THEATRE” featuring two 103-inch full HD 3D theatres at LiveCity Yaletown, official celebration site of the 2010 Olympic Winter Games.
Open February 12-28 from 11 am to 11 pm daily, the theatres will screen high definition, three dimensional images of the Opening Ceremony, highlights footage of the 2010 Winter Games, as well as the video of Sarah Brightman performing Panasonic’s song, “Shall Be Done”. There is no entrance fee for Panasonic’s Olympic Pavilion at the LiveCity Yaletown site in David Lam Park.
“This theatre is our way of sharing the passion of the 2010 Winter Games with Vancouver residents and visitors from around the world,” says Takumi Kajisha, Managing Executive Officer, Panasonic Corporation. “Panasonic believes 3D systems will greatly enhance at-home viewing of future Olympic Games, combining the enjoyment of watching the greatest sports event with the stereoscopic images of full HD 3D.”
Panasonic’s Full HD 3D Theatre at the 2010 Winter Games offers the public the first opportunity to experience a new era of immersive visual entertainment that will soon be available for consumers to enjoy at home. It is a 3D experience that easily rivals the best that can be seen in cinemas.
“We’ve successfully moved from black and white, to color, to high definition television. But immersive, totally realistic 3D imagery has been the final frontier,” said Eisuke Tsuyuzaki, Chief Technology Officer, Panasonic Corporation of North America. “With Panasonic’s new line of full HD 3D products which will be launched in North America this spring, we will conquer that as well.”
With Panasonic’s frame sequential technology, images are alternately reproduced at 60 frames per second for each eye for a total of 120 frames per second. These images are viewed alternately through high-precision 3D eyewear with shutters driven in synchronization with the video. As a result, each eye views a separate 1920 x 1080 full-HD image for beautiful, clear 3D images with no degradation in quality.
Panasonic has always been a leader in standardizing consumer electronic products and is proud that Panasonic full HD 3D technology has greatly contributed to the standardization of Blu-ray 3D(TM) which was announced by the Blu-ray Disc Association at the end of last year.
In January 2010, Panasonic announced its latest twin-lens full HD 3D camera recorder, and a Full HD 3D home theatre system (50″, 54″, 58″ and 65″ sizes) at the International Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas. The full HD 3D home theatre system is expected to be introduced to the North American market in the spring of this year.
Highlight videos of 2010 Winter Games screened in the full HD 3D theatre are sourced from the International Olympic Committee. The theatre has been developed in cooperation with the Vancouver Organizing Committee for the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games (VANOC), the City of Vancouver and Canada’s Olympic Broadcast Media Consortium, the official Canadian broadcaster of the 2010 Winter Games.
Official Worldwide Olympic Partner
Panasonic is proud to support the Olympic movement–aimed at promoting world peace through sports–as an Official Worldwide Olympic Partner in the Audio and Visual Equipment category for more than 20 years since The Olympic Partner (TOP) Program commenced at the Calgary Olympic Winter Games in 1988. Under the slogan of “Sharing the Passion,” Panasonic contributes to the success of the Olympic Games through its technology. In 2007 Panasonic renewed the partnership with the International Olympic Committee through to the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro.