Wednesday, December 23rd, 2009
MIAMI, Dec 23 (Reuters) – An American Airlines Boeing 737 overshot the runway while landing in driving rain at the international airport in Kingston, Jamaica on Tuesday night, but the company said there were no fatalities or serious injuries.
The Jamaica Observer newspaper reported 40 injured passengers on American Airlines crash, but did not give details about their condition. CNN said four of the passengers were in serious condition.
“The injured passengers have been taken to the Kingston Public Hospital,” Jamaican Information Minister Daryl Vaz told the Jamaica Observer. “There are no reports of fatalities.” (more…)
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Wednesday, December 23rd, 2009
And just when we’re about to step out the door and head off on X-mas adventures, we get another major injury to another key player on this Portland Trail Blazers roster. Joel Przybilla went up for a rebound late in the 1st quarter and came down awkwardly on his right knee. He immediately fell to the floor in agony, pounding his fists in obvious anger and frustrations. Teammates helped him off the court and into the locker room where we now await what we can all expect to be dreadful news. (more…)
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Wednesday, December 23rd, 2009
Unless you are the most diehard of diehard basketball fans, you probably haven’t heard of Peter Fehse. The 26-year-old German basketball player is currently playing in the German leagues, after getting a look from the Seattle Supersonics in the 2002 draft.
The Supersonics, of course, became the Oklahoma City Thunder, and now Fehse has been traded by the team to the Utah Jazz, in exchange for for the contracts of Matt Harpring and Eric Maynor.
None of this means, however, Fehse will be seeing NBA playing time. The trade was largely made not to obtain Fehse, but to help the high-paying Jazz avoid the NBA’s luxury tax.
In other words, Fehse value in all of this is that he is extremely low value.
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