Los Angeles officials brace for Michael Jackson memorial Friday urged fans who do not win a ticket in a random drawing to stay away from the basketball arena where the singer will be memorialized. Organizers have set aside a total of 17,500 tickets through an Internet-based lottery for the televised service at
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Sarah Palin's resignation as Alaska governor sets off speculation away a good point guard,' said Palin, who was famously aggressive in her days as a high school basketball star. She spoke in that cryptic fashion throughout her appearance Friday, saying her decision to step down had been some time in the making,
Los Angeles officials brace for Jackson memorial Friday urged fans who do not win a ticket in a random drawing to stay away from the basketball arena where the singer will be memorialized. Organizers have set aside a total of 17,500 tickets through an Internet-based lottery for the televised service at
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Buckeyes Basketball Making Do Without Greg Oden
Greg Oden, acclaimed by many as the best young big man in the country, won't play for Ohio State until January while he continues to recover from a wrist injury.
In the meantime, the Buckeyes - featuring five newcomers - will try to not let the season slip away.
"A coach once told me we're all a sprained ankle away from mediocrity," Coach Thad Matta said Thursday at the team's media day. "We've got guys who know we're going to go through some ups and downs, but that's what makes you stronger in the end."
Greg Oden, the 7-foot-1 freshman out of Lawrence North High School in Indianapolis, underwent surgery June 16 to repair a torn ligament in his right wrist.
He will not participate in full practices with the Buckeyes until a screw used to stabilize the wrist is removed surgically and he has gone through rehabilitation.
Greg Oden is running and staying in condition. His recovery is right on schedule, but that doesn't make his absence any easier to take.
"He's a freak athlete," backup center Matt Terwilliger said of the mobile, aggressive Greg Oden.
Greg Oden's loss is particularly keen for a team that went 26-6, won the Big Ten's regular season title and received a No. 2 seed in the NCAA tournament. The Buckeyes lost in the second round to Georgetown.
To help season a young but extremely talented team, Matta put together an ambitious schedule that includes several top teams before Big Ten play gets under way in January.
The Buckeyes play at North Carolina on Nov. 29, and then match up with defending national champion Florida on Dec. 23. Matta said its unlikely Greg Oden will be available for either game, and that Terwilliger likely will be the Buckeyes' lone big man.
Terwilliger was a spot player behind Big Ten player of the year Terence Dials last season, averaging 2.3 points and 1.6 rebounds a game. He'll be asked to hold his own against a North Carolina team that stacks its lineup with Tyler Hansbrough and a Florida squad that can put big men Joakim Noah and Al Horford on the floor at the same time.
"I'm not going to lie, it worries me," point guard Jamar Butler said of the lack of depth under the basket.
In addition to Dials, the Buckeyes lost starters J.J. Sullinger, Je'Kel Foster and Matt Sylvester to graduation.
Butler (10.1 ppg, 4.1 apg) and Terwilliger will be joined in this year's rotation by sixth-man Ron Lewis (11.2 ppg). Filling in around the edges until Greg Oden returns will be perimeter shooter Ivan Harris and four marquee first-year players.
Mike Conley, Greg Oden's high school teammate, will share time at guard with two of the top players in Ohio, Daequan Cook and David Lighty. Expected to help out in the frontcourt is 6-9 Othello Hunter, a transfer from Hillsborough (Fla.) Community College.
A year ago, Ohio State played under the national radar for most of the season before rising as high as No. 6 in The Associated Press poll. That's not the case this year with the recruiting class dubbed "The Thad Five."
"The only microscope we're going to be under is our own," said Matta, 46-18 in two years at Ohio State. "That's the way we have to operate because with this team there are so many unknowns. We want to play our best basketball in February and March.
"Obviously we have some tremendous challenges ahead of us early on, but those things are going to do nothing but strengthen us later." AP KICCHIRO SATO
SAY CHEESE Ohio State freshman basketball players (from left) Daequan Cook, Mike Conley, David Lighty, Othello Hunter and Greg Oden pose during the team's picture day Thursday in Columbus.
Turkoglu To Join Blazers Portland a huge front-line going into the 2009-10 season as he would join 7-foot-1 Joel Przybilla or 7-foot Greg Oden at center, and 6-foot-11 LaMarcus Aldridge at the power forward spot
Turkoglu to join Blazers Portland a huge front-line going into the 2009-10 season as he would join 7-foot-1 Joel Przybilla or 7-foot Greg Oden at center, and 6-foot-11 LaMarcus Aldridge at the power forward spot
Turkoglu to join Blazers Portland a huge front-line going into the 2009-10 season as he would join 7-foot-1 Joel Przybilla or 7-foot Greg Oden at center, and 6-foot-11 LaMarcus Aldridge at the power forward spot
Turkoglu to join Blazers Portland a huge front-line going into the 2009-10 season as he would join 7-foot-1 Joel Przybilla or 7-foot Greg Oden at center, and 6-foot-11 LaMarcus Aldridge at the power forward spot
Turkoglu to join Blazers Portland a huge front-line going into the 2009-10 season as he would join 7-foot-1 Joel Przybilla or 7-foot Greg Oden at center, and 6-foot-11 LaMarcus Aldridge at the power forward spot
Turkoglu To Join Blazers Portland a huge front-line going into the 2009-10 season as he would join 7-foot-1 Joel Przybilla or 7-foot Greg Oden at center, and 6-foot-11 LaMarcus Aldridge at the power forward spot
Turkoglu to join Blazers Portland a huge front-line going into the 2009-10 season as he would join 7-foot-1 Joel Przybilla or 7-foot Greg Oden at center, and 6-foot-11 LaMarcus Aldridge at the power forward spot
Turkoglu To Join Blazers Portland a huge front-line going into the 2009-10 season as he would join 7-foot-1 Joel Przybilla or 7-foot Greg Oden at center, and 6-foot-11 LaMarcus Aldridge at the power forward spot
Turkoglu to join Blazers Portland a huge front-line going into the 2009-10 season as he would join 7-foot-1 Joel Przybilla or 7-foot Greg Oden at center, and 6-foot-11 LaMarcus Aldridge at the power forward spot
Turkoglu To Join Blazers Portland a huge front-line going into the 2009-10 season as he would join 7-foot-1 Joel Przybilla or 7-foot Greg Oden at center, and 6-foot-11 LaMarcus Aldridge at the power forward spot
