2011 Poker Hall of Fame Finalists

• Annie Duke
• Barry Greenstein
• Jennifer Harman-Traniello
• Linda Johnson
• John Juanda
• Marcel Luske
• Jack McClelland
• Tom McEvoy
• Scotty Nguyen
• Huckleberry Seed

All Nominees:

• Be a minimum of 40 years old at time of nomination [known as the “Chip Reese” rule, adopted in 2011, 20 years after Reese’s induction at age 40]

Players:

• A player must have played poker against acknowledged top competition
• Played for high stakes
• Played consistently well, gaining the respect of peers
• Stood the test of time

Contributors and Players:

• Must have contributed to the overall growth and success of the game of poker, with indelible positive and lasting results

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White Sox Shock Fans in Hiring Robin Ventura as Manager

Robin Ventura on Thursday was named manager of the Chicago White Sox, agreeing to a multiyear deal to lead the team for which he starred for a decade.

Ventura, 44, becomes the 17th former White Sox player to manage the club and 38th overall. No. 16 was Ozzie Guillen, with whom the club parted ways following the 2011 season.

Ventura has no prior managerial experience and will return to uniform after rejoining the club on June 6, 2011 as a special advisor to director of player development Buddy Bell.

The 5 Most Important Supplements

1. A high-quality multi-vitamin.

2. A quality omega-3 supplement.

3. Co-enzyme Q-10.

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Notre Dame Moves into a New Conference!

Notre Dame scheduled a news conference for Wednesday, at which it will announce it will join Hockey East, sources have said.

The Fighting Irish were considering Hockey East and the National Collegiate Hockey Conference for the 2013–14 season, but the NCHC issued a news release Sunday, saying it would start with the eight teams that had already committed.

In Notre Dame, Hockey East adds a national name with a large fan base and a program that was in the Frozen Four last season and opens the 2011-12 campaign No. 1 in the USCHO.com Division I Men’s Poll.

But the South Bend, Ind., school is well outside the league’s current New England base, and it takes Hockey East to 11 teams — an uneven structure that in the past has been seen by some conference commissioners as undesirable.

Adding a 12th team to Hockey East could involve ECAC Hockey in the realignment discussion that has dominated the offseason.

Are UFC Fighters Underpaid?

UFC president Dana White has made very clear his feelings on longtime boxing promoter Bob Arum: he finds him to be a greedy old man who has helped to ruin the sport of boxing through his ignorance and self-serving business tactics. But, responding to a public declaration made by White recently more or less to that effect, Bob Arum levied his own criticism in White's direction. "I don't know where Dana is coming from, I never said anything bad about him," Arum told Max Boxing's Radio Rahim. "But Dana has to realize that because of the monopoly the UFC has, they pay their fighters maybe twenty percent of the proceeds that come in on a UFC fight and we pay fighters over 80-percent. So that's the difference, I mean talk about giving back to the sport, when you pay your talent twenty percent and boxing promoters - myself and others - pay over eighty percent, who's giving back to whom?"

Week 5 College Football Power Rankings

1.Alabama
2.Clemson
3.Boise St.
4.Oklahoma St.
5.LSU
6.Oklahoma
7.Texas
8.Stanford
9.Michigan
10.Georgia Tech
11.Illinois
12.Kansas State
13.Wisconsin
14.Houston
15.Texas Tech
16.Iowa State
17.Auburn
18.South Carolina
19.Washington
20.Oregon
21.North Carolina
22.Nebraska
23.Southern Cal
24.Arizona State
25.Virginia Tech


Power Rankings Based on Records, Head-to-Head and Strength of Schedule. Feel free to comment on who you would rank and why.

Irish Return Home Saturday To Meet Air Force

This year's matchup will mark the 29th meeting between the Notre Dame Fighting Irish and the Air Force Falcons, with the Irish holding a 22-6 series lead.

Notre Dame owns a 10-4 mark against the Falcons at Notre Dame Stadium.

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Brent Seabrook's Celebrity ICE Bowl 2011

Experience a day at Lucky Strike Lanes with Brent Seabrook and Chicago Blackhawks players, alumni and other local celebrities!

Tickets start at $100 for adults and $50 for spectators under 12. Food and drinks are included.

WHEN: Sunday, Oct. 16, 2:30-5:30 p.m.
WHERE: Lucky Strike Lanes, 322 E. Illinois St., Chicago
WHY: Proceeds benefit the academic scholarships the Inner-City Education Program (ICE) provides to Chicago-area hockey players

Theo Epstein to Become Cubs General Manager?

On the surface, Theo Epstein is still the guy expected to lead the Red Sox back from the 7-20 September that left them outside looking in at the playoffs. But sources with strong ties to the Red Sox organization indicated Saturday that it's possible Epstein could follow Terry Francona out of the organization. The Cubs' interest in him as a general manager, as well as Epstein's curiosity about life outside Boston, could force the issue. One person close to Epstein said Saturday that the 37-year-old Boston-area native is "very interested'' in the Cubs' opening.

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