title: José Ramírez (infielder)

text: In the fifth game of the World Series, Ramírez hit a home run, giving Cleveland a 1–0 lead over the Chicago Cubs. He hit .310 (9-for-31) in the World Series, with one each of a walk, home run, and double. The Cubs ultimately prevailed, however, with Cleveland falling one run short in Game 7 in a bid for their first championship since 1948.


title: José Ramírez (infielder)

text: The Cleveland chapter of the Baseball Writers' Association of America (BBWAA) selected Ramírez as the Bob Feller Man of the Year Award winner, the equivalent of the club's Most Valuable Player (MVP) Award. He also received consideration for the AL MVP for the first time, placing 17th.


title: José Ramírez (infielder)

text: On March 28, 2017, Ramírez signed a five-year contract extension worth $26 million. In June, he collected nine consecutive multi-hit games, the longest such streak for an Indians player since Roy Hughes in 1936. He was named AL Player of the Week for the first time in his career on June 18, after batting .516 with 16 hits, three home runs, seven RBI and a stolen base. He raised his average from .265 to .320 over his previous 22 games. When Jason Kipnis sustained a hamstring injury on July 9, the Indians placed him on the 10-day DL, and shifted Ramírez to cover second base to replace him for much of the remainder of the season. Ramírez was selected by fan voting as the starting third baseman for the American League in the 2017 MLB All-Star Game.


title: José Ramírez (infielder)

text: On September 3 versus the Detroit Tigers, Ramírez tied a major league record with five extra-base hits, which included three doubles and two home runs. Incidentally, both home runs received "help", as both were catchable. For the first home run, Mikie Mahtook pushed the ball over the fence with his bare hand. On the second, the ball bounced off Alex Presley's glove and touched the yellow stripe of the fence for a home run. That game was also the 11th of a 22-game win streak spanning August 24−September 15, which surpassed the 2002 Oakland Athletics' 20 consecutive wins for the American League record, and was the second longest all-time to the New York Giants' 26 consecutive in 1916. In that streak, Ramírez made the strongest offensive contribution, batting .423/.462/.944. He was named AL Player of the Week on September 5.


title: José Ramírez (infielder)

text: In 152 games played in 2017, Ramirez finished with an MLB-leading 56 doubles, a .318 batting average, .957 OPS, 29 home runs, 83 RBI, and 107 runs scored. He totaled 91 extra base hits, the second-highest total in one season for a switch hitter in major league history. He became just the 19th player to hit at least 56 doubles in one season. His .957 OPS is the highest-ever in one season for a player who made at least 60 appearances at both second base and third base. Of the 74 major league batters to hit at least 25 home runs, Ramírez struck out the fewest times (69).


title: José Ramírez (infielder)

text: End of season awards for Ramírez included selection as designated hitter on "Baseball America"'s All-MLB Team, and his first career Silver Slugger Award, as the top-hitting AL third baseman. He received a nomination as one of three Rawlings Gold Glove Award finalists at third base. He placed third in the AL Most Valuable Player Award balloting, behind winner José Altuve and Aaron Judge.


title: José Ramírez (infielder)

text: On May 29, 2018, Ramírez hit his 17th home run of the season in a 9–1 victory versus the Chicago White Sox. He joined Albert Belle as the only hitters in Cleveland Indians to have hit at least that many home runs before the end of May, and for the month had batted .336, 11 home runs and 25 RBI. He had 18 home runs on the year at that point, second to Belle in 1996 with 21 home runs for most at the end of May in franchise history. Further, Ramírez and Francisco Lindor became the first Cleveland teammates to both hit at least 10 home runs in one month since Jim Thome and Karim García in 2002.


title: José Ramírez (infielder)

text: Slashing .292/.395/.590 with 24 home runs, 59 RBI, and 19 stolen bases, Ramírez was named the starting third baseman for the AL in the 2018 MLB All-Star Game. On September 9 versus the Toronto Blue Jays, he registered his 30th stolen base, in addition to 37 home runs, to join the 30–30 club – the first in the majors since Mike Trout in 2012. Ramírez was the 49th member of this group, and the third Indian to do so, joining Joe Carter (1987) and Grady Sizemore (2008).


title: José Ramírez (infielder)

text: For the season, Ramírez batted .270/.387/.552, and led the major leagues in walks-per-strikeout at 1.33. He also led the American League in power-speed number (36.3), and had the highest number of pitches per plate appearance in the major leagues (4.30).


title: José Ramírez (infielder)

text: He became the first Indians player to achieve 30 home runs, 30 stolen bases, 100 runs scored and 100 RBI in the same season. However, he batted .302 before the All-Star break and .218 after. Ramírez batted 2-for-20 (.100) in the 2018 ALDS, as Cleveland lost to the Houston Astros.


title: José Ramírez (infielder)

text: Ramírez began the 2019 season continuing the slump that he endured towards the end of the 2018 season. Over a span of 102 games beginning August 18, 2018, he batted .189. He was being pitched with much fewer fastballs that he could drive, resulting in more popups with much weaker overall contact. From Opening Day of 2017 to August 18, 2018, he had pulled 42 fastballs for home runs, leading the major leagues. In the 102 game span, he had hit four. He batted .218 with a .308 OBP and .344 SLG in the first half of the 2019 season.


title: José Ramírez (infielder)

text: However, Ramírez experienced a resurgence as the season progressed. On August 15, 2019, he hit his first career grand slam in the first inning against the New York Yankees. In his next at-bat, he hit a two-run home run as the Indians won, 19–5. After the All-Star break, he was second in MLB with 32 extra-base hits and third with 40 RBI, when he broke the hamate bone in the right wrist on August 24, requiring surgery. He appeared in 129 games on the season, hitting .255 with 23 home runs, 83 RBI, and 24 stolen bases.


title: José Ramírez (infielder)

text: The 2020 season began slowly for Ramírez as he dealt with a thumb injury. He batted .230 with six doubles, five home runs, and 18 RBI for the first month. Starting August 25, he batted .358 with 12 home runs and 28 RBI. Over a seven-game span in September, Ramírez homered six times to help carry the Indians' playoff run following an eight-game losing streak. On September 22, he hit a walk-off home run in the tenth inning to defeat the Chicago White Sox 5–3, clinching a playoff berth for Cleveland.


title: José Ramírez (infielder)

text: Ramírez garnered the AL Player of the Month Award for September, batting .366/.453/.841 with nine doubles, 10 home runs, 24 RBI, 1.294 OPS, 19 extra base hits, and 69 total bases. He led MLB for the month in home runs (tied), OBP, SLG, OPS, total bases (tied), and doubles (tied). He was second in batting. Each of his last 11 hits the regular season went for extra bases. He led the club with 17 home runs on the season.


title: José Ramírez (infielder)

text: Ramírez concluded the season batting .292, .386 OBP, and career-highs in OPS (.993), slugging percentage (.607), and OPS+ (163). He also tallied 64 hits, 45 runs scored, 16 doubles, 17 home runs, 46 RBI, 133 total bases, 34 extra base hits, 31 walks, and ten stolen bases. Per FanGraphs' version of WAR (fWAR), he led the major leagues with 3.4. He also tied for the AL lead in runs scored with Tim Anderson, and in extra base hits with José Abreu, both of the White Sox. Ramírez placed second in OPS and total bases, third in slugging percentage, doubles, home runs, and RBI, fifth in stolen bases and adjusted OPS+, and tenth in walks. This performance netted Ramírez his third career Silver Slugger Award and a second-place finish to Abreu in the AL MVP voting.


title: José Ramírez (infielder)

text: In 2021, Ramírez was selected to the MLB All-Star Game for the third time of his career. At the time of the announcement, he had batted .265 with an .882 OPS, 54 runs scored, 18 doubles, 18 home runs, 50 RBI, and six stolen bases. His 2.8 fWAR and 132 wRC+ both ranked second among AL third baseman behind Rafael Devers of the Red Sox. Ramírez produced the highest batted ball pull percentage in the major leagues, at 56.8%. He was chosen as the winner of Bob Feller Man of the Year Award, the second of his career.


title: José Ramírez (infielder)

text: On April 6, 2022, Ramírez signed a 5-year, $124 million extension with the Cleveland Guardians. Combined with his contract extension signed in November 2021, Ramírez' new contract guaranteed nearly $150 million through 2028. The largest contract awarded in franchise history, the deal also included a full "no-trade" clause.


title: José Ramírez (infielder)

text: In Cleveland's home opener, Ramírez doubled in the ninth inning of a 4–1 defeat to the San Francisco Giants for his 1,000th career hit. He won AL Player of the Month honors for April, having hit .342 (27-for-79) and .722 slugging percentage, 12 runs scored, seven doubles, a triple, seven home runs, 28 RBI, and nine bases on balls over 21 games. During that month, he also reached the career milestone of 1,000 games played. On May 28 versus Detroit, Ramírez homered, tripled and drove in five runs, amounting to an MLB-leading 48 RBI through the Guardians' first 42 games, tied for third-most in club history. Of all in franchise history, only Manny Ramirez (56 in 1999), Al Rosen (49 in 1954) and Earl Averill (also 48) had equaled or surpassed José Ramírez. He was named AL Player of the Week for the May 24–30, having recorded three home runs, three stolen bases, 11 RBI, seven total extra base hits, .348/.423/.957, three walks and one strikeout.


title: José Ramírez (infielder)

text: In 2022 he led the major leagues with 44 doubles and 20 intentional walks, batting .280/.355/.514 with 29 home runs and 126 RBIs across 685 plate appearances.


title: José Ramírez (infielder)

text: Owing to his baseball instincts and dedication, former teammate Francisco Lindor has commented that if he were the owner of a team and given the option to sign any player in the sport, it would be Ramírez.


title: Elizabeth Ludlow

text: Elizabeth Faith Ludlow is an American actress known for her portrayal of Arat in the AMC postapocalyptic horror television series "The Walking Dead" (2016–2018); she is also known for her role as Mona in the USA Network TV series "Satisfaction", and as Cas Isakovic in "Another Life" (2019-2021). She also appeared in "Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2".


title: Elizabeth Ludlow

text: Ludlow was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. She grew up in Savannah, Georgia, and was adopted as a child. Her adopted mother is from South Africa originally. She states the desire to act was inside her from an early age. Ludlow became involved with acting during her studies as Georgia State University, where she earned a degree in theatre. She chose doing this over playing soccer. Joining an acting troupe at the university opened the start of her career.


title: Elizabeth Ludlow

text: Elizabeth began her career in 2013. She portrayed a girl in an episode of "The Vampire Diaries" television series. Since then, she has appeared in various television series, and subsequently "Resurrection", "Bound", "Powers", "Mr. Right", and "Satisfaction".


title: Elizabeth Ludlow

text: In 2017 she was in the movie "Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2" as Easik Mother. In 2016, she portrayed Agent Kat Ryan in the film "Max Steel", and also started a three season recurring role as Arat in the series "The Walking Dead". In 2019, Ludlow joined the main cast of "Another Life", which ran for two seasons before being canceled.


title: Ron Darling

text: Ronald Maurice Darling Jr. (born August 19, 1960) is an American former professional baseball player and current television sports color commentator. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a right-handed pitcher from to , most notably as a member of the New York Mets team that won the 1986 World Series. Since 2006, he has been the co-lead color commentator for Mets broadcasts on SNY alongside former teammate Keith Hernandez.


title: Ron Darling

text: Darling was a 1985 National League All-Star and won the Gold Glove Award for National League pitchers. He ranks fourth in Mets team history in wins (99) and is also in the top 10 in complete games, innings, strikeouts and shutouts. During the 1986 World Series, Darling allowed just three earned runs in innings and won Game 4 in Boston to even the series. In 2020, Darling was inducted into the New York Mets Hall of Fame.


title: Ron Darling

text: Darling had five pitches in his repertoire: the slider, a curveball, a circle changeup, a splitter, and a four seam fastball. In the beginning of his career, Darling's weak point was control, and he finished three seasons in the top four in base on balls; as his career progressed, his control improved considerably. He was considered one of the better fielding pitchers of the time and had one of the best pickoff moves among right-handed pitchers. An above-average athlete, he was sometimes used as a pinch runner and, in 1989, he hit home runs in two consecutive starts. Apart from his career with the Mets, Darling also played for the Montreal Expos and the Oakland Athletics.


title: Ron Darling

text: Darling currently works as a color commentator for national baseball coverage on TBS, as well as for the Mets on both SNY and WPIX; he also co-hosts several MLB Network programs. In September 2022, he pre-recorded announcements for MTA NYCT's 7 line, along with Keith Hernandez and Gary Cohen.


title: Ron Darling

text: Darling was born in Honolulu, Hawaii, to a Hawaiian-Chinese mother and a French-Canadian father. After growing up in Millbury, Massachusetts, he attended St. John's High School in Shrewsbury, Massachusetts.


title: Ron Darling

text: Darling was recruited to play college football as a quarterback at Yale University for the Yale Bulldogs football team. Darling transitioned to defensive back after finding that Yale had a glut of talent at the quarterback position. He quit the team after his freshman season and focused instead on baseball. He initially played shortstop for the Yale Bulldogs baseball team. Later in his collegiate career, he agreed to pitch only on the condition that he be allowed to play shortstop and outfield on his days off.


title: Ron Darling

text: In 1980, Darling played collegiate summer baseball for the Cotuit Kettleers of the Cape Cod Baseball League (CCBL). He batted .336 with six home runs while posting a 4–3 mark on the mound. At the league's all-star game at Yankee Stadium, he singled, doubled and homered as the CCBL left fielder, then came on in the final inning to pitch in relief, preserving the CCBL's one-run victory over the Atlantic Collegiate Baseball League. Darling was named the league's MVP and outstanding pro prospect, and was inducted into the CCBL Hall of Fame in 2002.


title: Ron Darling

text: On May 21, 1981, Darling faced future Mets teammate Frank Viola, then playing for St. John's University, in an NCAA post-season game, and he had a no-hitter through 11 innings. In the 12th inning, St. John's broke up the no-hitter and then scored on a double-steal to beat Yale 1–0. Darling's performance remains the longest no-hitter in NCAA history, and the game is considered by some to be the best in college baseball history and was the subject of a "New Yorker" story by Roger Angell, who attended the game.


title: Ron Darling

text: Darling went on to play more games in Major League Baseball than any Yale alumnus since 19th-century pitcher Bill Hutchinson. He was the last former Yale Bulldog to reach the Major Leagues until pitcher Craig Breslow made his debut in (and was not followed by another Yale player until catcher Ryan Lavarnway in 2011).


title: Ron Darling

text: Darling was selected in the first round (ninth overall) of the MLB draft by the Texas Rangers. He put up mediocre numbers with the AA Tulsa Drillers. He was traded along with Walt Terrell from the Rangers to the Mets for Lee Mazzilli on April 1, . For the Mets, Darling and Terrell would eventually combine for seven double-digit win seasons. Three seasons later, the Mets traded Terrell to the Detroit Tigers for Howard Johnson. For Texas, Mazzilli never regained his limited glory of the late 1970s.


title: Ron Darling

text: Darling would have compiled decent numbers with the AAA Tidewater Tides in 1982 and except for very high base on balls counts during both seasons. Despite his control problems, Darling was called up to the majors in late 1983. The Mets had the worst record in the National League and second-worst in the majors when Darling debuted on September 6, 1983. He was impressive in that start but left the game down 1–0 and the Mets lost 2–0. The Mets were also last in offense in the N.L. Each of Darling's first three starts—in which he went 0–3—were all decent pitching performances (11 strikeouts,  9 walks, 2.08 ERA, and 6 runs over the course of the three starts). He finished his season with a complete game victory and was in the Majors for good.


title: Ron Darling

text: In , Darling won a spot in the starting rotation and maintained a spot there almost uninterrupted until . While his early walk percentages were poor—he even led the league in walks in —he never again showed the terrible walk percentages he had while playing AAA ball.


title: Ron Darling

text: With Darling and Terrell each getting their first long-term chances in the Majors and with the debut of young star and eventual Rookie of the Year Dwight Gooden, the Mets went from second-worst in the majors in 1983 to fourth-best in the majors in 1984; the Mets finished second-best in their division and missed the postseason. Darling had difficulty pitching on the road in 1984 compared to pitching at pitcher-friendly Shea Stadium; his road ERA was more than 50% higher than his home ERA. He had a streak of seven wins in seven starts in June (5–0) and July (1.88 ERA) including a pair of complete game four-hit shutouts, but the other two-thirds of the season were not nearly as successful. The Mets were in first place at the end of July but Darling's 2–6 record the rest of the way was little help, and the Chicago Cubs won the division by games. Darling finished 12–9 overall with a 3.81 ERA.


title: Ron Darling

text: The 1985 season was an improvement for Darling, despite a career-high and NL-leading 114 walks. His April included a one-hit seven-inning no-decision and a five-hit shutout with 11 strikeouts. On July 4, Darling pitched on one day of rest, making the only relief appearance of his first seven seasons during a marathon 19-inning 16–13 win. Darling finished the legendary game in which 13 runs were scored in the extra innings alone; during that game, the Mets blew four leads and nearly blew a fifth. After starting 9–2, he was selected to his only All-Star team but did not participate in the game. Overall, he posted his career-best winning percentage in 1985 with a 16–6 record. His record could have been even better but in eight of his starts, he received seven no-decisions and a loss despite allowing less than two earned runs in each game. On October 1, Darling pitched nine shutout innings on only four hits, but the game was scoreless until the 11th. The Mets narrowly missed the postseason, but Darling established himself as a clear number-two starter behind Gooden's untouchable 24–4 season.


title: Ron Darling

text: In , everything came together for the Mets, and Darling was no exception. He finished with a 15–6 record and posted a career-best 2.81 ERA, which was third-best in the NL. He also received the only Cy Young Award votes of his career, finishing fifth behind Mike Scott of the Astros. The Mets led the way most of the season, and their top four starters all received Cy Young votes. On May 27, Darling tied his career-high with 12 strikeouts in a five-hit complete game victory which, despite a poor April, raised his record to 6–0. He was good on the road but even better at home with a 10–2 record at Shea. His worst blemish was off the field when on July 19, he and teammates Bob Ojeda, Rick Aguilera, and Tim Teufel were arrested outside a bar in Houston for fighting with security guards (who were also off-duty police officers). All four were released in time for the following game. Darling and Teufel pleaded guilty in 1987 to a misdemeanor charge of resisting arrest, were sentenced to a year of probation, and were ordered to pay $200 fines. The probation period was cancelled by a judge one month later. The incident fed into the Mets' reputation as a rowdy crew that season, although Jeff Pearlman, in writing about the incident in his book "The Bad Guys Won" shows an irony that while for many members of the team, such an incident would have come as no surprise, the four players involved were among the few exceptions, and the scuffle was out of character for them, started when the normally placid Tim Teufel—being treated to drinks by the others to celebrate becoming a father—got more drunk than he ever had in his life and mouthed off to security guards who were looking for a fight. Despite the run-in, Darling was featured on the cover of the August 25 issue of "Sports Illustrated".


title: Ron Darling

text: The 1986 National League Championship Series was tied 1–1 when Darling started Game 3, but he pitched poorly and left after giving up four runs in five innings. The Mets recovered to win both the game and eventually the series. Darling opened the World Series against the Boston Red Sox. He pitched extremely well in Game 1, allowing only a single unearned run over seven innings, but lost a hard-luck 1–0 game to Bruce Hurst. With the Mets in danger of falling into a 3–1 series deficit, Darling started Game 4 and extended his 0.00 ERA to 14 innings as the Mets won easily, 6–2. After Game 6, the Red Sox bounced back in Game 7, scoring three early runs against Darling. Shaky into the fourth inning, Darling was relieved, but the Mets recovered to win their second World Championship.


title: Ron Darling

text: Darling went 12–8 in but had to battle most of the way, as did the rest of the team. Darling's April ERA was over 6.00, and he did not win a game in either May or June, going 0–4 with 8 no-decisions between victories. He rebounded to win six consecutive starts after the All-Star break, but a good second half only lowered his ERA to 4.29—the worst of his first seven seasons. On June 28, Darling had a no-hitter through seven innings, but the Mets wound up losing the game. They were poised for a run at the division in mid-September when Darling went out with one of the few injuries of his career. He missed the last couple weeks of the season and the Mets missed the postseason.


title: Ron Darling

text: In , Darling bounced back with a career-high 17 wins. He started quickly with two shutouts in his first four games. A first-half 10–5 record with 3 shutouts and a 2.70 ERA were not enough to earn an All-Star spot. On the season, he compiled a career-high 4 shutouts but also suffered one of his worst games, getting knocked out in the first inning of an 11–2 loss on July 19. Darling's home-versus-road discrepancy was enormous as he went 14–1 at Shea and only 3–8 on the road with a road ERA more than twice as high as his home ERA. He finished the season strong, winning his last five decisions. The Mets coasted into the playoffs, but Darling pitched poorly in the 1988 National League Championship Series against the Los Angeles Dodgers. With the series tied 1–1, he fell into an early 3–0 hole, but the Mets bounced back twice to win 8–4. In the deciding Game 7, Darling was again matched against 1988's best pitcher, Orel Hershiser, and he was over-matched. Darling gave up six runs and was knocked out in the second inning while Hershiser pitched a five-hit shutout, shocking the Mets and winning the series' Most Valuable Player award. The one-sided game was the last postseason appearance for the Mets until 1999.


title: Ron Darling

text: After their 100-win 1988 season ended, the Mets started a decline that lasted well into the 1990s. Darling's started as poorly as 1988 had ended when he lost his first 3 starts with an ERA of 11.57. He recovered with a good May but was inconsistent for the entire season, finishing 14–14 with a 3.52 ERA. Darling's five losses in his last seven starts contributed to the Mets missing the postseason. Darling did become the first Mets pitcher to win the Gold Glove Award. He was also the last NL pitcher to win the award before Greg Maddux's remarkable streak of 13 consecutive Gold Gloves. On August 10, 1989, Darling won his 83rd game with the Mets to move him past Jon Matlack into fourth on the Mets' all-time wins list where he remains today (behind Tom Seaver, Dwight Gooden, and Jerry Koosman).


title: Ron Darling

text: In , the Mets were in transition, and manager Davey Johnson's job was in jeopardy. Darling was sent to the bullpen part-time for the first time in his career. His first relief performance in late April went well but was followed by three terrible starts. The rest of his season was a mix of starting and relief. With an ERA of 4.60 in late August, Darling was in the bullpen for the next month. He made two starts to close out his season and won them both, but the Mets could not catch the Pittsburgh Pirates. In total, 1990 was Darling's first losing season (7–9) and it was his worst ERA to-date.


title: Ron Darling

text: Darling was back in the New York Mets' starting rotation in . Although his pitching was improved over 1990, he was still inconsistent, winning three games with scoreless pitching but getting hit hard in many other games. Unlike previous seasons, Darling posted poor numbers at Shea Stadium while pitching well on the road. He pitched scoreless two-hit ball over eight innings against the Montreal Expos on the road in his second-last game with the Mets. On July 15, 1991, Darling was traded with a minor leaguer to Montreal for former closer Tim Burke. Darling's three starts for Montreal were poor, with an ERA of 7.41, and on July 31, 1991, the Expos traded him to the Oakland Athletics for two minor leaguers. After the Darling trades, the Expos were left with three minor leaguers, none of whom played more than two games in the majors.


title: Ron Darling

text: With Oakland, Darling immediately logged two seven-inning scoreless starts and won his first three decisions. Then, his poor control returned and Darling lost seven straight decisions including his last six starts. In three of those losses, he allowed two or fewer runs. Oakland, coming off its third consecutive league pennant, was barely above .500 before acquiring Darling. His acquisition did little to affect Oakland's record.


title: Ron Darling

text: After the 1991 season, Darling became a free agent and re-signed with Oakland. In , he had his last quality year, finishing with more than 200 innings pitched, a 3.66 ERA, and 15 wins. Inconsistent for most of the season, Darling also showed flashes of brilliance, including three complete game two-hit shutouts—the only two-hitters of his career. He was the victim of poor run support including a no-decision seven-inning one-hitter that was nearly a loss, an eight-inning two-hitter that turned into a no-decision after an unearned run, and two other games where he allowed one earned run and took the loss. Darling finished with the best record on the team percentage-wise. Oakland coasted into the postseason with little trouble, and Darling was called to start Game 3 with the series tied. He pitched well but gave up two costly home runs and took the loss. The A's went on to lose Games 4 and 6 as well and Darling never again pitched in the postseason.


title: Ron Darling

text: Darling re-signed with Oakland again after 1992, this time a multi-year deal for over $2 million per season, but he was unable to repeat his 1992 performance. The season was awful for Darling. Through July, his ERA hovered around 6.00, and he was relegated to long relief for over a week. He pitched better after July, lowering his ERA to 5.16, but lost five of his last six decisions.


title: Ron Darling

text: Outside of July, Darling's would have been as bad as 1993. In July, he won five starts with one no-decision with an ERA under three. It was Darling's last hurrah. He stumbled through two starts in August before the 1994 Major League Baseball strike ended the season. With his torrid July, Darling reached double digits in wins once again but finished under .500 with a 4.50 ERA. Darling led the American League with 25 games started despite pitching that was average at best.


title: Ron Darling

text: When the strike lasted into , Darling started terribly, logging an ERA over 9.00 in his four starts without making it through the fifth inning in any of them. His only complete game of the season ended with a 1–0 loss on May 30. Darling won only four games with an ERA of 6.23. After a bad loss, Oakland released him on August 19, 1995 (his 35th birthday), bringing his playing career to an end.


title: Ron Darling

text: In a thirteen-season major league career, Darling posted a 136–116 won-loss record with 1,590 strikeouts and a 3.87 ERA in 1,620 innings pitched, including 13 shutouts and 37 complete games. He ranks fourth in Mets team history in wins (99) and is also in the top 10 in complete games, innings, strikeouts and shutouts.


title: Ron Darling

text: Since 2000, Darling has been active in television. He worked as a broadcaster for the Oakland Athletics, had a Fox show called "Baseball Today", and appeared on "The Best Damn Sports Show Period". He also provided baseball analysis for the YES Network, Fox Sports Net and, in 2004, CSTV.


title: Ron Darling

text: Darling appeared on the Hall of Fame balloting for 2001, receiving only one vote and thus was removed from further consideration. On January 28, 2020, the Mets announced that Darling would be inducted into the New York Mets Hall of Fame on May 17 in a ceremony at Citi Field. The ceremony was moved to July 31, 2021.


title: Ron Darling

text: In 2005, Darling was involved in banking ventures in Southern California. He was then hired to be the television color commentator for the inaugural season of the Washington Nationals. Darling worked alongside veteran play-by-play announcer Mel Proctor on the Mid-Atlantic Sports Network (MASN), which suffered from low viewership due to legal battles between Baltimore Orioles owner Peter Angelos and Comcast cable television. Darling and Proctor were not asked to return to MASN by the Nationals for 2006.


title: Ron Darling

text: In 2006, Darling was hired by SportsNet New York as a color commentator and studio analyst for the New York Mets, joining radio veteran Gary Cohen and former Mets teammate Keith Hernandez. Darling also appears on some of the SNY-produced WPIX broadcasts in the New York Metropolitan Area. He won an Emmy Award as Best Sports Analyst for his work on the Mets broadcasts. He appeared in a Sovereign Bank commercial in 2008, which is frequently shown on SNY and is often joked about among the three Mets broadcasters during games.


title: Ron Darling

text: In 2007, Darling was a color analyst for TBS's coverage of the 2007 MLB Playoffs. He was paired with play-by-play man Dick Stockton. As of 2008, he provides commentary for the network's regular-season coverage, paired with Chip Caray. During the playoffs, he joined Caray's other regular partner, Buck Martinez.


title: Ron Darling

text: In 2015, Darling volunteered to provide play-by-play commentary for television broadcasts of Mets spring training games.


title: Ron Darling

text: Darling is also a "New York Times" best-selling author and has written three books. In 2019, Darling published his third book - a series of interconnected anecdotes of a variety of baseball players in "108 Stitches: Loose Threads, Ripping Yarns, and the Darndest Characters from My Time in the Game". Following the book's publication, former Met teammate Lenny Dykstra sued Darling for defamation, writing that Dykstra used racial slurs toward Red Sox pitcher Oil Can Boyd during the 1986 World Series - a claim that Dykstra denied. The lawsuit was later dismissed by the judge, ruling that Dykstra's reputation was so poor that it was not legally possible to libel him.


title: Ron Darling

text: Ron was married to Irish Wilhelmina model Antoinette O'Reilly, with whom he had two children, Tyler Darling and Jordan Darling. She had small roles on television and in movies, sometimes using her married name, Toni Darling. During their marriage, they appeared in numerous magazine features together. In 2004, Darling married Joanna Last, a makeup artist for Fox Sports. In February 2016 they had a son, Ronald Maurice Darling III.


title: Ron Darling

text: Darling lives in Connecticut. His younger brother, Edwin, a first baseman, was drafted by the New York Yankees in 1981 and played 69 games in their farm system over two seasons.


title: Ron Darling

text: Game 6 of the 1986 World Series, broadcast by NBC, ran so long that the network chose not to air "Saturday Night Live" rather than show it after the game. When it was shown for the first time two weeks later, Darling filmed a special introduction, apologizing on behalf of the Mets for preempting "SNL".


title: Ron Darling

text: In 1988, Darling appeared in an episode of "Sesame Street" in which he taught Telly Monster about baseball statistics.


title: Ron Darling

text: Darling is mentioned in the "Law & Order" season 13 episode "Under God". In the episode, Lennie Briscoe tells Ed Green how he blurts out Darling's first name for no reason because the pitcher reminds Briscoe of his daughter Cathy, who was killed in 1998. Cathy had a crush on the pitcher during the 1986 season when she was a teenager.


title: Ron Darling

text: Darling had small roles in the films "Shallow Hal" and "The Day After Tomorrow"; he also played himself in "Mr. 3000".


title: Tommy Rettig

text: Thomas Noel Rettig (December 10, 1941 – February 15, 1996) was an American child actor, computer software engineer, and author. He is remembered for portraying the character "Jeff Miller" in the first three seasons of CBS's "Lassie" television series, from 1954 to 1957, later seen in syndicated re-runs with the title "Jeff's Collie". He also co-starred with another former child actor, Tony Dow, in the mid-1960s television teen soap opera "Never Too Young" and recorded the song by that title with the group, The TR-4.


title: Tommy Rettig

text: Rettig was born to a Jewish father, Elias Rettig, and a Christian Italian–American mother, Rosemary Nibali, in Jackson Heights in the Queens borough of New York City. He started his career at the age of six, on tour with Mary Martin in the play "Annie Get Your Gun", in which he played Little Jake.


title: Tommy Rettig

text: Rettig was selected from among 500 boys for the role of Jeff Miller, to star in the first "Lassie" television series, between 1954 and 1957. His character was a young farm boy who lived with his widowed mother, Ellen (Jan Clayton), grandfather (George Cleveland), and his beloved collie, Lassie.


title: Tommy Rettig

text: In addition to his famous role as Jeff Miller in the "Lassie" television series on the CBS network, Rettig also appeared in 17 feature films, including "So Big", "The 5,000 Fingers of Dr. T.", written by Dr. Seuss, and "River of No Return" with Marilyn Monroe and Robert Mitchum. It was his work with a dog in "The 5000 Fingers Of Dr. T." that led animal trainer Rudd Weatherwax to urge him to audition for the "Lassie" role, for which Weatherwax supplied the collie.


title: Tommy Rettig

text: Rettig later told interviewers that he longed for a life as a normal teenager, and after four seasons, he was able to get out of his contract. He was also critical of the treatment and compensation of child actors of his day. He reportedly received no residual payments from his work in the "Lassie" series, even though it was later very popular in syndication, widely shown under the title "".


title: Tommy Rettig

text: On October 28, 1958, Rettig guest-starred in the episode "The Ghost" of the ABC/Warner Bros. western series "Sugarfoot" with Will Hutchins in the title role. In the series installment, Rettig played Steve Carter, a troubled youth whom Sugarfoot is taking to Missouri to collect an inheritance. Rettig also sang the popular ballad "The Streets of Laredo" in the episode.


title: Tommy Rettig

text: Rettig graduated in 1959 from University High School in Los Angeles. That same year, at the age of 18, he was cast as Pierre in the episode "The Ghost of Lafitte", set in New Orleans, of the ABC western series "The Man from Blackhawk", starring Robert Rockwell as a roving insurance investigator. Actress Amanda Randolph was cast in the same episode, as Auntie Cotton.


title: Tommy Rettig

text: As a 19-year-old, Rettig had a prominent guest-starring role in the January 1961 "Wagon Train" episode "Weight of Command". Then in its fourth season on NBC, "Wagon Train" was the second highest-rated series that year on American network television. The Rettig played the part of a 16-year-old boy, Billy, who is traveling with his family on the wagon train. Although his father reluctantly allows his son to go on a buffalo hunt with assistant trailmaster Bill Hawks (Terry Wilson), Billy frets that his father doesn't think of him as a man yet. When the hunters are attacked by a band of renegade Indians, they take refuge in an empty house. Hawks manages to escape, but Wagonmaster Seth Adams (Ward Bond) makes the difficult decision not to attempt Billy's rescue, lest the entire wagon train be vulnerable to attack. Hawks, who had promised Billy he would be rescued, is outraged by the decision to abandon the besieged youth to his fate. When Billy manages to survive the Indian attack on his own, he earns his father's respect.


title: Tommy Rettig

text: Tommy guest starred in the television series Peter Gunn, as Kevin Daniels in the 1961 episode "I Know It's Murder". He played a young clairvoyant who hires Peter Gunn, Craig Stevens, to prevent the murder of his mother by her new husband Mark Eustis, played by Hayden Rorke.


title: Tommy Rettig

text: In the 1962 episode "Davy's Friends" of another Western, the syndicated series "Death Valley Days", Rettig played Joel Walter Robison, a fighter for Texas independence. In the storyline, Robison, called a "friend" of Davy Crockett, is sent out on a diversion, but quickly shows his military ability and is made a first lieutenant by Sam Houston. Stephan Chase played Sam Houston, and Russell Johnson was cast as Sergeant Tate, in this episode.


title: Tommy Rettig

text: From 1965 to 1966, Rettig co-starred with another former child actor, Tony Dow, in the ABC television soap opera for teens, "Never Too Young". With the group "The TR-4", he recorded the song by that title on the Velvet Tone label. While he was the TR-4's co-manager, he did not sing with them. Rettig only co-wrote the song in hopes that the TV soap would use it as the series' theme. The record was produced by Joey Vieira, who under the stage name Donald Keeler played Rettig's sidekick Porky on "Lassie". Producers of "Never Too Young", however, chose not to use it. Rettig was subsequently cast as Frank in the 1965 episode "The Firebrand", of the NBC education drama series "Mr. Novak", which starred James Franciscus.


title: Tommy Rettig

text: As an adult, Rettig preferred to be called "Tom". He found the transition from child star to adult to be difficult, and he had several well-publicized legal entanglements relating to illegal recreational drugs, a conviction for growing marijuana on his farm in 1972, and a cocaine possession charge in 1976, of which he was exonerated. Some years after he left acting, he became a motivational speaker, which — through work on computer mailing lists — led to involvement in the early days of personal computers.


title: Tommy Rettig

text: For the last 15 years of his life, Rettig was a well-known database programmer and author. He was an early employee of Ashton-Tate and specialized in (sequentially) dBASE, Clipper, FoxBASE and finally, FoxPro. Rettig moved to Marina del Rey, California, in the late 1980s.


title: Tommy Rettig

text: Rettig made a guest appearance as a grown-up Jeff Miller in an episode of the television series "The New Lassie" with Jon Provost, that aired on October 25, 1991. The updated series featured appearances from Lassie veterans Roddy McDowall, who had starred in "Lassie Come Home" in 1943, the first feature-length Lassie film, and June Lockhart, who had starred in the 1945 sequel film "Son of Lassie". She had also co-starred on the television series, portraying Timmy's mother in the years after Rettig and Jan Clayton left the show.


title: Tommy Rettig

text: On February 15, 1996, Rettig died of heart failure at age 54. He was cremated through Inglewood Park mortuary, and his ashes were scattered at sea, three miles off Marina del Rey, California, with the ashes of his friend Rusty Hamer in a combined burial ceremony.


title: Future (Future album)

text: Future (stylized on digital releases in all caps) is the fifth studio album by American rapper Future. It was released on February 17, 2017, by A1 Recordings, Freebandz and Epic Records. The album features production by Metro Boomin, Zaytoven, DJ Khaled, The Beat Bully, Southside, alongside production from other members of 808 Mafia such as DY, Fuse, Tarentino and Tre Pounds. The album was supported by three singles: "Draco", "Mask Off" and "Extra Luv".


title: Future (Future album)

text: The eponymously titled album was announced through social media on February 14, 2017. Future then followed up by posting on social media moments after.


title: Future (Future album)

text: "Draco" was released as the first single from the album on February 21, 2017. The song debuted and peaked at number 46 on the "Billboard" Hot 100.


title: Future (Future album)

text: "Mask Off" was released as the second single on April 18, 2017. The song peaked at number five on the "Billboard" Hot 100.


title: Future (Future album)

text: "Extra Luv" was released as the third single on June 30, 2017 after being included as a streaming bonus track on the deluxe edition of the album. The single features a guest appearance from rapper YG.


title: Future (Future album)

text: The song "Used to This" featuring Drake, which was previously released as a single on November 4, 2016, was also included on the deluxe edition.


title: Future (Future album)

text: "Future" received positive reviews from critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, the album received an average score of 67, based on 15 reviews. Riley Wallace of "Exclaim!" wrote, "With exciting production that features his usual cast of ATL tastemakers who are (in some cases) paired with surprising co-producers like Jake One and !llmind, Future has crafted an opus full of bangers. So, while he doesn't break much new creative ground, there's a lot to love about "Future"." Jordan Sargent of "Spin" dubbed it "a clear return to form". Colin Groundwater for "Pretty Much Amazing" stated that "Future is too persistent. In striving for consistency, he sacrifices discretion and intention. One wishes he would take a break—God knows he's earned it. Some time might allow for a stronger sense of intention."


title: Future (Future album)

text: Writing for "The Observer", Alex Macpherson concluded, "...[and] as a body of work, this album is neither an elevation over nor an advancement of his stream of recent material. At this point, merely shoring up his personal brand with scattered highlights means that Future is stuck in a holding pattern." Chase McMullen, an author for "The 405", said, "In a genre that's hard on longevity, and an era with an even shorter attention span, Future has refused to lose, time and again. He certainly doesn't end here. Yet, after a year of baited breathing, we seem to have arrived at an in-between. There's still plenty of fun to be had in the waiting room, but let's hope he has more in store for the next appointment." Sheldon Pearce of "Pitchfork", noted the album for being "...an ambitious Future exhibition" with "a pretty interesting array of textures, sonically."


title: Future (Future album)

text: "Future" debuted at number one on the "Billboard" 200 with 140,000 album-equivalent units, of which 60,000 were pure album sales. It became Future's fourth number-one album following "DS2", "What a Time to Be Alive" with Drake, and "Evol". As of September 27, 2017, the album has moved 902,000 album-equivalent units. On July 14, 2017, the album was certified Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) for combined sales album-equivalent units of over a million units in the United States.


title: Future (Future album)

text: ture/|title=Here are the Full Album Credits for Future's Self-Titled Album|publisher=The Fader|access-date=February 18, 2017}}</ref> and Tidal.


title: F.A.M.E. (Chris Brown album)

text: F.A.M.E. (backronym of Forgiving All My Enemies) is the fourth studio album by American singer Chris Brown. It was first released on March 18, 2011, recorded by Jive Records. The album serves as the follow-up to his third album "Graffiti" (2009). The album also marks his last album with Jive Records.


title: F.A.M.E. (Chris Brown album)

text: On "F.A.M.E.", Brown worked with several record producers and songwriters; including Kevin McCall, H Money, Timbaland, The Underdogs, Diplo and Benny Benassi among others. The album features guest appearances, from Lil Wayne, Ludacris, Busta Rhymes, Wiz Khalifa, Game, Justin Bieber and Big Sean, among others. The album was supported by eight singles, "Deuces" featuring Tyga and Kevin McCall, "No BS", "Yeah 3x", "Look at Me Now" featuring Lil Wayne and Busta Rhymes, "Beautiful People" featuring Benny Benassi, "She Ain't You", "Next to You" featuring Justin Bieber, and "Wet the Bed" featuring Ludacris.


title: F.A.M.E. (Chris Brown album)

text: The album was worked on simultaneously with the three mixtapes that anticipated it; "In My Zone", "Fan of a Fan", and "In My Zone 2". The album's aesthetics feature a multicolored pop-art graffiti imagery, conceived by Brown himself, Courtney Walter and American contemporary artist Ron English. "F.A.M.E." shows a wide variety of musical genres including R&B, pop, hip hop, dancehall, soft rock and Europop, while the lyrical content concentrates on finding positivity in life. The album received mixed reviews from music critics, who generally praised the production, but criticized the content and Brown's performances. The album received three Grammy Award nominations at the 54th Grammy Awards, winning Best R&B Album which was Brown's first Grammy Award. It also won Top R&B Album at the 2012 "Billboard" Music Awards and Album of the Year at the 2011 Soul Train Music Awards.


title: F.A.M.E. (Chris Brown album)

text: "F.A.M.E." debuted at number one on the US "Billboard" 200, with first-week sales of 270,000 copies. It was Brown's first number-one album in the United States and his fourth consecutive top ten album following "Graffiti". "Yeah 3x", "Look at Me Now" and "Beautiful People" were commercially successful worldwide. In the United States, "Look at Me Now" reached the number one spot on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs and Hot Rap Songs charts, and became the best-selling rap song of 2011, as well as one of all-time best-selling singles in the United States. "F.A.M.E." is certified triple platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), which makes this Brown's third multi-platinum selling album following "Exclusive" (2007).To support the release of the album, Brown embarked on his F.A.M.E. Tour in Australia and North America.


title: F.A.M.E. (Chris Brown album)

text: Brown's third studio album, "Graffiti", was released in December 2009, and was considered to be a critical and commercial failure compared to the singer's previous works, because the singer was in the middle of controversies following his 2009 scandal of domestic violence that had him and his ex-girlfriend Rihanna as protagonists. In 2010, following the release of "Graffiti", Brown composed and released 3 free mixtapes: "In My Zone (Rhythm & Streets)", "Fan of a Fan" (collaborative mixtape with Tyga), and "In My Zone 2", which featured a new style of writing for the singer, facing more grown themes, and having a different musical style, that mixed R&B with hip hop. For the mixtapes he started to work with new producers, most notably Kevin McCall. Meantime, the work for "F.A.M.E." started.


title: F.A.M.E. (Chris Brown album)

text: Brown told "The Guardian" in a 2013 interview that during that period he was having a "troubled time" because he was receiving lots of judgement on his private life. He said that he "felt the hatred from more adult people, and I didn't fully understand it at the time, because I was still going through struggles in my own personal emotional state", but he affirmed that he was sure that working hard would've led him to a comeback, saying that he thought: "I'm going to come back, I know the music that I'm doing, how hard I work, is not just for nothing". He found himself writing several songs every night, "just out of pure… I wouldn't say heartbreak, but just pure ambition. To prove people wrong".


title: F.A.M.E. (Chris Brown album)

text: In his 2017 self-documentary, "Welcome to My Life", Brown said that the songs that he made were representative of his mental state at the time, that wasn't about focusing on the negative that was going on in his life, but instead he wanted to make records that transcended life and expressed positivity, as much as he was trying to do in his everyday life.


title: F.A.M.E. (Chris Brown album)

text: Originally, Brown wanted the album to be a double-disc consistent of 25-30 tracks, but the label was contrary to that, so he cut down the project to 13 tracks for the standard version, extending it to 19 songs in the most expanded deluxe edition of the record. On September 18, 2010, Brown announced the title to the album; "F.A.M.E". Brown has mentioned two backronyms of the title: "Forgiving All My Enemies" and "Fans Are My Everything".


title: F.A.M.E. (Chris Brown album)

text: Prior to its release the artists that were listed for working with Brown on "F.A.M.E." were Kevin McCall, Timbaland, Justin Bieber, Bruno Mars, Wiz Khalifa, Asher Roth and Game. In describing the album, Brown said,


title: F.A.M.E. (Chris Brown album)

text: "F.A.M.E." was defined by critics as a "musical kaleidoscope", containing songs of many genres including R&B, pop, hip hop, dancehall, soft rock and Europop. Its sound has been described many times as "colorful" and was complimented for being "very consistent despite its diversity of genres". The lyrical content concentrates on finding positivity in life, through genuineness, romantic love, desire, self-assurance, sex and light-hearted pleasure. "F.A.M.E." is considered to be Brown's album that defined his musical style and persona.


title: F.A.M.E. (Chris Brown album)

text: Brown's vocal performances on the album mostly exhibit his R&B singing, characterized by harmonization and melisma. Critics commended the singing performances on the album for being "variegated", mostly displaying his natural timbre, but also having sporadic usages of autotune. On the record the singer occasionally raps, marking his first studio album that features this type of performance by Brown.


title: F.A.M.E. (Chris Brown album)

text: The opening track, "Deuces", which features Kevin McCall and Tyga, is a slow, downtempo alternative R&B track that starts off the album telling "a bitter male point of view of his failed relationship", where the artists affirm that they moved on to a better moment in their life, reminiscing the pain caused by their past lover. Joanne Dorken of MTV UK noted that the song shows off Brown's "well-harmonized smooth vocals". The following tracks of "F.A.M.E." have a more uplifting mood, showcased by lively musical arrangements. "Up 2 You" is an R&B ballad, which follows on from the break-up theme. The song was likened to the musical styles of Bobby Brown and Usher. "Next to You", featuring Justin Bieber, is a "thumping mid-tempo pop&B track". In the song, they both sing about their love for a girl. Sarah Rodman from "The Boston Globe" wrote that the song "offers one of Brown's most tender vocals to date". The third track, "No Bullshit", is an R&B slow-jam, which features a "classic 90's feel", with an instrumental that combines percussion instruments, piano chords and a tenor flute, talking to a girl whom the singer is about to spend an intimate night.


title: F.A.M.E. (Chris Brown album)

text: The album's up-tempo tracks, "Yeah 3x", and the album's last track "Beautiful People", both feature house and Europop influences. "Yeah 3x" was compared to Brown's single "Forever" (2008), and was likened to the musical styles of The Black Eyed Peas, Usher and Jay Sean, while "Beautiful People" was described for its particular progressive house and dancehall influences. Its lyrics encourage a positive view of life. The fourth track, "Look at Me Now", which features American rappers Lil Wayne and Busta Rhymes, is a braggadocious "dirty south" hip hop song, featuring "fast-rapping" from Brown, Lil Wayne and Busta Rhymes. The song was musically compared to Soulja Boy's work and Cali Swag District's "Teach Me How to Dougie" (2010). The fifth track, "She Ain't You", is an R&B ballad that Brown defined as a tribute act to his departed biggest inspiration, Michael Jackson. It samples Jackson's single "Human Nature" (1983) and SWV's "Right Here" (1993). "Should've Kissed You", is a pop&B ballad about the indecision of giving an overthought first kiss to the loved one. The ninth track, "All Back", is a soft rock ballad that features "raw vocals and prominent guitar". It was musically compared to Ryan Tedder's work. Brown revisits his rapping skills on the alternative hip-hop tracks "Say It With Me" and "Oh My Love", that both feature influences from disco in their chouruses, and from rock in their productions. "Bomb", which features Wiz Khalifa, is a dancehall-rap track, and was musically compared to Beenie Man's work. The closing track of the deluxe edition, "Beg for It", is an R&B slow-jam about an exciting sexual encounter, inspired by early works of singer R. Kelly.


title: F.A.M.E. (Chris Brown album)

text: The album cover was designed by American contemporary artist Ron English, and it was revealed on February 14, 2011. The cover features a multi-colored, neon portrait of Brown striking a serious pose, while two identical profiles of him wearing a baseball cap and diamond earrings face opposite directions on each shoulder. Its background is composed by very numerous posters, captioned by the words "Forgiving All My Enemies", that show many figures, including Brown in a stone faced pose, and a child wearing a combat helmet branded with the peace symbol (☮). The album's esthetic direction was handled by Brown himself, Courtney Walter and Ron English. Its aesthetics feature a multicolored pop-art graffiti imagery.


title: F.A.M.E. (Chris Brown album)

text: The standard edition of the album was released simultaneously with the deluxe edition from March 18, 2011. The deluxe edition included five additional tracks. The official track listing for the album was revealed on February 22, 2011.


title: F.A.M.E. (Chris Brown album)

text: To promote the album, Brown performed "Yeah 3x" and "No Bullshit" on "Saturday Night Live" on February 12, 2011. During the week leading up to the US release of the album, Brown treated fans to a series of secret listening sessions, and gave them an exclusive bonus track and music video. It was a campaign that Brown launched on behalf of his worldwide fan base, nicknamed "Team Breezy". The first listening session was held on March 14 in Los Angeles. It was then followed by consecutive sessions in Atlanta (March 15), Washington, D.C. (March 16) and New York City (March 17). Each session was held at a secret location and was hosted by Brown and the "Team Breezy" team leaders in each city.


title: F.A.M.E. (Chris Brown album)

text: On March 22, 2011, Brown appeared on "Good Morning America" to perform "Yeah 3x", and later appeared on "106 & Park", where he performed "Deuces", "Look at Me Now" and "Ain't Thinkin' 'Bout You". His "Good Morning America" appearance sparked controversial headlines because, following his interview with Robin Roberts at the Times Square Studios, where he was repeatedly asked about the Rihanna situation and restraining order, Brown started crying and became violent in his dressing room during a commercial break before his, later cancelled, second performance ending that day's program, and broke a window overlooking Times Square punching it. Following the incident, he apologized, saying that he was very tired of people bringing up the incident.


title: F.A.M.E. (Chris Brown album)

text: On March 29, 2011, a pre-taped performance of Brown performing "Yeah 3x" and a medley of "Forever" and "Beautiful People", was broadcast on "Dancing with the Stars" (US). On June 26, 2011, he performed "She Ain't You", "Look at Me Now" and "Paper, Scissors, Rock" live at the 2011 BET Awards. On July 15, 2011, Brown appeared on "The Today Show", as part of the show's concert series, which took place at the Rockefeller Plaza in New York City. Brown performed "Yeah 3x", "I Can Transform Ya", "She Ain't You" and "Forever" at the concert. On August 28, 2011, Brown did a medley of "Yeah 3x", "Protect Ya Neck", "Smells Like Teen Spirit" and "Beautiful People" at the 2011 MTV Video Music Awards, performing a highly acclaimed choreography that included flying parts.


title: F.A.M.E. (Chris Brown album)

text: "Yeah 3x" was released as the album's lead single on October 25, 2010. It received positive reviews from critics, who praised its production and lyrics. The song peaked at number 15 on the US "Billboard" Hot 100, and number 12 on the Canadian Hot 100. It reached the top-ten on the singles charts of Australia, Austria, Denmark, Germany, Ireland, Netherlands, New Zealand, Switzerland and the United Kingdom.


title: F.A.M.E. (Chris Brown album)

text: "Look at Me Now", which features American rappers Lil Wayne and Busta Rhymes, was released as the album's second single on February 1, 2011. It was sent to rhythmic contemporary radio in the United States on February 8, 2011. Music critics noted "Look at Me Now" as the standout track on the album, and praised Busta Rhymes and Lil Wayne's rap verses. The song peaked at number six on the US "Billboard" Hot 100 chart, making it Brown's highest chart position since "Forever" (2008). It reached number one on the US Rap Songs and Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs charts.


title: F.A.M.E. (Chris Brown album)

text: "Beautiful People", featuring Benny Benassi, was released as the album's third single on March 11, 2011. The song was well received by most music critics who praised its production and lyrics. "Beautiful People" reached the top-ten in Australia, Ireland, New Zealand and the United Kingdom. In the United States, the song peaked at number one on the "Billboard" Hot Dance Club Songs chart, and became the first number-one single for both Brown and Benassi. "She Ain't You" was released to urban radio in the United States on March 28, 2011, as the fourth US single from "F.A.M.E.". It peaked at number five on the US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart, number 17 on the US Pop Songs chart, and number 27 on the US "Billboard" Hot 100 chart.


title: F.A.M.E. (Chris Brown album)

text: "Next to You", which features Canadian recording artist Justin Bieber, was released as the fourth international single on June 24, 2011. Most music critics positively reviewed the song, complimenting the blending of Brown and Bieber's vocals. The song reached the top-twenty in Austria, New Zealand and the United Kingdom, and the top-thirty in Australia, Germany, Ireland and the United States.


title: F.A.M.E. (Chris Brown album)

text: "Wet the Bed", which features American rapper Ludacris, was sent to US urban radio on September 13, 2011, as the album's fifth US single. It peaked at number six on the US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart and number 77 on the US "Billboard" Hot 100 chart.


title: F.A.M.E. (Chris Brown album)

text: Brown embarked on his F.A.M.E. Tour in April 2011 in Australia. Jessica Mauboy, Havana Brown, and Justice Crew, served as the supporting acts on all dates of the Australian leg. 32 show dates in North America were later added to the tour, which began in September 2011. Kelly Rowland, T-Pain, Bow Wow and Tyga served as the opening acts of the North American leg.


title: F.A.M.E. (Chris Brown album)

text: "F.A.M.E." received mixed reviews from music critics according to review aggregator Metacritic, which gave the album a weighted average score of 52 out of 100 based on 16 reviews, indicating "mixed or average reviews".


title: F.A.M.E. (Chris Brown album)

text: Bred Wete of Entertainment Weekly gave the album a B+, and praised the album in comparisons to Brown's other work, saying: ""F.A.M.E." shines brighter than anything he produced before that now-infamous incident. Melodic raps on tracks like "Say It With Me" and "Oh My Love" lead to intoxicating hooks, as do bedroom knockers "Wet the Bed" and "No Bullshit," which for better (or worse) rival the bump-'n'-grind heights of '90s Casanova crew Jodeci.", and that, "On its own merits, F.A.M.E. deserves to be heard.". Andy Kellman of AllMusic agreed, stating after his praises of the album that, "This all makes F.A.M.E. the equal of Forever, if not slightly better, and it hints that Brown's best is yet to come." and gave the album 3.5 out of 5 stars. Jody Rosen of Rolling Stone gave the album a positive 3 out of 5 stars, praised the album's appeal, and said that "F.A.M.E. is a pop 'n' b album with something for everyone."


title: F.A.M.E. (Chris Brown album)

text: Other reviewers were less generous. Margert Wappler of the Los Angeles Times gave it 2.5 out of 4 stars, and while she felt the album was done "capably" and that Brown had pulled of some "neat coups", that she felt that, "F.A.M.E. also feels strained and sometimes downright desperate.". Evan Rytlewski of The A.V. Club, gave the album an average "C" rating, feeling that while "Brown [made] a solid case for himself as an adult artist.", he also argued that the album "inevitably falls flat, though, when he tries to reclaim his teen-idol mantle on oversold ballads." Joe Caramanica of The New York Times gave the album 2 stars out of 5 and compared the album to Brown's contemporaries, saying that "Mr. Brown sings, with a modicum of angst [on "Up To You"]. But for much of this album—almost the whole second half, actually—Mr. Brown is chasing Usher with a ferocity out onto the dance floor, where no one will pay much mind to his words." Eric Henderson of Slant Magazine felt divided by the album, arguing that "...his album isn't really much of anything other than a collection of avoidant club jams (the spin class-ready "Yeah 3x") and indirect overtures of love/lust (the passive-unaggressive "Up 2 You" and "She Ain't You," which matches carbon-copy sentiment by recycling SWV's sample of Michael Jackson's "Human Nature")." and that, "At worst, the album's pheromones come on like a spoonful of R. Kelly's discolored jelly, as in the drool pool "Wet the Bed." Bad enough to open with "I ain't afraid to drown if that means I'm deep up in your ocean/Girl, I'll drink you down, sipping on your body all night," but letting Ludacris boast "Women call me the Super Soaker and Ima soak your bed to death" as the moist backbeat ejaculates all over is like some new form of jizz torture."


title: F.A.M.E. (Chris Brown album)

text: Some reviewers even argued that the album wasn't worth listening to at all. David Amidon of Pop Matters gave the album a 3 out of 10 in scathing review, and ended the review off with "F.A.M.E. will satisfy 12 year Malibu and Miami beach frequenters, but anyone with a soul should steer far clear of this mess.". Joe Rivers of No Ripcord went as far as to say that, "F.A.M.E. is a vile, despicable album that doesn't deserve to be supported in any way, shape or form. Its very existence is a frightening indictment of our times, in terms of our attitudes to music, women and the cult of celebrity." and gave the album an incredibly rare 0 out of 10.


title: F.A.M.E. (Chris Brown album)

text: Brown received six nominations at the 2011 BET Awards and ultimately won five awards, including Best Male R&B Artist, Viewers Choice Award, The Fandemonium Award, Best Collaboration and Video of the Year for "Look at Me Now". He also won three awards the 2011 BET Hip Hop Awards, including the People's Champ Award, Reese's Perfect Combo Award and Best Hip Hop Video for "Look at Me Now". "F.A.M.E." was nominated for Favorite Soul/R&B Album at the 2011 American Music Awards. On November 27, 2011, it won Album of the Year at the 2011 Soul Train Music Awards. The album and its single, "Look at Me Now", earned Brown three nominations at the 54th Grammy Awards, including Best R&B Album, Best Rap Performance and Best Rap Song. "F.A.M.E." eventually won in the Best R&B Album category. At the 2012 NAACP Image Awards, the album was nominated in the Outstanding Album category. "F.A.M.E." was nominated and later won in the Top R&B Album category of the 2012 Billboard Music Awards.


title: F.A.M.E. (Chris Brown album)

text: "F.A.M.E." debuted at number one on the US "Billboard" 200, with first-week sales of 270,000 copies, serving as Brown's first number-one album on the chart. Its first week sales also served as the second-largest one-week sales of 2011 in the United States alone. On the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart, "F.A.M.E." also debuted at number one, giving Brown his third non-consecutive number-one album on the chart. As of May 2012, "F.A.M.E." has sold 872,000 copies in the United States. In October 2021, the album was certified triple platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), for combined album sales and album-equivalent units of over three million units in the United States.


title: TCP (antiseptic)

text: TCP is a mild antiseptic, produced in France by Laboratoires Chemineau in Vouvray and sold in the United Kingdom by Omega Pharma.


title: TCP (antiseptic)

text: TCP was introduced in 1918. The brand name comes from its original chemical name, which was trichlorophenylmethyliodosalicyl (not to be confused with trichlorophenol, a common fungicide). Trichlorophenylmethyliodosalicyl was replaced as the active ingredient by a mixture of phenol and halogenated phenols in the 1950s. The liquid form of TCP is one of the best-known brands of antiseptic in the UK, and its distinctively strong medicinal odour can be identified by many as a generic antiseptic smell.


title: TCP (antiseptic)

text: As of October 2013, TCP was available in , , and bottles as a clear yellow liquid. A TCP throat lozenge is also available. TCP was available formerly as an ointment, "TCP Original Antiseptic Ointment 30 g".


title: TCP (antiseptic)

text: The instructions on the TCP bottle state that TCP can be used for sore throats, mouth ulcers, cuts, grazes, bites and stings, boils, spots and pimples.


title: TCP (antiseptic)

text: Published advice states that TCP should not be swallowed, and recommends drinking plenty of water if 30ml or more of TCP is swallowed, and seeking medical advice if discomfort persists. Phenolic compounds such as those in TCP are harmful to cats.


title: TCP (antiseptic)

text: TCP Liquid's active ingredients are halogenated phenols and phenol. (One source says each millilitre () of TCP antiseptic contains, chlorinated phenols ; phenol ; iodinated phenols ; sodium salicylate .) It also contains glycerol, concentrated phosphoric acid, Quinoline Yellow WS and water. Formerly, when the product was manufactured by Unicliffe Ltd, the bottle label's list of ingredients stated, referring to the solution of halogenated phenolic bodies, "with partial elimination of the ionisable halides".


title: TCP (antiseptic)

text: TCP was referred to numerous times in a running gag in Episode 2 of Series 2 of the BBC sitcom "One Foot in the Grave", alluding to its distinctive and long-lasting odour. TCP was mentioned as an ingredient in a tonic in the film "The Strange Case of the End of Civilization as We Know It" (1977). In the 1963 Ian Fleming story "Agent 007 in New York", James Bond laments the fact that one of his lovers always gargles with TCP after their trysts. TCP is used as the subject of a song by the same name on The Boys' 1978 album "Alternative Chartbusters" written by Honest John Plain. TCP is mentioned in the song "Obsessions" by Suede. In the Black Mirror episode "Metalhead" (series 4 episode 5), a broken bottle of TCP is seen being pulled out of a backpack in advance of minor surgery. A bottle of TCP is also briefly seen in the film Shallow Grave (1994) in the scene following Ewan McGregor's character Alex being beaten up.


title: TCP (antiseptic)

text: It was also referenced in TV sitcom ‘’Only Fools and Horses’’ where lead character Del Boy is said to have treated a stab wound with “TCP and a flannel”, owing to his fear of hospitals.


title: Dead Parrot sketch

text: The "Dead Parrot Sketch", alternatively and originally known as the "Pet Shop Sketch" or "Parrot Sketch", is a sketch from "Monty Python's Flying Circus" about a non-existent species of parrot, called a "Norwegian Blue". A satire on poor customer service, it was written by John Cleese and Graham Chapman and initially performed in the show's first series, in the eighth episode ("Full Frontal Nudity", which first aired 7 December 1969).


title: Dead Parrot sketch

text: The sketch portrays a conflict between disgruntled customer Mr Praline (played by Cleese) and a shopkeeper (Michael Palin), who argue whether or not a recently purchased parrot is dead.


title: Dead Parrot sketch

text: Over the years, Cleese and Palin have performed many versions of the "Dead Parrot" sketch for television shows, record albums, and live performances. "Dead Parrot" was voted the top alternative comedy sketch in a "Radio Times" poll.


title: Dead Parrot sketch

text: Mr Praline (Cleese) enters the pet shop to register a complaint about the dead Norwegian Blue parrot (parrots are not native to Norway) just as the shopkeeper (Palin) is preparing to close the establishment for lunch. Despite being told that the bird is deceased and that it had been nailed to its perch, the proprietor insists that it is "pining for the fjords" or simply "stunned".


title: Dead Parrot sketch

text: As the exasperated Praline attempts to wake up the parrot, the shopkeeper tries to make the bird move by hitting the cage, and Praline erupts into a rage after banging "Polly Parrot" on the counter. After listing several euphemisms for death ("is no more", "has ceased to be", "bereft of life, it rests in peace", and "this is an ex-parrot") he is told to go to the pet shop run by the shopkeeper's brother in Bolton for a refund. That proves difficult, as the proprietor of that store (who is really the first shopkeeper, save for a fake moustache) claims this is Ipswich, whereas the railway station attendant (Terry Jones) claims he is actually in Bolton after all.


title: Dead Parrot sketch

text: Confronting the shopkeeper's "brother" for lying, the shopkeeper claims he was playing a prank on Praline by sending him to Ipswich, which was a palindrome for Bolton; Praline points out that the shopkeeper was wrong because a palindrome for Bolton would have been "Notlob".


title: Dead Parrot sketch

text: Just as Praline has decided that "this is getting too silly", Graham Chapman's no-nonsense Colonel bursts in and orders the sketch stopped.


title: Dead Parrot sketch

text: The "Dead Parrot" sketch was inspired by a "Car Salesman" sketch that Palin and Chapman had done in "How to Irritate People". In it, Palin played a car salesman who repeatedly refused to admit that there was anything wrong with his customer's (Chapman's) car, even as it fell apart in front of him. That sketch was based on an actual incident between Palin and a car salesman. In "Monty Python Live at Aspen", Palin said that this salesman "had an excuse for everything". John Cleese said on the same show that he and Chapman "believed that there was something very funny there, if we could find the right context for it". In early drafts of what would become the Dead Parrot Sketch, the frustrated customer was trying to return a faulty toaster to a shop. Chapman realised that it needed to be "madder", and came up with the parrot idea.


title: Dead Parrot sketch

text: In the film "And Now For Something Completely Different" (1971), the sketch ends with the shopkeeper explaining that he always wanted to be a lumberjack and, ignoring Mr Praline's protests of that being irrelevant, begins singing "The Lumberjack Song".


title: Dead Parrot sketch

text: The "Monty Python Live at Drury Lane" album features a live version of the sketch, which is slightly different from the TV version. Praline's rant about the deceased parrot includes "He fucking snuffed it!" Also, the sketch ends with the shopkeeper saying that he has a slug that does talk. Cleese, after a brief pause, says, "Right, I'll have that one, then!" According to Michael Palin's published diary, Palin changed his response in order to throw Cleese off. During this performance something occurs on stage that does not translate into audio, but causes the audience to break into hysterics upon Cleese's follow-up line "Now that's what I call a dead parrot".


title: Dead Parrot sketch

text: A live performance from the 1976 Amnesty International benefit show, "A Poke in the Eye (With a Sharp Stick)", has Palin cracking up while Cleese declares "Pining for the fjords? What kind of talk is that?" The audience cheers this bit of breaking character, but Palin quickly composes himself and Cleese declares "Now, look! This is nothing to laugh at!" before proceeding with the sketch. This version can be seen in the film "Pleasure at Her Majesty's", albeit with the ending removed.


title: Dead Parrot sketch

text: In his appearance on "The Muppet Show", Cleese appears as a pirate attempting to take over a spaceship during a "Pigs in Space" sketch. At the end of the sketch, he demands of the smart-mouthed talking parrot on his shoulder, "Do you want to be an ex-parrot?"


title: Dead Parrot sketch

text: In 1980, the sketch was performed again during The Pythons' four-night stint at the Hollywood Bowl. However, it was one of the sketches to be cut from the 1982 film version. In the 1989 TV special which saw the final appearance of all six Pythons together, the sketch appeared in the title, "Parrot Sketch Not Included – 20 Years of Monty Python". True to its title, the "Dead Parrot sketch" is not included.


title: Dead Parrot sketch

text: In 1989's Amnesty benefit show, "The Secret Policeman's Biggest Ball", the sketch opens similarly, but ends very differently:


title: Dead Parrot sketch

text: Margaret Thatcher famously used the sketch in a speech at the Conservative Party Conference in 1990, referring to the Liberal Democrats and their symbol being a dove, before ending the speech by commenting, "And now for something completely different." In 1998, "The Sun" ran the front-page headline "This party is no more...it has ceased to be...this is an EX-party" for an article about a Conservative Party conference. According to her former political secretary John Whittingdale, Thatcher did not understand why the joke was funny and had to be persuaded that it would work. The Conservatives' use of this sketch was derivative of an earlier Spitting Image sketch, itself derivative of the Python Dead Parrot sketch, in which the part of Mr. Praline was played by a puppet representing David Owen and the part of the shopkeeper was played by a puppet representing Roy Jenkins. Mr Praline/Owen complains that the "party" he has recently acquired from the shopkeeper (representing the Social Democratic Party (UK)) has "expired", and the shopkeeper/Jenkins claims it is not dead but "pining for Bill Rodgers" (Rodgers, Jenkins and Owen being original members of the 'Gang of Four (SDP)'.


title: Dead Parrot sketch

text: In a 1997 "Saturday Night Live" performance of the sketch, Cleese added a line to the rant: "Its metabolic processes are a matter of interest only to historians!" In an interview on NPR's "Fresh Air", Palin attributed an almost dead audience to his seeing guests reverently mouthing the words of the sketch, rather than laughing at it. To end the sketch, Palin reused the punchline from "City Center" and asked Cleese, "Do you want to come back to my place?" to which Cleese said, "I thought you'd never ask!"


title: Dead Parrot sketch

text: For the 1999 "Python Night – 30 Years of Monty Python" TV special, Trey Parker and Matt Stone made a "South Park" version of the sketch depicting Cartman angrily returning a dead Kenny to Kyle's shop. Using much of the dialogue from the original sketch, it ends with Terry Gilliam's animations playing around with Cartman before everything is crushed by the giant foot.


title: Dead Parrot sketch

text: In a 2002 interview with Michael Parkinson, John Cleese said that when he and Palin were performing the sketch on Drury Lane, Palin made him laugh by saying, when asked if his slug could talk, "It mutters a bit" instead of "Not really." When Cleese eventually stopped laughing, he couldn't remember where they were in the sketch. He turned to the audience and asked them what the next line was, and people shouted it at him, causing him to wonder, "What is the point of this?" He also says that when he and Palin were asked to do the sketch for "Saturday Night Live" they sat down together to try to remember the lines, and when they got stuck they considered just going out and stopping somebody on the street to ask how it went, since everybody seemed to have it memorised.


title: Dead Parrot sketch

text: In his published 2006 diary, Michael Palin recalls that during the filming of "Monty Python's Life of Brian" in Tunisia, Spike Milligan (who happened to be there on holiday) regaled the Pythons with his own version of the Dead Parrot sketch, but changed "Norwegian Blue" to "Arctic Grey".


title: Dead Parrot sketch

text: Cleese and Palin acted out the sketch during the Python's reunion in The O2 in July 2014, "Monty Python Live (Mostly)". The sketch ended with the shopkeeper saying he has a selection of cheeses, transitioning into the Cheese Shop Sketch. The entire sketch ended like the City Center performance, with the shopkeeper offering Mr Praline to come back to his place, and Mr Praline replying "I thought you'd never ask." In their final performance on 20 July (which was broadcast live to many theatres all over the world), whilst listing the metaphors for the parrot's death, Cleese added the line "it had expired and gone to meet Dr. Chapman" after which both Cleese and Palin did a thumbs-up to the sky.


title: Dead Parrot sketch

text: In the episode of "The Late Show with Stephen Colbert" from 13 November 2015, John Cleese is a guest on the show. At the end of the big furry hat segment (where Colbert – and in this specific instance, Cleese – create nonsensical rules), Cleese says, "Do you want to come back to my place?" and Stephen answers, "I thought you'd never ask."


title: Dead Parrot sketch

text: At Graham Chapman's memorial service, John Cleese began his eulogy by reprising euphemisms from the sketch.


title: Dead Parrot sketch

text: Part or all of the dead parrot sketch is quoted in several television programmes, among them the "Life of Python" sketch from "Not the Nine O'Clock News" (a parody of the "Friday Night, Saturday Morning" debate on "Life of Brian") and "The Early Bird", an episode from the third season of "Death in Paradise".


title: Dead Parrot sketch

text: When paleontologists published a paper announcing the discovery of a fossil parrot in Denmark, lead author Dr David Waterhouse alluded to the Dead Parrot Sketch, saying, "Obviously, we are dealing with a bird that is bereft of life, but the tricky bit is establishing that it was a parrot." However, he declared that this bird could never have been pining for the fjords, explaining, "This parrot shuffled off its mortal coil around 55 million years ago, but the fjords of Norway were formed during the last ice age and are less than a million years old."


title: Dead Parrot sketch

text: During the Monty Python Reunion at London's O2 Arena in 2014, UKTV channel Gold commissioned sculptor Iain Prendergast to create a giant fibreglass version of the mythical "Norwegian Blue". The 50-foot long (15m) bird was displayed, appropriately "resting" on its back, inside the O2 during the run of the shows there, as well as at Potters Fields Park in South London, in view of Tower Bridge.


title: Dead Parrot sketch

text: The sketch was extensively referenced in a 2021 British Columbia court opinion allowing a class action lawsuit for dietary supplements which did not contain the advertised ingredients. The judge stated "Health Canada cannot establish a protocol that requires that a parrot only still have its feathers in order to be sold as a live parrot, and thereby prevent anyone from suing after being sold a parrot who 'joined the bleedin' choir invisible.'"


title: Dead Parrot sketch

text: A joke dated AD 400, translated from Greek in 2008, shows similarities to the Parrot sketch. It was written by Hierocles and Philagrius and was included in a compilation of 265 jokes titled "Philogelos: The Laugh Addict". In the Greek version, a man complains to a slave-merchant that his new slave has died. The slave-merchant replies, "When he was with me, he never did any such thing!"


title: Dead Parrot sketch

text: In Mark Twain's humorous short story "A Nevada Funeral", two characters use a series of euphemisms for death including 'kicked the bucket' and 'departed to that mysterious country from whose bourne no traveller returns'.


title: Dead Parrot sketch

text: In 1963, Benny Hill performed a sketch entitled "The Taxidermist" (written by Dave Freeman) on "The Benny Hill Show" in which he attempted to pass off a stuffed duck as a parrot (blaming its different appearance on "the steaming" and "the shrinkage"). John Cleese later admitted that he watched Hill's show during this period, but did not recall that particular piece.


title: Dead Parrot sketch

text: In the 1960s, Freddie "Parrot Face" Davies included an obviously stuffed caged parrot as part of his stage routine, occasionally complaining that he had been swindled by the seller.


title: LaVar Arrington

text: LaVar RaShad Arrington (born June 30, 1978) is a former American football linebacker who played in the National Football League (NFL) for seven seasons. He played college football at Penn State and was drafted second overall by the Washington Redskins of the 2000 NFL Draft. He was also a member of the New York Giants.


title: LaVar Arrington

text: Arrington was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He played linebacker and running back at North Hills Senior High School in Pittsburgh. After his senior year, he was named the 1996 "Parade" National Player of the Year, Bobby Dodd National High School Back of the Year the Gatorade Player of the Year and "USA Today" Pennsylvania Player of the Year. He became the second player in Pennsylvania Class 4-A history to rush for more than 4,000 career yards, with 4,357 on 711 carries and 72 touchdowns. He played in the 1997 Big 33 Football Classic, the annual game between Pennsylvania and Ohio's best high school football players. In basketball, he was recruited to play basketball for Georgetown, UMass, and North Carolina.


title: LaVar Arrington

text: Also a standout sprinter, Arrington was on the school's track & field team, where he recorded personal-best times of 10.85 seconds in the 100 meters and 23.14 seconds in the 200 meters. He also had top-jumps of 1.96 meters in the high jump and 6.76 meters in the long jump.


title: LaVar Arrington

text: While attending Penn State University, Arrington played for coach Joe Paterno's Penn State Nittany Lions football team from 1997 to 1999. His signature play with the Nittany Lions came during a game against Illinois. On a fourth and short yardage play, Arrington anticipated the snap count and jumped over the offensive line to tackle the runner in the backfield. The play became known as "The LaVar Leap". Arrington's tendency for spectacular plays and his cover appearance on the "Sports Illustrated" 1999 College Football Preview Issue led many to mention him as a possible Heisman Trophy candidate. Arrington received several honors during his college career, including the Chuck Bednarik Award, Dick Butkus Award, and Lambert Award in 1999. He was an All-Big-Ten selection, a first-team All-American in 1998, and a consensus first-team All-American in 1999. Arrington finished ninth in balloting for the 1999 Heisman Trophy. He left Penn State after his junior season to enter the NFL draft.


title: LaVar Arrington

text: On December 11, 2014 the Big Ten Network included Arrington on "The Mount Rushmore of Penn State Football", as chosen by online fan voting. Arrington was joined in the honor by John Cappelletti, Jack Ham, and Shane Conlan.


title: LaVar Arrington

text: The Washington Redskins chose Arrington with the second overall pick, in the 2000 NFL Draft, and he played for the Redskins from to . After four seasons with the Redskins, Arrington signed an eight-year, $68 million contract extension. His agent Carl Poston was accused of neglecting to inspect the final revision of the contract, in which $6.5 million worth of bonuses contained in earlier drafts were missing. Poston was eventually suspended for two years by the National Football League Players' Association (NFLPA) over the mishandling of Arrington's contract; Arrington did not support the NFLPA's decision. Arrington's final two seasons with the Redskins was marred by knee injuries and conflicts with coaches Joe Gibbs and Gregg Williams. In March 2006 Arrington paid the Redskins $4.4 million to buy his free agency.


title: LaVar Arrington

text: In April 2006, Arrington agreed to a seven-year, $49 million contract with the New York Giants. He was injured in week 7 against the Dallas Cowboys and missed the rest of the season with a ruptured Achilles tendon. On February 12, 2007, he was released by the New York Giants.


title: LaVar Arrington

text: Arrington's agent Kevin Poston initially stated that his client intended to play during the 2007 NFL season, saying "things could change at some point, but as of this moment LaVar is focused on playing this season."


title: LaVar Arrington

text: However, on June 18, 2007, Arrington was involved in a serious motorcycle accident in suburban Maryland. He was on the Route 50 off-ramp of the Capital Beltway when he lost control of his 2007 Kawasaki Ninja ZX-14, striking a guardrail. Arrington was rushed to Prince George's Medical Center, in serious but stable condition. Arrington sustained a broken right forearm, broken lower vertebrae, and deep cuts to his leg. He was issued two citations, one for failure to control speed to avoid a collision, the other for operating a vehicle without a class license that contributed to a crash. A September 23, 2007, "New York Daily News" article confirmed his retirement.


title: LaVar Arrington

text: Arrington started working on pregame and postgame shows for Comcast SportsNet before the Redskins' 2007 season week 3 loss to the Giants. He became a permanent member of the Comcast team on October 14 for the Green Bay Packers game.


title: LaVar Arrington

text: He returned to Comcast SportsNet's on-air lineup for week 3 of the 2008 NFL season, appearing on the pregame and postgame shows, and on "Washington Post Live". Comcast also featured a segment entitled "Life on the Sidelines with LaVar Arrington" during its "Redskins Kickoff" program on game days.


title: LaVar Arrington

text: Arrington did a weekday afternoon radio talk show in Washington, DC with DJ Chad Dukes, titled "The LaVar Arrington Show with Chad Dukes." The inaugural show aired on July 20, 2009, on 106.7 The Fan. He also hosts his own weekly sports show titled "SportsWeek with Lavar Arrington" on local Washington television station DC50.


title: LaVar Arrington

text: In 2019 Arrington began working as a football analyst on FS1 on the "Speak For Yourself" sports talk program.


title: LaVar Arrington

text: Arrington formed a sports agency, Leap Management, LLC, in 2008. The firm's first clients were 2009 NFL Draft prospects Aaron Maybin, Derrick Williams, Josh Gaines, and Tyrell Sales.


title: LaVar Arrington

text: Arrington founded Xtreme Procision (XP) in 2010, a state-of-the-art football training system aimed at developing the world's next generation of football players. Xtreme Procision offers football training camps nationwide, as well as football training products with visual target zones to aid in accelerating development.


title: LaVar Arrington

text: LaVar Arrington was named after LeVar Burton, following the actor's portrayal of Kunta Kinte in the 1977 television miniseries "Roots". He has an older brother, Michael, who played basketball at Slippery Rock University and a younger brother, Eric. His father, Michael, became an ordained minister after he retired from the military. His mother, Carolyn, is a special education teacher in the Pittsburgh public school system. Arrington lives in Anne Arundel County, Maryland with his wife Trishia. The couple have four children.


title: LaVar Arrington

text: Arrington opened a restaurant named The Sideline in Landover, Maryland on January 30, 2008. In March 2009 one man was killed and six other people were injured after an argument ended in a burst of gunfire just outside the main entrance to the restaurant. The restaurant went bankrupt and closed in December 2009.


title: LaVar Arrington

text: Arrington appeared in several television commercials for Eastern Motors with fellow athletes Carmelo Anthony, Clinton Portis, Sean Taylor, and Antawn Jamison. He appeared on a 2002 episode of the TLC program "While You Were Out", where he helped redesign a room for his brother, Michael. Arrington served as a judge for ESPN's "Dream Job".


title: Bhoot (film)

text: Bhoot () is a 2003 Indian supernatural horror film directed by Ram Gopal Varma and stars Ajay Devgn and Urmila Matondkar. It was the second horror film made by Ram Gopal Verma after "Raat". It was perceived to be different from a typical Hindi film as it did not contain songs. It was later dubbed in Telugu as "12 Va Anthasthu" and remade in Tamil as "Shock". The film was a box-office hit. Urmila won several accolades and awards for her performance as a ghost possessed wife. Verma made a sequel called "Bhoot Returns" which was released on 12 October 2012.


title: Bhoot (film)

text: The story is about Vishal (Ajay Devgn) who is married to Swati (Urmila Matondkar). The couple rents a high rise apartment at a ridiculously low price. The caretaker of the apartment, Mr. Thakkar (Amar Talwar) explains to Vishal that a widow named Manjeet Khosla (Barkha Madan), the previous resident, committed suicide after killing her own son. Vishal hides this fact from Swati, as she will object to buying such a residence. But the caretaker accidentally slips in the secret.


title: Bhoot (film)

text: Swati is extremely livid at Vishal, although he disbelieves the notions of ghosts and bad luck. Then, Swati starts behaving very strangely. Vishal consults Dr. Rajan (Victor Banerjee). But soon enough, Vishal witnesses Swati brutally murdering the watchman of the apartment which no human could have done, and his skepticism is rudely challenged. Inspector Liyaqat Qureshi (Nana Patekar), who reaches the apartment to investigate the death, becomes suspicious of the duo and their strange behavior. He follows Vishal and Dr. Rajan.


title: Bhoot (film)

text: Vishal's maid witnesses Swati shouting and throwing Vishal away. She helps him tie her. She tells him that Swati was shouting just like Manjeet and tells him that an exorcist can help her but not doctors. Finally, Vishal's maid calls an exorcist named Sarita (Rekha). Sarita sees the ghosts of Manjeet and her son. She advises Vishal to meet Manjeet's mother (Tanuja), since she can placate her daughter's spirit. Vishal complies and meets Manjeet's mother. He learns from Manjeet's mother that Manjeet was not the type of woman who would commit suicide nor murder her own son. He explains the situation to her and asks her help. She comes with him and somehow placates Manjeet's spirit.


title: Bhoot (film)

text: They come to know that Mr. Thakkar's son, Sanjay (Fardeen Khan) tried to molest Manjeet and when she resisted, she accidentally fell off the balcony and died. Hence, Sarita advises Vishal to call him. Vishal makes an unknown call to Sanjay and tells him that his father is sick. When Sanjay arrives, Vishal cleverly tells Mr. Thakkar and Sanjay to help him take Swati to the hospital.


title: Bhoot (film)

text: It is then revealed that many years ago, Sanjay came to visit his father and lusted for Manjeet, after he saw her in the apartment. He broke into her house, and attempted to profess his lust, but when she rejected him, he pushed her and she accidentally fell off the balcony and died. Manjeet's young son witnessed the murder, upon which Sanjay hired the watchman to kill him.


title: Bhoot (film)

text: Manjeet, who has still possessed Swati's body, sees Sanjay and chases him. Qureshi tries to stop her, having no idea of the real story. Swati tries to kill Sanjay by strangulating him. But, Sarita asks Manjeet to leave him as Swati would be blamed later on.


title: Bhoot (film)

text: Sanjay escapes, only to find himself surrounded by Vishal, Sarita, Manjeet and Qureshi who now know the truth. A terrified Sanjay confesses to the crimes, upon which Manjeet's mother urges her to stop. Sanjay is arrested by Inspector Qureshi, and thrown into jail. Manjeet leaves Swati's body, and Vishal and Swati live a good life in the apartment. Meanwhile, in the lockup, Qureshi tells Sanjay that death sentences are light penalties for a criminal like him. He wishes that Sanjay gets a bigger punishment. After Qureshi leaves the darkened cell, Sanjay finds himself face to face with Manjeet. He starts begging for mercy, but his voice soon fades out as Manjeet draws closer; it is implied that she kills Sanjay.


title: Bhoot (film)

text: The soundtrack is under the label T-Series. The music of the film was composed by Salim–Sulaiman. It consists of 7 songs, 1 remix and an instrumental. The whole soundtrack is not used in the movie, except the song "Ghor Andhere" for the ending credits. The song "Bhoot Hoon Main" was recreated in film "Lupt", which will be showing Nataša Stanković


title: Bhoot (film)

text: "Bhoot" is Director Ram Gopal Varma's second horror film after "Raat" (1992), starring Revathi. He said about the film, "Though technically it is a horror film, we don't see a murder or any overt horror." Further calling it a "hold-on-to-your-seats horror film". He wanted to break the stereotypes of a typical Indian horror of "a woman in a white sari, mists and screeching." He expressed his intentions of bringing horror "to [audiences] homes in the middle of Mumbai." The film creates terror through sound and everyday objects.


title: Bhoot (film)

text: Deepa Gumaste of Rediff.com mentioned that Bhoot gave her the same experience of terror as in "Cape Fear" (1991) and said:


title: Bhoot (film)

text: Anita Gates of "The New York Times" noted, "...at some point the overdone scary music becomes part of the fun."


title: Bhoot (film)

text: In 2012, producer Jitendra Jain, of Alumbra Entertainment, purchased the rights from Nitin Manmohan and produced "Bhoot Returns", which was also directed by Ram Gopal Varma. However, unlike "Bhoot", it received mixed-to-negative reviews, and was a box-office disaster.


title: Bhoot (film)

text: In 2020, Karan Johar's Dharma Productions acquired the rights of the franchise. "", starring Vicky Kaushal, Ashutosh Rana, and Bhumi Pednekar, and directed by Bhanu Pratap Singh, was intended to be the first part of a franchise. However, owing to the highly negative response of the film, subsequent entries were shelved.


title: Scrubs (clothing)

text: Scrubs are the sanitary clothing worn by physicians, nurses, dentists and other workers involved in patient care. Originally designed for use by surgeons and other operating room personnel, who would put them on when sterilizing themselves, or "scrubbing in", before surgery, they are now worn by many hospital personnel.


title: Scrubs (clothing)

text: Their use has been extended outside hospitals as well, to work environments where clothing may come into contact with infectious agents (veterinarians, midwives, etc.). Scrubs are designed to be simple (with minimal places for contaminants to hide), easy to launder, and cheap to replace if damaged or stained irreparably. In the United Kingdom, scrubs are sometimes known as theatre blues.


title: Scrubs (clothing)

text: The spread of methicillin-resistant "Staphylococcus aureus" (MRSA) has increased the use of scrubs but can give wearers a false sense of security that they are 'clean' when in fact they are as easily contaminated as any other clothing.


title: Scrubs (clothing)

text: In contrast to the uniforms long required of nurses, surgeons did not wear any kind of specialized garments until well into the 20th century. Surgical procedures were conducted in an operating theater. The surgeon wore their own clothes, with perhaps a butcher's apron to protect their clothing from blood stains, and they operated bare-handed with non-sterile instruments and supplies. (Gut and silk sutures were sold as open strands with reusable hand-threaded needles; packing gauze was made of sweepings from the floors of cotton mills.)


title: Scrubs (clothing)

text: In contrast to today's concept of surgery as a profession that emphasizes cleanliness and conscientiousness, up to the early 20th century the mark of a busy and successful surgeon was the profusion of blood and fluids on their clothes. The importance of dress as a badge of one's class in society was paramount and the processes behind the transmission of infection were the subject of controversy within the profession.