Top 75 NCAA Tournament players of all time Lew Alcindor, UCLA – With the basket netting draped over his shoulders, Lew Alcindor holds a sign just after leading UCLA to the NCAA title in Los Angeles on March 23, 1968. Alcindor would later change his name to Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. (AP and Thinkstock Photos)
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Siva’s 5 treys, 12 assists key No. 5 L’ville’s romp
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Peyton Siva’s career highs of five 3-pointers and 12 assists helped No. 5 Louisville roll past Florida International 79-55 on Wednesday night.
It was the first meeting between Cardinals coach Rick Pitino and Richard Pitino, his son and Panthers counterpart. The younger Pitino, 30, served two stints as a Louisville assistant before taking over for Isiah Thomas at FIU this season.
Siva finished with 15 points in posting his first double-double since the season opener. He was selected the game’s MVP.
Wayne Blackshear tied his career best with a game-high 18 points. Chane Behanan added 14 points and 11 rebounds for his first double-double this season.
Read More: http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/basketball/ncaa/men/gameflash/2012/12/19/79676_recap.html?xid=si_ncaab#ixzz2FYim7F51
The half-s7lvin™ Cocktail Minute – Fifth Avenue
Friday’s Cocktail:
Fifth Avenue
Ingredients – Apricot brandy, creme de cacao and a little cream. Beware this drink is a little strong so you could get lucky, anything is possible.
Happy Hour Drinking Topics:
1. Vegas: Journey Dec 7, Friday at Planet Hollywood in Las Vegas.
2. Vegas: Pacquiao vs Marquez Saturday night in Las Vegas for their 4th fight. How do you not put it all on Manny?
3. Music: There’s a news organization reporting details of the Biggie Smalls shooting from 15 years ago. We just wanna know why? huff.to/TMsaeW Note: Maybe I should no longer feel so shy about my content?
3.5 College Basketball: Kentucky Wildcats falls way out the Top 25 after two losses. Was that too far of a descent?
4. College Basketball: Anthony Bennett for the UNLV Rebels tops the list of top freshmen in the country. Major kudos!
5. 4-day Holiday: “Make MARCHVEGAS a 4-day™ Holiday” – http://yhoo.it/UJZp5e
6. Music: Fifth Avenue (the nightclub made famous in Prince’s Purple Rain) was closed down in 2004.
7. Music: After a judge’s order, Fifth Avenue has been totally re-opened in 2004 – though that’s beside the point.
By Roy George
[half-s7lvin] – noun 1. The amount of drinks it takes to reach your full potential during MARCHVEGAS (March 21 – 24, 2013); affects judgment, memory, relationships, commitment, vision, speech and grammer. 2. The numerical equivalence equal to or between 3.5 – 7.5 cocktails consumed.
The half-s7lvin™ Cocktail Minute – Pink Cadillac
Friday’s Cocktail:
Pink Cadillac
Ingredients – Gold tequila, Grand Marnier, cranberry, salt, ice cubes and 4 lime wedges. Get ready 4 a ride; on the freeway.
Happy Hour Drinking Topics:
1. Vegas: MARCHVEGAS releases its “Make MARCHVEGAS a 4-day™ Holiday” initiative – http://yhoo.it/UJZp5e
2. Astronomy: Amateur scientists find planet with four suns – http://lat.ms/Wg2DOb
3. Politics: Obama wins Florida topping Romney after 4-day count – http://fxn.ws/VZQA2M
3.5 Sports: Luke Donald up 4 in Japan – http://es.pn/XiBmw3
4.College Basketball: 4th Ranked Ohio State Game vs Marquette canceled game in the Carrier Classic last week will still return in 2013 – http://fxn.ws/UypBzI
[half-s7lvin] – noun 1. The amount of drinks it takes to reach your full potential during MARCHVEGAS (March 21 – 24, 2013); affects judgment, memory, relationships, commitment, vision, speech and grammer. 2. The numerical equivalence equal to or between 3.5 – 7.5 cocktails consumed.
Cirque du Soleil bets on ‘Zarkana’ to bring back the magic
By John Katsilometes
The lead character in Zarkana is a tortured magician named Zark. The honorable if luckless illusionist is trapped in an abandoned theater, having lost the love of his life and his gift of magic. Begging to the beyond for the return of both, Zark is plunged into a bizarre, arcane universe replete with surreal sights and echoing sounds. The name Zarkana comes from a blend of those two words—bizarre and arcane.
In a broader sense, there’s a different sort of return-to-magic effort being made here. Having lost its way with an attempt to merge acrobatic dexterity with Elvis Presley, Cirque is hauling Zarkana into a familiar theater, summoning the tried-and-true for another go at Aria.
Zarkana, for more….