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VIDEO: Ed Thomas' Family Accepts Ashe Award At ESPYs
As we mentioned yesterday, the family of Ed Thomas received the Arthur Ashe award for courage at the 2010 ESPY Awards. As most of you probably know, Ed Thomas was the beloved Aplington-Parkersburg coach who sent four young men to the NFL (Jared DeVries, Brad Meester, Aaron Kampman, Casey Wiegmann)...
It's Not Plagiarism If You Link To It Would Like to Thank the Academy
The (Falcon) Red Carpet. The ESPY Awards are a vapid, meaningless event -- nominating Brett Favre for the CASTROL EDGE PERFORMANCE UNDER PRESSURE AWARD for his performance in a regular season game that just so happened to be on ESPN says more about The Worldwide Leader than anything not named...
Mark Becker Found Guilty of First-Degree Murder
There's not much more we can say about this sad ordeal that hasn't already been said, but it's worth noting that a jury has just found Mark Becker guilty of first-degree murder. Sentencing has been set for April 14, but there isn't a great deal of merit in waiting; Becker obviously faces life...
On Mark Becker, Ed Thomas, Insanity, and Justice
This is not a fun topic. Laughs will commence tomorrow morning. As the Des Moines Register reports, Mark Becker was declared mentally competent to stand trial yesterday. This ruling from judge Stephen Carroll comes in the face of testimony from two different psychiatrists - one paid for by the...
Wednesday Notes: Trade with Jaguars Finalized
My prayers go out to Ricky Sandoval, the Lions director of security who just celebrated his 49th birthday yesterday. Unfortunately Ricky is in the hospital and is "beginning to slip away." He has battled with pancreatic cancer for the last three years. The Gerald Alexander-Dennis Northcutt trade...
It's Not Plagiarism If You Link To It Eulogizes
(Note: INPIYL2I will return to its usual self on Monday -- HS) RIP, Coach Thomas The horrific, senseless murder of Coach Ed Thomas has dominated the Iowa blogosphere over the last few days. Here, a compilation of the eulogies from friends of the BHGP. As usual, nobody does it better than Marc...
The Real Price of Freedom
"Freedom isn't free." That's a line most commonly associated with, in order, military veterans and Team America: World Police. And as long as you equate America's foreign interests with "freedom," that statement holds up well (whose freedom, exactly, we've been fighting for post-WWII is another...
Mark Becker Charged With First-Degree Murder In Ed Thomas Shooting, Has Long Rap Sheet
Well, this didn't take long. Authorities have charged the man accused of killing Ed Thomas earlier this morning, Mark D. Becker, with first-degree murder. Becker's only 24, but as first seen in the comments below, has a long rap sheet, which drugs and physical violence both popping up. We'll try...
Ed Thomas, Head Coach of Aplington-Parkersburg, Shot to Death in School's Weight Room
Wow. Ed Thomas, shot at point blank range multiple times, died at Waterloo's Covenant Hospital this morning. We really don't know what to say, other than that we're glad no kids were attacked and that the suspect's in custody. Past that, this is such an unbelievable tragedy that we're...
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