“Where Was Favre's Pink Wristbands? - CBS Sports” plus 4 more

Where Was Favre's Pink Wristbands? - CBS Sports
Buncombe County sisters motivated to lose weight after mother's death - Asheville Citizen-Times
Younkers, Herberger's note breast cancer awareness - Dubuque Telegraph Herald
Clarksville Athletic Club urges city to 'Think Pink,' in fight against ... - Leaf Chronicle
Limbaugh, Checketts bid for Rams - TSN

Where Was Favre's Pink Wristbands? - CBS Sports

Posted: 06 Oct 2009 09:13 AM PDT

I have mixed emotions on this.

As someone who has seen family and friends killed by various types of cancer, I think the whole awareness month and wearing pink is a noble pursuit. However, not sure that I like FORCING players and/or coaches to were pink ribbons or hats or whatever to show their support. This is supposed to be a free country. If players were forced to wear Jewish Stars on Yom Kippur or a Christian Cross on games around Christmas, there would be an uproar. Or say they were forced to wear blue cleats to support the Democratic or Republican party. There are many examples I could give. My point being, the NFL has a strict dress code policy, and I applaud that. I do not applaud forcing players to wear accesories or a certain color of gear to support non-football causes though.

If it is optional to wear these special colors or accessories, then I would applaud the players and coaches that do participate with high regard.

Again, I think the cause is a noble one, but if people were forced to wear things (and I really don't know if that was the case ), then that is wrong in my opinon.

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Buncombe County sisters motivated to lose weight after mother's death - Asheville Citizen-Times

Posted: 06 Oct 2009 08:52 AM PDT

Kim Williams wasn't planning to change her life when she woke up one day in January 2007.

I just woke up and thought, What am I doing?' said the 5-foot-2-inch Williams, who at the time weighed 175 pounds. I thought, I have got to do something about this.'

After weighing herself, Williams threw out all of the junk food that she kept in one of her desk drawers at work and started to change the way she ate and how much she exercised. Williams started out with different fad diets and diet pills, and started losing weight, but she soon decided she could do it without those aids.

I thought, I can do this by myself,' she said. Mentally, I can do this. I don't need that other stuff.

Williams started cutting down her portion sizes and cut out snacks and sodas. She also started walking, which soon turned into running and her first 5K race.

Last year, Williams ran two half-marathons and competed in her first full marathon in April. Today, the 35-year-old mother of three is down to 115 pounds.

Sometimes when I look in the mirror, I think, That can't be me,' Williams said.

Williams said it was not just the desire to lose weight that kept her going. She knew from her job at Hope: A Women's Cancer Center that 30 minutes of exercise could help reduce the chances of her developing cancer.

Williams' mother died of breast cancer when Williams was in her early 20s.

I thought, I can do my part to get my body in better shape for my children and myself,' she said.

Big sister, little sister

For Williams' sister, Tina Rice, 33, their mother's death soon after Rice graduated from high school was one reason she put on weight. Four and a half years ago, Rice weighed 225 pounds.

I am definitely a stress eater, Rice said. I was using that as an excuse. If I had a bad day or I would think about her, I would just binge-eat.

Growing up in Woodfin, Williams, who ran cross-country, was always the smaller sister, while Rice, who participated in clubs and other activities, was the one on the heavier side. The sisters both gained weight after high school, but when Williams started to get in shape, Rice decided she would, too.

Younkers, Herberger's note breast cancer awareness - Dubuque Telegraph Herald

Posted: 06 Oct 2009 07:55 AM PDT

Clarksville Athletic Club urges city to 'Think Pink,' in fight against ... - Leaf Chronicle

Posted: 06 Oct 2009 08:38 AM PDT

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Clarksville Athletic Club (CAC), 220 Dunlop Lane, has joined forces with the American Cancer Society and Making Strides in fighting breast cancer. CAC is making a conscious effort to educate, inform, and raise funds for the cause against breast ...

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Limbaugh, Checketts bid for Rams - TSN

Posted: 06 Oct 2009 08:59 AM PDT

St. Louis, MO (Sports Network) - The St. Louis Rams are off to an 0-4 start, but the dreadful beginning to the 2009 season apparently has not scared off potential buyers for the franchise.

Radio personality Rush Limbaugh and St. Louis Blues owner Dave Checketts head a group interested in purchasing the club from Chip Rosenbloom.

The St. Louis Post Dispatch said Tuesday that the group plans to keep the team in St. Louis. Under NFL rules governing cross-ownership, the team would have to remain in the city because owners of teams in the other major pro sports leagues cannot own controlling interest in NFL teams in different markets.

Limbaugh, a native of Missouri, confirmed his group's bid to buy the Rams in a statement to KMOX-AM in St. Louis.

"Dave and I are part of a bid to buy the Rams and we are continuing the process," Limbaugh's statement read. "But I can say no more because of a confidentiality clause in our agreement with Goldman Sachs. We cannot and will not talk about our partners. But if we prevail, we will be the operators of the team."

The Rams have never officially stated that the team is for sale, going so far as to issue a press release in May of 2008 to refute rumors that the team was on the market only four months after the passing of longtime owner Georgia Frontiere.

Frontiere passed away in January of 2008 at the age of 80 after a long battle with breast cancer. She inherited the team following the death of her husband, Carroll Rosenbloom, in 1979. Frontiere, a St. Louis native, took over the Rams when the club was based in Anaheim and moved the Rams to the Gateway City for the 1995 season.

The Rams late Monday night issued a release about the latest sale rumors.

"Our strategic review of our ownership of the Rams continues," said Chip Rosenbloom. "We will make an announcement upon the completion of the process."

According to the Post-Dispatch, Rosenbloom and sister Lucia Rodriguez own a 60 percent share of the Rams, while Stan Kroenke has a 40 percent interest. Kroenke also owns the Denver Nuggets of the NBA and the NHL's Colorado Avalanche.

The Rams have been controlled by the Rosenblooms since 1972 when Carroll Rosenbloom traded the Baltimore Colts, which he had owned since 1953, for the franchise then based in Los Angeles.

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Tuesday, October 6, 2009