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Pep rallies are events that occur primarily in the United States, Belize, Canada and Saudi Arabia. A pep rally is a gathering of people, typically students of middle school, high school and College age, before a sports event. The purpose of such a gathering is to encourage school spirit and to support members of the team for which the rally is being thrown. The pep rallies are often very loud and have a lot of excitement to keep all the students excited for the upcoming game and to cheer on the team.
At a pep rally, cheerleaders will often lead in boisterous chants intended to get the student body involved and supporting the school's team. Games between competing classes with small prizes may be held. The school's band will often play upbeat music in between demonstrations, and the drumline may play. In the case of a homecoming game, the Homecoming "court" may be chosen and announced.
This is also a time for the team captains to let the school know how their team is doing this season.
College basketball teams celebrate the opening of the season with Midnight Madness, which is a pep rally-like event.
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Name | Raghib Ismail |
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Position | Wide receiver |
Number | 25, 81, 86 |
Birthdate | November 18, 1969 |
Birthplace | Elizabeth, New Jersey |
Heightft | 5 |
Heightin | 11 |
Weight | 180 |
College | Notre Dame |
Draftyear | 1991 |
Draftround | 4 |
Draftpick | 100 |
Debutyear | 1991 |
Debutteam | Toronto Argonauts |
Finalyear | 2001 |
Finalteam | Dallas Cowboys |
Pastteams | |
Highlights | |
Statseason | 2001 |
Statlabel1 | Receptions |
Statvalue1 | 363 |
Statlabel2 | Receiving yards |
Statvalue2 | 5,295 |
Statlabel3 | Touchdowns |
Statvalue3 | 30 |
Nfl | ISM070576 |
Raghib Ramadian Ismail (born November 18, 1969 in Elizabeth, New Jersey) is a retired professional American and Canadian football player, who played Wide receiver in both the Canadian Football League and National Football League. He played college football at Notre Dame. His nickname was "The Rocket", for his speed.
Ismail recorded two 1,000-yard receiving seasons in the NFL and was a CFL All-Star in 1991, as well as the Most Valuable Player of the 79th Grey Cup.
In 2004, CollegeFootballNews.com named Ismail the #75 player on its list of the Top 100 Greatest College Football Players of All-Time.
Notre Dame won the College Football National Championship in 1988, placed second in 1989 winning the 1990 Orange Bowl against Colorado, and again went to the 1991 Orange Bowl, losing to Colorado 10-9. In that game, he returned a punt 91 yards for a touchdown that would have won the game for Notre Dame and stopped Colorado from winning a share of the National Championship, however the play was called back on a controversial clipping penalty sealing the Irish defeat. After the 1990 season, Ismail finished second in the voting for the Heisman Trophy as the top college football player, losing to Brigham Young University Quarterback Ty Detmer.
During the 1989 regular season game against Michigan, Ismail returned two kickoffs for touchdowns, a feat never before accomplished by a Michigan opponent. He was featured on the cover of Sports Illustrated twice, and received numerous awards, including All-American status.
The projected first overall selection in the 1991 NFL Draft, Ismail decided at the last minute to sign a record contract with the Toronto Argonauts of the Canadian Football League starting during their 1991 season. As a result, he was chosen by the Los Angeles Raiders with the 100th overall pick in the draft.
Ismail joined the Argonauts in time for the 1991 season, and in his first game, returned a kick 73 yards on a reverse with Michael Clemons. Ismail ended his rookie season at the 79th Grey Cup. He recorded an 87-yard touchdown on a kickoff return and was named the Grey Cup Most Valuable Player as his Argonauts defeated the Calgary Stampeders 36-21. He came within fifty yards of breaking his teammate Clemons' franchise record for single-season kickoff return yardage, and made the 1991 All-Star team as a wide receiver, finishing runner-up to Jon Volpe for rookie of the year.
In 1992 Ismail broke Clemons' franchise record for single-season kick return yards. Ismail was unhappy in Canada as the Argonauts slumped to a 6-12 record, missing the playoffs. He was also remembered for his participation in a sideline brawl against the Stampeders where he stomped an opposing player's helmeted face. He later apologized on Speaker's Corner. With the huge contract around Toronto's neck and McNall facing increasing financial trouble, Ismail left the CFL, and, after the season, signed with the Los Angeles Raiders.
After 1995, Ismail was traded to the Carolina Panthers for a fifth-round pick. In 1996 the Panthers, under Head coach Dom Capers finished 12-4, but Ismail recorded a career-low 214 yards without a single touchdown. In 1997 he recorded 419 receiving yards and two touchdowns.
In 1998, Ismail recorded 69 receptions for 1,024 yards, two yards short of doubling his previous career high, and eight touchdowns.
Then in 1999, Ismail signed with the Dallas Cowboys as a free agent and wore #81. He recorded a career-high 1,097 yards and six touchdowns. In 2000, injuries caused by a collision with teammate Dat Nguyen during training camp limited Ismail to eight games, and he recorded 350 yards. The 2001 season marked Ismail's last season. Ismail was released by the Cowboys in 2002, ending his NFL career.
He has most recently been coaching in the extreme sports league Slamball.
Ismail is now an inspirational speaker, and speaks at churches.
Ismail has been described as a "devout Christian".
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Name | Barack Obama |
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Alt | A portrait shot of a serious looking middle-aged African-American male (Barack Obama) looking straight ahead. He has short black hair, and is wearing a dark navy blazer with a blue striped tie over a light blue collared shirt. In the background are two flags hanging from separate flagpoles: an American flag, and one from the Executive Office of the President. |
Order | 44th |
Office | President of the United States |
Vicepresident | Joe Biden |
Term start | January 20, 2009 |
Predecessor | George W. Bush |
Jr/sr2 | United States Senator |
State2 | Illinois |
Term start2 | January 3, 2005 |
Term end2 | November 16, 2008 |
Predecessor2 | Peter Fitzgerald |
Successor2 | Roland Burris |
State senate3 | Illinois |
State3 | Illinois |
District3 | 13th |
Term start3 | January 8, 1997 |
Term end3 | November 4, 2004 |
Predecessor3 | Alice Palmer |
Successor3 | Kwame Raoul |
Birth date | August 04, 1961 |
Party | Democratic Party |
Spouse | Michelle Robinson Obama |
Children | MaliaSasha |
Residence | White House (official)Chicago, Illinois (private) |
Alma mater | Occidental CollegeColumbia UniversityHarvard University |
Profession | Community organizerLawyerConstitutional law professorAuthor |
Religion | Christianity |
Signature | Barack Obama signature.svg |
Signature alt | Barack Obama |
Website | The White HouseBarack Obama |
Footnotes |
A native of Honolulu, Hawaii, Obama is a graduate of Columbia University and Harvard Law School, where he was the president of the Harvard Law Review. He was a community organizer in Chicago before earning his law degree. He worked as a civil rights attorney in Chicago and taught constitutional law at the University of Chicago Law School from 1992 to 2004.
Obama served three terms in the Illinois Senate from 1997 to 2004. Following an unsuccessful bid against a Democratic incumbent for a seat in the U.S. House of Representatives in 2000, he ran for United States Senate in 2004. Obama Sr. remarried and returned to Kenya, visiting Barack in Hawaii only once, in 1971. He died in an automobile accident in 1982. In February 1981, he made his first public speech, calling for Occidental's divestment from South Africa. In mid-1981, Obama traveled to Indonesia to visit his mother and sister Maya, and visited the families of college friends in India and Pakistan for three weeks.
Later in 1981 he transferred to Columbia University in New York City, where he majored in political science with a specialty in international relationsreprinted in: In mid-1988, he traveled for the first time in Europe for three weeks and then for five weeks in Kenya, where he met many of his paternal relatives for the first time. from Harvard in 1991, he returned to Chicago. Obama's election as the first black president of the Harvard Law Review gained national media attention and led to a publishing contract and advance for a book about race relations,
From 1994 to 2002, Obama served on the boards of directors of the Woods Fund of Chicago, which in 1985 had been the first foundation to fund the Developing Communities Project, and of the Joyce Foundation. He served on the board of directors of the Chicago Annenberg Challenge from 1995 to 2002, as founding president and chairman of the board of directors from 1995 to 1999.
Obama was elected to the Illinois Senate in 1996, succeeding State Senator Alice Palmer as Senator from Illinois's 13th District, which at that time spanned Chicago South Side neighborhoods from Hyde Park – Kenwood south to South Shore and west to Chicago Lawn.
In January 2003, Obama became chairman of the Illinois Senate's Health and Human Services Committee when Democrats, after a decade in the minority, regained a majority. Obama addressed the first high-profile Chicago anti-Iraq War rally, and spoke out against the war. He addressed another anti-war rally in March 2003 and told the crowd that "it's not too late" to stop the war.
Decisions by Republican incumbent Peter Fitzgerald and his Democratic predecessor Carol Moseley Braun not to contest the race resulted in wide-open Democratic and Republican primary contests involving fifteen candidates.
In July 2004, Obama delivered the keynote address at the 2004 Democratic National Convention in Boston, Massachusetts,
Obama's expected opponent in the general election, Republican primary winner Jack Ryan, withdrew from the race in June 2004.
, on October 28, 2006.]] Obama was sworn in as a senator on January 4, 2005, (the ranking has been criticized by liberal groups such as Media Matters for America
(R-OK) and Obama discussing the Coburn–Obama Transparency Act Obama also sponsored a Senate amendment to the State Children's Health Insurance Program providing one year of job protection for family members caring for soldiers with combat-related injuries.
During both the primary process and the general election, Obama's campaign set numerous fundraising records, particularly in the quantity of small donations. On June 19, 2008, Obama became the first major-party presidential candidate to turn down public financing in the general election since the system was created in 1976. On November 4, Obama won the presidency by winning 365 electoral votes to 173 received by McCain, capturing 52.9% of the popular vote to McCain's 45.7%, which is being distributed over the course of several years.
, Colorado. Vice President Joe Biden stands behind him.]] In March, Obama's Treasury Secretary, Timothy Geithner, took further steps to manage the financial crisis, including introducing the Public-Private Investment Program for Legacy Assets, which contains provisions for buying up to $2 trillion in depreciated real estate assets. Obama intervened in the troubled automotive industry The CBO released a report stating that the stimulus bill increased employment by 1–2.1 million, He proposed an expansion of health insurance coverage to cover the uninsured, to cap premium increases, and to allow people to retain their coverage when they leave or change jobs. His proposal was to spend $900 billion over 10 years and include a government insurance plan, also known as the public option, to compete with the corporate insurance sector as a main component to lowering costs and improving quality of health care. It would also make it illegal for insurers to drop sick people or deny them coverage for pre-existing conditions, and require every American carry health coverage. The plan also includes medical spending cuts and taxes on insurance companies that offer expensive plans. Obama's granting of his first television interview as president to an Arabic cable network, Al Arabiya, was seen as an attempt to reach out to Arab leaders. .]] On June 26, 2009, in response to the Iranian government's actions towards protesters following Iran's 2009 presidential election, Obama said: "The violence perpetrated against them is outrageous. We see it and we condemn it." On December 1, 2009, Obama announced the deployment of an additional 30,000 military personnel to Afghanistan. During his pre-inauguration transition period and continuing into his presidency, Obama has delivered a series of weekly Internet video addresses. He plays basketball, a sport he participated in as a member of his high school's varsity team.]] Obama is a well known supporter of the Chicago White Sox, and threw out the first pitch at the 2005 ALCS when he was still a senator.
In December 2007, Money magazine estimated the Obama family's net worth at $1.3 million.See also: Their 2009 tax return showed a household income of $5.5 million—up from about $4.2 million in 2007 and $1.6 million in 2005—mostly from sales of his books.
On September 27, 2010, Obama released a statement commenting on his religious views saying "I'm a Christian by choice. My family didn't—frankly, they weren't folks who went to church every week. And my mother was one of the most spiritual people I knew, but she didn't raise me in the church. So I came to my Christian faith later in life, and it was because the precepts of Jesus Christ spoke to me in terms of the kind of life that I would want to lead—being my brothers' and sisters' keeper, treating others as they would treat me." Obama resigned from Trinity during the Presidential campaign after controversial statements made by Rev. Jeremiah Wright became public. After a prolonged effort to find a church to attend regularly in Washington, Obama announced in June 2009 that his primary place of worship would be the Evergreen Chapel at Camp David.
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Name | Eric Foster |
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Caption | Eric Foster during his tenure at Rutgers. |
Currentteam | Indianapolis Colts |
Currentnumber | 68 |
Currentposition | Defensive tackle |
Birthdate | April 05, 1985 |
Birthplace | Homestead, Florida |
Heightft | 6 |
Heightin | 2 |
Weight | 265 |
Debutyear | 2008 |
Debutteam | Indianapolis Colts |
College | Rutgers University |
Undraftedyear | 2008 |
Pastteams | |
Status | Active |
Highlights | |
Statweek | 17 |
Statseason | 2009 |
Statlabel1 | Tackles |
Statvalue1 | 72 |
Statlabel2 | Sacks |
Statvalue2 | 2.5 |
Statlabel3 | INT |
Statvalue3 | 0 |
Nfl | FOS247808 |
Foster gained national notoriety in 2006 for his stellar play, as well as for a popular clip aired by ESPN of a locker room speech. Snippets of the video were played at later home games. In addition, he makes a chopping motion with his arms and hands as a reference to his coach, Greg Schiano's motto, "Keep Choppin'."
For his efforts, Foster was named first team all-Big East Conference. The Football Writers Association of America named him as a first-team All-American at defensive tackle, as well as making Honorable Mention on the AP's team. In 2007, he was named a preseason All-American by Sports Illustrated.
Foster was named to several pre-season All-America teams for 2007 at DT. He was named to the preseason watch list for the Lott Trophy, annually awarded to the best defensive player in the nation.
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Name | David Archuleta |
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Background | solo_singer |
Birth name | David James Archuleta |
Born | December 28, 1990 When he was twelve years old, Archuleta became the Junior Vocal Champion on Star Search 2. In May 2008 he finished as the runner-up, receiving 44 percent of over 97 million votes. |
Name | Archuleta, David |
Short description | American pop singer |
Date of birth | December 28, 1990 |
Place of birth | Miami, Florida |
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Name | Dan Le Batard |
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Birth date | December 16, 1969 |
Death date | |
Residence | Miami, Florida |
Known for | Sports journalist, sports radio host, sports television personality |
Education | University of Miami |
Employer | Miami Herald, 790 The Ticket, ESPN |
Dan Le Batard is a Cuban-American newspaper sportswriter, radio host, and television reporter based out of Miami, Florida. Le Batard graduated from the University of Miami in 1990 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in journalism and politics. During his college career, he was a sportswriter for the college newspaper, The Miami Hurricane. While at the University of Miami, he received criticism for helping to escalate the rancor in the UM versus University of Notre Dame rivalry by publishing Lou Holtz's personal phone number and by referring to coach Lou Holtz as Sir Lou, or Lou Sir (Loser). Dan requested his readers to call all through the week of the game to help distract the coach.
Le Batard began work at the Miami Herald in 1990 and is a columnist for its sports section. His first major work for The Herald was to investigate his former college's football team. In fact, he made his journalistic 'bones' by breaking the Miami Hurricanes Football Team Pell Grant scandal. LeBatard has also written for a number of magazines including Cosmopolitan, Maxim, and ESPN The Magazine.
In addition to his work for the Miami Herald, Le Batard hosts an afternoon radio show weekdays with Jon "Stugotz" Weiner on WAXY 790 The Ticket in Miami. Le Batard is known for his self-deprecating humor, which carries over onto the show through running jokes.
Le Batard prides himself on being the "uncomfortable" sports journalist. He often writes about controversial topics, especially race. Guests on his radio program may be asked questions ranging from the racial undertones of the Michael Vick case to the effect that race has on how players are drafted into the NBA. After writing a column for The Herald on the former topic, Le Batard was featured on Fox News's Hannity & Colmes to discuss the issue.
Le Batard is an outspoken critic of disciplinarian coaches, feeling that the disciplinarian style of coaching is ill-suited to the modern era of high player salaries and guaranteed contracts.
Le Batard is a frequent contributor to many programs on the ESPN television network. Among others, he is a recurring guest on Outside the Lines, The Sports Reporters, and College GameDay. He is also a regular guest host of Pardon the Interruption, where he has been christened "The Hateable Dan Le Batard" due to his sometimes controversial (and usually contrarian) opinions. Hosting duties on PTI have allowed Le Batard the implementation of the catch-phrase "Bam!", which he exclaims in various ways at the beginning of each show he guest hosts.
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