Meredith Vieira

‘And I’ve always felt it diminished me and diminished him. It was being distorted, because it looked better to make it “Poor Meredith, she triumphs through it all”, and that wasn’t the case.

Meredith, I am going to miss having my cup of coffee with you every morning, I feel like your an old friend. You are so funny and so at ease and I love the way you interact with Matt and Al, those two are a handful and you can beat them at their game. (I love them too). Good luck to you in the next chapter in your life, and especially enjoy Cape Cod this summer, I love it there.

According to a key member of Papa Cyrus’ team, the country crooner and key player in his daughter’s superstar career ‘went ballistic’ when he heard about the doll featuring a Miley look-alike on the box’s cover, and a promotional tagline about the doll’s, uh, ‘anatomy’ that spoofs his famous ‘Achy Breaky Heart’ hit.

Jaycee Dugard

PLACERVILLE, Calif.& 160; A California woman who was kidnapped and held captive for 18 years says she was so afraid of her abductors that she never tried to escape.

Following the arrest, police extensively searched the Garrido house for evidence of other crimes. Because Phillip Garrido had access to his neighbor’s house, it was also searched for evidence. Police also searched the homes and business of one of Phillip Garrido’s printing business clients. Between September 15, 2009, and September 22, 2009, police agencies from Hayward, California, and Dublin, California, conducted searches of the Garridos’ property investigating missing girls from those communities. The results of the search turned up no clues to the disappearances of the girls. However, Hayward police have recently announced that Garrido has not been eliminated as a suspect and is still a person of interest in the case of Michaela Garecht. The El Dorado County District Attorney, who prosecuted Garrido, has said he believes that Garrido is responsible for Michaela’s kidnapping.

The Garridos’ home on Walnut Avenue is in an unincorporated area in northeast Antioch. A neighbor of the Garridos said he recalls, as a child, meeting Dugard through a fence in the Garridos’ yard soon after the kidnapping. He said that she had identified herself by the name “Jaycee” and that’s when he asked her if she lived there or was just visiting, she answered that she lived there. At that point Phillip Garrido came out and took her back indoors. The Garridos later built a privacy fence around the property, which already had several large trees in the yard.

Udonis Haslem

The NBA says it will review further the altercation between the Miami Heat and Dallas Mavericks in the second quarter of Game 6 after some players from the bench were on the floor.

Foreclosure

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Magic Johnson

After a physical before the 1991 92 NBA season, Johnson discovered that he had tested positive for HIV. In a press conference held on November& 160;7, 1991, Johnson made a public announcement that he would retire immediately. He stated that his wife Cookie and their unborn child did not have HIV, and that he would dedicate his life to “battle this deadly disease”. Johnson initially said that he did not know how he contracted the disease, but later acknowledged that it was through having multiple sexual partners during his playing career. At the time, only a small percentage of HIV-positive people had contracted it from heterosexual sex, and it was initially rumored that Johnson was gay or bisexual, although he denied both. Johnson later accused Isiah Thomas of spreading the rumors, a claim Thomas denied. Johnson’s HIV announcement became a major news story in the United States, and in 2004 was named as ESPN’s seventh most memorable moment of the past 25 years. Many articles praised Johnson as a hero, and former U.S. President George H. W. Bush said, “For me, Magic is a hero, a hero for anyone who loves sports.”

Phil Jackson

They haven’t lost since, winning five straight. They’ve played tight defense (blowing apart another of their stereotypes), Nowitzki has been terrific and he’s had a different teammate or two step up each game. On Friday night, it was Jason Terry and Peja Stojakovic& 160;(FSY).

Bryant also said Gasol is playing OK, just “not playing at the high level that we’re accustomed to seeing him playing.” The numbers bear it out. Gasol’s average of 13.4 points is easily the worst of his playoff career and his 7.8 rebounds are the worst of his four postseasons with the Lakers.

The Lakers’ loss to Dallas on Sunday, which completed a second-round series sweep for the Mavericks, ended Jackson’s quest for a 12th NBA title as coach and his campaign for a fourth three-peat. His regular-season winning percentage goes down as .704 1,155-485. In the playoffs it’s .688 229-104.