Sports misc.

Hi. First of all, here's a good article about Giants back-up quarterback Tim Hasselbeck and his wife Elisabeth, who is the on the TV show "The View". Here's the article, from the July/August issue of Today's Christian magazine: http://www.christianitytoday.com/tc/2006/004/2.34.html. The article was part of the devotion this past week in the devotional booklet "Power Up!" included inside of Sports Spectrum magazine.

Also, an article about a Christmas party for needy kids held earlier this month by the Orioles. Those involved were current and former Orioles Brian Roberts, Melvin Mora and Jay Gibbons, Dave Johnson, and Rick Dempsey. Here's the article: http://baltimore.orioles.mlb.com/NASApp/mlb/news/article.jsp?ymd=20061207&content_id=1754427&vkey=news_bal&fext=.jsp&c_id=bal.

Here's an article about Clemson football player Ray Ray McElrathbey receiving the 2006 FedEx Orange Bowl Courage Award, which is given by the Football Writers' Association of America. He received for taking care of his younger brother Fahmarr because their parents aren't able to. Here's the article: http://www.ajc.com/gatech/content/sports/stories/2006/12/14/1215clemson.html.

Next, a couple of articles about the retirement of the Twins Brad Radke. The first is about the player and person that he is/was: http://mlb.mlb.com/NASApp/mlb/news/article.jsp?ymd=20061219&content_id=1764047&vkey=news_min&fext=.jsp&c_id=min.

The second article is about the activities in the community that he and his wife Heather are involved in: http://mlb.mlb.com/NASApp/mlb/news/article.jsp?ymd=20061219&content_id=1764202&vkey=news_mlb&fext=.jsp&c_id=mlb.

Merry Christmas!