Coach's criticism ignites Duquesne's Marhold

After a 22-point blowout loss Feb. 5 against George Washington, Duquesne coach Jim Ferry blasted his team's lack of effort, called into question the leadership of some upperclassmen and called out senior post player Andre Marhold, saying "he has given us nothing for quite a long time."

It was that last bit -- calling out a player publicly -- that got some people's attention because coaches ordinarily don't go that route. But Ferry has been a straight shooter since he arrived and was being honest about why Marhold was no longer a starter.

Marhold, however, had no problem with what Ferry said because he knew he wasn't getting the job done and needed a wake-up call.

"I was OK with it because I am not good at communicating things often and, sometimes, I probably don't always hear what people are saying," Marhold said, then laughed. "But me sitting on the bench and hearing my coach say I am not helping the team, well, that's a good way to get my attention."

Clearly, Ferry's motivational tactic worked because Marhold had an excellent game in the loss against Xavier last Saturday and earned his way back into the starting lineup for the Dukes stunning, 84-83 win Thursday night at Temple.

In fact, since Ferry called him out, Marhold has been the Dukes' best player. He scored nine points and grabbed 10 rebounds against the Musketeers and posted 15 points and 15 rebounds against the Owls.

• Matchup: Duquesne (8-16, 1-9 Atlantic 10) vs. Rhode Island (7-16, 2-9), 7 p.m. today, Palumbo Center.

• Radio: WPGB-FM (104.7).

• Duquesne: Ended an 11-game losing streak Thursday with 84-83 win at Temple. ... Andre Marhold has scored 24 points and grabbed 25 rebounds in past two games. ... Marhold started against Temple after being a reserve for several weeks. ... Average 12.6 turnovers per game.

• Rhode Island: Ended 6-game losing streak with a 75-72 win Wednesday against Dayton. ... Leading scorer is Xavier Munford (17.5 ppg). ... Leads series with Duquesne, 28-24, but is 11-12 in games in Pittsburgh. ... Won a thriller, 77-76, in 2011 in last trip here.

• Hidden stat: Duquesne has lost five home games in a row; Rhode Island has lost three consecutive road games.

Marhold also had three blocked shots in the waning moments of the Temple game, and they were huge as the Dukes won by one point. Every possession was crucial.

He said that as soon as he heard Ferry's comments he knew his coach was right and decided to make the necessary changes to his attitude and work habits to ensure that he could finish his senior year the right way and help his team win some games down the stretch.

"I just used Coach's comments as motivation, decided I needed to take a look in the mirror and see what it was that I could do better," Marhold said. "I just knew that I needed to change, go back to being that leader, getting our guys hyped and ready, working hard at practice, doing everything in my power to make changes so that I can become not just a better player but also a better person.

"I feel like I know what he is talking about, he wants us not just to play hard but to make plays as well. My mentality has changed. Now, I am thinking in terms of making plays.

"Really, it was on me, I know that, and I just want to make sure that I keep working hard and really improving and being a leader the rest of the way here."

Marhold will start tonight when Duquesne (8-16, 1-8 Atlantic 10) plays host to Rhode Island (7-16, 2-8). He said he plans on being a starter the rest of the way.

"I need to keep this going," he said. "Just working hard and being a leader and helping us win games, that's where my focus needs to be."

The win against Temple broke an 11-game losing streak, but Marhold said that is behind the Dukes, who are now trying to mount a winning streak.

"We experienced a big win before -- against West Virginia -- then got all happy and came out the next game flat and got blown out of the gym by team we could beat [Robert Morris], so we know what that is like and aren't going to do that again," Marhold said. "Guys got a taste of winning and want more, and there were a lot of guys in [Friday] early watching film, working out and getting focused on our next game.

"I know we are going to come out ready to play and play as hard on defense as we did against Temple and, if we do that and rebound, we will have a great chance to win."

Source: http://www.post-gazette.com/stories/sports/duquesne/coachs-criticism-ignites-duquesnes-marhold-675600

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Dr. Ben Carson for President? 'I'll Leave That Up to God'

ABC News' Kari Rea reports:

It's a forum that isn't known for making news - so Dr. Ben Carson says the buzz created by his speech at last week's National Prayer Breakfast, including a Wall Street Journal staff editorial with the headline "Ben Carson For President" - came as a surprise.

"I don't think it was particularly political," Carson, the director of pediatric neurosurgery at Johns Hopkins, told ABC's Chief White House Correspondent Jonathan Karl during an interview for " This Week." "You know, I'm a physician. I like to diagnose things. And, you know, I've diagnosed some pretty, pretty significant issues that I think a lot of people resonate with."

With an audience that included President Obama and Vice President Joe Biden, Carson spoke out about political correctness, health care and taxes at the breakfast. In his roughly 23-minute address, Carson called for a private health care savings plan and a flat tax for all Americans. His address has since gone viral, racking up more than two million views on YouTube.

The speech isn't Carson's first foray into national politics. In 2008, President George W. Bush awarded the successful brain surgeon the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation's highest civilian honor.

On Sunday, Carson criticized some of President Obama's policies but also called him a "very talented politician."

"There are a number of policies that I don't believe lead to the growth of our nation and don't lead to the elevation of our nation," Carson added. "I don't want to sit here and say all of his policies are bad."

He also offered his diagnosis for today's political environment.

"What I would like to see more often in this nation is an open and intelligent conversation, not people just casting aspersions at each other," Carson said on "This Week." "I mean, it's unbelievable to me the way people act like third graders. And if somebody doesn't agree with them, they're this and they're that and, you know - it comes from both sides. And it's just so infantile."

As for his own ambitions, Carson, 61, is retiring from practicing medicine this summer. But he told Jonathan Karl he's not ruling out a future bid for political office.

"That's not my intention," he said. "But I always say, 'I'll leave that up to God.'"

To read an excerpt of Carson's 2012 book "America the Beautiful," click HERE.

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2 Chainz Arrested For Weed Grinder in UMES + Hair Weave Killer Calls Police Out on Twitter

2 Chainz Poses With Officers, After Being Arrested

While you were sleeping, the Hair Weave Killer, was getting locked up in Maryland. On Valentines Day, 2 Chainz (real name Tauheed Epps) was arrested while enroute to a show at the University of Maryland Eastern Shore (UMES). While the details are still fuzzy, here?s what we know thus far.

According to 2 Chainz, he and his camp were headed to the university, when they were somehow pulled over and it was discovered that someone (2 Chainz) had a weed grinder. After the incident, 2 Chainz tweeted what happened, writing:

UMES we on the way , dam police f*ckn wit a n*gga , we fina turnUP?Locked me up and then Wanted pictures smh..We to jail for a grinder??? REALLY????Show must go on much love UMES?I work hard and pray even harder , we gone always b good yall?.Not to mention my security said it was his and they said , he don?t smoke ,, how da fuk u know? Haha wut a valentines day!!!

Here?s 2 Chainz at UMES, after his release.

In any event, this isn?t the Atlanta rappers first time having a run-in with police. Last year, he was arrested for having brass knuckles. He recounted the story to MTV, saying:

??They tried to assassinate my character, they tried to assassinate my swag. It was just a negative dilemma earlier where someone misconstrued a piece of jewelry for a weapon and stuff. ? I do exclusive pieces. My pieces are actual conversation pieces, like, literally. When you see my gold, when you see my stuff, it?s something to conversate about. People weren?t doing four-finger rings and all that. I just like to set myself apart, so I definitely wasn?t trying to beat nobody up on the airplane or nothing.?

Stay tuned, as we get more facts about his UMES arrest. P.S. Does a weed grinder warrant an arrest??

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Jamie Henn: Time for President Obama to Choose Sides on Keystone XL

The two sides in the fight over the Keystone XL were put in sharp relief this morning in Washington, D.C.

Over at the headquarters of the American Petroleum Institute, the largest front-group for the fossil fuel industry, PR flacks were scrambling to pull together a conference call with reporters to trot out more misinformation about the pipeline.

Meanwhile, over at the White House, 48 environmental, civil rights, and community leaders from across the country joined together for a historic display of civil disobedience to push President Obama to deny the Keystone XL and address the climate crisis.

Now, it's time for President Obama to choose which side he's on. He can side with the fossil fuel industry and people like API President Jack Gerard, who was a top Mitt Romney supporter, and the Koch Brothers, who would reap huge benefits from Keystone XL. Or, he can stand with the coalition of environmentalists, ranchers, farmers, young people, labor unions, and civil rights groups who have come together to oppose Keystone XL.

That coalition, and the people arrested at this morning's demonstration, are the same people who helped elect President Obama and can now help push forward his agenda.

It includes business leaders like Danny Kennedy, the CEO of Sungevity, a solar company in California that is pioneering new ways of massively scaling up solar installations (and creating lots of new jobs in the process); civil rights heroes, like Julian Bond, who helped found the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee and served as the president of the NAACP; ranchers like Randy Thompson, who has been leading the fight against Keystone XL in Nebraska and came all the way to D.C. today to get arrested at the White House; and student activists, like Jacklyn Gil, the daughter of two Colombian immigrants who is now leading a fossil fuel divestment campaign at Brandeis University and joined the protest this morning.

Danny Kennedy and Jacklyn Gil sit together at Wednesday, Feb 13's White House sit-in

Yes, the fossil fuel industry has most of the money. But we've got the people. This Sunday, tens of thousands are expected to attend the "Forward on Climate" rally here in Washington, D.C. to push the president to live up to his climate rhetoric. Volunteers have organized over 100 buses to bring people from all across the country. Hundreds of students, many of them also working on this growing fossil fuel divestment campaign, are coming into town.

President Obama should be familiar with the feeling of energy and momentum in the climate movement right now: it's the same grassroots spirit that powered him to the White House in the first place.

Keystone XL isn't just a test of whether Obama can live up to his own rhetoric, it's a test of whether he can live up to the movement that helped elect him. This is a time for him to dig deep, summon up some courage, stand up to Big Oil, and finally reject this dirty pipeline once and for all. We'll be there by the thousands pushing him forward.

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