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BOSTON, Aug. 24, 2015 –Former LPGA Tour starsJoAnne Carner and Rosie Joneswill be honored this week whenthey are inducted into theLegends Hall of Fame. The cer-emony will be held Friday, Aug.28, at the French Lick SpringsHotel in French Link, Ind.The induction will be held dur-ing tournament week of TheLegends Championship, set forAug. 29-30, at the Pete DyeCourse at French Lick Resort."This is an honor I will cherishfor the rest of my life and it

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LONG ISLAND CITY, N.Y.,/PRNewswire/ -- Leading fash-ion footwear designer, SteveMadden, joins forces withGrammy nominated rap artist, JaRule, to launch an exclusive col-lection for Steve Madden Men’sline. The Pre-Fall '15 collabora-tion includes bold sneakers,dress shoes and motorcycle-style kicks in soft nappa, nubuckleather and suede. Metallic orna-mentation and detailing, such ashandcuff eyelets and skeletonkeys, are integrated throughoutthe collection to symbolize theobstacles both Ja Rule and Steve

ATLANTA (Aug. 24, 2015) –The FOX Sports regional net-work SportSouth will operateunder a new name, FOX SportsSoutheast,effective Monday,Oct. 5, announced today by JeffGenthner, senior vice presidentand general manager.“FOX Sports is a universally

recognized brand with clearlydefined attributes of a dynamicattitude and excellence in sportsproduction,” said Genthner.“Changing SportSouth to FOX

NASHVILLE, TN - TheTennessee Titans announcedtoday the launch of their HighSchool Game of the Week pro-gram, designed to recognize andreward high school coaches whocontinuously demonstrate

By Chief DDThe Philosopher of Hip Hop

I have heard loudly and clearlyfrom those who follow my phi-losophy of Hip Hop that theywant more. I appreciate thatyou’ve waited a long time, butthe wait is just about over. As thePhilosopher of Hip Hop, I’vebeen working on a CD I believewill blow your mind. It is titled“Pedigree”.

And what is “Pedigree”.Webster Dictionary says: “A listof ancestors; record of ancestry;family tree (2) descent; lineage;and ancestry; 3. A recorded orknown line of descent, especial-ly of a purebred animal.”December 28 marks the date of

the total package, “Producing,Writing, & Performing.” Thefirst time I performed was as achild and being the youngest ofseven I performed the songs Igrew up around, which were bySugar Hill Gang and Run DMC--to name a few. Plus my broth-er had a band and every chance Igot I would do my own thing.At twelve-years-old, I entered atalent show and freestyled forthe first time. I stumbled oversome words, but realized thenthat I wanted to be a rapper oneday. That’s why I started writingand calling in on “Roll Call”, aradio program that allows you tofreestyle over their beat. By thenI was in high school and just

JoAnne Carner and RosieJones set to be inductedinto Legends Hall of Fame

makes my life’s work seem allthe more valuable to me,” saidCarner, who won 43 LPGA tour-naments during a career thatspanned from 1970 to 2005. “Iam thrilled to be inducted intothe Legends Hall of Fame.”

Born in Kirkland, Wash.,Carner was one of the nation’sall-time top women amateurplayers before turning profes-sional. She is still the onlywoman to have won UnitedStates Golf Association titles atthe U.S. Girls’ Junior, U.S.Women’s Amateur and U.S.

Women’s Open championships.Carner won the 1956 U.S. Girls’Junior Amateur and capturedfive U.S. Women’s AmateurChampionships (1957, 1960,1962, 1966 and 1968). In addi-tion, she competed on four U.S.Curtis Cup teams and remains asthe last amateur to have won anLPGA Tour event with her firstLPGA victory at the 1969Burdine’s Invitational.She won the U.S. Women’sOpen in 1971 and again in 1976,and tied for second at the 1987

SportSouth to be rebrandedas ‘FOX Sports Southeast’

Titans launch High SchoolGame of Week program

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Steve Madden launchesmen's line with Ja Rule

Madden have overcome, andtheir success through hard workand dedication.Steve Madden always has his

finger on the pulse, and togetherwith Ja Rule's sense of style, thisduo has designed a must see col-lection. "He came to the tablewith all of these ideas," saidSteve Madden. "He's an awe-some guy, we click. It's been funto collaborate with artists. Ienjoy it. I enjoy the creativespark.""I wanted to partner with Steve

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Sports Southeast better alignsour regional sports network withthe FOX Sports brand, andensures that all of the regionalnetworks serving the Southeast– FOX Sports South, FOXSports Carolinas, FOX SportsTennessee and now FOX SportsSoutheast – share in that dynam-ic brand strength and recogni-tion.”

While the network’s name ischanging, FOX Sports Southeastwill continue to be the “Home of

Your Home Teams” and featurethe same high quality sports pro-gramming that is currently tele-vised on SportSouth including

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coaching excellence and dedica-tion to their football programs.Each week for 10 weeks during

the 2015 high school footballseason, a panel of media mem-bers will select the top high

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mainly freestyled and battled inthe football locker room. Havingmoney became more important,so I started hustling while play-ing football. By this time I was asenior and rolling. That’s when Imoved to Chicago. I continuedto hustle but in my spare time Ibegan writing again and realizedthat I have “The Gift” of writingsongs.”

I started going to rap sessionsat Save the Children concertsand getting into producing. Mystyle of music is different. It’snot the typical everyday hip hop.I call it Monkey Wrenchesbecause it’s bound to stop thewheels of ‘haterism’. My musicnot only tells the truth but itgives light. I keep it real andminimize profanity as much aspossible. Not until I movedback to St. Louis did I becomeserious about my music. Andsince then I have completed 3CD’s. Upchurch, the CEO andproducer of Hard HittenProductions, worked with me onthe first two. I produced the lastone with no help and it has 12songs. I have also worked withDave out of Chicago on a few

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