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LET THEM EAT CAKE!

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LET THEM EAT CAKE!by Kathy Wolfe

This week’s Tidbits really takes the cake! We bring you all kinds of information about several different types this sweet treat, from bundt to sponge. •AncientEgyptwas home to theworld’s firstlarge-scalebakeries,whichwerethefirsttouseyeast to make cakes rise before baking them on hot stones. To the ancient Romans, cake meant a small bread, as there was no sugar, and honey was an expensive commodity.

• Cake-bakingunderwentadramaticchangeinthe mid-1800s. Previously, yeast was used as a leavening agent, but yeast was replaced with the introduction of baking soda and baking powder, both of which are greater raising agents. Temperature-controlled ovens also contributed to increased success.

•Flour is classifiedby itsproteincontent.Thehigher the protein, the harder the flour.All-purpose flour has a protein content of 10-11percent and is a good choice for cookies. Bread flour’scontentismuchhigher,15percent,andisnotsuitableforcakes.Cakeflour’sproteinmeasures 7-8 percent, and its low gluten content makes it a perfect choice for delicate cakes.

•Spongecakeusesonlyeggs,sugarandflourinits preparation, with no fat or leavening. The trick to a perfect sponge cake is to beat air into the batter at several stages during preparation.

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Veterans Treatment CourtVeterans who have Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) sometimes act out and

commit crimes as a result of their mental-health issues.

Veterans Treatment Court was developed as an intermediary stop for veterans who would have

ended up incarcerated for their crimes. VTC works in conjunction with local Department of Veterans Affairs facilities to decrease the

number of veterans who become involved with the justice system and divert them to mental-

health treatment. In areas that are on board with the VTC program (most major metropolitan areas are), when a veteran is arrested for a

non-violent crime that was committed due to substance abuse or mental health issues, the veteran is sent to Veterans Treatment Court.

In VTC, eligible veterans receive mental-health assessment and treatment, likely through the VA. While in treatment, which might include

weekly visits to the court to check in, the judge will watch progress. Once the treatment is

finished, the original charge can be reduced or dismissed. Any failure on the part of the

veteran -- drug use, for example -- can lead to punishment such as fines, re-arrest or jail time.The VTC program isn’t only about intervention with the justice system. Help also is available

for housing, transportation, job training and search, and medical and mental-health

treatment.Another program, Veterans Justice Outreach, centers on assisting veterans whose mental

illness led to the commission of crimes. Rather than jail, each veteran is assigned to a justice outreach specialist at a VA medical center for assessment, treatment planning and referral.

The specialist coordinates with the court system and also may train local law enforcement

about dealing with veterans who have PTSD or traumatic brain injury and provide services to

incarcerated veterans.For more information, go online to www.ptsd.

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• On April 1, 1700, English pranksters begin popularizing the annual tradition of playing April Fool’s jokes. In keeping with the fun, in 1957 the BBC reported that Swiss farmers were experiencing a record spaghetti crop and showed footage of people harvesting noodles from trees.

• On March 29, 1806, the Great National Pike, also known as the Cumberland Road, becomes the first highway funded by the national treasury. The initial appropriation of $30,000 was made by congressional act and covered the first leg through the Appalachian Mountains to Wheeling on the Ohio River.

• On March 30, 1867, the U.S. government puts the finishing touches a deal to purchase Alaska. It paid Alaska’s owner, Russia, $7.2 million, or roughly 2 cents per acre of land. Among many Republicans the deal was derisively known as “Seward’s Folly,” after U.S. Secretary of State William H. Seward.

• On March 31, 1889, the Eiffel Tower is dedicated in Paris. Gustave Eiffel’s tower was greeted with skepticism from critics, who argued that it would be structurally unsound. Within a few decades the tower came to be regarded as an architectural masterpiece.

• On March 26, 1937, America’s first monument to a comic strip hero is unveiled in Crystal City, Texas. The 6-foot-tall, brightly colored concrete statue of Popeye was unveiled in Popeye Park during the city’s second annual Spinach Festival.

• On March 27, 1964, the strongest earthquake in American history, measuring 8.4 on the Richter scale, slams southern Alaska, creating a deadly tsunami. Some 125 people were killed and thousands injured. The tidal wave devastated towns along the Gulf of Alaska and caused carnage in British Columbia, Canada; Hawaii and the West Coast of the United States.

• On March 28, 1979, the worst accident in the history of the U.S. nuclear power industry begins when a pressure valve in the Unit-2 reactor at Three Mile Island in Pennsylvania fails to close. As engineers struggled to understand what had happened, the reactor came within less than an hour of a complete meltdown.


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Some of our families are challenged with the “never-empty-nest-syndrome.” Folks worry about how their adult children will have a good quality of life. WINGS is there for participants and families. We give participants' lives meaning and purpose and we provide day respite to families. We assist people with basic human needs and their more soulful needs for friendship, challenge and rich experiences. A safety net of stimulation, socialization, and rewarding sense of accomplishment is found at WINGS. We make a positive difference in lives.

Research shows that ongoing stimulation enhances adult lives and helps prevent regression of skills, depression, cognitive decline and isolation. WINGS' day program encourages members to have input and responsibility for programming. It is a comfortable, flexible environment that allows "Adults to Soar."

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1. Is the book of 1 Timothy in the Old or New Testament or neither?2. From 1 Kings 19 for how many days and nights did Elijah fast? 7, 21, 40, 703. What region of 10 cities did Jesus mention in His ministry? Pentateuch, Trinidad, Lilliom, Decapolis4. From Numbers 11, why are Eldad and Me-dad famous? Carpentry skills, Righteousness, Prophesy, Cooking5. In which belief is Krishna a deity? Christi-anity, Hinduism, Judaism, Buddhism6. Who was the first king of Israel? David, Benjamin, Saul, Abraham

1. HISTORY: In what year did the RMS Ti-tanic sink, killing 1,517 people?2. GEOGRAPHY: What is the largest coun-try in South America?3. GENERAL KNOWLEDGE: In what year was the festival of Kwanzaa established?4. POLITICS: Nellie Tayloe Ross was the first woman governor of what state?5. MOVIES: Which Disney movie’s soundtrack features five Elvis Presley songs?6. SUPERHEROES: What was the name of The Green Hornet’s car?7. SCIENCE: What substance speeds the rate of a chemical reaction?8. LANGUAGE: What is the meaning of the Latin word “contra”? 9. MUSIC: What is the name of Tom Petty’s backup band?10. PERSONALITIES: What actress was briefly married to boxer Mike Tyson?

CAKE (continued):•Order up tiramisu for dessert, and you’llreceivelayersofladyfingerssoakedinespressoliqueur and layered with a custard mixture,toppedwithchocolateshavings.Ladyfingers,light sweet sponge cakes about four incheslong,havebeenaround since the late1400s,whentheywerecreatedtocelebrateavisitoftheKingofFrancetoItaly.Theyarealsousedin trifles, a layered dessert that incorporatescake, jam, custard, fruit andwhippedcream.Thetrifleisservedinaclearglassbowlsothatallthebeautifullayerscanbeseen.

•Bundt cakes have been around since 1950,when the fluted tubular pan was created bythe founder of the kitchenwaremanufacturerNordic. A group of Jewish women inMinneapolis approached David Dahlquist,asking him to design a pan based on an oldEuropean kugelhopf mold brought from theold country.The name “Bundt”was derivedfromtheGermanwordbund,whichtranslates“community”or“gatheringofpeople.”

•German chocolate cake, that rich chocolatelayer cakewith coconut pecanfilling topped

withchocolatefrostingandmorecoconut,hasnothingtodowithGermanyoritsinhabitants.Back in 1852, an employee of the WalterBakerchocolatecompanydevelopedamilder,sweeterbakingchocolatethanthebittersweetchocolate that was commonly used. Thatemployee, an Englishman, was named SamGerman, and the Baker company named theinventionafterhim.

•Do you know where the pound cake getsits name? Developed in England during the1700s, the recipe called for a pound each ofbutter, eggs,flour and sugar.Maybe it couldalsomeanhowmuchyou’llgainfromeatingthisdeliciousconfection!

• SmithIsland,Maryland,locatedinChesapeakeBay,ishometothatstate’sofficialcake,aptlynamed Smith Island Cake. The recipe datesbacktothelate1600sandconsistsof10to12thinlayersofyellowcakesandwichedtogetherwithchocolatefudgeicing.

•Adome-shapedcakefilledwithmousseand/orcustardisknownasabombe,fromtheFrenchword meaning domed or rounded. The cakeisflipped from itsdome-shapedmoldontoa

plate,thencoveredwithalayerofchocolateormeringue.

•What’s full of spices, frequently “re-gifted”and the subject of comedians’ jokes? That’sright, a fruitcake!Although this dense cakedates back to Roman times, its popularityincreasedgreatlyinthe1800s,whenitbecamethe preferred choice at Christmas gatheringsandweddings.Loadedwithglazeddriedfruit,raisinsandnuts,fruitcakesareoftensoakedinbrandy,whiskeyorliqueur.

• ThefirstboxedcakemixintheUnitedStatesappeared around 1930, distributed by amolassescompany,O.DuffandSons.Sevenothercompaniesfollowedsuitoverthenext15years.BettyCrocker andPillsbury didn’t hitthegrocer’sshelvesuntilthelate1940s.

• WhenCharlesandDianawed in1981, theyhad27weddingcakes.Theirofficialweddingcakewas prepared by the head baker of theNavalArmed Forces, a process that took 14weeks.Twoidenticalcakesweremade,intheeventonemightbedamaged.Thebottomlayerrequired12hourstobake.

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football team before Mack Brown took the job in 1998?4. How many times did 7-foot-7-inch center Manute Bol lead the NBA in blocked shots per game for a season?5. Who holds the New York Rangers record for most goals and points in a season?6. How many times has the 60-point mark in the regular-season standings been exceeded by a Major League Soccer team? 7. Name two of the last three WBA heavyweight boxing titleholders before Mike Tyson won the crown in 1987.

I signed up for a small plot in our community garden. It was a big step, going public this way. While others can grow glorious mounds of colorful flowers, my past attempts had humble results that were best relegated to pots on the porch.

For the second year, the local land trust has divided up one of it properties and made small rectangles of land available at a low cost to seniors who want to garden. I was able to select my own site -- near one of the faucets and the hose.

For those of us who don’t have a green thumb (as I apparently don’t), the land trust is holding a series of weekly gardening classes, designed to help us get the most out of our little plots of dirt.

Different types of mulch, how to understand the three numbers on the labels of fertilizer, planting seedlings versus seeds, soil pH, staying organic -- all are topics we’re learning about.

This weekend I went to the community garden and located my plot. It’s weedy and flat, with cold, hard-looking soil. It was used last year, so I assume all the rocks are gone, but still, I wondered: How am I going to transform it into a space full of beautiful flowers?

I made my decision while standing there looking at the weeds. I won’t grow flowers. I’m going to grow vegetables for the two homeless shelters near me and for the food bank. This time my attempts to succeed with a garden will be different: The land trust will provide hands-on help and advice.

I hope the food bank is prepared for a deluge of carrots, beans and tomatoes.

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CAKE (continued):•A roulade is what most of us know as ajelly roll, a sponge cake that is filled withbuttercream,fruit,lemoncurd,whippedcreamorganache,thenrolledup.AtChristmas,youmight see a Buche de Noel, orYule Log, arouladefilledwithchocolatebuttercreamandfrostedwithyetmorechocolate,thendecoratedwithchocolatebranchestoresembleatreelog.

•In 1832, Prince Metternich of Austria wasexpectingimportantguestsfordinnerandgavehis head chef the task of creating somethingnew and sumptuous for dessert. The onlytroublewas that thechefwassick, leavinga16-year-oldapprenticeincharge.YoungFranzSachersettoworkinventingachocolatespongecake cut into three layers,filledwith apricotjamandfrostedwitharichicing.Thedessertbecame known as Sachertorte and endurestodayasVienna’smostfamousspecialty,withitsrecipeasafelyguardedsecret.

•A1906romancenovelwasthesourceofthenameoftheladyBaltimorecake.Thestory,setin post-CivilWar Charleston,mentioned thetitlecharacterservingthedessert,acreationoftallwhitecakelayerswithafillingofchoppednuts and candied fruits, frosted with boiledwhiteicing.Theactualrecipewasdevelopedby twoBaltimorewomenwho opened a tearoom after the success of the novel. Thesedays, thiscakeisapopularoneforSouthernweddings.

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THE CHANNEL TUNNELConsidered one of the SevenWonders of theModernworld,theChannelTunnel,orChunnelas it is commonly called, links England andFranceunderneaththeEnglishChannel.Learnmore about this engineering accomplishmentthattakestravelersthroughtheworld’slongestmarinesubway.• The idea of an undersea tunnel betweenEnglandandFrancewasconceivedasearlyas1802.AFrenchminingengineerenvisionedapassagewaylitbyoil lampsandservicedbyhorse-drawncoaches.Theproposal includedan artificial island midway as a stop forchanginghorses.Severalplanswerepresentedover the next several decades, but itwasn’tuntil1988thattheactualexcavationbegan.

• Construction commenced in 1988 andconcludedin1994.Threeofthoseyearsweredevoted to the actual boring of the chalkyearth beneath the sea. The boringmachinesspanned the length of two football fieldsandcouldbore250feet(75m)aday.Thereare actually three tunnels, two ofwhich arefull-sized, large enough to accommodaterail traffic. Between these two train tunnelsis a service tunnel, a smaller tube that is anemergencyescaperoute.During thepeakofconstruction,15,000workerswereemployed.

•TheChunnelbridgesadistanceof31.4miles(50.5km)betweenFolkestone in theUnitedKingdomandCoquelles,France,nearCalais.The tunnel actually runsunderwater for 23ofthosemiles.BoringmachinesworkedfromboththeEnglishsideandtheFrenchsideina race to the middle, a contest won by theBritish. The tunnel’s average depth is 148

feet(45m)belowtheseabed,withitsdeepestpointat250feet(75m).

•Onthedayoftheofficialdedicationceremony,England’sQueenElizabeth traveled throughtheChunnelonaEurostartrain,whileFrenchPresident Mitterrand traveled from Paris.Theirtrainsstoppednosetonoseaspartofthefestivities.Overthenextsixyears,12millionpassengersutilizedthenewrailservice.Lastyear,closeto10millionpeoplerodetherailsundertheEnglishChannel.

•TheChunnelcertainlycouldn’tbeconsideredaneconomicalventure.Itwasoneofhistory’smostexpensiveconstructionprojects,carryingapricetagof$21billion,(about700timesthecostofSanFrancisco’sGoldenGateBridge!),80 percent above the forecasted budget,and taking over a year past the estimatedcompletiondate.Theprojectclaimedthelivesof10workers,eightBritsandtwoFrenchmen.

• Since its opening, there have been threemajor fires in the tunnel, producing seriousdamage.Oneyear intooperation,31peopleweretrappedinafire,buttheservicetunnelproveditsworth,asallpassengerswereabletoescape.Inaddition,therehavebeenotherincidents when passengers have becometrappedbyelectricalfailures.Onesuchfailurekeptpassengersstrandedforsixhours,whileanotherincidenttrapped20,000undertheseaovernight.

• The average ticket price on a EurostarpassengertrainfromLondontoParisisabout$200 for a trip that takes two hours and 20minutes.About 30,000 people ride the traindaily.

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Here come higher gas prices -- again. No one should be surprised. These things run in cycles. Yes, prices are generally higher in spring and summer -- when we all need more gas for vacation -- and go down in the winter. If you don’t get good gas mileage, consider whether it’s time to buy a more efficient, economical vehicle. You won’t be alone. The sale of small and compact cars has increased in the past year. One automaker reported that sales of its small cars increased by 40 percent. Another reported an increase of 43 percent.Decide, too, whether the vehicle you buy should be considered your “last” one. In other words, buy as though the vehicle will be the last one you’ll ever own -- and then drive it for the length of its useful life. The idea is to keep driving the car long after it’s paid off. Keep up with all scheduled maintenance to extend the life of the car. A payment-free vehicle is a nice thing to own. Besides not making a hefty monthly payment, the older a vehicle is, the lower the taxes and insurance.If you’re going to trade your car in, invest in a detailing package so it looks its best. At the very least, run it through a carwash and spring for the wax.These basics of saving on gas apply to whatever type of vehicle you own:--Keep your vehicle tuned. Not being at peak

performance means it is going to use more fuel. Keep an eye on the tire pressure as well.--Plan and combine your errand trips around town. --Carpool, if you can, or take public transportation at least a few days a week.For more ideas on saving on the cost of fuel, see the website by the U.S. Department of Energy: www.fueleconomy.gov/feg/gasprices. You’ll find information on hybrids and electric cars, alternative fuels, miles per gallon, notes from other consumers, tips on choosing an efficient vehicle, a side-by-side comparison of vehicles, and information about the new labels required on vehicles. Besides the estimated mpg, the new label has to disclose how much money you can likely save over five years, the greenhouse rating, the annual cost of fuel and the smog rating.

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DEAR PAW’S CORNER: We make sure to pick up after our dog, both when out for a walk and in the yard, which keeps the neighborhood and our lawn looking good. We store the collected excrement in an open box by the garage, daily, and then dispose of it each week in the trash. However, since this past summer we have been finding wood roaches -- two outdoors on our deck and three indoors. Could our disposal routine be attracting these roaches? -- Cindy in Michigan

DEAR CINDY: A bit of research gave me some insight into wood roaches, and I am reasonably sure that your disposal method is not causing the infestation -- and in fact, you may not have a big problem.Wood roaches are very different from the German cockroach (a tough-to-eradicate house pest). They live and breed outdoors. Homeowners most often see them in the warmer months, between May and October, according to colonialpest.com. Their breeding season is in May and June.Most wood roaches enter through small cracks or

openings in a home, but they can sometimes be carried inside with firewood or other items that are stored outdoors. They’re also attracted to lights and can sneak into the house that way.Wood roaches can’t breed indoors and usually can’t survive in an indoor environment. You can shoo them outside in most cases, rather than using pesticides to kill them. They’re actually beneficial to the woods and wild areas around your home, although they are unsightly. So, as long as your dog’s droppings aren’t causing an odor problem that bothers your neighbors or attracts other pests, your collection and storage methods are probably OK.

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Don’t Get Carried Away ... Yet

Early in every season, it’s easy to get carried away. The season has 34 more rac-es. Even Jimmie Johnson, who left the Daytona 500 (pending appeal of NAS-CAR penalties) with minus 23 points, has 24 races to make the Chase.

As if to prove the lunacy of drawing early conclusions, Johnson came back to fin-ish second in the season’s second race. He had crashed after one lap at Daytona.

Matt Kenseth, of course, won the 500 for the second time.

In 2009, Kenseth won the 500 and followed it up a week later with a victory in Fontana, Calif. He failed to win again that season and missed the Chase for one of only two times in his career. This time the second race was at Phoenix Internation-al Raceway, and Kenseth finished 13th.

Denny Hamlin took the Sprint Cup point lead by winning Phoenix’s Subway

Fresh Fit 500 a week after he finished fourth in the Daytona 500.

Even though it’s early yet, Hamlin was ecstatic about his early momentum, espe-cially since he is coming off a bit of a down year.

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lin said. “We’ve never been in this position this early in the season. We’ve always struggled. We’ve always taken our time — five or six races in — before we hit our stride.

“He (crew chief Darian

Grubb) made me a winner today.”

Ah, Darian Grubb. He was Tony Stewart’s crew chief last year. In fact, Grubb was fired by the reigning cham-pion. He moved to Joe Gibbs Racing, Toyota and Hamlin. As a result, dating back to

the 2011 Chase, the winning crew chief in six of the last 12 races is ... Grubb.

Not that the drivers, Stew-art and Hamlin, didn’t have a lot to do with it, mind you.

Stewart is off to a slow start. Remember, though,

that he barely made the Chase last year, and his per-formances didn’t take off until the Chase, when Stew-art won half the 10 champi-onship-deciding races.

In short, it’s way too soon to start drawing conclu-sions.

***Monte Dutton covers

motorsports for The Gas-ton (N.C.) Gazette. E-mail Monte at [email protected].

© 2012 King Features Synd., Inc.

NASCAR has its first two Sprint Cup race winners in Matt Kenseth, left, and Denny Hamlin. The question is: Can they keep their momentum? (John Clark/NASCAR This Week photo)

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Magic Maze

Answers1. 19122. Brazil3. 19664. Wyoming5. “Lilo & Stitch”6. Black Beauty7. A catalyst8. Against9. The Heartbreakers10. Robin Givens


? It was noted American science fiction author Philip K. Dick who made the following sage observation: “Reality is that which, when you stop believing in it, doesn’t go away.”

? The first chocolate factory in the United States was established even before the states were united. Back in 1765, two enterprising men named John Hanan and James Baker chose Dorchester, Mass., as the site for their factory, which they mechanized by using waterpower.

? If you’re like the average American, you eat 23 quarts of ice cream every year.

? You might be surprised to learn that the given name of iconic Apache leader Geronimo, Goyathlay, translates as “one who yawns.” And the very name Apache isn’t what the tribe originally called itself; it’s word from the Zuni Indian language, and it means “enemy.”

? In a scant 100 years, from 1500 to 1600, the population of the city of London quadrupled in size.

? Singer and songwriter Roger Miller, best known for his hit song “King of the Road,” had a passion for music early, even though his family was poor. When he was in grade school, he spent his weekends picking cotton so he could save up enough money to buy a guitar. After eighth grade he quit school and went to work herding cattle and riding in rodeos.

? Interestingly, the word “pudding” came into the English language from the German word “puddek,” which means “sausage.” ***Thought for the Day: “We are not afraid to entrust the American people with unpleasant facts, foreign ideas, alien philosophies and competitive values. For a nation that is afraid to let its people judge the truth and falsehood in an open market is a nation that is afraid of its people.” -- John F. Kennedy


ANSWERS: 1) New; 2) 40; 3) Decapolis; 4) Prophesy; 5) Hinduism; 6) Saul

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Goodell the Bounty Hunter

When some entity wants to bury a story, it usually makes an announce-ment late Friday afternoon in the hopes that nobody will notice dur-ing the weekend when news con-sumption takes lower priority. Last Friday’s announcement by the NFL, however, will have legs.

According to the results of an NFL investigation, the New Orleans Saints defense operated a cash pool that paid “bounty” payments for plays made the previous game. The investigation is said to have shown that the total amount of funds in the pool may have reached $50,000 or more at its height during the 2009 playoffs. The program paid players $1,500 for a “knockout” and $1,000 for a “cart-off,” with payouts dou-bling or tripling during the playoffs.

NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell said the investigation began in 2010 after allegations were made that Saints defenders had targeted Arizona Cardinals quarterback Kurt Warner and Minnesota Vikings quarterback Brett Favre during New Orleans’ 2009 run to the Super Bowl.

“They went beyond what was nor-mal in regards to when they were going to hit me or how they were going to hit me,” Warner said about the scandal.

Former quarterback Brett Favre said he wasn’t upset about the boun-ty program.

“It’s football, and I don’t think anything less of those guys,” Favre told media. “I’m not going to make a big deal about it. In all honesty, there’s a bounty of some kind on you on every play.”

Former Giants linebacker Law-rence Taylor would agree. He was the guy who snapped Joe Theis-man’s leg and said he didn’t con-sider any tackle a sack unless the quarterback was left on the ground “blowing snot bubbles.”

Eli Manning, the Giants two-time Super Bowl MVP said the scandal disgusted him, though.

“It’s not good for football and can’t be part of football.”

But it was part of the NFC Cham-pionship game, bounty or not, and worked well for the Giants. The Giants forced two fumbles from 49ers punt returner Kyle Williams, who had a history of concussions, which Giants players said they were aware of. “We were just like, ‘We gotta put a hit on that guy,’” Devin Thomas, the special teams player who recovered both fumbles, said after the game. “[We] did a great job hitting him early, and he looked kind of dazed when he got up. I feel like that made a difference and he coughed it up.”

Hockey has its enforcers, baseball pitchers will brush you back, and basketball players will give you a hard foul if you’re running up the score. Make a good play in college or Pop-Warner football games and they give you a sticker.

Expect to see a bunch of players knocked out of the game before the NFL spring meetings. It’s a billion-dollar game and nobody wants to see it turn into “The Longest Yard” every Sunday. In the meantime, keep an eye on the defense.

Mark Vasto is a veteran sports-writer who lives in Kansas City.


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Goodell the Bounty Hunter

When some entity wants to bury a story, it usually makes an announce-ment late Friday afternoon in the hopes that nobody will notice dur-ing the weekend when news con-sumption takes lower priority. Last Friday’s announcement by the NFL, however, will have legs.

According to the results of an NFL investigation, the New Orleans Saints defense operated a cash pool that paid “bounty” payments for plays made the previous game. The investigation is said to have shown that the total amount of funds in the pool may have reached $50,000 or more at its height during the 2009 playoffs. The program paid players $1,500 for a “knockout” and $1,000 for a “cart-off,” with payouts dou-bling or tripling during the playoffs.

NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell said the investigation began in 2010 after allegations were made that Saints defenders had targeted Arizona Cardinals quarterback Kurt Warner and Minnesota Vikings quarterback Brett Favre during New Orleans’ 2009 run to the Super Bowl.

“They went beyond what was nor-mal in regards to when they were going to hit me or how they were going to hit me,” Warner said about the scandal.

Former quarterback Brett Favre said he wasn’t upset about the boun-ty program.

“It’s football, and I don’t think anything less of those guys,” Favre told media. “I’m not going to make a big deal about it. In all honesty, there’s a bounty of some kind on you on every play.”

Former Giants linebacker Law-rence Taylor would agree. He was the guy who snapped Joe Theis-man’s leg and said he didn’t con-sider any tackle a sack unless the quarterback was left on the ground “blowing snot bubbles.”

Eli Manning, the Giants two-time Super Bowl MVP said the scandal disgusted him, though.

“It’s not good for football and can’t be part of football.”

But it was part of the NFC Cham-pionship game, bounty or not, and worked well for the Giants. The Giants forced two fumbles from 49ers punt returner Kyle Williams, who had a history of concussions, which Giants players said they were aware of. “We were just like, ‘We gotta put a hit on that guy,’” Devin Thomas, the special teams player who recovered both fumbles, said after the game. “[We] did a great job hitting him early, and he looked kind of dazed when he got up. I feel like that made a difference and he coughed it up.”

Hockey has its enforcers, baseball pitchers will brush you back, and basketball players will give you a hard foul if you’re running up the score. Make a good play in college or Pop-Warner football games and they give you a sticker.

Expect to see a bunch of players knocked out of the game before the NFL spring meetings. It’s a billion-dollar game and nobody wants to see it turn into “The Longest Yard” every Sunday. In the meantime, keep an eye on the defense.

Mark Vasto is a veteran sports-writer who lives in Kansas City.


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