University Of Miami

CORAL GABLES, Fla. -- For the first time in 13 years, the University of Miami will not play in a New Year's bowl. The Hurricanes' 8-3 record was good enough for an Orange Bowl bid, but the NCAA announced yesterday, after a four-year investigation, that the Hurricanes will be banned from postseason play for one year, and on three-year probation for rules violations.Miami's punishment includes a reduction of 13 scholarships in 1996-97 and 11 in 1997-98.The baseball, women's golf and men's tennis teams also were put on probation, and will lose scholarships.

HAMILTON: Jamie Hamilton, of Churchville, a 2011 graduate of McDonogh School, has been accepted to the University of Miami in the fall, where he will pursue a career in Industrial Engineering. He is the son of Jimmy and Kris Hamilton, of Churchville and grandson of Sue and Harold Petty, of Darlington, and Jim and Rose Hamilton, of Churchville.

MIAMI -- Do you pause in the Pledge of Allegiance?You could be violating a proposed Miami-Dade County Public Schools rule.Irked for years by people who pause in the Pledge of Allegiance, longtime school board member Holmes Braddock wants a new zTC rule that schoolchildren be taught to say "one nation under God" in one breath during their voluntary morning ritual.Braddock believes it's incorrect to pause, as many do, between "one nation" and "under God.""When you read it, there's no comma there," said Braddock, 72, an insurance underwriter who has been on the board for 36 years.

MIAMI - Our worries. They're crescendoing like the finale of Beethoven's "Ninth": Bailouts, buyouts. Recession, depression. Enter the meditative practice of mindfulness. Born of Buddhist roots, it's increasingly recognized as a measure to calm the mind's chatter and elevate the brain's thinking and organizational processes. Mindfulness seminars. Mindfulness books. Even the medical mainstream is taking note - the Sept. 17 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association had a piece titled "Mindfulness in Medicine."

MIAMI -- University of Miami defensive end Rusty Medearis, who risked amputation by returning to the field this season, ended his football career Thursday.Medearis, 23, of Ozark, Mo., who suffered an extensive left knee injury in 1992, was considered the top defensive end in the nation by College and Pro Football Weekly magazine after his sophomore year, the Hurricanes' 1991 national championship season.Said coach Dennis Erickson: "He could have continued to play, but he's the only one who can judge the pain he was going through.

On Wednesday, the University of Miami football team will gather at a memorial service to mourn the death of teammate Bryan Pata. But on Saturday, the Hurricanes decided, they have a game to play at No. 23 Maryland. Miami@Maryland Saturday, 3:30 p.m., chs. 2, 7, 1300 AM, 105.7 FM Line: Maryland by 3

Q. What does that "U" on the University of Miami's football helmets stand for?Steve SchatzBaltimoreA. It so happens that the university's president is a big Hammer fan. After the rapper's big hit, "U Can't Touch This," the school president decided to honor Hammer by having Miami athletic teams sport a "U" logo. U don't buy that? Good for U. Here's the real explanation, as contained in a recent University of Miami media guide:"In 1973, the UM Athletic Federation, the fund-raising arm of the athletic department at the time, commissioned a local public relations expert to develop a distinctive logo.

Dr. William M. Howdon, a retired professor of gynecology and obstetrics who invented a device that detects uterine cancer in its early stages, died Dec. 14 of pneumonia at the Keswick home where he had lived since 1988. The former Roland Park resident was 81.He taught at the University of Miami Medical School and the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine.His interest in photomicrographs of cells in the uterus led to the invention of the endometrial brush-aspirator that aided pathologists and cytotechnologists to microscopically detect uterine cancer in its early stages.

OK, is he serious or not? Could this be just another Elvis sighting?Apparently, another chapter in the mysterious "comeback" of Hall of Fame pitcher Jim Palmer was to take place today when he was scheduled to pitch batting practice at the University of Miami.The Oriole great, now 45, who ended his career in 1984 reportedly has been working with Lazaro Collazo, an assistant ,, coach at Miami who claims Palmer is "two weeks ahead of his goal" and throwing "85-86 miles an hour."If it's true, at the current going rate for any sound body who calob the ball near home plate, Palmer should be back in the majors by April.

HELLO: WILLIS MCGAHEE Ran for a total of more than 2,300 yards and scored 18 touchdowns his first two NFL seasons. Had 990 yards in 14 games last year. Suffered major knee injury at the end of a spectacular sophomore season at the University of Miami and sat out first pro year in 2003. GOODBYE JAMAL LEWIS Ran for 7,801 yards and 45 touchdowns in six seasons. Member of the Ravens Super Bowl-winning team of 2000 season. Second in NFL history for rushing yards in a single season, 2,066 in 2003.

So, tomorrow, opposites collide in the NFL. The unbeaten New England Patriots (14-0) vs. the beaten-like-a-scrambled-egg Miami Dolphins (1-13). But the contrast doesn't stop there. Here's the sports world tale of the tape (statistics as of yesterday). Baseball Red Sox, World Series champions; Marlins, last place, National League East. NBA Celtics, lead their division, 20-3; Heat, last in division, 7-19. College football Boston College, 10-3; University of Miami, 5-7 NHL Bruins, 18-12; Panthers, 17-16.

Roger Goodell, commissioner of the NFL, said it as well as it could be said. The sudden, violent, premature death of Washington Redskins safety Sean Taylor, he said yesterday, "leaves many people behind struggling to understand it." I'm struggling. Everyone is struggling. The struggle has taken some to places they should be ashamed to have gone. There are no answers. There are a lot of questions, a lot of speculation, a lot of conclusions. But everyone who thinks he or she has the answer needs to shut up and recognize that if there ever is one, it might not make any sense whatsoever and might not satisfy us at all. For me, the struggle starts with this: With everybody seemingly having guns, and everybody who doesn't have one seemingly wanting one, are any of us safe?

HELLO: WILLIS MCGAHEE Ran for a total of more than 2,300 yards and scored 18 touchdowns his first two NFL seasons. Had 990 yards in 14 games last year. Suffered major knee injury at the end of a spectacular sophomore season at the University of Miami and sat out first pro year in 2003. GOODBYE JAMAL LEWIS Ran for 7,801 yards and 45 touchdowns in six seasons. Member of the Ravens Super Bowl-winning team of 2000 season. Second in NFL history for rushing yards in a single season, 2,066 in 2003.

On Wednesday, the University of Miami football team will gather at a memorial service to mourn the death of teammate Bryan Pata. But on Saturday, the Hurricanes decided, they have a game to play at No. 23 Maryland. Miami@Maryland Saturday, 3:30 p.m., chs. 2, 7, 1300 AM, 105.7 FM Line: Maryland by 3

MIAMI --The biggest shock about that melee at the Orange Bowl on Saturday night was that it took until the middle of the third quarter to get going. I would have thought the over/under might have been the pre-game coin flip, and even that was assuming mutual restraint. Maybe we should be thankful the team buses didn't start racing en route to the stadium, trading paint and road-raging through traffic in a hail of bullets. All of the elements were there for an evening of good old-fashioned footbrawl as the University of Miami's Hurricanes and Florida International's Golden Panthers met for the first time.

Jana Lynn Shepherd, the daughter of Janet Shepherd and the late Chester Shepherd, of Irving, TX, was married to Wayne Bruce Paugh, son of Bruce and Geraldine Paugh, of Sarasota, FL, at the Historic Hay Adams Hotal in Washington, DC on August 21, 2004 6:00 pm. Father Tom Lenhard officiated the ceremony. Maide of Honor was Jocelyn Aunapu. Bridesmaids were Cindy Goetz and Olivia Bernard. The bride was given in marriage by her brother Michael Shepherd. Serving as Best Man, was Joe Cassidy. The groomsmen were Glen Besterfield, Patrick Mullins, and Michael Mack.

Gino Torretta, who led the University of Miami to a national championship last season and will win another if the top-ranked Hurricanes beat No. 2 Alabama in the sugar bowl on Jan. 1, won the Heisman trophy yesterday over two running backs -- Marshall Faulk of San Diego State and Garrison Hearst of Georgia.Faulk finished second, 320 points behind Torretta, and Hearst was third, trailing the winner by 418 points.Torretta received 310 first-place votes and 1,400 points in balloting by the media and former Heisman winners.

Atlantic Coast Conference commissioner Gene Corrigan and University of Miami athletic director Sam Jankovich met twice Tuesday in Tucson, Ariz., and will continue to discuss the possibility of inviting the Hurricanes to join the league.In a statement released yesterday, Jankovich indicated that Miami might be willing to push back indefinitely the school's deadline for a decision on expansion from Oct. 16, the day the school's board of regents is scheduled to meet."They [the ACC] may have a problem with our timetable and don't want to rush into things," said Jankovich, who was attending a conference of National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I athletic directors.

WHAT THEY SAID QUESTION: Do you believe the election of Senator Kerry on November the 2nd would increase the chances of the U.S. being hit by another 9/11-type terrorist attack? BUSH: M-tNo, I donM-Ft believe itM-Fs going to happen. I believe IM-Fm going to win, because the American people know I know how to lead. IM-Fve shown the American people I know how to lead. I understand everybody in this country doesnM-Ft agree with the decisions IM-Fve made. And I made some tough decisions. But people know where I stand.

Death, taxes and Miami's annual draft party? Few things in the NFL draft - or life - are as certain as the University of Miami's stunning first-round success in the past decade. There have been 13 Hurricanes selected in the first round of the past three college drafts, 21 picked over the past nine. The list of first-round picks during that period reads like a Pro Bowl who's who. It includes Warren Sapp in 1995, Ray Lewis in 1996, Edgerrin James in 1999, Dan Morgan and Santana Moss in 2001, Jeremy Shockey and Ed Reed in 2002, and Andre Johnson a year ago. No wonder Ravens college scouting director Eric DeCosta calls Miami's pro-day workouts "a mini-combine," after the NFL's scouting extravaganza.