Eureka Springs Arkansas

dec 4th 2009 after mass of the christmas parade

dec 4th 2009

NFL NEWS

It’s official Kurt Warner QB for the Arizona Cardinals has just retired after 12 great years in the NFL. Warner was always one of the top professional NFL players on and off the field and spent a lot of his time during the off-season helping out with different charities. During his career Warner won two MVP awards, went to the Pro bowl 5 times and won the Super Bowl with the St. Louis Rams early in his career. Even though he had 2 years and $23 million left on his contract, he felt this was the perfect time for him to walk away from the game.

The Cincinnati Bengals rookie LB Rey Maualuga has been arrested for DUI after he hit a parking meter and 2 park cars early this morning. But after learning about this the only thing that has me puzzled since athletes get DUI all the time is why is he still driving a 2003 Pontiac.

This Sunday night is the 2009-10 NFL Pro Bowl that will be held in Miami instead of the usually place Hawaii. Another difference is that this year’s game is the week before the Super Bowl instead of after, which makes all the players in the Super Bowl that made it to the Pro Bowl not eligible. But because the rule states that even if you cant play in the Pro Bowl if you made the team you must make an appearance which has angered many Indianapolis Colts and New Orleans Saints players that have to miss their teams flight in order to fulfill their duties under league rules.

NFL GAMES ON THIS WEEKEND 1/31/10

7:20 PM ET AFC vs. NFC PRO BOWL, ESPN

COLLEGE FOOTBALL NEWS

The weekend the top seniors in college football will suit up for the North and South and battle it out in this year Senior Bowl. While there is a lot of marquee players in the game the most hyped up player competing is Florida Gators QB Tim Tebow. Tebow won many accolades during his tenure at Florida but many experts predict that he will not make a good QB in the NFL. Many feel he has a better chance as a tight end due to his lack of arm strength that is needed to succeed in the NFL. However Tebow plans on proving people wrong this weekend in front of every NFL scout that thinks he should look at playing another position. Just to make things worst Tebow was diagnosed with streap throat this week and was running a 103-degree temperature on Wednesday.

SENIOR BOWL 1/30/10

4:00 PM ET NORTH VS SOUTH ESPN

NBA GAMES ON TODAY

7:00 PM ET Cleveland at Indiana Fox Sports Ohio – High Def
7:00 PM ET LA Lakers at Philadelphia KCAL-TV, Los Angeles COMCAST
7:30 PM ET Boston at Atlanta SportSouth NBA TV
8:00 PM ET Chicago at New Orleans Comcast Sports Chicago Cox Sports Television
8:00 PM ET Miami at Detroit Sun Sports FOX DET
8:00 PM ET LA Clippers at Minnesota FSN Prime Ticket
8:00 PM ET Washington at New Jersey Comcast Sports Baltimore YES
8:00 PM ET Denver at Oklahoma City Altitude2 FSOKHD
8:30 PM ET Portland at Houston Fox Sports Net Houston
8:30 PM ET Memphis at San Antonio SportSouth FOX SW
9:00 PM ET Sacramento at Utah Comcast Sports Sacramento FOX ROCKY
10:30 PM ET Charlotte at Golden State SportSouth CSNBayHD

NBA GAMES ON 1/30/10

7:00 PM ET Atlanta at Orlando Sun Sports NBA TV
8:00 PM ET New York at Washington MSG
8:00 PM ET New Orleans at Memphis Cox Sports Television
8:30 PM ET Miami at Milwaukee Sun Sports FSN North – Wisconsin HD
9:00 PM ET Portland at Dallas KTXA+HDNet
10:00 PM ET Charlotte at Sacramento SportSouth Comcast Sports Sacramento

NBA GAMES ON 1/31/10

1:00 PM ET Denver at San Antonio ABC
3:30 PM ET LA Lakers at Boston ABC
6:00 PM ET LA Clippers at Cleveland FSN Prime Ticket Fox Sports Ohio – High Def
6:00 PM ET Orlando at Detroit Fox Sports Florida FOX DET
6:00 PM ET Philadelphia at New Jersey COMCAST YES
6:00 PM ET Indiana at Toronto The SCORE national television
7:00 PM ET Phoenix at Houston Fox Sports Net Houston NBA TV
7:00 PM ET New York at Minnesota WPIX-TV, New York
7:00 PM ET Golden State at Oklahoma City CSNBayHD FSOKHD

MENS TOP 25 COLLEGE BASKETBALL GAMES ON TODAY

9:00 PM ET (18) Butler at Green Bay ESPNU

MENS TOP 25 GAMES ON 1/30/10

4:00 PM ET (23) Vanderbilt at (1) Kentucky ESPN
7:00 PM ET (2) Kansas at (13) Kansas State ESPN
2:00 PM ET (4) Syracuse at DePaul ESPN FULL COURT
7:00 PM ET Northwestern at (5) Michigan State
4:00 PM ET Baylor at (6) Texas ESPN FULL COURT
1:00 PM ET (7) Duke at (11) Georgetown CBS
9:30 PM ET (8) Gonzaga at San Francisco
12:00 PM ET Louisville at (9) West Virginia ESPN
9:00 PM ET Utah at (10) Brigham Young
12:00 PM ET La Salle at (15) Temple ESPN2
12:00 PM ET Marquette at (19) Connecticut ESPN FULL COURT
4:00 PM ET Arkansas at (20) Mississippi ESPN FULL COURT
1:00 PM ET Kentucky State at (22) Georgia Tech
3:05 PM ET (25) Northern Iowa at Missouri State

MENS TOP 25 GAMES ON 1/31/10

3:00 PM ET Penn State at (12) Purdue
1:00 PM ET Florida at (14) Tennessee CBS
1:00 PM ET (17) Pittsburgh at South Florida ESPN FULL COURT
2:00 PM ET (18) Butler at Milwaukee
5:30 PM ET Maryland at (21) Clemson
1:00 PM ET Minnesota at (24) Ohio State CBS

NHL NEWS

Remember the names Alexi Yashin, Sergei Federov, and Jaromir Jagr, well there just 3 of the 22 former NHL players playing in this weekends KHL All Star hockey game. The Kontinental Hockey league is Russia’s highest league and many players in the league have played in the NHL before. The game will be televised Saturday morning at 8:20 am on ESPN360.com.

NHL GAMES ON TODAY

7:00 PM ET Toronto at New Jersey MSG+ TSN
7:00 PM ET Florida at Washington HTS
7:30 PM ET Boston at Buffalo MSGB
7:30 PM ET Nashville at Detroit FOX DET
7:30 PM ET Anaheim at Tampa Bay SUN NET
8:30 PM ET Colorado at Dallas FOX SW

NHL GAMES ON 1/30/10

1:00 PM ET NY Islanders at Philadelphia COMCAST
2:00 PM ET Montreal at Ottawa NHLNET
7:00 PM ET Los Angeles at Boston NESN
7:00 PM ET Chicago at Carolina FXSO
7:00 PM ET Vancouver at Toronto NHLNET
8:00 PM ET Columbus at St. Louis FOX MIDW
8:00 PM ET NY Rangers at Phoenix FOX ARIZ
8:00 PM ET Atlanta at Nashville
10:00 PM ET Edmonton at Calgary NHLNET
10:30 PM ET Minnesota at San Jose

NHL GAMES ON 1/31/10

12:30 PM ET Detroit at Pittsburgh NBC
3:00 PM ET Tampa Bay at Washington HTS
4:00 PM ET NY Islanders at Florida FOX FLORIDA
5:00 PM ET Los Angeles at New Jersey MSG+
6:00 PM ET Phoenix at Dallas FOX SW
8:00 PM ET NY Rangers at Colorado ALTI

AUSTRALIAN OPEN NEWS

While in the beginning the match up seemed like Joe-Wilfried Tsonga had a chance but quickly we all realized that he was no match for Roger Federer who cruised to a 6-2,6-3,6-2 win today to advance to the finals. Federer will meet up with Andy Murray in the finals on Sunday.

Once again on the women’s double side the Williams sisters Serena and Venus have won their 4th doubles final at the Australian Open. On top of that Serena is also headed to the singles final against Justine Henin on Saturday.

By: Frank Bilotta

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Choosing your child’s school is not always as easy task.  There are questions of where they will fit in, who offers the sports they like, who performs best on standardized test and countless other questions that have to be assessed.  In this article we are focusing on the “best” schools as being those where the children perform best on standardized test.  This may not mean that it is necessarily the best school for your child to attend, just that the students there excel academically.  I recommend visiting all schools prior to enrollment to find the perfect fit for your child.

With that being said, the top 20 High Schools in Arkansas are:

1.        Haas Hall Academy (87 students)
2.        Taylor High School (139 students)
3.        Bentonville High School (3135 students)
4.        Searcy High School ( 1101 students)
5.        Benton High School (980 students)
6.        Dardanelle High School (518 students)
7.        Kipp Delta Coll Prep High School (71 students)
8.        Jessieville High School (276 students)
9.        Valley View High School (903 students)
10.      Viola High School (193 students)
11.      Parkers Chapel High School (353 students)
12.      Southside High School (1561 students)
13.      Mountain View High School (540 students)
14.      Conway High East (1380 students)
15.      Bryant High School (2005 students)
16.      Calico Rock High School (214 students)
17.      Paris High School (356 students)
18.      Greenwood High School (794 students)
19.      Salem High School (362 students)
20.      Bergman High School (307 students)

The Benchmark Exam and the End of Course Exam is used in Arkansas to assess student proficiency in relation to the performance standards expectations.
The Benchmark Exam test all students 3-8 and 11 in literacy and grades 3-8 in math.
The End of Course Exam test all students in high school in alegebra I and geometry.

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