Last month, Gov. M. Jodi Rell signed into law something close to Ryan Gomes’ heart. On Wednesday, Gomes made sure Post University was compliant with the law on the day it took effect.
Gomes, through his Hoops for Heart Health foundation, presented Post with an automatic external defibrillator (AED). The law requires that schools in Connecticut have one AED and a professional to operate it by July 1, 2010.
It wasn’t difficult to pinpoint the theme of Wayne Ellington’s speech to about 40 teens attending a basketball camp this week at Conestoga High School. The former Episcopal Academy star and University of North Carolina standout mentioned hard work at least a dozen times during his appearance on Tuesday morning.
Wearing a UNC T-shirt, NBA socks and carrying an official Minnesota Timberwolves basketball with him, Ellington spent about 15 minutes addressing the youngsters, with a question and answer session to follow. Just five days earlier, Ellington was selected 28th in the first round of the NBA Draft by Minnesota.
“When I was a youngster, it always helped when somebody who played the game at a pretty high level gave me some words of encouragement,” said Ellington, who acknowledged that his start in basketball came at a summer camp much like the one at Conestoga.
Last week’s NBA draft didn’t change the oddsmakers’ opinion about the Timberwolves, who remain 125-1 long shots to win a championship in 2009-10, according to Bodog.com.
Remarks attributed to Charles Barkley in an item posted Wednesday come from a Web site that has no affiliation with the former NBA star.
The blog item, which recommended the Timberwolves hire Del Harris as coach, was discovered during an Internet search and believed to be written by Barkley.
The Pioneer Press, twincities.com and this reporter regret the error.
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