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SEAN BRENNAN AND DICK WESS WAS LAY OFF BY THE NY DAILY NEWS TONGHT

THIS A SPECIAL REPORT BY Ronald Weintraub The New York Daily News has lay off two of the best College basketball writers Sean Brennan AND Dick Wess its end era of for both sports writers . im very sad hear the news tonight there lad off ends era cover college basketball for New York Daily news . because money problems of the New York daily news im going miss both lot im hope that New York daily news rethink this mistake . re hired both my friends ok . now good news from Manhattan College athletics is going making so big changes by my sorces that Joe Cliford and Chirstian Heimall is has both step down will not back for 2013 -14Manhattan sports season . Because Bob Brynes Has rehired Pete McHugh As the New Assistant Athletic Director For Athletics Communications And has be rename to Manhattan Athletics Communications Dept Pete just hired me tonight join has staff . as assist. also pete will be in charge all media contacts for Manhattan all19 intercollege Athletic program also my sorces Debbie Gregory and Susan Pape has step down. Will not back for 2013-14 Season too we going miss all people leaving us . and thank them for the services for all the years . early tonght Joe AND Chirstian was stay for 2013-14 season. but the both change the minds .Because wegong new directions re brand the teams ok. change the dept. too nolonger sports information office any more . stay turn more changes are comming

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Brennan, Sean [MC1997] 

[JR: Unfortunately, newspapers are dying entity in the USA. They've failed the American Sheeple and Clovers. And, worse, they have failed to adapt to the inet. I hope that Jasper Sean lands on his financial feet. Unfortunately, there's no budget for a Jasper Jottings Sports reporter. I'd hire him in a heartbeat. ]

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[JR: Google found this but the link is broken.]

Rev. Joseph Franco of Sacred Heart is charged  with  leading Bronx parishes to new heights as regional chair  - New York Daily NewsFranco was raised in Queens by a Puerto Rican mother and a Peruvian father, and studied at Manhattan College in Riverdale, where his calling in life was confirmed. He was the only seminarian in his 14-member class who spoke fluent Spanish …

Rev. Joseph Franco of Sacred Heart is charged with leading Bronx parishes to new heights as regional chairRev. Joseph Franco of Sacred Heart parish, who will oversee ongoing reorganization of 27 Archdiocese schools in the Bronx.
Msgr. Gerald Ryan of St. Luke’s Church in Mott Haven, where he has served since 1966. (He is not on the board.) Msgr. John Jenik, pastor at Our Lady of Refuge in Bedford Park, added, “It’s a good choice, because we really need some young blood in this.”

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[JR: Help? With the link down and nothing in the Google cache, what can I do?]

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Dear John,

Father Franco is a member of the Class of 1997 and has been back to the College to celebrate Mass for us.  He is a very energetic young Priest.

Mike

McEneney, Mike (MC1953)

[JR: Thanks, Mike. Much appreciated.]

Franco, Rev. Joseph [MC1997]

[JR: Now we just need the story.]

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2012-Mar-02

Dear John,

Thursday’s NY Daily News, Bronx Edition, (page 35) has an article about the appointment of Father Joseph Franco,’97 to head up the Catholic School  Reorganization for the Northwest/South Bronx region. A great picture of him accompanies the article.

Best,
Mike

McEneney, Mike (MC1953)

[JR: Thanks, Mike. Much appreciated. But it's not online.]

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http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/college/manhattan-basketball-torgrim-sommerfeldt
-turned-stem-cell-treatment-back-court-article-1.1025227

Manhattan basketball’s Torgrim Sommerfeldt turned to stem cell treatment to get him back on court
Sophomore forward from Norway has Jaspers flying high
By Sean Brennan / NEW YORK DAILY NEWS {{JR: Brennan, Sean [MC1997]}}
Saturday, February 18, 2012, 11:09 PM

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From a young age, Torgrim Sommerfeldt set his sights on chasing his sports dream, one that had nothing to do with skiing, bobsledding or speed skating, winter sport staples in his native Drammen, Norway.

The 6-6 Sommerfeldt wanted to follow his two brothers and sister to the United States, soak up the college experience, and play a little college hoops along the way.

“It’s been my dream since I was 10 years old, especially to come to America,” says Sommerfeldt, a sophomore forward at Manhattan College. “I watched my brothers and sister go to the University of Missouri on track and field scholarships. When I was young I got a taste of what college life was like here and it was something I wanted to experience.”

Sommerfeldt didn’t know at the time that for his American dream to come true, he would eventually need to turn to a new and, in some circles, controversial, treatment: stem cells.

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“It really was now or never for me,” Sommerfeldt says. “I don’t think mentally I could sit out another year.”

With that mindset, Maddalo contacted Dr. Steven Victor from Lenox Hill Hospital, who is also CEO of Intellicell BioSciences Inc., in New York City.

Victor’s process amounts to harvesting fat cells from a patient and separating stem cells from the fat. It’s a procedure similar but not exactly like the one former Yankees pitcher Bartolo Colon underwent prior to the 2011 season.

“What we do is take two ounces of fat from people and then we use our special technology, we use sound waves and water, where we actually separate the stem cells from the fat,” Victor says. “Then we return the stem cells to the orthopedic surgeons, in this case Tony Maddalo, and they inject the cells into where the problem is. These cells are actually anti-inflammatory and they increase blood flow and grow new tissue.”

Colon’s procedure included using the addition of enzymes, which is not approved by the FDA and can only be performed outside the country, according to Victor.

Sommerfeldt’s first treatment came in December of 2010, his second one about six weeks later.
Sommerfeldt didn’t notice any changes right away and, due to the meniscus surgery and stress fracture, says it was hard to tell when the pain in his knees started to subside.

But after spending almost the entire 2010-11 school year on crutches, Sommerfeldt finally got into his first college game on Jan. 20 when Manhattan played at Marist.

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[JR: Long well written article. If you didn't want to study (adult) stem cells after reading this, you must have NO imagination. Great story of courage. Finding a way. And, brilliant science. Of course, the Gooferment's FDA is in the way. ROFL! Applause for all involved for improving the human condition. Ethically.]

Brennan, Sean [MC1997]

Sommerfeldt, Torgrim [MC2015?]

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