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Like many first-time parents, Matt and Liz Logelin were understandably nervous.
Two months before her due date, Liz was put on bed rest in early March to keep from going into labor prematurely. Twice, she was wheeled into the delivery room, and twice, the baby changed its mind.
So when baby Madeline finally arrived on March 24, small but healthy, the entire family breathed a sigh of relief.
Then the unthinkable happened.
Liz, 30, passed out the next day on her way to hold her daughter for the first time.
Within minutes, the young mother was dead from a blood clot no one knew she had developed.
Suddenly, Matt Logelin was facing life as a new dad and a 30-year-old widower all at once.
As his world fell apart, Logelin turned for solace to the Internet, which has become an unexpected lifeline for many sharing joy or grief. In his case, both. He told their story in a blog, www.mattlogelin.com, which he subtitled: "Life and death. All in a 27-hour-period."
Living in Los Angeles, he had been using the blog to keep friends and family in Minnesota up to date on Liz’s pregnancy. But his online journal, with its spare prose and poignant photos, has taken on, in his words, "a life of its own."
Logelin grew up in Minnetonka, along with his wife, the former Elizabeth Goodman. "I knew that people were going to be able to read this. I didn’t think anybody would.
"I figured it would just be the family," he said.
But he has heard from hundreds of friends around the country, lots of old school pals of his and hers, all sharing kind words. Strangers have been so moved by his online writing that they have reached out via e-mail from other states, or for a few, from around the world, offering empathy and parenting tips.

startribune.com

Serra vs. St. Pierre, Revenge fight at UFC 83
UFC welterweight champion Matt “The Terror” Serra (9-4) wants respect, and he knows the only way to get it is to beat Georges “Rush” St. Pierre (15-2), April 19 in Montreal at UFC 83: Serra vs. St. Pierre 2.
Serra defeated St. Pierre last April to win the belt. Now he’s out to prove the first win was no fluke.
Currently, St. Pierre is the -500 favorite to win in the Bodog Sportsbook, while Serra is a +325 underdog.
“You know it’s funny. I’m hearing it wasn’t the real GSP that night and now he’s back,” Serra tells the Canadian Press. “I don’t know, when I fought him, it looked like him. I mean it wasn’t a stunt double. Who was that guy?”
While St. Pierre has said he has some surprises in store for the match, Serra sees only two choices: run or fight.
“If he wants to try to hurt me, he’s going to have to get close to me to hurt me,” he says. “If he wants to dance around the cage, I’m sure he’ll get booed out of the [Montreal] Bell Centre. So he’s going to have to try to come and make an example of me. You’re coming at me, I’m coming at you, man. We’re two trains on the same track, let’s rock.”
Former UFC welterweight champion Georges “Rush” St. Pierre (15-2) says he’s ready to fight 170-pound champ Matt Serra (9-4) for the second time.
And the Montreal native promises the rematch, Saturday, April 19 in his hometown, will be a lot different than their first encounter, in April of 2007 when Serra TKO’d St. Pierre to win the belt.
“I know how to fight him,” he said during a pre-fight conference call. “I’m going to fight him in a way that nobody has fought him before. I’m going to do some stuff that nobody has seen before.”

theonlinewire.com

There’s an interesting article in today’s Plain Dealer about the influence the Dallas Cowboys and Miami Dolphins had in the Browns increasing their offer to quarterback Derek Anderson.
According to the article, Cleveland general manager Phil Savage feared that if the Browns failed to reach a long-term agreement with Anderson, who was a restricted free agent, Dallas would have signed the quarterback and traded him to Miami:
Dallas would have signed Anderson to a big contract and included a "poison pill," which would have made it impossible for the Browns to match the offer.
Dallas would have compensated the Browns with first- and third-round picks. They would be the Cowboys’ original selections, No. 28 overall in both rounds.
Dallas would have traded Anderson and their other first-round pick - No. 22 overall, obtained from the Browns last year - to Miami for the No. 1 overall pick in the draft. The Cowboys then would select Arkansas running back Darren McFadden with that pick.
Wow. I think ESPN would have had to start its own John Clayton channel if this actually went down.
So essentially, the Cowboys would have been giving up two first-round picks and a third-round pick for McFadden.
The Dolphins would be receiving Anderson and the No. 22 overall pick for the No. 1 overall pick.
And the Browns would have gotten the No. 28 pick and a third-round pick for Anderson.
Well, none of this happened since Cleveland signed its QB to a three-year deal worth a reported $22-$24 million. Still an interesting story nonetheless.
In other news…
Photos have surfaced of Cardinals quarterback Matt Leinart in his Phoenix-area home having a party. He’s pictured with a beer bong and hanging out with girls in his hot tub. Big deal or no? In an e-mail exchange this morning, one of my friends said it’s a non-story since he’s a young NFL quarterback and it’s the offseason. Another said he’s a role model for young kids and also a father. What do you think? One thing’s for sure. In this age of camera phones and digital cameras, no one is safe from having their private lives chronicled on the Internet.

baltimoresun.com

Matt Leinart news and pictures. All about Matt Leinart.
Matt Leinart happens to be one of the hottest athletes out there. This guy definitely knows how to get around as well since he’s been linked to everyone in Hollywood. His latest object of affection is a dummy. No not Britney Spears, were talking about an actual dummy where he performed CPR on.
Still confused…Matt has teamed up with the American Red Cross to promote CPR/ AED awareness. Why weren’t we invited to this event? We could have volunteered ourselves to play the dummy role. Anything to get our lips on Matt’s.

sports.hollyscoop.com

Apparently some of those girls are under 21. Maybe all of them. Would Arizona Republic columnist Dan Bickley ever be caught with college girls in a hot tub or an alcoholic funnel device (a so-called “beer bong”)? He would not. I mean, of course he wouldn’t, but he wouldn’t, is what Mr. Bickley is saying. Because he’s an adult or something and…
What if she never made it home that night? What if she plowed through a red light after leaving the bash at Leinart’s house, taking out a family in the process?
Imagine the repercussions.
Now take that picture of Leinart and four young girls cuddling in a hot tub. What if one of them woke up and decided to accuse Leinart of improper conduct? What of the headlines then?
Adults, Matt, never drink or suggest sexual impulses or engage in any behavior with possible repurcussions, even in their own, impossibly lavish homes. And they certainly do not take pictures. Real adults, like Dan Bickley and Kurt Warner, spend Saturday night with their numismatic message board and an open playbook. Remember that, Matt, the playbook? Or were you too hopped up on jolly juice?
Bickley does have one point that holds up, even if his broadside against lame but completely voluntary cap-cocking doesn’t: Leinart is a father. If he had suggested Matt spend Saturday night with his kids instead of someone else’s, or his babymomma, Mr. Bickley would be on less fogey-ish ground. But he didn’t say that.
He also didn’t say that the same Web site that posted the Leinart pics had video of another party in Arizona Saturday, one allegedly attended by a few Wildcat football players:
That’s a fat, felony-filled fight right there, accompanied by a possible rape by a freshman defensive end over there that goes miles past frat boy stereotypes and off-field priorities (link probably NSFW). Both on video, with thousands of views in a couple days. That is well-documented assault, with some likelihood of serious legal trouble for legal adults.

sundaymorningqb.com

Palm Beach Post Staff Writer
If you plan on raising a glass of Guinness today in honor of St. Patrick, you’ll be in good company: About 13 million pints of Ireland’s most famous beer are expected to be enjoyed across the globe — 3.5 million in the United States alone — making March 17 the brand’s biggest day of the year.
But while you’re sipping on the creamy, dark stout, a debate’s brewing.
As Guinness grows in popularity — sales increased by 6 percent in the second half of last year, according to Diageo, its parent company — so do discussions involving everything from the correct temperature to serve it to the proper way to pour a pint. Some fans go so far as to insist on special glasses for the beer.
Then again, Guinness isn’t just a brew. It’s a way of life.
“It’s such a magic drink,” says Frank Gillespie, co-owner of McCarthy’s, an Irish pub and restaurant in Tequesta that has an advanced technological system for delivering its Guinness to the taps.
(As for those specialty glasses, with a curved lip, he keeps a few behind the bar just for himself.)
It’s hard to quibble with the Irish-born Gillespie, who’s poured plenty of Guinness over the years in pubs he’s managed from Dublin to Boston.
As he and other Guinness authorities are quick to note: When was the last time you heard anyone arguing over how to serve a Budweiser?
But that’s because few beers have as much history on their side as the 249-year-old Guinness.
Or as much innovation behind them.
Most beers get their effervescence from carbon dioxide alone, but Guinness uses a mix of carbon dioxide and nitrogen, which makes the bubbles more subtle. It also must be poured from a different type of tap, and it takes skill to pour it correctly.

palmbeachpost.com