Mike Westhoff sidelined after surgery Updated: May 24, 2012, 5:56 PM ET By Rich Cimini | ESPNNewYork.com FLORHAM PARK, N.J. -- New York Jets special teams coach Mike Westhoff, a bone cancer survivor, underwent surgery last Friday to repair a titanium rod in his left leg and will miss the remainder of the offseason. He's expected to be back for the start of training camp.Westhoff was missing Thursday from the Jets' OTA session, which was open to the media. After practice, the team announced his surgery. Jets blog Looking for more onthe green and white? ESPNNewYork.com has you covered. Blog Assistant special teams coach Ben Kotwica will handle the duties until Westhoff returns."In my wildest imagination, I never expected anything like this to happen," Westhoff ... Continue reading →
By Globe Staff Former Red Sox pitcher Curt Schilling’s video game company, 38 Studios, has laid off all of its employees in the wake of financial difficulties, according to a company insider who spoke on the condition of anonymity. The Providence company, which had close to 400 employees, attracted top talent from the videogame industry. 38 Studios received a $75 million loan guarantee from Rhode Island in 2010 to move from Maynard to Providence. But Rhode Island officials held emergency meetings after the company was two weeks late on a $1.1 million payment it owed the state this month and asked the state for millions more in aid to stay afloat. The firm applied to Rhode Island for $8.4 million in film-tax credits, which it ... Continue reading →
Subscribe to TRAILERS: http://bit.ly/sxaw6hSubscribe to COMING SOON: http://bit.ly/H2vZUnGREAT GATSBY Trailer (2012) Movie HDFrom the uniquely imaginative mind of writer/producer/director Baz Luhrmann comes the new big screen adaptation of F. Scott Fitzgerald's novel, The Great Gatsby. The filmmaker will create his own distinctive visual interpretation of the classic story, bringing the period to life in a way that has never been seen before, in a film starring Leonardo DiCaprio in the title role. "The Great Gatsby" follows Fitzgerald-like, would-be writer Nick Carraway as he leaves the Midwest and comes to New York City in the spring of 1922, an era of loosening morals, glittering jazz and bootleg kings. Chasing his own American Dream, Nick lands next door to a mysterious, party-giving millionaire, Jay Gatsby, and across ... Continue reading →