Getting Better Slowly

by tjb on June 2, 2010

Tim is indeed Getting Better Slowly. If you haven’t heard the news, he’s moved to a rehab facility and is slowly regaining the abilities he lost back during the Final 4.

Took a snap with a phone of the autographed ball you all were nice enough to get for him….

Thanks again for all the kindness.

TJB’s Friends & Family

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Fund for Tim

by tjb on May 10, 2010

As you probably know, PennStateHoops.com webmaster Tim Beidel is going though a bout with Guillian-Barre syndrome. A medical catastrophe like the one Tim is battling can be difficult emotionally, physically and financially.

The postings on the CaringBridge Journal describe the intense, quality care Tim is receiving — care that is very expensive. Tim’s employer provides a good benefit program; however, the best of policies have deductibles, co-pays and maximum benefit limits. Many of you have asked if there is anything you can do to help and, in that regard, a fund has been established that will accept contributions from those who may want to help Tim overcome any financial hardship that may lie ahead.

An account has been opened in Tim’s name at the Savings Bank of Maine and they solely will collect and administer the funds. Only Tim will be able to make withdrawals and, if his condition would deteriorate to the extent that he would not be able to do so, appropriate legal safeguards are in place. The bank will keep detailed, confidential records that will be made available only to Tim and he will decide, when able, what to do with the money.

If you would like to kick-in a few bucks, you have two options:

1. You can send a check to:

Savings Bank of Maine

P O Box 409

Wiscasset, ME 04578-0409

The bank can only process checks made payable as follows:

Tim Beidel c/o Savings Bank of Maine

Sorry, the bank can not process a credit card gift.

2. You can use PayPal by clicking the ‘donate’ button on the right…

If it is your desire that your gift remain anonymous, you may use a bank or treasurer’s Check, made payable as listed above. Thank you very much!

Friends & family of Tim Beidel

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The Annual PennStateHoops Fundraiser…Is Over

April 12, 2010

As you mighta heard, your webmaster “tjb” is out of action for a while, but that time of year where he would ask for donations to maintain the site has now come and gone.
Thanks to everyone who donated. The goal was hit in less than 24 hours!
The outpouring of well wishes from the PSU hoops [...]

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Big Ten blogger: 10 million good reasons why Texas makes sense for expansion

January 5, 2010

The Big Ten has sent college conferences across America into a tizzy with its announcement that it will examine the possibility of expanding. Of course, the announcement was really a non-announcement – the conference has always looked at expansion issues every few years. However, this feels a little bit different this time around where it [...]

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St. Paul Pioneer Press: Lawrence Westbrook ignites Gophers in Big Ten opener in front of U’s former stars

December 30, 2009

By Ray Richardson
Lawrence Westbrook knew it was going to be a memorable night in Williams Arena. The University of Minnesota was celebrating the 20th anniversary of the Gophers men’s basketball team that advanced to the Mideast Regional final of the 1990 NCAA tournament.
Former Gophers coach Clem Haskins and virtually his entire team from that season [...]

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UMinn Daily: Westbrook, Gophers outlast Penn State in Big Ten opener

December 30, 2009

By Marco LaNave
As the season’s competition made a permanent step up on Tuesday night, the Gophers got a big performance from their veteran scorer who had been relatively quiet throughout the nonconference schedule.
In the Big Ten opener, senior guard Lawrence Westbrook tied a career high with 29 points to lead the Gophers 1-0 Big Ten, [...]

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CDT: Lions shuffling into Big Ten play

December 29, 2009

By Jeff Rice
Penn State opens its Big Ten season tonight against a Minnesota team that shuffles players in and out of the lineup with the frequency of a teenage girl changing outfits before the big dance.
The Golden Gophers 9-3, who host the Nittany Lions 8-4 at 9 p.m. in Williams Arena in Minneapolis, have 11 [...]

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Jones: My moments of decade: PSU and Bucknell upsets in Dance

December 25, 2009

By DAVID JONES, The Patriot-News
December 25, 2009, 9:09AM
More than any other sport that I’ve covered, basketball allows for the occurrence of the highly improbable. Something about the erratic emotional schisms of the game mingled with the ability of a smarter, more cohesive team to overcome a much more gifted and talented one.
When a savvier underdog [...]

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Philly.com: The top 10 local college basketball games of 2009

December 25, 2009

9. April 3: Penn State 69, Baylor 63
Yes, Penn State’s on this list. Why? Because winning the NIT put the Nittany Lions on the national map. Madison Square Garden was hit with a springtime white-out as 36 busloads of students made the trip from State College for the championship game. Even Joe Paterno came to [...]

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CDT: Lions muscle past Eagles in non-conference finale

December 22, 2009

By Jeff Rice
UNIVERSITY PARK — A lot of the shots that had clanged off of various parts of the rim for much of the semester went down for Penn State during its last two games in the Bryce Jordan Center, both the Nittany Lions’ 104-57 dismantling of Gardner-Webb on Saturday as well as Monday’s 76-57 [...]

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