By any measure, Coach Summitt's career accomplishments and numbers are staggering. Her intense, aggressive and no-nonsense approach to coaching earned the respect and admiration of male colleagues such as John Wooden and Mike Krzyzewski, and she literally changed the way women's basketball is perceived in this country.

(When displeased, her intimidating gaze over crossed arms became known simply as "The Stare," and as her son Tyler Ross and numerous Tennessee players attested, one did not want to be the primary focus of her attention at that particular moment.)

Pat Summitt's Lady Vols -- who eventually proved to be far more popular at the school than their male counterparts -- won 1,098 games, 16 SEC titles and 8 national championships in 18 Final Four appearances, and produced 21 All-Americans. Tennessee's basketball arena is named after her, and her bronze likeness graces its main entrance.

It's a testament to the esteem in which her coaching peers held her that when Coach Summitt broke North Carolina men's basketball coach Dean Smith's NCAA Division 1 record for career victories, Coach Smith himself came to witness the occasion and congratulate her in person.

But Coach Summitt always said that her proudest achievement as a Tennessee coach was her program's equally remarkable graduation rate. Every single player on her 38 teams from 1973 to 2011 who completed her NCAA eligibility, also left school with her bachelor's degree.

She was a woman of substance, determination and grit who always led from the front, and who over the course of her long career inspired girls and young women across the country to believe and realize that their gender need not be a barrier in the pursuit of their dreams and aspirations, whether in sports or anything else they chose to do over the course of their lives.

Four years ago, at a charity fundraiser in Palm Beach, Donald Trump got into a bidding war at the evening's live auction. The items up for sale: A Denver Broncos helmet, autographed by then-star quarterback Tim Tebow, and a Tebow jersey.

Trump won, eventually, with a bid of $12,000.

But Trump didn't actually pay with his own money.

Instead, the Susan G. Komen organization -- the breast-cancer nonprofit that hosted the party -- got a $12,000 payment from another nonprofit , the Donald J. Trump Foundation.

He paid the bill with money from a charity he founded in 1987, but which is largely stocked with other people's money. Trump is the foundation's president. But, at the time of the auction, Trump had given none of his own money to the foundation for three years running.

Cast is good - some familiar faces -John Torturro, Poot from The Wire. The young star is very appealing.

Well, a lot of them were seen on Virginia highways June 24th

Military U.N. vehicles have been spotted in Virginia, shocking motorists and sparking conspiracy theories.
The white trucks, equipped with large off-road tires, were seen being transported on Interstate 81 on Friday. They appear to be Alpine Armoring's Pit-Bull VX SWAT Truck models.
Jeff Stern posted photos of the vehicles on Facebook, writing: 'Can't begin to tell you how many of these I passed today on 81 near Lexington VA. Interesting times ahead!

""The governor believes that small businesses are the backbone of the economy whether they are owned by witches or mortals, and because the institution has operated for nearly 400 years without incident, the administration plans to revisit the matter sometime in the next century or two," read a statement from Baker's office. "The Department of Revenue's spell-detecting technology procurement will be in its final stages at that time.""

In all seriousness, I'll be kind of annoyed if they don't at least address the issue of Native American wizards.

According to his own aides, Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump did not even realize when planning the Republican National Convention that the event had to be Cleveland.

The New York Times has a piece Friday morning detailing Trump's extravagant demands and notions about the upcoming convention. However, Trump's plans were at many times stymied by a complete lack of understanding of the convention process. "At one point, two aides confirmed, Mr. Trump was not even aware that the event had to be held in Cleveland, a decision made almost two years ago by the Republican National Committee," they report.

But he promises low-key, which I don't believe.

Much of the program remains in flux, including who will speak, how and when Mr. Trump will arrive, and what he will say when he does.

And after months of promising that his convention would be special, and not "boring" like previous ones, Mr. Trump says he is now embracing a less-is-more approach.

One thing there will be less of, which might come as a surprise to anyone expecting all the brashness and ubiquity of Trump branding, is the candidate himself.

"What they've asked me to do is to speak all three nights. I turned it down," he said in an interview from his Fifth Avenue office one recent afternoon.

It got me started looking at all the other amazing architecture of the city and I thought.  Wow, why has this city not been used as the backdrop for a movie?  Or one I had seen, I can't believe it has not but I don't remember seeing one.

Then this evening I get around to watching a movie that's been on my DVR for a while called HITMAN-AGENT 47.   It's based on a video game it's an ok movie if you like that sort of thing.  ruffian, it has the cute sidekick from HOMELAND in the lead and its mostly shot in, of course, Singapore.