Infuse associated with male sterility, according to editor/surgeon’s research

A new study from a Stanford University surgeon suggests the bone growth product Infuse may cause sterility in males.

According to a New York Times report, Dr. Eugene J. Carragee discovered that men who received Infuse in a spinal fusion surgery were much more likely to develop temporary or permanent sterility than those who received a traditional bone graft.

Infuse associated with male sterility, according to editor/surgeon’s research.

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Thanks to the many of you who’ve been reading this blog site since we all met and began our summer league of curling.

As this was a prototype for the Club’s regular Web site, it is no longer needed (or updated).

You can now get all the information (and a whole lot more) through the Club’s site at www.anthracitecurling.com.

Thanks again for reading!

Good curling.

~Joshua Sophy, Schuylkill Blind Squirrels

One more team is in Playoffs, one more spot to be filled

WILKES-BARRE – The Aug. 24 dance card is nearly full.

Lyons became the third team to clinch a divisional championship and a spot in the 2010 Summer League Playoffs. It defeated MLC, 5-3, and combined with a Goody’s loss to JEMM, clinched the Stove Division. Lyons will face Fifteen in the Smith Conference Finals at 6 p.m. on Aug. 24.

Fifteen (Steamboat Division champs) and C&Ds (Chestnut) each clinched a spot in the post-season last week, leaving just the Buckwheat Division to be decided between two teams, Stone Cold and Blind Squirrels.

On Tuesday, Team RAMROD was eliminated from that division race when it was defeated by WINOs, 7-2. WINOs has finished the season as one of the league’s hottest teams, and remains tied with Boss Hog-Line in the ultra-competitive Chestnut Division.

In other Week 11 action, Schoolhouse Rocks!

Two teams clinch post-season; five more fight for last two spots

WILKES-BARRE — Two teams clinched half of the four Playoffs berths available in the 2010 Summer League after earning victory in Week 10 action.

With only one loss on its record, C&Ds clinched the Chestnut Division and top seed in the Fell Conference by defeating Schoolhouse Rocks!, 8-2. They will play the eventual winner of the Buckwheat Division at 6 p.m. on Aug. 24 in the League Semifinals.

Like so many teams have this year, Schoolhouse Rocks! was able to hang with the league’s top performers through about half the draw, but could not maintain that play at the end of the night. C&Ds scored four in the final end to break away for the win and a spot in the post-season.

Also clinching on Tuesday night was Fifteen in the Steamboat Division. After sustaining a two-game losing streak at the halfway point of their season, Fifteen has streaked to the division crown, and a spot in the Smith Conference Finals on Aug. 24 at 6 p.m.

On Tuesday, Fifteen took down Blarney, 10-4, and clinched the division. It was the team’s third-straight win, a streak which started with a 4-2 win over Lyons back in Week 7.

Club adopts playoff format with four division winners advancing

Anthracite Curling Club officially decided on July 27 to allow each division’s champion to advance to the 2010 Summer League Playoffs, to be held Aug. 24 at The Ice Rink at Coal Street Park.

On the post-season night, the Conference championships will be played at 6 p.m., with the Championship game to be played at about 8 p.m.

The Fell Conference Championship will pit the winners of the Buckwheat and Chestnut divisions, and the Smith Conference will be decided by the winners of the Stove and Steamboat divisions.

Week 9 recaps from 2010 Summer League

Before a week’s hiatus in the 2010 Summer League, the following draws took place on July 13 at the Ice Rink at Coal Street Park in Wilkes-Barre.

Thinking Playoffs? Only 4 more Regular Season dates remaining

WILKES-BARRE, Pa. — Things have gotten a bit more interesting as Anthracite Curling Club appears set to add four Wild Card positions to the 2010 Summer League Playoffs.

Now, tonight’s draws have added implications as teams continue jockeying for possible additional playoff spots. Nothing has been set in stone (pun intended), but it appears the Playoffs will be played over two weeks, but what two additional teams per conference has yet to be determined.

The addition to the Playoffs keeps just about every single team in the Summer League alive for a postseason berth. There are just three weeks of draws remaining in the regular season after tonight.

Six draws start at 6 p.m. at The Ice Rink at Coal Street Park.

Chestnuts Roasting: WINOs wins 4th straight; C&Ds, BHL keep winning

Let’s compare one more thing to the actual heat outside … the race for the lead in the Chestnut Division standings, and that playoff berth.

After action in Week 8 of Anthracite Curling Club’s 2010 Summer league, C&Ds still has the lead it’s held from the beginning of the season, but two teams have formally announced their presence in the race.

Eddie Perrino has his troops ready for battle after suffering their first defeat last week. His C&Ds squad knocked Schuylkill Squirrels from the top spot in the Buckwheat Division with a 13-4 win. C&Ds suddenly faces some stiff competition in the Chestnut Division, with two hot teams following right behind them.

Tuesday’s forecast: 96 degrees. Aren’t you glad you chose curling?

WILKES-BARRE — Division races are red-hot, and teams are fighting for their playoff lives this week as action intensifies in six 2010 Summer League draws Tuesday night.

Anthracite Curling Club’s first regular season has seen few teams separate themselves from a very even standings board. And with only nine games on the Summer League season schedule, each draw means even more as we wind to the playoffs in late August.

This week has playoff implications all over the ice. It’s BLAZING HOT outside, so even if you have a Bye week, or you’re just a spectator, remember it’s about 42 degrees at the ice rink. Here are previews of the six draws in Week 8 action:

Undefeateds beaten in Week 7; Cover jinx probed

Going into Week 7 action of the 2010 Summer League, there were two unbeaten teams. At the end of it, there were none.

Stone Cold took down C&Ds, the only undefeated and untied team in the league, 7-5. Skip John Flyte delivered a clutch hammer shot in the 7th end, giving his team a decisive two points. He said the victory was the culmination of a long season already.

“I am very proud of my team,” he said. “We have been playing with broken toes, and sore backs. Our secret is not to over-think anything and just have fun like we were taught. As a team we have only played three times together, and I want to thank everyone who has subbed for Stone Cold.”