Bruce Lee and Wong Jack Man (and Peter Ralston)

I found this article on Bruce Lee's encounter with Wong Jack Man interesting.

Who knows what really happened?  But I see there's a entire book written about the event (and an upcoming movie?)

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From the article, one of Wong Jack Man's students was Peter Ralston, whose book I bought years ago. Ralston has apparently transcended martial arts, but has a youtube channel.

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OK, how about his fight with Lau Dai-Chuen?

Jameis Winston wins Heisman

In an anticlimax of a ceremony Saturday night, Florida State quarterback Jameis Winston became the 79th winner of the Heisman Trophy.

In real terms, Winston claimed the most coveted individual award in sports nine days earlier. That’s when Florida State Attorney Willie Meggs announced that his office would not file charges against Winston after he was accused of a 2012 sexual assault. That decision removed the only major impediment between the quarterback and the Heisman.

Winston won the award in a landslide – receiving 668 first-place votes to end up with 2,205 points total – despite being left off 115 of the 900 ballots that were returned. It was the fifth-largest margin of victory in the modern history of the award. At 19 years old, he's also the youngest player to ever win the Heisman.

The only real drama Saturday night was seeing who would finish second in the balloting. That honor went to AJ McCarron of Alabama, who ended up with 704 points. He was followed by Northern Illinois quarterback Jordan Lynch (558), Boston College running back Andre Williams (470), 2012 Heisman winner Johnny Manziel of Texas A&M (421) and rounding out the ballot was Auburn running back Tre Mason (404).

In football terms, Winston was the easy choice. He leads the nation in pass efficiency, throwing for 3,820 yards with 38 touchdowns and 10 interceptions, and completing 67.9 percent of his passes. And his team in undefeated and ranked No. 1 in the nation, with every victory by two touchdowns or more.

Winston’s star began to rise immediately. In his first college game, on Labor Day night at Pittsburgh, the redshirt freshman completed 25 of 27 passes for 356 yards and four touchdowns. It ranks among the most impressive debut games in college football history.

His 252.2 passer rating for that game was his highest of the season, but Winston’s numbers never dipped very far. In 13 starts, he has yet to have what could be considered a bad outing. The Hueytown, Ala., product has never had a college game completing less than half his passes, has thrown a touchdown pass in every game, and only against Miami did he have a game with more interceptions (two) than TDs (one).

He becomes the third Florida State quarterback to win the Heisman, following Charlie Ward in 1993 and Chris Weinke in 1999. Both of those QBs went on to win the national championship a few weeks later.

In recent years, Heisman voters have been increasingly willing to disregard old-school voting doctrine. This is the second year in a row that the award has gone to a redshirt freshman in his first season of college football competition, with Manziel in that role last year.

One trend that is alive and well is voter fixation on quarterbacks. Winston is the fourth consecutive QB to win the Heisman, and the 12th in the last 13 years.

Anthony Carter: basketball coach

CEDAR PARK, Texas » Former University of Hawaii star Anthony Carter might be a perfect basketball coach based solely on the mentors in his life.

It's not every day a well-traveled professional player suits up for the likes of Pat Riley, George Karl and Gregg Popovich in one NBA lifetime.

Recently hired as an assistant coach for the Austin Toros of the NBA Development League, the 38-year-old plans to take advantage of his lineage. Three NBA teams contacted Carter before the San Antonio Spurs, the owner of the Toros, hired him. Once he decided to enter coaching, he called Riley for advice.

"Pat Riley instilled in me that hard work pays off, never take practice or a game for granted because you never know when it's your last," Carter said. "And he taught me how to get in shape two months before training camp. I did that my whole career and that's a big reason why I stayed around for so long, because I had a great work ethic."

Carter could have landed the head coaching job in Austin, but deferred because of his lack of coaching experience. He's happy to be in one of the NBA's model organizations. His playing background with the Miami Heat and the San Antonio Spurs will come in handy in the coaching realm. He plans to incorporate their coaching philosophies.

"Those are the top two family organizations I think, first class," he said. "He (Popovich) knows how to give guys rest and knows when to push guys, how far to push guys. I've been doing that on our team."

After two memorable seasons in Hawaii, Carter went undrafted, spending the 1998-99 campaign with Yakima of the now-defunct Continental Basketball Association (CBA). The following year things got a lot better for Carter after he landed in Miami, playing for Hall of Famer Riley.

Carter spent four seasons with the Heat, one in San Antonio, two in Minnesota, five in Denver, one in New York and one in Toronto before calling it a day. As much as Riley and Popovich hold sway over Carter's budding coaching career, he also learned a lot under the guidance of Karl.

Karl thought so much of Carter, he asked him to be an assistant coach in his waning days with the Nuggets in 2011. Carter wasn't ready to hang them up for good, but appreciated the thought.

"He is a player's coach and this is a player's league," Carter said. "I took away from him that you let the players play if they're playing the game the right way. Another thing I took from him is if you're starting practice at 10, he doesn't want you there at 10. He wants you there 30 minutes early so you're already stretched (and ready to go)."

Spending 14 seasons in the NBA while also paying his dues in the CBA and abroad gave him instant credibility with his current team.

"I tell them all the time, I didn't know I was going to get called up to the NBA," Carter conceded. "I never thought that I could make it to the NBA until I did.

"That's what I'm trying to instill into these guys, is to just go out and play and play every possession like it's your last. I was undrafted. I played in the CBA and made it to the NBA, so I know where they're all coming from and all of them can relate to me."

2013-2014 baseball deals

12/6/13 - Robinson Canoe leaves Yankees for Mariners for $240 million for 10 years
12/4/13 - Jacoby Ellsbury leaves Red Sox for Yankees for 7 years, $153 million

2013 College Football Coaching Changes

12/12/13 - Boise State hires Bryan Harsin as head coach
12/6/13 - Chris Peterson leaves Boise State for Washington
12/2/13 - Steve Sarkisian leaves Washington for USC
9/29/13 - Lane Kiffin fired by USC