Trophies News

Trophy News From Ohio

Before Ben Curtis played 36 holes Sunday in the final two rounds of the PGA Championship, Browns quarterback Derek Anderson fired off a message that was practically prophetic.

”I sent him a text the other night, ‘Why don’t you just bring that golf trophy right out to Berea?’ ” Anderson said.

The coveted Wanamaker Trophy went to Ireland’s Padraig Harrington, who claimed his second consecutive major. Curtis, the 2003 British Open champion from Kent State, shot 68-71 and finished 2 strokes back, tying for second at gruelling Oakland Hills.

Curtis, 31, became one of 11 men to finish in the top 10 in two majors this year. In his career, he has three victory trophies and 11 top 10s, four in majors, including a tie for seventh in the 2008 British Open.

This one brought another prize. Curtis jumped from 20th to seventh in the U.S. Ryder Cup trophy standings, earning a spot on the team for the Sept. 19-21 competition versus Europe at Valhalla Golf Club in Louisville, Ky.

After the PGA, Curtis drew kudos from Ryder Cup captain Paul Azinger and analysts on the Golf Channel.

”I’ve always known I could play at this level,” Curtis said. ”To do it on that stage was awfully fulfilling career-wise.”

Originally Written by Marla Ridenour in the Akron Beacon Journal

Trophy News From Pakistan

The International Cricket Council said it could drop the Pakistani garrison city of Rawalpindi as one of the three venues for September’s Champions Trophy.

Eliminating Rawalpindi, which adjoins the capital Islamabad, would leave all the trophy matches to be played in the southern port city of Karachi and the eastern cultural capital of Lahore.

“It is a strong possibility that we will reduce the Champions Trophy to two venues but the event will be played in Pakistan,” ICC chief executive Haroon Lorgat said during a visit to Rawalpindi Stadium.

Lorgat is leading a high-profile six-man ICC task force which is here to oversee security arrangements for the trophy amid threats of a boycott by some non-Asian teams.

The ICC last month decided to keep the biennial event in Pakistan despite security concerns raised by players from Australia, New Zealand, England and South Africa.

The players associations of these countries and FICA had called for a relocation of the trophy over player safety following a series of suicide bombings in Pakistan.

Local media reports said Rawalpindi stadium, where renovation work is well behind schedule, may be dropped.

Lorgat said security could not be assessed at Rawalpindi as it did not host any matches in the recent Asia Cup.

“During the Asia Cup there were no fixtures at Rawalpindi and that didn’t provide us an opportunity to check the security arrangements, so there was no way we can formulate an opinion on Rawalpindi,” Mr Lorgat said.

“We are trying to explore whether we might use only Lahore and Karachi and take a decision soon.”

The taskforce also met security officials, including senior interior ministry officials.

The suicide bombings in Pakistan prompted Australia to postpone their planned tour of the country in March.

Originally Written by the ABC News Staff

Trophy News from Los Angeles

Lauren Conrad got the remarkable chance of creating a dress for next month’s Emmy awards ceremony. The star of MTV’s reality hit “The Hills” will be designing a “couture red carpet gown” for the 60th Primetime Emmy Awards, the TV academy announced on Wednesday, as reported by the Associated Press.

The 22-year-old actress’ dresses will be worn by the trophy girls who carry the Emmy prizes on stage before presenters offer them to the winners, the academy said, according to the same source. Furthermore, the trophy holders also emerge on the red carpet before the beginning of the show.
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Trophy News From Los Angeles, CA

With teen queen Miley Cyrus as host, Mariah Carey performing, superstars such as Will Smith and David Beckham in attendance and surfboards as trophies, Sunday’s Teen Choice Awards at the Gibson Amphitheater at Universal Studios Hollywood was not your typical red-carpet event. In fact, the carpet was blue, and America’s teens were in control rather than industry voters.

The Jonas Brothers, who arrived in coordinating Ray-Ban sunglasses, were one of the night’s biggest winners and a fan favorite. The brothers, who picked up awards for breakout group, music single, summer song, male hottie and fashion icon, used their performance to fly over the crowd in harnesses to screaming fans.

Gossip Girl’s Blake Lively grabbed awards for drama actress and breakout star. Said Lively, who arrived at the ceremony with on- and off-screen boyfriend Penn Badgley: “It’s so surreal to me because I remember sitting home watching the Teen Choice Awards.”

While American Idol winner David Cook, 25, and runner-up David Archuleta, 17, were happy to be at the show, the Idol tour remained on their minds.

Added Cook, who snagged the male reality/variety star award: “It’s great to feel the energy of the crowd, but the hard part is being in a different city every night.”

Even though it was a sweltering summer day in Hollywood, that didn’t stop some stars from going all out with their fashion choices. Sophia Bush, in a strapless floral frock from L.A. designer Jenni Kayne, and The Hills star Lauren Conrad, in a printed strapless number she designed herself, both chose floor-length dresses for the notoriously casual evening.

“I had fun designing it, and I wanted to do something more bohemian and summery,” said Conrad, 22, who picked up the female reality/variety star award.

Originally Written by Victoria Namkung for USA Today