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SoCal Legends: Curtis Johnson Published March 11, 2021 Curtis Johnson provides a welcoming atmosphere to the student athletes on his baseball and football teams (Courtesy photo) Curtis Johnson fully understands the tradition of Fremont High School. He is an alum of the school as well as their veteran football and baseball coach. A student-athlete during his years at Fremont, Johnson discovered the joys of coaching when he had to fill in for his son’s T-Ball coach who was out sick. “Me and the coach had played on the same softball team, so I stood in as a coach,” Johnson said. “I had fun out there and I started showing up every day, not just to watch practice, I started being a part of the practice.” ....
Click the thumbs up > Fleets, suppliers and manufacturers have a month to go before the deadline passes for the Fleet News Awards 2021. With new categories and a merger with the Commercial Fleet Awards, the 2021 event will bring together for the first time every aspect of fleet, from car to van to truck. Winning a Fleet News Awards trophy doesn’t come easy, but the effort is worth every moment. Studies show that winners enjoy a measurable improvement in business performance and credibility, while it can also raise staff motivation. Group fleet manager Shaun Atton described himself as “proud” and “over the moon” after collecting the most improved fleet of the year trophy for Auto Windscreens at last year’s Fleet News Awards. British Gas head of fleet Steve Winter, who won the fleet of the year gong, said it was “a great reward for our fleet team”. ....
Want to read more? At the start of the pandemic in March we took the decision to make online access to our news free of charge by taking down our paywall. At a time where accurate information about Covid-19 was vital to our community, this was the right decision – even though it meant a drop in our income. In order to help safeguard the future of our journalism, the time has now come to reinstate our paywall, However, rest assured that access to all Covid related news will still remain free. To access all other news will require a subscription, as it did pre-pandemic. ....
Fleet News Awards 2021 Click the thumbs up > Winning a Fleet News Award trophy doesn’t come easy, but the effort is worth every moment when the envelope is opened, and your name is read out. Winners enjoy a measurable improvement in business performance and credibility, while it can also raise staff motivation, studies show. It can even give a boost to individual careers, with several former Fleet News Awards winners getting promoted or headhunted for more senior positions. Award winners say it has helped them to acquire new talent and improve client relationships. Shaun Atton described himself as “proud” and “over the moon” after the group fleet manager collected the most improved fleet of the year trophy for Auto Windscreens at last year’s Fleet News Awards. British Gas head of fleet Steve Winter, who collected the fleet of the year gong, said it was “a great reward for our fleet team”. ....
Commissioner Rob Manfred issued the following statement: “Tommy Lasorda was one of the finest managers our game has ever known. He loved life as a Dodger. His career began as a pitcher in 1949 but he is, of course, best known as the manager of two World Series champions and four pennant-winning clubs. His passion, success, charisma and sense of humor turned him into an international celebrity, a stature that he used to grow our sport. Tommy welcomed Dodger players from Mexico, the Dominican Republic, Japan, South Korea and elsewhere making baseball a stronger, more diverse and better game. He served Major League Baseball as the Global Ambassador for the first two editions of the World Baseball Classic and managed Team USA to gold in the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney. Tommy loved family, the United States, the National Pastime and the Dodgers, and he made them all proud during a memorable baseball life. ....