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Sen. Rob Portman joined Lake Erie fishing guide Paul Pacholski of Erie Hopper Sportfishing Charters in August. Portman wanted to get an inside look at the walleye fishing and hear Pacholski's concerns about Asian carp, algal blooms and slumping populations of game fish.

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CLEVELAND, Ohio – The Great Lakes and Mississippi River Interbasin Study (GLMRIS) released on Monday had answers for thwarting a potential Great Lakes invasion of Asian carp. It also raised questions about how to sell one of the expensive projects to politicians and taxpayers.

Making the job exceedingly difficult will be $15 billion to $18 billion price tags for the plans most experts prefer. The Corps’ forecast that it will take 25 years to complete any of those projects won’t help, either.

The three plans most experts prefer each call for a permanent separation of the Chicago area waterways from Lake Michigan. All will need ancillary construction: untested locks and dams, as well as reservoirs and tunnels to prevent major flooding.

After the long wait for the Corps to produce the congressionally mandated report, which did not include any recommendations, experts and politicians promptly weighed in with choices.

• Executive Director Jeff Reutter, Ohio Sea Grant: "I hope we end up with the safest measure, and that is going to be hydraulic separation. Anything less is not going to be safe in the long term."

• Sen. Rob Portman: “I wish the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ report would have identified the best option for preventing the spread of invasive species to the Great Lakes.”

• Sen. Sherrod Brown: We’re pushing and hoping for separation. We must stop Asian carp from getting into the Great Lakes.”

• Joel Brammeier, president and CEO of the Alliance for the Great Lakes: "All evidence points to one conclusion. Physica

There are eight people on the boat: Thomas, Fraley, Egan, Morgan, Anderson, two people from ESPN.com and Kevin Rodenhauser, who sold the boat to Fraley.

The boat is a pearly-white Pursuit, with leather seats and a state-of-the-art navigation system. Fraley estimates the cost to be approximately $160,000. But Fraley got a great deal on it by paying a fraction of the cost and agreeing to do promotional appearances for the vendor -- one of the many perks of going 10-6 last season.

Rodenhauser recalls the sale.

"He came in the store and identified himself as Hank, and I already knew who he was," Rodenhauser says. "But I asked him what he did anyway just for kicks. He reluctantly said he was a member of the Cleveland Browns. He didn't want to bring attention to himself."

Thomas is the same way. On Sundays, the former Wisconsin star is one of the most dominant linemen in the NFL. Today he's just one of the guys.

Egan, 63, explains how the unlikely pair came together. Thomas was interested in doing a hunting show in Cleveland, but Egan already had one on SportsTime Ohio. The station approached Egan about adding Thomas' star power to the program and Egan agreed.

"I thought about it, and he's 6-foot-6, 320 pounds," Egan says. "He can carry deer!"

"Oh, so that's why I'm on the show," Thomas laughs.

8:20 a.m.

Filming begins as the crew leaves the shore.

Fraley steers the boat and turns to Thomas with some early advice.

"I'll warn you now, we might get stopped by the Coast Guard because they know you're coming out today," Fraley says to his popular teammate.

The center adds that he was stopped by the Coast Guard last time out because the guardsmen noticed he was a member of the Browns. They talked with Fraley for a few minutes, and when Fraley told them Thomas was coming with him next time, they were even more excited.

Everyone is sharing fishing stories.

Thomas says he had his biggest catch ever the previous we

CLEVELAND, Ohio - Can American Pharoah end the jinx? Can the three-year-old favorite win the Belmont Stakes on Saturday and secure the Triple Crown?

Only 11 horses have done so in history. Thirteen others have tried and failed since Affirmed in 1978, but it's hard to bet against this impressive colt.

Here's a look at Saturday's race day.

What: The 147th Belmont Stakes, a 1 1/2-mile (12-furlong) Grade I stakes race for three-year-old thoroughbred horses. It is the third and final stakes race making up the Triple Crown.

When: Saturday at 6:50 p.m.

Where: Belmont Park, Elmont, New York.

The track: The 11/2-mile track called "Big Sandy" is the longest dirt thoroughbred racetrack in North America. Secretariat holds the 11/2-mile world record of 2:24 in winning the Belmont Stakes and Triple Crown in 1973.

Traditions: The winner wears a blanket of white carnations. The Tiffany Trophy made in 1926 goes to the winner, but can only be kept until the next Belmont Stakes. The Belmont Jewel is the new official Belmont drink.

Where to watch, wager: The Belmont Stakes' 13-race program is simulcast to ThistleDown Racino, Northfield Park and Cedar Downs in Sandusky, Ohio starting at 10:35 a.m.

Watching the show: Live race coverage is on WKYC Channel 3 from 4:30-7 p.m. The pre-race coverage (2:30-4:30 p.m.) and post-race coverage (7-7:30 p.m.) are on the NBC Sports Network.

D'Arcy Egan's Belmont Stakes Picks

1. American Pharoah

This colt wasn't a convincing Triple Crown threat after the Derby. That changed after the colt trounced the Preakness field on a sloppy track. Look for him to go right to the lead once again coming out of the fifth post.

2. Materiality

Well rested and needs a replay of his sparkling victory in the Florida Derby. He has the speed, but it's in the long, long stretch where he needs to be the best

Australian novelist and short story writer

D'Arcy Francis Niland (20 October 1917 – 29 March 1967) was an Australian farm labourer, novelist and short story writer. In 1955 he wrote The Shiralee, which gained international recognition in its depictions of the experiences of a swagman and his four-year-old daughter. It was made into a 1957 film, starring Peter Finch, and a 1987 TV mini-series, starring Bryan Brown. Niland married fellow writer Ruth Park (1917–2010) on 11 May 1942 and the couple had five children: Anne (born ca. June 1943), Rory, Patrick and twin daughters, Kilmeny (1950–2009) and Deborah (1950–present). Niland died on 29 March 1967 of a myocardial infarction, aged 49.

Early life

D'Arcy Niland was born Darcy Francis Niland on 20 October 1917 in the rural town of Glen Innes, New South Wales. His father Francis Augustus Niland was a cooper and wool classer, and his mother was Barbara Lucy, née Egan. He was the eldest of six children in the Irish-Catholic family. Niland was named by his father after the boxer, Les Darcy (1895–1917), he changed the form of his first name to D'Arcy as an adult. He attended the Sisters of St Joseph of the Sacred Heart school in Glen Innes.

Niland left school at 14 and two years later he briefly worked in Sydney as a copy boy for The Sun newspaper, hoping to become a reporter. His poem "