Epstein

• Robert Hegyes, the actor best known for playing Jewish Puerto Rican student Juan Epstein on the 1970s TV show Welcome Back Kotter has died. He was 60. The Flynn Son Funeral Home in Fords, N.J.
(msnbc.com)
• As Theo Epstein and Jed Hoyer enter their first season as the Chicago Cubs front office bosses, plenty of hope and optimism surrounds the club. But Epstein says hes ready for the focus to be on his players.
(Scout.com)
• Barry Epstein, Ph.D., CPA, CFF, has joined the accounting firm SSG, Inc. (http://www.SSandG.com) as a director in the firm's newest office, located in the River North neighborhood of downtown.
(YAHOO!)
• Theo Epstein has been on the job with the Chicago Cubs since October, but the Boston Red Sox still dont know what theyre getting in exchange for him.
(ESPN)
• Commissioner Bud Selig is now involved in the compensation talks for Theo Epstein between the Chicago Cubs and Boston Red Sox, according to a source familiar with the situation.
(ESPN)
• Like a friend from school or the neighborhood, Hegyes came to our houses once a week, as Welcome Back, Kotters Epstein – the short guy with the tall hair and the never-ending excuse notes.
(MLive.com)
• Heres how the federal government can create 1 million jobs right now, actually, within 120 days of legislative passage of my new phase of the Hire Just One initiative.
(Jupiter Courier)
• Hope springs eternal during spring training, but it runs rampant at the Cubs Convention. Despite their team coming off a dismal 71-91 season, fans were overthetop in their enthusiasm over the weekend at the 27th annual convention.
(FOXSports.com)
• CHICAGO (AP)—Cubs president of baseball operations Theo Epstein says trade talk involving ace Matt Garza is overblown and he also still hopes to re-sign veteran reliever Kerry Wood.
(YAHOO!)
• The Boston Red Sox and the Chicago Cubs, unable to decide on compensation for Theo Epsteins move from one front office to the other, have asked MLB commissioner Bud Selig to decide what the Cubs owe the Red Sox as a result.
(YAHOO!)