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'''Joshua A. "J.A." Adande''' (born October 25, 1970 in [[Los Angeles, California|Los Angeles]], [[California]]) is a sports columnist who covers the [[National Basketball Association]] for [[ESPN.com]]. He also serves as a panelist for [[ESPN]]'s ''[[Around the Horn]]'' and as a guest host on ESPN's ''[[Pardon the Interruption]]'' television shows. He also serves as an adjunct professor at the [[University of Southern California]]'s [[Annenberg School of Journalism]], where he teaches a class entitled "Sports Commentary," and co-teaches a class entitled "Sports Public Relations."
{{Infobox Singapore School
| image = [[Image:Sji logo.jpg|110px]]
| name = St. Joseph's Institution <br> 圣约瑟书院 (Shèng Yuè Sè Shū Yuàn) <br> Institusi Saint Joseph
| motto = ''Ora et Labora'' (Pray and Work)
| established = 1852
| type = Independent Secondary
| session = Single Session
| principal = Mr Lui Seng Cheong
| city/town = Malcolm Road
| school code = 7020
| enrollment = Approx. 2000
| colours = Green, White
| homepage = [http://www.sji.moe.edu.sg/ Saint Joseph's Institution Online]
}}
[[image:SJIdome.jpg|right|thumb|Sculpture of De la salle, founder of the Lasallian teaching tradition on the second level of former SJI building<br>(see [[Former Saint Joseph’s Institution]]]]
'''Saint Joseph's Institution''' ([[Abbreviation]]: '''SJI''') is a [[Roman Catholic Church|Catholic]] [[Secondary education|secondary school]] for male students in [[Singapore]]. It was founded in 1852 as St. John's Institution, and is the 3rd oldest educational institution in Singapore (the first and second being [[Raffles Institution]] and [[St. Margaret's Secondary School]] respectively) .


==Schooling and early career==
SJI is recognised as one of the top secondary schools in Singapore, providing a value-added and all-round education to boys of all races and religions.
Adande is an alumnus of [[Crossroads School (Santa Monica)|Crossroads School]] of [[Santa Monica, California]], along with other famous people such as [[NBA]] star [[Baron Davis]] and [[Kate Hudson]].


Adande received his bachelor of science degree from the [[Medill School of Journalism]] at [[Northwestern University]].
The school is consistently ranked among the top secondary schools in Singapore. In September 2005, the school is one of the few in [[Singapore]] to be awarded the coveted School Distinction Award as part of the Ministry of Education's 2005 Masterplan Awards. In addition, it has been awarded the Best Practice Award for teaching and learning. SJI has also received the Sustained Achievement Award for Sports and the Sustained Achievement Award for Uniformed Groups for the third and seventh consecutive year respectively.


Adande first started work at the ''[[Los Angeles Times]]'' as an intern with the Westside edition in 1990. He continued his internships at ''The San Bernardino Sun'' and ''[[The Washington Post]]'' in 1991 and ''[[The Miami Herald]]'' in 1992.
The current principal of SJI is Mr Benjamin Lui Seng Cheong. The deputy principals for curriculum and student development are Mrs Goh Poh Kenn and Mr Sydney Tan respectively. The former principal of St. Michael's School (now [[St. Joseph's Institution Junior]]), Ms Wee Siew Sun has been appointed Deputy Principal (Special Projects). Bro Michael Broughton, FSC, the former Deputy Principal (Student Development), has been appointed the Brother President of SJI and SJI International as of January 2007. Since the beginning of the same year, Mr Malcolm Wong has also been the Assistant Principal of SJI, but he has moved to SJI International in 2008 as the Head of Grade 11 and 12.


He became a full-time staff writer for ''[[The Chicago Sun-Times]]'', where he covered Illinois [[American Football|football]] and [[basketball]] and the [[Chicago Bulls]]. In 1994, he returned to ''[[The Washington Post]]'' as a staff writer where he covered college football, college basketball and the [[Washington Bullets]] (as they were known at the time).


==Recent professional career==
==History==
In 1997, he returned to the ''[[Los Angeles Times]]'' to become a sports columnist for the paper's Orange County edition. In 1998, his column began running in all editions.
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Adande briefly hosted the "Celebrity Sports Talk" radio program with ex-NBA player Marques Johnson in 2002. The show aired on KMPC in Los Angeles and WSNR in New York City.
''Verse 1:''


Adande's assignments at the ''Los Angeles Times'' included the [[Olympic Games]], [[The Championships, Wimbledon|Wimbledon]], the [[Super Bowl]], the [[National Collegiate Athletic Association|NCAA]] [[Final Four]], the [[NBA]], [[Major League Baseball]] and [[2006 FIFA World Cup|World Cup 2006]].
:All through our college
:A voice is resounding
:Promptly respond to your duty's sweet call
:Harken you all for the trumpet is sounding
:Your mater's proclaiming
:Her watchwords to all


Adande became eligible to vote for players to be inducted into the [[Baseball Hall of Fame]] in December 2007.
''Chorus:''


In 2007, the [[Tribune Company]], parent company to the ''Los Angeles Times'', sought to cut costs at the newspaper by offering a voluntary buyout package to the newspaper's employees. Adande was one of those who accepted the buyout, and he published his final column (titled "He's outta here") for the newspaper on May 31, 2007. When he announced he was leaving during the June 1, 2007 episode of ''[[Around the Horn]]'' the other panelists applauded him, among them [[Kevin Blackistone]] (who accepted a similar buyout in 2006 from the [[Dallas Morning News]] and appears on ''ATH'' regularly from a [[Washington, D.C.]] studio) who joked, "Aren't there enough people here without a job?"
:Forward her children dear
:Ever with hearts sincere
:Render with joy to your mater her due
:All that is vile reject
:Heaven will e'er protect
:Sons of St Joseph's
:Valiant and True


===Around the Horn===
''Verse 2:''
As a panelist for ''[[Around the Horn]]'', Adande is sometimes known as "Top Cat Killer" for his numerous Showdown victories over [[Tim Cowlishaw]] of ''[[The Dallas Morning News]]''. (Cowlishaw is sometimes nicknamed "Top Cat" based on his initials.) Adande is also known for the "J.A. Adande Lounge" which he usually mentions during his "Face Time" (which is the 20 to 30 second speech the winner gets after a victory on the show). His birthday was revealed to be October 25 on the episode of that date in 2006 (he won the episode). Another notable Adande feature is his impersonation of NFL analyst(and former quarterback) [[Ron Jaworski]] (Jaws). During the NFL season, when the panelists make their weekend predictions, Adande dons his Ron Jaworski jersey and talks in a deepened voice, similar to Jaworski's.


Since leaving the ''Times'', Adande has continued to appear as a panelist on ''Around the Horn''. Former ''Dallas Morning News'' columnist [[Kevin Blackistone]], has also done so.
:Onwards and upwards in life's earnest battle
:Joyously bearing the brunt of the fight
:Nobly forgiving for all that may pain you
:And bravely defending the cause of the right
|}SJI was founded in 1852 as the first missionary establishment of the [[Institute of the Brothers of the Christian Schools|La Salle Brothers]] in the Far East. The endeavour was initiated by Rev Fr [[Jean-Marie Beurel]] MEP, who offered six Brothers from Europe to start the school using a former chapel as premises. Within a year, an attap hut also had to be erected to accommodate all the students. The school was originally known as St John's, but on 19 March 1855 ([[Saint Joseph's Day|Feast of Saint Joseph]]), the cornerstone of a new school building was laid. From this date onwards, the school has been known as Saint Joseph's Institution. The new central classroom block was completed in 1865, though further expansion of the facilities continued well into the 20th Century. The school had 426 students in 1900. This grew to almost 1200 in 1914, and 1600 in 1922. With the student population expanding, a temporary branch school was opened, which eventually led to the building of a second school – [[Saint Patrick's School]] – in 1933.


===Pardon the Interruption===
During [[World War II]], prior to the fall of Singapore to the Japanese, the school was used as a Red Cross hospital and housed a unit of the Civil Defence Force. A bomb hit the school courtyard during the war, leaving a crater, but the main building remained unscathed.
Adande has appeared as a "Five Good Minutes" guest on ''[[Pardon the Interruption]]'' and debuted as a substitute host on [[July 2]], 2007 with [[Dan Le Batard]]. On August 3, 2007, Adande performed the rare task of being a panelist on "Around the Horn" and a guest host on "Pardon the Interruption" in the same day.


===ESPN===
In 1954, [[St. Joseph's Junior School]] was housed in [[St. Michael's School]], now known as [[St. Joseph's Institution Junior]].
Adande joined ESPN.com as an [[NBA]] columnist in August 2007 after 10 years with the [[Los Angeles Times]]. The panel at Around the Horn all congratulated him on the job, and played a joke "Buy or Sell" segment about Adande's comments about joining ESPN.


==External links==
In 1975, SJI's first year pre-university classes and some its teachers were transferred to the newly-opened [[Catholic Junior College]].
*[http://espn.go.com/eoe/adande_bio.html J.A. Adande's Around the Horn biography]
*[http://www.latimes.com/sports/columnists/la-bio-adande-b,1,4483154.blurb?coll=la-headlines-sports-columnists J.A. Adande's Los Angeles Times biography]
*[http://www.latimes.com/sports/columnists/la-sp-adande31may31,1,2318180.column?ctrack=4&cset=true J.A. Adande's final LA Times column.]


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In 1988, SJI shifted into a new campus at [[Malcolm Road]] situated just off the neighbourhood of Toa Payoh, beside the Tanglin Community Centre. The beautiful old campus with its distinctive semi-circular wings was gazetted by the Singapore National Heritage Board as a national monument. After lengthy and painstaking restoration works, it currently houses the [[Singapore Art Museum]].
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In 1990, SJI became one of the few schools invited by the then Education Minister to turn independent - a mark of its excellence. Leadership in the school has passed increasingly to lay people but they remain committed to the memory and mission of the [[Institute of the Brothers of the Christian Schools|Christian Brothers]] and their founder [[Jean-Baptiste de la Salle|St John Baptist De La Salle]].
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Under the administration of Brother Paul Anthony Rogers, SJI saw its peak in growth. The addition in 1995 of a large Performing Arts Centre and an entirely new wing to house Secondary One students makes it well-equipped to handle the needs and demands of a growing population.

In 2002, SJI celebrated the 150th anniversary of her founding. In 2006, SJI, upon the urging of the [[Economic Development Board]] of Singapore, has opened an international school. [[SJI International]] has begun classes in January 2007. Andrew Bennett, a former Principal of the [[United World College of South East Asia]], has been appointed the first Principal of SJI International. To safeguard the Catholic and Lasallian ethos in the new school, the Board has also appointed SJI's former Deputy Principal (Student Development) Bro. Michael Broughton as the Brother President of the School. Lawrence da Silva, a former Director of the [[United World College of South East Asia]] heads the interim Governing Board of the School. Mr Bennett and Mr da Silva would recreate a partnership that led to UWCSEA's outstanding IB results in previous years.

The year 2006 was the first year in which double pure science was offered to every candidate, with no student doing combined science.

==School Pledge==

We Josephians pledge ourselves at all times,

in the spirit of our motto:

'''ORA ET LABORA.'''

To be loyal to God and to our nation,

to our family and to our school.

To follow the rules of good morality,

in our personal and social behaviour,

out of love for God and our neighbours.

To show respect to all who exercise authority:

parents, teachers and student leaders.

To give first attention to our studies

by seeking a balance in our academic work

and co-curricular activities.

To build an authentic Lasallian family,

here at St. Joseph's Institution,

in the spirit of faith, service and community.

SO HELP US GOD.

==Motto==
The school motto - "Ora et Labora",
Latin for "Pray and Work" is a reflection of the twin pillars of the
[[La Salle Brothers]], Faith and Zeal.

==Summary of information==
===Brother President===
* Bro Michael Broughton, FSC

===Principal===
* Mr Lui Seng Cheong Benjamin

===Deputy Principals===
* Mrs Goh Poh Kenn (Curriculum)
* Ms Wee Siew Sun (Special Projects)

===Prefects EXCO===
* Brijinder Singh (Head Prefect)
* Muhd Yamani (Deputy Head Prefect)
* Low Wei Xuan (EXCO)
* Oliver Grundy (EXCO)
* Heng Pin Max (EXCO)

===Josephians of the Year 2008===
* Choo Ruizhi, 433 (Senior Josephian)
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===Nearest MRT stations===
* Newton
* Toa Payoh

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===Mother tongue languages===
*Chinese
*Malay
*Tamil

===Affiliated Schools===
* [[De La Salle School, Singapore|De La Salle School]]
* [[Saint Joseph's Institution Junior]] (''formerly St. Michael's School'')
* [[Saint Stephen's School, Singapore|St. Stephen's School]]
* [[St. Anthony's Primary School, Singapore|St. Anthony's Primary School]]
* [[Saint Patrick's School, Singapore|St. Patrick's School]]
* [[Saint Joseph's Institution International]]

==Uniform==
The SJI uniform is completely white, worn with white socks and shoes. The boys in the lower secondary level wear white shorts, while students in the upper secondary level are dressed in long, white pants. The school badge is to be worn on the top right hand corner of the shirt pocket.

Green and white striped ties are to be worn at the start of each school week, and on special occasions. For prefects, a dark green tie will be worn instead and they are to wear their ties on every school day.

Senior prefects will be issued a badge denoting prefectorial status. It is to be worn on the middle of the pocket. They need not wear the regular school badge.

The SJI PE Uniform is a white shirt with the school crest printed on the front left breast and the word "JOSEPHIAN" marked across the back. The green shorts have the word "SJI" threaded on the bottom left thigh. Sports shoes are allowed to be worn with the SJI PE Uniform.

==Notable alumni==
===Ministers===
* [[David Saul Marshall]] - First Chief Minister of Singapore in 1955
* Dr. [[Tony Tan]] - Former Deputy Prime Minister of Singapore (stepped down September 1, 2005); Chairman, National Research Foundation; Deputy Chairman & Executive Director, [[Government of Singapore Investment Corporation]]; Chairman / Independent Director, Singapore Press Holdings
* Brigadier-General [[George Yeo]] - Minister for Foreign Affairs
* [[Mah Bow Tan]] - Minister for National Development & Deputy Leader of the House
* Rear-Admiral (NS) [[Teo Chee Hean]] - Minister for Defence

===Members of Parliament===
* [[Christopher De Souza]] - MP, Holland-Bukit Timah GRC, OCS Sword of Honour Recipient
* [[Chong You Fook Charles]] - MP, Chairman, [[National Police Cadet Corps]] Council
* [[Matthias Yao Chih]] - Deputy [[Speaker of Parliament]], Mayor - South East District

===Governmental organizations===
* [[Ernest Wong]] - [[Temasek Holdings]] Advisory Board
* [[Gerard Ee]] - Interim Chairman & Acting CEO, National Kidney Foundation; Chairman, Public Transport Council
* [[Philip Yeo]] - outgoing Chairman, Agency for Science, Technology and Research ([[A*STAR]]) and incoming Chairman,[[SPRING Singapore]]
* [[Leo Yip Seng Cheong]] - Permanent Secretary, [[Ministry of Manpower]]
* [[Tan Tee How]] - Permanent Secretary, [[Ministry of National Development]]
* [[Tan Chin Tiong]] - [[Ambassador]] to Japan

===Business===
* [[Anthony Salim]] - CEO & President, The Salim Group - Indonesia's biggest conglomerate
* [[Ee Peng Liang]] - Businessman and philanthropist
* [[Edmund Tie]] - Executive Chairman, DTZ Debenham Tie Leung (SEA) Pte Ltd
* [[Khoo Teck Puat]] - Late Singapore tycoon
* [[Noel Hon]] - Chairman, [[NEC Solutions]] Asia Pacific, President of the [[Singapore Scout Association]] and recipient of the [[Gold Lion Scouting|Gold Lion]] Scouting Award
* [[Peter Seah Lim Huat]] - Non-Executive Chairman, [[Sembcorp Industries Ltd]], Various Board Appointments
* [[Tan Puay Chiang]] - Chairman, [[Exxon Mobil]] China
* [[Lim Chee Onn]] - Executive Chairman, [[Keppel Corporation]] Ltd

===Sports===
* [[Goh Tat Chuan]] - Singapore's national soccer player

===Arts and entertainment===
* [[Dick Lee]] - One of Asia's most well-known musicians; Cultural Medallion winner
* [[Goh Sin Tub]] - A pioneer of Singapore literature and a teacher, civil servant, banker, builder, social worker and former chairman of the SJI Board of Governors
* [[Jeremy Monteiro]] - King of Swing, virtuoso jazz pianist; Board Member, National Arts Council; Cultural Medallion winner
* [[Jonathan Leong]] - [[Singapore Idol]] 2006 1st Runner Up
* [[Mark Van Cuylenberg]] - also widely known as [[The Flying Dutchman]]; host compere, radio personality

===Legal===
* [[Davinder Singh]], ''[[Senior Counsel|S.C.]]'' - One of the leading lawyers in Singapore and Asia; CEO of [[Drew & Napier]] LLC
* [[Michael Khoo]], ''[[Senior Counsel|S.C.]]''
* [[Tan Chin Seng]] - Senior Partner, Tan Rajah and Cheah and [[Commissioner for Oaths]]

===Education===
* Prof. [[Tan Chorh Chuan]] - Senior Deputy President, President-Designate [[National University of Singapore]]
* Prof. [[Tan Cheng Han]], [[Senior Counsel|S.C.]] - Dean and Head, Faculty of Law, [[National University of Singapore]]

===Others===
* BG [[Bernard Tan Kok Kiang]] - ex-SAF Director, Joint Intelligence Directorate, ex-Chief Armour Officer, [[President's Scholar]], [[Lee Kuan Yew Scholarship]] Recipient
* [[Warren Fernandez]] - Deputy Editor and Foreign Editor of [[The Straits Times]]

==See also==
* [[Former Saint Joseph’s Institution]]
* [[Jean-Marie Beurel|Father Jean-Marie Beurel]]
* [[Saint Joseph's Institution International]]

== External links ==
* [http://www.sji.moe.edu.sg/ Official school website]
* [http://www.sjipb.blogspot.com/ SJI Prefectorial Board]
* [http://www.sjinpcc.org/ SJI NPCC Website]
* [http://www.sji-sjab.org/ SJI SJAB Online]
* [http://www.sjioba.com/ Official School Alumni Website]
* [http://www.sjioba.com/playbig.html Tribute Video to Saint Joseph's Institution]


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Joshua A. "J.A." Adande (born October 25, 1970 in Los Angeles, California) is a sports columnist who covers the National Basketball Association for ESPN.com. He also serves as a panelist for ESPN's Around the Horn and as a guest host on ESPN's Pardon the Interruption television shows. He also serves as an adjunct professor at the University of Southern California's Annenberg School of Journalism, where he teaches a class entitled "Sports Commentary," and co-teaches a class entitled "Sports Public Relations."

Schooling and early career

Adande is an alumnus of Crossroads School of Santa Monica, California, along with other famous people such as NBA star Baron Davis and Kate Hudson.

Adande received his bachelor of science degree from the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University.

Adande first started work at the Los Angeles Times as an intern with the Westside edition in 1990. He continued his internships at The San Bernardino Sun and The Washington Post in 1991 and The Miami Herald in 1992.

He became a full-time staff writer for The Chicago Sun-Times, where he covered Illinois football and basketball and the Chicago Bulls. In 1994, he returned to The Washington Post as a staff writer where he covered college football, college basketball and the Washington Bullets (as they were known at the time).

Recent professional career

In 1997, he returned to the Los Angeles Times to become a sports columnist for the paper's Orange County edition. In 1998, his column began running in all editions.

Adande briefly hosted the "Celebrity Sports Talk" radio program with ex-NBA player Marques Johnson in 2002. The show aired on KMPC in Los Angeles and WSNR in New York City.

Adande's assignments at the Los Angeles Times included the Olympic Games, Wimbledon, the Super Bowl, the NCAA Final Four, the NBA, Major League Baseball and World Cup 2006.

Adande became eligible to vote for players to be inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in December 2007.

In 2007, the Tribune Company, parent company to the Los Angeles Times, sought to cut costs at the newspaper by offering a voluntary buyout package to the newspaper's employees. Adande was one of those who accepted the buyout, and he published his final column (titled "He's outta here") for the newspaper on May 31, 2007. When he announced he was leaving during the June 1, 2007 episode of Around the Horn the other panelists applauded him, among them Kevin Blackistone (who accepted a similar buyout in 2006 from the Dallas Morning News and appears on ATH regularly from a Washington, D.C. studio) who joked, "Aren't there enough people here without a job?"

Around the Horn

As a panelist for Around the Horn, Adande is sometimes known as "Top Cat Killer" for his numerous Showdown victories over Tim Cowlishaw of The Dallas Morning News. (Cowlishaw is sometimes nicknamed "Top Cat" based on his initials.) Adande is also known for the "J.A. Adande Lounge" which he usually mentions during his "Face Time" (which is the 20 to 30 second speech the winner gets after a victory on the show). His birthday was revealed to be October 25 on the episode of that date in 2006 (he won the episode). Another notable Adande feature is his impersonation of NFL analyst(and former quarterback) Ron Jaworski (Jaws). During the NFL season, when the panelists make their weekend predictions, Adande dons his Ron Jaworski jersey and talks in a deepened voice, similar to Jaworski's.

Since leaving the Times, Adande has continued to appear as a panelist on Around the Horn. Former Dallas Morning News columnist Kevin Blackistone, has also done so.

Pardon the Interruption

Adande has appeared as a "Five Good Minutes" guest on Pardon the Interruption and debuted as a substitute host on July 2, 2007 with Dan Le Batard. On August 3, 2007, Adande performed the rare task of being a panelist on "Around the Horn" and a guest host on "Pardon the Interruption" in the same day.

ESPN

Adande joined ESPN.com as an NBA columnist in August 2007 after 10 years with the Los Angeles Times. The panel at Around the Horn all congratulated him on the job, and played a joke "Buy or Sell" segment about Adande's comments about joining ESPN.

External links

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