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|team_name=Long Island Lizards

|bg_color=black

|title_color=#00a86b

|conference=Eastern

|logo=LongIslandLizards.JPG

|founded=[[2001]]

|home_stadium=[[Mitchel Athletic Complex]]

|hometown=[[Uniondale, New York]]

|team_colors=black, green

|head_coach=Jim Mule

|general_manager=[[Timothy Kelly]]

|media=[[New York Newsday]]

|champs=2001,2003

|conference_champs= American Division: 2001, 2002, 2003

|division=American

|division_champs=2001,2002,2003

|website=[http://www.longislandlizards.com www.longislandlizards.com]

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The '''Long Island Lizards''' are a professional [[Lacrosse]] team based in [[Uniondale, New York]]. Since the 2001 season, they have been members of [[Major League Lacrosse]]. They are currently in the Eastern Conference. Prior to 2006, they were in the American Division.

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==Franchise history==

[[Image:Madea.jpg|thumb|Character ''Madea'' from cover of [[Madea's Class Reunion]].]]

'''Mabel "Madea" R. Simmons''' is a fictional character created and played by [[Tyler Perry]]. She is an aggressive, threatening woman who will argue with anyone. This is reflected in her tag line, "Punch You in the Face!" However, she is also part of a large family, with many children and grandchildren. Her name is spelled variously as "Mabel" and "Mable," probably in order to confuse government authorities and others when applying for jobs, getting credit cards, etc.

In their inaugural season in 2001, the Lizards split their home games between [[Hofstra Stadium]] and [[EAB Park]](now Citibank Park). For the 2002 season, they used Hofstra Stadium as their home field. As of 2003, the Lizards have played all home contests at [[Mitchel Athletic Complex]], in Uniondale, New York. The Lizards have won American Division championships in 2001, 2002, and 2003, and Major League Lacrosse titles in 2001 and 2003. The team made the playoffs in 2005 as a wildcard despite a losing record.

== Personal Life ==

==Season-by-season==

She was born in Greensburg, Louisiana in May of 1937, but at some point in her early life relocated to [[Waycross, GA]], a small town in South Georgia. [[Mr. Deacon Leroy Brown]] took Madea to the Waycross African American High School prom in 1953 and that night they had sex and later had a daughter, Cora. They did not marry because Madea did not find out that Cora was Brown's daughter until her class reunion in 2003. Some of her extended family includes Parker Osgood, her cousin; Vickie, a niece; and several more relatives. In 1953, she married and relocated to metropolitan Atlanta where she still resides. It is not known if she has moved to a newer home, but in "Madea Goes to Jail" the set-up of her home was new, and the houses seen in the background look to be examples of the current architectural style rather than the old-type of her former home.

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| colspan="5" align="center" | '''Long Island Lizards'''

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! Year !! W !! L !! Regular season finish!! Playoff results

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|[[2001 MLL season|2001]] || 10 || 4 || 1st in American Division ||Won semifinal 13-12 over [[Rochester Rattlers|Rattlers]]<BR> Won championship 15-11 over [[Baltimore Bayhawks|Bayhawks]]

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|[[2002 MLL season|2002]] || 9|| 5 || 1st in American Division ||Won semifinal 19-11 over [[New Jersey Pride|Pride]] <BR> Lost championship 21-12 to Bayhawks

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|[[2003 MLL season|2003]]* || 8 || 3 || 1st in American Division || Won semifinal 20-14 over [[Boston Cannons|Cannons]]<BR> Won championship 15-14 (OT) over Bayhawks

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|[[2004 MLL season|2004]] || 6 || 6 || 3rd in American Division || -

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|[[2005 MLL season|2005]] || 4 || 8 || 2nd in American Division ||Won semifinal 19-14 over Cannons<BR> Lost championship 15-9 to Bayhawks

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|[[2006 MLL season|2006]] ||5 ||7 ||4th Eastern Conference ||-

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|[[2007 MLL season|2007]] ||2 ||0 ||Eastern Conference ||

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*one game canceled in 2003

== Current Roster ==

She has three children, one boy and two girls, named Victoria, Cory, and William. But according to [[Madea's Family Reunion]], Victoria is Madea's sister's daughter, Irene. She is the sister of Joe, Joseph, and Irene, who decreased and who also slept with one of Madea's seventeen husbands.

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In Madea's Family Reunion, Madea took in Nikki, she had a choice to do so or go to jail because she took off her house arrest bracelet that she wore in Diary of a Mad Black Woman.

!align="center" colspan="7" bgcolor=black style="color:#00a86b"|'''2007 Long Island Lizards'''

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!align="center" colspan="1"|Player's Name

!align="center" colspan="1"|Position

!align="center" colspan="1"|Height

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Madea is 68. She has had about seventeen husbands, one by the name of Johnny. When each dies, she collects his life insurance checks. She either shoots or poisons by sweet-potato pie those for whose death she is unwilling to wait.

|1|| Dan Cocchi ||Midfield ||5' 11"|| 185 lbs

Though mean and threatening, she teaches women about how they are treated by men, what to do about a mistake, and forgiveness.

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|3|| Joseph Canuso ||Goal ||6' 0" || 200 lbs

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|5|| Nick Russo ||Midfield ||6' 0" ||180 lbs

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|6|| Chris Massey ||Attack ||5' 11"||182 lbs

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|7|| [[Keith Cromwell]] ||Attack ||6' 1" ||180 lbs

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|8|| Peter Vlahakis ||Midfield/Faceoff||5' 10"|| 190 lbs

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|9|| Tim Goettelmann ||Attack ||6' 4" ||215 lbs

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|10|| [[Jay Jalbert]] ||Midfield ||6' 2" ||210 lbs

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|11|| [[John Gagliardi]] ||Defense ||6' 0" ||200 lbs

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|12|| [[Parks 'Glenn' Adams III]] ||Attack ||5' 10"||170 lbs

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|13|| Stephen Berger ||Midfield ||6' 0" ||190 lbs

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|15|| Frank D'Agostino||Defense ||6' 2" ||210 lbs

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|17|| Reynolds Garnett||Defense ||6' 4" ||215 lbs

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|18|| Nick Murtha ||Goal ||6' 0" ||180 lbs

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|19|| Ryan Moran ||Midfield ||5' 11"||175 lbs

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|21|| Tim Byrnes ||Midfield ||6' 3" ||205 lbs

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|22|| Patrick Walsh Jr||Attack ||5' 8" ||180 lbs

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|23|| Adam Borcz ||Midfield ||6' 1" ||185 lbs

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|26|| [[Blake Miller (lacrosse)|Blake Miller]] ||Midfield ||6' 1" ||195 lbs

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|27|| Austin Garrison ||Midfield ||6' 2" ||190 lbs

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|37|| Stephen Byrnes ||Defense ||6' 1" ||192 lbs

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|41|| [[Nicky Polanco]] ||Defense ||6' 4" ||235 lbs

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|42|| Mike Howley ||Defense ||6' 1" ||205 lbs

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|56|| John Orsen ||Defense ||6' 3" ||203 lbs

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|0|| Brian Boyle ||Attack ||0' 0" ||0 lbs

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|0|| Rob Bonaguro ||Midfield ||5' 10"||195 lbs

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|0|| Jamie Ireland ||Midfield ||0' 0" ||0 lbs

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|0|| Joe Mascaretti ||Midfield/Faceoff||5' 11"||195 lbs

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*updated 05/21/2007

==='''Not to be forgotten'''===

Madea's home is a spacious, early-1900s style place on a street corner on Avon Avenue in Southwest Atlanta. The house number is 1197, as can be seen in both "Madea's Family Reunion" and "Diary of a Mad Black Woman." There are at least five bedrooms, and Joe sleeps in a room downstairs (seen in "Diary of a Mad Black Woman" when Madea answers the front door at night). The kitchen is on the left when you walk in the house, and beyond that is the living room where Joe seems permanently implanted. Outside, the yard is fenced and Madea's green 1970 Cadillac is parked on the street. Joe can't drive.

*[[Casey Powell]]

== Retired numbers ==

Madea is employed as a school bus driver within the Cobb County School District.

#29 [[Pat McCabe]]

== QuotesCoaches and others ==

*'''John DeTommaso''' - 2001-03

*'''Vinnie Sombrotto''' - 2004

*'''Jim Mule''' - 2005-present

*'''Matt Schommburg''' 2005-present

*'''David Kotowski ''' ''President''

*'''[[Timothy Kelly]]''' ''General Manager''

*'''Maureen Cacioppo''' ''Director of Sales and Community Relations''

*'''R. Casey Hilpert''' ''Director Of Marketing''

*Owned by The Bishop family

*(To granddaughter Helen)" You can get dat money one o' two ways, from his checking account voluntarily, or his insurance policy, involuntary manslaughter. Which one'll it be?"

* (To Brenda, Helen's husband's new girlfriend) "I ain't scared a no po-po. Call the po-po, ho!

* (To great-granddaughter Keisha) "I told you to clink-clink! Lock down!"

* (To anyone) "I ain't lyin', I ain't lyin'!

Some of Madea's most prominent scenes are found in the movies [[Diary of a Mad Black Woman]] and [[Madea's Family Reunion]]. Contrary to popular belief, Madea is NOT the Mad Black Woman of the title. The following are a few scenes that feature Madea:

* The Calculator: Madea whips out a calculator to find out how much her granddaughter Helen's husband owes Helen. According to Madea's calculations, Helen should be compensated for cooking, "cleanting" (cleaning), "havin' sex wit him when he wanted," (a major deduction from Charles for this) and, when Helen tells Madea that Charles hit her, she says "hoo hoo hoo hoo hoo hoo" and endlessly taps the calculator.

* "I Said Come On"/Through the Gate: After Madea uses the calculator, she tells Helen they are going to their house. Helen says the guard will never let them in. Madea says "Ah said come on!" and grabs Helen from the table. The scene then cuts to the gatehouse and Madea's ancient car, which she drives through the gate and breaks it.

* Rip It/Clothes Closet Madness: Madea and Helen go to Helen's closet after the gate escapade and Madea starts remarking about the clothes. "Seven hundred dollars fo' a %@#& rag!" she exclaims, then wiping and scratching Helen's mirror with the "rag," really an expensive shirt. She then sees a wire hanger, screams "a wire........HANGER!!!!!!!!!", and coerces Helen into taking and throwing all the clothes around the whole room. One of the most hilarious parts of this whole scene is the time when Madea, in a fit if excitement, yells, "THIS IS FOR EVERY BLACK WOMAN WHO EVER HAD A PROBLEM WITH A BLACK MAN!" and tosses shoes over her shoulders.

* Half a Every Thing In Here belong to Her: Madea takes a chainsaw into Charles' living room, declaring that everything should be divided between him and Helen. Needless to say, she divides everything with the chainsaw, and she and Helen go to prison, then court.

== Trivia ==

*Other scenes in [[Madea's Family Reunion]] are the court scene with Madea and the scene in which Madea is visited by Myrtle and Helen. Judge [[Mablean Ephriam]] of ''Divorce Court'' fame makes a cameo in the scene where Madea and Helen are charged with a variety of misdemeanors.

== Extras ==

Perry has also written a book in her persona entitled ''Don't Make A Black Woman Take Off Her Earrings: Madea's Uninhibited Commentaries On Love And Life'', which was published April 11, 2006.

The Family Tree is different in the movies than in the plays.

Also the Diary of a Mad Black Woman play's family tree is different than the other Madea plays because in DOAMBW, cora isn't Madea's daughter but her daughter in-law, and in the other plays Cora only has 2 daughters named Tina and Lisa.

== See also ==

* [[Cross-dressing in film and television]]

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