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On the street where we've lived
Flashback 1958 . . By Nancy Watkins . . "The crowd makes the ballgame." —Ty Cobb . Nov. 13: A reported 250,000 people jam State Street as its new lighting system is turned on. . . We moan about the crowds and the parking and the...Tags: Religious Festivals, Marshall Field, Macy's, Holidays, Clothing and Textiles Industry
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Support for Roskam
In the United States today, partisanship runs deep. There is little middle ground in the current U.S. Congress. Earlier this year a new G.I. Bill was enacted by congress and Rep. Peter Roskam helped in the bipartisan effort to get that bill passed. As a...Tags: Government, National Government
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New book offers insight on football, America
Sentinel ColumnistOn the day after our presidential election, there can be no better time than now to sit down with a small book titled: How Football Explains America (Triumph Books, $24.95) Granted, it demands some literacy, but it's an illuminating read for anyone who...Tags: Dwight Howard, National Basketball Association, 2008 U.S. Presidential Election, National Football League, Mike Singletary
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Wisconsin coach feeling heat
The Wisconsin State Journal reported that sales of Bret Bielema's trademark red windbreaker are down. And some anonymous clown has launched a firebretbielema.com Web site. "Someone in my hometown finally got the Internet," the Wisconsin coach joked...Tags: Major League Baseball, Ohio State Buckeyes, Iowa Hawkeyes, Penn State Nittany Lions, Joe Paterno
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Flea Market Find Scores A Home Run At Auction
Flea markets still offer exciting finds and great bargains. A collector searching in an Arkansas flea market found a set of nine small 1915 baseball pins with ornate metal frames surrounding pictures of individual ballplayers. Each pin, 1 1/16 by 1...Tags: Honus Wagner, Consumer Electronics Industry, Jerry Lewis, Auction Service, Cy Young
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Frank McCourt needs to re-sign Manny Ramirez
Statistical analysis, financial-impact reports and questions about the slugger's age and fielding indifference aside, Frank McCourt will have a hard time showing his face in Dodger Stadium next season if he fails to re-sign Manny Ramirez. . . . The much-...Tags: Philadelphia Phillies, Carlton Fisk, Carl Yastrzemski, Bobby Doerr, American League
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On this day in history
On Sept. 8, 1565, a Spanish expedition established the first permanent European settlement in North America at present-day St. Augustine, Fla. In 1664 the Dutch surrendered New Amsterdam to the British, who renamed it New York. In 1892 an early...Tags: Major League Baseball, Gerald Ford, Mark McGwire, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Government
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Mets Get Bullpen Help, Acquire Ayala From Nats
PITTSBURGH -- The New York Mets found help for their struggling bullpen, acquiring durable right-hander Luis Ayala from the Washington Nationals on Sunday for a player to be named.
A reliable reliever for the first four years of his career, Ayala has...Tags: Toronto Blue Jays, Addiction, Cincinnati Reds, Cy Young, Jim Bunning
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Larger-than-life Ruth built this house
mark.herrmann@newsday.comAnyone who has followed baseball for the past 90 years could have called this shot: The biggest name in the biggest issue in the run-up to the final All-Star Game at the current Yankee Stadium is a player who last took a major-league swing in 1935. Yes,...Tags: Wrigley Field, Johan Santana, Jackie Robinson, Oriole Park at Camden Yards, Tourism and Leisure
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From the Cubicle: Cubs-Braves
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Am I the only who thinks last night's drilling of Alfonso Soriano stems from some lingering bad feelings that date all the way back to last season?
Remember this? Last June Soriano hit three homers in a...Tags: Alfonso Soriano, Neal Cotts, Johnny Depp, Ryan Dempster, Kerry Wood
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Gameday Live 79: Mets at Yankees (Game 1)
On the Yankees beatGood afternoon everyone! Marc here to blog today???s day-night, split-ballpark Subway series doubleheader. Dan Giese (1-2, 0.64) will start Game 1 for the Yankees (42-36). In his last outing, he allowed three unearned runs in 6 2/3 innings on Saturday,......Tags: Carlos Delgado, Alex Rodriguez, Pete Rose, New York Mets
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'07's oral report
"She looked at me with this look, like, 'Mom, are you dumb or what?' She said, 'These are my friends. I want to be with them.'" Deborah McFadden, whose wheelchair athlete daughter, Tatyana, has challenged the Maryland Public Secondary Schools Athletic...Tags: Dean McAmmond, U.S. Open Golf, Jackie Robinson, Albert Pujols, ESPN
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