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The Sun remembers: March 3-March 9
March 4, 2006: The Maryland women's basketball team ends a 14-game losing streak to Duke by defeating the Blue Devils, 78-70, in the semifinals of the Atlantic Coast Conference tournament. The teams will meet again in the NCAA final with Maryland (34-4)...
Tags: Earl Weaver, Lefty Grove, Ned Hanlon, Baltimore Orioles, College Basketball
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Luck of the Irish
WASHINGTON -- Yet another reason to revere Calvin Coolidge is that he thought the Chicago Bears were a circus act. In the 1920s, professional football was small beer compared to the already big business of college football. Which today prospers partly...
Tags: Bill Tilden, Babe Ruth, Bowl Championship Series, Football, Chicago Bears
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Column: The luck of the Irish
WASHINGTON — Yet another reason to revere Calvin Coolidge is that he thought the Chicago Bears were a circus act. In the 1920s, professional football was small beer compared to the already big business of college football. Which today prospers...Tags: Bill Tilden, Bowl Championship Series, Babe Ruth, Football, Chicago Bears
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Motivational Sports Quotes
Some well-known motivational sports quotes "Winning isn't everything, it's the only thing." Football coach Vince Lombardi "If we pursue perfection, which we can't achieve, we will touch excellence." Lombardi "Show me a good loser, and I'll show...Tags: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Mike Ditka, Yogi Berra, Sports, Vince Lombardi
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Pulling no punches
Chicago Tribune reporterChicago and boxing are a match made in heaven, both taking perverse pride in rumors that the fix is in, that the mob has a piece of the action. Where else would a fighter's wife testify in divorce court that her husband "lay down," purposely losing a...Tags: Soldier Field, Welterweight, Justice System, Human Interest, American Legion
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Minnesota's 'Riviera'
"The Scandinavian Riviera," as some locals affectionately call it, runs along Lake Superior from Duluth to Grand Portage, Minn., hard by the Canadian border. More prosaically, it's the area along State Route 61. My wife and I headed to Lake Superior's...
Tags: Tourism and Leisure, Canoeing and Kayaking, Highway Transportation, Pancakes, Babe Ruth
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Readers serve themselves well by providing information
Readers send me stuff all the time. Usually, it is emails containing small bits of information. I save the most interesting tidbits in a computer file and run it in columns. Then there is “the pile.” Sometimes it turns into “the piles.” Those are the...
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Heavyweight champion lived in Glendale
Jess Willard, who reigned as the World Heavyweight Boxing Champion from 1915 to 1919, lived on Blanchard Drive in Glendale for many years. Recently, Willard’s grandson, Jim Mace, of Carmichael, Calif., saw a photo of his grandfather’s house...Tags: Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Texas, New Jersey, Animals, Human Interest
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The 10 least-uttered phrases about Tim Tebow
The Fabulous ForumTim Tebow is all over the news lately. He trends on Google every day, is rumored to be dating Lindsey Vonn, has made the Denver Broncos one of the hottest teams in the NFL, and is seemingly everywhere. However, there...... -
Tim Tebow and Bill Maher might be more similar than you think
The Fabulous ForumTalk about polar opposites, Tim Tebow the Christian quarterback and Bill Maher the atheist comedian. Although maybe they do have one thing in common ...... -
NFL playoff picture comes together [updated]
The Fabulous ForumThe New York Giants claimed the final NFL playoff spot on Sunday night with a 31-14 victory over the Dallas Cowboys to clinch the NFC East title. Earlier in the day, the Denver Broncos won the AFC West by default....... -
Tim Tebow says his confidence isn't shaken after Broncos' loss
The Fabulous ForumDenver quarterback Tim Tebow said his confidence remains intact despite three consecutive losses. He had one touchdown pass and seven interceptions during those games. The Broncos will play host to Pittsburgh on Sunday in a first-round playoff game....
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