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TV SPORTS Women's College Basketball-Michigan at Purdue, 5:30 p.m. (Big 10 Network); Penn State at Northwestern, 7:30 p.m. (Big 10 Network); Idaho at Nevada, 10 p.m. (ESPNU) Men's College Basketball-Xavier at Cincinnati, 6 p.m. (ESPN2); Villanova at...Tags: Xavier Nady, Southeast Division (NHL), Baseball Statistics, Lee MacPhail, Ray Schalk
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Gene Autry a Contender in American League Expansion Team
The Daily MirrorNov. 19, 1960: Hank Greenberg, former baseball star who was part owner of the Chicago White Sox, was out as the potential bidder for the American League baseball team hoping to start play in Los Angeles in 1961. So who...... -
Sports Legend Revealed: Was Grover Cleveland Alexander drunk when he struck out Tony Lazzeri in Game 7 of the 1926 World Series?
The Fabulous ForumBASEBALL LEGEND: Grover Cleveland Alexander was drunk and/or asleep in the bullpen when he was called out to face Tony Lazzeri in the 7th inning of Game 7 of the 1926 World Series. STATUS: I'm Going With False. Modern baseball...... -
Historian, author and MLBlog.com columnist, Curt Smith
![Curt Smith is an author, columnist, radio talk host, and Senior Lecturer in English at the University of Rochester. He wrote more speeches than anyone for former President George H.W. Bush. The New York Times terms his work "the high point of Bush familial eloquence." Adds USA Today: "He shows that writing can be art."](http://media.wgnradio.com/media/thumbnails/story/2010-11/57517302-10071657-180126.jpg "Curt Smith is an author, columnist, radio talk host, and Senior Lecturer in English at the University of Rochester. He wrote more speeches than anyone for former President George H.W. Bush. The New York Times terms his work "the high point of Bush familial eloquence.\" Adds USA Today: \"He shows that writing can be art.\"")
Staff reporterCurt Smith is an author, columnist, radio talk host, and Senior Lecturer in English at the University of Rochester. He wrote more speeches than anyone for former President George H.W. Bush. The New York Times terms his work "the high point of Bush...Tags: ABC (tv network), White House, Ronald Reagan, BBC, Franklin Delano Roosevelt
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Ernie Harwell dies at 92; longtime Detroit Tigers announcer
Ernie Harwell, the Hall of Fame voice of the Detroit Tigers whose decision to leave the Brooklyn Dodgers' radio booth played a role in the hiring of Vin Scully, died Tuesday. He was 92.
Harwell died at his home in Novi, Mich., the Tigers said. He had...Tags: All Stars, CBS Corp., Jose Feliciano, Branch Rickey, Freedom of the Press
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Baseball Commissioner Visits Dodger Bullpen
The Daily MirrorApril 18, 1960: And now warming up in the Dodger bullpen—the commissioner of baseball? Ford Frick presented the Dodgers with their championship rings. When he realized he had one ring left and no one to give it to, Frick headed to the bullpen to honor... -
Tony Kubek named 2009 Ford Frick Award winner
WatchdogBelated but hearty congratulations to Tony Kubek for being announced the other day as the Baseball Hall of Fame's 2009 Ford C. Frick Award winner, presented annually for "major contributions to baseball broadcasting." Kubek, who had a long career as......Tags: NBC (tv network), Baseball, Awards and Prizes, Long Island, Bob Costas
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Branch Rickey discusses a new baseball league
WatchdogLooking forward to reading Michael Shapiro's new book, "Bottom of the Ninth," about the pivotal period between the departures from New York of the Dodgers and Giants and the arrival of the Mets, including the attempt to launch a......Tags: New York Mets, All Stars, CBS Corp., Branch Rickey, Duke Snider
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'Reckless' Richards cracks open O's coffers
Sun StaffIn seven years with the Orioles, Paul Richards made the largest trade in baseball history, signed Brooks Robinson, invented the oversized catcher's mitt and preached a pitching-and-defense philosophy that defined the Orioles for years after he was gone....Tags: John McGraw, Colleges and Universities, National Football League, Brooks Robinson, Defense
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Year-by-year inductees
(BBWAA: Elected by the Baseball Writers Association of America; VC: Elected by the Veterans Committee; NL: Elected by the Veterans Committee based on Negro league career): 1936 -- BBWAA: Ty Cobb, Walter Johnson, Christy Mathewson, Babe Ruth, Honus...Tags: Chief Bender, Bill Dickey, Lee MacPhail, Ray Schalk, Gabby Hartnett
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Thompson, 83, expected to be removed from life support
Sun StaffBaltimore broadcasting legend Chuck Thompson is expected to be removed from life support systems today after suffering a stroke that has left him brain dead, his brother said last night. "As it stands now, he would be a vegetable if we would keep him...Tags: National Basketball Association, Hospitals and Clinics, Colleges and Universities, Brain, Health
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Back in the bigs
Sun StaffFirst in a series of occasional articles on the Orioles' five decades in Baltimore. In a March 1953 meeting in Tampa, Fla., the owners of the eight American League franchises rejected Bill Veeck's plan to move his downtrodden St. Louis Browns to...Tags: National Football League, Oriole Park at Camden Yards, Regional Authority, Tickets, All Stars
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