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Letters: Frank McCourt? Really?
It doesn't say much for the intelligence of Guggenheim Management, the owner of the Dodgers, when Frank McCourt turned out to be the smartest guy in the room. Guggenheim, I have a house I'd like to sell you. It was appraised for $1 million, but I'll let...
Tags: Los Angeles Dodgers, Guggenheim Museum, National Hockey League, Jim Tracy, Joe Frazier
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Superman at 75: 10 key comic covers in the Man of Steel’s history
Hero Complex - movies, comics, pop culture - Los Angeles TimesWhen Superman first leaped onto the scene 75 years ago in “Action Comics” No. 1, he was the only game […]... -
'Approaching Ali' enters operatic ring, shows promise
New operas don't often score knock-outs. But, if crowd response were the determining factor, "Approaching Ali" sure sounded like a champion Saturday night at the Kennedy Center, where Washington National Opera presented the premiere of this hour-long...
Tags: Human Interest, Baltimore School for the Arts, John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts
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Tremendous 15th round helped Holmes capture 1978 heavyweight title
On June 3, 1978, six days before the fight that would change Larry Holmes' life forever, tragedy nearly struck. The then-28-year-old Holmes injured a biceps tendon in his left arm — the arm responsible for his vaunted jab — and his handlers...
Tags: Boxing, Larry Holmes, Joe Frazier, Easton (Easton, Pennsylvania), Heavyweight
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Mayweather-'Canelo': gran negocio detrás de una gran pelea
En una decisión tan sensata como salvadora, la Confederación Caribeña del Béisbol autorizó finalmente esta semana el retorno de Cuba a la agonizante Serie del Caribe. El movimiento, que se venía gestando desde hace algunos meses, le devolvería...
Tags: Cristiano Ronaldo, Paul Konerko, Jackie Robinson, Orange Bowl, Michael Morse
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Digest: Cerro holds on for win in Canonero II Stakes
Pimlico Race Course Cerro holds on for win in Canonero II Stakes Odds-on favorite Cerro led to the far turn, allowed Dynamic Strike to move to his inside and battled that one the rest of the way to win the $75,000 Canonero II Stakes for 3-year-olds at...Tags: Oriole Park at Camden Yards, Sports Legends at Camden Yards, Pimlico Race Course, Sports, Indianapolis Colts
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Maryland roots in new 'Ali' opera
In his typical rhyming style, Muhammad Ali might call it something like "a whopper of an opera." The legendary boxer, who floated like a butterfly and stung like a bee, has inspired "Approaching Ali," a chamber opera with music by Carroll County...
Tags: Peabody Conservatory, Culture, Human Interest, Carroll County (Virginia), Baltimore School for the Arts
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Cannes Film Festival projects cross-cultural cinema
— Invariably, the Cannes Film Festival chooses a striking image for its official annual poster. But the 2013 version can be seen as a particularly apt metaphor for the dual nature of the world's most essential cinema event. Paris-based graphic...Tags: France, Crime, Law and Justice, Vertigo (movie), Cannes Film Festival, Post-traumatic Stress Disorder
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Tribeca 2013: In 'Trials of Muhammad Ali,' a counterpoint to '42'
NEW YORK--When a championship boxer like Muhammad Ali felt disrespected by another fighter, he might have been expected to do what most boxers would: knock his opponent's lights out. But the icon took a different route when faced with a rival he...Tags: Malcolm X, Jackie Robinson, Cannes Film Festival, Religion and Belief, Martin Luther King Jr.
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Jackie Robinson's Legacy As 'The Greatest'
The Hartford CourantYears ago, sportscaster Howard Cosell was asked to name his all-time favorite athlete. Obviously, the most prominent sports journalist of his era would name the man who made Cosell famous: Ali. Wrong. "That's an easy one,'' Cosell said, spacing...Tags: Culture, Derek Jeter, Jackie Robinson, Sports, Arts and Culture
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Candid Candace: Lyric Gala's 'Midnight in Paris'
For the 29th annual Fantasy of the Opera Gala on Feb. 9, the Lyric's Guild Board transformed the Civic Opera House into 1920s Paris for this year's theme, "Midnight in Paris." More than 700 patrons in black-tie attire sipped Champagne among French-...
Tags: Dwayne Johnson, Poetry, Joffrey Ballet, Chicago Restaurants, Civic Opera House
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