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A bromance with No. 20 – it's a guy thing
I believe the male football fans of Baltimore have a major man-crush on Ed Reed. I know. I'm one of them. We're having a bromance with No. 20 for your Baltimore Ravens. The women like him, too, but it's not the same thing. It's a guy thing. I hear guys...Tags: Rod Woodson, Ray Lewis, Tennessee Titans, Folk Music, Miles Davis
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MLB Network shows early potential
Tribune staff reporterThe MLB Network made its much-hyped debut Jan. 1, shortly after most Chicago sports fans were watching a hockey game at a baseball park. How big is this? In one of the promos for the network, which can be seen in 50 million homes, Commissioner Bud...Tags: Cal Ripken, Bob Costas, Baseball, Joe DiMaggio, Philadelphia Phillies
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Surefire hangover cures
Dining@LargeOwl Meat starts out the new year with just what we need. Thank you, Owlie. Did I mention that you drink a lot of malbec when you're in Buenos Aires? Wow. These computer keys are really loud. EL You have......Tags: Getty Images Incorporated, Dining and Drinking, Almonds, Wine, Beer, and Spirits
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Best Years In Sports
As we look back at the events of 2008 that made it a memorable sports year (Page B1), Courant Staff Writer Paul Doyle reminisces about other years that made a mark in the history books: 1941 • Joe DiMaggio's hitting streak spanned 56 games, May...Tags: Diseases, Adolf Hitler, Joe DiMaggio, Baltimore Colts, National Football League
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Dave McKenna And Hartford Hit It Off
Although he was a native of Woonsocket, R.I., and made his home on Cape Cod for decades, Dave McKenna, the great jazz pianist who died recently, was a much-venerated figure on the Hartford Jazz Scene for more than a half-century.
His once-prodigious...Tags: Woodrow Wilson, Baseball, Dining and Drinking, Folklore and Mythology, Bars and Clubs
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Heat's Beasley, Chalmers get best of No. 1 pick Rose in victory
SunSentinel.comThe kids were all right. The Kid? Not as much. No, the Miami Heat did not win the 2008 NBA Draft with Friday's 90-77 victory over the Chicago Bulls at AmericanAirlines Arena. And Derrick Rose certainly is not bust. But for one afternoon, the Heat's...Tags: Drew Gooden, Dwyane Wade, National Collegiate Athletic Association, Derrick Rose, National Basketball Association
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Jose Valdivielso, from Cuba to Yankee Stadium
bcassidy@newsday.comSay the name - Jose Valdivielso. "Val-dee-vee-elso." Rolls of the tongue. Now, imagine Bob Sheppard saying that name. In the final year of Yankee Stadium, there were many lists, many tributes to all things related to the ballpark. The list of favorite...Tags: Mickey Mantle, Phil Rizzuto, Baseball, Long Island, Heavy Engineering
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Save the date: 1958
Fifty years ago, Baltimore was a grimy, rowdy, unpretentious town of rolled-up sleeves and red-hot steel, a warren of row homes and warehouses, a place where a man could walk into a bar on Greenmount Avenue and gab with a Colts player over a cold Natty...Tags: Bethlehem Steel, New York Giants, Baseball, Baltimore Colts, National Football League
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Curt Gowdy was very excited by Ted Williams' homer
WatchdogSpeaking of Vin Scully (see post below) I was honored Wednesday night to attend the second annual induction ceremony for the Sports Broadcasting Hall of Fame at the New York Hilton. The class: Marvin Bader, Chet Forte, Curt Gowdy, Ted......Tags: Pete Rozelle, Howard Cosell, New York, Vin Scully
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Rice Belongs In Hall Of Fame
I am old to this argument, but new to the vote. Jim Rice's last year of eligibility for the Baseball Hall of Fame happens to be the first year a ballot has found its way into my hands.
Am I voting for the former Red Sox slugger?
Damn straight I am....Tags: Referenda, Baseball, Barry Bonds, Boston Red Sox, Mark McGwire
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Hatchery Workers Play Role In Effort To Restore Salmon
The Hartford CourantSome farmers raise heirloom fruits and vegetables to preserve plants once common in days of old. In a watery way, Al Sonski does heritage farming for the state of Connecticut. Sonski's "crop" is the Atlantic salmon, a premier sea-going game fish that...Tags: Seafood and Fishing Industry, Baseball, Rivers, Natural Science, Connecticut River
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Casey Anthony's defense brings in high-powered team
Sentinel Staff WritersThere's a star New York City defense attorney with Hollywood connections; a best-selling mystery novelist who doubles as a forensic anthropologist; an expert who testified on the assassinations of John F. Kennedy and Martin Luther King Jr. And a guy who...Tags: FBI, O.J. Simpson, Nebraska, Mark NeJame, New York Times
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