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Remember core values, comedian Bill Cosby tells MU graduates
Milwaukee Journal SentinelTWO OLDER AND WISER MEN -- comedian Bill Cosby and Major League Baseball Commissioner Bud Selig -- gave their advice during ceremonies Sunday in Milwaukee on how college graduates should conduct their lives. Cosby told Marquette University graduates...Tags: Chemical Industry, Atlanta Braves, Entertainment, Major League Baseball, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
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The 20 greatest Dodgers of all time, No. 1: Sandy Koufax
We recently asked you to list your choices for the 10 greatest Dodgers of all time, and vote you did, as we received an amazing 12,231 ballots. So many people voted that we have decided to expand the list from the top 10 to the top 20. Each weekday at...Tags: Sports, Cy Young Award, Baseball, Major League Baseball, Awards and Prizes
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Bonita superintendent touched by depiction of Jackie Robinson in '42'
Inland Valley Daily Bulletin"If you didn't leave the theater thinking, reflecting, interrupted and physically, emotionally and spiritually moved by the film, then you need to go have a little checkup," asserted Dr. Gary Rapkin about the impact of the biopic "42. " When one...Tags: 42 (movie), Major League Baseball, Entertainment, Movies, Civil Rights
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La implacable maldición que atormenta a los Angelinos
Previo al arranque de la temporada de 2012 lancé una maldición a los Angelinos de Los Angeles —y en particular a Albert Pujols— que aún sigue atormentando a los serafines y al slugger dominicano. Entonces, un sábado 24 de diciembre de...
Tags: Women's National Basketball Association, Curtis Granderson, Fernando Rodney, Josh Hamilton, New Orleans Saints
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Review: "Mickey and Willie" by Allen Barra
Baseball is a game of failure. The best hitters make outs almost seven times out of 10 at-bats, and the best pitchers don't win a third of their starts. Baseball biographies and autobiographies have a similar success rate. Too many are publicity-...
Tags: Sports, Mining, Research, Baseball, Metal and Mineral
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Reading Eagle, Pa., John W. Smith column
Reading Eagle, Pa.The Jackie Robinson story, "42," is surely the top sports movie of the year. It could rank as one of the top religion movies as well. The most obvious reference to religion occurs early, when Branch Rickey, Dodgers general manager, proclaims, "He's a...Tags: Sports, Pentecost, Baseball, Philadelphia Phillies
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Letters: Fans want a new Blue, all right
Check any correct answer to the following question: What is 42? a) the number worn by Jackie Robinson when he played with the Brooklyn Dodgers. b) a movie about Robinson's courage in breaking baseball's color barrier in 1947. c) the number of...
Tags: Pittsburgh Pirates, Torii Hunter, Basketball, Adrian Gonzalez, Ned Colletti
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Tigers 10, Indians 4
ReutersThe Sports Xchange By Richard L. Shook, The Sports Xchange Tigers 10, Indians 4 DETROIT -- Long home runs by Miguel Cabrera and Prince Fielder, plus a solid start Friday night by Max Scherzer, helped the Detroit Tigers cool off the Cleveland Indians,...Tags: Torii Hunter, Cleveland Indians, Hank Greenberg, Jim Leyland, Carlos Santana
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Vin Scully is the true voice of Los Angeles
My young colleague, Ben Welsh, who hails from Swisher, Iowa, by way of Columbia, Mo., and Washington, D.C., quickly caught on to what we native Angelenos know subliminally. -------------------- FOR THE RECORD: Scully: A May 14 Op-Ed about Vin Scully said...
Tags: 42 (movie), Travel, Piracy, Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, Los Angeles International Airport
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Baseball is diamond in the rough to black players at Gardena Serra
On a sunny Tuesday afternoon on a cluttered street in Gardena, some very big and skilled athletes are hanging out on a concrete basketball court, bouncing around underneath rusted backboards and chain nets, acting out a typical inner-city scene, with...
Tags: St. Louis Cardinals, Basketball, Major League Baseball, San Francisco Giants, California Interscholastic Federation
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St. Louis Post-Dispatch Bernie Miklasz column
St. Louis Post-DispatchCardinals GM John Mozeliak often sports a flamboyant bow tie when he goes to work at Busch Stadium, but there's no truth to the rumor that he's instructed team employees to call him "Branch Rickey" or "Mahatma." If the bow tie fits, wear it. Rickey is...Tags: Fernando Salas, John Mozeliak , Tony La Russa, St. Louis Cardinals, Houston Astros
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St. Joseph News-Press, Mo., Alonzo Weston column
St. Joseph News-Press, Mo.Jason Collins is no Jackie Robinson. Repeat, Jason Collins, the NBA player who came out as the first openly gay athlete in a major sport, is no Jackie Robinson. Jackie Robinson broke the color barrier in sports when he joined the Brooklyn Dodgers as the...Tags: Sports, Basketball, Baseball, Major League Baseball, Cleveland Indians
May 20, 2013
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May 18, 2013
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May 17, 2013
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May 10, 2013
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May 14, 2013
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May 14, 2013
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May 16, 2013
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May 15, 2013
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