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December 2, 1964: Mario Savio's "Bodies Upon the Gears" Speech
Mario Savio, arrested shortly after his speechDecember 2, 1964, 60 years ago: The "Free Speech Movement" at the main campus of the University of California, in Berkeley, across the Bay from San...
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Top 5 Reasons You Can't Blame Kamala Harris for Losing the 2024 Presidential...
It should have been RoboCop's line: "Your move, creep!"These are pretty close to what will be the final numbers:Popular Vote: Donald Trump, Republican, 76.9 million; Kamala Harris, Democratic, 74.4...
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Ballgame Over for Democrats? Not Yet
In 1988, Michael Dukakis got about 40 percent of the white vote, and 111 Electoral Votes. In 2008, Barack Obama got about 43 percent of the white vote, yet won 365 Electoral Votes. The difference was...
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December 5, 2004: East Brunswick Wins the State Football Championship
December 5, 2004, 20 years ago: The Night of Nights for the football program at East Brunswick High School in East Brunswick, Middlesex County, New Jersey.EBHS had opened in 1958, and had begun playing...
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December 6, 1964: The Rankin/Bass Empire Premieres
December 6, 1964, 60 years ago: Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer premieres on CBS, the 1st animated holiday special produced by Rankin/Bass Productions, Inc., now known as Rankin/Bass Animated...
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The Billy Joel Christmas Special
I don't think the man himself would mind.It's 9 o'clock on a Saturday.The bar burns a brand-new Yule Log.There's an old man sitting next to memaking love to his mug of egg nog.He says, "Son, can you...
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The Ungrateful Bum
It's being reported that Juan Soto has signed with the Mets.He could have been a legend. A true hero. Instead, he decided to take the money of a joke franchise, forfeiting any chance at ever winning a...
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December 9, 1934: The Sneaker Game
The starting offense of the 1934 New York Giants.Back row, left to right: 18, Dale Burnett; 23, Bo Molenda;22, Ed Danowski; and 50, Ken Strong.Front row, left to right: 1, Ray Flaherty;29, Red Badgro;...
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December 9, 1964: John Coltrane Records "A Love Supreme"
December 9, 1964, 60 years ago: Jazz saxophonist John Coltrane records his album A Love Supreme. For a man known for his innovation, it is regarded as his greatest work. Or, as a saxophonist not yet...
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December 11, 1964: The Death of Sam Cooke
December 11, 1964, 60 years ago: Sam Cooke dies under mysterious circumstances in Los Angeles.Born on January 22, 1931 in Clarksdale, Mississippi, as Samuel Cook (no middle name), he was taken to...
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Top 5 Great Things About the Arrowverse (& 5 Things They Got Wrong)
Top row, left to right: Melissa Benoist as Kara Zor-El, Kara Danvers, Supergirl; Brandon Routh as Ray Palmer, The Atom; Stephen Amell as Oliver Queen, Green Arrow, The Spectre; Chyler Leigh as Alex...
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December 10, 1984: The Mets Trade for Gary Carter
December 10, 1984, 40 years ago: Having made some awful trades in their history, both before and after this day, the New York Mets make perhaps the best trade in their history.It was nearly a reverse...
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Rocky Colavito, 1933-2024
Athletes become icons in ways both easy and hard to understand. Rocky Colavito became an icon in Cleveland baseball first by his presence, then by his absence.Rocco Domenico Colavito Jr. was born on...
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December 15, 1944: A Big Day In "The Big One"
December 15, 1944, 80 years ago: It's a big day in World War II. Or "Double-you Double-you Two." Or "The Big One." Or, simply, "The War." As my grandmother, who lived through it, said, "Always Capital...
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December 16, 1899: Soccer Comes to Italy
Herbert KilpinDecember 16, 1899, 125 years ago: The Milan Foot-Ball and Cricket Club is founded in Milan, Lombardy. Its founder is an expatriate Englishman, Herbert Kilpin. It is the 1st professional...
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55: No Limit
Today, I turned Hideki Matsui years old. It's an age I certainly hoped to reach, but couldn't imagine myself being.As Yogi Berra put it, "The future ain't what it used to be." And the 21st Century...
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George Eastham, 1936-2024
George EasthamAmerican baseball had Curt Flood, who dared to attack the reserve clause, unsuccessfully; and Andy Messersmith, who provided the death blow to it.English soccer had George Eastham, who...
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Rickey Henderson, 1958-2024
When Willie Mays died earlier this year, I wrote a post on who had succeeded him as baseball's greatest living player. I made 4 nominations, one of whom was Rickey Henderson.The others were Mike...
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December 22, 1984: The Subway Vigilante
The story of Brian Thompson, the CEO of United Healthcare, and his murder on a New York street, and the arrest of Luigi Mangione for the crime, has some parallels to a similar crime from a bygone age....
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December 23, 1924: Basketball's 1st Big Man Is Born
December 23, 1924, 100 years ago: Robert Albert Kurland is born in St. Louis, and grows up in nearby Jennings, Missouri. He was considered basketball's first great "big man," standing 7 feet tall and...
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Santa Claus Is a Superhero
Santa Claus is a superhero. Think about it:* He has a secret identity: Kris Kringle.* He has a hideout, at the North Pole, which is also where Superman's Fortress of Solitude is said to be.* He has an...
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Problematic Christmas Songs -- 2024 Edition
'Twas the night before Christmasand through the Tri-State Areait's our duty to each otherto care and to take care o' ya.In the cabinet are bagels.In the fridge is the jamand also the pork roll.It's...
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A Rock and Roll Christmas
I wrote this in 2018, and forgot about it, until it showed up on my "Facebook Memories" this morning:A Rock and Roll Christmas:12 drummers drumming: Keith Moon of The Who.11 pipers piping: Ian Anderson...
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December 25, 1984: Bernard King Decks the Halls
December 25, 1984, 40 years ago: For about a year now, the best basketball player in the world has not been Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, or Magic Johnson, or Larry Bird, or Julius Erving, and certainly not...
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December 26, 1964: The Buffalo Bills Triumphant
December 26, 1964, 60 years ago: The American Football League Championship Game is played for the 1964 season.The season before, the San Diego Chargers, coached by Sid Gillman, had won the title,...
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