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A Lot of Smiles at Yankee Stadium These Days
The Yankees got off to an awful start this season. After an embarrassing loss to the Mets (Is there any other kind of loss to the Mets?), they were 41-41.Even in the 2 weeks after the All-Star Break,...
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The 500 Home Run Club, In Perspective, with Miguel Cabrera Joining
Congratulations to Miguel Cabrera, who hit his 500th career home run today.For the record, here's the 28 current members of the 500 Home Run Club, in chronological order of when they reached it:1....
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Rod Gilbert, 1941-2021
If you're a hockey fan not old enough to remember the 1970s, the 1st name when you think of when you think of the New York Rangers is probably Mark Messier.Or, if you're the kind of fan who watches...
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Scores On This Historic Day: August 24, 1989, Pete Rose Is Banned From Baseball
August 24, 1989: Pete Rose is banned from baseball.It didn't seem possible. For my generation, if there was a "face of baseball," Rose was it:* 1963: National League Rookie of the Year with the...
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Scores On This Historic Day: August 25, 1939, The Wizard of Oz Premieres
August 25, 1939:The Wizard of Oz premieres, a film musical based on the 1900 novel The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum. Victor Fleming directed it.Judy Garland -- at 16 years old when the movie...
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How to Go to a Rutgers Football Game -- 2021 Edition
Old Queens, finished in 1825,the Rutgers administration building(Before I begin: I'm not going to do updates for all of Rutgers' 2021 away Big Ten opponents. Just Rutgers itself, and the only away...
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Yankee Streak Goes to 11 -- Despite Chapman
On the 4th of July, the Yankees lost to the Mets, falling to 41-41. They were an embarrassment, all around.Since then, they are 33-11. Anybody who predicted that was basing it on wishful thinking, and...
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Scores On This Historic Day: August 26, 1939, The 1st Baseball Game On...
August 26, 1939: The Brooklyn Dodgers host a doubleheader against the Cincinnati Reds at Ebbets Field. The 2nd game is the 1st Major League Baseball game ever broadcast on television.In 1935, Larry...
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How to Go to a Giants or Jets Game at the Meadowlands -- 2021 Edition
A new National Football League season will soon be upon us, with fans welcomed back at full capacity, provided they are vaccinated against COVID-19. Despite my disillusionment over the game -- brought...
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Scores On This Historic Day: August 15, 1914, The Panama Canal Opens
August 15, 1914: The Panama Canal opens to traffic. The 1st ship to move through it is the SS Ancon, an American cargo and passenger ship.The Isthmus of Panama was first crossed -- by white people,...
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Scores On This Historic Day: August 28, 1964, The North Philadelphia Riot
August 28, 1964: A race riot breaks out in North Philadelphia, lasting 3 days, and revealing to the nation a latent racism that had infected "The City of Brotherly Love," and the birthplace of the...
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How to Go to a University of Cincinnati Football Game
This coming Saturday, the University of Cincinnati open their new college football season against their arch-rivals, Miami University of Ohio.Before You Go. Cincinnati can get really hot in the Summer,...
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Scores On This Historic Day: August 29, 1967, The Fugitive Finale
TV Guide that week: Barry Morse as Lt. Gerard (left),and David Janssen as Dr. KimbleAugust 29, 1967: The final episode of The Fugitive airs on ABC. It becomes the most-watched program in the history of...
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How to Go to a UConn Football Game
Downtown HartfordThis past Saturday, the University of Connecticut opened its 2021 football season in ignominious fashion, losing 45-0 away to Fresno State University. This Saturday, they play their...
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Yankees Streak Reaches 13 Before Reversing
The Yankees went into a 4-game series away to the Oakland Athletics with an 11-game winning streak. Things haven't looked this good for the Yankees in the regular season since the last title season, in...
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How to Go to a Wake Forest Football Game
This Friday night, Wake Forest University open their 2021 football season at home, at Truist Field in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, against Old Dominion University of Norfolk, Virginia.Like ODU, Wake...
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Scores On This Historic Day: September 1, 1897, Boston Opens America's 1st...
September 1, 1897: The Tremont Street Subway opens in Boston. It is the 1st subway system in America.This original line consisted of a main line under Tremont Street that terminated at Park Street in...
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Yankees Survive 4-Game Losing Streak as Hurricane Ida Strikes
The Yankees had a 13-game winning streak, then they lost the next 2 games against the Oakland Athletics. Then they went down to Anaheim to play the (pardon me) Los Angeles Angels.Corey Kluber made his...
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East Brunswick High School Football, the 1st 60 Years: Part I, 1961-69
Tonight, at 7:00, the 61st season of East Brunswick High School football kicks off, making this the day to present the 60th Anniversary retrospective.Unfortunately, it will not be a home game at Jay...
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East Brunswick High School Football, the 1st 60 Years: Part II, 1970-79
As Ken Burns might have put it:East Brunswick football has been played in 42 places. Off Route 1, Route 9, Route 26, Route 27, Route 28, Route 31, Route 33, Route 35, Route 49, Route 70, Route 73,...
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