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How to Be a Devils Fan In Detroit -- 2021-22 Edition
Next Saturday night, December 18, the New Jersey Devils will play the Detroit Red Wings. Since 1995, the Wings have won 4 Stanley Cups, the Devils 3. The Chicago Blackhawks also have 4. The Pittsburgh...
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Scores On This Historic Day: December 12, 1965, The Gale Sayers Game
December 12, 1965: The most amazing one-man, one-game performance in NFL history occurs.On November 28, 1929, the Chicago Cardinals beat the Chicago Bears, 40-6 at Wrigley Field in Chicago. Ernie...
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How to Be a Jet Fan In Miami -- 2021 Edition
On Sunday, December 5, the New York Giants played the Dolphins in the Miami suburbs. The Dolphins won, 20-9.This Sunday, December 19, the New York Jets play the Dolphins in the Miami suburbs. This AFC...
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How to Be a New York Basketball Fan In Boston -- 2021-22 Edition
The New York Knicks visit the Boston Celtics this coming Saturday night, December 18, and will do so again on January 8. The Brooklyn Nets had previously visited on November 24, the day before...
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Scores On This Historic Day: December 13, 2007, The Mitchell Report Is Released
December 13, 2007: The Report to the Commissioner of Baseball of an Independent Investigation into the Illegal Use of Steroids and Other Performance Enhancing Substances by Players in Major League...
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Scores On This Historic Day: December 14, 1963, The Polo Grounds Closes
December 14, 1963: The last event is held at the Polo Grounds, after 53 years. The New York Jets lose to the Buffalo Bills, 19-10.I suppose it was only fair: The Jets, still known as the New York...
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Happy 100th Birthday, Charley Trippi!
December 14, 1921, 100 years ago: Charles Louis Trippi is born in Pittston, in Northeastern Pennsylvania. You've heard of a "five-tool player" in baseball? Charley Trippi was a five-tool player in...
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Scores On This Historic Day: December 15, 1950, The Port Authority Bus...
December 15, 1950: The Port Authority Bus Terminal opens at 625 8th Avenue, between 40th and 41st Streets in Midtown Manhattan.There were several bus terminals in Manhattan up until that point. The...
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Scores On This Historic Day: December 15, 1968, Philadelphia Eagles Fans Boo...
This photograph is alleged to show Frank Olivoat the game in question, before the pageant.December 15, 1968: Philadelphia Eagles fans boo Santa Claus. You've heard of the legend. And this one is...
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Scores On This Historic Day: December 15, 1978, Superman: The Movie Premieres
December 15, 1978:Superman: The Movie premieres. Although there had been a Broadway musical titled It's a Bird, It's a Plane, It's Superman! in 1966, and a TV version of it in 1975, neither was...
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Scores On This Historic Day: December 16, 1973, The O.J. 2,000 Game
December 16, 1973: O.J. Simpson sets the NFL's single-season rushing yards record, becoming the 1st player to rush for 2,000 yards in a season.In 1934, Beattie Feathers of the Chicago Bears became the...
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Scores On This Historic Day: December 17, 1933, The 1st NFL Championship Game
Hewitt's lateral to KarrDecember 17, 1933: The 1st official NFL Championship Game is played. Appropriately, it's between the League's founding team, the Chicago Bears; and its team in the biggest...
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Chances of a White Christmas
According to current weather forecasts, we might get snow on December 25.Christmastime is the one time of the year we like to see snow -- that is, those of us too old to have snowfall cancel school.But...
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For December 18: 52 Pickup
And so it has come to pass that, against tremendous odds, I have reached the age that matches the uniform numbers of CC Sabathia, Mike Webster, Ray Lewis, Jamaal Wilkes and Adam Foote.I'm so old. (How...
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Scores On This Historic Day: December 18, 2019, Donald Trump Is Impeached --...
December 18, 2019: It was my 50th Birthday, and I got my favorite birthday present of all time: Donald Trump was finally held to some form of account for his crimes.It wasn't for any of the crimes he...
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Scores On This Historic Day: December 19, 1948: The Snow Bowl in Philadelphia
15: Steve Van Buren of the Eagles. 67: Corwin Clatt of the Cardinals.76: Bucko Kilroy of the Eagles. 24: Red Cochran of the Cardinals.December 19, 1948: The snowiest game in football history has...
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How to Be a Giants Fan In Philadelphia -- 2021 Edition
This coming Sunday afternoon at 1:00, the New York Giants travel down to Philadelphia to play the Eagles in an NFC East matchup.Eagle fans, given the choice between beating the Giants or the Dallas...
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Scores On This Historic Day: December 21, 1940, F. Scott Fitzgerald Dies
December 21, 1940: F. Scott Fitzgerald dies of a heart attack in Los Angeles, where he had gone to write for movies. He was 44 years old.Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald had been born on September 24, 1896...
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How to Be a Devils Fan In St. Louis -- 2021-22 Edition
This coming Monday night, the New Jersey Devils will visit the St. Louis Blues. Named for W.C. Handy's song "Saint Louis Blues," the Blues are 1 of 3 teams in major league sports to be named after a...
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How to Be a New York Basketball Fan In Minnesota -- 2021-22 Edition
This coming Tuesday night, December 28, the New York Knicks will visit Minneapolis, to play the Minnesota Timberwolves. The Brooklyn Nets will do so on January 23.Before You Go. The game will be played...
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