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Top 10 March 7 Birthdays
Honorable Mention: March 7, 1671: Rob Roy MacGregor. The legendary Scottish outlaw of the early 18th Century was a real person.Honorable Mention: March 7, 1998: Amanda Gorman. She was just 22 and...
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Top 10 March 8 Birthdays
10. March 8, 1953: Jim Rice. An 8-time All-Star, the Boston Red Sox left fielder led the AL in home runs 3 times. He finished his career with 382 home runs, and was elected to the Hall of Fame in his...
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How to Be a Devils Fan In Vancouver -- 2022 Edition
This coming Tuesday night, March 15, the New Jersey Devils will continue a Western roadtrip, playing the Vancouver Canucks, at Rogers Arena in Vancouver, British Columbia.Before You Go. At 49 degrees,...
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Top 10 March 9 Birthdays
Somewhat Honorable Mention: March 9, 1943: Bobby Fischer. Through being a teenage prodigy at the game, and winning the World Championship by defeating the titleholder, a Soviet, in 1972, he may have...
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Top 10 March 10 Birthdays
Somewhat Honorable Mention: March 10, 1452: King Ferdinand V of Castile. Also King Ferdinand III of Léon, King Ferdinand II of Aragon, King Ferdinand I of Navarre, King Ferdinand III of Naples, King...
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How to Be a Devils Fan In Calgary -- 2022 Edition
This coming Wednesday, March 16, the Devils travel to play the Calgary Flames. With their "C of Red" fans, the Flames are never an easy team to beat at the Saddledome.Before You Go. Aside from...
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Top 10 March 11 Birthdays
10. March 11, 1993: Anthony Davis. The power forward won the 2012 National Championship at the University Kentucky, and was named Most Outstanding Player of the NCAA Tournament. He may be the best...
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Top 10 March 12 Birthdays
Dishonorable Mention: March 12, 1832: Charles Boycott. An English land agent in Ireland, he was forced to resign in 1880 after his workers rebelled against him, leading to his name becoming a byword...
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How to Be a Devils Fan In Edmonton -- 2022 Edition
The New Jersey Devils continue their Western roadtrip this coming Saturday afternoon, March 19, against the Edmonton Oilers. Although they've reached the Stanley Cup Finals just once since 1990, the...
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Top 10 March 13 Birthdays
Dishonorable Mention: March 13, 1911: L. Ron Hubbard. Things he was bad at included writing. Things he was good at included scamming people, through his invention of the religion...
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Did Trading Sánchez and Urshela for Donaldson and IKF Weaken Yankees?
With the Major League Baseball team owners' lockout of the players having ended after 99 days, the Yankees made a trade. And I'm not sure if it was a good idea.They sent catcher Gary Sánchez and 3rd...
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Top 10 March 14 Birthdays
Somewhat Honorable Mention: March 14, 1863: Casey Jones. Illinois Central Railroad engineer John Luther Jones was not the most honorable of men, and on the run that killed him on April 30, 1900 in...
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Top 15 March 15 Birthdays
Dishonorable Mention: March 15, 1779: William Lamb. The 2nd Viscount Melbourne remains the last Prime Minister of Britain to be dismissed by the King, in 1834. But William IV brought him back a few...
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Top 10 March 16 Birthdays
10. March 16, 1955: Bob Ley. In 1979, he was the 1st on-air host for ESPN. He stayed with them until retiring in 2019, and is their longest-tenured on-air personality.9. March 16, 1949: Victor Garber....
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Top 10 March 17 Birthdays
10. March 17, 1964: Rob Lowe. He was so loved as White House speechwriter Sam Seaborn on The West Wing that his previous activities -- both good, as a member of "The Brat Pack," and bad, which I won't...
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Top 10 March 18 Birthdays
10. March 18, 1932: John Updike. He began writing for The New Yorker magazine in 1954. In 1960, he published Rabbit, Run, the 1st of what turned out to be 4 novels about Harry "Rabbit" Angstrom, an...
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Ralph Terry, 1936-2022
Who is the greatest Yankee ever to wear Number 23? Don't tell me Don Mattingly. This man accomplished far more.Ralph Willard Terry was born on January 9, 1936 in Big Cabin, Oklahoma, about 40 miles...
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Top 10 March 19 Birthdays
10. March 19, 1848: Wyatt Earp. He wasn't really a hero, more an anti-hero. Indeed, there were times when he acted more like a mob boss. But he was courageous enough to be his own hitman, and when...
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Top 10 March 20 Birthdays
10. March 20, 1904: B.F. Skinner. Perhaps the leading psychologist of the latter half of the 20th Century -- Sigmund Freud having wrapped up that title for the 1st half -- he was the leading proponent...
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Top 10 March 21 Birthdays
10. March 21, 1937: Tom Flores. The 1st starting quarterback for the Oakland Raiders, he coached them to win Super Bowl XV, and then to Super Bowl XVIII after their move to Los Angeles. He was the 1st...
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