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Yankees Win, But Sustain Another Injury
At the rate the Yankees are going, they're going to go into the Playoffs with no starting pitchers at all.Jameson Taillon started last night's game against the Los Angeles Angels in Anaheim, and he...
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Yankees With Dirty Records
In 1938, New York native and Yankee Fan James Cagney played a New York gangster named Rocky Sullivan in a film titled Angels with Dirty Faces. (A fantastic movie, one of the few with a 100 percent...
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How to Go to a Giants or Jets Game at the Meadowlands -- 2022 Edition
A new National Football League season will soon be upon us. Despite my disillusionment over the game of football -- brought about by the frustrations over the poor performances of the football teams at...
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Yanks' Best Pitcher In Horrible Loss to Rays Is Marwin González
The Yankees began September the way they played most of July and pretty much all of August: Making complete fools of themselves.It didn't start out that way: Domingo Germán started the opener of this...
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Truly Hard to Believe
Can you believe this? The Yankees might be in the process of one of the biggest regular-season collapses in Major League Baseball history. And it might not even be the most embarrassing one in New York...
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Huge Win for Yankees In Tampa Bay
Yesterday's game, the finale of a dreadful roadtrip, may have been the most important of the Yankees' season -- and might have been true either way. Because, either way, it was a statement game:* If...
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How to Be a New York Football Fan In Tennessee -- 2022 Edition
This coming Sunday afternoon, September 11, the New York Giants open their season in Nashville, against the Tennessee Titans.Before You Go. Nashville is in the South. Not the Deep South, but the...
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September 5, 1972: The Munich Massacre
September 5, 1972, 50 years ago: The Munich Massacre takes places, bringing terrorism into the modern era.The Olympic Games were being held in Munich, in the Federal Republic of Germany -- a.k.a. West...
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Winning Is Welcome
It's too soon to say that the Yankees have snapped out of their 2-month funk. It is right on time, however, to say that these last 2 wins have been welcome.Jameson Taillon started, and went 5 innings,...
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Yanks Take Extra-Inning Opener with Twins
Last night's rainout at Yankee Stadium forced a day-night doubleheader with the Minnesota Twins for today. Here's the details on the opener:Domingo Germán started for the Yankees, and pitched decently,...
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Yankees Complete Rain-Forced Sweep of Twins
Maybe the Yankees have snapped out of it. Yesterday, they had a good-old fashioned doubleheader sweep.Okay, the fact that it was forced by the previous day's rainout wasn't old-fashioned, and the...
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September 9, 1972: The Soviets Steal the Basketball Gold Medal
September 9, 1972, 50 years ago: The most blatant cheating in sports history takes place -- at least, until Diego Maradona's "Hand of God" goal in the 1986 World Cup.Basketball was first competed for...
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Queen Elizabeth II, 1926-2022
Queen Elizabeth II, who reigned longer as monarch of England or Great Britain than anyone, has died after 70 years on the throne. She was 96 years old, also the oldest English or British monarch...
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Yanks Drop Finale vs. Twins, Face Showdown With Rays
Ordinarily, the Yankees dropping the last game of a series after winning the 1st 3 wouldn't be a big deal. Especially against the Minnesota Twins, not a Division rival, or one for the top Playoff spot...
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Spectacular Collapse Still In Progress
"Bad Boy Mowers"? More like, "Bad Boy Left Fielder."There are Yankee Fans online who want the Great Collapse to be complete: Not just blowing the entire 15 1/2-game lead that the Yankees had on July 8,...
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How to Be a New York Baseball Fan In Milwaukee -- 2022 Edition
The Yankees went to Milwaukee every season from 1970 to 1997, when the Brewers got kicked over from the American League to the National League. Now, they only go there when the quirks of the...
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It's About Time the Yankees Stopped Futzing Around
It's about time the Yankees stopped futzing around and smacked the Tampa Bay Rays.They began the game with 7 straight singles. It was the 1st time they started a game with 7 straight hits since......
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Back-to-Back Onslaughts for Yanks vs. Rays
You know what I like? Seeing the Yankees score a lot of runs. Especially against a team they're fighting for Playoff position. They have now done that twice against the Tampa Bay Rays.Having a batting...
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How to Be a New York Football Fan In Cleveland -- 2022 Edition
This coming Sunday, the New York Jets travel to FirstEnergy Stadium to play the Cleveland Browns.The successes of the Cavaliers (an NBA Championship and 4 other trips to the Finals since 2007) and the...
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How to Attend the Hudson River Derby at Yankee Stadium -- 2022 Edition
This coming Saturday afternoon at 1:00, "the Hudson River Derby" will be renewed at Yankee Stadium II, as New York City Football Club host the New York Red Bulls. Because of their light blue jerseys,...
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