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Sometimes, They Listen
We've all said it, at various times in our lives. "Listen to me!""Nobody ever listens to me!""Why won't anybody listen to me?"Those of us who are sports fans -- and, if you're reading this, you are one...
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December 10, 1983: Farewell to Bradshaw, and to the NFL In New York City
December 10, 1983, 40 years ago: For the last time, so far, a National Football League game is played within the Five Boroughs of the City of New York. It does not go well for the home team.The New...
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December 12, 1933: A Dark Day In Sports
A colorized photo of Ace Bailey, included in a composite photoof a Maple Leafs' Centennial Team, 2016December 12, 1933, 90 years ago: A dark day in sports history. First, Connie Mack breaks up his...
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December 14, 1963: The Polo Grounds Closes
December 14, 1963, 60 years ago: The last event is held at the Polo Grounds, after 53 years of the current stadium, and 72 years of sports on the site. The New York Jets lose to the Buffalo Bills,...
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December 16, 1973: O.J. 2,000 & Weeb's Farewell
December 16, 1973, 50 years ago: 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...
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December 17, 1933: The 1st NFL Championship Game
Hewitt's lateral to KarrDecember 17, 1933, 90 years ago: 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...
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Make Umpires Accountable
Ángel HernándezMy grandmother was a fan of the Brooklyn Dodgers from the 1930s until they moved in 1957, and then of the Mets from 1962 until her death in 2006. There were things in baseball that...
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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, 75 years ago: The snowiest game in football...
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Rudolph vs. A Christmas Story
Peter Billingsley as adult Ralphie Parker in 1973,from the 2022 film A Christmas Story Christmas,the official sequel to the classic.It just occurred to me: A Christmas Story is a better story than...
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Problematic Christmas Songs -- 2023 Edition
'Twas the night before Christmas, and all through The Bronxnot a creature was stirring where usually sit throngs.The Pennants, they fly from the flagpoles with carein the hope, in the New Year, a new...
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MLB Teams Ranked by Facebook Likes -- 2023 Edition
No surprise about Number 1. Or Number 2. Or Numbers 3 through 7. Number 10 wouldn't be that high if they hadn't cheated their way to recent success.I'm a little surprised at how high the Tigers are,...
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NBA Teams Ranked by Facebook Likes -- 2023 Edition
Not at all surprised by the top 6. Slightly surprised by the one at 30. I really thought the Knicks, 76ers and (despite their current record losing streak) the Pistons would be higher.1. Los Angeles...
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NFL Teams Ranked By Facebook Likes -- 2023 Edition
Not a lot of surprise here, including the fact that the NFL's teams generally -- the Lakers being an exception -- have a lot more fans on the average than the NBA's and the NHL's. Although I thought...
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NHL Teams Ranked by Facebook Likes -- 2023 Edition
I'm only slightly surprised by the top 10: I figured both the ancients of Canada, the Habs and the Leafs, would have a lot more than that. Still, it's no surprise that the top 7 are Sidney Crosby's...
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MLS Teams Ranked by Facebook Likes -- 2023 Edition
Number 1 is obvious, because of Lionel Messi. Never mind that they haven't won anything yet, with him or without him. Okay, they won the 2023 Leagues Cup, but that's like an English team winning the...
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The Windmills of My Mind
On November 28, 1977, when I was approaching my 8th birthday, The Muppet Show aired a sketch in which a character began by saying that on the outside, he was very calm, but on the inside...An edit...
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January 1, 1934: Columbia Win the Rose Bowl
January 1, 1934, 90 years ago: The football team of Columbia University wins the Rose Bowl.Stop laughing. It happened.When the Ivy League was founded as an official college football league in 1954, its...
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January 1, 1954: Too Full of Alabama
January 1, 1954, 70 years ago: The Cotton Bowl Classic is played in the Cotton Bowl stadium in Dallas. And it includes a bizarre play.From its founding in the 1936 season until the dissolution of the...
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January 1, 1994: Florida State Finally Does It
January 1, 1994, 30 years ago: The Orange Bowl is played, at the stadium of the same name in Miami. The University of Nebraska hasn't won the National Championship since the 1971 season, 32 years...
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January 1, 2014: The NHL's Biggest Crowd
January 1, 2014, 10 years ago: The NHL Winter Classic is held at Michigan Stadium, on the campus of the University of Michigan, in Ann Arbor, 37 miles west of downtown Detroit.In 2001, Michigan had...
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