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How to Be a New York Basketball Fan In Detroit -- 2016 Edition
I had hoped to do one of these for the Jets' opponent in the Wild Card round of the NFL Playoffs. I had also hoped that it would be against a team for whom I haven't done a trip guide before.However,...
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A Travesty In Cooperstown
Worst Baseball Hall of Fame vote ever. A travesty in Cooperstown.I have no problem with electing Ken Griffey Jr. He hit 630 home runs. Only 3 men have ever hit more honestly: Hank Aaron, Babe Ruth and...
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How to Be a Devils Fan In Minnesota -- 2016 Edition
This Sunday, the New Jersey Devils will travel to play the Minnesota Wild, along with the Columbus Blue Jackets 1 of the 2 newest teams in the NHL, debuting in 2000.The Devils and the Wild -- not...
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How to Be a Devils Fan In St. Louis -- 2016 Edition
This coming Tuesday night, the Devils will be playing the Blues in St. Louis. 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 Long It's Been: The Cincinnati Bengals Won a Playoff Game
The Cincinnati Bengals have made the NFL Playoffs in each of the last 5 seasons, and in 7 of the last 11. That's actually a pretty good record.But they are 0-7 in Playoff games in that time. That's...
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How to Be a Devils Fan In Colorado -- 2016 Edition
This coming Thursday night, the New Jersey Devils visit Denver to play the Colorado Avalanche.Before You Go. The Denver Post is predicting mid-40s for Thursday afternoon, and low 20s for the evening....
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Monte Irvin, 1919-2016
Five men who were born or raised in New Jersey have been elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame: Newark's Billy Hamilton, Salem's Leon "Goose" Goslin, Carteret's Joe Medwick, Paterson's Larry Doby, and...
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Baseball Hall-of-Famers By Team, 2016 Edition
With the announcement of the elections of Ken Griffey Jr. and Mike Piazza, it is time to update this list. (Ford Frick Award winner Graham McNamee never broadcast for any single team.)A player is...
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Living Members of the Baseball Hall of Fame, as of January 12, 2016
With the new elections, and the deaths of some including Yogi Berra and Monte Irvin, it is time to update this list.A player is counted as a Hall-of-Famer with the team if he played at least 4 seasons...
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How to Be a Devils Fan In Arizona -- 2016 Edition
Why would you want to go to Arizona? Well, if you're a New Jersey Devils fan, they're playing the Arizona Coyotes (formerly the Phoenix Coyotes, and before that the original Winnipeg Jets) this coming...
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Faux Flashback: How to Be a Devils Fan In Quebec City
Tonight, the Devils play in Denver, the city from whence they came in 1982, against the Colorado Avalanche, the team formerly known as the Quebec Nordiques.There is a movement to bring the NHL back to...
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Luis Arroyo, 1927-2016
The list of great Yankee relief pitchers did not start with Mariano Rivera. Before him, there was John Wetteland, and Dave Righetti, and Rich "Goose" Gossage, and Albert "Sparky" Lyle.In the old days,...
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How to Be a New York Football Fan In Arizona -- 2016 Edition
Even though neither the Giants nor the Jets made the NFL Playoffs, I'm going to do Trip Guides for the teams that did, but for whom I haven't yet done them. One of them is the Arizona Cardinals, who...
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How to Be a New York Football Fan In Denver -- 2016 Edition
Even though neither the Giants nor the Jets made the NFL Playoffs, I'm going to do Trip Guides for the teams that did, but for whom I haven't yet done them. One of them is the Denver Broncos, who are...
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Who Is New Giants Coach Ben McAdoo?
Ben McAdoo has been named the 18th head coach in the 92-season history of the New York Giants football team. (The season beginning in September 2016 will be their 92nd season.)Who is he, and is he the...
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How to Be a Devils Fan In Winnipeg -- 2016 Edition
This Saturday night, the Devils will be in the capital of the Province of Manitoba to play the reborn Winnipeg Jets.If this were a World Hockey Association game in the 1970s... well, it wouldn't be...
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Top 5 Reasons You Can't Blame the St. Louis Rams for Moving Back to Los Angeles
After 21 seasons in the Gateway City, the St. Louis Rams are going back to Los Angeles.It's about time, too. "St. Louis Rams" simply didn't look right.Top 5 Reasons You Can't Blame the St. Louis Rams...
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How to Be a New York Football Fan In Charlotte -- 2016 Edition
As I type this, the NFC Championship Game is being played in Charlotte, between the Carolina Panthers and the Arizona Cardinals.The AFC Championship Game was won by the Denver Broncos over the New...
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How to Be a New York Basketball Fan In Dallas -- 2016 Edition
“I’m in hell!” – Morgan Freeman“Worse: You’re in Texas!” – Chris Rock-- Nurse BettyThe Brooklyn Nets on this coming Friday night, and the New York Knicks on March 30, will travel to face the Dallas...
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How to Be a New York Basketball Fan In New Orleans -- 2016 Edition
This Saturday night, the Brooklyn Nets will be in what has been called "America's only foreign city," to play the New Orleans Pelicans at the Smoothie King Center, in a 7:00 PM Eastern Time start --...
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