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Top 5 Reasons You Can't Blame Mickey Owen for the Brooklyn Dodgers Losing the...
October 5, 1941, 75 years ago: Game 4 of the World Series at Ebbets Field in Brooklyn. It made the home fans shudder. I read an interview once, with a Dodger fan, whose name I've forgotten, citing a...
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October 6, 1941: WAIT TILL NEXT YEAR
Father Knickerbocker, the old-time spirit of New York,bridges "The City" and Brooklyn on the 1941 World Series program.After choking last night, as they always do when they get close to a title, the...
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How to Be a Devils Fan In South Florida -- 2016-17 Edition
On Thursday, October 13, the New Jersey Devils travel to play the Florida Panthers, who are the only Miami-area team without a World Championship -- and, with the Islanders settled in Brooklyn and the...
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October 7, 1968: A National Anthem That Got Protested
Jose Feliciano at the World Series, October 7, 1968.Note the guide dog under the G in the "TIGERS" setup.In the wake of athletes' protests during the playing of the National Anthem before games, and...
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Top 10 TV Halloween Episodes
Note: This is weighted toward shows I not only saw, but liked. So if you're looking for The Simpsons and their annual "Treehouse of Horror," forget it. The sooner everyone realizes that The Simpsons is...
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Happy 70th Anniversary, NBA!
November 1, 1946, 70 years ago: The the 1st NBA game is played at Maple Leaf Gardens in Toronto. (Until 1949, the National Basketball Association was known as the Basketball Association of America, or...
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Active Ballparks Hosting the World Series, 1903-2016
Active ballparks in bold type, and ranked. Parks no longer in use (regardless of whether they're still standing) in normal type with an asterisk.Ties broken by most recent. For those that have not yet...
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Game 7 Tonight: Let It End With a Hero
Tonight is it. Game 7 of the World Series. Progressive Field in Cleveland. The Cleveland Indians, who haven't won the World Series in 68 years -- as long as the Boston Red Sox had gone at the time of...
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World Series Walkoff Home Runs
We didn't get one in this World Series. That's okay, though -- unless you're a Cleveland fan.1. October 5, 1949: Tommy Henrich, New York Yankees, Game 1, off Don Newcombe of the Brooklyn Dodgers, at...
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How Long It's Been: The Chicago Cubs Won a World Series
It has happened: The Chicago Cubs have won a World Series. Tonight, in a Game 7 that went back and forth, with heroes and goats, comebacks and chokes, and even a rain delay as they tried to go to extra...
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Major League Sports' Longest Title Droughts as of 2016 World Series
Yes, it actually happened last night: The Chicago Cubs won the World Series.So what are the longest titles droughts now? Note: I am only including those teams that have gone at least 25 years. I am...
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Last Survivors from World Series Winners
Bobby Brown, last survivor of the1947 World Champion New York Yankeesand Eddie Robinson, last survivor of the1948 World Champion Cleveland Indians.I will include pre-World Series "World Champions."1869...
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Great Theater, If Not a Great Game
Let's not kid ourselves: Game 7 of the 2016 World Series was not a great baseball game. It was a very sloppy baseball game, which both teams threatened several times to give away.This was my worry:...
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How to Go to a Rutgers Basketball Game -- 2016-17 Edition
Next Friday, at 7:00 PM Eastern Time, the basketball team at Rutgers University opens its 111th season of play, against Molloy College, a small Catholic school in Rockville Centre, Long Island, New...
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November 4, 1956: Revolution and Sport In Hungary
November 4, 1956, 60 years ago: Soviet troops enter Hungary to end the Hungarian Revolution that started on October 23. Thousands are killed, more are wounded, and nearly a quarter of a million people...
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How to Be a Devils Fan In Buffalo -- 2016-17 Edition
On Friday, November 11, the New Jersey Devils head to Western New York to take on the Buffalo Sabres.Before You Go. Buffalo is located on the Niagara River, between Lakes Erie and Ontario. As a result,...
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Arsenal vs. Tottenham: The Defining Moments, Part I: 1882-1919
Tomorrow is Derby Day in England. (And that's pronounced "DAR-bee," not "DURR-bee.") On Merseyside, Liverpool play Everton. And, in North London, Arsenal play Tottenham Hotspur.In English soccer -- and...
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Arsenal vs. Tottenham: The Defining Moments, Part II: 1920-1970
April 23, 1921: Tottenham win their 2nd major trophy, the FA Cup, defeating Wolverhampton Wanderers (a.k.a. Wolves) 1-0 in the Final at Stamford Bridge, home ground of West London club Chelsea. Local...
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Arsenal vs. Tottenham: The Defining Moments, Part III: 1971-1987
May 3, 1971: Arsenal and Tottenham play each other on a Monday, the final League game of the season. Originally, the game was supposed to be on March 27, but Arsenal had advanced to the FA Cup...
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RU Bad, EB Worse
The Rutgers football team lost today, blowing a lead at home to Indiana, 33-27. They are now 2-7.Their next game is next Saturday at noon, away to Michigan State. They also fell to 2-7 today, losing...
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