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The Hero Gets the Girl, But the Yankees Didn't Get the Hero
Today, Justin Verlander married Kate Upton at Castiglion del Bosco in Tuscany, Italy.It's been quite a last few weeks for Verlander. The 34-year-old pitcher from the suburbs of Richmond, Virginia, a...
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How to Be a New York Basketball Fan In Portland -- 2017-18 Edition
Next Friday, the Brooklyn Nets will visit the Portland Trail Blazers. The New York Knicks will visit on March 6.Before You Go. Like its Pacific Northwest neighbors Seattle and Vancouver, Portland is...
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How to Be a New York Basketball Fan In Utah -- 2017-18 Edition
The Brooklyn Nets go to Salt Lake City to play the Utah Jazz next Saturday. The New York Knicks will do so on January 19.Before You Go. We think of Utah, we think of the Wild West. Desert. National...
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Remember, Remember? It's Been a Year to Forget
Remember, remember, the 5th of November...Shut up, V. 2017 has been a year to forget for my teams:* The Yankees came within 1 win of a Pennant. They should have gotten that win. They didn't because...
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The Yankees' Next Manager Matters Less Than You Think
Every Yankee fan wants the next manager to be smart. We all want him to be somebody who knows his baseball cold. And most of all, we want him to be someone who is going to keep the screw-ups to a...
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November 6, 1947: TV's Oldest Show
Yankee Legends Phil Rizzuto, Yogi Berraand Whitey Ford on Meet the Press, April 27, 2002.November 6, 1947, 70 years ago: Meet the Press debuts on NBC. It is still on the air after 70 years, making it...
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How to Be a New York Football Fan In San Francisco -- 2017 Edition
Next Sunday, the 1-7 New York Giants will travel to play away to 1 of the 2 NFL teams that are having a worse season than they are: The 0-9 San Francisco 49ers. (The other is the 0-8 Cleveland...
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November 7, 1917: Red Revolution
November 7, 1917, 100 years ago:Â The Winter Palace in Petrograd is stormed by Bolshevik troops, and the Bolshevik Revolution is complete. It is also known as the October Revolution, since Russia was...
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Roy Halladay, 1977-2017
For those of us who are Yankee Fans, and old enough to remember 1979, when it happens to Thurman Munson, we can appreciate the shock of what happened with Roy Halladay.It even came over the wire and...
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How to Go to an LSU Football Game
This Saturday, the football team at Louisiana State University -- hereafter to be referred to by its familiar initials, LSU -- takes on perhaps its biggest rival in the modern era, the University of...
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Top 10 Athletes From Montana
November 8, 1889: Montana is admitted to the Union as the 41st State.Top 10 Athletes From MontanaRobert Craig Knievel Jr. of Butte, a.k.a. Evel Knievel, is not eligible. He was a stuntman, and a...
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One Year Later
November 8, 2016:Â I told you to vote for Hillary. Some of you listened. Some of you didn't, and are feeling fooled -- as you should be. I forgive you. Some of you didn't listen, and still support...
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How to Be a Rutgers Fan At Penn State -- 2017 Edition
"Old Main," the Penn State administration buildingThis Saturday, coming off a Big Ten Conference victory against their closest rivals, fellow Big Ten newcomers Maryland, the football team at Rutgers...
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How to Be a Devils Fan In Chicago -- 2017-18 Edition
This coming Sunday, the New Jersey Devils face the Chicago Blackhawks, at the United Center in Chicago.Hog Butcher for the World,Tool Maker, Stacker of Wheat,Player with Railroads and the Nation’s...
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How to Be a New York Basketball Fan In Toronto -- 2017-18 Edition
The Knicks visit the Toronto Raptors next Friday, and again on February 8. The Nets visit on December 15 and March 23.Being in a foreign country has its particular challenges -- and, yes, for all its...
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Top 10 Athletes From the State of Washington
November 11, 1889: Washington is admitted to the Union as the 42nd State.Top 10 Athletes From the State of WashingtonHonorable Mention to Fred Hutchinson of Seattle, who went 95-71 as a major league...
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How to Be a Rutgers Fan at Indiana -- 2017 Edition
The football team at Rutgers University lost to Penn State yesterday, 35-6. Once upon a time, losing by 29 points away to Penn State would have been understandable. That was before Greg Schiano led...
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How to Be a Devils Fan In Winnipeg -- 2017-18 Edition
This coming Sunday afternoon, 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...
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How to Go to a Football Game In Montana
This coming Saturday, the biggest sports rivalry in the State of Montana will be renewed. Maybe, the only one. The University of Montana vs. Montana State University. The rivalry is known as "The Brawl...
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How to Go to a Football Game in South Dakota
44 States down, 6 to go. This Saturday, the biggest sports rivalry in the State of South Dakota takes place: The University of South Dakota, the Coyotes, takes on South Dakota State University, the...
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