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How to Be a Devils Fan In Detroit -- 2018-19 Edition
Next Thursday night, the New Jersey Devils will play the Detroit Red Wings. Since 1995, the Wings have won 4 Stanley Cups, the Devils 3. The Chicago Blackhawks also have 4. The Colorado Avalanche, Los...
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How to Be a New York Basketball Fan In Dallas -- 2018-19 Edition
"I'm in hell!"– Morgan Freeman"Worse: You're in Texas!"– Chris Rock-- Nurse BettyThe New York Knicks on this coming Friday night, and the Brooklyn Nets on Wednesday, November 21, will travel to face...
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Working for Peanuts
RATS!GOOD GRIEF!I CAN'T STAND IT!And...CURSE YOU, RED SOX!*October 29, 539 BC: Cyrus the Great, founder of the Persian Empire, enters the capital of Babylon. He announces that the Jewish exile is over....
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How to Be a Devils Fan In Brooklyn -- 2018-19 Edition
The New York Islanders have gone back to playing at the Nassau Coliseum -- but only for half of their games, with the other half at the Barclays Center. The New Jersey Devils will play the Isles at...
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October 30, 1938: Panic In Grover's Mill
October 30, 1938, 80 years ago: The CBS radio show The Mercury Theater of the Air airs an adaptation of H.G. Wells' The War of the Worlds.Wells' story first appeared in London-based Pearson's Magazine...
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How to Be a Jet Fan In Miami -- 2018 Edition
Next Sunday, the Jets play the Dolphins in the Miami suburbs. This AFC Eastern Division rivalry has had some big moments. But since the New England Patriots starting winning Super Bowls in the 2001-02...
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Happy 70th Birthday, Mickey Rivers!
October 31, 1948, 70 years ago: John Milton Rivers is born in Miami. We know him as Mickey Rivers.Roger Kahn, an English major at New York University, became one of the greatest sportswriters of the...
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How to Be a New York Basketball Fan In Washington -- 2018 Edition
This coming Sunday, the New York Knicks visit the Washington Wizards. They will visit again on January 17. The Nets will visit on November 16 and January 1, New Year's Day.Before You Go. D.C. can get...
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How to Be a Devils Fan In Pittsburgh -- 2018-19 Edition
In the wake of the worst anti-Semitic attack in American history, killing 11 people at a naming ceremony at the Tree of Life Synagogue in their city, the Pittsburgh Penguins are wearing patches with...
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How to Be a Devils Fan In Ottawa -- 2018-19 Edition
This post sets a new personal record: 73 posts in a single month.This Tuesday, the New Jersey Devils travel up to Ottawa to play the reborn version of the Senators. These teams played each other in the...
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November 1, 1918: Disaster at Malbone Street
November 1, 1918, 100 years ago: The worst rapid transit accident in American history occurs at 6:42 PM, under the intersection of Malbone Street and Flatbush Avenue in Brooklyn, not far from Ebbets...
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Willie McCovey, 1938-2018
We lost a Giant yesterday. In more ways than one.Willie Lee McCovey was born on January 10, 1938 in Mobile, Alabama. He is the greatest lefthanded hitter ever to come from that city. But not the...
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How to Be a New York Basketball Fan In Phoenix -- 2018-19 Edition
The Brooklyn Nets visit Arizona to play the Phoenix Suns this coming Tuesday night. The Knicks visit on March 9, 2019.Before You Go. AZcentral.com, the website for Phoenix's largest newspaper, the...
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November 2, 1948: Truman Defeats Dewey
November 2, 1948, 70 years ago: The most famous newspaper headline of all time? It might be the New York Daily News of October 30, 1975: "FORD TO CITY: DROP DEAD." Or it might be the one the Chicago...
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How to Be a New York Basketball Fan In Atlanta -- 2018-19 Edition
The New York Knicks visit the Atlanta Hawks this coming Wednesday, and again on February 14, 2019. The Brooklyn Nets do so on March 9.Knicks vs. Hawks isn't much of a rivalry. Nor is Nets vs. Hawks....
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How to Be a Devils Fan In Toronto -- 2018-19 Edition
The Devils visit the Toronto Maple Leafs this coming Friday. There is quite the contrast: The Devils have won 3 Stanley Cups and reached 5 Finals, yet are still seen as one of the newer teams, only...
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November 3, 1918: A Baseball Prodigy Is Born
November 3, 1918, 100 years ago: Robert William Andrew Feller is born in Van Meter, Iowa. Bob Feller debuted with the Cleveland Indians in 1936, right after high school graduation. He stayed through...
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How to Be a New York Basketball Fan In Denver -- 2018-19 Edition
The Brooklyn Nets make their annual visit to the Denver Nuggets this coming Friday night. The New York Knicks do so on New Year's Day, January 1.Before You Go. The Denver Post is predicting high 40s...
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How to Be a New York Basketball Fan In the Bay Area -- 2018-19 Edition
The New York Knicks will have their work cut out for them next Saturday night, playing in Oakland against the Golden State Warriors, winners of 3 of the last 4 NBA Championships and the last 4 Western...
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November 4, 2008: A Good Day
November 4, 2008, 10 years ago: History is made when America elects a black man as its President. Senator Barack Obama of Illinois, the Democratic nominee, wins 365 Electoral Votes and 53 percent of...
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