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Gino Marchetti, 1926-2019
Hall of Fame football coach Sid Gillman called him "He's the greatest player in football. It's a waste of time to run around this guy's end. It's a lost play. You don't bother to try it."Hall of Fame...
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Yankees Swept In Arizona
The Yankees' 2-game trip to Phoenix to play the Arizona Diamondbacks at Chase Field was a bust. They scored a total of 3 runs, and that wouldn't have been enough to win either game.Masahiro Tanaka...
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Yankees: Infinity War
I often chide today's young people by saying, "Don't call anything 'iconic' until it's at least 40 years past."It's like the girl who posted a picture of Kendall and Kylie Jenner, the 2 youngest...
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Red Kelly, 1927-2019
How do you win 8 Stanley Cups? These days, it can't be done. Since 1979, only 4 teams have won as many as 4: The New York Islanders, the Edmonton Oilers (5), the Pittsburgh Penguins (5) and the Detroit...
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How to Be a Yankee Fan In Tampa Bay -- 2019 Edition
This coming Friday, the Yankees had down to Florida, to play a 3-game series against the Tampa Bay Rays. The Rays are in 1st place in the American League Eastern Division, so this could be a chance for...
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It'll Never Fit If You Force It
Look, I like Star Wars as much as the next guy -- although I was a Star Trek fan first, and will always prefer Gene Roddenberry's creation to George Lucas'.But if we're going to have a Star Wars day,...
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How to Be a New York Soccer Fan In Los Angeles -- 2019 Galaxy Edition
In 2017, the New York Red Bulls did not play away to the signature team of Major League Soccer, the LA Galaxy, while New York City FC did. In 2018, it was the reverse, with an addition: The Red Bulls...
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Notable Last Survivors
Happy 88th Birthday to baseball giant (pun intended) Willie Mays. He was born on May 6, 1931 in Westfield, Alabama, outside Birmingham.This is another anniversary: May 6, 1937, 82 years ago today: The...
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Yanks Outlast Rain, Twins
Yesterday's game between the Yankees and the Minnesota Twins was pushed back from a 1:05 to a 4:05 start, because of the rain that has drenched the New York Tri-State Area. Domingo German started, and...
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Members of the 3,000 Strikeout Club, In Perspective
Once again, congratulations to CC Sabathia for joining the 3,000 Strikeout Club. He is only the 3rd lefthanded member, following Steve Carlton and Randy Johnson. I wish he'd been able to win the game,...
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How to Be a Red Bulls Fan In Dallas -- 2019 Edition
"I'm in hell!"– Morgan Freeman"Worse: You're in Texas!"– Chris Rock-- Nurse BettyEvery season, there's one team in Major League Soccer that neither the New York Red Bulls nor New York City FC visit...
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Yankees Overthrow King Felix
Seattle Mariners pitcher Felix Hernandez is known as "King Felix." I don't know why: "Felix" suggests "cat," not royalty; and he's never appeared in a postseason game, much less won a title, like King...
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"Triple-A Yankees" Do It Again
Winning is good. Doing it in 9 innings, without keeping your fans up all night, is better.That was, briefly, a concern last night, especially given that the Yankees' opponent was a West Coast team, the...
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Top 10 TV What-Ifs
Vic Mignogna as Admiral James T. Kirkin the finale episode (so far) of Star Trek ContinuesIt's May. One of 3 "sweeps months" for TV networks. And the end of the TV season, with reruns thereafter until...
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It Ain't Cheatin' If You Do It Against the Yankees
Last night, as so often happens, the Yankees lost a game to a pitcher they'd never faced before. This time, there may have been a reason other than this unfortunate tendency.Jonathan Loaisiga started...
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Mariners Dispatched, Yankees Ready for Early Showdown With Rays
The Seattle Mariners came into this 4-game series at Yankee Stadium in an injury-induced slump, but, until the week before, they were leading the American League Western Division. So this was going to...
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Yankees Now Breathing Down Rays' Necks
The Yankees began their 1st big series of the season last night, facing the Tampa Bay Rays at Tropicana Field in St. Petersburg, Florida. The Yankees went into it a game and a half out of 1st place in...
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Rays Get Dirty Again, Beat Yankees
I used to think the problem with the Tampa Bay Rays was their manager, Joe Maddon, whom I've previously described as "a classless thug," prone to planning, or at least approving of, dirty play.But that...
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Yankees Turn Out Rays' Lights
The Tampa Bay Rays are so bush-league."How bush-league are they, Uncle Mike?"They're so bush-league, they haven't even paid their electric bill.Masahiro Tanaka took the hill for the Yankees in the...
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Top 5 Reasons You Can't Blame the San Diego Chargers for Drafting Ryan Leaf
May 15, 1976: Ryan David Leaf is born in Great Falls, Montana. He was an All-American quarterback at Washington State University, and was projected to be 1 of the 1st 2 picks in the 1998 NFL Draft. The...
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