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Secretariat's Preakness run still looks brilliant on 40th anniversary
Secretariat was a star but not yet a legend when his van rolled up to Pimlico Race Course in the second week of May 1973. The big red horse had taken off like a rocket ship to run down the field at the Kentucky Derby, winning in less than two minutes, a...
Tags: Culture, Triple Crown, Ceremonies, Belmont Stakes, Pimlico Race Course
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The opening Opening Day
The day the Orioles arrived in Baltimore, trolleys clanged down cobbled streets. Kids rushed to see Pinocchio at the Hippodrome. Banana boats dumped their bushels onto weathered wharves where the Inner Harbor now stands. On April 15, 1954, Baltimore...
Tags: Larry Doby, Festive Events, Los Angeles Dodgers, Inner Harbor, Baseball
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Prized fighters reap rewards
Sun StaffWhen Vincent Pettway, the handsome man and superb fighter, knocked out Italy's Gianfranco Rosi in Las Vegas on Sept. 17, 1994, he became Baltimore's first world boxing champion in more than half a century. He made headlines, logged a fair amount of mug...Tags: Football, National Football League, Boxing, Concussion, Joe Louis
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Opening act
Sun StaffThe day the Orioles arrived in Baltimore, trolleys clanged down cobbled streets. Kids rushed to see Pinocchio at the Hippodrome. Banana boats dumped their bushels onto weathered wharves where the Inner Harbor now stands. On April 15, 1954, Baltimore...Tags: Larry Doby, Festive Events, Armed Forces, Vehicles, Baseball
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Lacy was a grand champion for biggest of sports' causes
WASHINGTON - As the letters from senators and congressmen were read, and tributes came from athletes, peers and family, maybe the most touching words came from former Colts and Hall of Fame running back Lenny Moore. "Thank you, Sam," said Moore, as he...Tags: Tennis, Football, Jesse Owens, National Football League, Baltimore Colts
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Five nostalgic books on baseball
My father, Bill Guilfoile, was a baseball executive for 40 years with the New York Yankees, the Pittsburgh Pirates and the Baseball Hall of Fame. He was also a compulsive reader, and it's no surprise that his favorite subject was the game that has...Tags: Pittsburgh Pirates, Bill Veeck, Baseball, Alzheimer's Disease, New York University
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There Was Nobody Faster In 1952 Than Hartford's Lindy Remigino
The Hartford CourantHolding two Olympic gold medals in his 81-year-old hands, Lindy Remigino breaks into laughter. The medals show their age. The stories do not. The stories never grow old. "Look at these medals, I don't even know which one is which," said Remigino, who won...Tags: Football, Jesse Owens, Festive Events, Awards and Prizes, National Football League
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Hollywood sports movies: Do fans love losers as much as winners?
24 FramesMy pals who are big sports nuts love to heap scorn on Hollywood sports movies, especially when the discussion is unfolding in a bar. Their biggest complaint? The films are squishy, full of more easy sentiment than soul, with the victories being achieved... -
Dan Jenkins? Red Smith? Jay Mariotti? Who's No. 1?
WatchdogSomeone asked during my online chat Tuesday whether I thought prolific U.S. Open Twitterer Dan Jenkins is one of the top 10 sportswriters of all time. I replied by saying I am not an expert on the work of sportswriters......Tags: U.S. Open (tennis), Shaquille O'Neal
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Jim Bellows dies at 86; legendary editor of L.A. Herald Examiner
Jim Bellows, a legendary editor who built a career resuscitating underdog big-city newspapers from Los Angeles to New York and helped turn Tom Wolfe and Jimmy Breslin into stars, has died. He was 86.
Bellows, a longtime resident of Brentwood, died...Tags: John Hay, Freedom of the Press, Republican Party, Bob Dylan, Jason Robards
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Baseball Hall-of-Famer Jerome Holtzman dies
Tribune staff reporterJerome Holtzman, who went from copy boy to Hall of Famer in a distinguished career as a Chicago sportswriter, died Saturday after a long illness. He was 81 and was affectionately known to colleagues as "the Dean," a term reflecting his stature as a...Tags: Chicago Jobs, Chicago Sun-Times, Leo Durocher, Baseball, World Series
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'Everything They Had' by David Halberstam
Everything They Had Sports Writing From David Halberstam David Halberstam Hyperion: 402 pp., $24.95
When David Halberstam was killed in a car crash near San Francisco last spring, he'd just finished what turned out to be his final book, "The Coldest...Tags: Football, National Football League, Baltimore Colts, Baseball, National Basketball Association
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