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Save the date: 1958
Fifty years ago, Baltimore was a grimy, rowdy, unpretentious town of rolled-up sleeves and red-hot steel, a warren of row homes and warehouses, a place where a man could walk into a bar on Greenmount Avenue and gab with a Colts player over a cold Natty...Tags: Society, Unions, Bobby Fischer, Wilt Chamberlain, National Football League
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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: Mass Media, Major League Baseball, Jim Brown, National or Ethnic Minorities, Arthur Ashe
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Tennis-List of French Open women's singles champions
ReutersMay 24 (Reuters) - List of French Open women's singles champions: 2011 Li Na (China) beat Francesca Schiavone (Italy) 6-4 7-6 2010 Francesca Schiavone (Italy) beat Samantha Stosur (Australia) 6-4 7-6(2) 2009 Svetlana Kuznetsova (Russia) beat Dinara...Tags: Mary Pierce, France, Australia, Romania, Ana Ivanovic
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Chapter 2: Wilmington
Tribune staff reporterRecords indicate Michael Jordan was born into this world in the winter of 1963, but witnesses believe his birth as an otherworldly basketball talent occurred over the summer of 1979, between his sophomore and junior years at E.A. Laney High School. "Mike...Tags: Linda Lavin, Trot Nixon, Clyde Simmons, Nike, Inc., Students
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