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Sports lists: People love 'em, but they cause a lot of fuss
Driving home Wednesday night after the Al Cesky Awards Banquet, I tuned my car radio to 90.5 WKHS's Ace and The Brain Show (Wednesdays, 8 to 10 p.m, a fine, commercial-free sports/music program that you should check out), and heard an obscure baseball...Tags: Radio, Cal Ripken, Jr., Don DeLillo, Johnny Unitas, Raymond Berry
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Oldest ex-major leaguer Werber dies at 100
The Associated PressBill Werber, who was the oldest living ex-major leaguer and a teammate of Babe Ruth, died Thursday. He was 100. Werber, a career .271 hitter who led the American League in stolen bases three times, played with Ruth, Lou Gehrig, Jimmie Foxx and Lefty...Tags: Bill Dickey, Hospitals and Clinics, Colleges and Universities, American League, Baseball
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Honors class
BASKETBALL: Naismith Memorial George Hepbron, Still Pond // A friend of the game's inventor, James Naismith, Hepbron is credited with writing the first book about basketball (How to Play Basketball), as well as creating interpretations of many of the...Tags: Deane Beman, American League, Baltimore Orioles, Detroit Tigers, Josh Gibson
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All-time Hall of Fame voting percentages
The Associated PressPlayer, Year, Cast, Votes, Pct. Tom Seaver 1992 430 425 98.84 Nolan Ryan 1999 497 491 98.79 Cal Ripken Jr. 2007 545 537 98.53 Ty Cobb 1936 226 222 98.23 George Brett 1999 497 488 98.19 Hank Aaron 1982 415 406 97.83 Tony Gwynn 2007 545 532 97.61...Tags: Cy Young, Nap Lajoie, Harmon Killebrew, Pie Traynor, Mike Schmidt
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One family's ebb and flow
Sun StaffMichael Phelps awoke today on the other side of the world. En route to two meets next week in Australia, he stopped in New Zealand for research and development work at the University of Otago. His strokes and body specifications are being gauged in one...Tags: Track and Field, Trials, Multi-Sport Events, Awards and Prizes, Michael Phelps
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A who's who of Maryland (abridged)
Special to Baltimoresun.comWhile you may be coming to Maryland to earn your fame and fortune, the majority of the Free State natives listed below took their talents elsewhere. The exceptions are marked with asterisks. Actors/actresses Bess Armstrong, John Astin, John Wilkes Booth,...Tags: Kathie Lee Gifford, Ric Ocasek, Thurgood Marshall, Cal Ripken, Jr., Migration
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Hall of Fame year-by-year inductees
The Associated Press(BBWAA: Elected by the Baseball Writers Association of America; VC: Elected by the Veterans Committee; NL: Elected by the Veterans Committee based on Negro league career): 1936 -- BBWAA: Ty Cobb, Walter Johnson, Christy Mathewson, Babe Ruth, Honus...Tags: Nap Lajoie, Cy Young, Harmon Killebrew, Pie Traynor, Mike Schmidt
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Parasiliti: Savitt shines light on Blue Ridge League
There are some who think Hagerstown lives in the dark ages. Not local author Bob Savitt who has proof that Hagerstonians have been an enlightened bunch since at least the early 1900s, especially when it came to their baseball. “We were pioneers...Tags: Hack Wilson, History, Book, Minor League Baseball, Maryland
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Tags: Red Ruffing, Jimmy Rollins, Jai Alai, Athletes
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Scoreboard
TV SPORTS Women's College Basketball-Michigan at Purdue, 5:30 p.m. (Big 10 Network); Penn State at Northwestern, 7:30 p.m. (Big 10 Network); Idaho at Nevada, 10 p.m. (ESPNU) Men's College Basketball-Xavier at Cincinnati, 6 p.m. (ESPN2); Villanova at...Tags: Pie Traynor, Mike Schmidt, Chicago White Sox, Bob Lemon, Billy Herman
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Tags: David Ortiz, Jon Lester, Babe Ruth, J.D. Drew, Athletes
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Tags: Jon Lester, Tennis, Athletes, Houston, Oakland (Orange, Florida)
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May 5, 2011
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Sep 25, 2010
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Sep 26, 2010
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