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Good luck trying to buy a World Series
There are some things that can be bought. A space flight. The chance to be cryogenically frozen. Or maybe just some of the simpler things, like a 12-cylinder Ferrari Testarossa, beachfront property in Turks and Caicos or one of the socks Curt...
Tags: Ned Colletti , John Buck, Carl Crawford, New York Mets, Spring Training
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Yes, another surly Harrison Ford interview
If getting reamed by the notoriously grumpy Harrison Ford is a rite of passage for entertainment reporters, you could say I was finally initiated into the club March 18. In fact, you could say a few Chicago reporters were initiated that night. The actor...
Tags: Charisma Carpenter, Scottie Pippen, Television Industry, Jackie Robinson, Antoine Fuqua
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Ravens won't sacrifice long-term goals for short-term payoff
If you want to understand what the Ravens have been doing over the past week — other than dismantling a Super Bowl champion — it might be instructive to look back at the final week of the regular season. The Ravens had a longshot opportunity...Tags: Cincinnati Bengals, Football, Ozzie Newsome, Bernard Pollard, John Harbaugh
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Gays in sports: On the field -- and in the closet
When I was 7 years old, my friends and I would play football in my backyard for hours, often with my mother watching through the kitchen window. One of the games we played was called "smear the queer." At the time I didn't know what "queer" meant. I...
Tags: Football, Jackie Robinson, Minority Groups, Leo Durocher, Gays and Lesbians
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For '42,' actor had to please Jackie Robinson's No. 1 fan
When Chadwick Boseman was cast as Jackie Robinson in the race-themed baseball drama "42," he was immediately confronted by someone with personal knowledge of the renowned ballplayer: the late athlete's widow, Rachel Robinson. "The first thing she said...
Tags: Jackie Robinson, Christopher Meloni, Los Angeles Dodgers, Leo Durocher, Entertainment
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Dodgers' Vin Scully to be honored at annual scouts dinner
I suppose you could get tired of honoring Vin Scully, but doubt it will ever happen. Scully, who was voted into the broadcaster’s wing of the Hall of Fame back in 1982, is scheduled to be given yet another honor Saturday night at the annual...Tags: USA Today, Awards and Prizes, Stephen Fife, Fergie Jenkins, Academy Awards
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Texas A&M's speed bottles up a slow Tide
Everyone wondered what a team like Oregon would do if it met Alabama on a field that could also serve as a laboratory beaker. Would Oregon's up-tempo offense fizzle when mixed with Alabama's bone-crushing defense, or explode like Mentos combined with...
Tags: College Sports, Football, Bowl Championship Series, Alabama Crimson Tide, Vince Lombardi
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Whispers: Bundy and Harper could make history
No one knows how much the Orioles will pitch Dylan Bundy, but if they make the playoffs and add the 19-year-old right-hander to the postseason roster, he and Bryce Harper will become the 11th and 12th teenagers to advance to the playoffs. The most...
Tags: Derek Holland, Melky Cabrera, Alexei Ramirez, Chicago Cubs, Jackie Robinson
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MLB whispers: Is Cohen listening?
The Steinbrenners said the Yankees weren't for sale, but it appears Steven Cohen wasn't listening. The guy who could have bought the Padres reportedly is keeping his powder dry because he thinks he can wind up owning the Yankees in a few years. …...
Tags: Jackie Robinson, Chicago Cubs, Chicago White Sox, Kansas City Royals, National League Central
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'42' star: Jackie Robinson pic shows we're 'evolving as a race'
24 Frames"42," the Jackie Robinson baseball movie starring Harrison Ford as Branch Rickey, also features Hamish Linklater as Ralph Branca. Directed by Brian Helgeland, it will be released at the start of next year's baseball season.... -
New Dodgers Ownership Off to a Lively Start
Los Angeles TimesLOS ANGELES -- Making their first official appearance on a gray morning in a nearly empty stadium, new Dodgers owners lighted up the place Wednesday with raucous promise, defiant hope and only one certainty. Hang on to your blue, because it's going to be...Tags: Ned Colletti , Don Mattingly, Jackie Robinson, Antonio Villaraigosa, Los Angeles Dodgers
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Power rankings: No. 3 Rangers
No. 3 Rangers: 28th in a series counting down to spring training. Next: Yankees.
One pitch away from a World Series parade in October. Tens of thousands to go in February, and that doesn't count those thrown on the back fields and in the batting cages....Tags: Colby Lewis, Babe Ruth, Ian Kinsler, Paul Konerko, Neftali Feliz
Mar 30, 2013
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Mar 25, 2013
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Mar 15, 2013
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Jan 13, 2013
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Jan 12, 2013
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Jan 11, 2013
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Nov 10, 2012
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Sep 22, 2012
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Jun 30, 2012
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Jun 12, 2012
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May 3, 2012
|Story| Los Angeles Times
Feb 15, 2012
|Column| Chicago Tribune
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