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A signature event
It starts simply enough. Maybe a few baseball cards here and a signed football there. But then, it turns into an untamable beast. The need to collect grows and grows until the television set in the entertainment center is dwarfed by sports memorabilia and...Tags: Terry Bradshaw, Joe Namath, Bobby Hull
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Facts, figures
All-Star Game MVPs 2007 - Ichiro Suzuki, Seattle, AL 2006 - Michael Young, Texas, AL 2005 - Miguel Tejada, Orioles, AL 2004 - Alfonso Soriano, Texas, AL 2003 - Garret Anderson, Anaheim, AL 2002 - None 2001 - Cal Ripken Jr., Orioles, AL 2000 - Derek...Tags: Roberto Alomar, Pedro Martinez, Josh Hamilton, Fred McGriff, Ken Griffey Jr.
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Not as easy as it looks
Tribune reporter1. Name the announcer who didn't play for both the Cubs and White Sox: A. Darrin Jackson B. Ed Farmer C. Ron Santo D. Steve Stone 2. Before it became an official interleague series, what were the games between the White Sox and Cubs known as? A....Tags: Felix Pie, Jon Garland, Jose Canseco, Mark Buehrle, Matt Murton
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Reality often ruins best predictions
It doesn't take the deepest insight to say that baseball is a surprising, even confounding game. But it's healthy for us as fantasy players to step back every so often and recognize how much the game flips our expectations on their heads. Smart...Tags: Josh Hamilton, Dontrelle Willis, Johan Santana, Major League Baseball, Cy Young
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Rock pioneer Bo Diddley dies at age 79
Associated Press WriterBo Diddley, a founding father of rock 'n' roll whose distinctive "shave and a haircut, two bits" rhythm and innovative guitar effects inspired legions of other musicians, died Monday after months of ill health. He was 79. Diddley died of heart failure at...Tags: Heart Disease, Nike Incorporated, Michael Harrington, Awards and Prizes, Death and Dying
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Bo Jackson an investor in proposed Burr Ridge bank
TRIBUNE REPORTERBo knows banks. Bo Jackson, the former two-sport professional athlete whose "Bo Knows" Nike commercials were ubiquitous nearly two decades ago, is among a group of investors and directors in a new Burr Ridge bank. Burr Ridge Bank & Trust filed an...Tags: Corporate Officers, Kansas City Royals, Nike Incorporated, Major League Baseball, Sales
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Terry Armour: Life lived to fullest
Chicago Tribune colleagues share their memories of Terry Armour
When I met Terry Armour in December 1981, we were copy clerks in the Tribune newsroom, and I never would have dreamed this wacky guy from the South Side would turn out to be a multimedia...Tags: All Stars, Celebrity, High School Sports, Basketball, Major League Baseball
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The best of Rickey being Rickey
Rickey Henderson is back in uniform and on a major-league roster, albeit in the coaches section. But we all know being the Mets hitting coach is not his first choice of an occupation. All year he's been saying he thinks he can still play in the majors,...Tags: Rickey Henderson, George Steinbrenner, New York Mets, Lou Piniella, Lou Brock
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OUT LOUD: Jimmy Kimmel
Adam and I have natural chemistry, but LeBron is pretty funny. He's also a better reader than Adam. Have you ever talked to them in person? (1) There's your answer right there. I have a good rapport with athletes. They get interviewed like 25 times a...Tags: Jimmy Johnson, Barry Bonds, Steve Garvey, Mike Tyson, Television
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Sox catcher at home in Burr Ridge
White Sox backup catcher Toby Hall has paid $1,175,000 for a newly built, 5,000-square-foot-plus single-family house in Burr Ridge. In December, Hall, 32, signed a two-year, $3.65 million contract with the team to back up starting catcher A.J....Tags: Jon Garland, Mark Buehrle, A.J. Pierzynski, Major League Baseball, Lance Johnson
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Featured players
Times Staff WriterIN the big inning, there was Koufax. Baseball cradled in his left hand, his flinty eyes staring down another strikeout victim, he was the quintessential Los Angeles sports superstar of the mid-20th century, a larger-than-life mythic figure to a city...Tags: Troy Percival, Chick Hearn, Troy Aikman, Pat Riley, Kansas City Royals
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Previous Heisman Winners
2002: Carson Palmer, Southern Cal, QB 2001: Eric Crouch, Nebraska, QB 2000: Chris Weinke, Florida St., QB 1999: Ron Dayne, Wisconsin, RB 1998: Ricky Williams, Texas, RB 1997: Charles Woodson, Michigan, CB 1996: Danny Wuerffel, Florida, QB 1995:...Tags: Bruce Smith, Minnesota, Paul Hornung, Tim Brown, Brigham Young
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