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Song of century
The Palm Beach PostGary Pressy has never played Carnegie Hall, and he doesn't have a Grammy or a gold record. Still, 81 days a year, he performs to a packed house with some of pop culture's biggest names. Pressy is the lead organist for the Chicago Cubs, accompanying the...Tags: Satellite and Cable Service, Harry Caray, Bill Veeck, Wrigley Field, Michael Bolton
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Bartman reportedly turns down offer: $25,000 to show up, sign photo
SportsBuy.com and the National Sports Collectors Convention are offering $25,000—a briefcase with 250 $100 bills inside—to notorious Cubs fan Steve Bartman if he comes out of hiding, attends the show and signs a single autograph. ESPN.com...Tags: Michael Jordan, Lou Gehrig, Major League Baseball, Babe Ruth, Joe DiMaggio
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Quick View: 'Family Foreman' debuts on TV Land
Newsday Staff WriterWHEN|WHERE Tonight at 10 on TV Land PREMISE Celeb-reality show tracking the family life of former heavyweight champ George Foreman, whose five sons are all named George. The action takes place at the family ranch in Houston. REASON FOR DOING THE...Tags: Evander Holyfield, Los Angeles, Television, George Foreman, Television Industry
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Got a brand new bag? James Brown items sold in NY
Associated Press WriterJames Brown mementoes ranging from his signature capes to a medical bracelet fetched thousands of dollars Thursday at an auction, which the soul icon's children protested. Fans and collectors packed a Christie's salesroom as more than 300 lots of Brown'...Tags: Al Sharpton, Christmas, Death and Dying, New York, Auction Service
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James Brown auction items
James Brown Childhood Photograph, Estimate: $500 - $700 Signed Agreement, Estimate: $300 - $500 Inscribed Book, Estimate: $300 - $500 Phonograph, Estimate: $200 - $300 Handwritten Note, Estimate: $300 - $500 Miniature Keyboard, Estimate: $300 - $500...Tags: Photography, Clothing and Textiles Industry, Awards and Prizes, Sculpture, New York
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Johnny Depp goes gunning for Michael Mann
PATRICK GOLDSTEINWHEN I saw producer Kevin Misher painfully limping into Chaya Brasserie for lunch this week, having just returned from spending months in Chicago producing "Public Enemies," the upcoming Michael Mann 1930s gangster movie, I have to admit that my first...Tags: Wisconsin, Miami International Airport, James Cameron, David Fincher, John Dillinger
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"Rome 1960," by David Maraniss
Like members of the ACLU insisting upon the strict separation of church and state, members of the International Olympic Committee recite their mantra: Sports must always be kept separate from politics. The ACLU's position may not be true to the original...Tags: Central Intelligence Agency, Racism, All African Games, Awards and Prizes, Diplomacy
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James Brown's personal items up for auction
About one million dollars worth of personal items belonging to the late James Brown are up for auction. His wild stage presence comes to Christie's in the form of 83 pairs of sunglasses and 80 hair rollers. Also for sale next week will be the soul...Tags: Auction Service, James Brown, George Foreman, Music
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The Babe called it: 'Some ballyard, huh?'
mark.herrmann@newsday.comYankee Stadium was built to catch the eye and capture the imagination, all on the very first look. From day one, April 18, 1923, it was meant to be hugely unforgettable, and it never lost an inch of its stature. That is why a second-generation Stadium...Tags: National Football League, George Steinbrenner, September 11, 2001 Attacks, Monuments and Heritage Sites, Joe DiMaggio
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Knockout punch: In 1938, Joe Louis used the Stadium as his stage to deliver a historic message that rocked an ideology
Lasting a mere 124 seconds, the Joe Louis-Max Schmeling heavyweight rematch of June 22, 1938, nevertheless is among the most noted and long remembered events in Yankee Stadium history. His first-round knockout allowed Louis, then 24, to avenge Schmeling'...Tags: Boxing, Floyd Patterson, Rocky Marciano, Philosophy, Joe Louis
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