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Pete's Broward registrations for 8-31 issue
BASEBALL The Caribbean Baseball Charity Tournament will take place Labor Day weekend at the Orioles Spring Training Facility in Fort Lauderdale. There will be teams represented by Cuba, Mexico, Dominican Republic, USA, Venezuela, Nicaragua, Broward County...Tags: Kendo, Recreational and Sporting Goods Industry, Beach Vacations, Adults, Defense
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Terps want big buildup
Sun ReporterFrom his office overlooking the east end zone, Maryland football coach Ralph Friedgen can peer inside Byrd Stadium and track the progress of its renovation. He can hear the satisfying rumble of construction and feel its vibration. The makeover of the 58-...Tags: Ralph Friedgen, Natural Science, Maryland, Football, Maryland Terrapins
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Negro Leagues history revisited, rejuvenated
Chicago Tribune reporterGrowing up in the now-demolished Stateway Gardens housing project in the shadow of U.S. Cellular Field, Ronzelle Fort had no idea his old neighborhood was once home to one of the most significant events in the history of African-American baseball. Fort...Tags: High School Baseball, Easter, Josh Gibson, National or Ethnic Minorities, U.S. Cellular Field
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Prized memories are washed away
Associated PressBaseball stole Art Pennington's future. The Cedar River washed away his past. His house, his car, his clothes, nearly all his pictures and one of his two dogs were lost to the Midwest floods. "Every damn thing I had just floated down the river," he...Tags: Josh Gibson, Mickey Mantle, U.S. Cellular Field, New York Yankees, Dizzy Dean
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All-star rockers take us out to the ballgame
Associated PressMore people may watch football, but baseball is arguably the country's most beloved sport. Football fans take six months off, and basketball fans ignore their sport until the playoffs. True baseball fans, however, suffer a year-round obsession, can...Tags: Mark McGwire, Ethics, Music, Ted Williams, Values
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Cuba's Martin Dihigo: The Immortal
bcassidy@newsday.comWhen baseball debates turn to the selection of the greatest Cuban player of all time, one name consistently surfaces: Martin Dihigo. He was an outstanding hitter and pitcher and it said that he could play every position on the field like an all star....Tags: Hank Aaron, Josh Gibson, Newspaper and Magazine, Lefty Grove, Martin Dihigo
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Connie Marrero, a Cuban treasure
bcassidy@newsday.comConnie Marrero once struck out Mickey Mantle three times in one game. Not bad for someone who learned how to pitch by throwing oranges on a farm in Cuba. As with most of his stories, the Mantle anecdote is punctuated by Marrero's dry sense of humor. This...Tags: Spring Training, Los Angeles Dodgers, Larry Doby, Mickey Mantle, Martin Dihigo
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Our claims to fame
She's from here? That's right here? They make those here? Yes, yes and yes. From Ella Fitzgerald to Williamsburg to Peace Frogs, we've got people, places and things worth talking about. PEOPLE Princess Pocahontas, Capt. John Smith and Chief Powhatan...Tags: Philadelphia 76ers, Chesapeake Bay, Defense, Football, Armed Forces
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Magic number is 176
Tribune correspondent++++++++++++++++++++ || || || ++++++++++++++++++++ Tribune correspondent If the 2008 Democratic presidential race were a baseball season, Hillary Clinton would need the greatest comeback in major-league history to clinch the nomination. In a...Tags: Barack Obama, National League, All Stars, Political Candidates, Hillary Clinton
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'American Idol' Results: Hello Dolly, Good-Bye...
Zap2It.comHow did the great Satchel Paige used to say it? Don't look back, American Idol might be gaining on you? Wednesday's bloated Idol result shows just keep on sneaking deeper and deeper into the 8 p.m. hour and this week's (April 2) episode manages to start...Tags: Dolly Parton, Ryan Seacrest, Television, Michael Johns, Kristy Lee Cook
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'We Are the Ship' by Kadir Nelson
We Are the Ship
The Story of Negro League Baseball
Kadir Nelson
Jump at the Sun/Hyperion: 88 pp., $18.99
"We Are the Ship: The Story of Negro League Baseball" is, ostensibly, a children's book. But author-illustrator Kadir Nelson's text is so...Tags: David Davis, Turkey Stearnes, Josh Gibson, Harriet Tubman, Martin Dihigo
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Give Scorsese his due
The EnvelopeAfter 30 years of slights and snubs, it's time for the academy to give Martin Scorsese an Oscar. It may have taken forever, but Bob Dylan won a Grammy and Satchel Paige made it into the Baseball Hall of Fame. Now the academy must right a wrong of its...Tags: Neil Young, Academy Awards, Peter Bogdanovich, Martin Scorsese, Clint Eastwood
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