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    May 30, 2012 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  1. The story of the Penn State Nittany Lion

    <span style=&quot;text-decoration: underline;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">BASEBALL URBAN LEGEND</span></span>: A Penn State baseball player came up with the "Nittany Lion" mascot at a baseball game as a response to taunts from fans of another team.
    BASEBALL URBAN LEGEND: A Penn State baseball player came up with the "Nittany Lion" mascot at a baseball game as a response to taunts from fans of another team. As I have detailed in a number of legends over the years (like this tale of the Georgetown...

    Tags: Culture, College Baseball, Baseball, Museum of Natural History, Ceremonies

    2. May 25, 2012 | Los Angeles Times

  2. 'Duets': I missed it because of singing-show fatigue

    Pop & Hiss
    "Duets," ABC's first foray into singing competitions premiered on Thursday. We missed it, in a case of singing competition fatigue....
    3. May 24, 2012 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  3. Did a baseball team win the first U.S. pro soccer league title?

    <span style=&quot;text-decoration: underline;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">BASEBALL/SOCCER URBAN LEGEND</span></span>: The first American professional soccer league championship was won by a moonlighting baseball team.
    BASEBALL/SOCCER URBAN LEGEND: The first American professional soccer league championship was won by a moonlighting baseball team. While individual players had been paid for games going as far back as 1892, it was not until the early 20th Century that...

    Tags: New York Yankees, Atlanta Braves, National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum, Ottawa Senators, Baseball

    4. May 19, 2012 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  4. Gather 'round while we sing you the legend of Dodger A.J. Ellis

    And so the legend of A.J. Ellis&nbsp;grows yet again. By the time this is over, they won&rsquo;t be singing songs comparing him to Roy Campanella, but to Davy Crockett.
    And so the legend of A.J. Ellis grows yet again. By the time this is over, they won’t be singing songs comparing him to Roy Campanella, but to Davy Crockett. Ellis is the great surprise of the Dodgers’ 2012 season, a career minor leaguer...

    Tags: A.J. Ellis, Baseball, Los Angeles Dodgers, Don Mattingly, Sports

    5. May 17, 2012 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  5. Did a Gatorade shower kill George Allen?

    <span style=&quot;text-decoration: underline;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">FOOTBALL URBAN LEGEND</span></span>: Did a Gatorade shower lead to the death of a Hall of Fame football coach?
    FOOTBALL URBAN LEGEND: Did a Gatorade shower lead to the death of a Hall of Fame football coach? After leading the New York Giants to a victory in Super Bowl XLVI earlier this year, head coach Tom Coughlin earned himself his second post-Super Bowl...

    Tags: Gale Sayers, Mike Ditka, Cardiac Arrhythmia, Long Beach State 49ers, Chicago Bears

    6. May 9, 2012 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  6. Howard Carter, first superstar tomb-finder, gets a Google Doodle

    Howard Carter was the original tomb raider, discovering King Tutankhamun's tomb and giving birth to a Hollywood sub-genre that turned Angelina Jolie into an action hero. And today, on what would have been Carter's 138th birthday, he has a Google Doodle to show for it.
    Howard Carter was the original tomb raider, discovering King Tutankhamun's tomb and giving birth to a Hollywood sub-genre that turned Angelina Jolie into an action hero. And today, on what would have been Carter's 138th birthday, he has a Google Doodle to...

    Tags: Egypt, Arts and Culture, Angelina Jolie, Archaeology

    7. May 17, 2012 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  7. They jam econo: Downsizing rockers go from tour bus to van

    Attention groupies: You may still be able to board the tour bus. Just don't expect ample legroom.
    Attention groupies: You may still be able to board the tour bus. Just don't expect ample legroom. In yet another example of downsized American dreams in the struggling economy, many rock 'n' roll bands are finding that touring the country in a tricked-...

    Tags: Young Jeezy, Satellite Technology, Tour Operations Industry, Blu-ray Discs, Arts and Culture

    8. May 10, 2012 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  8. Was Houston QB Jacky Lee leased to another pro football team?

    <span style=&quot;text-decoration: underline;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">FOOTBALL URBAN LEGEND</span></span>: A professional football team once leased a quarterback to another team.
    FOOTBALL URBAN LEGEND: A professional football team once leased a quarterback to another team. Strange trades have long been a part of professional sports history. Heck, just recently in Sports Legends Revealed I've featured a quarterback that the New...

    Tags: Len Dawson, Ban Johnson, National League, American League, Arena Football League

    9. Apr 27, 2012 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  9. The Siren's Call: A once and future epic

    Behind the action of Simon Armitage's marvelous translation of the Middle English epic "The Death of King Arthur" (W.W. Norton: 306 pp., $26.95), there's an unmistakable mood of bitterness. It has nothing to do with Arthur's fate — yes, there's...

    Tags: Rome (Italy), England, Bernard Cornwell, Poetry, France

    10. May 4, 2012 | Los Angeles Times

  10. In Rotation: Carole King's 'The Legendary Demos'

    Pop & Hiss
    Songwriter Carole King has collected her classic demo recordings onto "The Legendary Demos." Times pop music critic Randall Roberts says it's an essential document....
    11. May 7, 2012 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  11. Nepal's fierce Gurkha soldiers find themselves under siege

    Deo Man Limbu sat in a veterans hall lined with pictures of old soldiers and reflected on his years of service, his battles and his dreams. The retired major with Britain's legendary Gurkhas faced the Argentines in the 1982 Falklands War, when being a member of one of the world's most feared fighting forces had its advantages.
    Deo Man Limbu sat in a veterans hall lined with pictures of old soldiers and reflected on his years of service, his battles and his dreams. The retired major with Britain's legendary Gurkhas faced the Argentines in the 1982 Falklands War, when being a...

    Tags: Politics, Elizabeth II, Interior Policy, World War I (1914-1918), Imperial and Royal Matters

    12. Apr 27, 2012 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  12. Review: 'The Pruitt-Igoe Myth' builds from an implosion

    Forty years ago, an enormous, decrepit, crime-ridden St. Louis public housing project was destroyed with dynamite. Television and still pictures of the imploding buildings went viral, so to speak, though that wasn't a term yet.
    Forty years ago, an enormous, decrepit, crime-ridden St. Louis public housing project was destroyed with dynamite. Television and still pictures of the imploding buildings went viral, so to speak, though that wasn't a term yet. The death of the complex...

    Tags: Movies, Documentary (genre), Entertainment, Arts and Culture

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