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Don King turns 80: Boxing promoter downplays celebration; too busy working
Business & Pleasure of Sports | Sun Sentinel blogsHere???s a hair-raising revelation: Don King turned 80 on Saturday. The UK???s Daily Mail commemorated it with an expansive feature on King???s career. The British tabloid reported that King, based in Deerfield Beach, is keeping the celebration low key...Tags: Larry Holmes, London Theatre, Career and Workplace, United Kingdom, George Foreman
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Yogi, Whitey and others to visit ESPN booth Sunday
WatchdogIdeally, I should rewrite ESPN's news release about its plans for the final game at Yankee Stadium in my own words. But after all that Mike Francesa transcription and answering 113 questions in my live chat, I don't feel like......Tags: Reggie Jackson, World Series, Yogi Berra, Archie Moore, New York Yankees
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Team hotel, other tidbits as FAU prepares for trip north
FAU Sports | Sun-Sentinel BlogsJust chatted with the FAU folks and the team hotel is the Detroit Marriott at Renaissance Center. I have stayed there before, and it is a nice pad. Goes up like 80 floors and is right on the river and......Tags: Natural Disasters, Virginia Tech, Hurricanes, Disasters, Meteorological Disasters
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Jonas Brothers Coming to Detroit Auto Show
KickingTiresAt a time when automakers are trying to scale back on auto show spending, the folks behind the Detroit auto show are making a big play to attract show-goers. The co-chairman of the 2009 show announced that the popular teen......Tags: Jonas Brothers (music group), Auto Shows, Vehicles, Services and Shopping, Automotive Equipment
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ESPN promotes South Dakota tourism or something
WatchdogESPN's latest "Mt. Rushmore of Sports" release doesn't make much more sense to me than the last one. It appears Babe Ruth, Jackie Robinson, Joe Namath and Manhasset's own Jim Brown will represent New York in this feature. I'm not......Tags: Emmitt Smith, Phil Jackson, Brian Urlacher, Cycling, Arthur Ashe
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MSG plans 'Summer Block Party' of programming
WatchdogReaders often ask me on my live chats this time of year what MSG's plans are for summer programming. Let's get that out of the way right now, before my 11 a.m. chat Wednesday. Click below for the network's entire......Tags: Boxing, Floyd Patterson, New York Knicks, MGM Inc., National Basketball Association
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Stanley Cup must be observed privately in Detroit
WatchdogRed Wings fans will not be allowed to watch and celebrate together at Joe Louis Arena if their squad wins the Cup Tuesday night. Unfortunate.......Tags: Detroit Red Wings
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Joe Louis Walker, the blues and beyond
As a teenager in ‘60s San Francisco, Joe Louis Walker lived just blocks away from Sly Stone, roomed with Mike Bloomfield, and played shows with B.B. King, Jimi Hendrix and Thelonious Monk. Walker was the 16-year-old house guitarist at the Matrix,...
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Album review: Joe Louis Walker, 'Hellfire'
3 stars (out of 4)
Veteran blues guitarist Joe Louis Walker has been recording steadily since the mid’-80s, but “Hellfire” is his first album for Chicago-based Alligator Records. It is also his most rock-oriented release, with...Tags: Music, Jimi Hendrix, Entertainment, Susan Tedeschi, Buddy Guy
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Alligator's Bruce Iglauer among Chicagoans of the Year
Each year the Tribune recognizes a handful of Chicagoans as its artists of the year. This year, Alligator Records founder Bruce Iglauer is among them. Here's why:
The Chicago Blues Festival reserved its final night last June for a birthday party:...Tags: Music, Corey Harris, American Civil Liberties Union, Entertainment Events, Koko Taylor
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Lacy was a grand champion for biggest of sports' causes
WASHINGTON - As the letters from senators and congressmen were read, and tributes came from athletes, peers and family, maybe the most touching words came from former Colts and Hall of Fame running back Lenny Moore. "Thank you, Sam," said Moore, as he...Tags: Lee Elder, Baltimore Colts, Arthur Ashe, Social Issues, Religion and Belief
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Robert Graham, L.A.'s masterful sculptor
Though every artist's death diminishes us, Robert Graham's loss impoverishes Los Angeles in a deep and particular way.
Graham, who died last Saturday at the age of 70 after a serious illness, was not simply the city's premier public artist, he was a...Tags: Sculpture, John Ruskin, Death, Duke Ellington, Social Issues
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