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Google Doodle celebrates Frank Zamboni's ice-resurfacing machine
Frank Zamboni, the man who invented the hypnotic Zamboni ice resurfacing machine, was honored Wednesday with a playable Google Doodle. It would have been his 112th birthday. Zamboni invented his ice-resurfacing machine back in the 1940s, after opening...
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Book Review: 'Wonder Girl: The Magnificent Sporting Life of Babe Didrikson Zaharias'
Special to the Los Angeles TimesWonder Girl The Magnificent Sporting Life of Babe Didrikson Zaharias Don Van Natta Jr. Little, Brown: 404 pp., $27.99 So do you know who made the Top 10 when ESPN chose its 50 Greatest Athletes of the 20th Century? Here they are: (1) Michael Jordan....Tags: Joe DiMaggio, Jim Thorpe, Carl Lewis, Biography (genre), Dwight D. Eisenhower
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PST, A to Z: ‘Civic Virtue’ at LA Municipal Art Gallery and Watts Towers Arts Center
Culture MonsterPacific Standard Time will explore the origins of the Los Angeles art world through museum exhibitions throughout Southern California over the next six months. Times art reviewer Sharon Mizota has set the goal of seeing all of them. This is...... -
Donna Atwood dies at 85; longtime Ice Capades star
Ice Capades star Donna Atwood had spent almost half her life on the road when she left professional figure-skating behind at 31 to raise her three young children in a custom-built Beverly Hills home complete with a piano that folded into the wall.
She...Tags: Unrest, Conflicts and War, Human Interest, Contracts, 2016 Olympic Games, Real Estate
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Gloria Nord dies at 87; skating star of the 1940s and '50s
Gloria Nord, a theatrical skating sensation of the 1940s and '50s who captivated audiences with her balletic agility on roller skates and later on ice, died Dec. 30 in Mission Viejo. She was 87.
Nord had been in declining health in recent months from a...Tags: Children, Entertainment, Australia (movie), Elizabeth II, Social Issues
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10 Olympic sites: Revisit past glories
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterNot everyone can have the raw strength of wrestler Rulon Gardner or the flexibility of gymnast Nadia Comaneci. Oh, and forget about having the blinding foot speed of sprinter Michael Johnson. But with the Games of the XXIX Olympiad in Beijing to inspire...Tags: Athletes, Carl Lewis, Sports Illustrated, Sports, University of Southern California
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Jim Shea Sr., 2nd of 3 Generations Of Olympians, Says His Grandsons Have A Shot, Too
The Hartford CourantWhen he was a kid, Jim Shea Sr. couldn't wait to get out of Lake Placid, the then-sleepy little town in upstate New York whose claim to fame was hosting the 1932 Olympics. "I can remember vividly, walking home from school along Main Street, saying, 'I...Tags: Speed Skating, Cross Country Skiing, Sports, Nordic Skiing, Awards and Prizes
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100 Years Ago: Searching for a farm hand
100 Years Ago Hiring a farm guy In the classified section of the Times: "Wanted; To hire by the year a young and industrious Farm Hand, with small family. Good opening for permanent place and future. W.S. Powell, Times Office Ellicott City." Seems...Tags: Howard County, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Savoy (music group), Ellicott City, Reisterstown Road
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Blackhawks' red ink
Tribune staff reporterThe Blackhawks ended their season with capacity attendance and record merchandise sales, television ratings and sponsorship revenues, and the Stanley Cup. But financially the team was a loser. Exactly how much money was lost is something team executives...Tags: Television, Ice Hockey, Chicago Tribune, Chicago Blackhawks, Sports
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What ever happened to Michael J.R. Kirby?
There are many places in the Chicago area where a child can learn to ice skate today: ice arenas, the park district, even backyard rinks.
But a few decades ago, ice skating was reserved for the most privileged of people who could afford to pay for ice...Tags: Ice Skating, Winter Olympics, Children, Sports, Multi-Sport Events
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'The Count of Monte Cristo'
Times Film CriticIf you don't include (and there is no reason you should) 1948's "The Countess of Monte Cristo," starring celebrated skater Sonja Henie, at least five filmed versions of Alexandre Dumas' "The Count of Monte Cristo" predate the current one. Too bad they...Tags: Television, Robin Hood, Prince (music artist), Fencing, Movies
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Having a disastrous time, wish you were here
Everyone loves a good scare. Witness the success of the horror movie genre, wild amusement park rides, and the increasing popularity of adventure sports. While these thrills provide a good adrenaline rush, not all scares have a happy ending. In just...Tags: Baltimore Weather, Trips and Vacations, Weather, Arson, Disasters and Accidents
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