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Kansas City Royals hire George Brett as hitting coach
Dodgers Manager Don Mattingly no longer occupies the hottest seat in baseball. That distinction now falls upon Kansas City Royals Manager Ned Yost. The Royals did not fire Yost on Thursday. But they did hire George Brett as hitting coach, which would be...
Tags: Tampa Bay Rays, Baseball, World Baseball Classic, Jeff Francoeur, Sports
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NBA veteran Jason Collins is first active player to say he is gay
Jason Collins had long been keeping a secret. As a standout high school player at Harvard-Westlake School, as a star at Stanford and through a 12-year NBA career, he had hidden something fundamental about himself from his family, friends and teammates....
Tags: Same-Sex Marriage, Minnesota Vikings, Jeff Locke, Shaquille O'Neal, Gays and Lesbians
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Petco Park changes haven't helped Padres
Powering down The San Diego Padres moved in the outfield fences this season, a nod to hitters frustrated when a home run anywhere else would be an out at Petco Park. In the Padres' first 10 home games, three balls that would have been outs last season...
Tags: Entertainment, Yasmani Grandal, Baseball, Tampa Bay Rays, Colorado Rockies
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Book review: 'Into the Silence: The Great War, Mallory, and the Conquest of Everest' by Wade Davis
Tribune NewspapersOn June 6, 1924, two men set out from a camp set at 23,000 feet on Mt. Everest. They were George Mallory, who, at 37, was already one of the world's most accomplished climbers, and Andrew "Sandy" Irvine, a 22-year-old Oxford graduate with little...Tags: Lytton Strachey, Environmental Issues, Book, United Kingdom, Religion and Belief
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The year in review and Mt. Everest too
Jacket CopyDavid L. Ulin picks his favorite books of the year and we have a new review of a new work on Mt. Everest, too.... -
Joe Maddon still likes Rays' AL East chances despite expected heavy losses
The Fabulous ForumFormer Angels bench coach Joe Maddon said many of his friends thought he was crazy for taking the Tampa Bay managerial job back in 2005, because there simply was no way the Rays could compete with the New York Yankees......
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