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ESPN honors Eli Manning, David Tyree for Catch 42
WatchdogThe Giants won a bunch of stuff at the ESPYs Wednesday night. Yes, including Best Play. Click below for the release from ESPN. Now everyone please leave me alone so I can get some work done. There is significant (non-Francesa/Russo)......Tags: Politics, Kiefer Sutherland, Lorena Ochoa, Tennis, Josh Hamilton
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Jeremy Schaap is covering the Obama Inauguration
WatchdogThat's it for this week. Enjoy the conference title games, Martin Luther King Jr. Day and Inauguration Day. Once a week I serve as a writing coach for fifth graders at the local school. This week the talk turned to......Tags: Paul Pierce, ESPN (tv network), Society, Government, Jackie Robinson
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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: Geno Auriemma, Carlton Fisk, Herb Brooks, Kevin Garnett, Bo Jackson
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Tommie Smith: An Olympic journey of prejudice, then perseverance
The boos and the catcalls echoed as Tommie Smith and John Carlos walked off the medal stand in the summer of 1968, track shoes in their hands to symbolize the poverty of their youth. The noise reached a crescendo as they stepped into a tunnel labeled...
Tags: Mexico City, Vietnam War (1955-1975), International Olympic Committee, Mexico, Justin Gatlin
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Charlie Pasarell, new Hall of Fame member, keeps building his legacy
Charlie Pasarell has long been tennis' answer to baseball's Field of Dreams. Pasarell built it, and they came. Actually, Pasarell kept building, and the players kept coming. No singular sensation for this visionary of the sport. Monday in New York,...
Tags: Tennis, BNP Paribas, Oracle Corp., Shoeless Joe Jackson, John Isner
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Dan Marino continues 20-year walk with autism
People always lament how sports stars aren't heroes like they used to be. Lance Armstrong lies. Tiger Woods stains his name. The entire Baseball Hall of Fame ballot is at issue. But what if everyone's telling the wrong stories? Because this is what...
Tags: Dan Marino, Bob Griese, Muhammad Ali, Behavioral Conditions, Autism
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Los Angeles gives up its once-prominent stop on men's tennis tour
Bob Kramer spoke of the loss he is about to suffer, admitting he has a hole in his heart. He wasn't grieving a child or a parent, just a best friend. Kramer is director of a tennis tournament that will be no more. The Los Angeles men's tennis event that...
Tags: Los Angeles Times Columnists, Tennis, Ken Rosewall, Boris Becker, Roger Federer
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Redefining what it means to be 'able'
Mary SanchezLearn the name. You'll know his unique stride soon. Oscar Pistorius will be a man to watch at the London's Summer 2012 Olympics. He's a South African runner who will challenge your view of what is means to be "disabled." A double-amputee, Pistorius...Tags: Oscar Pistorius, 2012 Summer Olympics, Muhammad Ali, Track and Field, Adolf Hitler
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Legg Mason's broker king key piece of deal with Citi
IN THE MAIN dining room at Shula's on West Fayette Street, over cocktails and a dinner featuring 12-ounce strip steaks and filet mignon, Smith Barney executives gave Marvin H. McIntyre and an elite group of Legg Mason brokers their best sales pitch....Tags: Michael Jordan, Washington Post Co., Citigroup Incorporated, Sports, Stan Smith
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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: Baltimore Colts, National or Ethnic Minorities, Tennis, Religion and Belief, Lee Elder
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10 and Under Tennis a great way to introduce kids to the game
Lehigh Valley ParentingLower Macungie native Christine Taylor, known for her role as Marcia Brady in the "The Brady Bunch Movie,"wants to encourage kids to take up a racquet and try tennis. Taylor is the spokesperson for the United States Tennis Association's "10 and Under"... -
A lens on the Olympics: Shooting the Federer/Del Potro tennis match
FrameworkRobert Gauthier, Los Angeles Times Wimbledon: We're deep into the third set and Roger Federer is on the ropes. Down a break and facing defeat, he rushes the net as his opponent, Juan Martin Del Potro of Argentina, powerful and tenacious, lines up a...
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