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Dennis Hopper's carnival ride through life
"I was a beatnik, and then I was a hippie, and before that I was a bohemian," a sky-high Dennis Hopper confided to Merv Griffin on television one night in 1971, in a clip you can see on YouTube. On the opposite couch, Willie Mays uncomfortably refilled...
Tags: Paul Newman, Bruce Conner, Kris Kristofferson, Entertainment, Apocalypse Now (movie)
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Mickey Mantle play in the works from pop music author David Leaf
It looks like “batter up!” again on the theatrical boards: Mickey Mantle is the subject of a new play that writer-producer David Leaf is working on with the cooperation of Danny and David Mantle, sons of the incredibly talented but careless...
Tags: The Beach Boys, Joe Mantegna, Fences (music group), Entertainment, Dennis Franz
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A-Rod and Derek Jeter will provide some of AL's best story lines
With spring training starting this week, it's time to look at some of the most intriguing story lines across Major League Baseball. Writers from the Tribune Co. will discuss the American League on Monday and the National League on Tuesday. Feel free to...
Tags: Major League Baseball, Tribune Company, Albert Pujols, Nick Swisher, Jose Reyes
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Many Hall of Famers seem glad Clemens, Bonds were snubbed
Al Kaline, Dennis Eckersley and Mike Schmidt have a few things in common. One, they are all members of baseball's Hall of Fame. Two, they are all glad no one was elected to join them this year. “I’m kind of glad that nobody got in this year,...
Tags: Mark McGwire, Al Kaline, Frank Robinson, Baseball, Detroit Free Press
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Marine injured in Afghanistan throws first pitch at World Series
L.A. NOWMarine Cpl. Nicholas Kimmel, who lost both legs and his left arm in Afghanistan, threw out the ceremonial first pitch at Thursday's World Series game in San Francisco: a strike.... -
In excitement over Giants' World Series sweep, mistakes happen
L.A. NOWI left my brain in San Francisco. That’s the only possible explanation for the egregious error I made in a story about Sunday night’s outpouring of joy in San Francisco over the Giants’ four-game sweep of the shell-shocked Detroit Tigers... -
Vin Scully, pitch perfect for the Dodgers
Oh, that voice! It comes out of the TV, it comes out of the radio, it comes out of the man sitting across from me in the cafe behind the press box at Dodger Stadium. Courtly and indefatigable, Vin Scully has been calling Dodger games since Harry Truman...
Tags: Ted Lilly, Football, Entertainment, Chick Hearn, George Allen
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LeRoy Neiman dies at 91; artist depicted sports in bold strokes
LeRoy Neiman, a wildly successful American artist who was famous for his colorful portraits of athletes in motion and who became an artistic fixture at such major sporting events as the Olympics and the Super Bowl, has died. He was 91.
Neiman, who was...Tags: Muhammad Ali, Fine Artists, Hugh Hefner, Art Institute of Chicago, Super Bowl
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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: Cancer, Culture, Michael Jordan, Jack Nicklaus, Magic Johnson
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Bill Gross apologizes to Pimco fund owners for 'bad year'
Money & CompanyBond guru Bill Gross is offering a big mea culpa to disappointed shareholders of his Pimco Total Return Bond fund, which is suffering through a bout of terrible performance. In a “special edition” of his monthly investment outlook, Newport... -
Did Topps turn down a deal on Maury Wills because he was such a bad prospect?
The Fabulous ForumBASEBALL URBAN LEGEND: Maury Wills was such a longshot to make it in the Major Leagues that Topps turned down the opportunity to sign him to a $5 baseball card contract. Maury Wills is a true Los Angeles Dodgers legend.......
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