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No-Hitters, No Wonder
Posted on 23 Jun 2012 by Steven Keys.
Everybody’s talkin’ (Nilsson), ‘bout LeBron, R.A. Dickey and no-hitters. While Kevin Durant’s Finals fade is fodder for debate, not much more worthwhile to write about His Magnitude, Mr. James until the leaves start to turn. As for the plethora of pitching gems, theories abound. Next time you go to the ballpark, better hold on to that ticket stub for you could be in possession of a litt...
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Selig Leaves Legacy in HGH Test
Posted on 29 Nov 2011 by Steven Keys.
Somewhere along the way Bud Selig lost the meaning. Sometime between his halcyon college days (UW ‘56) and tenure as MLB’s big kahuna he lost his love for baseball. It’s a surprising turnabout given how his early years read. Like so many others during America’s radio days the young Bud joined that burgeoning class of folk known as sporting fans, often attending minor league contests wit...
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Party Over, Baseball Grind Begins
Posted on 17 Jul 2011 by Steven Keys.
Carnac the Magnificent couldn’t have seen it coming (Pioneers of Television / PBS / Sun & Th). By the time Johnny Carson retired in 1992 after 30 years manning the night desk, The Tonight Show had been transformed from a time-slot enigma into an American institution. And it almost never happened. Hosting a daytime game show when he got the call from NBC (‘62), Carson passed on their...
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How 3-Pointer Tamed the NBA
Posted on 2 Mar 2011 by Steven Keys.
They were giants of the sporting world: names like Mikan, Pettit, Russell, Chamberlain, Truck, Moses, the Enforcer (Lucas), the Big O (Robertson), the Big E (Hayes) and the Big Redhead (Walton). Basketball’s leviathans in the low post. Fans thrilled at their combination of size, strength and agility. The battles they fought under the boards defined the NBA and made sport headlines for nearl...









