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Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail

Posted by on May 28, 2014 in Featured, Sports | Comments Off on Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail

Here’s your bold vision. Here’s your thinking out of the box. The CEO of the Retirement Systems of Alabama said to himself,...

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Close Encounters of the Third Kind

Posted by on Oct 30, 2012 in Featured, Film | Comments Off on Close Encounters of the Third Kind

The wonky title refers to a scale of alien contact developed by ufologist (wrote the bloggerologist) J. Allen Hynek. The book, published a...

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Yankee Stadium

Posted by on Mar 5, 2012 in Featured, Sports | Comments Off on Yankee Stadium

The original Yankee Stadium, of course. It didn’t have the quirky charm of Fenway Park. Or the ivy walls of Wrigley Field. And yet,...

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Actor: Kevin Costner

Posted by on Jul 7, 2011 in Actor | Comments Off on Actor: Kevin Costner

Kevin Costner is the greatest sports movie actor of all time. Now, that in itself may not be enough to secure a place on a list like this....

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Film: Bull Durham

Posted by on Jan 5, 2010 in Film | Comments Off on Film: Bull Durham

If the book Ball Four by Jim Bouton demythologized baseball books, Bull Durham did the same for baseball movies. Most had been upbeat,...

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Film: Field of Dreams

Posted by on Jun 13, 2009 in Film | Comments Off on Film: Field of Dreams

“If you build it, he will come.” One of the most memorable lines in all of movie history, it’s what everyone knows about...

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