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Baseball’s Spring Training

Posted by on Mar 19, 2012 in Featured, Sports | Comments Off on Baseball’s Spring Training

True baseball fans (the dwindling numbers that remain) count down the time like a kid waiting for Santa: “Only 24 days till pitchers...

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Sports: Jim Thorpe

Posted by on Jul 8, 2010 in Sports | 1 comment

Jim Thorpe called football his favorite sport. And he certainly excelled at it, both at the collegiate and professional levels. But he...

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Sports: Robin Roberts

Posted by on May 6, 2010 in Sports | 1 comment

No. 36 made it to 83. Today, Hall-of-Fame Philadelphia Phillies pitcher Robin Roberts left the game. He was my boyhood hero and the man...

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Sports: Hank Aaron

Posted by on Oct 29, 2009 in Sports | Comments Off on Sports: Hank Aaron

Hank Aaron is Major League Baseball’s legitimate all-time leader in home runs. Of course I say “legitimate” because he...

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