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Yes, another surly Harrison Ford interview
If getting reamed by the notoriously grumpy Harrison Ford is a rite of passage for entertainment reporters, you could say I was finally initiated into the club March 18. In fact, you could say a few Chicago reporters were initiated that night. The actor...
Tags: Style Network (tv network), NBC (tv network), Scottie Pippen, Nellcote, Marc Trestman
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Good luck trying to buy a World Series
There are some things that can be bought. A space flight. The chance to be cryogenically frozen. Or maybe just some of the simpler things, like a 12-cylinder Ferrari Testarossa, beachfront property in Turks and Caicos or one of the socks Curt...
Tags: Seattle Mariners, Carlos Zambrano, Ned Colletti , Travis d'Arnaud, Toronto Blue Jays
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Ravens won't sacrifice long-term goals for short-term payoff
If you want to understand what the Ravens have been doing over the past week — other than dismantling a Super Bowl champion — it might be instructive to look back at the final week of the regular season. The Ravens had a longshot opportunity...
Tags: Dannell Ellerbe, Cincinnati Bengals, Ray Lewis, John Harbaugh, Steve Bisciotti
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For '42,' actor had to please Jackie Robinson's No. 1 fan
When Chadwick Boseman was cast as Jackie Robinson in the race-themed baseball drama "42," he was immediately confronted by someone with personal knowledge of the renowned ballplayer: the late athlete's widow, Rachel Robinson. "The first thing she said...
Tags: Celebrities, Baseball, Leo Durocher, Movies, Major League Baseball
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Dodgers' Vin Scully to be honored at annual scouts dinner
I suppose you could get tired of honoring Vin Scully, but doubt it will ever happen. Scully, who was voted into the broadcaster’s wing of the Hall of Fame back in 1982, is scheduled to be given yet another honor Saturday night at the annual...Tags: Bud Selig, Mike Piazza, Tommy Lasorda, Baseball, Academy Awards
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Gays in sports: On the field -- and in the closet
When I was 7 years old, my friends and I would play football in my backyard for hours, often with my mother watching through the kitchen window. One of the games we played was called "smear the queer." At the time I didn't know what "queer" meant. I...
Tags: Tennessee Titans, Minority Groups, Washington Redskins, National Football League, Megan Rapinoe
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Texas A&M's speed bottles up a slow Tide
Everyone wondered what a team like Oregon would do if it met Alabama on a field that could also serve as a laboratory beaker. Would Oregon's up-tempo offense fizzle when mixed with Alabama's bone-crushing defense, or explode like Mentos combined with...
Tags: Southeastern Conference, Vince Lombardi, LSU Tigers, Texas Longhorns, Big 12 Conference
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Whispers: Bundy and Harper could make history
No one knows how much the Orioles will pitch Dylan Bundy, but if they make the playoffs and add the 19-year-old right-hander to the postseason roster, he and Bryce Harper will become the 11th and 12th teenagers to advance to the playoffs. The most...
Tags: Lucas Duda, Chicago Cubs, Detroit Tigers, Cy Young Award, San Francisco Giants
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MLB whispers: Is Cohen listening?
The Steinbrenners said the Yankees weren't for sale, but it appears Steven Cohen wasn't listening. The guy who could have bought the Padres reportedly is keeping his powder dry because he thinks he can wind up owning the Yankees in a few years. …...
Tags: Comerica Park, Seattle Mariners, Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, Detroit Tigers, Chicago Cubs
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'42' star: Jackie Robinson pic shows we're 'evolving as a race'
24 Frames"42," the Jackie Robinson baseball movie starring Harrison Ford as Branch Rickey, also features Hamish Linklater as Ralph Branca. Directed by Brian Helgeland, it will be released at the start of next year's baseball season.... -
This is Obamaland: Bad luck, bad faith
"We had reversed the recession, avoided a depression, got the economy moving again. … But over the last six months, we've had a run of bad luck." President Barack Obama, Aug. 15 WASHINGTON — A troubled nation wonders: How did we get mired in...Tags: Federal Reserve, Rick Perry, Washington, DC, Economy, Business and Finance, The Washington Post
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New Dodgers Ownership Off to a Lively Start
Los Angeles TimesLOS ANGELES -- Making their first official appearance on a gray morning in a nearly empty stadium, new Dodgers owners lighted up the place Wednesday with raucous promise, defiant hope and only one certainty. Hang on to your blue, because it's going to be...Tags: Chick Hearn, Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, Bud Selig, Los Angeles Lakers, Magic Johnson
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Aug 22, 2011
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