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Remember core values, comedian Bill Cosby tells MU graduates
Milwaukee Journal SentinelTWO OLDER AND WISER MEN -- comedian Bill Cosby and Major League Baseball Commissioner Bud Selig -- gave their advice during ceremonies Sunday in Milwaukee on how college graduates should conduct their lives. Cosby told Marquette University graduates...Tags: Marquette University, Chemical Industry, Family, Bradley Center, Baseball
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Reading Eagle, Pa., John W. Smith column
Reading Eagle, Pa.The Jackie Robinson story, "42," is surely the top sports movie of the year. It could rank as one of the top religion movies as well. The most obvious reference to religion occurs early, when Branch Rickey, Dodgers general manager, proclaims, "He's a...Tags: Baseball, Sports, Philadelphia Phillies, Pentecost
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Bonita superintendent touched by depiction of Jackie Robinson in '42'
Inland Valley Daily Bulletin"If you didn't leave the theater thinking, reflecting, interrupted and physically, emotionally and spiritually moved by the film, then you need to go have a little checkup," asserted Dr. Gary Rapkin about the impact of the biopic "42. " When one...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Justice and Rights, Baseball, 42 (movie), Racism
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La implacable maldición que atormenta a los Angelinos
Previo al arranque de la temporada de 2012 lancé una maldición a los Angelinos de Los Angeles —y en particular a Albert Pujols— que aún sigue atormentando a los serafines y al slugger dominicano. Entonces, un sábado 24 de diciembre de...
Tags: Mark Cuban, Serge Ibaka, Pablo Sandoval, Jai Alai, Sugar Ray Robinson
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St. Louis Post-Dispatch Bernie Miklasz column
St. Louis Post-DispatchCardinals GM John Mozeliak often sports a flamboyant bow tie when he goes to work at Busch Stadium, but there's no truth to the rumor that he's instructed team employees to call him "Branch Rickey" or "Mahatma." If the bow tie fits, wear it. Rickey is...Tags: Yadier Molina, Harry Potter (fictional character), Matt Carpenter, Busch Stadium, Baseball
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Letters to the Editor for May 16
“42” reminds how far we’ve come on race Dear Editor, The other night my wife Kristen and I went to see the movie42, the Jackie Robinson story. Being the son of a baseball coach and having played baseball in high school, I am...
Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Justice and Rights, Baseball, Racism, Civil Rights
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Review: "Mickey and Willie" by Allen Barra
Baseball is a game of failure. The best hitters make outs almost seven times out of 10 at-bats, and the best pitchers don't win a third of their starts. Baseball biographies and autobiographies have a similar success rate. Too many are publicity-...
Tags: Research, Metal and Mineral, Baseball, Sports, Northwestern University
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The 20 greatest Dodgers of all time, No. 1: Sandy Koufax
We recently asked you to list your choices for the 10 greatest Dodgers of all time, and vote you did, as we received an amazing 12,231 ballots. So many people voted that we have decided to expand the list from the top 10 to the top 20. Each weekday at...Tags: Dwayne Johnson, Politics, World Series, Cy Young Award, Elections
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St. Joseph News-Press, Mo., Alonzo Weston column
St. Joseph News-Press, Mo.Jason Collins is no Jackie Robinson. Repeat, Jason Collins, the NBA player who came out as the first openly gay athlete in a major sport, is no Jackie Robinson. Jackie Robinson broke the color barrier in sports when he joined the Brooklyn Dodgers as the...Tags: Cleveland Indians, American League, Major League Baseball, Baseball, Social Issues
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Author to sign copies of baseball book here
The Jamestown Sun, N.D.The movie "42" told the story of Jackie Robinson breaking the major league color barrier in 1947. The book "Color Blind," by Tom Dunkel, tells the story of the integrated teams that played baseball in North Dakota more than a decade earlier. Dunkel will...Tags: The Washington Post, The New York Times, Cleveland Indians, Book, Baseball
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Baseball is diamond in the rough to black players at Gardena Serra
On a sunny Tuesday afternoon on a cluttered street in Gardena, some very big and skilled athletes are hanging out on a concrete basketball court, bouncing around underneath rusted backboards and chain nets, acting out a typical inner-city scene, with...
Tags: San Francisco Giants, Baseball, Los Angeles Dodgers, Racism, Tennis
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Vin Scully is the true voice of Los Angeles
My young colleague, Ben Welsh, who hails from Swisher, Iowa, by way of Columbia, Mo., and Washington, D.C., quickly caught on to what we native Angelenos know subliminally. -------------------- FOR THE RECORD: Scully: A May 14 Op-Ed about Vin Scully said...
Tags: Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, Baseball, Travel, Los Angeles Dodgers, Bank of America Corp.
May 20, 2013
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May 18, 2013
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May 18, 2013
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May 18, 2013
|Column| South Florida Sun-Sentinel
May 16, 2013
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May 16, 2013
|Story| Interior Journal
May 17, 2013
|Story| Chicago Tribune
May 17, 2013
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May 15, 2013
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May 9, 2013
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May 14, 2013
|Column| Los Angeles Times
May 14, 2013
|Story| Los Angeles Times
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