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Bland Opening for Yankees in New Stadium
The fans poured into the new Yankee Stadium hours early on Thursday, eager to witness the historic first regular-season game at the new ballpark. One 40-ish man said as he crossed 161st St.: "I haven't been this excited since I was a little kid." The...Tags: Baseball, Chicago Cubs, Coca-Cola, Jorge Posada, Yogi Berra
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Piniella's surreal Cubs life
Tribune staff reporterAfter their dismal April, who would have thought the Cubs would be a game over .500 -- and only 4 1/2 games behind the Brewers in the National League Central standings -- at the All-Star break? A lot has happened since the Cubs opened their season with...Tags: Casey Stengel, Defense, Bars and Clubs, Baseball, Chicago Cubs
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Barbaro's race ends in injury
Sun ReporterA spectacular day of racing turned catastrophic when Barbaro, a 3-year-old colt with a seemingly clear path to the Triple Crown, broke down in the first furlong of the 131st Preakness Stakes yesterday and was fighting for his life last night. Instead...Tags: Health, Pimlico Race Course, Hospitals and Clinics, Preakness Stakes, Barbaro
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AL wins marathon midsummer classic
Sun reporterOn a perfect summer evening for baseball, in the sport's most venerable cathedral, with nearly 50 of its all-time greats looking on, the 79th All-Star Game simply didn't want the good times to end. The longest midsummer classic, time-wise, in history...Tags: Bars and Clubs, Health, National Football League, San Diego Padres, Yogi Berra
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Lou Saban dies at 87; NFL coach and Yankees executive
Associated PressLou Saban, who coached O.J. Simpson in the NFL and ran the New York Yankees for George Steinbrenner during a well-traveled career as a coach and administrator that spanned five decades, died Sunday. He was 87. Saban died at his home in North Myrtle...Tags: Defense, Armed Forces, Cleveland Browns, Indiana University, National Football League
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'The Yankee Years' by Joe Torre and Tom Verducci
Last week, as the controversy over Joe Torre and Tom Verducci's "The Yankee Years" was ratcheting up, I got an e-mail from my brother, who, like me, is a lifelong New York Yankees fan. "As I understand it," he wrote, "Torre is saying NYY is a tough...Tags: Steroids, Cleveland Indians, Mariano Rivera, Tino Martinez, Scott Brosius
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TV Party: 'Bronx Is Burning'
Zap2It.comThe year was 1977: "Annie" opened on Broadway, "Star Wars" hit the big screen with what none of us knew at the time was, in fact, its fourth installment and Elvis Presley launched from a porcelain bowl into the great hereafter. But for sports fans, 1977...Tags: Hot Dogs, Elvis Presley, Lifestyle and Leisure, Tom Petty, Foods and Beverages
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AL wins All-Star game 4-3 in 15 innings
The Associated PressBaseball's All-Stars came to say goodbye to Yankee Stadium -- and what a long, long goodbye it was. In a game that started Tuesday night and faded well into Wednesday, Justin Morneau slid home just in time on Michael Young's sacrifice fly in the 15th...Tags: Russell Martin, Mickey Mantle, Mariano Rivera, Yogi Berra, Ernie Banks
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PASSINGS
Johnny Blanchard Pinch-hit specialist Johnny Blanchard, 76, who played on five World Series- winning teams with the New York Yankees and was nicknamed "Super-Sub" for his versatility, died Wednesday of a heart attack at North Memorial Medical Center...Tags: Health, Baseball, Mickey Mantle, Hospitals and Clinics, Government
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TV Review: 'The Bronx Is Burning'
Zap2It.comThe 1977 New York Yankees were more than a baseball team -- they were a phenomenon, the pinstriped personification of their flamboyant owner and one of the most tumultuous summers in Gotham's history. That's what ESPN's eight-episode limited series...Tags: John Turturro, Baseball, Bella Abzug, Spike Lee, Ed Koch
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Platt, 'Piz' Pluck Pilot Parts
Zap2It.comMultiple Emmy nominee Oliver Platt and "Veronica Mars" actor Chris Lowell have joined a pair of fairly high-profile projects in development at ABC. Platt, who had a recurring part on "The West Wing," will return to the political realm in the Alphabet's...Tags: ABC (tv network), Kate Walsh, Grey's Anatomy (tv program), Science, Bronx (New York City)
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'Nip/Tuck' Work for Platt, Hutton
Zap2It.comThree-time Emmy nominee Oliver Platt and model-actress Lauren Hutton will be featured on "Nip/Tuck" in the coming season. The pair have signed on for multi-episode guest arcs on the FX series, and both will be playing showbiz types in Los Angeles, the...Tags: Richard Nixon, Frost Nixon (movie), Bronx (New York City), Tuck (tv program), Dylan Walsh
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