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Yankees Owner Steinbrenner Dies
Web ReporterHe was baseball's bombastic Boss. He rebuilt the New York Yankees dynasty, ushering in the era of multimillion-dollar salaries and accepting nothing less in return than World Series championships. He fired managers. Rehired them. And fired them again....Tags: Public Employees, All Stars, Metal and Mineral, High School Sports, Darryl Strawberry
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September 8 - Author Mike Sandrolini
WGN NewsBear With Me To purchase a copy of the book: Bear With Me: A Family History of George Halas and the Chicago Bears Bear With Me: A Family History of George Halas and the Chicago Bears tells this story and many others from the perspective of his grandson...Tags: Gale Sayers, National Football League, Chicago Bears, Arts and Culture, Mike Ditka
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Armageddon with a halftime show
Joe Queenan writes frequently for Barron's, the New York Times Book Review and the Guardian.TODAY'S SUPER BOWL offers Americans the increasingly rare opportunity to witness the triumph of absolute good over unadulterated evil. This is what pro sports used to be about, when teams were concentrated in the industrial colossi of the nation, when the...Tags: New York Yankees, National Football League, Death, American League, Peyton Manning
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Sports figures
Sports figures Jim Dooley, 77; succeeded George Halas as coach of the Chicago Bears (Jan. 8) Christopher Bowman, 40; two-time U.S. figure skating champion (Jan. 10) Johnny Podres, 75; left-hander pitched Dodgers to first World Series title in...Tags: Vehicles, Sports Illustrated, Bodybuilding, All Stars, Metal and Mineral
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Lakers' Buss knows when to hold 'em
The best owner in the history of professional sports is strolling through his sprawling hilltop home when he comes upon an ornate wooden door riddled with three gaping holes.
It is the door to his private elevator. It is also, perhaps, the portal to a...Tags: Kwame Brown, Kobe Bryant, New York Yankees, Baseball, Basketball
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George McAfee dies at 90; college, pro football Hall of Famer
George McAfee, who was an explosive threat playing both offense and defense for the Chicago Bears in the 1940s, died Wednesday in Durham, N.C. He was 90. -------------------- FOR THE RECORD: George McAfee obituary: The obituary of Hall of Fame Chicago...Tags: College Baseball, College Football, Baseball, Obituaries, Duke University
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The Chicago Bears win the 1986 Super Bowl
Chicago TribuneThe Chicago Bears devastated the New England Patriots on this date in Super Bowl XX by an appropriate score, 46-10, stamping their ravaging "46" defense on National Football League history. The victory in New Orleans' Superdome, the first major...Tags: Miami Dolphins, Dan Hampton, Mike Singletary, Jim McMahon, Super Bowl
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Birth of the National Football League
Tribune staff reporterAs the 1920 football season began, professional teams faced three pressing problems involving players: Salaries were rising quickly, players were jumping from one team to another and teams were using college players who had yet to graduate. These...Tags: National Football League, Wrigley Field, Chicago Bears, Bronko Nagurski, Detroit Lions
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The Chicago Bears wins the 1963 NFL Championship
Chicago TribuneGrit, savvy and sheer brutality--those are classic Chicago traits, no matter the endeavor, and they brought the National Football League championship to Chicago on this date, when the Bears defeated the New York Giants 14-10. The Bears had not been a...Tags: Vince Lombardi, Weather Reports, Chicago Weather, Bill George, National Football League
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Select company
Tribune staff reporterThe 1983 draft put the Bears on the path to the Super Bowl two years later. The Bears picked up Walter Payton in 1975, which made that a watershed draft. But when it comes to the best draft in Bears history, it is no contest. On Nov. 28, 1964, the...Tags: Joe Namath, National Football League, Dick Butkus, National Collegiate Athletic Association, Multi-Sport Events
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Ask David Haugh
Nowhere in the 96 pages of the S.L. Parker book, "212: The Extra Degree,'' can be found instructions on how to play cornerback in the NFL. But Charles Tillman feels much more equipped to do his job after reading Parker's self-help book in the off-...Tags: Adewale Ogunleye, Ricky Manning, Jr., Nathan Vasher, Charles Tillman, National Football League
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Emmy Winner, Oscar Nominee Jack Warden Dies
Zap2It.comJack Warden, a gravel-voiced character actor and two-time Oscar nominee who appeared in nearly 100 feature films, has died. He was 85. Warden, who won an Emmy award for his portrayal of crusty football coach George Halas in the 1971 ABC movie "Brian's...Tags: Television Industry, Julie Christie, Clifford Odets, Health, Lee Grant
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