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Greenacres man's plan to reconcile with ex-girlfriend involved fake kidnapping, police say Monday, July 18, 2011 @ 1:20PMGreenacres man's plan to reconcile with ex-girlfriend involved fake kidnapping, police say
Sox should step up to plate with Buehrle Monday, July 18, 2011 @ 11:51AMPhil Rogers: Why haven’t the White Sox started talking contract with Mark Buehrle? They played with fire last winter, allowing Paul Konerko to reach free agency before re-signing him, and appear willing to do the same with their most reliable pitcher.
Your morning Phil: Buehrle, Big Z, Joe D Monday, July 18, 2011 @ 11:32AMTalking baseball while wishing for some of Darren Clarke’s sense of carpe diem: 1. Why haven’t the White Sox started talking contract with Mark Buehrle ?
Cleveland Indians could be in trouble, says Dennis Manoloff (SBTV) Monday, July 18, 2011 @ 10:45AMDark days may be ahead for the struggling Cleveland Indians, writer Dennis Manoloff says.
A Transcendent Night for a Young Sport Monday, July 18, 2011 @ 9:02AMReaction to the instant classic that was the Women's World Cup final. Plus: Darren Clarke's roundabout journey to a British Open victory; the cyclists who beat Carmaggedon; and more.
Anniversary of Joe DiMaggio's 56-game hitting streak Monday, July 18, 2011 @ 7:45AMSunday was the anniversary of the end of Joe DiMaggio's 56-game hitting streak.
Remember these? Sorry ... you're old Monday, July 18, 2011 @ 7:37AMYou just might be old if you remember when ... -- Infielders chattered and whistled. Now they tweet. -- The on-deck batter swung two bats. Or if he was a mighty slugger, three bats. -- A majority of Olympic champions...
The World According to ZZ Top's Billy Gibbons Monday, July 18, 2011 @ 6:24AMNo one can say Billy Gibbons doesn't have a way with words
Local Schedule Monday, July 18, 2011 @ 12:44AMToday
On This Date: July 18 Monday, July 18, 2011 @ 12:44AM1982 — In Joe DiMaggio League baseball, the Napa Sheriff’s defeated Napa Moose Lodge 14-6. For the Sheriff’s, Jim Jackson and Rob Jones each had three hits. For the Moose Lodge, Ernie Ilsley had two hits while Jim Brown hit a home run.
Rogers just misses 300 game Sunday, July 17, 2011 @ 11:45PMSo close! Mark Rogers bowled a 299 game last Thursday in the Classic Doubles League. The 8 pin failed to fall on his last ball, denying him a perfect game.
Reynolds belongs in Hall of Fame Sunday, July 17, 2011 @ 10:56PMCAMPBELL'S SCOOP ............. Bruce Campbell, commentary ENID — Baseball Hall of Fame’s latest class will be inducted Saturday. Unfort-unately, Allie Reynolds won’t be among them.
One more wasted opportunity for Mickelson Sunday, July 17, 2011 @ 6:36PMPhil Mickelson not only lost to the British Open to Darren Clarke on Sunday, he lost more ground to golf's all-time greats. It's doubtful that at this stage of his career, at age 41, he will ever make it up.
Hansen: I'm back, and things look a lot different Sunday, July 17, 2011 @ 5:28PMAs I was saying 10 years ago ...
Joe DiMaggio’s 56-game hit streak ended 70 years ago Sunday Sunday, July 17, 2011 @ 1:24PMSunday marks the 70-year anniversary of Joe DiMaggio's 56-game hitting streak coming to an end . The setting was Cleveland Stadium and 67,468 fans — then the largest crowd ever to watch a baseball game — were in attendance. DiMaggio went 0-for-3 with a walk on the night. Al Smith and Jim Begby Jr. were the Cleveland Indians pitchers who finally held DiMaggio hitless for the first time in over ...
Marilyn Monroe immortalised in sculpture Sunday, July 17, 2011 @ 12:04PMMarilyn Monroe's billowing skirt shows it's possible to catch a nice breeze in the Windy City of Chicago.
Jackson Generals Game Notes Sunday, July 17, 2011 @ 11:14AMJACKSON GENERALS RECAP: - Steve Delabar saved his 10th game Saturday night as the Generals defeated the Mudcats at Five County Stadium 4-3, but it was not easy.
Joe DiMaggio: The Streak Dies in Ken Keltner's Glove in Game 57 Sunday, July 17, 2011 @ 11:14AMSay it’s not so, Joe: The Streak dies in Ken Keltner’s glove. Day No. 57: July 17, 1941 As of July 17, 1941—70 years ago to the day—two months had passed since the great Joe DiMaggio had gone without a hit. So commonplace had Joltin’ Joe’s consecutive-game streak become that some fans were no longer asking “Did he get a hit?” The question became, “How many did Joe have today?” Cleveland’s ...
Joe DiMaggio, Game 56: The Streak Stands at 56—A New Record Sunday, July 17, 2011 @ 10:14AMGame 56: July 16, 1941 Cruising into Cleveland, the New York Yankees understood the importance of this three-game series. The Indians were five games back, but a good showing by the second-place club could make it a pennant race again. With the streak at 55 straight, Bob Feller loomed in the set’s finale. But first, Cleveland would throw a couple of journeymen hurlers—Al Milnar and Al Smith ...
Drawings of sports artist from Cleveland Heights to be displayed July 19 at Montefiore in Beachwood Sunday, July 17, 2011 @ 8:16AMBEACHWOOD -- An exhibition of original illustrations by Cleveland sports artist Allen Friedlander is set for 7-8 p.m. July 19 in the Maltz Auditorium at Montefiore, One David N. Myers Parkway.
Settling the Score: Saturday’s results Sunday, July 17, 2011 @ 7:52AMIt is July 17. On this date in baseball history, Pittsburgh Pirates ace Babe Adams pitched an entire 21-inning game without issuing a walk (1914), Joe DiMaggio’s 56-game hitting streak ended in front of 67,000 fans at Municipal Stadium in Cleveland (1941), Bob Gibson became the second pitcher in major league history to reach 3,000 career strikeouts…
Joe DiMaggio, Game 55: DiMaggiomania and the Two Garbos Sunday, July 17, 2011 @ 6:14AMGame 55: July 15, 1941 Actress Greta Garbo made only 27 motion pictures. The Swedish siren, like so many other movie stars—and like Joe DiMaggio in the summer of 1941—was hounded by the public, disturbed by the paparazzi wherever she went. In Grand Hotel in the 1930s, the great actress predicted her future when she had said “I want to be let alone.” Garbo had a solution. In 1941, she retired ...
Joe DiMaggio's Streak, Game 54: One Streak Continues, One Ends Sunday, July 17, 2011 @ 6:14AMGame 54: July 14, 1941 It was July 14, 1941. Thanks to the brilliant pitching of White Sox right-hander Johnny Rigney, the streak was over. No, not The Streak. The Yankees’ winning string was ended at 14 as Chicago thumped New York, 7-1. Joe DiMaggio’s infield single in the sixth ran the real streak to 54 games. Only 8,025 witnessed the unusual Yankee loss and, to a man, the Bronx Bombers were ...
DiMaggio Children's Hospital expansion to open Thursday Saturday, July 16, 2011 @ 3:12PMHOLLYWOOD When the expansion of Joe DiMaggio Children's Hospital was first conceived, it brought controversy, hostility and lawsuits from neighbors who said it was too big and imposing. But now that it's ready to open its doors Thursday, the sentiment has largely turned to resignation and acceptance.
Photos: The new Joe Dimaggio Children's Hospital Saturday, July 16, 2011 @ 3:08PMA parade, open house and public tours on July 16, 2011, celebrated Joe DiMaggio Children's Hospital's new stand-alone expansion in Hollywood, across the street from Memorial Regional Hospital. It will officially open Thursday.
Once a cause of controversy, Joe DiMaggio Children's Hospital expansion to open Thursday Saturday, July 16, 2011 @ 3:08PMWorkers install a silhouette of Joe DiMaggio as well as his signature on the side of the new 48-bed, $140 million stand-alone Joe DiMaggio Childrens Hospital across the street from Memorial Regional in Hollywood.
Roberto Alomar, Bert Blyleven prepare for Baseball Hall of Fame inductions - Sat, 16 Jul 2011 PST Saturday, July 16, 2011 @ 2:46PMBert Blyleven is still fine-tuning his Hall of Fame speech. So is Roberto Alomar, and he might have the more difficult task when the two former major league stars enter baseball’s hallowed ground. “It’s not going to be an easy one. I’m going to start in Spanish,” Alomar said Friday on a conference call, nine days before both will be inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame. “After that, I’m going ...
Windy City gives Marilyn Monroe a good airing out Saturday, July 16, 2011 @ 2:05PMAn 8-metre-tall-tall sculpture of Monroe in her famous pose from the “The Seven Year Itch” was unveiled on Chicago’s Magnificent Mile.
Generals Saturday Notes Saturday, July 16, 2011 @ 1:42PMJACKSON GENERALS RECAP: - The Generals scored nine more runs Friday night, including seven in the first frame to take game three against Carolina 9-6 at Five County Stadium, in Zebulon, NC. The Generals run total over the past six games is up to 47 and notching 30 hits over the previous two games.
Forgotten immortals Friday, July 15, 2011 @ 9:26PMThree recent sports biographies -- two about baseball stars Stan Musial and Hank Greenberg, and another about boxing great Joe Louis -- are not only interesting in themselves, but also raise questions about who is remembered and why. The St. Louis Cardinals' great hitter Stan Musial dominated his era in...
Florida man accused of plotting to kidnap ex to win back love Friday, July 15, 2011 @ 8:33PMFORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. - Felix Joel Velazquez had a plan to make his ex-girlfriend fall in love with him again,...
Alomar planning a bilingual Hall of Fame speech Friday, July 15, 2011 @ 6:34PMBert Blyleven is still fine-tuning his Hall of Fame speech. So is Roberto Alomar, and he might have the more difficult task when the two former major league stars enter baseball's hallowed ground.
Alomar, Blyleven readying for HOF induction Friday, July 15, 2011 @ 5:55PMJOHN KEKIS AP Sports Writer Bert Blyleven is still fine-tuning his Hall of Fame speech. So is Roberto Alomar, and he might have the more difficult task when the two former major league stars enter baseball's hallowed ground. "It's not going to be an easy one. I'm going to start in Spanish," Alomar said Friday on a conference call, nine days before both will be inducted into the Baseball Hall of ...
New children’s hospital opening in Hollywood Friday, July 15, 2011 @ 5:42PMFormerly housed inside Hollywood’s Memorial Regional Hospital, a new free-standing $140 million facility will now house the Joe DiMaggio Children’s Hospital.
Joe DiMaggio Children's Hospital celebrates $140 million expansion | Video Friday, July 15, 2011 @ 4:54PMParade, open house, public tours planned in Hollywood A parade, open house and public tours Saturday will kick off the opening of Joe DiMaggio Children's Hospital's new stand-alone expansion in Hollywood, across the street from Memorial Regional Hospital.
Joe DiMaggio Children's Hospital celebrates opening of $140 million expansion Friday, July 15, 2011 @ 4:53PMA parade, open house and public tours Saturday will kick off the opening of Joe DiMaggio Children's Hospital 's new stand-alone expansion in Hollywood, across the street from Memorial Regional Hospital.
Monroe statue carries a spectacle across the decades Friday, July 15, 2011 @ 2:48PMJust when you thought the objectification of 20th century America's preferred icon of brazen, infantilized female sexuality couldn't go much further…along comes the 26-foot sculpture by Seward Johnson known as “Forever Marilyn,” unveiled Friday morning in Pioneer Court just north of the Michigan Avenue bridge.
By The Numbers: Is Derek Jeter The Greatest Yankee Ever? Friday, July 15, 2011 @ 2:34PMFor some time now, various lists have been compiled ranking or rating the greatest of Yankees. In light of Jeter’s landmark accomplishment, we would like to look into where he ranks among the Yankee immortals.
Joe DiMaggio Children's Hospital Celebrates New Facility With Community Ceremony and National Joe DiMaggio Day Friday, July 15, 2011 @ 8:26AMHOLLYWOOD, Fla. -- Since its inception 19 years ago, Joe DiMaggio Children's Hospital has experienced tremendous growth and earned distinction as the region's leading children's hospital, all while operating within the structure of Memorial Regional Hospital.
Still falling for Marilyn Friday, July 15, 2011 @ 7:45AMNIAGARA-ON-THE-LAKE -- We know her influence in the U.S., but what kind of impression did Marilyn Monroe leave in Canada? Plenty, according to the man who organized an exhibition in her honour at the McMichael Canadian Art Collection in Kleinburg, Ont.[...]
Thomas Sowell: Era of true sports legends is behind us Friday, July 15, 2011 @ 4:00AMA trio of new sports biographies are enlightening not only about the legends they recall, but about who in America gets remembered and why.
Area Results Friday, July 15, 2011 @ 3:47AMBASEBALL
This date in baseball Friday, July 15, 2011 @ 2:30AM1924 — Jesse Haines of the St. Louis Cardinals pitched a 5-0 no-hitter against the Boston Braves. 1936 — Carl Hubbell's 24-game winning streak over two years began as he beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 6-0 on five hits.
MLB Hall of Fame: Is It Time the Governing Body Restructures Voting Procedures? Thursday, July 14, 2011 @ 10:44PMNext week on July 23 and 24, Roberto Alomar and Bert Blyleven will be enshrined into what’s considered baseball’s highest pantheon: Major League Baseball’s ( MLB ) Hall of Fame. Since 1936, only 205 former major league players have ever been elected to baseball’s Hall of Fame . That would equate to much less than one percent of all former MLB players having ever been enshrined. Of the 205 ...
Weymouth Sound Off Thursday, July 14, 2011 @ 6:31PMThank you for publishing a story and photos that truly made my day. It was exhilarating to read about how the Stanley Cup brought so much joy to the patients and staff of South Shore Hospital. What a wonderful gesture. Now I’m even happier that the Bruins won the Cup.
Braintree Sound Off Thursday, July 14, 2011 @ 5:50PMI want to express my appreciation to the Forum for its fine coverage of the passing of Fire Chief Kenneth McHugh. It was a well-deserved tribute, something that we expect to see in our community paper.
Holbrook Sound Off Thursday, July 14, 2011 @ 5:23PMWeek after week, there’s criticism in Sound Off of your board of selectmen, but you never say why. You never give a reason. All you do is complain. Just take a good, hard look at your board of selectmen. They are wise and intelligent men with an extraordinary work ethic.
New Children's Hospital Gets Ready to Open Thursday, July 14, 2011 @ 5:19PMJoe DiMaggio's expands to new building, opening next week.
High praise for Escobar Thursday, July 14, 2011 @ 11:20AMThe best player for the Blue Jays this season has been Jose Bautista by a wide margin. But the No. 2 player on that list is a player who doesn't get a lot of ink â" shortstop Yunel Escobar.
Who had the more impressive streak: Joe DiMaggio or Ted Williams? Thursday, July 14, 2011 @ 9:07AMOh, you didn’t know that Teddy Ballgame had a big streak of his own? He did: he reached base in 84 straight games in 1949. Cam Martin has the story over at The Post Game, and makes the case that we should really be thinking about Williams’ streak like we think about DiMaggio’s. Of course…