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High & Inside: Spectrum of memories | Philadelphia Daily News | 08/29/2008
NO TEAM IN SPORTS does nostalgia like the Flyers. On Sept. 27, they will do it once again, bigger than ever, with a preseason game at their old home, the Wachovia Spectrum. The Flyers' history is a rich history. It includes two Stanley Cups and five ...
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 Theft of a Tomahawk
Theft of a Tomahawk
" Chief Zee , while not a true mascot (technically he's a Hall of Fame super fan), has shown, time after time, his heart pumps burgundy and gold blood. Check out this snipped from the Washington Times: 'This is the first time Mr. ( Zema ) Williams ...

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Thought Of The Night
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 76ers replace Henry Bibby with Jeff Ruland
76ers replace Henry Bibby with Jeff Ruland
The Sixers announced the hiring today of Jeff Ruland as an assistant coach to replace Henry Bibby, who was not renewed. Ruland was the coach of the D-League’s Albuquerque Thunderbirds this past season, which was the Sixers affiliate. This ...
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 Film review: Signs of the Time
Film review: Signs of the Time
The introduction of umpire hand signals has long been a matter of lively debate among baseball historians. A new film, Signs of the Time , examines two of the more widespread accounts. Signs , an hour-long documentary produced in Rochester, NY, tells the stories of deaf-mute ballplayer Dummy Hoy and Hall of Fame umpire Bill Klem, each of whom has been credited with the innovation of umpire ...
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Little, Gradishar not Hall bound - The Denver Post
Floyd Little and Randy Gradishar might be getting closer to Canton, but they will have to wait at least another year before receiving permission to enter. The Pro Football Hall of Fame seniors committee nominated former Dallas Cowboys' receiver Bob ...
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 Hayes, Humphrey named 2009 senior candidates - Pro Football Hall of Fame
Hayes, Humphrey named 2009 senior candidates - Pro Football Hall of Fame
Hayes, Humphrey named 2009 senior candidates August 27, 2008 Posted: 1:40 p.m. ET | Updated: 3:02 p.m. ET Wide receiver Bob Hayes and defensive end Claude Humphrey have been selected by the Pro Football Hall of Fame s Seniors Committee as finalists ...
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 Mark McGwire makes Hall of Fame
Mark McGwire makes Hall of Fame
Mark McGwire made it into the Hall of Fame Tuesday. No, not the the Hall of Fame.
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 Carl Mays, Vern Stephens, Eight Others Considered by '09 Veterans Committee
Carl Mays, Vern Stephens, Eight Others Considered by '09 Veterans Committee
Ten former major league players, whose careers began in 1942 or earlier, will be considered for election to the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 2009 by the Veterans Committee, with results of a December 7 vote to be announced December 8 at baseball’s Winter Meetings, it was announced today. The Historical Overview Committee of the Baseball Writers’ Association of America selected the 10 ...
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 Strahan rejects the Giants offer
Strahan rejects the Giants offer
A look at why Strahan's rejection to returned from retirement is the right thing for him and the Giants.
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You Will Not Believe The Blog: Love Poem Project; Love = Boston Red Sox Hall of Fame Catcher ...
This is an Installment of the Love Poem Project, in which we take love poems and swap out any mention of the word love. Boston Red Sox Hall of Fame Catcher Carlton Fisk (3) by George Herbert Boston Red Sox Hall of Fame Catcher Carlton Fisk bade me ...
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 Deadspin Hall Of Fame Inductee: Buzz Bissinger [Deadspin Hall Of Fame]
Deadspin Hall Of Fame Inductee: Buzz Bissinger [Deadspin Hall Of Fame]
Presenting the first 2008 inductee to The Deadspin Hall Of Fame ... Buzz Bissinger . Final tally: 83.3 percent. I congratulate Buzz on this honor. I do hope he signs his name, from now on, as "Buzz DHOF '08," like the ballplayers do. (Plaque by ...
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4 former Red Sox on Hall of Fame Veterans Committee ballot
COOPERSTOWN, N.Y. (AP) - Former Red Sox players Vern Stephens , Wes Ferrell , Carl Mays and Mickey Vernon are among 10 players whose careers began before 1943 who will be considered by the Hall of Fame's constituted Veterans Committee when it meets ...
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 Sign-Up for Free Fantasy Football at NFL.com, Win Great Prizes
Sign-Up for Free Fantasy Football at NFL.com, Win Great Prizes
Throwing around its weight as part of the National Football League, NFL.com is offering prizes that only the NFL.com can. If fantasy players sign-up for NFL.com’s free fantasy football game , they will be entered to win one of nine ...
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 Deadspin HOF Nominee: Nightmare Ant [Deadspin Hall Of Fame]
Deadspin HOF Nominee: Nightmare Ant [Deadspin Hall Of Fame]
How did I know that Nightmare Ant — the creation of the great, great, J.E. Skeets — had gone "viral," as they say? When some jokester tagged my book "Bow Down Before Nightmare Ant." It made me laugh far more than another damned emo bangs ...
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Giants Osi Umenyiora is out for the season -
More than the retirement of a Hall of Fame defensive end, more than the absence of the leading wide receiver from the practice field, and more than even the ugly divorce with a once-popular tight end, yesterday's devastating announcement that Osi ...
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 Voices: Ed Hearn
Voices: Ed Hearn
There are no Halls of Fame for men like Ed Hearn. He had a forgettable, three-year major league baseball career, batting .263 with four home runs and 14 RBI in 62 career games. Many Hall of Fame inductees have outperformed Hearn in a month, some in a week. But if you are using Hearn’s baseball career numbers as a measuring stick, your arithmetic may be accurate but your methodology is wrong.
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Save Yankee Stadium! Don't Tear Down the House that Ruth Built!
Help save the House that Ruth Built! Yankee Stadium is a treasured American historic landmark and must not be torn down following the 2008 baseball season - or ever. Much of the great history of modern baseball took place within these hallowed ...
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 Voices: Ed Hearn
Voices: Ed Hearn
There are no Halls of Fame for men like Ed Hearn. He had a forgettable, three-year major league baseball career, batting .263 with four home runs and 14 RBI in 62 career games. If you want Hall of Fame numbers, check these out: After retiring Hearn has been treated for cancer – twice and had three kidney transplants. This is his story …
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 Inside Kige Ramsey's Studio: A Deadspin Exclusive [Kige Ramsey]
Inside Kige Ramsey's Studio: A Deadspin Exclusive [Kige Ramsey]
On June 20, I traveled to the headquarters of "YouTube Sports" to sit down for an interview with Kige Ramsey. It was a three-part interview because Kige has difficulty loading clips of more than three minutes. At the time I planned on running my ...
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Gene Upshaw (1945-2008) defined “Commitment to Excellence”
Today, there is a black pall hanging over the Raider Nation. Gene Upshaw, a man who helped define what it is to be committed to excellence, has passed away from pancreatic cancer . Upshaw defined greatness on the football field with his play and leadership for fourteen seasons. He was rewarded for that greatness with enshrinement in the hallowed halls of the Pro Football Hall of Fame in ...
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 Raiders Mourn Gene Upshaw
Raiders Mourn Gene Upshaw
The Oakland Raiders mourn the passing of Raider Legend, Hall of Fame guard and Executive Director of the NFL Players Association Gene Upshaw.
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 Football loses a legend on and off the field
Football loses a legend on and off the field
With the passing of NFL legend, Gene Upshaw, where does this leave the future of the sport and the labor union.
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Statement from Jerry Jones - NFC East
Posted by ESPN.com's Matt Mosley Cowboys owner Jerry Jones just checked in with the following statement on the death of Gene Upshaw: "Gene Upshaw was a friend and someone I will miss dearly. Few men have made more contributions to the National ...
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A Somber Day at Redskins Park
Jim Zorn learned within a 30-minute span this morning that offensive line coach Joe Bugel had lost his daughter, Holly, 36, to cancer, and that Gene Upshaw, a Hall of Fame lineman whom Zorn played against for years, had suddenly died from cancer. The ...
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 Gene Upshaw, N.F.L. Union Chief, Dies
Gene Upshaw, N.F.L. Union Chief, Dies
Mr. Upshaw, the longtime head of the N.F.L. players association and a member of the Pro Football Hall of Fame, was 63. >
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 Deadspin HOF Nominee: Buzz Bissinger [Deadspin Hall Of Fame]
Deadspin HOF Nominee: Buzz Bissinger [Deadspin Hall Of Fame]
Frankly, I'm not sure what more more I can say about good ole Buzz. I think we covered everything here and here and here and, at last, here . I mean, what more is there? I suppose I can just leave you with videos, if you were somehow just beamed ...
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 Nuke LaLoosh Was Right About the Iraq War
Nuke LaLoosh Was Right About the Iraq War
Remember when baseball hall-of-fame president Dale Petroskey put the kibosh on a Bull Durham 15th anniversary celebration in Cooperstown because of anti-Iraq war statements by actors Tim Robbins and his mom life partner Susan Sarandon? No? Well I ...
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 NFL union chief Gene Upshaw dies at 63
NFL union chief Gene Upshaw dies at 63
Gene Upshaw, the Hall of Fame guard who as union head helped get NFL players free agency and the riches that came with it, has died. He was 63. Upshaw's death was announced by the NFL Players Association, which he headed for a quarter century.
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 NFL union chief Gene Upshaw dies of cancer at 63
NFL union chief Gene Upshaw dies of cancer at 63
Upshaw, shown suited up in 1970, was a Hall of Fame guard for the Oakland Raiders.
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 BREAKING NEWS: Gene Upshaw, Head of NFLPA Dead at 63
BREAKING NEWS: Gene Upshaw, Head of NFLPA Dead at 63
BREAKING NEWS: Gene Upshaw , who went from being a hard-nosed offensive lineman with the Oakland and Los Angeles Raiders to the head of the NFL Players Association has died at the age of 63. Upshaw had been battling pancreatic cancer. He was a seven-time Pro Bowl selection and an 11-time All-Pro. He was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1987. Upshaw is survived by his wife, ...
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UPSHAW’S ILLNESS WAS SUDDEN
In a posting regarding the passing of Executive Director Gene Upshaw, the NFL Players Association discloses that Upshaw first became aware of his illness on Sunday, August 17. It was only two days after his 63rd birthday. Four days later, he was ...
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 NFL Hall of Famer Gene Upshaw Dies of Cancer 1945-2008
NFL Hall of Famer Gene Upshaw Dies of Cancer 1945-2008
Gene Upshaw, 63, longtime NFL Players Association executive director and Hall of Fame offensive lineman has died of pancreatic cancer. According to lawyer Jeffrey Kessler, Upshaw received his diagnosis only days ago and did not reveal the news to anyone.
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Rickey Henderson Coming Back to Oakland A's in Non-Player Role?
Yes, folks, I sat down for a two-hour or so interview with A's owner Lewis Wolff today at his Los Angeles office and he confirmed to me that he's in negotiations to bring Rickey Henderson back to the Oakland Athletics, where the greatest player in ...
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Hall of Famer Upshaw loses battle with pancreatic cancer
Hall of Fame football player and longtime NFL Players Association executive director Gene Upshaw has died. Upshaw, 63, had been fighting pancreatic cancer.
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 Bull Durham gets its due at the Hall
Bull Durham gets its due at the Hall
There are do-overs in baseball after all. The Baseball Hall of Fame has reversed one of the most egregious decisions the institution ever made. “Bull Durham,’‘ the best baseball movie ever made, is getting its day, as the Hall of ...