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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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" 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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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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m_taylor13
posted 38 hours ago from
seamheads.com
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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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 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 made it into the Hall of
Fame Tuesday. No, not the the Hall of Fame.
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Maury
posted 2 days ago from
www.bizofbaseball.com
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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JM Van Horn
posted 3 days ago from
pastthepylon.blogspot.com
A look at why Strahan's rejection to returned
from retirement is the right thing for him and
the Giants.
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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]](http://images.ballhype.com/uploads/photos_story/2008/08/26/deadspin_hall_of_fame_inductee_buzz_bissinger_dead.jpg)
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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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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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]](http://images.ballhype.com/uploads/photos_story/2008/08/26/deadspin_hof_nominee_nightmare_ant_deadspin_hall_o.jpg)
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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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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newyorkmetsdaily
posted 5 days ago from
newyorkmetsdaily.com
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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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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newyorkmetsdaily
posted 6 days ago from
newyorkmetsdaily.com
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]](http://images.ballhype.com/uploads/photos_story/2008/08/22/inside_kige_ramsey_s_studio_a_deadspin_exclusive_k.jpg)
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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Kybluegal
posted 8 days ago from
ballhype.com
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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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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JM Van Horn
posted 8 days ago from
pastthepylon.blogspot.com
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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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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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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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]](http://images.ballhype.com/uploads/photos_story/2008/08/21/deadspin_hof_nominee_buzz_bissinger_deadspin_hall_.jpg)
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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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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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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Upshaw, shown suited up in 1970, was a
Hall of Fame guard for the Oakland Raiders.
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Maury
posted 8 days ago from
bizoffootball.com
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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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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gmc1
posted 8 days ago from
bittenandbound.com
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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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 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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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 ...
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