Robert W. Creamer- Author of “Babe: The Legend Comes To Life” Dead at 90
Robert W. Creamer who was one of the first people hired at Sports Illustrated and was a senior editor and writer at SI until the mid-80’s -had died at age 90. He […]
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1908 Olympic London Games- White City Stadium
White City Stadium was at the time considered the cutting edge of stadiums. To me its shape looks like a long hockey rink. They used the stadium until 1984 and […]
Making A Killing at the Bookstores
Last weekend on the trip to Harpers Ferry and Gettysburg- I made a killing in books-stopped at a number of bookstores- a used bookstore in Berkeley Springs, WV, the Harpers […]
Pete Rose to have reality show?
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/tv-column/post/tlc-developing-reality-show-about-70-something-pete-rose-and-his-30-something-fiancee/2012/07/18/gJQAY0hQuW_blog.html I don’t think there is much of an interest in Pete Rose anymore. Even the Hall of Fame chatter has died down. He was an extremely competitive ballplayer. He’d […]
George McGovern-1972 Democratic Presidential Nominee-90 today
Senator George McGovern- the Democratic Presidential nominee in 1972 turns 90 today. George McGovern was a World War II war hero-flying 35 missions over German-occupied Europe. After the war he […]
British Prime Minister Winston Churchill gives the V-Sign
On this day in 1941 British prime minister Winston Churchill first displayed the “V-for Victory” hand signal. An interesting story on the history of the V-Sign in link below. The […]
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