Category: Sports
Cleveland’s streak is not only rare, but almost unbelievable
First came the total solar eclipse, which crossed the country on Monday, August 21. Then, just a few days later, the streak began to rip through the sport of baseball and it still hasn’t stopped. No team has enjoyed a streak like this in a long time, but somehow the Cleveland Indians’ eighteen-game winning streak…
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Wilson golf clubs helping cancer patients around the world
By sheer coincidence in the year 1914, the Thomas E Wilson Company was born. Over the years, no other company has made such a strong mark on the games of golf, tennis, baseball and football as the famous Wilson. Famous as a creator of innovative technologies, the company has been able to manufacture legendary classics…
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Week 8 NFL Power Rankings (by a fan)
It may feel like the NFL season is already over. Seriously, is someone going to stop the Patriots? We’ll find out next week when Foxborough gets the best chance to take the wind out of New England’s sails. For now, we wait and see and take a look at this week’s results. Week 8: 1.…
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history of basketball
The father of basketball, Dr. James Naismith, devised the game in 1892 and the first game was played in Beaver Falls Pennsylvania on April 8, 1893 between the New Brighton YMCA and Geneva College. The game was very popular and by 1914 as many as 360 colleges had basketball teams. In 1939, the first NCAA…
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Call me Mr. Lucky!
I didn’t like the head coach, so I quit the football team my senior year in high school. The following fall (1965) I enrolled at the local community college in my hometown of Burlington, IA, primarily to avoid the draft and the inevitable trip to Vietnam if drafted. Back then, students attending the university were…
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Wooden Shed – Perfect Extra Room
Sometimes wooden sheds lack adequate space to store all the things you want to store in them. It is at this point that the construction of an additional room begins to make sense. Not only does it give you extra space, but it also saves you from having to incur costs when buying or building…
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From Dead Broke to Abundance, Wealth and Happiness Now
If you’re reading this, you’re probably broke or have nothing to show for all of your life’s work. Would you love the opportunity to lead the life of your dreams and have abundance? There is abundance out there for all of us right now. All we need are the keys to unlock it and receive…
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Rowdy Ruth – How a bad temper killed a great thing for Babe Ruth
Babe Ruth, also known as “the Bambino” or “the Sultan of Swat,” had an illustrious career as a starting pitcher for the Boston Red Sox. In 1914, Ruth appeared in five games and pitched in four of them, and in 1915 he won 18 games and lost eight, hitting peripherally .315. In 1916 he was…
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Hepatitis B: a life-threatening disease
Each of us must have heard of a disease called hepatitis. Some of us even read about it in school. Hepatitis has three types. There is Hepatitis A, Hepatitis B, and Hepatitis C. Hepatitis A is the infectious type that is spread through contaminated water. The other two types (hepatitis B and hepatitis C) are…
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NFL Week 9 Point Spread Picks and Best Bets
SUNDAY AFTERNOON 1:00 pm ET 1. TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS (-3.5) VS. Arizona Cardinals: The Cardinals are a different team with Kurt Warner at QB and they have a potentially explosive offense that can put up points in bunches. Of course, the key is keeping Warner on his feet, which has been a challenge this season,…
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