Mickey Mantle Interview by Bob Costas

DID YOU KNOW ? The New York Yankees signed Mickey Mantle to a minor-league contract in 1949, the day he graduated high school. He was paid $400 for the remainder of the season and a $1,100 signing bonus. A Yankee for his entire career, among Mantle's many accomplishments are all-time World Series records for home runs (18), runs scored (42), and runs batted in (40). He once hit a ball left-handed that cleared the right-field roof at Tiger Stadium in Detroit estimated to have traveled 643 feet. In 1956, Mantle won the Triple Crown, leading the majors with a .353 batting average, 52 HR and 130 RBI on the way to his first of three MVP awards.

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Remembering | Tom Cruise 1992

Tom Cruise is an American Actor born on July 3, 1962, Syracuse, New York. He developed an interest in acting during high school. He started his career at the age of 19 in Endless Love 1981. After portraying supporting roles in Taps 1981 and The Outsiders 1983, his first leading role was in the romantic comedy Risky Business, released in August 1983. Cruise became a full-fledged movie star after starring as Pete "Maverick" Mitchell in the action drama Top Gun 1986. One of the biggest movie stars in Hollywood,Cruise starred in several more successful films in the 1980s, including the dramas The Color of Money 1986, Cocktail 1988, Rain Man 1988, and Born on the Fourth of July 1989. He has been nominated for three Academy Awards and has won three Golden globe Awards.