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Top Ten Greatest NCAA Men’s Basketball Championship Games
March Madness has become one of the most popular sporting events. Filling out your brackets, seeing great upsets, and the thrill of every game being single elimination has made the NCAA Tournament an event not to be missed. After all the excitement throughout the tournament, we all hope to see a great final game. Here is our top ten list... Continue reading
All Major League Baseball Team of the 1970s
Baseball in the 1970s was memorable for a lot of reasons. There were outstanding teams such as the Oakland A’s in the early 70s, the Big Red Machine in the middle of the decade, and Reggie and the Yankees later in the decade. There was style and charisma such as Rollie Fingers’ mustache, afros, and the “We Are Family” Pirates of 1979. But most of all,... Continue reading
Although Joe Pepitone had some productive seasons early in his career for the Yankees while they were still winning in the early 1960s, he is best remembered as being one of the top players on the team at the beginning of the ‘dark years’ after the long-time dynasty teams aged and dismantled. Pepitone’s best season was in 1966 when he led the last place Yankees with 31 home runs and 83 RBIs. He... Continue reading
On May 24, 1935 the Cincinnati Reds played the Philadelphia Phillies at Crosley Field in Cincinnati, Ohio in the first ever night game in major league baseball history. Prior to the game, President Franklin Roosevelt ceremoniously switched on the lights from the White House. Though the Reds averaged only 6,000 fans per game that season, more than 20,000 fans were in attendance for this historic... Continue reading
Earl “The Pearl” Monroe was a flamboyant and popular player with the Baltimore Bullets during his first 4 seasons in the NBA. He was the 2nd pick overall in the 1967 NBA draft by the Bullets, won the Rookie of the Year, was a 2-time All-Star, and averaged over 21 points per game in each of his first 4 seasons with the Bullets. Teaming with Wes Unseld, the Bullets were one of the league’s top... Continue reading
Arthur Ashe won his first U.S. Open men's singles crown, defeating Tom Okker of the Netherlands 14-12, 5-7, 6-3, 3-6, 6-3 in the final. The 25-year-old Ashe, a lieutenant in the U.S. Army, played as an amateur and was ineligible to receive the $14,000 first prize in the $100,000 event - the richest tournament in tennis history. Ashe, a resident of Richmond, Va. collected $280 in expenses, at... Continue reading
On October 5, 1941, the Brooklyn Dodgers led the NY Yankees 4-3 and were one out from winning Game 4 and tying the World Series at 2 games apiece. Yankee batter Tommy Henrich swung and missed for strike three, but the 3rd strike got passed Dodger catcher Mickey Owen, allowing Henrich to reach first base. The Yankees then rallied for 4 runs to win the game and take a 3-1 lead in the Series. The... Continue reading
Led by the enthusiasm of the “Cameron Crazies”, Duke University’s Cameron Indoor Stadium is one of college basketball’s most exciting and electric atmospheres. It is also one of the toughest venues for opposing teams. Since the building’s opening in 1940, the Duke Blue Devils’ Men’s Basketball team has won roughly 84% of their home games. That percentage is even higher in the modern era under... Continue reading
On May 24, 1935 the Cincinnati Reds played the Philadelphia Phillies at Crosley Field in Cincinnati, Ohio in the first ever night game in major league baseball history. Prior to the game, President Franklin Roosevelt ceremoniously switched on the lights from the White House. Though the Reds averaged only 6,000 fans per game that season, more than 20,000 fans were in attendance for this historic... Continue reading
Known as both "Big Jawn" and "The Big Cat" he was a smooth fielding first baseman, and a solid hitter. In his early career for the St. Louis Cardinals he hit for high averages, hitting .364 in 1937, .337 in 1938 and won the National League batting title in 1939 with an average of .349.
He then changed his strategy and hit for power leading the National League in HR in 1939... Continue reading
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Remember When
St. Louis - Archway to the west
"Gateway to the West" Opens to us all
St. Louis, Missouri
October 28, 1965
An estimated 10,000 people gathered on the grounds along with tens of thousands of curious onlookers gazing out their windows in their office buildings downtown turned out to witness the completion of the Arch. Architect Eero Saarinen's inspired design for a 630 foot high stainless steel arch was chosen as a perfect monument to the spirit of the western pioneers. Construction of the Arch began in 1963 and was completed today.
Saarinen's widow, Aline, was in attendance today, and she gushed out loud, "Look at that sexy curve!" The ceremony stopped abruptly when everyone noticed all at once that the final section was being lifted in to position. The crowds cheered, whistles blew, and the city rejoiced. The topping out went perfectly. The last piece just slipped in there with no problems at all. It had an American flag on it, fluttering in the breeze and the sunshine and the band played on.