Numerous football movies have contributed to the popularity of heart-wrenching huddle speeches. In “Remember the Titans,” which is based on a true story, Coach Bill Yoast fervently declares: “You make sure they remember, forever, the night they played the Titans.”“The Replacements” is a ...
I devoted myself to sports that summer, and within the year I was drafted by the Pittsburgh Pirates to play rookie-league ball, and offered a $20,000 contract. I signed with the Denver Broncos in 1984 for $1.7 million, and bought my mother the house of my dream.【1】The writer was...
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He said, in part, “While the NFL may condone Bennett’s disrespect for our American Flag, and everything it symbolizes, we hope the League will not ignore Bennett’s false accusations against our police officers.” Why would a police union accuse an NFL player of “disrespecting our flag...
Vader’s Home Run: Japan Pacific League Baseball and Star Wars And one of those rare YouTube comments that’s genuine gold: Vader: “Okay… so here’s what happened… a bunch of kids flying X-wings found a weak point in the Death Star’s Defenses Scout Trooper: Like that e...
The advice turned out to work well—quite well, judging by the swift, steady progress of my kids’ violin and piano playing, my wife’s hockey skills, and the win-loss record of the Little League team I coached (10-3; the all-star team I coached, which had historically done poorly,...
INCHEON, SOUTH KOREA - MAY 05: (EDITORIAL USE ONLY) The stands at SK Wyverns club's Happy Dream Ballpark, are filled with placards featuring their fans during the Korean Baseball Organization (KBO) League opening game between SK Wyverns and Hanwha Eagles at the empty SK Happy Dream Ballpark...
Like many country singers, Charley was___on a farm. He spent his youth milking cows and picking cotton. But he knew he wasn’t going to make___his career(职业). Later he became a baseball player. Charley made it to a major(主要的)league team. But he didn’t stay on for more th...
The Arizona Diamondbacks (D-Backs) are a major league baseball (MLB) team located in Phoenix, Arizona. With a world championship, multiple division championships, and countless other non-baseball-related honors awarded to them since their inaugural season in 1998, the organization has proven to ...
Party Receipts from the Charleston Junior League, 1993 edition. This was one of my mother’s cookbooks. It features recipes in all their delicious Southern goodness with a bit of the unexpected — for me anyway. (I’m looking at you, Dad’s Grilled Dove Breasts. ...