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Published 2:27 p.m. May 22, 2013
"Take Me Out To the Ball Game" turns 105 years old.
Published 11:08 a.m. May 1, 2013
Baseball is full of characters and some of them have given us memorable lines to savor.
Published 11:11 a.m. April 27, 2013
This book is not what you think it is. Really.
Published 2:02 p.m. April 18, 2013
For over fifty years, Quincy Jones has been a musician’s musician.
Published 10:00 a.m. April 12, 2013
The number one film critic sent the writer a letter he prizes.
Published 9:32 a.m. March 30, 2013
Little known baseball history of the Washington baseball club.
Published 10:36 a.m. March 22, 2013
How and why did baseball spring training even get started?
Published 3:34 p.m. March 16, 2013
Washington, D.C. was called the "Murder Capital of the World" since 1941, but Chicago now holds the title.
Published 11:04 a.m. March 9, 2013
Looking for baseball home run stats changed a young boy into a reader.
Published 10:27 a.m. February 27, 2013
Frank Sinatra and the Academy Awards trophy forged an enduring relationship.
Published 12:53 p.m. February 6, 2013
To the Academy Awards: The film turns 70, so "You Must Remember This."
Published 10:04 a.m. January 24, 2013
Is "Stuff" really necessary?“ One man's trash is another man's treasure."
Published 9:07 a.m. January 9, 2013
A New Year's tray of factoids, stats, maxims, quotes, anecdotes, yarns, and yawns.
Published 10:23 a.m. January 3, 2013
The author journeyed to Wales and followed in the footsteps of the great poet from his writing shed to the pub.
Published 10:56 a.m. December 18, 2012
If you had your pick, what would be your favorite holiday songs?