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Elliott: Peter Ueberroth is the 'Man Who Saved the Olympics' and L.A. recounts why
LA Times via Yahoo News· 2 years agoPeter V. Ueberroth was honored with a plaque at the Coliseum for all the work he's done for the...
Rafer Johnson lighting Olympic flame in '84 ultimate moment for Coliseum, his family
LA Times via Yahoo Sports· 11 months agoIt could be could argued that Rafer Johnson lighting the torch to open the 1984 Summer Olympics is...
Vintage Chicago Tribune: How Wrigley Field got lights and why Cubs fans had to wait past 8-8-88 to...
Chicago Tribune via Yahoo Sports· 10 months agoMaybe Charlotte Newfeld prayed for rain. Two weeks before the Chicago Cubs were set to play their...
3 nap-ready baseball observations, including Ricketts vs. the Roys from ‘Succession’ and Milwaukee...
Chicago Tribune via Yahoo News· 1 year agoFormer Cubs and White Sox pitcher Jeff Samardzija once insisted “you can always get a good nap in during the Sox game.” It was meant as a compliment to Ken “Hawk” Harrelson, though Samardzija ...
Mark Bennett: Despite cynicism, baseball's Opening Day still offers hope
The Tribune-Star, Terre Haute, Ind. via Yahoo News· 1 year agoMar. 30—The condition of our one-year-old "Vette" exemplified what my wife and I endured to witness Opening Day 1985 at old Riverfront Stadium. All four sides of the car's once-shiny white exterior ...