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REG-GIE! REG-GIE! REG-GIE!

James Stephens

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A seminal moment in my life occurred when I was about six years old. As we were walking back to our vehicle in the stifling summer heat after attending a Yankees game in the Bronx, a ...

How Did I Get Here?, part 1: On My Futile Attempt to Become a High School Athlete

David Ranney

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What follows is an excerpt from a longer piece that explores how a red, white and blue diaper baby, raised by conservative Republican parents in a largely conservative Republican and all white suburb in a conservative ...

National Past-Time

James Stephens

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Let’s just get this out of the way first: Rob Manfred is a weasel. In case you don’t know, Manfred is the commissioner of Major League Baseball, and, while you would think a love or even ...

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Hymns and Arias โ€“ Rugby in Wales

The Left Hook

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โ€œRugby is a wonderful show: dance, opera and, suddenly, the blood of a killing.โ€ Richard Burton – Welsh actor Thereโ€™s this old gag. Elvis Presley, James Brown and Tom Jones go fishing together in a small ...

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Cosmos!

Tony Maniscalco

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On October 1, 1977, Edson Arantes do Nascimento, a/k/a โ€œPelรฉโ€ played his last game as a professional footballer. The game was played at New Jerseyโ€™s Giants Stadium, across the Hudson River from midtown Manhattanโ€™s Port Authority ...

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FINIS: THE WORLD CUP STORY โ€“ Part IV

The Left Hook

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The money people, FIFA and the Qatari rulers must have been full of glee after the final on Sunday. It was indeed an exciting match. All of the hype played itself out, the major superstars, Lionel ...

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For The Shoeless- The World Cup Diary (Volume 3)

The Left Hook

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(Written on Saturday night, December 10, 2022) In the rarified upper atmosphere of professional international football, Moroccoโ€™s successful march to the 2022 World Cup semi-finals is a welcome break from the usual script. What is even ...

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World Cup Chapter Two โ€“ The Football Saga Continues

The Left Hook

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(This was written on Saturday night, November 26. Tonight’s results might paint a different canvas, but I am not very good at the prediction business. This is about what has happened so far.) Well, towards the ...

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Kick off

The Left Hook

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For football (soccer) fans, the big moment is upon us, the FIFA World Cup 2022 in Qatar. Hard Crackers is on the beat, and there should be tons of raw material to write about. Are you ...

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Are You Ready For Some Football?

James Stephens

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I recently did a track workout at a local park in my city of Newark, NJ. My running partner and I chose Weequahic Park instead of the one in our neighborhood because the slightly farther away ...

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