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Vin Scully was the voice of baseball
When you think about baseball, who do you think of? Maybe a favorite pitcher or hitter, maybe your favorite team’s all-time greatest manager. For me, it’s Vin Scully. It has been for a long, long time. Growing up I always wanted to be a baseball announcer, and even before I knew what made great play...
Getting It Straight: When Women Realized The AIDS Crisis Was Theirs Too
Sue Woodman’s feature on how the AIDS crisis impacted women was published in the Jan/Feb, 1987 issue of New York Woman and appears here with the author’s permission....
Yakov Smirnoff, America's Secret Weapon In The Cold War, Is Still Laughing
The National Security Advisor gets bounced for covert dealings with a Russian ambassador, then the Pentagon announces that Russian fighter jets recently buzzed a U.S. destroyer in the Black Sea, and reports come out that the Kremlin has begun testing cruise missiles in utter disregard of a bilateral...
Whap: Video Game Mania
SI gives us 25 years of Madden. And, in a related post......
Hear Al Swearengen Sing Your Favorite '80s Hits
Before he was winning awards for his portrayal of foul-mouthed saloon owner Al Swearengen on Deadwood, Ian McShane was just another middling English actor who had once put out an album of '80s power ballads....
The Binder That Ties You To A Game
My junior year of college, my roommate Scot played Dr. J vs. Larry Bird on an Apple II, the game's original platform, always taking Bird. Scot had a Three Ring Binder. After each score he'd put down that boxy joystick… [Kotaku] ...
Jack Clark: Still Hating On The Mets
Back in the days of the old National League East, it was the St. Louis Cardinals that declared themselves mortal enemies of the New York Mets. But even time and realignment can't stop Jack Clark from holding a grudge....
A Final Message From Bea Arthur: Be A Good Sport
I'm trying to picture the production meeting that made this ad a reality. "Ok, once we signed Bea Arthur then, of course, Lemieux was eager to get on board. And we got the girl in the wheelchair to round out the gang of lovable misfits who learn about the true gift of friendly competition. But I sti...
Lunch Break With Judas Priest
Clare, get a Flyers chant going on while I'm gone....