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The end of the West Side Grounds, Part 1 By JohnW53 on Feb 15, 2021, 2:36am CST + .......... Everyone loves shiny, new ballparks -- especially shiny, new Major League parks. But every new park leaves an old one behind, an old one that more often than not is demolished. Baseball fans mourn the loss of Ebbets Field who werent even alive when it was torn down. Tiger fans still cherish Tiger Stadium. Yankee fans miss the original Yankee Stadium. Pirates fans wax nostalgic about Forbes F...

10 of the most influential African Americans in history Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., discusses his planned poor peoples demonstration from the pulpit of the Washington National Cathedral in Washington, D.C., March 31, 1968. (AP Photo) (Source: ASSOCIATED PRESS) By Mykal Vincent | February 9, 2021 at 7:48 PM CST - Updated February 10 at 10:51 AM NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - In celebration of Black History Month, in no particular order, here are 10 of the most influential African Americans in histo...

White Fragility, has been on the New York Times best-seller list for over two years, much of that time ranked number one. The book is assigned frequently in college courses, and DiAngelo is in great demand as a “diversity” consultant to help corporations, universities, government agencies, and other institutions purge themselves of their white privilege. DiAngelo’s core message is that white Americans need to acknowledge their unconscious racial biases which make them, unwittingly in mos...

A rendering of the proposed development at 960 Franklin Avenue. The City Planning Commission (CPC) voted on Monday to certify a controversial Crown Heights rezoning proposal at 960 Franklin Avenue, the Old Spice Factory, allowing the proposal to proceed through the city’s uniform land use review process (ULURP). The ULURP process requires the approval of Mayor Bill de Blasio, who announced his opposition to the project last month, almost certainly dooming it. The CPC’s certification was exp...

Steve Fennessy: This is Georgia Today, Im Steve Fennessy. Its Friday, Jan. 29th, 2021. Last week, the nation lost not just a titan of Major League Baseball, but an American icon. Henry Aaron: I had a great career. I played for 23 years. And thats the end of it. You know, I hope that the home run is not the only thing that people or anybody, for that matter, Black or white, look at me and say, thats the only thing that he could do. Steve Fennessy: Thats former Atlanta Brave Hank Aaron in a 2018...

Chasing the Dream: The Life and Legacy of Lucky #44 By Contributing Writer, Bertram Keller Published January 28, 2021 Hank Aaron, Atlanta Braves outfielder, is shown during spring training on March 22, 1966. (AP Photo) “Henry Aaron, in the second inning walked and scored. He’s sittin’ on 714,” said Braves announcer Milo Hamilton calling the game on WSB Radio. “Here’s the pitch by Downing. Swinging. There’s a drive into left-center field. That ball is gonna be-eee … Outta here! ...

Longtime Dodgers fan Larry King passes away Share this story Photo by Lisa Blumenfeld/Getty Images It’s been a very rough month for the Dodgers, and the losses keep coming. Larry King, an all-time great talk show host, passed away on Saturday at the age of 87. King, known for his work as a host, was also a very well-known Dodgers fan. As many know, King was originally a fan of the team when they were in Brooklyn. King was actually in attendance on April 15, 1947, the day Jackie Robinson brok...

Larry King The popular interviewer, once the toast of Miami and host of a nationwide radio talk show, prepared as little as possible for each program: "Im there to learn." Larry King, the self-made man from Brooklyn who spent six decades proudly winging it as an interviewer on the radio and as the host of his own nightly talk show on CNN, has died. He was 87. King died Saturday morning at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, according to a statement posted to his official social media...

Iconic Buildings That Have Been Demolished By Elizabeth Jackson, Stacker News On 1/12/21 at 7:00 PM EST Public Domain / Wikicommons From Notre Dame to the Taj Mahal, many of the worlds most iconic buildings seem so perennially full of tourists and so universally beloved as to run no risk of ever being sold and demolished. But is this always the case? Stacker took a look at 20 buildings around the world that were designed by some of the most important architects of their day and played host t...

Keeping Score: Jim Reid knows how to pick ’em Published: 1/1/2021 4:51:09 PM Modified: 1/1/2021 4:50:57 PM Good morning! Jim Reid knows recruiting. He’s a football lifer who grew up in Medford, played at the University of Maine and married his teenage sweetheart Judy Crowley. He’s been a head coach at UMass, Richmond and VMI, and an assistant coach at Syracuse, Virginia, Iowa, Boston College and Bucknell. So yeah, Jim Reid knows recruiting. “I love recruiting, I think it’s fun,” sa...