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Are you a baseball fan who is fed up today with the players jumping from team to team, as they chase ridiculous contracts that pay them more in a single season than most of us will earn over a lifetime?
It seems that chophouses could be on the endangered list. Last week Chronicle Restaurant Critic Michael Bauer reported in his Between Meals blog that Acme Chop House at AT&T Park (24 Willie Mays Plaza) will close by Dec. 31....
Who needs a deer rifle when you have a lawn ornament? Mark Brye of Viroqua, Wis., boasts a freezer full of serendipitous venison after a... Dwight Perry The Seattle Times Who needs a deer rifle when you have a lawn ornament?...
Wherein we learn about Ruth's difficulties hitting the long ball in Boston and Ott's easy time at the Polo Grounds, with some bonus material on The Splinter and The Clipper. Click the title to read more. Read more great...
For those of you new to FN, this here blog is insanely influenced by Louis CK. He’s pretty much my hero. Along with Dan Marino, of course. Yes, some folks look up to people like JFK or Martin Luther King Jr. or Gandhi or Joe...
Water flows down hill. The earth spins on its invisible axis. The leaves turn a multitude of colors in the fall. Christmas arrives on the 25th day of December. And, of course, the Yankees play in the World Series. Let's face...
Carlos Beltran and Jeff Francouer are to receive awards at the annual winter dinner staged by the New York Chapter of the Baseball Writers' Association of America. The chapter voted on the recipients of its nine awards to be...
Thomas Gerbasi, UFC - When New York Yankees great Joe DiMaggio was asked why he played so hard, even in meaningless late-summer games or those in which his team had a seemingly insurmountable lead, he simply said, "Because...
Brewers outfielder wins award for second consecutive year MILWAUKEE -- For the second straight season, Ryan Braun will have some hardware to show for his efforts at the plate. After batting .320 with 32 home runs and 114 RBIs,...
