powerful vignettes of a subculture of urban survival. Sunny Toomer is the sort of ringleader of a group of twelve year old boys who are making an instant leap from the playtime of childhood to a life of violence and hopelessness in the ugly projects of San Pedro. Meallet proves himself to be a master of showing‚ not telling‚ as he portrays the short lives and sad deaths of his characters. Domestic violence is the default family behavior if a father lives at home. But for Sunny and most of his friends
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CHICAGO — Next year is here. At exactly 11:47 local time‚ the Chicago Cubs won the World Series that has eluded them for 108 years. Fans who packed bars to watch the games on television near Wrigley Field — neither of which existed back in 1908 — erupted in cheers before swarming onto the streets just before midnight Wednesday to celebrate in the shadows of the statues of Cubs greats Ernie Banks‚ Billy Williams‚ Ron Santo and legendary announcer Harry Caray. As the game ended‚ the roar from inside
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The god like human being‚ Bo Jackson. One of the greatest athletes that has ever lived‚ the man that didn’t get blinded by the lime light. As Bo grew up‚ he knew there was something abnormal about the things he could do compared to others. All the people around him saw it too and questioned it. His abilities surpassed even pros and seemed to come close to even the legends. Bo Jackson is an epic hero in that he is capable of deeds of great strength and courage‚ a noble born‚ and a great warrior.
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Theodore Roosevelt was born on October 27‚ 1858‚ and grew up in New York City‚ the second of four children. His father‚ Theodore‚ Sr.‚ was a well-to-do businessman and philanthropist. His mother‚ Martha "Mittie" Roosevelt‚ was a Southerner‚ raised on a plantation in Georgia. "Teedie" grew up surrounded by the love of his parents and siblings. But he was always a sickly child afflicted with asthma. As a teenager‚ he decided that he would "make his body‚" and he undertook a program of gymnastics and
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tickets to a World Series game‚ I thought? “CROWN tickets!” my dad said excitedly. “You‚ me‚ your mom‚ and your brother!” I literally almost fainted on the spot. It was so unexpected. Especially since our hometown team the Royals were playing the San Francisco Giants in the World Series. And the Royals haven’t won it since 1985‚ the longest streak of not winning the World Series ever! I could witness history! “What game are we going to?” I asked my dad. “Game 7‚ so it isn’t for certain we will get
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1. Jackie Robinson (January 31‚ 1919) He was the first African American to play in the Major League Baseball. He was also part of the Black Panthers Tank Battalion during WWII‚ but he never got to fight because he didn’t not get off the military bus when the bus driver told him to do so‚ so he was later charged with offenses‚ even with those which weren’t true. He started playing baseball in the Negro Leagues and then moved up to the minor leagues‚ but was mostly segregated from his team. Then in
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usually tough contenders in both the American‚ and National leagues. Who wants to go to Major League Baseball games to watch nothing but prospects. Well that’s about the case with some smaller market teams in the league such as Texas‚ Baltimore‚ Tampa Bay‚ and Oakland. These teams need to be able to get people to the ballpark‚ and the only way to do that is to sign some big name talent. On the other hand‚ if you were a player given offers of the same salary by two different teams‚ and one of them being
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become a phenomenal athlete. In the mix‚ his family moved to California where Smith was voted MVP (most valuable player) of his basketball‚ football‚ and track team at Lemoore high school. Condescending into his early years‚ Smith’s and rolled at the San José State University in 1963. Where he played basketball for a short semester and ran track for his remaining years. Smith did not just
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It was the first ballpark constructed specifically for a major league franchise in the 1990’s; Tropicana Field (current home of the Tampa Bay Devil Rays) was built in 1990 with aspirations to one day be home of an MLB franchise. During 1985‚ following studies conducted to appraise the possible renovation of Comiskey Park which proved that it be too costly of a feat‚ the City of Chicago started
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for several days and consumed much of the city. The earthquake occurred at 5:13 a.m. local time‚ with its epicenter offshore of San Francisco‚ which then had a population of approximately 400‚000 people. The massive main temblor‚ having a 7.7–7.9 magnitude‚ lasted about one minute and was the result of the rupturing of the northernmost 296 miles of the 800-mile San Andreas fault.The quake was felt from southern Oregon to south of Los Angeles and inland as far as central Nevada. One important
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