UFC 146: By the Numbers

Source: MMA And UFC Fighters

In this week’s edition of By the Numbers, we take a look at some of the interesting facts and figures that weigh into the UFC 146 card. From the time the card was announced, it has been mired in controversy, injuries and en ...
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Seven athletes punch tickets to CIF State Track and Field Championships

Source: The Californian

GILROY Â One by one the champions were being crowned from Monterey County. By the end of the Friday night, five local athletes had won Central Coast Section Track and Field championships at Gilroy High School. Two other athletes earned ...
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Madison Dearborn buys Things Remembered

Source: Chicago Tribune

Chicago-based private equity firm Madison Dearborn Partners has purchased Things Remembered Inc., a retail chain that sells monogrammed and engraved mugs, blankets and other sentimental keepsakes in malls across America, for $295 million . The sellers ...
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Madison Dearborn adds retailer to its mix

Source: ChicagoBusiness.com

(Crain's) — Madison Dearborn Partners LLC, Chicago’s biggest private equity firm, purchased the company Things Remembered Inc. for $295 million, adding a retailer to its relatively small consumer portfolio. Thi ...
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Searching for the “Sousepaw”: Baseball’s Most Colorful Character, Rube Waddell

Source: Collectors' Quest

This week, I started watching Ken Burns’s massive documentary series on America’s pastime, aptly named Baseball. Clocking in at about 22 hours–11 two hour episodes–the series is giving me a great history of how the game got started, an ...
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Card Corner: 1972 Topps: Duke Sims

Source: The Hardball Times

by Bruce Markusen May 25, 2012 Now this is what a major league catcher should look like. Eyebrows as big and bushy as a mustache. A face as thick as a fire hydrant. Jowls as wide as those of a bulldog. It was as if Duke Sims, who looked a bit like Hoss o ...
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Topps 2012 Bowman Baseball Cards

Source: Collectors' Quest

Over the last few weeks, I’ve been writing about some pretty cool packages I’ve been receiving courtesy of the Topps card company. This week was no different: the other day I opened up a package full of 2012 Bowman baseball car ...
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Football round-up

Source: Bedfordshire Times

Wootton Chequers and Hillgrounds Astros both claimed maximum points as reigning champions Wootton hit four past Kempston Eagles thanks to Dean Reid (3) and Adam Flynn, with Neil Giddins replying. Astros are top on goal difference though ...
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A plea to back off the Bryce Harper hype

Source: ESPN

WNB Preview WNB Preview NEXT VIDEO WNB Preview WNB Preview ESPNHS Weekly Report -- May 23 ESPNHS Weekly Report -- May 23 Nationals Win Third Straight Nationals Win Third Straight Gonzalez, Desmond Power ...
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