Re: Ad astra: another passing.
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Nicholas Winton, a British citizen who saved 650 Jewish children during the Holocaust by smuggling them out of Prague. He was 106 when he died.
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Frank Gifford, a great player from my youth. At that time, football was actually a sport, not a vehicle for commercials and big money. (I now refuse to watch football because of the hype, violence, and commercialism.) I never saw him play in person, but I used to watch NY Giants games on television, rooting for Gifford, Tittle, Shofner, and the whole crew.
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You'd think that there'd be footage of Gifford's legendary one-handed catch, but I can't find any.
(You forgot to mention "Big Red".)
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Thanks for the link; I had actually found it before I posted, but the commercial with which the vid opened was so incredibly obnoxious that I closed the window immediately, particularly knowing that it wasn't Gifford.
I watched it this time - semi-tolerable commercial - and that was a great catch (I had already found a different vid of Beckham making a similar catch.), but don't forget that Gifford did it without "magnetic" gloves.
As I recall, he was coming across the middle, and he just plain bare-handed the ball...a diving catch! In my memory, it was a truly spectacular, not merely great, reception.(He probably had some stickum assistance, but that stuff didn't help all that much.)
I wonder about their comparative hand sizes.
The new Great Equalizer is the SEND button.
In Memory of Harv: Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities. ~Voltaire
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Civil rights leader Julian Bond .
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Re: Wes Craven, Horror Maestro, Dies at 76
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Great stuff. Not a mere slasher, so many interesting levels to the Freddy movies (except Nightmare 2, which is just a slasher). Playing around in the sleep/wake worlds, the sequels playing on the characters' weaknesses instead of their fears, a boogie-man with good backstory. A self-funded, low budget thriller that became a big franchise. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=2uKjYMgUHIQ
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Yogi Berra
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Yogi Berra I saw him play at Yankee Stadium several times. He was one of the greats. RIP, Yogi.
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Re: Yogi Berra
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"It ain't over 'till it's over..." Not just one of baseball's greats, IMHO made baseball great.
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Anybody remember "Me he for Yoo Hoo"?
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Yup! He said that stuff, too. He did have a way with words, didn't he?
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Many times, his seemingly nonsensical pronouncements made a lot of sense (like "It ain't over till it's over.").
Jon
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To me, he was baseball. It was him, Billy Martin kicking dirt, the guys who made it fun and funny.
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Canadian diplomat Ken Taylor who sheltered six Americans and helped them escape from Tehran in 1979.
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Fifteen year-old hero, Zaevion Dobson, who gave his life to save his friends.
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Not only a great basketball player, but a terrific entertainer too.. Meadowlark Lemon.
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Yes, and rock music is quite a bit poorer today. Here's the New York Times piece.
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David Bowie Allowed His Art to Deliver a Final [sic?] MessageBest passing ever! Totally within the man's ethos. Small wonder many thought it was a hoax. If anybody could return from beyond, it would be David Bowie. Ziggy and Major Tom got legs!
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His whole life was a work of art.
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Eagles co-founder, Glenn Frey.
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For all who haven't been paying attention, this thread has now had more than 500,000 - that's one half of one million - views. Maybe we're pushing the wrong product?
The new Great Equalizer is the SEND button.
In Memory of Harv: Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities. ~Voltaire
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