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“Golf is deceptively simple and endlessly complicated,” Arnold Palmer used to say. With 7 major titles and 62 victories on the PGA Tour
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3/10/24
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85-year-old Hal Bock spent 4 decades at The Associated Press (AP), penning articles on 30 World Series, 30 Super Bowls, 11 Olympics
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3/2/24
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“I think this team we have is going to do very well,” says Charles Austin of the U.S. Track & Field squad prepping for the Paris Olympics
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2/24/24
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Sports Illustrated (SI), the literary institution that weaved sports into the fabric of American culture for 3 generations, is turning 70 years
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By Gill Schor
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2/18/24
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Officially called the “AFL-NFL World Championship Game”, the first Super Bowl was little more than an inconsequential game
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2/11/24
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Iona Sports Media Professor Mike Damergis talks with Super Bowl '86 & '90 champion, Mark Collins
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2/7/24
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She was the first female skater to land a double axel in competition. Carol Heiss, with her captivating smile and All-American girl appeal
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2/4/24
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Iona Sports Media Professor Mike Damergis talks with 5x Pro-Bowler and NFL Offensive Rookie of the Year, Chuck Foreman
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1/28/24
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Shep Messing spent 7 seasons as goalkeeper in the North American Soccer League, sharing the pitch with legends such as Pele,
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By Adam Kluger
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1/21/24
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A living legend in the world of tennis, Australia’s Margaret Smith-Court won the first of her 24 Grand Slams before John F. Kenndy
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1/14/24
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Sean Logan, an attorney who played lacrosse for the Naval Academy before entering the Marine Corps, said this of his high school football coach
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By Jonathan Yates
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1/7/24
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Sitting ringside at Madison Square Garden (MSG) were boxing’s royalty: Sugar Ray Robinson, Ezzard Charles, and Jersey Joe Walcott.
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12/24/23
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Devon Harris was co-founder of the Jamaica national bobsled team, an upstart squad of warm weather athletes
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12/12/23
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The Allies were on their offensive drive towards Germany, General Douglas MacArthur was back in the Philippines, and the Army-Navy “Game of the Century”
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12/10/23
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Not many athletes have a National Hall of Fame Museum named after them, but Dan Gable stands in a class of his own.
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12/3/23
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"It was a victory of innocents," says Dennis McNally, the Grateful Dead's publicist, as he recalls the historic event in conversation
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11/26/23
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Iona Sports Media Professor Mike Damergis talks with 2x, New York Giants Super Bowl Champ, Kareem McKenzie
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11/22/23
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On November 15, 1979, the Washington Post wrote: “Morgan State is the leading passing team in the MEAC but
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By Johnathan Yates
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11/19/23
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“It’s been an incredible journey with Harley to bring bagger racing to the forefront of motorcycle racing in the U.S.,” says Kyle Wyman.
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11/12/23
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The numbers speak for themselves: 50,000 runners, 5 starting waves, 250 gallons of Gatorade concentrate, and 1,500 portable toilets.
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11/5/23
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“My time finally arrived and I’m going to enjoy every minute of it. Other than the birth of my son, nothing compares to this."
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By Roger Gordon
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10/29/23
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Iona Sports Media Professor Mike Damergis interviews Karl Mecklenburg about his incredible career in the NFL with the 1980s Broncos.
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10/25/23
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In 1998, the Philadelphia Phillies named 87-year old Robert Cotter 'Fan of the Century' and presented him with an
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10/22/23
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Shaul Ladany is a walking miracle, literally and figuratively. The 86-year old Israeli is a 2-time Olympian who survived both the Holocaust
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10/15/23
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Big things come in small packages. At 5’3, Muggsy Bogues was the shortest player ever to be drafted into the NBA where he spent 14 seasons
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10/8/23
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