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CLEVELAND, Ohio – Nobody asked me, but … That is how legendary New York sportswriter Jimmy Cannon would begin some of his notes columns. One of my favorites is: “Nobody asked me, but when I ...
When Jimmy Cannon was a newspaper shaver, the late Damon Runyon gave him some advice: "The best way to make a living is to be a sportswriter." Cannon followed the advice, and Runyon liked ...
That is how legendary New York sportswriter Jimmy Cannon would begin some of his notes columns. If you purchase a product or register for an account through a link on our site, we may receive ...
HAZLETON — Brantlee Butcher fired a one-hitter and smacked a walk-off double as Valley East’s 8-10-year-old all-stars topped ...
Those in the stands who hadn’t been among the 64,000-plus who’d crammed the old yard the previous two days had no doubt followed along with Red Barber on the radio, or read Jimmy Cannon and ...
I now run and lead the Jimmy Cannon Big Band, Co run the Loose Cannon’s, am a member of Asterisk Saxophone Quartet; Yossi Yoffe And His Band, have appeared with Dave Finnegan’s “The Commitments”; The ...
It is Yankees versus Dodgers, so maybe before the game you can sip a Nedick’s and have lunch at the Automat while perusing your Daily Mirror and your Herald-Trib.
LIVE OAK, Fla. — Jimmy Cannon will never forget the morning of Oct. 20. That morning, Cannon was stopped in a Suwannee County school bus on County Road 250 to pick up Keria Hadley and Nebula ...
Aberdeen Proving Ground personnel will fire off a cannon every 30 minutes on Monday to honor former President Jimmy Carter. The first round was scheduled for 11 a.m., and the last at 5 p.m.
Instead, the stadium erupted to a standing ovation when he threw a strike on the eleventh pitch. Part of this was also because New York was always a National League town. As Jimmy Cannon once wrote: ...
Every now and then New York newspaper columnist Jimmy Cannon expressed his opinions under the above headline. This is a nod to him as I share a few thoughts about the 2024 Olympics. For starters ...