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Peter Hayes Devin
Peter Hayes Devin, 55, passed away peacefully in his home on December 30, 2012, after a four year battle with ALS, more commonly known as Lou Gehrig’s disease. He was surrounded by love and family as he was welcomed into heaven and the arms of...
Tags: Lou Gehrig's Disease, Polo Ralph Lauren Corporation, Nordstrom
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Mesa Musings: Today stands on its own
A decade ago I met a young man who, like me, was a volunteer at a weeklong church camp for kids. The father of several youngsters was extremely courageous. One morning he told me almost matter-of-factly that he'd recently been diagnosed with ALS. I was...Tags: Brain, Health, Death, Diseases and Illnesses
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Column: Take a swing at these questions
 WASHINGTON — As the unendurable monotony of the offseason ends, celebrate baseball’s return with mental calisthenics. Everyone knows it was former Atlanta manager Dave Bristol who said, "Only trouble I ever had with chewing tobacco was that...Tags: World Series, Eddie Mathews, St. Louis Cardinals, Nolan Ryan, Tim Lincecum
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Five nostalgic books on baseball
My father, Bill Guilfoile, was a baseball executive for 40 years with the New York Yankees, the Pittsburgh Pirates and the Baseball Hall of Fame. He was also a compulsive reader, and it's no surprise that his favorite subject was the game that has...Tags: New York Yankees, New York University, Pittsburgh Pirates, Sports, Chicago Cubs
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Roots of Florida Gulf Coast's tournament run trace back to Baltimore
The Cinderella team of this year's NCAA men's basketball tournament hails from Florida, but its coaches have Maryland roots. Andy Enfield set scoring records at Johns Hopkins before he became head coach at Florida Gulf Coast, the darling of the...
Tags: New York Yankees, Basketball, Andy Enfield, College Basketball, T. Rowe Price
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Forcing the feds' hand on marijuana [Blowback]
In opposing HR 689, a bill by Rep. Earl Blumenauer (D-Ore.) to federally reclassify marijuana as most other legal prescription drugs and remove oversight from the Drug Enforcement Administration and give it to the states, The Times states in its Feb. 28...Tags: Food and Drug Administration, Politics, Health Treatments, Multiple Sclerosis, Medical Marijuana Therapy
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And now, the rest of the story about Jerry Buss
It took several cups of coffee and a couple of hours one recent morning to realize there was still so much more to know about Jerry Buss. The coffee was shared with Bob Steiner, Buss' longtime public relations advisor and general confidant. We...
Tags: Phil Jackson, Mike Brown (basketball), Stu Lantz, Magic Johnson, Ollie Mack
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Rosenthal: This is the way to exit the stage right
Whatever you thought of Andrew Mason's high-wire act as chief executive of Groupon, you have to concede he nailed the landing. Fired from the company he conceived and co-founded less than five years ago, Mason on Thursday tweeted a link to a goodbye memo...Tags: Groupon, Inc., Chicago Tribune Columnists, Companies and Corporations, Andrew Mason, Carol Bartz
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Michael McMahon
Michael D. McMahon, age 64 of Belle Fourche, died Sunday February 10th, 2013 at the Sanford Select Specialty Hospital in Sioux Falls, following a short fight against ALS (Lou Gehrig's Disease). Funeral services will be held 10:30 am Friday February...
Tags: Ryder Cup, Lou Gehrig's Disease, High School Sports, Nebraska Cornhuskers
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“Super Bowl Today” schedule on CBS
Channel Guide MagazineSuper Bowl Today schedule on CBS begins at 2pm ET on Sunday, Feb. 3, with four hours of features leading up to the kickoff of Super Bowl XLVII. Also, CBS Evening News anchor Scott Pelley interviews President Barack Obama live from the White House at 4:... -
Lloyd Waters: The Super Bowl and an ALS problem
“Winning isn’t everything, but it sure beats coming in second.” That famous quote was often used by Bear Bryant as he coached and made a perennial winner out of the University of Alabama football team. Bryant and his players won 323...Tags: Health and Safety at Work, Barack Obama, New England Patriots, Football, San Francisco 49ers
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Cal Ripken to address University of Maryland grads
University of Maryland, College Park students can expect a home run from their spring graduation speaker. Orioles great Cal Ripken Jr. will deliver the commencement speech at the May 19 ceremony, the university announced Tuesday. "As a Marylander I am...
Tags: Graduation, Baseball, Students, Teaching and Learning, Sports
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