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Today’s of the day is a 1960 Willie McCovey card. Spending most of his career with the Big slugged 521 and 1,555 . He holds the for the most hit in Candlestick Park. He provided a potent back-to-back punch with his co- member Willie Mays. I saw Mays & McCovey play in the first game I ever saw in person. Stretch passed away in 1980.

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One more note on Roy Campanella. In 1959, the made a special trip to to play an game against their old rivals, the . The proceeds of the game went to defray Campy’s . Over 93,000 turned out, then a record crowd to attend a game. True to form, the won the game! en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roy_Camp

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Today, I’m sharing my 1954 Roy Campanella. was already an established when the signed him in 1948. He continued his stellar play, culminating in the Dodgers’ 1955 . Sadly, his career was cut short in 1958 when his car flipped on an icy road, breaking his neck and leaving him paralyzed. The is badly miscut, diminishing its value.

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in 2020 great Tom Seaver died at the age of 75. A 300 game winner, 12X and 3X award winner, he led the 1969 to a that stunned the world. Cheap and venal management led to a trade to where he continued his stellar career. He died of and . en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Seav

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in 1916 long-time owner Wellington Mara was born in . The team won 4 championships and 2 games during his tenure. A feud with his nephew (a co-owner) and not delegating management of caused 2 lost decades for the (mid 60s to mid 80s). He died in 2005. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wellingt

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“The blazers who run the major championships have not yet commissioned sculptures of these two women, who so unbound their sport and gave the gift of professional aspiration to so many. Yet who exemplify, perhaps more than any champions in the annals of their sport, the deep internal mutual grace called sportsmanship.” Always always read Sally Jenkins. histodons washingtonpost.com/sports/inte

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This is some amazing soccer/football history! Two teams trying to scale an own goal because it was the best tournament strategy. Well worth a read and even a boost perhaps.
generalist.academy/2022/06/07/

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A piece of American culture that speaks to quite a moment at the intersection of sports, capitalism, and international relations: Michael Jordan’s 1992 Olympic jacket—still modified to hide the logo of Reebok, competitor to his sponsor, Nike—is up for auction at Sotheby’s. sothebys.com/en/digital-catalo

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Celebrate by listening to stories of women who made history, like Babe Didrikson Zaharias, one of the greatest athletes of all time.

🎧: unsunghistorypodcast.com/babe/

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Another example from 15 February 1960, Spokane Daily Chronicle

The NCAA did not achieve full rights to the term until May 2011, when it reached a settlement with the Illinois High School Association (IHSA). So, by that logic, the first winner of NCAA March Madness was Kentucky (Anthony Davis era).

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