Max Baer - Heavyweight Boxer

By Mike Casey - Some fighters, the truly great fighters, transcend the boundaries of time and technique. They render academic the arguments of those who would tell us that you can draw a definitive timeline between the great and the not-so-great fighters in boxing history. Continue…

A recent request for a flyer describing my homemade patio composter reminded me of my intention to update that information in this column. Actually, my 32-gallon Rubbermaid garbage can, with tightly sealed lid and drilled with air holes over much of its surface is still regularly producing compost. Technically, however, I have switched from active composting to passive composting. Continue…

The Pennsylvania Supreme Court has upheld a state law that has long protected news reporters from being forced to disclose confidential sources, saying reporters have a “right to report news, regardless of how the information was received.” Continue…

Great moments at Yankee Stadium Continue…

What’s old is new: Arcadia books are hardly anything new. For one thing, they’re history. For another, they have popped out by the dozens. There are books on Rio Linda, Carmichael, Land Park, Colonial Heights, Auburn, yada, yada, yada. Continue…

THE great New York Yankees slugger Joe DiMaggio was pricklier than usual in 1968 when Simon and Garfunkel sang: “Where have you gone Joe DiMaggio, a nation turns its lonely eyes to you”. Continue…

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