Search results for "Baseball Writers Association of America" - New World Encyclopedia
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- and important figure in the development of sports journalism. Herald-Tribune referred to the University of Notre Dame's backfield ...14 KB (2,064 words) - 19:22, 24 May 2024
- - September 29, 1975) was an American baseball player and manager from ... Although his baseball career spanned a number of teams and cities ...20 KB (3,127 words) - 14:22, 29 November 2023
- The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA, often pronounced ... athletic organization in the world. Because of the great popularity of college ...28 KB (3,819 words) - 04:10, 11 March 2023
- Eagle," was an American professional baseball player. Speaker is considered ... to its first World Series title. In seven of his eleven seasons with Cleveland ...47 KB (6,717 words) - 20:17, 28 April 2024
- "The Georgia Peach," was a Hall of Fame baseball player. When ... voted the AL MVP by the Baseball Writers Association of America. ...28 KB (4,394 words) - 20:36, 4 January 2024
- and dominant American football player of his era. In college, Nagurski ... He was also a famous professional wrestler, being one of the first ...14 KB (1,992 words) - 04:34, 22 November 2023
- " was an American professional baseball first baseman, third baseman ... generated tremendous power and made him one of the most feared power hitters ...52 KB (7,559 words) - 16:33, 30 May 2024
- quot;, was an American professional baseball player who starred in Major ... Banks is regarded as one of the greatest players of all time. He began ...48 KB (7,068 words) - 20:11, 27 April 2024
- Baseball is a team sport popular in North America, Latin America, ... Baseball is a rare sport in which there is no time limit for play ...67 KB (11,273 words) - 11:05, 20 September 2023
- * University of Illinois #77 retired |HOF=78 |CollegeHOF=20071 ... football player. He is a charter member of both the College Football Hall ...15 KB (2,324 words) - 02:25, 8 December 2022
- office executive for the Boston Celtics of the National Basketball Association ... As coach of the Celtics from 1950 to 1966, Auerbach won nine NBA titles ...21 KB (3,308 words) - 19:09, 16 April 2023
- and religious figure who left a promising baseball career to embrace Christianity ... revivals and other missionary campaigns in America's largest cities, preaching ...47 KB (7,375 words) - 22:05, 3 February 2022
- Juneteenth (a portmanteau of June and nineteenth)Leada Gore, [https://www ... – is a holiday celebrating the emancipation of those who had been ...32 KB (4,394 words) - 10:18, 12 May 2024
- Nebraska is a state located on the Great Plains of the United States ... Originally home to the Plains Indians, the area was part of Louisiana ...48 KB (6,855 words) - 04:25, 11 March 2023
- |caption= Shield of Emory University |motto=Cor prudentis possidebit ... = Emory University |publisher = International Association of ...26 KB (3,754 words) - 18:26, 13 February 2024
- (1948), outraged conservative critics as one of the first major American novels ... used his sarcastic wit and excellent command of the English language to state ...42 KB (5,883 words) - 04:20, 24 May 2024
- and south-central United States. Because of the region's unique cultural ... After the Civil War, the South was largely devastated in terms of ...38 KB (5,665 words) - 15:40, 4 February 2023
- evolutionary biologist, and historian of science. He was also one of ... Early in his career, Gould developed with Niles Eldredge the theory ...30 KB (4,344 words) - 04:42, 28 April 2023
- | affiliations = Association of Jesuit Colleges | fightsong ... the U.S. Civil War under the leadership of university president Patrick ...40 KB (5,598 words) - 15:16, 21 May 2024
- 16, 1948) was an American professional baseball player whose career in Major ... he was mentored by Brother Matthias Boutlier of the Xaverian Brothers, the ...125 KB (19,787 words) - 16:29, 31 May 2024