Trump’s slap in the face to his strongest supporters
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Trump’s slap in the face to his strongest supporters

In the days immediately following his decisive victory, President-elect Donald J. Trump was cruising right along. His avowed enemies, such as Meta’s Mark Zuckerburg, embattled Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, and MSNBC’s “Morning Joe” co-hosts Joe Scarborough, scurried to Mar-a-Lago to kiss and make up. Then, the unlikely happened. During the Christmas and Hanukkah seasons,…

Guzzardi: States join immigration enforcement battle
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Guzzardi: States join immigration enforcement battle

The national frustration over President Biden’s immigration agenda was reflected not only in the presidential election’s results but also in Arizona. Proposition 314, a border security measure that makes it a state crime to enter Arizona from Mexico and outside of a legal port of entry, passed overwhelmingly. Nearly 63% of Arizonians voted for the…

American Indians have storied history in baseball
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American Indians have storied history in baseball

Between 1884 and 1947, from the year that Moses Fleetwood Walker played for the American Association’s Toledo Mud Hens until the Brooklyn Dodgers inserted Jackie Robinson into the lineup, the most prominent minority in baseball was American Indians. One of the most insightful chapters in Larry Ritter’s classic, “The Glory of Their Times,” is based…

Willie Mays was Mother’s Day gift to New York
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Willie Mays was Mother’s Day gift to New York

On Mother’s Day in 1972, Willie Mays returned to New York. The Giants’ hero from the 1950s was now a member of the Mets, and smacked his 647th career home run in the fifth inning of his first game back. Mets owner and president Joan Payson, mother of five, and San Francisco Giants’ chief executive…

Opening Day 1969: ‘The Kid’ returns
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Opening Day 1969: ‘The Kid’ returns

During the spring of 1969, spirits were high in the nation’s capital. The cherry trees along the Potomac River were in bloom. Cautious optimism prevailed that newly inaugurated President Richard Nixon would fulfill his campaign promise to end the Southeast Asian war. But more than anything for DC’s sports’ fans, legendary Green Bay Packers coach…

Remembering when the Irish ruled the ring
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Remembering when the Irish ruled the ring

The date: Sept. 7, 1892. The place: New Orleans. The event: the World Heavy Weight title battle, featuring challenger John J. Corbett taking on champ John L. Sullivan. No Super Bowl has so captivated the nation’s attention and aroused its passion more than the bout between Gentleman Jim and Sullivan, who most referred to as…

Satchel Paige: The pitcher meets the dictator
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Satchel Paige: The pitcher meets the dictator

In 1937, Dominican Republic President Rafael Trujillo, a one-time cattle rustler, forger, blackmailer, and then-dictator, decided that, in the name of national unity and to demonstrate his absolute power, he would create Hispaniola’s best baseball team. Trujillo, who preferred polo and sailing to baseball, turned over the Dragones de Ciudad Trujillo’s daily operations to Dr….