May 18 2012 - John Hall: A historian of bush league baseball
On the first night of July 1951, the Carthage Cubs shuffled onto rickety buses that would take them from Jaycee Park to the YMCA in Pittsburg, Kan. Their manager barked at them for losing both games of a doubleheader to the Pittsburg Browns. |
May 18 2012 - Woman dead after collision with Iowa track team bus
LUBBOCK, Texas (AP) - Lubbock police say a woman has died after crashing her car into a bus carrying the Iowa Western Community College track team. Twenty-one-year-old Emily Leatherwood of Brownfield was pronounced dead on Wednesday. |
May 13 2012 - Browns Backers announce game trip
The Browns Backers of Zanesville are taking a bus trip to Cleveland on Oct. 14 for the Browns-Cincinnati Bengals game. |
May 10 2012 - One wrong turn grants glimpse behind North Korean propaganda curtain
PYONGYANG, North Korea (AP) — The press bus took a wrong turn Thursday. And suddenly, everything changed in the official showcase of North Korean achievement. A cloud of brown dust swirled down deeply potholed streets, past concrete apartment buildings crumbling at the edges. Old people trudged along the sidewalk, some with handmade backpacks crafted from |
May 09 2012 - $70m at risk if bus firms miss unified-card deadline
Auckland's main bus operator could lose at least $70 million in annual operating subsidies if it fails by November to install machines capable of reading new electronic transport tickets.Transport Minister Gerry Brownlee said last... |
May 09 2012 - BISD gets $1.7M grant to reduce bus emissions
The Brownsville Independent School District officially accepted a $1.7 million grant from the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality on Monday to make its school buses run cleaner and healthier. |
May 06 2012 - Boys notebook: UT quietly takes Shipley invite
On the short bus ride back home from the Shipley Invitational at Browning Field in Moline, the United Township boys track and field squad was receiving medals earned Saturday after its runner-up finish. |
May 06 2012 - Former bat boy works to keep KOM League alive
COLUMBIA — On the first night of July 1951, the Carthage Cubs shuffle onto rickety buses that take them from Jaycee Park to the YMCA in Pittsburg, Kan. Their manager barks at them for losing both games of a doubleheader to the Pittsburg Browns. No one notices that their 11-year-old bat boy isn’t with them. The bus pulls out. He's still at the park collecting the team’s bats into two big duffel ... |
May 02 2012 - Brandon Weeden, Cleveland Browns: How Much Can the New QB Help?
Taking a QB was a stretch for the Browns , but they needed to do something. Colt McCoy has not worked out as well as hoped, although he has not been a total failure. He exhibited some poise and maturity during his concussion controversy. One thing McCoy can give your team is that element of leadership. He easily could have thrown his training staff and coaches under the bus for failing to ... |
April 29 2012 - Browns notes: Brandon Weeden doesn’t regret giving baseball a try
BEREA — Even when Brandon Weeden was throwing 97 mph in Class A ball of the New York Yankees’ minor league system, football never completely left his mind. When he failed to escape Class A and got sick of the bus rides, he began to really think of an NFL career. That seemingly far-fetched dream was realized Thursday when the Browns made him the No. 22 pick in the NFL Draft at 28 years old. “I ... |
April 27 2012 - General Brown Picking Up Pieces after Bus Garage Fire
One day after a fire ripped through the General Brown central bus garage, district employees and officials have started the clean up process. The entire bus fleet is out of commission after the fire, but school will be in session come Monday. |
April 23 2012 - Alan Rice: Greco-Roman wrestling legend recalls historic Olympics
Even at 83, Alan Rice still looks like he could throw somebody across a wrestling ring. His forearms bulge like a construction worker’s, yet he shakes hands gently and shows off his dexterity on the brown, weathered baby-grand piano in his St. Paul living room. Built by the Schaff Bros. Co., the piano might be even older than Rice. The company went out of business during World War II. “I enjoy ... |
April 20 2012 - New search under way for 1st milk carton kid
Investigators began jackhammering into the basement of a commercial building in Lower Manhattan on Thursday as part of a search for a 6-year-old boy who disappeared in May 1979 on his way to a bus stop in New York City. "We're looking for human remains, clothing or other personal effects," New York Police Department spokesman Paul Browne said. "It's a very painstaking process." Etan Patz's ... |
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