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November 20, 2014Baylor-St. Luke’s Medical CenterIt’s a week before Thanksgiving, and A.J. Foyt is asleep in a hospital bed in Houston. His chest heaves up and down, but the air in his lungs isn’t his...
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Little League, Big Trouble: Jackie Robinson West whistleblower Chris Janes...
Stepping from a baseball dugout after his pre-adolescent players had cleared it of their bats, mitts and empty Gatorade bottles, coach Chris Janes reached for a Marlboro. He lit it and cupped it in his...
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Do you want to watch the Home Run Derby? You do not. Here is a flow chart to confirm this:You do not want to watch the Home Run Derby. But you might end up doing it, the same way you eat a brick of...
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A Man’s World: The Birth and Evolution of Brand Malik
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The Bat Doctor is In: Seriously Illegal Softball Bats and The Men Who Make Them
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The hallucinations started out small, subtle flickers of light at the edges of my vision. “Lightning!” I’d think, and then turn my head to see a cloudless sky. They took firmer shape as the hours...
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How To Bayern In 11 Steps
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