Had ‘Broadway Joe’ pursued baseball, Cubs’ fortunes could be different
The history of the two teams in the National League Championship Series, the New York Mets and the Chicago Cubs — in fact, the history of these two cities — may have been decided at the kitchen table of a Hungarian mother in Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania. Rose Namath may have determined the future of baseball in Chicago and both baseball and football in New York when she stood firm about her son, future Hall of Fame quarterback Joe Willie Namath, going to college. If it had been
‘Premiere Boxing Champions’ card a crime, not just an embarrassment
Washington’s lightweight contender Anthony Peterson was holding court in the back of the main floor of the EagleBank Arena on the George Mason campus while there was action in the ring on Saturday at the nationally televised “Premiere Boxing Champions” card. He had disposed of Mike Oliver in one round earlier in a debacle that was called a fight. Peterson landed a hard body shot, then grazed Oliver on the head. Oliver went down on his knees, waited for the 10 count and walked
