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NEWS ABOUT: Ted Williams

Ted Williams stories: 5 news summaries
Cryogenic Tell-All

Ted Williams' Frozen Head Treated Like a Baseball

Former exec at cryogenics company details bizarre, unprofessional practices

Oct 2, 09 9:21 AM CDT
(Newser) - Ted Williams’ frozen head has apparently not received the respect usually accorded to Hall of Famers. In a tell-all, a former exec at the cryogenic facility where the Red Sox slugger’s body resides writes that his severed head was propped up in a canister on a can of Bumble... More »

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Boston Red Sox • Baseball Hall of Fame • decapitation • freezing temperatures • Ted Williams • cryogenics • head • tell-all

GLOSSIES

 Mauer Has a Real Shot at .400 


Jun 29, 09 1:51 PM CDT
(Newser) - Opponents don’t spend much time looking at the scouting report for Joe Mauer, because it shows that the Minnesota Twins catcher doesn’t strike out, doesn’t pop up, and has no holes in his swing—and that’s no misprint. That’s why Mauer, currently hitting .394, has... More »

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MLB • Minnesota Twins • Ted Williams • baseball • Joe Mauer

Obituary

BoSox Star
Dom DiMaggio Dead at 92

All-Star excelled in the shadow of brother Joe and Ted Williams

May 8, 09 11:11 AM CDT
(Newser) - Dom DiMaggio, the talented younger brother of Joltin’ Joe, died today at the age of 92, the Boston Globe reports. The former Red Sox center fielder went to the All-Star Game seven times in his 11-year career, and earned accolades from his contemporaries. Ted Williams called DiMaggio “the best... More »

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MLB • Boston Red Sox • David Halberstam • obituary • Joe DiMaggio • Ted Williams • baseball • Dom DiMaggio

APPRECIATION

 Updike: An Author 
 'Hoping to Talk to America' 

Superlatives hardly lacking in wake of writer's death at 76

Jan 27, 09 3:44 PM CST
(Newser) - John Updike, who died today at 76, was many things: Bob Ryan, in the Boston Globe, calls him the author of the “most spellbinding essay ever written about baseball.” For Carolyn Kellogg, in the Los Angeles Times, the first line of his story A&P displays a “... More »

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obituary • literature • novelist • author • novel • Ted Williams • John Updike • sports writer

OJ Memorabilia Almost Worthless

That OJ Simpson Memorabilia? Practically Worthless
Market collapses for ex-footballer's gear

Oct 4, 07 10:26 AM CDT
(Newser) - After O.J. Simpson's debacle stealing back his own signed footballs and photographs in Las Vegas, the Washington Post asks, just who would want it anyway? While the multibillion-dollar market for sports memorabilia booms, material from Simpson's career is nearly worthless—in fact, a Simpson-signed helmet will run you less... More »

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football • OJ Simpson • Peyton Manning • sports memorabilia • Ted Williams

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