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THE IRON HORSE

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Gehrig’s consecutive games played streak ended May 2, 1939. He never played another major league game.
Just over a month later, on Gehrig’s 36th birthday, it was announced that he had a rare, incurable disease: amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, or ALS. Two days later, the Yankees announced his retirement from baseball. Many diseases, such as Parkinson’s or Alzheimer’s, are named for the scientists who identified them. Only Lou Gehrig’s Disease is named for a victim.
In a story published July 30, 1939, Daily News sportswriter Hy Turkin wrote of Gehrig’s speech, “If there were any angels perched on the fleecy clouds over Yankee Stadium on the sunblessed afternoon of July 4, 1939, they must have wept… That speech, objectively, was one of the greatest in history.” The address is often called the "Luckiest Man" speech (taking a phrase Gehrig used within to describe himself) and as Gehrig's farewell address. Less than two years after Lou Gehrig Appreciation Day, 17 days shy of his 38th birthday, Gehrig died.

MY TOCAYO

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Tocayo means namesake, a person with the same name as oneself. However, truth be told, I was named after Bob Feller, another baseball great.

LEAST FUN CITIES

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#CityImages hopes the Super Bowl is not boring as the citie represented . The stage is set for Super Bowl 59 at Caesar’s Superdome on Feb. 9, and after championship Sunday, we know the matchup.

In a rematch of Super Bowl 57 from two seasons ago, the Kansas City Chiefs will take on the Philadelphia Eagles. The Chiefs won that game — an instant classic — 38-35.

SOTO MOVES NEARBY

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#MLB Superstar Juan Soto reportedly breaks Shohei Ohtani's record with monster Mets $765M deal.

DODGERS BEAT YANKEES

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It’s Los Angeles vs. New York. They meet once again in a World Series Classic for the first time since 1981. On the first day of the start of the series, my former college roomie —born and bred in Brooklyn— and I had the following exchange: 

Me: “Go Dodgers!!!”

Roomie: “Damn the Dodgers.!!! We supported them through all the bad years. And then they finally win the World Series and they pack up and move to California. The hell with them and their progeny!!!”

ADIEU PARIS

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The Paris 2024 Summer Olympics were a tremendous success The closing ceremony was a fitting end to an exciting two weeks.

With viewership surging and the U.S. ratings up significantly compared to Tokyo, it’s clear that the games have captured the public’s imagination. NBC’s streaming strategy and star-studded hosting have played a big part in that.

USA ALL THE WAY

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What a day for Team USA 🇺🇸 in the Olympics today. So far the United States of America is leading with 71 medals.

All the medals were earned and won without any doping charges, which is what has gotten the Russians in trouble so many times for cheating during the Olympic Games.

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SUNISA LEE VICTORY

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 Sunisa Lee feels free whenever she competes on the uneven bars but the Olympic star adds that's hard for her to describe.

For nearly one year Lee was literally and figuratively off the bars.A health related struggle to treat her kidney diseases that she finally got under control led her weight to fluctuate wildly.