Topic: Joe DiMaggio

Martinez mural artist forced to remove beaver

0 . Everything was looking great in the mural commissioned by Martinez to celebrate its heritage - except for one thing: the beaver.. . In the...

Names & Faces

0 View Larger Image Joe DiMaggio . The Yankee Clipper's likeness has appeared on postage stamps before - who can forget that 1969 issue by the...

Braves' Uggla hits in 28th straight game

Atlanta's Dan Uggla hit safely for the 28th straight game, building on Major League Baseball's best current hitting streak as he moved halfway to matching the record of legendary Joe DiMaggio.Uggla stretched his streak to 28 games with an ...

NYer pays 60K for Joe D, Marilyn ball

A New York City sports collectibles buff shelled out nearly $60,000 at auction Thursday for a baseball signed by Joe DiMaggio - and smooched by...

Vintage sign by SF Bayview library to be covered

0 View Larger Image . A sign uncovered when crews knocked down a branch library in the Bayview was likely painted before 1921, when the building...

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Seventy years ago — in the summer of 1941 — two remarkable things happened in baseball. First, Ted Williams, the young, arrogant beanpole...
In 1941, our nation turned its lonely eyes to Joe DiMaggio. But it never saw this much of the Yankee Clipper.. . A Long Island auction house is...
There was no better place inside the Daily News building on West 33rd Street than Bill Gallo's office. The history of the paper and of sports for...

Gay Talese at Politics and Prose

In July 1966, Esquire published an essay on a retired Yankee whom sports fans persistently approached with the same question: The essay's author, Gay Talese, is now the one answering questions?not about baseball but about his career in journalism. Talese ...
A collection of more than 100 previously unpublished photos of Marilyn Monroe travelling with Joe DiMaggio to Banff, Alta., can be seen for the...