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Cleveland's starters are ancient and tire by late October. Kenny Lofton wins World Series MVP then goes back to Houston, who traded him for Ed Taubensee many moons ago, in the offseason as a free agent. The Astros then found a dynasty, winning the Series from 1998 until...
...N.B.A., Earvin ("Magic") Johnson's skill with a basketball was matched only by his leadership. Johnson fronted the Los Angeles Lakers' "Showtime" offense, directing the team to the N.B.A. finals nine times in 13 seasons, winning five championships. He was the league MVP three times. After learning he was HIV positive, Johnson became a forceful advocate for AIDS education and raised millions for research. The man gets things done...
Scrappy second baseman Nellie Fox, who died in 1975, was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame by the Veterans Committee last week. While stories on Fox referred to his .288 lifetime batting average, his 1959 American League MVP award and his record for most consecutive games at second base (798), no mention was made of his abduction by aliens. It happened in 1959, when a helicopter filled with Martians landed at Chicago's Comiskey Park and captured both Fox and his equally diminutive double-play partner, Luis Aparicio. The stunt was dreamed up by White Sox owner Bill Veeck...
...undoubtably been the team MVP throughout the entire season. Now, with his first season over, Harvard freshman goaltender J.R. Prestifilippo has something to show...
...opening things up for him. Zimmerman scored a Harvard record 101 goals and had team highs for assists (21) and steals (26). By reaching triple digits in scoring, Zimmerman broke his brother's old record (99) for most goals in a season. Besides being recognized as Harvard's MVP, Zimmerman also was named to the First Team all-EWPA and received the Ivy League Player of the Year award (sharing it with Kevin O'Sullivan from Brown...