An Ohio man had to turn off his phone service because he shares the same name with the umpire who blew a call that cost a Detroit pitcher a perfect game.
The Toledo man says the harassing calls started not long after the bad call on Wednesday night and some were pretty vulgar.
Jim Joyce tells WTOL-TV the confusion came about because umpire Jim Joyce grew up in Toledo …
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WINFIELD - Sissonville High's basketball team's offense resembledthe school's never-quite-developed anarchy club.
Meanwhile, Winfield relied on a simple, focused approach: Feed theball inside to its underclassmen.
In the sixth-ranked Generals' 77-60 win here Thursday, 6-foot-2freshman T.L. Asbury scored 17 points and cleaned up seven rebounds,and 6-4 junior Virgil Vanover added 12 points and six boards.
Between them, they made 12-of-13 shots. And when they tired ordrew fouls, 6-6 sophomore Joel Jones (four points) and 6-4 sophomoreJosh Sowards (seven points) picked up where they left off.
"We have a pretty big lineup," said …
A nighttime raid on a compound in eastern Afghanistan sparked a gunbattle that left three people dead, including two children, while six policemen were killed in clashes with the Taliban in the west, officials said Thursday.
The U.S. and Afghan troops raided the compound because they suspected it harbored militants belonging to a suicide bombing network, and they were fired upon as they approached late Wednesday in Bati Kot district in Nangarhar province, said Maj. Chris Belcher, a spokesman for the U.S.-led coalition.
After the clash, a militant and two children were found dead inside the compound, Belcher said. A woman and another child were wounded, he …
All these politicians who have been in office for years and practice the art of wheeling and dealing as a profession are now claiming ignorance about the governor's dealings. After all, the …
Welcome to another edition of In the Mix...your complete run-down of the who, what, when, where and why of our city's movers and shakers. Black History Month 2007 is in full swing with various celebrations of our rich heritage and history. As I continue my quest to bring you a few of our city's living Black legends, I think you will find this week's column to be something the entire family can enjoy. Stay warm and enjoy.
The legendary Merri Dee...
While attending the grand opening celebration for the brand new WVONAM/1690,1 had the pleasure of conducting an impromptu interview with Chicago's very own Merri Dee. She looks wonderfully ageless and was quick to tell me she feels …
BANJA LUKA, Bosnia-Herzegovina - A 4-year-old boy who disappeared a week ago in northwest Bosnia may be alive and wandering the forest, police said Monday.
Ratko Makaric vanished July 16 from his village of Josipovici when his uncle left him alone for a moment to feed the cattle.
On Sunday, searchers found fresh tracks that match his shoes, and partially eaten fruit.
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Concerns about bovine tuberculosis have led to the quarantine of 32 cattle herds with about 15,000 adult cattle in north-central Nebraska, officials said Thursday.
The bovine TB investigation has confirmed only two cases of the disease in one Rock County herd, but state Agriculture Director Greg Ibach said the other 31 herds have been quarantined because the animals may have had fence-line contact with the infected herd.
The 32 quarantined herds, which must all be tested for TB, are in Rock, Holt, Loup, Boyd and Brown counties. Ibach said other herds could be added to the quarantine if investigators learn they may have contacted the infected herd.
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