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Rickey Henderson Hall of Fame Induction / Nobody was like Rickey

Jul. 23, 2009
Imagine being the manager of the greatest American baseball team ever assembled. It's a mythical setting, a tree-lined ballpark in the realm of fantasy, and as you prepare to face the best players from the rest of the world, you're choosing from more than a...
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Lori Anne Madison, 6, competes in Scripps National Spelling Bee
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Lori Anne Madison, 6, of Woodbridge, Virginia, spells out the letters in her word as she competes during the opening round of the Scripps National Spelling Bee, May 30, 2012, in National Harbor, Maryland. Madison, the youngest known qualifier in the history of the contest, correctly spelled the word "dirigible*", a lighter-than-air aircraft, to advance. UPI/Mike Theiler