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Year in Review, 1999: Top Sports Personalities

Lance Armstrong was victorious in the Tour de France, while Serena Williams won four tournaments and blasted her way to a U.S. Open title. by Gerry Brown, John Gettings, & Mike Morrison…

Brewer's: Fairies

good and bad. AFREET or EFREET, one of the Jinn tribe, of which there are five. (See Story of the Second Calendar.) APPARITION. A ghost. ARIEL. (See Ariel.) BANSHEE or BENSHEE, an Irish…

Eddie Donovan 2001 Deaths

Eddie DonovanAge: 78 former general manager and coach of the N.Y. Knicks; drafted Willis Reed in 1964 and dealt for Dave DeBusschere in 1968, two moves that helped New York win its first NBA…

Donald Liddle 2000 Deaths

Donald LiddleAge: 75 N.Y. Giants pitcher who threw the pitch that Cleveland's Vic Wertz drove 460 feet and Willie Mays turned into his famous over-the-shoulder catch during Game 1 of the 1954…

Leni Riefenstahl 2003 Deaths

Leni RiefenstahlAge: 101 German documentary filmmaker widely praised for her innovative techniques and vilified for her role as a Nazi propagandist. In her 1935 film Triumph of the Will, she…

Bill Mauldin 2003 Deaths

Bill MauldinAge: 81 army sergeant and cartoonist who won a Pulitzer Prize for his works featuring Willie and Joe, two bedraggled World War II infantrymen who battled not only the Germans, but…

Stan (Chook) Maxwell 2001 Deaths

Stan (Chook) MaxwellAge: 66 pro hockey pioneer who, with Willie O'Ree, was one the first black players to break through the NHL's color barrier; starred Canada's junior hockey ranks and…

Classics of Blues Literature

Blues and Gospel Records 1902-1942, J. Godrich and R.M.W. Dixon Blues Unlimited (magazine) Chicago Breakdown (Chicago Blues), Mike Rowe…