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March 2005

WorldLeftist Government Assumes Power in Uruguay (March 1): Tabaré Vázquez, a Socialist, sworn in as president. Inauguration marks the first time in the country's history the left is in…

November 2005

WorldIraq Seeks Former Soldiers (Nov. 2): Iraqi Defense Ministry begins recruiting former junior officers from Saddam Hussein's army to bolster army's forces and to siphon fighters away from…

Entertainment News from March 1998

2Two New Zealand playwrights file a lawsuit in Los Angeles claiming that the year's most profitable film, The Full Monty, is based on their 1987 play, Ladies Night. Andrew McCarten and…

baseball

(Encyclopedia) CE5 A regulation baseball field. Minimum distance to the outfield fence is 250 ft; professional baseball fields constructed since 1958 have been at least 325 ft deep along the foul…

Coming Out While Still in the Game

More professional athletes are coming out and not just after they retire. by Jennie Wood and Katherine Schauer Jason Collins in 2012 Photo Credit:…

2002 Season: Home Attendance

Overall 2002 regular season attendance in Major League Baseball was 67,941,211 in 2,412 games for an average per game crowd of 28,168, down 6.1 percent from 2001; numbers in parentheses…

Home Attendance for Baseball's 1999 Season

Overall 1999 regular season attendance in Major League Baseball was 70,120,362 in 2,401 games for an average per game crowd of 29,205; numbers in parentheses indicate ranking in 1998; HD indicates…

Home Attendance for Baseball's 1998 Season

Overall 1998 regular season attendance in Major League Baseball was 70,618,731 in 2,403 games for an average per game crowd of 29,388; numbers in parentheses indicate ranking in 1997; HD indicates…

Home Attendance for Baseball's 2000 Season

Overall 2000 regular season attendance in Major League Baseball was a record 72,782,013 in 2,416 games for an average per game crowd of 30,125; numbers in parentheses indicate ranking in 1999; HD…