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Major League Baseball—2005 World Series—2005 2006 Season Baseball 2004 SeasonLendl, Ivan
(Encyclopedia) Lendl, IvanLendl, Ivanēvänˈ lĕnˈdəl [key], 1960–, Czech-American tennis player. After leading Czechoslovakia to its only Davis Cup championship (1980), he moved to the United States,…National Education Association
(Encyclopedia) National Education Association (NEA), organization of professional educators in the United States, with almost 2.5 million members. The NEA was founded (1850) as the National Teachers…Nicklaus, Jack William
(Encyclopedia) Nicklaus, Jack William, 1940–, American golfer, b. Columbus, Ohio. He began playing golf at the age of 10 and before becoming a professional in late 1961 was considered by many the…Woods, Tiger
(Encyclopedia) Woods, Tiger (Eldrick Woods), 1975–, American golfer, b. Cypress, Calif. The son of an African-American father and a Thai mother, he was a college star at Stanford and became the only…Lambeau, Earl Louis
(Encyclopedia) Lambeau, Earl Louis, 1898–1965, American football coach and player, b. Green Bay, Wis. “Curly” Lambeau briefly attended Notre Dame, where he played for Knute Rockne, but illness forced…Wright, Harry
(Encyclopedia) Wright, Harry (Wiliam Henry Wright), 1835–95, English-American baseball player and manager, b. Sheffield, England. His father, a professional cricket player, moved the family to New…Minot, Laurence
(Encyclopedia) Minot, Laurence, fl. 1333–52, English poet. He was the author of fervently patriotic war poems about Halidon Hill, the siege of Calais, and other battles. Probably a Yorkshireman, he…Louis, Joe
(Encyclopedia) Louis, Joe (Joseph Louis Barrow)Louis, Joel&oomacr;ˈĭs [key], 1914–81, American boxer, b. Lafayette, Ala. His father, a sharecropper, died when Louis was four years old, and in…hockey, ice
(Encyclopedia) hockey, ice, team sport in which players use sticks to propel a hard, round disk into a net-backed goal. The NHL long regarded itself as the world's elite, but the overwhelming…Trending
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