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Sure, there were people from Missouri and Illinois who grew up Cardinals fans and migrated to New York for work or love. Cardinals fans congregate periodically at Foley's near Herald Square to root for the team of their childhood, up there on the TV screen.

~George Vecsey

Topics: Cardinals Childhood Fans Grew Illinois Love Missouri Near New New York People Root Screen Square Sure Team Tv Up Were Who Work York

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In New York, I run into Packers fans who have never lived in Wisconsin, Canadiens fans who have never lived in La Belle Province, Celtics fans who admire Russell and Bird and Pierce but have no trace of a Boston accent.

~George Vecsey

Topics: Accent Admire Bird Boston Fans La Lived Never New New York Packers Pierce Province Run Russell Trace Who Wisconsin York

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When I was a kid, my father brought home the autobiography of Sid Luckman, the great Chicago Bears quarterback - probably an extra copy from the sports department where he worked. It was the first sports biography I ever read.

~George Vecsey

Topics: Autobiography Bears Biography Brought Chicago Copy Department Ever Extra Father First Great He Home Kid Quarterback Read Sports Where Worked

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To this day, while maintaining a healthy respect for the Giants and Jets and other teams I cover, I admit to checking the results every Monday to see how the Bears did.

~George Vecsey

Topics: Admit Bears Checking Cover Day Did Every Giants Healthy How Jets Maintaining Monday Other Respect Results See Teams While

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Many of the most successful coaches and managers have come from players who never reached the highest level. The one exception seems to be basketball, where many of the greatest stars at least tried to coach a team.

~George Vecsey

Topics: Basketball Coach Coaches Come Exception Greatest Highest Highest Level Least Level Managers Many Most Never Players Reached Seems Stars Successful Team Tried Where Who

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What is there about basketball that makes Larry Bird or Lenny Wilkens want to coach after their playing careers are done?

~George Vecsey

Topics: About After Basketball Bird Careers Coach Done Larry Lenny Makes Playing Want

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Fans all have their memories of pennant races, good memories, sick memories.

~George Vecsey

Topics: Fans Good Memories Pennant Races Sick

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Pennant races drain the energy from the best of them. Old-fashioned baseball races are to me the most grueling daily test in any sport. Gotta keep coming out, every day, in the face of looming disaster.

~George Vecsey

Topics: Any Baseball Best Coming Daily Day Disaster Drain Energy Every Every Day Face Gotta Grueling Keep Me Most Old-Fashioned Out Pennant Races Sport Test Them

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For years, I advised George Steinbrenner to get out of town because he dishonored my hometown with his bullying and bombast.

~George Vecsey

Topics: Advised Because Bullying George Get He His Hometown Out Town Years

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As my wife will attest, I do not shop casually.

~George Vecsey

Topics: Casually Shop Wife Will

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Author

Born: Unknown

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