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Marvin Miller's Continued Exclusion From Cooperstown a Travesty

LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. -- The biggest travesty in the Hall of Fame was perpetuated again Monday. Marvin Miller, the first director of the players' union, came up one vote shy of being elected into the Hall of Fame by the Expansion Era Committee. All Miller did in his almost two decades at the helm of the union was to...

As 90 Nears, Stan Musial Forever Worthy of Celebration

Even though Stan Musial turns 90 on Sunday, he already has one of his biggest birthday presents: the Presidential Medal of Freedom, which was gift-wrapped by the White House this week for the former St. Louis Cardinals slugger. In fact, he will be honored with others early next year by Barack Obama "for (his) especially...

Muhammad Ali Honored by the Stars

Elie Seckbach, the Embedded Correspondent, brings his exclusive video reporting to FanHouse. Check back regularly for more videos. Boxing legend Muhammad Ali enters a Los Angeles hotel, where the former heavyweight champion was honored along with baseball icon Hank Aaron and Oscar winning actor Denzel Washington at the...

Hank Aaron 'Saddened' by Legal Troubles of Barry Bonds, Roger Clemens

NEW YORK (AP) -- Hank Aaron says he's saddened by news involving Roger Clemens and Barry Bonds, both facing trial next spring and accused of lying about using steroids. "I'm just saddened by it," says Aaron, who held baseball's career home run record until Bonds broke it. "I'm not a judge and I'm not a juror and I don't...

Laila Ali: 'I Love Everything About' Muhammad Ali

Elie Seckbach, the Embedded Correspondent, brings his exclusive video reporting to FanHouse. Check back regularly for more videos. Former world champion Muhammad Ali was honored recently at a star-studded, 10th Annual Harold Pump Foundation charity event in Los Angeles, as were actor Denzel Washington and baseball great...

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05/22/12 PHOTO CALL: Sanaa Lathan, Gabourey Sidibe, Hank Aaron... Source: Playbill Sanaa Lathan , Gabourey Sidibe, Hank Aaron, Holly Robinson Peete and Diahann Carroll are among the celebrities who have paid a visit to Broadway's starry revival of A Streetcar Named Desire in recent weeks.
05/21/12 State News Briefs: Search committee named to find a... Source: Pierce County Herald - Ellsworth WI Twenty-one people have been named to a search committee to find a new chancellor for U-W Eau Claire.
05/20/12 Harpers tantrum costs him 10 stitches but no time Source: The Durango Herald - Durango CO ï¿½I remember one time I threw my helmet, and Hank Aaron put his hand on the back of my neck and said he never wanted to see me do that again.
05/18/12 Aaron to speak at Marquette Source: Daily News - West Bend WI Baseball legend Hank Aaron will be in Milwaukee this weekend.
05/14/12 Bam-Bam with Band-Aid Source: D.C. Sports Bog This is what Bryce Harper looked like in the clubhouse on Sunday, two days after hitting himself in the head with a ricocheting baseball bat.

Background on hank aaron

Henry Louis "Hank" Aaron (born February 5, 1934), nicknamed "Hammer," or "Hammerin' Hank," is a retired American baseball right fielder who played 23 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) from 1954 through 1976. Aaron spent 21 seasons with the Milwaukee and Atlanta Braves in the National League (NL) before playing for the Milwaukee Brewers of the American League (AL) for the final two years of his career.

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