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NFL Football Preview 2000: NFC Central

  NFL Preview: NFC Central Tampa Bay, Minnesota, Green Bay, Chicago, Detroit   by Mike Morrison   1. Tampa Bay—They missed the Super Bowl last year by just…

NFL Football Preview 2000: NFC West

  NFL Preview: NFC West St. Louis, Carolina, Atlanta, New Orleans, San Francisco   by Mike Morrison   1. St. Louis—Even if Kurt Warner's production drops 25…

Olympic Preview: Baseball

First Olympic Appearance: 1992 by Mike Morrison and Mark Zurlo Related Links Olympics Overview 20082008 Summer Games: Baseball ResultsEncyclopedia: Baseball Baseball became an…

Olympic Preview: Tennis

First Olympic Appearance: 1896 (men); 1900 (women) by Mike Morrison and Mark Zurlo Did You Know? It is thought that the word tennis comes from the French word tenez, meaning "play" or "take…

George Howard WILSON, Congress, OK (1905-1985)

WILSON, George Howard, a Representative from Oklahoma; born in Mattoon, Coles County, Ill., August 21, 1905; moved with his parents to Oklahoma and attended the public schools of Enid;…

Dole, Sanford Ballard

(Encyclopedia) Dole, Sanford Ballard, 1844–1926, Hawaiian statesman, b. Honolulu, of American missionary parents. After education in the United States he returned to Hawaii and became prominent in…

Oliphant, Laurence

(Encyclopedia) Oliphant, LaurenceOliphant, Laurenceŏlˈĭfənt [key], 1829–88, British author, b. Capetown, South Africa. Although he wrote some valuable travel books, he is probably best remembered for…

Landis, Kenesaw Mountain

(Encyclopedia) Landis, Kenesaw MountainLandis, Kenesaw Mountainkĕnˈəsôˌ [key], 1866–1944, American jurist and commissioner of baseball (1921–44), b. Millville, Butler co., Ohio, grad. Union College…

Campeggio, Lorenzo

(Encyclopedia) Campeggio, LorenzoCampeggio, Lorenzolōrĕntˈs kämpĕdˈjō [key], 1472?–1539, Italian churchman and diplomat, cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. He was well known as a jurist before…