The sports comedy starring Geena Davis, Lori Petty, Rosie O’Donnell, Tom Hanks, and Madonna was groundbreaking. Here are some facts you might not know about it.
Today in Cubs history: The Cubs on two Chicago TV channels
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In 2021, Major League Baseball TV rights are sold for many millions (or even billions!) of dollars and zealously guarded by rightsholders. In some cases it’s even difficult for fans to watch their team’s games because TV channels can’t reach carriage deals with providers.
That wasn’t the case in the early days of television. With only a few broadcast channels on the air and lots of time to fill, many channels looked to live sports, including baseball, as a way to fill several hours of airtime for many summer afternoons and evenings.
Mavericks’ Mark Cuban isn’t the first to try to stop playing the national anthem
A number of teams have tried to stop playing the national anthem in the past. It hasn t gone well.
By MATT BONSTEELThe Washington Post
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With few or zero fans in attendance this season because of the coronavirus pandemic, the Dallas Mavericks’ decision to stop playing the national anthem before home games garnered little notice until this week, when team owner Mark Cuban confirmed that he had directed the team to stop playing the song.
On Wednesday, however, the NBA decreed that all “all teams will play the national anthem in keeping with longstanding league policy.” So it seems Cuban’s attempt to stop playing the anthem will meet the same fate as others that came before it.
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Real-life League of Their Own player raises money for 94th birthday to build women s baseball center
Maybelle Blair is the driving force behind a new women s baseball center.
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A real-life ‘League of Their Own’ player raised $9,400 for a women’s baseball center
Maybelle Blair played for the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League and just raised money on her 94th birthday to create a new league and museum for women today. International Women s Baseball Center
The time that Maybelle Blair played in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League, the inspiration for the 1992 film A League of Their Own, were some of the best years of her life.