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Extra innings
Extra innings is a tie-breaking procedure in baseball and softball where play continues beyond the standard regulation length (nine innings in MLB, seven in high school/softball) until a winner is determined. The game ends when the visiting team takes the lead after a completed inning, or when the home team scores the ...
Harold Arlin
Harold Wampler Arlin (1895–1986) was an American engineer who became the world's first full-time, salaried broadcast radio announcer when he was hired by Pittsburgh's KDKA, the first commercially licensed station, in 1920. He made history on November 2, 1920, by reading the returns of the presidential ...
2007 Major League Baseball postseason
The 2007 Major League Baseball postseason ran from October 3 to October 28, 2007, and ended with the Boston Red Sox sweeping the Colorado Rockies in the World Series to capture their seventh championship. The field featured dramatic storylines, including the Rockies ma...
Ron Kulpa
Ronald Kulpa (born October 5, 1968) is a veteran Major League Baseball umpire who began his professional career in 1992 and was promoted to the majors in 1999 during the league's umpire shakeup. Over his career, he has officiated at the highest levels, including the World Series (2011, 2021), multiple League Championsh...
Cory Rasmus
Cory Rasmus (born November 6, 1987) was a Major League Baseball pitcher who played for the Atlanta Braves and Los Angeles Angels from 2013 to 2016. Drafted by Atlanta as the 38th overall pick in the 2006 MLB draft, he made his debut on May 22, 2013, and a week later pi...
Alycia Parks
Alycia Parks (born December 31, 2000) is an American professional tennis player who reached career-high rankings of world No. 40 in singles and No. 27 in doubles in 2023. She first made waves in 2021 by tying Venus Williams' record for the fastest serve at the US Open, blasting a 129 mph serve during her Grand Slam deb...
Andrew Benintendi
Andrew Benintendi is a professional baseball outfielder currently playing for the Chicago White Sox, having previously starred for the Boston Red Sox, Kansas City Royals, and New York Yankees. A standout at the University of Arkansas, he swept college baseball's top honors—the Golden Spikes Awa...
And That's Why We Drink
And That's Why We Drink (ATWWD) is a popular comedy podcast blending true crime and paranormal stories, created by Boston University graduates Christine Schiefer and Em Schulz and in production since February 2017. The show has achieved over eighty million downloads, won the People's Voice Webby Award for Best Comedy P...
Ted Cruz
Ted Cruz is a Republican politician and attorney who has served as the junior U.S. Senator from Texas since 2013, making history as the first Hispanic American to represent the state in the Senate. Born in Calgary, Canada, to a Cuban father and an American mother, Cruz graduated from Princeton University and Harvard La...
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Kayshon Boutte
Kayshon Boutte is an American professional football wide receiver who currently plays for the Houston Texans in the NFL. He starred at Louisiana State University (LSU), where he set a Southeastern Conference (SEC) record for receiving yards in a single game with 308 yards against Ole Miss in 2020. Sele...
West Village
The West Village is a historic neighborhood in Manhattan, forming the western section of Greenwich Village and bordered by the Hudson River and 14th Street. It is famous for its extraordinarily expensive real estate, with property sale prices exceeding $2,100 per square foot in 2017. The neighborhood's name emerged in ...