Wednesday, December 26, 2018

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Pete Gayde <pagrsg@wowway.com>: Dec 24 11:13PM

msb@vex.net (Mark Brader) wrote in news:H-mdnfXFr4qMpYPBnZ2dnUU7-
> old. Known as "the Greek Freak", he is the first player in
> NBA history to end a season in the top 20 players for points,
> rebounds, assists, steals, and blocks.
 
Giannis
 
> 7th-youngest player in NBA history. He left the Raptors in
> 2000 to sign with the Orlando Magic, but achieved his greatest
> stardom with the Houston Rockets.
 
Harden
 
> trading him to Los Angeles, where he would play his entire
> career, starting on 1996-11-03, when he became the third-youngest
> NBA player in history.
 
Kobe Bryant
 
> 15 games for the Seattle Mariners early in the season.
> On Opening Day, he became the 20th player of all time to
> record 5,000 putouts from his position.
 
Ichiro Suzuki
 
> decode the rot13 for an additional hint, but only after you have
> finished with the previous two questions: Ng sbegl lrnef bs ntr,
> ur'f sbhe lrnef lbhatre guna gur bgure gjb trrmref.
 
Rodney
 
> Several types of carry may be practiced, including piggyback,
> fireman's carry, and Estonian-style. The world championships
> have been held annually in Sonkajärvi, Finland, since 1992.
 
Wife carrying
 
> the UK, India, and Russia. This hybrid sport combines two
> traditional one-on-one contests, so that competitors compete
> in alternating rounds of a board game and a physical activity.
 
Contact chess
 
> with the Confédération Mondiale des Activités Subaquatiques
> as the world governing body. The first world championship was
> held in Canada in 1980.
 
Underwater hockey
 
> of holding Barbadian-Australian dual citizenship. He excelled as
> both a bowler and a batsman. *When did he play internationally?*
> Name any year.
 
1975; 1980
 
> era has been called "The Age of Grace". Wikipedia has separate
> pages for every single season of his career. *When did he
> play internationally?* Name any year.
 
1895; 1900
 
> Bradman's career Test batting average of 99.94 has been cited
> as the greatest achievement by any sportsman in any major sport.
> *When did he play internationally?* Name any year.
 
1960; 1965
 
> Maple Leafs, *this player* asked the team to give his retired
> number to Ron Ellis, whose playing he admired. Ellis wore it for
> the rest of his career, after which the number was "re-retired".
 
Shore; Shack
 
> and was the first player from his birth country to be inducted
> into the Hockey Hall of Fame. His #21 was "honored" in 2006,
> and officially retired in 2016.
 
Salming
 
> served two terms in the House of Commons, from 1962 to 1965 --
> while playing for the Leafs. His #4 was officially retired
> in 2016.
 
Baun
 
 
Pete Gayde
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