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DIED. HANK BALLARD, 75, rhythm-and-blues man whose soulful, often raunchy songs helped set the stage for Elvis Presley and Chuck Berry; of throat cancer; in Los Angeles. As frontman for the Midnighters, the Rock And Roll Hall Of Famer won teen adulation, if not radio play, for such racy hits as 1954's Work with Me Annie. In 1958 he wrote and recorded The Twist as the b side of the sappy Teardrops on Your Letter. After Chubby Checker recorded Twist a year later, the song launched a dance craze and became one of rock's seminal hits...
Although it has been 21 years since the speedy, high-leaping wide receiver Lynn Swann retired from the Pittsburgh Steelers to join ABC Sports, he has hardly gone to seed. At 50, the 5-ft. 11-in. Hall of Famer with four Super Bowl rings weighs just 180 lbs., has a 31-in. waist and keeps himself in shape. And as chairman of the President's Council on Physical Fitness and Sports, he talks about why you should...
PRINCETON, N.J.—John McPhee wrote a book about Bill Bradley while he was the nation’s best basketball player. In A Sense of Where You Are, McPhee examined virtually every aspect of the eventual Hall of Famer and U.S. Senator’s game and life...
DIED. TED WILLIAMS, 83, tough Boston Red Sox outfielder who made good on his goal to become baseball's greatest hitter with a .400 average; in Crystal River, Florida. The Hall of Famer began playing for the Red Sox in 1939. After a brief stint as a Marine flyer during World War II, he returned to Fenway Park, hitting his final major league ball?a home...
DIED. JACK BUCK, 77, beloved voice of baseball's St. Louis Cardinals for nearly a half-century; in St. Louis. Among the gravelly voiced Hall of Famer's most memorable calls: in 1998, when Mark McGwire tied Roger Maris' single-season record of 61 home runs, Buck exclaimed, "Flight 61, headed for planet Maris...