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...McLain, president of the board of directors and producer of the event, said it is significant that the Nameless has been able to survive 25 years paying neither staff members nor performers...
...Light Books on Mt. Auburn St. sells new-age books, crystals, and other Shirley McLain-esque fare. Globe Bookstore, tucked behind the Coop, features travel books and maps...
...guards--Tarik Campbell and sophomore Matt McLain, who replaced James in the starting lineup--to assume the scoring burden. Campbell pumped in 15 points and McClain responded with 14 points, 10 in the decisive second half. Co-Captain Ron Mitchell aided the effort with 13 points, and Tyler Rullman added...
When Hoynes brought up former baseball offenders Leo Durocher and Denny McLain, who received swifter punishments for gambling violations "arguably less prolonged and offensive," he was ringing an alarm that has chilled baseball since 1920. The Chicago "Black Sox" threw the 1919 World Series and almost threw away the public's confidence in the integrity of the game. The club owners, acting in concert, created the commissioner's office for the explicit purpose of clearing out the gamblers. Without any process at all, Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis expelled everyone involved in the Black Sox scandal. His '40s successor, Happy Chandler...
...Denny McLain, the Detroit Tigers pitcher, had a delightful alibi for two mashed toes that cost the 1967 pennant. He said he hurt himself shooing a raccoon away from a garbage can. Whether the raccoon had a Mob connection was a matter of speculation, but McLain was definitely the garbage can. When his bookmaking sideline was uncovered, he blurted, "My biggest crime is stupidity." Actually, it was just the thing at which he was most accomplished...