Word: sports
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...rockers' ears is slowly easing. Musicians no longer perform before walls of loudspeakers. Today giant speakers are relegated to the sides of the stage or suspended from the proscenium. "Half the concerts are quieter on the stage than anywhere else in the house," notes Flansburgh. Many rockers now sport protective gear during practice sessions and even during performances. Saxophonist Benjamin Bossi of the Ordinaires, a New York City- based band, dons headphones before concerts. Fred Schneider, vocalist for the B-52's, stuffs tissue into his ears. Rock Promoter Bill Graham, who is shepherding the current Amnesty International tour, keeps...
John Sayles' Eight Men Out, Hollywood's newest entry in the baseball-movie line-up, however, tells a different story. To Sayles, the national pastime is the purest religion in the world. And when certain people distort this religion, America's greatest sport loses its innocence...
...gamblers, especially Bill Burns (Christopher Lloyd) and Sport Sullivan (Kevin Tighe), notice that some of the star players want more than what Comiskey pays his team. It is the gamblers who bring the idea of a fix to two players, Chick Gandil (Michael Rooker) and Swede Risberg (Don Harvey...
Unlike Bull Durham, Eight Men Out is a true baseball film. Although it may go too far in attributing Frank Capra-esque traits to baseball, the movie does attempt to present the sport the way it should be, as an integral part of American culture. When news of the scandal becomes public, Chicago is in shock. The possibility of actual players, the immortal heroes of the city, sacrificing their talent for a few quick bucks is unthinkable in the untarnished world of baseball. Yet Sayles succeeds in bringing his point across. Innocence will always tarnish, whether it be love...
These Blacks are proving that given access to the proper facilities, Blacks can compete in any sport just as easily as anyone else...