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Brewer's: Locksley

So Robin Hood is sometimes called, from the village in which he was born. (See Ivanhoe, ch. xiii.) Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Locksley HallLockman A B…

Brewer's: Much

or Mudge. The miller's son, in Robin Hood dances, whose great feat was to bang with a bladder of peas the heads of the gaping spectators. Represents the Fool. Source: Dictionary of…

Brewer's: Mother Huddle's Oven

Where folk are dried up so that they live for ever. (Howard Pyle: Robin Hood, 211.) Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Mother ShiptonMother Hubbard A B C D…

Professional Baseball: 1998-99 Season Recap

Big Apple Bliss Is there really anything left to say about the Yankees of the late nineties that hasn't already been said. Quite simply, they're good. Very good. The best ever? Well that's just…

Modern Pentathlon

First Olympic Appearance: 1912 (men); 2000 (women) by Mike Morrison and Mark Zurlo Did You Know? American George Patton (yes, that George Patton) was a strong challenger for the modern…

1968 Olympic Greco-Roman Wrestling Results

Class   Flyweight (-114 1/2 lb) Petar Kirov, BUL   Vladimir Bakulin, URS   Miroslav Zeman, TCH Bantamweight (-125 3/4 lb) János Varga, HUN   Ion Baciu, ROM   Ivan…

1968 Olympic Freestyle Wrestling Winners

Class   Flyweight (-114 1/2 lb) Shigeo Nakata, JPN   Richard Sanders, USA   Surenjav Sukhbaatar, MGL Bantamweight (-125 3/4 lb) Yojiro Uetake, JPN   Donald Behm, USA…

Dick Howser Trophy

Dick Howser Trophy Presented to the College Player of the Year since 1987, by the American Baseball Coaches Association (ABCA) from 1987-98 and the National Collegiate Baseball Writers…