City, state award sports hall of fame $52 million
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NEW YORK  _ City and state officials on Thursday announced the preliminary approval of $52 million in tax-exempt Liberty Bonds to build The National Sports Museum in an effort to revitalize Lower Manhattan.
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A closer look at the six players voted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame Saturday, with the induction ceremony set for Aug. 2 in Canton, Ohio.
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By Joe Orso, La Crosse Tribune, Wis.  Jun. 6--The Great Rivers United Way awarded Venture Grants totaling $52,500 to 22 local nonprofit organizations Tuesday.
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Red Sox executives are considering creating a hall of fame or museum at Fenway Park to help keep the fever going, and cash flowing, all year long.
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As its record-setting campaign heads to the finish line, the Museum of Fine Arts yesterday announced a $10 million gift from State Street Corp. , the largest single contribution from a corporation in the museum's history.
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CLEVELAND &#151; This area is football&#146;s mecca &#151; the Hall of Fame is about an hour away, in Canton &#151; yet the fans here have been deprived of good football for so long.
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New Hall of Famers Darrell Green, 47, and Art Monk, 50, were honored by the franchise for which they played a combined 34 years Tuesday at Redskins Park.
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By Fraser Sherman, Destin Log, Fla.  Dec. 13--Destin's Jerry Najarian puts his money where his mouth is -- $100 worth.  After Destin incorporated in 1984, Najarian put up $100 so the city would have some cash in its treasury.
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SBC Communications has announced it is finalizing an agreement that will pay each school $530,000 for the naming rights to the annual Michigan-Ohio State season-ending showdown for the next two years.
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Secretary for Resources Mike Chrisman will announce grants totaling  $32.7 million at an awards ceremony June 28 to help fund 35 statewide  river parkway projects. The event will begin at 10 a.m. at Middle  Sunrise Park at Sunrise Boulevard and South Bridge Street in Rancho  Cordova.
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Chicago Sky guard Armintie Price was named the W.N.B.A. rookie of the year yesterday, and Dan Hughes of the San Antonio Silver Stars was honored as the leagueâs top coach.Price, who was drafted third over all, out of Mississippi, started all 34 games and finished third among first-year players in scoring (7.9 points a game) and assists (2.9 a game).Price received 30 votes. Minnesota Lynx guard Lindsey Harding was runner-up with 12 votes, and Los Angeles Sparks guard Sidney Spencer had 10.Hughes, whose Silver Stars won seven more games in 2007 than the year before, becomes the second coach in league history to be named coach of the year award more than once, joining the former Houston Comets Coach Van Chancellor, who won from 1997-1999.
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RICHMOND, Va.  -- The estate of NFL Hall of Fame center Mike Webster is entitled to collect up to $2 million in disability benefits for brain damage that left him unable to work following his football career.
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This area is footballâs mecca â-he Hall of Fame is about an hour away, in Canton â - the fans here have been deprived of good football for so long.
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Daisuke Matsuzakaâs $52 million, six-year contract was announced Thursday by the Boston Red Sox.
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Wade Boggs was overwhelmingly elected to the Hall of Fame in his first year of eligibility Tuesday, and Ryne Sandberg made it with just six votes to spare on his third try.
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Hall of Fame pitcher Jim Palmer was awarded $890,000 by a Palm Beach (Fla.) County jury after Palmer sued an ophthalmologist for damaging his vision.
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Agrees to pay $13.5 million to a state fund to enforce privacy laws.