Died: Nov. 24, 1998, at same location. Racing career record: 47 starts, 18 wins, 11 seconds, 4 thirds. Earnings: $5,668,245. Owners: John and Betty Mabee Trainers: Ian Jory (1990-91), Gary Jones (1991-94), Richard Mandella (1994-96). Jockeys: Patrick...

His hits included two triples in a 7-2 win over the Philadelphia Phillies. 1968: Washington shortstop Ron Hansen pulled off an unassisted triple play, but the Cleveland Indians still won the game 10-1. 1973: Jim Bibby of the Texas Rangers pitched a 6-0...

1968 - Washington's Ron Hansen pulls off an unassisted triple play, but the Cleveland Indians still win 10-1. 1976 - Bruce Jenner sets the world record in the Olympic decathlon with 8,618 points, breaking Nikolai Avilov's mark by 164 points. Not what...

Under their Classic Fiction category is my review of Ron Hansen's beautiful Mariette in Ecstasy and under New Fiction they posted my review of James Carroll's Prince of Peace which was originally posted on this blog and which wins my prize for The Best...

The area needed more rain to make it a bumper harvest. "It's not as good as we hoped," he said from the seat of his combine as he waited to unload his full bin into a grain truck. "We just didn't have the rains." Ron Hansen, general manager of the OK...