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HALL OF FAME CLASS FOR 2012 ANNOUNCED

NASCAR HALL OF FAME 
Here are the inductees:

     

 

    

 

                                 

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NBA STAR ANNOUNCED RETIREMENT!

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(Fox news)__

One of the greatest basketball players in the history of the game is calling it quits.

Four-time NBA champion Shaquille O’Neal is retiring. He first announced his retirement on a Twitter video.

"We did it. Nineteen years, baby. I want to thank you very much. I’m about to retire," he said in the video.

Shaq won three NBA championships with the Los Angeles Lakers and one with the Miami Heat.

Last year, he had a limited role with the Boston Celtics.

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THE INDIANAPOLIS 500 IS 100 TODAY

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It’s called The greatest Spectacle in Racing, the Indianapolis 500-Mile Race, also
known as the Indianapolis 500, the Indy 500 or The 500. The auto race is held
annually, typically on the last weekend in May (specifically over the Memorial Day weekend) at the Indianapolis motor Speedway in Speedway, Indiana. The first “500”
was held at the Speedway on Memorial Day, May 30, 1911. It had a field of 40
starters, with Ray Harroun (below) driving a Marmon Model 32-based Wasp across
the finish line. He was the only driver in the race without a riding mechanic, who
checked the oil pressure and would let the driver know when traffic was coming. The
car driven by Harroun was outfitted with his invention, the rearview mirror. A total of 80,000 spectators were reportedly in attendance that day.

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RACE WINNER RAY HARROUN (average speed of 75 mph)

The marmon on display
Harroun’s  # 32 car as it looks today

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REAGAN ON THE RADIO ~ 1934

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Future California Governor and U.S. President
Ronald Reagan worked at WHO 
radio in Des Moines, Iowa as a sportscaster from 1932 to 1937. 

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HARMON KILLEBREW HAS DIED AT 74

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The National Baseball Hall of Fame and the Minnesota Twins have jointly 
announced that baseball great Harmon Killebrew died today (Tuesday) 
at his Scottsdale, Ariz., home .Killebrew, who had esophageal cancer,
was 74. Killebrew had announced recently that the cancer had been
deemed incurable by his doctors and he was entering hospice care.

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