Dollar hits record low against major as Forex market sees more US rate cut
Filed Under Curt Flood | Posted on December 14, 2007
(MENAFN - Advanced Currecy Markets [ACM]) The Yen surged to its highest level against the Dollar in more than two years on Wednesday as investors pared back exposure to risky trades on worries about credit market losses and the health of the US economy.The dollar also hit a record low against the Euro for the [...]
A Well-Paid Slave: Curt Flood’s Fight for Free Agency in Professional Sports
Filed Under Curt Flood | Posted on December 14, 2007
A Well-Paid Slave: Curt Flood’s Fight for Free Agency in Professional Sports By Brad Snyder Viking, October 2006 $25.95, ISBN 0-670-03794-X
No matter how history night judge former major league baseball star Curt Flood, most serious baseball fans would argue that he deserves considerable recognition for his pioneering spirit. In Brad Snyder’s A Well-Paid Slave: Curt [...]
Curt Flood Is Dead at 59; Outfielder Defied Baseball
Filed Under Curt Flood | Posted on December 14, 2007
Curt Flood, the All-Star center fielder for the St. Louis Cardinals in the 1960’s who became a pioneering figure in the legal attack on baseball’s reserve clause that foreshadowed the era of free agents, died yesterday in Los Angeles. He was 59.
Flood died at the U.C.L.A. Medical Center, where he had been a patient in [...]
Curt Flood Stats
Filed Under Curt Flood | Posted on December 14, 2007
Curt Flood was born on Tuesday, January 18, 1938, in Houston, Texas. Flood was 18 years old when he broke into the big leagues on September 9, 1956, with the Cincinnati Redlegs. His biographical data, year-by-year hitting stats, fielding stats, pitching stats (where applicable), career totals, uniform numbers, salary data and miscellaneous items-of-interest are presented [...]
Curt Flood’s Suit of Baseball
Filed Under Curt Flood | Posted on December 14, 2007
On January 16, 1970, Curt Flood shocked the baseball world and America by filing suit against Major League Baseball and its reserve clause. Baseball had faced legal challenges in the past, but never had a player of Flood’s caliber attempted to assail the game’s sacred clause–which effectively bound a player and his contract to [...]
N.C. Central Moves One Step Closer to Making MEAC
Filed Under Curt Flood | Posted on December 14, 2007
The N.C. Central men’s basketball team will face Winston-Salem State in a bonus game at the MEAC Tournament in the RBC Center in March, a move that further signals the likelihood the Eagles will join that league.
N.C. Central has left the CIAA and has applied for membership in the MEAC.
Curt Flood, an N.C. Central graduate [...]
Messy Recovery Work Begins in Northwest
Filed Under Curt Flood | Posted on December 14, 2007
CENTRALIA, Wash. %26mdash; Dodging tires, furniture and geysers of water, Bert Carver paddled a borrowed plastic boat through the murky streets of a defeated neighborhood.
After surveying his wife’s submerged car and the high-water mark at his first-floor windows, Carver glumly pointed out the “For Sale” sign still hanging in front of his newly remodeled house.
“Honey, [...]
As Flood Waters Pull Back in Pacific Northwest, Messy Work of Recovery Begins
Filed Under Curt Flood | Posted on December 14, 2007
CENTRALIA, Wash. %26mdash; Dodging tires, furniture and geysers of water, Bert Carver paddled a borrowed plastic boat through the murky streets of a defeated neighborhood.
After surveying his wife’s submerged car and the high-water mark at his first-floor windows, Carver glumly pointed out the “For Sale” sign still hanging in front of his newly remodeled house.
“Honey, [...]
Messy Recovery Work Begins in Northwest
Filed Under Curt Flood | Posted on December 14, 2007
CENTRALIA, Wash. %26mdash; Dodging tires, furniture and geysers of water, Bert Carver paddled a borrowed plastic boat through the murky streets of a defeated neighborhood.
After surveying his wife’s submerged car and the high-water mark at his first-floor windows, Carver glumly pointed out the “For Sale” sign still hanging in front of his newly remodeled house.
“Honey, [...]
Governor: Flood Damage Will be Costly
Filed Under Curt Flood | Posted on December 14, 2007
CHEHALIS, Wash. %26mdash; The drenching rain and howling wind were gone but flooding concerns persisted Wednesday as anxious residents waited for water to recede so they could see what was left after this week’s fierce storm.
The storm, which killed at least seven people in the Pacific Northwest before moving on Tuesday, left behind flooded homes, [...]