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Dodger Stadium says goodbye to Vin Scully with ceremony, banner

Dodger Stadium says goodbye to Vin Scully with ceremony, banner

Three days after news of the death of Vin Scully was reported, Dodger Stadium finally got its chance to say goodbye to the titan of baseball broadcasting that spent so many decades in its broadcasting booth. Ahead of Friday’s showdown with the San Diego Padres, the Dodgers held a ceremony celebrating Scully’s life and career, starting with a moment of silence before airing a video obituary looking back on some of the broadcaster’s finest moments. After a montage featuring “Somewhere Over The… Source link

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Yankees’ Gerrit Cole calls ceremony delay ‘a challenge’

Yankees’ Gerrit Cole calls ceremony delay ‘a challenge’

Starting against the Boston Red Sox on opening day is enough of a challenge, but New York Yankees ace Gerrit Cole had another obstacle in front of him as he took the field: Billy Crystal. Friday’s game against the Boston Red Sox saw some minor and perplexing drama to open the game when Cole was visibly displeased by the delay caused by the legendary actor/comedian and diehard Yankees fan’s ceremonial first pitch. Per MLB.com’s Bryan Hoch, a collection of pregame festivities, culminating in the… Source link

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Michael Jordan arrives in time for NBA 75th Anniversary ceremony

The NBA’s 75th Anniversary Team ceremony was a historic parade of stars young and old, and it wasn’t without a little suspense wither. At the beginning of the day, it wasn’t entirely clear if Michael Jordan, a player the NBA definitely would have wanted to have for its All-Star Game halftime festivities, would be in attendance. That was because of a little race known as the Daytona 500, in which Jordan’s 23XI Racing had two cars competing. Jordan was seen attending the race in Daytona Beach,… Source link

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Opening Ceremony rating hit all-time low

NBC is facing a cataclysmic loss of audience for the 2022 Winter Olympics as viewership tanked for Friday’s Opening Ceremony, averaging just 16 million. It is a record low for the Opening Ceremony (20.1 million for 1988 in Calgary was the previous record) and a whopping 43 percent below the 2018 Games in South Korea that notched 28.3 million viewers despite also dealing with a less than advantageous Asian time zone for American audiences. It comes on the heels of Thursday’s ratings… Source link

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More than 11,000 Wuhan students poured into a stadium for their graduation ceremony sans masks or social distancing, even as the rest of Asia grapples with COVID lockdowns

More than 11,000 students and 3,000 proud parents turned up unmasked at a stadium in Wuhan, China, for a graduation ceremony. Stringer/Reuters China Thousands of students and their parents attended a graduation ceremony at a stadium in Wuhan, China. The grads in the coronavirus pandemic’s first epicenter weren’t wearing masks or social distancing. This is because China has reported fewer than 20 cases a day across its 23 provinces. Visit Insider’s homepage for more stories. For several thousand… Source link

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Here’s what to expect from the Golden Globes as scandal, coronavirus clouds ceremony

The Golden Globes will air this Sunday on NBC, but the award show’s glamor is being overshadowed by a recent scandal and the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic that’s forced the production to go virtual. Despite its not so subtle problems, the Globes still offers a window of opportunity for shows and movies that want to capture more viewers. It is also often perceived as a precursor to the annual Academy Awards ceremony, which will take place on April 25 this year. Netflix’s “The Trial of the Chicago… Source link

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