This Date in Baseball - Albert Pujols becomes the 4th player with 3,000 hits and 600 home runs

Henry Chadwick published his first annual baseball handbook. The book eventually evolved into Spalding’s Official Baseball Guide. 1869 — The Cincinnati Red Stockings, the first all-professional team, ...
The New York Times

Ruth Slenczynska, 101, Dies; Piano Prodigy Overcame Father’s Abuse

Treated brutally, she went from celebrated child star to 15-year-old “burned-out candle.” Against the odds, she later resumed performing. By Margalit Fox Josef Slenczynski lay on the battlefield and ...
BBC

Ruth Slenczynska, last surviving pupil of Rachmaninoff, dies aged 101

Ruth Slenczynska was heralded as a child prodigy, after making her concert debut at the age of four Virtuoso pianist Ruth Slenczynska, who was the last surviving pupil of Sergei Rachmaninoff, has died ...
BBC

Ruth Slenczynska, last surviving pupil of Rachmaninoff, dies aged 101

Virtuoso pianist Ruth Slenczynska, who was the last surviving pupil of Sergei Rachmaninoff, has died at the age of 101, following an astonishing nine-decade career. Born in California to Polish ...
Connecticut Huskies football

HookC Loses at Boston College

BRIGHTON, Mass. - The UConn baseball team (20-18) dropped its midweek contest at No. 24 Boston College (28-12), 8-5 on Wednesday afternoon. The Huskies took a 1-0 lead on a two-out RBI double for ...