Naming Rights
NEW YORK CITY honored Mariano Rivera last week by renaming River Avenue, a street bordering Yankee Stadium in the Bronx, after the celebrated closer. Rivera may have more saves than anyone in history, but with only one street in his name, he ranks behind many other baseball greats on the alltime list of concrete tributes.
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Number of roadways
Ted Williams 6
Pete Rose 4
Joe DiMaggio 6
Lou Gehrig 3
Hank Aaron 6
Stan Musial 4
Jackie Robinson 8
Ty Cobb 5
Babe Ruth 11
Cy Young 4
Mickey Mantle 8
Willie Mays 5
SIGN OF THE APOCALYPSE
The former owner of the English soccer club Fulham, Mohamed Al Fayed, blamed the team's relegation last week on the removal of a "charmed" statue of Michael Jackson that sat outside the stadium.
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CHUCK SOLOMON FOR SI (ROSE)
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HERB SCHARFMAN FOR SI (DIMAGGIO)
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HERB SCHARFMAN FOR SI (AARON)
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UPI/BETTMANN/CORBIS (RUTH)
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WALTER IOOSS JR. (ROBINSON)
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AP (COBB)
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RICHARD MEEK FOR SI (MANTLE)
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