Records and Achievements – Page 22

Sal Durante, Who Caught a Bit of Baseball History, Dies at 81

At Yankee Stadium on Oct. 1, 1961, Mr. Durante, a 19-year-old truck driver, stood on his seat in right field and nabbed Roger Maris’s 61st home run one-handed.

By Richard Sandomir

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The U.S. World Cup Team Is Notably Diverse, but the Pipeline Needs Help

In some ways, things haven’t changed much in American soccer.

By Kurt Streeter

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Farewell to the Horse Who May Have Been America’s Oldest Thoroughbred

Rush may have been the longest-lived thoroughbred in American history when he died at 39. For three decades, his owner said, “He would fight for me and I would fight for him.”

By Mike Wilson

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In a ‘Sea Change,’ Women of the Philharmonic Now Outnumber the Men

The New York Philharmonic, which was an all-male bastion for most of its 180 years of existence, currently has 45 women and 44 men.

By Javier C. Hernandez

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