Yankee Stadium hosts 5K cancer race Nov 16, 2009
More than 2,500 participants took to Yankee Stadium's concourses, ramps, stairs and the playing field for the first annual Damon Runyon 5K for Cancer Research, with 100 percent of the proceeds going to fund continuing research to a cure for cancer. Adapting Yankee Stadium into a course where five kilometers could be safely run was a time-consuming task, said Catherine Bright, the director of communications at the Damon Runyon Cancer Research Foundation ... "The look on the faces of the kids as... (MLB.com -- NY Yankees Yankees)
Rick Reilly » Jul 23, 2009
Rick Reilly is the winner of the 2009 Damon Runyon Award for Outstanding Contributions to Journalism, an honor previously won by Jimmy Breslin, Tim Russert, Bob Costas, Mike Royko, George Will, Ted Turner and Tom Brokaw, among others. He has been voted National Sportswriter of the Year 11 times. (ESPN -- Golf)
Stakes were high with these guys and dolls Jul 17, 2009
ERNIE SMITH'S Sydney made the Damon Runyon version of Broadway look like a Melbourne Sunday in the 1960s. Runyon wrote about Sky (is the limit) Masterson, Nathan Detroit, whose floating crap game was the Yank equivalent of our more stationary Thommos, the Lemon Drop Kid, Big Jule from Chicago, Society Max, Hot Horse Herbie, Little Miss Marker and Adelaide, ever lovin' Adelaide. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Sport)
Mr. College Football May 16, 2009
The writers side includes Grantland Rice, Damon Runyon, Ring Lardner and yes, Furman Bisher. If youre too young to have ever read these men, do. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Business)
April 9 Around Town news briefs Apr 10, 2009
Based on the short stories of Damon Runyon, "Guys and Dolls" features the timeless songs, "Luck be a Lady," "Fugue for Tinhorns," and "Bushel and a Peck." Bring the whole family to enjoy this classic show. Performances are on Friday May 1 at 7:30 p.m., Saturday May 2 at 7:30 p.m. and Sunday at 3 p.m. Tickets may be purchased online at MKTix. (Littleton Independent, MA)
