Uncle Mike's Musings: A Yankees Blog and More

This is mostly about sports, and then mostly about baseball. It will favor the New York Yankees, the New Jersey Devils, Rutgers University football, and the London soccer club Arsenal. You got a problem with that? Make your own blog.

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Tuesday, November 11, 2025

November 11, 1975: The Australian Constitutional Crisis

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Gough Whitlam November 11, 1975, 50 years ago: Sir John Kerr, the Governor-General of Australia, dismisses the country's Prime Minister...

Monday, May 29, 2023

May 29, 1953: The Conquest of Mount Everest

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Tenzing Norgay on the summit. Photo taken by Edmund Hillary. May 29, 1953, 70 years ago: For the 1st time, there is documented proof that s...

Thursday, September 8, 2022

Queen Elizabeth II, 1926-2022

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Queen Elizabeth II, who reigned longer as monarch of England or Great Britain than anyone, has died after 70 years on the throne. She was 96...

Saturday, July 30, 2016

How Long It's Been: England Won a Major Soccer Tournament

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July 30, 1966, 50 years ago today: England wins the World Cup, beating West Germany 4-2 after extra time, on home soil, at the origin...

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Uncle Mike: Central New Jersey, where men are men, and the women also root for the Yankees., United States; Born in North Jersey. Raised in Central Jersey. Yankee Fan and Rutgers fan since 1977. Devils fan since they arrived in 1982. Arsenal fan since 2008. Former Nets fan, now an NBA free agent. No NFL team. Single, interested in changing that status. No children, but uncle to two teenage girl athletes and one in the making. Liberal Democrat and damn proud of it. Hopefully, in sports as well as politics, I can live up to the words of the late John Spencer on "The West Wing": "We are going to raise the level of debate in this country, and let that be our legacy."

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