Chicago's diversity has been what many consider a major influence to the city's music scene. ... The only other city to have more than 4 professional teams is New York who hosts 8 teams. ... Chicago has been facing a problem with violent crime for the past few decades and the city currently has more homicides than any other city in the country. ... The city's murder rate has gone down for 2012 which is at 19 per 100,000. This number is still the highest in the country and when compared to another city it is more than triple the rate of New York (Kirkwood). ...

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Those who are familiar with professional baseball are most likely aware that Derek Jeter is the captain and leader of the New York Yankees. ... Derek's father would take him to see Detroit Tigers games all the time but that never changed his love for the New York Yankees. ... The Captain In Derek's first full season, the New York Yankees would end up beating the Atlanta Braves in the 1996 World Series. ... A big reason teammates look up to him is because in nineteen seasons, Derek has never had any media or personal life blowups while living in New York City. ... Jeter's Leade...

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• Grade Level: High School

Pauls Roman Catholic Church in Ellicott City, Maryland. ... In December of 1919 Babe was sold to the New York Yankees. ... In the past two years the baseball public of New York has fallen into the same habit. ... Patrick's cathedral in New York. Babe Ruth is buried at the Gate if Heaven Cemetary in Hawthorne, New York. ...

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He and his teammates from the New York Knickerbocker Base Ball Club also devised the first rules and regulations of the modern game of baseball. ... It gave an increasingly urban populace a park within the city, a place reminiscent of the simplicity that had once been. ... "Al Smith represented the New Yorkers who were born in the city under tough circumstances, then battled to the top. ... While in New York, Ruth established that "If living in the moment is a virtue, then he was a saint."" ... In 1946 the major leagues still represented only sixteen cities, none west of St. ...

• Word Count: 1929
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In the Spring of 1945 Jackie signed with the Kansas City Monarchs in the Negro Leagues playing short stop. ... April 18, 1946 Jackie Robinson made an organized baseball debut with the Montreal Royals in Jersey City. ... They played in the World Series against the New York Yankees. ... He was traded from the Brooklyn Dodgers to the New York Giants. ... After many years Jackie was honored by being inducted into the baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, New York. ...

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In 1919 Ruth was traded to the New York Yankees for $125,000 and played in right field, taking the advice of Edward Barrow. ... The trade of Babe Ruth to the New York Yankees was the best thing that ever happened to both the team and baseball as a whole. ... In the same year, because there were still three teams within the city, the rivalry between the Yankees, the Giants and the Dodgers was still brewing. ... This time it was New York versus Chicago but things started going wrong. ... Ruth remained part of the All-Star team until 1934, which also became his last year in New York. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

Owens was congratulated and welcomed home by a ticker-tape parade in New York City. ... "On August 18, 1946, before twenty thousand people at Roosevelt Stadium in Jersey City, Robinson made his debut with a home run, three bunt singles, and a pair of stolen bases. ...

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He tried out for many teams in the Negro League and was finally drafted by the Kansas City Monarchs (Kahn 67). ... In 1964, the governor of New York, Nelson Rockefeller, asked Robinson if he wanted to be on his presidential campaign (Elderkin). ...

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This year in baseball, the ultimate large capital sports franchise, the New York Yankees under the ownership of George Steinbrenner, didn't just negotiate a blockbuster deal for the broadcast of the Yankees without the MLB; he actually created his own network for the sole purpose of broadcasting Yankee games, and the NBA's NJ Nets too. ... The United Way benefits greatly from the league wide sponsorship it is given under the direction of NFL Properties because it is a national organization with operations is most major cities, but a local charity or organization would find it diffic...

• Word Count: 2310
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate