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Tick Tock: Make The Serve, Pitch, Putt Or Shot()  

Two fans catch a nap during a game between the Milwaukee Brewers and St. Louis Cardinals last month in Milwaukee.

In baseball, golf and tennis in particular, we are being slowly lulled to sleep before every pitch, every shot. Hurry up already, says commentator Frank Deford.

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Did ATMs Represent The Dawn Of The Digital Era?()  

Weekend Edition Saturday host Scott Simon says he now realizes ATM machines represented the dawn of the digital age.

June 15, 2013 Weekend Edition Saturday Scott Simon remembers the controversy when the first automatic teller machines started popping up in the 1970s. Today there's an electronic transaction, and record, of just about everything we say, read, purchase or do.

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Basketball: The 'Ultimate Contradiction' ()  

In basketball, as in life, we may dutifully celebrate the aggregate, but we'™re always spellbound by the exceptional.

June 12, 2013 No matter who is playing, the art of basketball is a paradox for fans. "In basketball, as in life, we may dutifully celebrate the aggregate, but we're always spellbound by the exceptional," says Frank Deford.

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The Speech Eisenhower Never Gave On The Normandy Invasion()  

Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower addresses American paratroopers in England on the evening of June 5, 1944, as they prepare for the Battle of Normandy.

June 8, 2013 The Allied invasion of the French coast of Normandy took place this week in 1944. In case that highly risky invasion had failed, Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower had drafted a speech taking full responsibility. Fortunately, he never had to deliver it.

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Take Golf Out Of The Rough, Into The 21st Century()  

Write This Down: Keeping your own score does not make you more noble, says Frank Deford.

June 5, 2013 When the St. Jude Classic opens on Wednesday in Memphis, Tenn., Frank Deford will be paying attention to the action on the course. He has some gripes about the requirement that players must tally their own shots.

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High School Newspapers: An Endangered Species()  

Student newspapers may be the latest victims of social media.

June 1, 2013 The New York Times reported this week that only 1 in 8 of New York's public high schools still has a student newspaper. National figures are only a bit better. NPR's Scott Simon says student newspapers are the latest victims of social media.

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