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Sammy Sosa grew up without a father in the back of a converted public hospital in San Pedro de Macoris, a dusty seaside town in the Dominican Republic. His father, Juan Montero, died when Sosa was 5.


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BILL WALTON Chick Hearn was my favorite broadcaster ever - he's the one who taught me to think basketball, h...
BILL WALTON The great thing about being a broadcaster is you have this incredible responsibility to the people t...
BILL WALTON Good writing is clear thinking made visible.
BILL WHEELER If people sat outside and looked at the stars each night, I'll bet they'd live a lot differently.
BILL WATTERSON Things are never quite as scary when you've got a best friend.
BILL WATTERSON I like these cold, gray winter days. Days like these let you savor a bad mood.
BILL WATTERSON We don't devote enough scientific research to finding a cure for jerks.
BILL WATTERSON I just read this great science fiction story. It's about how machines take control of humans and tur...
BILL WATTERSON Enemy fighters at two o'clock!Roger. What should I do until then?
BILL WATTERSON Weekends don't count unless you spend them doing something completely pointless.
BILL WATTERSON From now on, I'll connect the dots my own way.
BILL WATTERSON Black holes are where God divided by zero.
BILL WATTERSON The surest sign that intelligent life exists elsewhere in the universe is that it has never tried ...
BILL WATTERSON