Lizzie and the Sports Page

New York Post sports writer Mike Vaccaro did an op-ed today and prominently mentioned Lizzie Borden. Here is the first paragraph to his piece. Read the rest here.

December 31, 2006 — LIZZIE Borden was the first one to gain a modicum of fame for taking 40 whacks, and the old hag has held the record longer than DiMaggio has held his, longer than Cy Young (who also did most of his best work in New England) has held his, longer than just about every entrant in the Guinness book has held his, her, or its.

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