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Liz banks disputes that figure and got a court order forcing rice to produce a list of ernies assets. This wellresearched, beautifully written book is everything a baseball fan could want. Ron rapoport ron rapoport is a sports columnist for the chicago suntimes whose conversations about sports with scott simon on weekend edition saturday are noted for their relevance, their light. Ron rapoport was a sports columnist for the chicago suntimes for more than twenty years and served as the sports commentor for nprs weekend edition for two decades.
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