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Nolan Ryan pitches for the Astros in Game 5 of the 1986 National League Championship Series against the New York Mets.

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Remembering Houston’s ‘iron athletes’ ahead of the anniversary of Lou Gehrig’s farewell

Posted on July 3, 2023 · The New York Yankees great delivered his "luckiest man" speech on July 4, 1939. But he and Cal Ripken, Jr. aren't the sports world's only iron men.

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Using Independence Day to end slavery (July 3, 2023)

Posted on July 3, 2023 · On Monday's show: We learn how abolitionists used Independence Day to make their case in pre-Civil War America. That story is the subject of Symbols of Freedom: Slavery and Resistance Before the Civil War by University of Houston history professor Matt Clavin.

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Houston Matters

Remembering Houston’s ‘iron athletes’ ahead of the anniversary of Lou Gehrig’s farewell

Houston Matters

Using Independence Day to end slavery (July 3, 2023)

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