Gary Connery sets record for skydive without parachute (VIDEO) - GlobalPost

Gary Connery sets record for skydive without parachute (VIDEO)
GlobalPost
He's appeared in Die Another Day, Batman Begins, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets and Indiana Jones: Kingdome of the Crystal Skull. Connery has also jumped from the Eiffel Tower and the London Eye. A father of two, his wife Vivienne said she was ...

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Western Front My Kingdome for a Morse - Baseball Prospectus

Western Front My Kingdome for a Morse
Baseball Prospectus
by Geoff Young You look for things to write about the Mariners. You watch some games, flip through stats pages, maybe think about clever puns for Justin Smoak. Because probably that hasn't been done to death. You ponder how Smoak has done since coming ...

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Seattle History: Kingdome events - Seattle Post Intelligencer

Seattle History: Kingdome events
Seattle Post Intelligencer
Chuck Knox is carried off the Kingdome field after a win that sent the Seahawks to the 1983 playoffs. Photo: PI File / SL The Kingdome opening ceremonies, March 1976. Photo: PI File / SL Dave Niehaus, Mariners announcer, in the booth during a gamie in ...

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Astrodome fades, crumbles as Houston decides fate - BusinessWeek

Astrodome fades, crumbles as Houston decides fate
BusinessWeek
Other cities quickly followed with their own domes: the Kingdome in Seattle, now gone; the Sun Dome in Tampa, Fla.; Minneapolis' Metrodome; and New Orleans' Superdome, considered bigger and better than the Astrodome. "Eventually, it's always about ...

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Astrodome fades, crumbles as Houston decides fate - BusinessWeek

Astrodome fades, crumbles as Houston decides fate
BusinessWeek
Other cities quickly followed with their own domes: the Kingdome in Seattle, now gone; the Sun Dome in Tampa, Fla.; Minneapolis' Metrodome; and New Orleans' Superdome, considered bigger and better than the Astrodome. "Eventually, it's always about ...

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Skeptics not cheerleaders needed for Sodo arena review - The Seattle Times

Skeptics not cheerleaders needed for Sodo arena review
The Seattle Times
The Kingdome Roof, We Will Never Forget. (May 18, 2012, by A Wise Grandfather) MORE "The arena proposal relies on hype and short memories. Here comes a deal that will... (May 19, 2012, by Khumak) MORE I don't want to be forced to finance some rich ...

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Dave Niehaus through the years - Seattle Post Intelligencer

Dave Niehaus through the years
Seattle Post Intelligencer
Seattle Mariners longtime radio announcer Dave Niehaus waves from the Kingdome broadcast booth Sept. 22, 1996. The appearance was Niehaus' first since a second angioplasty sidelined him earlier in the month. (Robert Sorbo/The Associated ...

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