Seth Meyers, ‘SNL’s Mikey Day & Baseball Great Cal Ripken Jr. Join Comcast Advertising’s NewFronts Pitch

NBC late-night host Seth Meyers, Saturday Night Live cast member Mikey Day and baseball great Cal Ripken Jr. all took part in Comcast Advertising's presentation to ad buyers Wednesday in New York.

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Freak storm ends travelling Toronto Maple Leafs reporter's incredible 440-game streak
When you think of an ironman streak in sports, players like Cal Ripken Jr., Lou Gehrig, and even former Toronto Maple Leafs player Phil Kessel often come to mind. In terms of game attendance, it's Toronto Raptors superfan Nav Bhatia who reigns supreme with his unbroken 26-year run of attending home games.But another lesser-known ironm...
https://www.blogto.com/sports_play/2026/03/leafs-game-attendance-streak/

🗓️ This Day in History – September 6
1995 – Cal Ripken Jr. breaks the consecutive games record

That’s not my Tony Stark—
but he might be twice as durable.
Flexing wooden sinews
woven tight around the stock and barrel
of a 30-inch club,
ready to bounce balls straight through
the atmospheric Baltimore
that Poe
pooh-poohed in the ‘80s.

#ThisDayInHistory #CalRipkenJr #IronMan #BaltimoreLore #BaseballPoetry #AmericanMyth #September6 #PoeAndPineTar #AltHistory #SportsLit

I read the latest Cal Ripken Jr. book, Just Show Up, over the weekend.

#CalRipkenJr #Baseball #Books #Bookstodon

https://dugoutdirt.substack.com/p/just-show-up-by-cal-ripken-jr

Just Show Up by Cal Ripken Jr.

And Other Enduring Values from Baseball's Iron Man

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Baseball Hall of Famer Cal Ripken Jr. to Exec Produce Docuseries for MLB Player-Owned MoonBall Media (EXCLUSIVE)
#Variety #News #CalRipkenJr #MoonBallMedia

https://variety.com/2024/tv/news/cal-ripken-jr-moonball-media-executive-producer-series-1235965693/

Cal Ripken Jr. to EP Docuseries for MLB Player-Owned MoonBall Media

Baseball hall of famer Cal Ripken Jr. will executive produce a docuseries for the MLB player-owned MoonBall Media.

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Iron: The Legacy of Cal Ripken Jr. Brings Nostalgia - Solzy at the Movies

Iron: The Legacy of Cal Ripken Jr. is a one-hour documentary that was made for the 20th anniversary of Ripken's 2131st baseball game.

Solzy at the Movies