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    A Major Broadcast Event

    GB Network Kazoo Coverage


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    Rich Abrahams

    Richard Abrahams was one of the world's best swimmers during his collegiate career in the 1960s, and amazingly, now that he's in his 60s, he is swimming faster than he ever has before!


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    Betty Jarvis

    Betty Jarvis walked into the Masters Indoor National Championships with a cane and walked out with a world record.


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    Nolan Shaheed

    One of the fastest runners in the world also happens to be one of the best jazz trumpeters on Earth.


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    "The Dark Knight" Breaks Record

    The economy may be hurting but Americans can find movie ticket money. 'The Dark Knight' smashed the 3-day weekend box office record and combined with 'Mamma Mia' to lead Hollywood to its biggest overall weekend in history.


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    GB Member Spotlight

    Meet Sandy Scott


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    You Didn't Throw Out Your LPs, Did You?

    Now that you've put all your music on an iPod, it looks like an old friend is making a comeback. Vinyl record sales are on the rise. And it's not just oldies.


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    Flo Meiler

    You think it's too late to pursue your dreams? Think again. Less than a decade after taking up the pole vault, Flo Meiler, 70, is the world record holder and she's tearing up the track records, too.


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    Right on Target

    Bob Worrell was the oldest archer at the National Senior Games and came away with the gold in his age group and a new record! Find out how he's kept his love for the sport right on target!


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    Kazoo: The Rebuttal

    After watching our coverage of the attempt to shatter a kazoo world record, a man became incensed, irate and insulted. Not by our story, but by the event itself! Did it make a mockery of great kazoo icons of the past? Here's his side.


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    Franklin "Bud" Held

    Franklin "Bud" Held burst onto the world track and field scene with his record-breaking collegiate career at Stanford University, and at the age of 75, he's still smashing world records.


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    George Blair (Banana George)

    Born: Jan. 22, 1915
    The ageless icon is arguably the greatest barefoot waterskier of all-time. Now in his mid-90's Banana still skis on a regular basis.


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    GB, Petentials.com Swap War Stories

    The GB gang meets up with another Internet startup to swap war stories and compare wounds. Why does the camera concern them? Doesn't everybody record their every move?


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    Grandpa Bell

    These days, one of the top athletes in the Bell Athletics training center is Earl's Father, Dr. William "Papa" Bell. Last year at the U.S. Masters Championships in Boston, Papa Bell put on one of the most dominating performances in sports history.


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    Meet "Banana" George Blair

    This barefoot-water-skiing, Guinness-Record-holding and drumming nanogenarian is an international sensation who's unlike anyone you've ever met.


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    New Led Zeppelin Album

    It's the hottest rumor going today, that Led Zeppelin will reform without lead singer Robert Plant, record a new studio album and then tour with the fill-in singer. So where do rumors like that come from? In this case, straight from Jimmy Page's...

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  • Matt Damon's Uncle is the Real Celebrity

    Nobody likes a good swim better than George Brunstad. But not many decide to set a world record for their 70th birthday.


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    Ed Shadle

    Ed Shadle has a need for speed and he made sure to get it himself. The do-it-yourselfer created a jet-powered car that he hopes can help him break the world land speed record.


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    The Big Kazoo

    When residents of The Villages boldly announced their intention to break the record for the largest kazoo band, GB responded with an Internet broadcasting first -- wall-to-wall kazoo coverage. You know it's a big deal when we don the blue blazers.


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    Norman Olson

    What happens when a group of men over the age of 60 all jump out of a plane at the same time? The Sky Fossil, Norman Olson is back with a dramatic story of how close they came to a new world record, and a devastating injury.


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    The Free Throw King

    Andy McGuffin is the best there is. Mr. Automatic. The Free Throw King once made 400 in a row. Bill Shafer goes one-on-one with Andy to learn the secrets to his success.


  • Let the Games Begin!

    More than 12,000 super-athletes from around the world gather for the Senior Games.


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    William Bell

    For Dr. William Bell, breaking one pole-vaulting world record wasn’t enough – so he broke 11 all at once!


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    Gordy Shields

    Californian Gordy Shields is living proof that it's never too late to excel at whatever it is you enjoy and that anyone can overcome almost anything.


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    Boomer's Buzz: Sunday, April 20, 2008

    Sunday's Buzz: Happy birthday Edna Parker. The world's oldest person turns 115 today. Also, Countdown to Pennsylvania, Danica makes history, fine wine, aerobic exercise, unusual weather phenomena, and more.


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    Headlines from the Florida Senior Games State Championships

    The Games began on Saturday, December 6 and here’s a few of the headlines from the first five days of competition.   Villages Golfer Corkey Nydle wins sixth gold in seven years   Englewood golfer Robert Nichols...

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    Andora Quinby

    Many people take up new sports in their better years, but after turning 78, one woman decided to take up weightlifting.


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    The Most Wonderful Time of the Year

    With all due respect to the Christmas season, I think this is my favorite time of the year. The weather is finally starting to change just a teeny bit, football is back, pumpkin spice lattes are back at coffee shops and it's TV Premiere Month! I admit...

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    Dara Torres' Secret

    Dara Torres is one of the most talked about Olympians these days. Mostly because she's over 40 and still rockin' it. But also because of this one, big secret.


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    Matt Damon's Uncle Swims In Uncharted Waters

    Matt Damon may be kicking butt in the movies, but his uncle is the REAL athlete in the family.


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    Terry Roach

    Amazingly, senior athlete Terry Roach turned her major injuries into inspiration for competing. She's a walking medical miracle that has overcome the worst to become the best.


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    Boomer's Buzz: Wednesday, April 2, 2008

    Would you like to live to 150? Living longer: the pros and cons of aging, Wall Street battles back, Yo, Obama, Hillary says she's Rocky, home defibrillators under fire, how to get the cheapest flight available, and more.


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    Boomer's Buzz: Sunday, March 30, 2008

    In today's Buzz: Obama says Clinton should stay in the race, the world's rolling blackout, record sports crowd, answers to questions you've always had, the most dangerous cars and more.


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    Boomer's Buzz: Tuesday, May 6, 2008

    North Carolina and Indiana primaries could end or reshape the Democratic battle, PETA wants filly's jockey suspended, painkiller may cut dementia risk, lions in sidecars, the top 10 songs from the movies, throwing babies from the roof, and more.


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    Boomer's Buzz: Thursday, May 8, 2008

    Today's Buzz: Clinton vows to battle on with time and options running out, Olympic flame summits Everest, UN relief plane reaches Myanmar, $100 fill-ups arrive at gas pumps, and more.


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    Long Distance Runner at the Florida Senior Games State Championships

    Did you hear the one about the guy who traveled from Olympia, Washington to Fort Myers, Florida to qualify for the National Senior Games?   That’s what Craig Anderson, the winner and record setter at the 5K and 10K Road Races on successive...

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  • My Baby Boomer Baby Book
    Mary-Lou Weisman

    Your mother kept a baby book documenting your first steps, first haircut and first words, so why can't you keep one to commemorate your first colonoscopy?


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    Rich LeFevre

    All of us get hungry and eating is a necessary part of life so it shouldn’t be an amazing accomplishment, right? Right, unless you're Rich LeFevre, a boomer who can scarf down five pounds of birthday cake in less than 12 minutes!


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    One for the History Books

    Forget Rocky. This is the real deal. A comeback story for the ages. And the aged. What Dara Torres accomplished at the U.S. Olympic Swimming Trials in Omaha, Nebraska borders on the unthinkable.


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    Boomer's Buzz: Tuesday, April 15, 2008

    Get Your Buzz On: Airline merger to create world's largest carrier, Marilyn sex tape sold, adding years, lying about your age to break records, diet reduces risk of heart attack and stroke, the most dangerous places on earth.


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    Broken Neck to Broken Record

    Cycling stud Sandy Scott is a wildman on wheels. Just two years after breaking his neck, he's not only back on his bike, he's shattering records and eating up competitors.


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    World Record Hanging By Thread

    In this day and age of high-tech, big-dollar toys, more than 2,000 people were drawn to a history museum to play with a low-tech, $4 toy that's almost half a century past its prime. The result? An event that will go down in history!


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    Boomer's Buzz: Sunday, March 23, 2008

    Happy Easter. Today's Buzz -- Pope appeals for peace, the Fed's amazing week, the 'age-me mirror,' historically inaccurate movies, and award-winning user-generated videos.


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    Boomer's Buzz: Saturday, March 29, 2008

    In today's Buzz: Earth Hour -- lights go out all over the world tonight, new Hillary in Basra video spoof, the Dalai Lama's urgent appeal, a million-to-one shot, hospital dissatisfaction, Mr. Tambourine Man and more.


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    Lynn Tracey

    The year 2006 was a year filled with obstacles, but Lynn Tracey walked right past them. Even after the loss of her mother and a knee injury, Tracey went on to become America's best race walker over the age of 50.


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    Peter Criss

    KISS drummer Peter Criss says he's reinventing himself in his 60s.


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    93-year-old Banana George Attempts Water Skiing Record

    It was a rough winter for Banana George Blair, the most famous water skier in history. The oldest-ever barefoot skier ever battled a severe case of pneumonia that left him bedridden and weak. But the 93-year-old wasn’t ready to give up the sport he loved.


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    Helen Beauchamp

    Helen Beauchamp is an 88-year-old world record and gold medal collector that likes to throw her wins away -- literally.


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    Marjorie Thompson

    Marjorie Thompson had her passions and goals, but life had other plans for her. She accomplished a lot many can't say they have, but Thompson still yearned for more.


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    Boomer's Buzz: Sunday, March 2, 2008

    The Sunday Edition of the NY times or Boomer's Daily Buzz? That's a tough one. In today's Buzz: Hillary drops in on SNL, Ahmadinejad drops in on Iraq, Harry's home and not happy about it, the earth as you've never seen it, and eco-power -- fab or folly?


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    World's Oldest Living Man

    Tomoji Tanabe is now 113 thought to be the fifteenth oldest living human being whose age can be verified.


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    Boomer's Buzz: Tuesday, April 29, 2008

    The 256-year-old man, 31 underage teen sect girls pregnant or have had a baby, forever stamp sales soar, study: no such thing as 'fit but fat,' cool animation of the history of women in film, and more.


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    Lucky's Lake Swim

    We're in the business of finding cool people doing remarkable things. Or remarkable people doing cool things. Dr. Lucky Meisenheimer is both.


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    Irv Gordon

    Think you've got a reliable car? We found someone who has put an amazing 2.6 million miles on his Volvo! Find out how.


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    Don't Fear the Digital Transition!

    Do you receive your TV channels through a roof antenna, or rabbit ears?  Is the TV at least a few years old?  If so, you'll need a DTV converter box to see anything after February 17, 2009.  My mother has never had cable or satellite TV, so...

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