A plaque remaining from the Big Apple Night Club at West 135th Street and Seventh Avenue in Harlem.

Above, a 1934 plaque from the Big Apple Night Club at West 135th Street and Seventh Avenue in Harlem. Discarded as trash in 2006. Now a Popeyes fast food restaurant on Google Maps.

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“Early to bed, early to rise, fish all day and make up lies”
“Even BINGO got canceled! This has never happened B4”
“Even BINGO got cancelled. This has never happened B4”
“Every night is election night on the sports desk”
“Every shot pleases someone” (golf adage)
“Every strike brings me closer to the next home run”
“Every time I cough I hear words like knight bishop pawn & queen. Dr. said I had a chess infection”
“Everyone has a plan until they’ve been hit” (boxing adage)
“Everyone looks good in shorts” (football adage)
“Faith, family and football” (“God, family and football”)
“Fans don’t boo nobodies”
“Father Time is undefeated” (sports adage)
“Fatigue makes cowards of us all”
“Fear is temporary; regret is forever”
“Feet first, stick second” (lacrosse adage)
“Fencing takes two lifetimes to master”
“Fencing: The perfect Covid-19 sport. 1. masks 2. gloves 3. closer than 6ft, you stab them”
“Field hockey is aggressive golf”
“Field hockey is combat golf”
“Field hockey is extreme golf”
“Field hockey is fast golf”
“Field hockey is running golf”
“Fight a boxer and box a fighter” (boxing adage)
“Fight like you’re the third monkey on the ramp to Noah’s Ark”
“Fighters don’t retire from the ring; the ring retires fighters” (boxing adage)
“Finalist is a way nicer word than loser”
“Finalist is another word for loser”
“Finalist is the first loser”
“First is first and second is last” (sports adage)
“First is the worst, second is the best, third is the one with the treasure chest”
“Fishing business is simple. All you have to do is get there yesterday when the fish were biting”
“Fishing is a humbling sport”
“Fishing is boring, unless you catch an actual fish, and then it is disgusting”
“Fishing lures are made to catch fishermen, not fish”
“Football always has been reflective of modern life — violence punctuated by committee meetings”
“Football fans who wear jerseys: sports cosplay”
“Football fields are just very big rulers”
“Football games are won and lost in the trenches” (football adage)
“Football is 22 people on the field who need rest and 22,000 people in the stands who need exercise”
“Football is a gentleman’s game played by ruffians; rugby is a ruffian’s game played by gentlemen”
“Football is not just a matter of life and death; it’s much more important than that”
“Football never stops”
“Football…bloody hell” (soccer saying)
“Footballers spend 90 min. pretending to be hurt. Rugby players spend 80 min. pretending not to be”
“For me, chess is a lot like Tinder. I know a few openings, but struggle at mating”
“Forecheck, backcheck, paycheck” (three most important elements of pro hockey)
“Forty minutes of hell” (college basketball saying)
“Forwards win matches and backs decide by how much” (rugby adage)
“Freshmen want to play, sophomores want to start, juniors want to score and seniors want to win”
“Friendly Confines of Wrigley Field” (was Ebbets Field first)
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