Playbook's Stadium 50 -- Significant moments in North American stadium history
Westminster Gym
Westminster Gym, 1946
Winston Churchill coins the phrase "Iron Curtain" in speech.
In one of the most famous speeches of the 20th century, Winston Churchill took the podium at Westminster College's gym in Fulton, Mo., and declared that an "iron curtain" had descended, cutting off Soviet-dominated Eastern Europe from the free world. He did not, however, comment on the Pinstripe Curtain the Evil Empire had drawn around the Bronx.
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Eagles QB Jalen Hurts surprises a family, whose child is battling cancer, with a $30,000 donation to go toward a new home.
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Ron Rivera rings the bell after final day of cancer treatment
Washington coach Ron Rivera receives an ovation as he walks down the hospital hallway to ring the bell after his final day of cancer treatment.
