updated Thu. July 11, 2024
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Sault Star
January 3, 2018
For example, 2006 when James Loney was a hostage in Iraq; 1992 when Roberta Bondar went into space or 2014 when Brad Jacobs skipped his team to an Olympic gold medal. Other years, like this past year, it's more difficult to put a name on what's deemed most newsworthy. We always have the usualÃâà...
Korea JoongAng Daily
August 31, 2017
On Tuesday the LG Twins officially announced the voluntary withdrawal of James Loney, an American player who returned to the United States after he was demoted to the Futures League. As competition heats up in the Korea Baseball Organization with the postseason approaching fast, the Twins willÃâà...
The Korea Herald
August 28, 2017
In this file photo provided by the LG Twins, James Loney of the Twins celebrates his walk-off hit against the KT Wiz in the clubs` Korea Baseball Organization game at Jamsil Stadium in Seoul. Loney has left the Twins, which placed him on the voluntarily retired list on Aug. 29, 2017. (Yonhap)Ãâà...
Yonhap News
August 22, 2017
SEOUL, Aug. 23 (Yonhap) -- James Loney has seen it all and done it all, and nothing seems to bother the former major league first baseman, now plying his trade with the LG Twins in the Korea Baseball Organization (KBO). Whether it's trying to get his groove back after sitting out for two months, or learningÃâà...
Sports Illustrated
May 28, 2016
The New York Mets have acquired San Diego Padres first baseman James Loney in exchange for cash considerations, the team announced Saturday. Adam Rubin of ESPN was first to report the news. The acquisition follows the placement of Mets starting first baseman Lucas Duda on the disabled list dueÃâà...
National Catholic Reporter (blog)
November 6, 2012
Throughout these difficult days, I've tried to stay centered in the spirit of peace and to be mindful of the victims of our wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. I've been helped by reading a powerful new memoir by Christian Peacemaker Teams member James Loney of Toronto. .... can for peace. Thank you, Jim Loney.
Quill & Quire
April 20, 2011
Blocked writers will talk of feeling “chained to their desks” or “held hostage” by manuscripts, but in the case of James Loney, the analogy contains a grain of truth. The Toronto peace activist made international headlines five years ago when he was kidnapped in Iraq with three other men and held hostage for nearly fourÃâà...
NPR
July 4, 2007
I believe all things and all beings are interconnected. I saw this most clearly in the time I was a hostage. For 118 days, when the world was reduced to what could be heard and said and done while handcuffed and chained with three other men in a cold, paint-peeling, eternally gloomy, 10-by-12-foot room.
