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GRAND PRAIRIE, Texas -- A candy company has stuck to its word and sent a Texas man a Louisville Slugger glove nearly 60 years after a bubble gum and baseball card contest began.Darwin Day, 70, of Grand Prairie was cleaning his house and found a complete collection of Topps baseball cards from 1957-58, The Dallas Morning News (http://bit.ly/2cN1ARv ) reports. The cards were included with Bazooka bubble gum purchases.Day said he was prompted to clean out his own house after having been tasked with cleaning out the Virginia home that belonged to his brother, who died of cancer earlier this year.Day, who leads tours of Globe Life Park, has always been a baseball fan and at his brothers celebration of life, he led those in attendance in singing Take Me Out to the Ball Game.It was such a consuming job that it made me think that maybe I ought to clean out my own house, Day said. So I did that, and I came across these cards.One of the cards touted a contest: Win These Swell Prizes in the 4th Bazooka Baseball Contest. To enter, the card owner had to correctly fill out scores from some professional baseball games and remit the card.Day said no deadline was listed on the card, so he sent the completed entry card to an executive at Bazooka Candy Brands, a division of the New York-based Topps Company.It did pique my interest, this kind of mysterious letter, said Tony Jacobs, global general manager of Topps Confectionery Brands. Jacobs who joined Topps three years ago and manages the candy wing of the company, which includes Bazooka Bubble Gum.Day was in bed he received when he received a call from Rogers & Cowan, a marketing firm that represents Topps. They told Day Topps was going to honor the contest.His prize package also included T-shirts, a pillow with a Bazooka Joe comic strip printed on it and lots of gum.---Information from: The Dallas Morning News, http://www.dallasnews.comCheap NCAA Jerseys Authentic . Pedro scored from a pass by Lionel Messi in the 33rd minute and added two more goals in the 47th and 72nd after Valdes saved his second penalty in four days following his stop in Wednesdays 4-0 over Ajax in the Champions League. Fake College Jerseys . That gave fans outside Joe Louis Arena another chance to ask for autographs from the 19-year-old whose stardom in the NHL has arrived earlier than most expected. https://www.ncaajerseys2020.com/ . Takahashi, who had a 10-point lead after the short program, received 268.31 points after the free skate to finish 15 points ahead of second-place Nobunari Oda. College Jerseys Outlet . - Oakland Raiders running back Rashad Jennings was speaking to a group of local high school students earlier this week when the conversation turned to the importance of being prepared when opportunities in life arise. Fake NCAA Jerseys . Louis Blues absence from top spot in the TSN.OTTAWA, Ontario -- Canadas 150th birthday celebration wont include an outdoor NHL game on Parliament Hill.The press secretary for Heritage Minister Melanie Joly said in a statement Friday that a full-stadium NHL game on the Hill wasnt considered feasible, and that other options are being considered to honor the nations milestone birthday.The NHL and Ottawa Senators had been pushing for the game, which would have also coincided with the 100th anniversary of the leaguee and 25th birthday of the team.ddddddddddddIn the statement, however, the Heritage Ministry said the government worked with partners in the public and private sectors over the past 18 months and concluded that installing a temporary rink would disrupt everyday business on Parliament Hill and would create security and public access issues. ' ' '