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Charlie Brotman, shown here in a file photo surrounded by memorabilia in his basement in Takoma Park, was the president's announcer at the inaugural parade since 1957 and was the play-by-play announcer at annual T-ball games at the White House. (Associated Press)

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Mike Trainer, right, agent for world welterweight champion Sugar Ray Leonard, and Janks Morton, Leonard's trainer, listen as a Johns Hopkins Hospital doctor explains the operation to repair the boxer's detached retina, May 10, 1982, in Baltimore. Manager Angelo Dundee is partially obscured by Morton. It is unknown when Leonard will be able to box again. (AP Photo/J. Pat Carter)

LOVERRO: Michael Trainer, Sugar Ray Leonard’s agent, was always in the shadows

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The Washington Nationals whoop it up in the clubhouse Monday night after becoming the National League East Division champs by virtue of the Pittsburgh Pirates beating the Atlanta Braves. But the Nats lost their game with Philadelphia 2-0. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

Nationals write new chapter in D.C. baseball history with NL East crown

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