Childhood Hero: “Joe DiMaggio.”
Childhood Dream: ”Freedom, equality and justice. My dream is still freedom, equality and justice.”
Funny Football Memory: ”170-lb. Pat Fisher picking me up – 230 lbs. – and taking me about five yards back and dumping me on my butt. And having all the
fans at Cleveland laughing at me [smiles].”
Greatest Sports Moment: ”Oh [...]
This Biofile was done on August 31, 1998 at the US Open. At the time Safin was a highly regarded teenager but was still ranked outside the top 50. He reached the round of 16 in Flushing Meadows before losing to Sampras. Safin would break into the top 50 later in the year when he defeated Korda [...]
Status: Former CNN news anchor, reporter from 1980 to 2009.
DOB: September 24, 1945 In: Childress, TX
Hobbies/Interests: “Scuba diving. Horseback riding. Golf. Running tractors on the farm – we’ve got a horse farm in (Sussex County) New Jersey. I enjoy getting out, cutting hay and playing farmer on the weekends during the summer.”
Childhood Heroes: “Gene Autry, [...]
Everybody’s favorite judge and HBO’s unofficial scorekeeper Harold Lederman took time out to talk some sweet science. Read on to learn Harold’s thoughts on this weekend, why he believes Floyd will do the right thing and fight the winner, why he likes Paul Williams and Tavoris Cloud and much more…
BoxingInsider: We have the big one [...]
Biofile: The Nicolas Massu Interview By Scoop Malinowski
It’s not blood lust or a taste for all night outings that motivate him, but a trace of Transylvanian tradition that comes to tennis in the form of Nicolas Massu, nicknamed “Vampiro” for his affinity for vampires. The winner of six career ATP singles titles including Buenos Aires, [...]
[This two-week series of articles was originally published in March of 2006 at www.BoxingInsider.com Brooklyn born and raised boxer Zab Judah was defending his WBA/WBC Welterweight titles on January 7th at New York’s Madison Square Garden.
It was the homecoming of Zab “Super” Judah, one of the top pound-for-pound fighters on earth. It would be Zab’s first [...]
Status: Philadelphia Flyers goaltender
HT: 6-foot-2 WT: 196 pounds
DOB: Sept. 28, 1982 In: Cayuga, Ont.
First Hockey Memory: “I went to a skating school company that my dad (Paul) works for. Put the skates on, couldn’t skate, falling all over the place. I was like five or six, I remember being frustrated.”
Hockey Inspirations: “(Hockey) was always kind [...]
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Safin signs in Washington DC 2007 | 
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