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Biofile with Ivo Karlovic  | read this item

Biofile with Ivo Karlovic

 Photo Credit: Henk Abbink
Status: Winner of four ATP singles titles. Highest singles rank is #14. Member of Croatia’s Davis Cup team. Has wins over Federer,
Hewitt, Roddick, Blake, Djokovic.
Ht: 6-10 Wt: 230 pounds.
DOB: February 28, 1979 in Zagreb, Croatia.
Hobbies/Interests: “You know, it is difficult to have like a real hobby because like every week we are [...]

Biofile with Gisela Dulko  | read this item

Biofile with Gisela Dulko

 
Status: #1 WTA ranking in doubles in 2010. Has won three Sony Ericsson WTA singles titles. Career high rank was #26 in 2005.
Ht: 5-7  Wt: 123
DOB: January 30, 1985 In: Argentina.
Tennis Inspiration: “Monica Seles. (Meet her?) No I didn’t have the chance but I loved her game and her attitude on the court.”
First Tennis Memory: [...]

Biofile with Odlanier Solis  | read this item

Biofile with Odlanier Solis

 
Status: WBC #2 ranked heavyweight contender. 2004 Olympic gold medalist. His record is 15-0 (11 KO’s).
Ht: 6-2 Wt: 270
DOB: April 5, 1980 In: Havana, Cuba
First Boxing Memory: “We used to have this thing called Rustic boxing in Cuba where they would blind-fold the kids and get a stick
with a pillow at the end and beat [...]

Biofile with David Nalbandian  | read this item

Biofile with David Nalbandian

 
Status: Former world ATP #3 tennis player. Member of Argentina’s Davis Cup team.
Ht: 5-11 Wt: 175
DOB: January 1, 1982 in Unquillo, Cordoba, Argentina
First Tennis Memory: “Becker, Wimbledon.”
Tennis Inspirations: “My family.”
Hobbies/Leisure Activities: “Fishing, watching Rally races, futbol, big fan of River Plate.”
Favorite Movies: “Action.”
Musical Tastes: “Everything.”
Last Book Read: “I’m reading The Psychoanalyst.”
Pre-Match Feeling: “Well, always a [...]

Biofile with Jay Richardson  | read this item

Biofile with Jay Richardson

 
Status: Oakland Raiders defensive end.
Ht: 6-6 Wt: 270
DOB: January 27, 1984 In: Washington, DC
College: Ohio State University.
First Football Memory: “Being terrible at it in seventh grade and not playing again until high school.”
Football Inspirations: “My mother inspired me to play. She had to get me doing something to keep me out of trouble.”
Nicknames: Big Jay, J-Rock, [...]

Biofile with Scotty Bowman  | read this item

Biofile with Scotty Bowman

 
Status: NHL coach won nine Stanley Cups with Montreal, Pittsburgh and Detroit. Currently the senior advisor of hockey operations for Chicago. Holds record for most coaching wins in NHL history with 1,244 regular season and 223 in playoffs; won Jack Adams Award in 1977 and ‘96; is the only coach in history of NHL, NFL, [...]

Movie men: Borowski, on left, with Palminteiri.  | read this item

Biofile with Sam Borowski

Status: Motion picture director/producer.
Inspiration(s): There have been several in my life, directors such as Alfred Hitchcock, Martin Scorsese and Quentin Tarantino have been big influences on me, as has been producer/director Samuel M. Sherman who has been like a second father and taught me the producing game very well. Other writers who have influenced me [...]

Biofile with Juan Manuel Lopez  | read this item

Biofile with Juan Manuel Lopez

 
Status: WBO Featherweight champion. His record is 28-0 (25 KO’s).
Ht: 5-7 Wt: 126
DOB: June 30, 1983 In: Rio Pedras, Puerto Rico
First Boxing Memory: “I started boxing when I was nine. I won my first fight in the first round by knockout, in 56 seconds. It was a very
short fight.”
Boxing Inspirations: “Two boxers inspired me – [...]

Biofile with Dale Earnhardt Jr.  | read this item

Biofile with Dale Earnhardt Jr.

Status: NASCAR driver of the #88 AMP Energy/National Guard Chevrolet for Hendrick Motor Sports. Will start from the front row in Sunday’s Daytona 500. 
 
Ht: 6-0 Wt: 175

Born On: October 10, 1974 In: Kannapolis, NC
 
Childhood Heroes: “My dad. He was ‘The Intimidator.’”
 
Hobbies/Interests: “Boxing, chillin’ and working on the late model stock car with the guys.”
 
Nicknames: “A lot of ‘em. Little [...]

Biofile with Naked Cowboy  | read this item

Biofile with Naked Cowboy

Status: Free spirit, musician, entrepreneur.
Ht: 6-4 Wt: 220
Born On: December 23, 1970 In: Cincinnati, Ohio
Childhood Heroes: “Man, I never had a bunch of heroes. KISS – the rock group KISS because my brother liked KISS. Rocky – because I watched the movie Rocky. I mean, I lived in a small village, I think that’s a [...]

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