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Biofile with Mike Cammalleri  | read this item

Biofile with Mike Cammalleri

 
Status:  Montreal Canadiens center.
Ht: 5-9 Wt: 185
DOB: June 8, 1982 In: Richmond Hill, Ont.
Hockey Inspirations: “I would say Wayne Gretzky, the obvious one. Maybe Joe Sakic, Pavel Bure.”
Nicknames: “Cammy. It’s been Cammy pretty much all along.”
Hobbies/Interests: “Golf and real estate.”
Favorite Movies: “Raging Bull, A Bronx Tale.”
Favorite TV Show: “Right now it’s The Office.”
Musical Tastes: “Van Morrison. [...]

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Biofile with Anthony Argyros  | read this item

Biofile with Anthony Argyros

 
Status: Grappling champion, winner of 88 championship titles.
Ht: 5-8 Wt: 215
DOB: October 6, 1968 In: New York, NY
Inspiration/Motivation: A good, peaceful, comfortable life with my family.
First Fighting Memory: Rolf Strom beat me up in second grade. I was eight and scared.
Hobbies/Interests: Writing.
Last Book Read: The Last Great Fight (Tyson vs Douglas).
Favorite Movies: Breaking Away (1979) [...]

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Biofile with Ion Tiriac  | read this item

Biofile with Ion Tiriac

Status: 1970 French Open doubles champ (with Nastase). Promoter of ATP Madrid Masters Series 1000 event. Former coach/manager of Boris Becker, Ilie Nastase, Guillermo Vilas. Member of Romania’s 1964 Olympic hockey team. Started an orphanage and first private bank in Romania. Worth a net $1.1 billion according to Forbes Magazine in 2007.
DOB: May 9, 1939 [...]

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Fans Recall Memorable Encounters With Flyers  | read this item

Fans Recall Memorable Encounters With Flyers

 
Have you ever had a memorable experience meeting a Philadelphia Flyer player? Thought it would be interesting to hear from Flyer fans about their memorable personal encounters with Flyers. To start the feature off, here’s mine:
During high school, it was always a huge thrill to go see Devils games at the Brendan Byrne Arena. At the [...]

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Mike Tyson on "The View" Transcript  | read this item

Mike Tyson on “The View” Transcript

 
Mike Tyson graced Barbara Walters, Whoopi Goldberg, Joy Behar and Star Jones on ABC’s daytime talk show “The View” with a gentlemanly grace and admirable sincerity. Read on to learn how the former champ handled a wide variety of questions with the utmost class, humility and stunning honesty…
Barbara Walters: We showed that clip, I remember [...]

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Biofile with Cam Neely  | read this item

Biofile with Cam Neely

 
Status: NHL right winger, played from 1983-96 with Vancouver and Boston. Currently serves as vice-president for the Boston Bruins.
Ht: 6-1 Wt: 220
DOB: June 6, 1965 In: Comox, B.C.
First Hockey Memory: “Backyard rinks.”
Early Hockey Memory:  “One year I got to play with my brother, Scott. I was 14, he was 12, so we were always two [...]

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Biofile with Oksana Baiul  | read this item

Biofile with Oksana Baiul

 
Status: 1994 Olympic gold medalist in figure skating.
 
DOB: November 16, 1977 In: Dnepropetrovsk, Ukraine
 
Favorite Movies: “I like as a director Tim Burton. And as character working a lot with Tim Burton, is Johnny Depp. I like all kind of movies and I really love to go to the movies here, by myself, not with anybody [...]

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Has Nadal Conquered Federer?  | read this item

Has Nadal Conquered Federer?

 
(This article was originally published at Tennisweek.com on June 20, 2006.)
“No two men can be half an hour together, but one shall acquire an evident superiority over the other.”  — Samuel Johnson
“To be the best in the world you have to get blood on your hands.” — Philip H. Anselmo
What is Roger Federer feeling now? [...]

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Biofile with Terry Norris  | read this item

Biofile with Terry Norris

 
Status: Three-time Super Welterweight champion boxed as a pro from 1986-1998. Retired with a record of 47-9 (31 KO’s).
Ht: 5-9 Wt: 154
DOB: June 17, 1967 In: Lubbock, TX
Nicknames: “T-Bone, Terrible, Tino.”
Childhood Heroes: “Muhammad Ali, Sugar Ray Leonard, Reggie Jackson, J.R. Richard – great players, great people.”
Hobbies/Interests: “Bowling, time with family.”
Favorite Movies: “Scarface, The Godfather, The [...]

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Biofile with Bela Lugosi  | read this item

Biofile with Bela Lugosi

 
[The great actor Bela Lugosi is remembered in this very special Biofile by his son Bela Lugosi Jr.]
DOB: October 20, 1886 in Lugos, Hungary. Died in 1956
Hobbies/Interests: “He liked snow skiing in Europe. He was a ski patrol soldier in World War I on the Russian front. He liked canoeing, hiking in the Hollywood Hills [...]

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