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Biofile with Charlie Passarelli  | read this item

Biofile with Charlie Passarelli

Occupation: Artist.
DOB: Dec. 14 In: Detroit, Michigan
Residence: Boca Raton, FL and Michigan
First Memory Of Art: “My mother said I used to draw on her furniture. I think the first memory is doing drawings in grade school.”
Inspirations: “Just something I felt I wanted to do and had to do. And I [...]

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Biofile Classic with Yogi Berra  | read this item

Biofile Classic with Yogi Berra

STATUS: New York Yankees Hall of Fame catcher.
DOB: May 12, 1925 In: St. Louis, Missouri
CHILDHOOD HERO: Joe Medwick. I liked him. With the Cardinals. He used to be my newspaper customer. And I played golf with him.
FIRST JOB: Being a paperboy for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch (age 13).
HOBBIES: Play golf, all sports, go [...]

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Biofile with Riddick Bowe  | read this item

Biofile with Riddick Bowe

Status: Former Two-time World Heavyweight Champion. Ring record was 43-1-1 (33 KO’s). 1988 Olympic silver medalist.
DOB: August 10, 1967 In: Brooklyn, NY
Favorite Movies: “A Bronx Tale, Robert DeNiro.”
Early Boxing Memory: “I guess Muhammad Ali. I like the way he spoke, the way he handled himself. And things of that nature. And [...]

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Biofile with Mia St. John  | read this item

Biofile with Mia St. John

Status: Three-time boxing champion. Professional boxer for 15 years. Former cover girl for Playboy magazine.
Education: Cal-State Northridge University BA Psychology.
Age: 43.
Place of Birth: San Francisco, CA
First boxing memory: Getting my ass kicked in sparring in 1996.
Boxing inspirations: Oscar De La Hoya, because he is such a smart business man and has a good heart. Not [...]

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Biofile with Sculptor Gaspar Geza  | read this item

Biofile with Sculptor Gaspar Geza

Status:  Artist – sculptor from Hungary.  www.gaspargeza.eu
Early sculpting memory: “On my father’s first gramaphone I made my first clay pots.”
Inspirations: “Everything around me inspires me.”
Hobbies/interests:  ”Tennis, snowboarding.”
Last book read:  “O Alquimista  -  Paulo Coelho.”
Favorite movies:   “Avatar, Fellini movies…”
Current car:   “Honda Acura Legend.”
First job: “Driver.”
Favorite meal:  “French and Italian cheese, olives.”
Favorite ice cream flavor:  “Lemon.”
Favorite subjects to sculpt:  [...]

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Biofile with Steve Shutt  | read this item

Biofile with Steve Shutt

 
Status: Hall of Fame NHL left winger played for Montreal and Los Angeles from 1972-1985

Ht: 5-foot-11 Wt: 180 pounds
DOB: July 1, 1952 In: Willowdale, Ont.

Hockey Inspirations: “Growing up in Toronto, a lot of the Leafs – Johnny Bower, Frank Mahovlich. In my first year of pro I got to play with Frank. Bobby Hull. It [...]

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Miles Davis and Boxing  | read this item

Miles Davis and Boxing

 Jazz musician friends told me that the legendary Miles Davis was a devoted boxing lover. So I decided to research Miles Davis and what he said about the art of pugilism in his biography “So What: The Life of Miles Davis” by John Szwed.
This is what I learned:
Miles was drawn to boxing in his [...]

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Biofile with George Foster  | read this item

Biofile with George Foster

Status: Cincinnati Reds outfielder 1971-1981.
DOB: December 1, 1948 In: Tuscaloosa, Alabama
First Baseball Memory: “Watching the Dodgers at Dodger Stadium (age 12). Meeting some of the Dodger players – Tommy Davis, Maury Wills. I remember them telling me about the hard work it takes to be a ballplayer. And they urged me to be a Dodger, [...]

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Cody Hodgson Ready To Shine At NHL Level  | read this item

Cody Hodgson Ready To Shine At NHL Level

The Vancouver Canucks are atop the NHL for the first time since 2004 and anyone doing onling betting at online betting at betus.com knows they are the greatest threat to the so called three-peat Stanley Cup Finals
rematch between the Detroit Red Wings and Pittsburgh Penguins.
The past Monday (Jan. 31), the Canucks debuted [...]

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Super Bowl Biofile with Flozell Adams  | read this item

Super Bowl Biofile with Flozell Adams

Ht: 6-7 Wt: 340
DOB: May 18, 1975 In: Chicago, IL
Status: Pittsburgh Steelers five-time Pro Bowl offensive tackle.
Football Heroes: “I never had a hero actually. Always my childhood hero was to know the things I needed to do, to be what I wanted to be, whatever that was at the time.”
Hobbies/Leisure [...]

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