Status: Former WBA Heavyweight champion. He boxed professionally from 1976-1997 and accumulated a ring record of 53-6-2 (33 KO’s) including wins against Jimmy Young, Ossie Ocasio, Randy ‘Tex’ Cobb, Mike Weaver, and losses to Evander Holyfield, Riddick Bowe and Razor Ruddock.
Ht: 6-3 Wt: 238
DOB: August 10, 1958 In: Akron, Ohio
Childhood Heroes: “Muhammad [...]
Status: Tennis historian, journalist, author, reporter, editor, member of USTA Eastern Hall of Fame.
First Tennis Memory: “Watching the Davis Cup final in 1964 in my father’s apartment, Fred Stolle and Dennis Ralston playing their five set match. I got the bug a little for tennis then. Then the real turning point came in June 1965 [...]
Status: Calgary Flames defenseman. 2006 Olympian.
DOB: Sept. 27, 1983 In: Edmonton
Ht: 6-foot-4 Wt: 215 pounds
First Hockey Memory: “In Canada, it’s just kind of something you grow up with. I remember being a little kid and going home and skating outside, that sort of thing.”
Hockey Inspirations: “I was a Detroit fan growing up so I liked [...]
Name: Philip Vaughan, owner of Ace Pictures.
Hobbies/Interests: “I’m normally pressed for time – I’m the single father of a seven-year-old girl – I’m normally looking after her. If I’m not looking after her, I’m normally riding motorcycles. That’s my favorite thing to do.”
Favorite Movies: “Apocalypse Now – I was in the British Army [...]
Status: Track and field athlete. Ranked No. 1 in the world in the 1500 meters event.
DOB: March 10, 1985 In: Plymouth, Indiana
First Running Memory: “The first memory I have of a competitive running situation was not so great. Actually, I didn’t make it to the race. It was at the Blueberry Festival in [...]
Occupation: Fine artist. Mainly commissioned work, occasional illustrations.
DOB: April 15, 1955 In: New Jersey
Residence: Closter, NJ
Inspirations: Seeing Winslow Homers’ “Gulf Stream” at the Met in NYC.
Last Book Read: Charles Dickens’ “A Christmas Carol”
Favorite Movies: Dr. Zhivago, Bridge on the River Kwai, Deer Hunter, Tale of Two Cities.
First Job: Caddy at a Country [...]
Status: Calgary Flames right wing.
Ht: 6-foot Wt: 197 pounds
DOB: January 24, 1979 In: Mississauga, Ont.
Early Hockey Memory: “Getting dressed in the car on the way to the rink because we were always late. So I was that kid that had to put on his skates and skateguards in the car [...]
This article was originally posted at BoxingInsider.com by Scoop Malinowski On January 6, 2010
I’m gonna take a chance and write what I believe today at 9 a.m. on this January 6 Wednesday morning.
Don’t get your hopes up. This is all just another futile charade by the fraud. March 13 isn’t gonna happen, George Peterson [...]
Status: IBF mandatory challenger will box Randall Bailey for the vacant IBF Welterweight title.
Ht: 5-11 Wt: 147
DOB: April 26, 1983 In: Philadelphia, PA
First Boxing Memory: ”It goes back…probably watching Oscar De La Hoya or Mike Tyson when I was little.”
Boxing Inspirations: ”Joe Frazier. I grew up in [...]
Status: Los Angeles Kings defenseman
Ht: 6-foot Wt: 212 pounds
DOB: Dec. 8, 1989 In: London, Ont.
First Hockey Memory: “I remember I was really, really young. I loved the game of hockey, but I wasn’t very good. I remember looking up at the clock – I wasn’t a good skater – and looking up at the [...]
