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Biofile with Jarkko Nieminen

MASON, OH - AUGUST 16: Jarkko Nieminen of Finland poses for a portrait during the 2006 Western & Southern Financial Group Masters, at the Lindner Family Tennis Center on August 16, 2006 in Mason, Ohio. (Photo by Mark Lyons/Getty Images)  | read this item

Biofile with Jarkko Nieminen

 
Status: Winner of one ATP singles title. Career high singles rank #13 in July 2006. Has career wins over Sampras, Agassi, Djokovic.
Ht: 6-1 Wt: 172
DOB: July 23, 1981 In: Masku, Finland
Tennis Inspirations: “Vilas when Borg and McEnroe played. Becker, Edberg and Sampras.”
Nicknames: “Just my first name. I haven’t had any nice nicknames [smiles].”
Hobbies/Leisure Activities: “Well, [...]

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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Biofile with Maria Kirilenko  | read this item

Biofile with Maria Kirilenko

Status: WTA tennis player ranked #58 in the world upset 2008 champion Maria Sharapova in three sets in the first round of the 2010 Australian Open. 
Ht: 5-8  Wt: 127
DOB: January 25, 1987  In: Moscow, Russia
First Tennis Memory:  “When I came to the club when I was seven-years-old and I came to one of the bigger clubs [...]

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Biofile with Zenon Konopka  | read this item

Biofile with Zenon Konopka

Status: Tampa Bay Lightning center. Currently leads the NHL with 158 penalty minutes.
HT: 6-0 WT: 213
DOB: January 1, 1981 In: Niagara Falls, Ontario
First Hockey Memory: “I was four-years-old playing with eight-year-old kids. Never touched the puck the whole season. (“No way,” replies a teammate who overhears this.) Never touched the puck.”
Hockey Inspiration: “I guess my dad (Zenon Sr.) was [...]

Biofile with Yukari   | read this item

Biofile with Yukari

Status: Professional flute player.
First Music Memory: “First time when I remember I heard music was around five in kindergarten. I told my mom, I want to play that [laughs]. The language of music was so clear to me. I was like, I want to be in that world.”
Inspiration: “Good people, good art, good food and [...]

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Biofile with Curtis Glencross

Columbus Blue Jackets Curtis Glencross, centre, celebrates his winning overtime goal against the Calgary Flames with teammates Adam Foote, bottom, and Kris Beech during NHL hockey action in Calgary Saturday, Dec. 1, 2007. Calgary's Daymond Langkow is on the left. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Larry MacDougal  | read this item

Biofile with Curtis Glencross

Curtis Glencross had 13 goals and 40 points in 74 games for the Calgary Flames last season.
Status: Calgary Flames left wing.
Ht: 6-foot-1 Wt: 195
DOB: December 28, 1982 In: Kindersley, Sask.
Hockey Inspirations: “I like the way Mike Modano, Doug Gilmour and Jeremy Roenick played. They’re gritty and good skaters and all that kind of stuff. That’s [...]

Biofile with Chuang Chia-Jung  | read this item

Biofile with Chuang Chia-Jung

Status: WTA player just won the doubles event in Los Angeles with partner Yan Zi by defeating Kirilenko/A. Radwanska 60 46 10-7.
Ht: 5-6 Wt: 132
DOB: January 10, 1985 In: Koahsiung, Chinese Taipei
Tennis Inspiration: “Federer, Roger.”
Hobbies/Leisure Activities: “Music, Internet, singing, seeing movies and shopping.”
Favorite Movies: “Nothing special.”
Favorite TV Show: [...]

Biofile with Fedor "Toots" Tyutin  | read this item

Biofile with Fedor “Toots” Tyutin

Columbus’ Fedor Tyutin had nine goals and 34 points in 82 games for the Blue Jackets last season.
Status: Columbus Blue Jackets defenseman.
Ht: 6-foot-3 Wt: 210 pounds
DOB: July 19, 1983 IN: Izhevsk, Russia
First Hockey Memory: “Well, my first hockey memory, when I think about my career, is, of course, how I started to play [...]

Biofile with Tirunesh Dibaba  | read this item

Biofile with Tirunesh Dibaba

DOB: June 8, 1985 In: Chefe village, Arsi, Ethiopia
Running Inspirations: “There were a lot of athletes that I admired but in particular I can think of Derartu (Tulu – her cousin) and Haile (Gebreselassie).”
Leisure Activities/Interests: “I watch movies and I also go to churches.”
Musical Tastes: “Lots of American music [smiles]. Ethiopian music, [...]

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