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Biofile with Payne Stewart (1957-1999)

Scoop Malinowski — Fri, 29 Jul 2011 18:07:02 +0000

(Note: This Biofile was originally done at the Buick Westchester in the summer of 1993. Stewart unfortunately died in a plane crash on Oct. 25, 1999.)

DOB: Jan. 30, 1957 In: Springfield, MO

Ht: 6-1 Wt: 180

Golf Inspirations: ”Jack Nicklaus – a person I tried to model myself after. My dad (Bill).”

Hobbies/Interests: ”Cooking, music, hunting, fishing, dancing.”

Nicknames: ”Propayne, Stewpuss, Payner.”

Early Golf Memory: ”Winning Father/Son three hole tournament at Hickory Hills Country Club when I was four.”

Favorite Movies: ”Raiders Of The Lost Ark movies, Lethal Weapon movies, Patton – what a great movie that was.”

Favorite TV Show: ”Seinfeld – pretty funny show.”

Musical Tastes: ”Old rock and roll, big band – great to dance to. Good country. Huey Lewis. Grateful Dead. Stephen Stills. Vince Gill.”

First Job: ”Cleaning up for one hour a night at a book/record store. And JC Penney’s salesman in the sports department.”

First Car: ”1964 green VW Bug – hand-me-down from my sister in my sophomore year in college. Great car. Always started.”

Favorite Meal: ”Steak – cooked myself on the barbecue. Marinated in a special sauce.”

Favorite Breakfast Cereal: ”Nutri-Grain Almond Raisin, Just Right. Try to eat healthy.”

Favorite Sport Outside Golf: ”Basketball.”

Greatest Sports Moment: ”Everyone thinks the U.S. Open. The 1979 Missouri State Amateur championship – my dad won the Missouri senior championship that same year. That was special for me.”

Favorite Athletes To Watch: ”Michael Jordan. Charles Barkley – we’re friends. Carl Lewis. Bjorn Borg. Wayne Gretzky – pretty awesome. Joe Montana. Orel Hershiser. (Anybody in golf?) Jack Nicklaus. Seve Ballesteros. I just loved to watch Seve when he was playing well.”

Favorite Golf Courses: ”Monterey Peninsula. Cypress Point. St. Andrews. Pebble Beach.”

Closest PGA Tour Friends: ”Paul Azinger. Dan Pohl. Mark O’Meara. Roger Maltbie. Wayne O’Grady. Ian Baker-Finch.”

Funniest Golfer Encountered: ”Paul Azinger.”

Interesting Fact: ”Never been in a fight in my life. Always found it easier to walk away. Let ‘em all you names.”

People Qualities Most Admired: ”My father, my mother. A lot of people – for different reasons.”

Future Ambition: ”Make a difference in someone’s life.”

Family: Wife, Tracey; son, Aaron; daugher, Chelsea.

Career Accomplishments: Winner of two U.S. Open titles (1991, 1999) and 1989 PGA Championship; Won a total of nine career PGA Tour titles as well as seven international titles.

Biofile with Artem Anisimov

Scoop Malinowski — Tue, 01 Feb 2011 01:45:52 +0000

Status: New York Rangers center

Ht: 6-foot-4 Wt: 200 pounds

DOB: May 24, 1988 In: Yaroslavl, Russia

Hockey Inspirations: “To play in NHL.”

First Hockey Memory: “First time I go to hockey. My coach in the school take a ball and say, ‘play basketball.’ And we play basketball. I score a couple of baskets in basketball. After, he gave me paper (saying) to go to hockey at a time. I go to hockey and get on the skates with the pads. And go skate around. And after I start playing – in six months we had our first game. I played on the second line (age 9).”

Nicknames: “They call me ‘Arty.’ (Enver) Lisin called me Grandpa because I have a lot of experience.”

Hobbies/Leisure Activities: “Go on the street and walk around. Go in the museum, educational stuff. I like walking around in good parks. See nature, nice views, nice trees, can breathe fresh air. Read book. Summer time, go fishing.”

Favorite Movies: “It was Indiana Jones Raiders of the Lost Ark.”

Last Book Read: “Russian book.”

Musical Tastes: “I like all kinds, pop, rock, hip-hop.”

Childhood Dream: “Hockey player. (Raises one finger to correct himself) NHL hockey player.”

Pre-game Feeling: “I’m trying to release all thoughts in my head and concentrate on the game only. Like, little bit relaxed. But strong in the mind at the same time.”

Favorite Meal: “Pre-game meal – mashed potatoes, steak, little bit of vegetables. Ranch sauce (‘Ranch dressing’, corrects teammate Brian Boyle who was seated nearby). Ranch dressing. Thank you man (to Boyle).”

Favorite Ice Cream Flavor: “Vanilla.”

Greatest Sports Moment: “Getting to the NHL.”

Most Painful Moment: “(Laughs) After first NHL game, sent me back to Hartford.”

Favorite Uniforms: “Rangers.”

Closest NHL Friends: “Semyon Varlamov. Alex Vasyunov in New Jersey.”

Funniest Player Encountered: “Evgeny Grachev.”

Toughest Competitors Encountered: “New Jersey. Trap team.”

Most Memorable Goal(s): “I have two. In a pre-season game against Boston and last one in the season against New Jersey. I like those two goals.”

Strangest Game: “Yeah, sometimes in a game, bad game, you know, nothing you can do. The puck jumping around, bounce away. It happens. It’s a tough game.”

Favorite Sport Outside Hockey: “Soccer. England soccer.”

Last Vacation: “San Francisco.”

Favorite Players To Watch: “I like to turn on TV and watch some games. A player I like to watch – Kovalchuk, Malkin, Datsyuk.”

Personality Qualities Most Admired: “Friendly, friendship, smart, funny.”

Biofile with Lou Dobbs

Scoop Malinowski — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 01:54:50 +0000

Status: Former CNN news anchor, reporter from 1980 to 2009.

DOB: September 24, 1945 In: Childress, TX

Hobbies/Interests: “Scuba diving. Horseback riding. Golf. Running tractors on the farm – we’ve got a horse farm in (Sussex County) New Jersey. I enjoy getting out, cutting hay and playing farmer on the weekends during the summer.”

Childhood Heroes: “Gene Autry, John Paul Jones and Huckleberry Finn.”

Favorite Movies: “Casablanca, Dr. Strangelove, Jumpin’ Jack Flash and Raiders of the Lost Ark…I’m a simple-minded son of a gun [laughs].”

Favorite TV Shows: “Gunsmoke, Peter Gunn, Murder She Wrote and 60 Minutes.”

Musical Tastes: “Jimmy Buffet, The Rolling Stones and Waylon Jennings.”

Childhood Dream: “Initially a fireman and cowboy. Later, a professional quarterback for the Baltimore Colts [laughs].”

Favorite Meal: “My mother-in-law’s enchiladas.”

Favorite Ice Cream Flavor: “Chocolate.”

First Job: “As a kid, bagging potatoes in the fields. Or baling hay on the farm in Idaho.”

Early Career Memory: “It’s tough enough learning to be a reporter, but for one of my first assignments I was handed a Bell & Howell movie camera and asked to film a meeting of Cesar Chavez with the United Farm Workers’ Union in Mexico. It was the first time I had ever used a movie camera, so I rushed back with the story and what I thought was the film of the story. The film turned out to be all black, so my career as a photographer ended rather abruptly.”

Greatest Career Moment: “The Chinese have a saying…’If you love your work, you’ll never have a job.’ It’s been a career of many years and a lot of moments. I’ve enjoyed nearly all of them.”

People Qualities Most Admired: “Courage to go against the grain and not follow the herd, with character, capacity and talent.”

Education: Harvard.