Mr BioFile Interviews by Scoop Malinowski
By Scoop Malinowski
Status: ESPN commentator. Former Washington Post sports columnist. Co-host ESPN 2’s Pardon The Interruption since October, 2001.
DOB: November 19, 1958 In: Chicago, IL
Childhood Heroes: “My dad, Ernie Banks, Gale Sayers, Dick Butkus, Mike Ditka, Jerry Sloane, Norm Van Lier, Arthur Ashe, Muhammad Ali, Fergie Jenkins, Billy Williams, Bobby Hull…need I go on?”
Favorite Events to Cover: “NCAA Basketball Tournament, NBA finals, Summer Olympic Games, NFL Playoffs.”
Favorite Athletes to Watch Today: “Tiger Woods.”
Favorite Teams as a Kid: “All Chicago teams…Bears, Cubs, Bulls, Blackhawks, DePaul basketball.”
Hobbies/Interests: “Golf.”
Favorite Movies: “Ordinary People, A Streetcar Named Desire, Hotel Rwanda, Place in the Sun.”
Favorite TV Shows: “Desperate Housewives, Sopranos.”
Musical Tastes: “R&B, Contemporary Jazz.”
First Job: “Intern at The Washington Post.”
First Car: “1977 Olds Cutlass Supreme.”
Favorite Meal: “The Fuzzy Zoeller special…fried chicken, potato salad, ice-tea.”
Favorite Breakfast Cereal: “Frosted Flakes.”
Greatest Sports Moment You Covered: “Too many to list…Cathy Freeman winning the 400 meters for Olympic Gold in Sydney 2000…Michael Jordan’s “The Shot” to beat the Utah Jazz in Game 6 of the 1998 NBA Finals…Georgetown vs. Villanova for the 1985 NCAA Championship…Mike Tyson biting Evander Holyfield’s ear during heavyweight title fight in Las Vegas (‘96).”
Favorite Ice Cream: “Vanilla – but preferably with chocolate sauce.”
Favorite Column written: “Too many to list, how’s that for a cop-out [smiles]?”
Most Painful/Difficult Column to Write: “Death of Len Bias.”
(Note: This Biofile originally was published in DirecTV Guide in 2004.)
