By Scoop Malinowski Status: WTA no. 13. Won the French Open Junior Girls title in 2015 (def. A. Kalinskaya). DOB: Nov. 15, 1997 in: New York, N.Y. Ht: 5-11 Wt: 130 Residence: Begur, Spain First tennis memory: I remember the first time I began to play clay tennis. It was a small court. And I remember my first match …
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By Scoop Malinowski Status: Winner of three New York City Marathons. DOB: August 7, 1958 In: Cuba First running memory: “I would say winning junior high school ‘field day’ 600 meters. First big race I ever won [smiles].” Running inspirations: “One was Steve Prefontaine…Dave Bedford from England…And Ron Clarke from Australia.” Hobbies/leisure activities: “Besides coaching and …
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By Scoop Malinowski Status: Journalist for over four decades, primarily covering professional football and golf for the New York Daily News and New York Post after starting his career at The Herald-News of Passaic, NJ, and the Daily Record of Morris County, NJ, where he covered the Cosmos of the North American Soccer …
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By Scoop Malinowski Status: Winner of New York City and Boston Marathons four times each. Former U.S. Olympian. DOB: December 23, 1947 in: Hartford, CT First running memory: “We were active kids, I was a Boy Scout and all that. When we were 12 or 13, there was a track …
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By Scoop Malinowski Status: Hall of Fame harness racing driver. DOB: December 16, 1950 In: St. Augustin, PQ First Racing Memory: ”Started to drive when I was 12 years old. In the fair track, no pari-mutual. In north of Canada, a small place called Lantier.” Harness Racing Inspirations: ”My brother …
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By Scoop Malinowski Status: New York Giants quarterback. Ht: 6-4 Wt: 218 DOB: January 3, 1981 In: New Orleans, Louisiana Football Inspirations: I guess I always looked up to my father (Archie). Other football players…I always enjoyed watching Marino play. And Favre. But I guess my father is always the guy I looked up to. Hobbies/Leisure Activities: Play golf …
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By Scoop Malinowski Status: Former NFL quarterback for Oakland Raiders, New Orleans Saints, Houston Oilers. Inducted to Football Hall of Fame in 2016. DOB: December 25, 1945 In: Foley, Alabama (passed away in 2015 at age 69) Ht: 6-3 Wt: 215 Childhood Heroes: “Baseball, Milwaukee Brewers, Eddie Matthews. I admired Bobby …
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With Middleweight champion Gennady Golovkin in NYC. New York Post New York Daily News The Sporting News The Ring The Hockey News The Daily Racing Form Tennis Magazine Ace Magazine Tennis Week Magazine New York Tennis Magazine Florida Tennis Magazine Tennis Magazine Australia Baseball America Mets Inside Pitch Reds Report …
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By Scoop Malinowski Status: NHL defenseman from 1974-1984 for Chicago Blackhawks, Cleveland Barons, Vancouver Canucks, LA Kings, Calgary Flames, Washington Capitals, Philadelphia Flyers. Ht: 5-11 Wt: 185 DOB: January 15, 1953 In: Pembroke, Ontario Early Hockey Memory: I lived in the Ottawa Valley for the first eleven years of my …
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By Scoop Malinowski DOB: August 24, 1960 In: Havre de Grace, Maryland Childhood Heroes: “Brooks Robinson, Frank Robinson, Jim Palmer.” Early Baseball Memory: “So many of them. I made a road trip with my dad when I was nine. My dad (Cal Sr.) was managing in AAA for the Rochester Red Wings. …
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