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By Scoop Malinowski Status: Former NBA forward from 1986-2000 for Detroit, San Antonio, Chicago, Los Angeles Lakers, Dallas Mavericks. DOB: May 13, 1961 In: Trenton, NJ Ht: 6-8 Wt: 210 Childhood Heroes: I didn’t have any in basketball. I liked Drew Pearson, Roger Staubach and Billy Joe Dupree. Early Basketball …

By Scoop Malinowski Status: Former three-time World Heavyweight Champion. DOB: January 7, 1942 In: Louisville, Kentucky Childhood Heroes: Willie Pastrano. Inspirations: My father used to tell me to believe I was the greatest and that I couldn’t be beat. He told me that I was going to be bigger than …

By Scoop Malinowski Status: NBA Great won six NBA Championships with Boston Celtics. DOB: August 9, 1928 In: New York, N.Y. Childhood Heroes: “Didn’t have any.” Nicknames: “Houdini Of The Hardwoods. The Houdini haunted me through high school and college (at Holy Cross). I’m only teasing you [smiles]. I was doing all that fancy …

By Scoop Malinowski STATUS: Bob was a pitching star for the old Negro League New York Black Yankees from 1946-1950. DOB: June 22, 1930-2020 IN: Macon, Georgia CHILDHOOD HERO: “My father, Howard. He was a man that loved baseball. He organized a team in Macon, Georgia…the Macon Braves when I …

By Scoop Malinowski Status: The winningest Major League Baseball pitcher of the 1970s played nineteen seasons with the Baltimore Orioles. DOB: October 15, 1945 In: New York City, NY Baseball Heroes:  “I grew up in New York – Mickey Mantle, Allie Reynolds. I was always a Yankee fan. In fact, …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …