Walter AlstonBorn: Dec. 1, 1911Baseball managed Brooklyn-LA Dodgers 23 years, won 7 pennants and 4 World Series (1955,59,63,65); retired after 1976 season with 2,063 wins (2,040 regular…
Sparky AndersonBorn: Feb. 22, 1934Baseball only manager to win World Series in each league— Cincinnati in NL (1975-76) and Detroit in AL (1984); 3rd-ranked skipper on all-time career list…
Dorothy HamillBorn: July 26, 1956Figure skater won Olympic gold medal and world championship in 1976; Ice Capades headliner from 1977-84; bought the financially-strapped Ice Capades in 1993…
Nat AdderleyAge: 68 jazz cornetist and composer who often collaborated with his saxophonist brother Julian “Cannonball” Adderley; of complications from diabetes. As composer for the Adderley…
George HalasBorn: Feb. 2, 1895Football pioneer MVP in 1919 Rose Bowl; player-coach-owner of Chicago Bears from 1920-83; signed Red Grange in 1925; coached Bears for 40 seasons and won 8 NFL…
Mira Sorvino
actressBorn: 9/28/1967Birthplace: Tenafly, New Jersey
Sorvino's films include Amongst Friends (1993), Mighty Aphrodite (1995), for which she won an Oscar for Best Supporting Actress…
Female characters used to be played by boys. Coryat, in his Crudities (1611), says, “When I went to a theatre (in Venice) I observed certain things that I never saw before; for I saw women…
Field Goal PercentageMinimum 5 Field Goals made per game. ClGmFGFGAPctTodd MacCulloch, WashSo.2816324167.6Sean Scott, Central Conn. St.Sr.2412819167.0Rosell Ellis, McNeese St.Sr.3021331966.…
