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Jim Brown

Jim BrownBorn: Feb. 17, 1936Football FB All-America at Syracuse (1956) and NFL Rookie of Year (1957); led NFL in rushing 8 times; 8-time All-Pro (1957-61,63-65); 3-time MVP (1958,63,65) with…

Mordecai (Three-Finger) Brown

Mordecai (Three-Finger) BrownBorn: Oct. 18, 1876Baseball nickname derived from injury in a childhood accident that left him with three digits on right hand; injury gave him a particularly…

Lou Holtz

Lou HoltzBorn: Jan. 6, 1937Football coached Notre Dame to national title in 1988; 2-time Coach of Year (1977,88); coached six schools in all—Wm. & Mary (3 years), N.C. State (4), Arkansas…

Greg Maddux

Greg MadduxBorn: Apr. 14, 1966Baseball RHP won unprecedented 4 straight NL Cy Young Awards with Cubs (1992) and Atlanta (1993-95); has led NL in ERA four times (1993-95,98); won 13th straight…

Fred Kelly 2000 Deaths

Fred KellyAge: 83 Broadway producer, director, choreographer, and dance teacher whose students included his brother Gene, Queen Elizabeth, and John Travolta. Despite his immense talent and…

Garry Shandling

Writer and actor Garry Shandling's contribution to comedy came in 1990s, with his two influential television shows, It's Garry Shandling's Show and The Larry Sanders Show. He broke into the business…

Sergey Brin

Sergey Brin and his fellow Stanford student Larry Page invented the Internet search engine Google. Sergey Brin's parents were Russian immigrants; he was six when the family moved to the United…

Rip Torn

Name at birth: Elmore Rual Torn, Jr.Actor Rip Torn was best known for the roles he played later in life, on television's The Larry Sanders Show and on the big screen in Men in Black. After his first…

1996 Boston Society of Film Critics Awards

Best PictureTrainspottingBest ActorGeoffrey Rush, ShineBest ActressBrenda Blethyn, Secrets and Lies Best Supporting ActorEdward Norton, The People vs. Larry Flynt, Everyone Says I Love You…