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Larry Hagman Biography

Larry Hagman(Larry Hageman)actorBorn: 9/21/1931Birthplace: Weatherford, Texas The man who will forever be known as J. R. Ewing actually had a prolific stage and television long before the shifty oil…

Larry Csonka Biography

Larry CsonkaBorn: Dec. 25, 1946Football RB powerful runner and blocker who gained 8,081 yards in 11 seasons in the AFL and NFL; won two consecutive Super Bowls with the Miami Dolphins (1973-…

Larry Bird Biography

Larry BirdBorn: Dec. 7, 1956Basketball F college Player of Year (1979) at Indiana St.; 1980 NBA Rookie of Year; 9-time All-NBA 1st team; 3-time regular season MVP (1984-86); led Boston to 3…

Larry Mahan Biography

Larry MahanBorn: Nov. 21, 1943Rodeo 6-time All-Around world champion (1966-70,73).Greg MadduxK - MPhil Mahre

Larry O'Brien

Larry O'BrienBorn: July 7, 1917Basketball former U.S. Postmaster General and 3rd NBA commissioner (1975-84), league absorbed 4 ABA teams and created salary cap during his term in office.Died…

Veeck, Bill

(Encyclopedia) Veeck, Bill (William Louis Veeck, Jr.), 1914–86, American baseball executive, b. Chicago. The son of an owner of the Chicago Cubs, Veeck began his executive career with the Milwaukee…

Brin, Sergey Mikhaylovich

(Encyclopedia) Brin, Sergey Mikhaylovich, 1973–, American business executive and computer scientist, b. Moscow, grad. Univ. of Maryland (B.S., 1993) and Stanford (M.S., 1995). His family immigrated…

Spinks, Leon, Jr.

(Encyclopedia) Spinks, Leon, Jr. 1953-2021, American boxer, b. St. Louis, Mo. Spinks began boxing at age 13, dropping out of high school in his junior…

Biles, Simone Arianne

(Encyclopedia) Biles, Simone Arianne, 1997–, American gymnast, b. Columbus, Ohio. Known for her consistency and the high degree of difficulty of her routines, she was the first gymnast to win three…

op art

(Encyclopedia) op artop artŏp [key], movement that became prominent in the United States and Europe in the mid-1960s. Deriving from abstract expressionism, op art includes paintings concerned with…