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Barbara Walters Includes Phelps As
One Of Most Fascinating People Of '08 |
ABC Thursday night aired “BARBARA WALTERS Presents: The 10 Most Fascinating People of 2008” which included U.S. Gold Medal-winning swimmer MICHAEL PHELPS. Walters said Phelps' Olympic performance has “earned him millions of dollars and made him a pop culture hero.” Walters: “His image now adorns scores of products and promises that we can be champions too" (ABC, 12/4).
WELCOME TO THE FAMILY: Eagles QB DONOVAN MCNABB’s wife, ROXIE, Tuesday gave birth to twins, a boy and a girl. The twins, whose names have not yet been announced, join four-year-old sister ALEXIS (SYRACUSE.com, 12/4). U.S. Olympic beach volleyball player KERRI WALSH is pregnant with her first child. Walsh said that she is “about 16-and-a-half weeks” pregnant (YAHOO.com, 12/3).
NAMES: President GEORGE W. BUSH and his wife, LAURA, have purchased a home in the Dallas-area neighborhood of Preston Hollow, and the home is "within blocks" of Mavericks Owner MARK CUBAN and Stars and MLB Rangers Owner and EPL club Liverpool FC co-Owner TOM HICKS (MSNBC.com, 12/4)....Golfer PAUL AZINGER, who this summer served as Captain for the U.S. Ryder Cup team, said that he "wants to write a book about" the experience (ORLANDO SENTINEL, 12/5)....UFC fighter CHUCK LIDDELL attended Thursday night's opening of the National Finals Rodeo at the Thomas & Mack Center (LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL, 12/5)....ABC/ESPN football announcer RON FRANKLIN Wednesday will receive the inaugural Ron Stone Award (HOUSTON CHRONICLE, 12/5)....Former MLBer BERNIE WILLIAMS will release his second album, "Moving Forward," on April 14 through Reform Records (USATODAY.com, 12/3).
IN MEMORY: Former Red Sox radio announcer ROBERT JOSEPH DELANEY, who worked with the team from '51-53, died last month at the age of 84 (BOSTON GLOBE, 12/5).
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