When Curt Schilling's daughter, Gabby, first found out that her dad was going to respond to her cyberbullies, she thought that he was overreacting. But then the 17-year-old saw some of the vulgar, sexually explicit Tweets about her and, she tells People, "I realized this was different." Gabby gave her dad - the 48-year-old Espn Sunday night baseball analyst and former Boston Red Sox pitcher - the go-ahead to write the blog post in which he named the men who refused to abide by his requests to recant and stop harassing his daughter. One is a student at Brookdale Community College,...
- 3/5/2015
- by Sharon Cotliar
- PEOPLE.com
Espn baseball analyst and former Boston Red Sox pitcher Curt Schilling revealed in a statement on Wednesday that he has been diagnosed with cancer. Last year, the right-hander told The Boston Globe that he had a heart attack in November 2011 and had surgery to place a stent in one of his arteries. His wife, Shonda Schilling, also battled cancer after being diagnosed with stage 2 malignant melanoma in 2001, Espn reported. Schilling did not reveal what kind of cancer he was battling. Schilling won three World Series in his career, two with the Red Sox and one with the Arizona Diamondbacks. His.
- 2/5/2014
- by Tony Maglio
- The Wrap
Among the 47,438 runners weaving through New York City's five boroughs this morning, there were 15 famous faces. Each one was running for a cause making their Ing Marathon run all the more priceless.
The participating celebrities ranged from professional athletes to stunning models.
Mark Messier, who recently turned 50, was running for two September 11 charities -- Tomorrow’s Children’s Fund and Answer the Call, which supports the surviving family members of 9/11 first responders. The former New York Ranger captain and six-time Stanley Cup champion finished the 26.2 miles in 4 hours, 14 minutes, 21 seconds.
“I just got filled up with inspiration,” Messier said. “I feel great.”
U.S. short-track speed skating Olympian Apolo Ohno ran for The Special Olympics and finished in 3 hours, 25 minutes, 14 seconds, raising $26,200.
"When I hear people say this is the people’s race, it literally is. I was very blessed to run," he said. "I was hurting, but I mean that’s supposed to happen.
The participating celebrities ranged from professional athletes to stunning models.
Mark Messier, who recently turned 50, was running for two September 11 charities -- Tomorrow’s Children’s Fund and Answer the Call, which supports the surviving family members of 9/11 first responders. The former New York Ranger captain and six-time Stanley Cup champion finished the 26.2 miles in 4 hours, 14 minutes, 21 seconds.
“I just got filled up with inspiration,” Messier said. “I feel great.”
U.S. short-track speed skating Olympian Apolo Ohno ran for The Special Olympics and finished in 3 hours, 25 minutes, 14 seconds, raising $26,200.
"When I hear people say this is the people’s race, it literally is. I was very blessed to run," he said. "I was hurting, but I mean that’s supposed to happen.
- 11/7/2011
- by Ellen Thompson
- Celebsology
Jessica Simpson is looking for a mix of inspiration and intrigue this summer judging by the eclectic group of books she has lined up to read on her Kindle. The singer-actress, who turns 30 in July, is set to unveil her summer reading list on Amazon.com. Her choices range from cookbooks to good old-fashioned crime and mystery novels. The list also has an international flavor, perhaps reflecting the time Simpson spent abroad shooting her reality show, The Price of Beauty. Here's what she'll be curling up with, in bed and on the beach, over the next few months: • Shantaram by Gregory David Roberts.
- 5/12/2010
- by Tim Nudd
- PEOPLE.com
Hoo boy. Let's hear it for Shonda Schilling, wife of three-time World Series champion and future Hall of Fame pitcher Curt Schilling, who joined her husband last weekend on NPR to promote their new book The Best Kind of Different: Our Family's Journey with Asperger's Syndrome. The Schillings are parents of a 10-year-old son, Grant, who was diagnosed with the disorder when he was 6. Which, as Mrs. Schilling noted last week on the air, places the young man in the company of such high-functioning autistics as Steven Spielberg. Wow! Who knew? Well, nobody, in fact -- because it's not true.
- 3/30/2010
- Movieline
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