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Posts Tagged ‘Cipriani – Manhattan

Robin Roberts Dies!?!?….Sports Hero Mourned…

May 8, 2010

[picapp align=”center” wrap=”false” link=”term=robin+roberts&iid=8692053″ src=”e/1/7/b/Steve_Harvey_Hosts_c63a.jpg?adImageId=12793455&imageId=8692053″ width=”380″ height=”570″ /] I was as surprised as many were today to wake up to the confusing, yet horrible news and reports on the death of sports star Robin Roberts!@! I saw a headline on T.V.,…rushed to verify the news on the internet,…confirmed the new by reading this report on-line […]

Black Broadcasting Pioneer Bryant Gumbel Battles Lung Cancer…He’s Winning So Far

December 8, 2009

Today I woke up to the news that one of my African-American broadcasting heroes, Bryant Gumbel, is recovering from a bought with malignant lung cancer. Gumbel is 61 years young, and his presence in the broadcasting community has had a major impact for several years. [picapp align=”center” wrap=”false” link=”term=bryant+gumbel&iid=2901482″ src=”5/1/7/6/2008_UNICEF_Snowflake_5157.jpg?adImageId=8140267&imageId=2901482″ width=”234″ height=”338″ /] I call him […]