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In the News (Sun 27 Dec 09)

  
  Lou Duva   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
Lou Duva (born May 28, 1922) is a boxing trainer who was born in Manhattan, New York, but moved to Paterson, New Jersey at a very early age.
Lou as a boxer did not have much luck, although that might have been due to the fact he barely had time to train, having to go out to the street and perform many types of jobs to try to help the Duva's economy.
Stillmans gym is known by two things: it's legendary fame as a filthy gym where windows were kept closed so that the smell of sweat would not escape, and the large amount of celebrities, both from Hollywood and the boxing world that the gym attracted.
bopedia.com /en/wikipedia/l/lo/lou_duva.html   (1333 words)

  
 Lou Stillman - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Stillman, so eventually he changed his name legally from Louis Ingber to Lou Stillman.
Stillman carried a gun around his waist when he was at the gym.
When French dancer Jeanne Lamar showed up at Stillman's to train in 1922, Stillman told her that there were no facilities for girls in his gym, but she stood around and used the gym to get in shape anyway.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Lou_Stillman   (469 words)

  
 The Cyber Boxing Zone -- Garfield's Corner
Stillman was a sour, 60-ish former beat-cop, it was said, who took on the job just after World War 1, not knowing anything about the fight business, and was clearly fed-up and burned out by the middle 1940's.
Stillman seemed to be everywhere at the same time, and always yelling insults at the top of his lungs.
Stillman did seem to have a pecking order: The good fighters got to spar in ring 1; everybody else was relegated to spar or shadow box in ring 2.
www.cyberboxingzone.com /boxing/garfield01.html   (3030 words)

  
 Joe Rein Writings
Stillman was a sour, 60'sh former beat cop, it was said, who took on the job just after World War 1, not knowing anything about the fight business, and was clearly fed up and burned out by the middle 1940's.
Stillman regarded all the fighters as scum; treated some of the trainers less harshly (Charley Goldman and Ray Arcel) and barely tolerated everybody else--celebrities included-- and ran roughshod over young and old.
Even though Stillman yelled at Graziano and called him a bum, too; my sense was, he had a softspot for him and Willie Pep, though he worked hard not to show it.
home.earthlink.net /~joerein/stillmans.html   (3023 words)

  
 WAIL! The CBZ Journal (May 2002)
Stillman was a sour, 60-ish former beat-cop, it was said, who took-on the job just after World War 1, not knowing anything about the fight business, and was clearly fed-up and burned out by the middle 40's.
Stillman regarded all the fighters as scum; treated some of the trainers less harshly (Charley Goldman and Ray Arcel) and barely tolerated everybody else--celebraties included-- and ran roughshod over everybody.
Stillman did seem to have a pecking-order: The good fighters got to spar in ring 1, everybody else was relegated to spar or shadowbox in ring 2.
www.cyberboxingzone.com /boxing/w0502-jg.htm   (2852 words)

  
 Bagatellen: Loren Stillman - The Brothers' Breakfast
Lou Donaldson was one of the few hardbop altoists to engage the organ on record, first in the company of Jimmy Smith and later incorporating it into his own numerous sides as a leader for Blue Note.
Stillman retains McLean’s tendency for fluttering trills, but with a smoother attack and the elder’s astringent bite largely leavened.
Stillman’s compositional style employs the “stream-of-consciousness” teachings of Ludmila Ulehla, and stresses an initial disregard for bar lines in the process.
www.bagatellen.com /archives/reviews/001212.html   (590 words)

  
 Carolina's Stillman Has Shoulder Surgery (phillyBurbs.com) | Hockey
Stillman, one of the Hurricanes' top scorers in their run to their first Stanley Cup, is expected to take up to four months to recover, team president and general manager Jim Rutherford said.
Stillman tied for second on the team with 76 points (21 goals, 55 assists), and became only the sixth player in NHL history to win the Cup in two straight seasons with different teams.
Stillman, who won with Tampa Bay in 2004, ranked second in the playoffs with 26 points.
www.phillyburbs.com /pb-dyn/news/72-08182006-699686.html   (359 words)

  
 Lou Christie Booking Agent - Entertainment Agency - Talent Agency - Event Production - Entertainment Marketing
Lou was more than just your average "teen idol." He was one of the decade's first singer-songwriters.
Lou has shared the stage with such artists as the Rolling Stones, The Who, Neil Diamond, Roy Orbison and Jerry Lee Lewis.
Elton John played piano for Lou during Lou's London period in the early 1970's and recorded Lou's song "She Sold Me Magic"' John Lennon repeatedly pointed out his interviews that "Lou Christie was one of my influences"; and Madonna thanked Lou in the liner notes to her ten million selling "Immaculate Collection" LP.
www.indemandtalent.com /talent/artist.php?id=271   (429 words)

  
 LOU CHRISTIE BIOGRAPHY
Lou Christie's chart topping, multi-million selling career as a songwriter, recording artist, and performer started in a two-track studio in Glenwillard Pennsylvania, his rural hometown near Pittsburgh.
Lou has shared the stage with many of the greats of Rock 'n' Roll including The Rolling Stones, The Who, Neil Diamond, Roy Orbison, Jerry Lee Lewis, and Little Richard.
LOU is also a major contributor to the Rhino Records release, GREASE IS THE WORD, a newly recorded version of the soundtrack from the motion picture Grease.
www.lou-christie.com /bio.html   (507 words)

  
 TSN : NHL - Canada's Sports Leader
Stillman has also scored important goals in the Final, the most recent one being Carolina's first goal over Edmonton in a 2-1 win in Game 3.
That being said, let's not forget Stillman - who could be the first player since Claude Lemieux two win Stanley Cups in successive years with two different teams - for Conn Smythe consideration.
But it was also a given in the sense that, even in a 'new NHL' that emphasizes offence, GM Lou Lamoriello has hired a defensive coach.
www.tsn.ca /nhl/news_story.asp?ID=168683   (706 words)

  
 Stillman's OT Goal Lifts Hurricanes (phillyBurbs.com) | Hockey Game Stories
Cory Stillman corralled a loose puck and slid it between Ryan Miller's pads for a power-play goal 8:46 into overtime, giving the Hurricanes a 4-3 victory over the Buffalo Sabres in Game 5 of the Eastern Conference finals on Sunday night.
Stillman also had an assist for the Hurricanes, who took a 3-2 lead in the best-of-seven series.
Stillman's assist on Williams' first-period goal pushed his point streak to six games.
www.phillyburbs.com /pb-dyn/news/73-05292006-662894.html   (1035 words)

  
 George Plimpton vs. Archie Moore | TheSweetScience.com Boxing
Stillman’s was called the University of Eighth Avenue, among other things less flattering, because it was, in addition to being the best place to study boxing in the world at the time, a complete and utter dump.
Stillman was a capital-C Character and had what Budd Schulberg described as a “garbage-disposal voice.” He also had a way with words: “Big or small, champ or bum, I treated ‘em all the same way - bad.” Describing his derelict institution, Stillman said “The way these guys like it, the filthier it is, the better.
Probably because Archie was involved, Stillman “agreed to turn over his premises, though he told me what a businesslike establishment he was running there, and what a considerable inconvenience it was going to be to stop operations for the hour or so of the exhibition.
thesweetscience.com /boxing-article/1916/george-plimpton-archie-moore   (3507 words)

  
 STILLMAN'S GYM: The Center of the Boxing Universe - Boxing News
STILLMAN'S GYM: The Center of the Boxing Universe - Boxing News
STILLMAN'S GYM: The Center of the Boxing Universe
For me, Stillman's isn't like talking about Benny Leonard or Harry Greb, and taking it on faith.
www.eastsideboxing.com /news.php?p=434&more=1   (101 words)

  
 Boxing News -- 24 hours/day - Reload often!
And no one character best personifies the sport's history than Hall-of-Fame promoter, trainer and manager Lou Duva, who is perhaps boxing's most recognizable face.
The toughest factory for fighters used to be Stillman's Gym.
Lou Stillman was the owner of the place.
www.fightnews.com /houser21.htm   (1390 words)

  
 Tunney Would Have Murdered Louis! Magazine Article by Jimmy Bronson   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
Once he sent an emissary to tell Lou Stillman, the owner of the noted New York City gymnasium where most fighters train, that he had to have the use of his gym at a certain time.
Stillman is an extremely independent citizen who has his own ideas as to when his equipment will be available.
It wasn't that he wanted to tell Stillman how to run his business.
www.genetunney.com /magazine49.html   (1249 words)

  
 Building Customer Loyalty
Disappointed, they left to try Lou’s place next door...where they were rushed to a table and soon were enjoying Lou’s mouthwatering food.
But what floored them was that after hearing about their disappointing sushi experience, Lou’s waitress presented the group with five $10 gift certificates toward their next visit to Luigi’s Little Italy (i.e.
At her Italian-style beachside cafe, Shayna Stillman noticed that many of her tourist customers show interest in the fine ingredients she uses in creating her authentic menu items.
www.stanislaus.com /bbl/bcl_info.html   (2025 words)

  
 The Day the World Ended (2001)
Plot: Jennifer Stillman takes up a job as a school therapist in the small Nevada town of Sierra Vista.
She is drawn to helping vulnerable young Ben McCann who seems to have the ability to move things by the power of his mind.
As Jennifer tries to help Ben and fend off local prejudices, Ben keeps insisting that the monster is his real father and has returned from space for him.
www.moria.co.nz /sf/daytheworldended01.htm   (397 words)

  
 Suzanne Fields
Billy Conn, on the other hand, the great white hope of the '40s, was the handsomest man I ever saw.
Lou Stillman was Daddy's friend, and everyone referred to the fighters as "bums," but occasionally one would become "a real Palooka," as in Joe Palooka, the dumb but good-hearted fighter of the popular comic strip.
She was gorgeous in a designer dress with an elegant chapeau shading her sharp blue eyes.
jewishworldreview.com /cols/fields062005.asp   (796 words)

  
 Metroactive Features | Mullets
Dreadful Locks: Long-haired Metro Art Director Shannon Stillman got his hair cut into a mullet for two days before lopping it off, just to get in the mindset for this story.
Superstar heroes who at one time sported a mullet include David Bowie, Bono, Lou Reed, Prince, Barry White, not to mention most members of Van Halen, Heart and Duran Duran.
Whether on the big screen or straddling electric guitars onstage, mullets have lived out the wildest fantasies of the conventionally coifed.
www.metroactive.com /papers/metro/01.18.01/cover/mullet3-0103.html   (537 words)

  
 New York Daily News - More Sports - Bill Gallo: Boxing & the secret to happiness   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
It's a dusty, kind of familiar place that made me think of Lou Stillman's joint on 8th Ave.
It's not as big as "Grumpy's" old gym was, but it does have three rings going at the same time.
Lou Duva was next on the chair, and all he needed was a little spray on his ample silver mane.
www.nydailynews.com /sports/more_sports/story/409206p-346353c.html   (1141 words)

  
 BraggingRightsCorner.com - "Tami Mauriello - One Tough Hombre"...by George Elsasser
For the rest of the story ~ Mauriello had a bad right heel that made it awkward to move in reverse, thus, it was bombs away for better or worse - and in a 96 bout career the résumé would read 82 wins (60 KO’s), 13 losses with one draw.
Tami called Bronx, New York home … trained at Gleason’s Gym in the Bronx with such notables as Jake LaMotta, Phil Terranova, Roland LaStarza and others that spurned the daily downtown trip to Lou Stillman’s at 8th Ave.
Losses to Jimmy Bivins on points, a win-loss-win with Lee Oma, a knockout over Lou Nova, and things brightened.
www.braggingrightscorner.com /geomauriello101504.html   (413 words)

  
 FIGHTWORLD The Side of Fighters You’ve Never Seen   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
I used to train at Stillman's with a really rugged pro middleweight who was undefeated in over 20 fights, and people were starting to talk about him as a possible contender.
With his Graziano slouch and pork-pie hat, he was better able to carry that off goofing on a street corner but never in the ring.
When Pep was at Stillman's, you could count on practical jokes and a florid Lou Stillman.
www.fightbeat.com /garfields/TheSideofFightersYouveNeverSeen.htm   (1998 words)

  
 Boxing legends advise local man in sport
While at Norfolk, Herring met Lou Marciano, Rocky Marciano’s brother.
Rocky Marciano is remembered as the heavyweight champion from 1952 to 1956, who retired as the only undefeated world heavyweight champion, with a 49-0 record.
In those days, and later, Lou Stillman’s Gym was where name fighters trained, fighters such as Joe Louis, Rocky Graziano, Willie Pep.
www.clintonnc.com /articles/2006/06/14/news/top_stories/topstory51.txt   (1126 words)

  
 Coll. of Charleston vs UNC Greensboro (Sep 25, 2005)
[25:55] COFC substitution: Lou Hudson for Caroline Wertis.
For UNCG: #1 Jennifer Stillman, #19 Tyson Davis, #6 Nicollette DeLaine, #14 Amy Carnell, #7 Carolin Feierabend, #16 Deven Beachum, #10 Mary Kate Towne, #8 Karla Davis, #25 Amanda Zimmerman, #21 Carolyn Lindsay, #18 Shannon Donovan.
[85:09] COFC substitution: Lou Hudson for Carolyn Morris.
cougars.cofc.edu /womens/softball/cofc0925.htm   (758 words)

  
 Lecture[2]: Pete Hamill on Boxing | Bullpen
As a young reporter, Hamill frequented gyms such as Stillman’s and the Gramercy, soaking up the tactics, history, and culture of boxing, and rubbing elbows with fighters, trainers, and fellow newshounds—and mobsters, who ran the numbers racket and controlled boxing contracts with a heavy hand, into the ‘60s.
Hamill spoke to his audience in the cadences of a Brooklyn accent that betrays a boyhood spent in the borough’s Park Slope neighborhood.
But he easily slipped into his best Jimmy Cagney impersonation when recalling the “old hoodlum” Lou Stillman, owner of Stillman’s gym.
journalism.nyu.edu /pubzone/bullpen/pete_hamill/lecture_boxing   (740 words)

  
 Boxing Monthly
I was fortunate to be around; I was a kid then in Stillman's [Gym].
My grandfather was very good friends with Lou Stillman.
I found out 40 years later his real name wasn't Lou Stillman Franco was a real wise guy.
www.boxing-monthly.co.uk /content/0212/two.htm   (1934 words)

  
 Upcoming.org: The Sorrento Cheese Fisherman’s Feast - Lou Christie Performance! at Sorrento Cheese wine and ...
Lou Christie’s hits include number 1 multimillion selling success singles LIGHTNING STRIKES, RHAPSODY IN THE RAIN and I’M GONNA MAKE YOU MINE.
Lou was not only a "teen idol" but also one of the decades first singer and songwriters.
Some films that feature Lou’s songs include, Barry Levinson's RAINMAN, Whit Stillman's BARCELONA and THE LAST DAYS OF DISCO, Tony Bill's A HOME OF OUR OWN, Richard Linklatter's BEFORE SUNRISE, John Hughes DUTCH, and Oliver Stone's TV mini series WILD PALMS.
upcoming.org /event/93018   (247 words)

  
 Side Chair -- Recommendations and Resources   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
The book centers, as its title suggests, on popular sports sites and figures of New York during the six decades comprising the era from 1910 to 1960.
Among the personalities the book talks about in depth are Babe Ruth, Lou Gehrig, Joe Louis, Primo Carnera, Tony Canzoneri, Sugar Ray Robinson, Casey Stengel, Mickey Mantle, Joe DiMaggio, Lou Stillman, Jacob Ruppert and more.
Sports covered in depth are baseball, basketball, boxing, hockey and horse racing, all of which were popular sports in New York during the 50 years covered by the book.
www.becomingapediatrician.com /health/132/side-chair.html   (930 words)

  
 Driving Joe Miceli | TheSweetScience.com Boxing
We’re still on the LIE, but the conversation changes lanes to Stillman’s Gym, one of Miceli’s favorite places.
The owner, Lou Stillman, who always carried a gun, charged spectators 50 cents to watch the stars train.
“Lou Stillman liked two people, me and Rocky Graziano.
www.thesweetscience.com /boxing-article/3099/driving-joe-miceli   (1505 words)

  
 The Writing Show » Blog Archive » Podcast: Writing Biography
Inspired, Sam told Billy about a cousin of his who ran a large boxing gym in New York City, Stillman’s.
Sam called Lou Stillman and told him about his eldest son’s desire to be a professional cartoonist and asked if he knew any other cartoonists.
Stillman said, “I know one; he hangs around the gym a lot.
writingshow.com /?p=174   (1505 words)

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