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David Beckham: the penalty of not tackling ashtma properly

Sun, 29 Nov 2009 19:16:04 GMT

Pictures of David Beckham using an inhaler during a penalty shoot-out last week may have prompted speculation about his fitness, but I saw them as further evidence that asthma need not be a hindrance to leading a normal life.
Source: Times Online

Stardust Memories: Biographer Mark Spitz on David Bowie’s Pop Culture Legacy

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:01:04 GMT

Recently, when a friend mentioned that her boyfriend was going through a David Bowie phase, we had to laugh. You, see we went through a Bowie phase of our own, beginning sometime in high school.
Source: Flavorwire

PEOPLE IN THE NEWS

Mon, 16 Nov 2009 08:15:18 GMT

Mark Spitz insists he wasn't bitter last year when he lost swimming's most sacred record to Michael Phelps, who remade Olympic history with eight gold medals -- one more than Spitz won in 1972. "It's sort of like I'm the first man on the moon.
Source: Columbus Dispatch

His hair don't was a swim do in Germany

Fri, 13 Nov 2009 02:06:02 GMT

Ever hear of a Speedo 'Stache? Mark Spitz revealed that, just before his historic gantlet of seven gold medals and seven world records at the Munich Olympics, an inquiring Russian swim coach wanted to know if his mustache slowed him down.
Source: The Seattle Times

Phelps leads U.S. team into duel against Europe

Wed, 28 Oct 2009 18:35:13 GMT

USA Swimming announced a 36-person team on Wednesday to face a combined squad from Britain, Germany and Italy at Manchester, England, on Dec. 18-19. The Americans won the last three Duels, all against Australia.
Source: The Washington Post

Phelps leads US team into duel against Europe

Wed, 28 Oct 2009 14:05:11 GMT

USA Swimming announced a 36-person team on Wednesday. The roster includes 17 Olympians, including Phelps, who broke Mark Spitz's Olympic record by winning eight gold medals at the Beijing Games.
Source: Atlanta Journal Constitution Vendor

David Bowie Used Witchcraft To Beat Cocaine Paranoia

Tue, 27 Oct 2009 04:49:07 GMT

Writer Mark Spitz spent years talking to Bowie, as well as the rocker's family and friends, in a bid to explode myths about the Let's Dance legend in his new tome, Bowie.
Source: New Kerala

David Bowie used witchcraft to beat cocaine paranoia; Charlize Theron fan bids $140,000 for charity kiss; Kanye West gets community service.

Mon, 26 Oct 2009 21:52:40 GMT

WENN.com A white witch helped cure David Bowie of his crippling drug-fuelled paranoia, according to a revealing new book about the rock star. Writer Mark Spitz spent years talking to Bowie, as well as the...
Source: San Francisco Chronicle

Quoted in 'Book Reveals David Bowie Used Witchcraft To Beat Cocaine Paranoia'

Mon, 26 Oct 2009 12:37:54 GMT

Mark Spitz said in Starpulse:

Increasingly Bowie was convinced there were witches after his semen. They were intent on using it to make a child to sacrifice to the devil, essentially the plot to Roman Polanski's 1968 supernatural classic Rosemary's Baby.

Photo from AP Photo by Hans Punz

Tue, 27 Jan 2009 12:41:38 GMT

Former U.S. swimmer Mark Spitz, left, David Ungar-Klein, founder of Com.sult, center, and U.S. swimmer Aaron Peirsol are seen at a news conference during Com.sult, an international congress for the management and consulting industry, in Vienna, Austria,...

Photo from AP Photo by Hans Punz

Tue, 27 Jan 2009 12:33:30 GMT

Mark Spitz - Munich 1972

Sat, 15 Mar 2008 17:32:48 GMT