Ed Donahue

   Sophia Loren (Sofia Villani Scicolone) is 79 today

Muhammad Ali and Ken Norton during their 1973 fight in San Diego, the first 
of their three bouts against one another. Ali would wind up losing a 12-round 
decision after Norton broke his jaw early in the fight.

Kenneth Howard Norton Sr. (August 9, 1943 – September 18, 2013)

LAS VEGAS (AP) –  Former heavyweight champion Ken Norton, who beat
Muhammad Ali and then lost a controversial decision to him in Yankee Stadium,
has died.

His son says he passed away Wednesday at a local care facility. He was 70.

Norton had been in poor health for the last several years after suffering a series
of strokes, a friend of his said.

Jimmie Johnson in the No. 48 Lowe’s Chevrolet SS for Hendrick  
Motorsports

Jimmie Kenneth Johnson

Jimmie Johnson is a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series driver who has won four 
consecutive Sprint Cup championships. He began racing motorcycles at 
the age of four in California. Johnson was the first race car driver to be
named Associated Press Male Athlete of the Year in 2009.      

From The Abbott and Costello Show (1952-1954) episode "The Actor’s
Home". The routine is considered one of the greatest of all time and
was a template for many of the best-known Abbott and Costello bits. 

        
        Tim Maguire