She also starred on Broadway alongside Sammy Davis Jr. in ‘Mr. Wonderful’ and was married to famed musicians Cannonball ...
Managed by Abe Saperstein, owner of basketball’s Harlem ... also starred Jack Carter and Chita Rivera. Later, she was the wife of Lee Weaver’s Brian Kincaid on The Bill Cosby Show and voiced ...
I have a fondness for interesting names. In the 14 years I’ve written this column, I’ve zeroed in on some curious first names, nicknames, company names and street names.
Abe Saperstein, a North Side Chicago businessman whose sports career started with a job as a booking agent, later made a crucial pivot. He took over the team and renamed it the New York Harlem ...
“Coming out of the South Side of Chicago, five guys and a little Jewish man named Abe Saperstein started this,” Dunbar said, adding that the team used to play in the Savoy Ballroom. At the ...
Along with overseeing promotions for Globetrotters owner Abe Saperstein, Winter also was one of the founding owners of the Minnesota Vikings. In early 1966, Lane was hired by Lombardi at age 23 to ...
I was coming to terms with just how much I had given up to be a “good wife” and a “good mom,” and I felt furious that society continues to demand these sacrifices from women. I was done ...