The Devils lost 2-1 in yet another shootout in Colorado and due to the time difference in Denver,I listened via XM and therefore didn't get to watch the game.
Dave Madden,a comedian best known for his role as Rueben Kincaid on the Partridge Family,
passed away at 82.
Madden was also a regular on Laugh-In and a small recurring role on Alice,but was known to generations of kids as Reuben Kincaid,the perennial foil for Danny Partridge and befuddled manager of the group.
The Partridge Family was bigger than the Brady Bunch when the two shows were paired together on ABC in their network run,but the latter became far bigger in syndication,despite being a better show in my opinion and much of that was due to the skills of Madden to play off Danny Bonaduce.
As a result,the show did not quite reach iconic status through the years as it did its first run and early syndication years as the Brady Bunch would do.
Russell Johnson,best known as the Professor on Gilligan's Island passed away at 89.
Johnson appeared in several guest shots on too many shows to name through the years,but was for 50 years "The Professor"-the man brilliant enough to run schemes through coconuts and leaves,yet could not fix a hole in a boat.
Gilligan's Island was a fan of children for years because of its silliness,physical comedy and of course-the eternal question-Ginger or Mary Ann.
I'll let you guess where I stand on that question,but Johnson's role as the professor actually did (albeit little) add some science to kids simply through the rudimentary explanations of the various schemes and projects to get off the island.
I have two of the three seasons of the show on DVD, although they are still on the unwatched pile,and they are part of the comedy shows I enjoy-not classic comedy,very unrealistic,but programs that just make you smile and laugh.....
Jose Sulaiman might not be a name that most of you know,but he was a name known to me for years as president of the World Boxing Council,one of the "big three" organizations that sanction boxing championships.
Sulaiman and his organization took title fights from 15 rounds to 12,made ridiculous decisions,pandered to certain promoters and fighters from the organization's home county (Mexico),created new and unneeded weight classes (to create more champions) and started this ridiculous sanctioning of "regular" and "interim" titles that due to the money brought in from these titles spread to other boxing bodies.
Sulaiman also nearly broke the WBC with a move that saw them finally be called out and cost them 30 million dollars for their dumb decisions.
Dan Rafael of ESPN wrote (entire story on below link)
"In 1998, then-light heavyweight champion Roy Jones vacated the WBC title and Graciano Rocchigiani outpointed Michael Nunn a few months later to win the vacant title. Rocchigiani was announced as the new champion, given a belt in the ring and listed in subsequent official rankings as the organization's world champion.
However, when Jones changed his mind and asked the WBC to reinstate him as light heavyweight champion, Sulaiman granted his request, breaking the rules. The WBC informed Rocchigiani that listing him as champion was a "typographical error." Rocchigiani sued the WBC in U.S. federal court, claiming the WBC had broken its rules and damaged his earning power by taking away the title. He won the case and a $30 million judgment. The WBC and Rocchigiani eventually reached a settlement under which the organization had to pay him regular installments of the settlement. In order to raise money to go toward the payments, Sulaiman began to create more and more titles so the WBC could collect additional sanctioning fees."
Suffice it to say,Sulaiman was a negative contributor to the sport and as I'm sorry he passed,it will not be a even a minor loss to boxing.
Sulaiman passed at 82.
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