A SIDEWAYS GLANCE : BASEBALL PLAYERS SOMETIMES HAVE ODD BACKGROUNDS.Pro infielder Torey Lovullo, a former star at Crespi High School and UCLA UCLA University of California at Los Angeles UCLA University Center for Learning Assistance (Illinois State University) UCLA University of Carrollton, TX and Lower Addison, TX , grew up in the San Fernando Valley San Fernando Valley Valley, southern California, U.S. Northwest of central Los Angeles, the valley is bounded by the San Gabriel, Santa Susana, and Santa Monica mountains and the Simi Hills. , which has produced many terrific players. But he should have ended up playing a fiddle or banjo banjo, stringed musical instrument, with a body resembling a tambourine. The banjo consists of a hoop over which a skin membrane is stretched; it has a long, often fretted neck and four to nine strings, which are plucked with a pick or the fingers. instead of baseball. He is the son of Sam Lovullo, producer for a quarter-century of the cornball corn·ball Slang n. One who behaves in a mawkish or unsophisticated manner. adj. Mawkish or unsophisticated; corny: a kid's cornball humor. TV show ``Hee Haw,'' reputed to be the longest-running program in TV-syndication history. The Lovullo homestead is in the Valley, but Sam has commuted to Nashville for years. The elder Lovullo has written a book, ``Life in the Kornfield, My 25 years at Hee Haw'' (Boulevard, $15, paperback). In the acknowledgments, Sam apologizes to Torey and the rest of his family: ``I want to tell them now I'm sorry I may have missed a few birthdays, hugs and kisses For the XML format, see . Hugs and Kisses is a term for a sequence of the letters X and O, e.g. XOXO, typically used to express affection or good friendship at the end of a written letter or email. - but at least I never missed a Little League game!'' Wiz name fizzes The Wiz is/are now the Wizards. Kansas City's Major League Soccer franchise is changing its name after an East Coast electronics retailer, Nobody Beats the Wiz, raised questions about trademark rights to the name ``Wiz'' and its promotional use, general manager Tim Latta said. He begs to differ The Evander Holyfield TKO of Mike Tyson was hailed by some as biggest heavyweight-title upset of all time. Not so, says Blackie black·ie n. Offensive Variant of blacky. Sherrod of the Dallas Morning News: ``Some may remember James Braddock taking the belt from champ Max Baer, a lowly dockworker beating one of the really top right-hand punchers of all time.'' CAPTION(S): Photo Photo: No Caption (Torey Lovullo) |
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