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Denzel Washington Tells Letterman About Wife Getting Tackled at UFL Game
By Ryan Wilson - AOL NewsIn 2006, after a standout career at Morehouse College, running back J.D. Washington signed as an undrafted free agent with the St. Louis Rams. He landed on the practice squad for a couple years, but in 2009, he was drafted by the UFL's California Redwoods. And this season he plays for the Sacramento Mountain Lions. It's one thing to read about former NFL greats now plying their trade in a lesser league. Ahman Green, Daunte Culpepper and Jeff Garcia are all examples. But it's rare that you hear about an NFL practice squadder ending up in the UFL. Frankly, it's expected. But this is ...
Muhammad Ali Honored by the Stars
By Elie Seckbach - AOL NewsElie Seckbach, the Embedded Correspondent, brings his exclusive video reporting to FanHouse. Check back regularly for more videos. Boxing legend Muhammad Ali enters a Los Angeles hotel, where the former heavyweight champion was honored along with baseball icon Hank Aaron and Oscar winning actor Denzel Washington at the recent 10th-annual Herold Pump Foundation Gala, an event which raises money for cancer research. Among those interviewed by FanHouse were Ali's daughter, Laila Ali, boxing's Sugar Ray Leonard, Oscar De La Hoya and Michael Spinks, athletes Dave Winfield and Gary Payton, and ...
Wife of 'American Gangster' Arrested in Puerto Rico
By Lauren Frayer - AOL News(May 21) -- The wife of the 1970s drug kingpin who inspired the movie "American Gangster" has been arrested in Puerto Rico, accused of trying to sell cocaine at a hotel. Julianna Farrait, a 70-year-old former beauty queen, was arrested after trying to sell two kilos of cocaine to undercover agents in exchange for $60,000 cash, authorities said. She appeared in court Thursday, charged with conspiracy to violate Puerto Rican narcotics laws. Xavier Araujo, El Nuevo Dia / AP Federal agents escort Julianna Farrait to court Thursday in San Juan, Puerto Rico. She is the wife of heroin dealer ...
On Obama White House Visitor Log: Lobbyists, Movie Stars and Bailed Out CEOs
By Emily Miller - Politics DailyThe White House released a visitor's log late Friday that revealed many of DC's biggest Democratic lobbyists have made frequent visits, despite President Obama's stringent new lobbying rules. The record of visitors also looks like a red carpet list of celebrities and Hollywood movie stars. And CEOs of all those Wall Street banks the government bailed out earlier this year came calling frequently, too. Many of the Democratic lobbyists who frequented the White House this year are also among the highest earning lobbying firms in 2009, including power player Steve Elmendorf of Elmendorf Strategies ...
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