OUT AND ABOUT Tony Bennett signed a CD for Mike Tyson when the pair met Saturday night backstage at the Maximus theater at Caesars Atlantic City. Bennett was performing there, and Tyson was at the hotel hosting a gaming event. After his 2nd-round knockout of David Saulsberry at the Tropicana Saturday night, local heavyweight Chazz Witherspoon and friends celebrated his title win at the Chelsea. Witherspoon drank only water.
Jocks in 'Goat'
Frankford High football star
Jahri Evans, now a guard for the New Orleans Saints, plays a prison guard in "Goat," a crime drama that get a private screening in town tomorrow night for friends and investors. The film, directed by
Paul Borghese, has local guy
Dennis Shea, of Sheazam Productions, among its producers. They are working on getting a theatrical release.
Evans isn't the only athlete in the film. Anthony Henry, formerly of the Cowboys, plays the bodyguard of star Ice-T, and local sports agent Jerrold Colton, who represents Evans and Henry, plays a jewelry dealer who gets robbed.
The film also features two major-leaguers: pitcher Bronson Arroyo (another producer) and Red Sox infielder Kevin Youkilis. Armand Assante and William DeMeo star alongside Ice-T. Watch the trailer online at goat-the-movie.com.
Author, author
Comcast SportsNet's
Kevin Walsh, who worked several years in Philadelphia and now works for CSN New England, is just out with his second book,
Follow the Dog Home. It's the strange yet true story of how Walsh's German shepherd,
Beverly, and Walsh himself seemed taken by a house during a walk around their Wellesley, Mass., neighborhood. Turns out he had a photo of his father as a child sitting in front of the same house.
You can learn more about the book at followthedoghome.com.
With sympathy
Our condolences to political consultant
Charles Breslin, whose mother,
Eileen C. Breslin, died Sunday. She was 76 and lived in Glenside, and had been sick for a few years after a stroke, Charlie said. Funeral Mass will be at 11 a.m. Friday at St. Luke the Evangelist (2316 Fairhill) in Glenside. Viewing is from 6:30- 8:30 p.m. Thursday and at 9:30 a.m. Friday.
In lieu of flowers, donations to Magee Rehabilitation Center 1513 Race St., Philadelphia, PA 19102, are appreciated by family.
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