Tag: Celebrities

Janet Gretzky — Dustin Johnson’s mother-in-law — earns another title at Showcase golf exhibition

For the fourth time in nine years, Gretzky, the wife of hockey great Wayne Gretzky, took home the net title.

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Scoot your hardware over, Dustin Johnson — your mother-in-law needs extra room in the family’s golf trophy case.

For the fourth time in nine years, Gretzky, the wife of hockey great Wayne Gretzky, took home the net title from the tournament at the stunning Coeur d’Alene Resort Golf Course in Idaho. The event benefits the Community Cancer Fund.

The course is famous for a floating green, which course architect Scott Miller built at the insistence of resort owner and developer Duane Hagadone. It’s all part of a par-71, 6,803-yard layout that opened in 1991 and ranks No. 2 in Idaho in Golfweek’s Best Courses You Can Play list for best public-access tracks.

Coeur D'Alene Resort's par-3 No. 14
No. 14 floating island green at Coeur D’Alene Resort in Idaho (Jason Lusk/Golfweek)

According to a story at the Coeur d’Alene Press, Gretzky beat out others like Vince Coleman, Jerome Bettis and Dustin Pedroia to take the crown, and the timing of the victory was noteworthy.

“This one touched home a lot,” Gretzky said. “Two days ago, my older brother Johnny had a big cancerous kidney taken out. And he’s going to fight the war and so it really hit home. A couple years ago when I was here, I had lost my sister, so it touches every family in the world.”

Gretzky won the two-day event with a Stableford score of 57 points, followed by former Spokane Chief and Coeur d’Alene Laker Tyler Johnson with 54.

“I’m here playing golf and having fun and my poor brother is in the hospital fighting cancer,” Gretzky said. “I did it for him this week.”

Janet’s husband — ‘The Great One’ Wayne Gretzky — finished with 39 points.

“We love Coeur d’Alene, Idaho and the people here,” Gretzky said. “We’ve got a home here at Gozzer Ranch and we love golfing with Dustin (Johnson) being our son-in-law, so the entire family loves golfing. Anything we can do to fight the war on cancer and make people aware we need to end this disease.”

Former Major League Baseball star Mark Mulder won the gross title.

Photos: Dustin Johnson and Wayne Gretzky on the golf course

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Ranking all 14 celebrity matches from Wrestlemanias 1-38

Wherein we celebrate the efforts of Bad Bunny, Pat McAfee and, sigh, Logan Paul.

YouTube star and internet remora Logan Paul returns to Wrestlemania this week. That’s not surprising.

The fact he can put together one hell of a match? That is.

There’s a longstanding tradition of celebrity involvement in WWE’s
“showcase of the immortals,” ranging across the near 40 years since the event’s inception. There’s always a handful of athletes, actors and miscellaneous riffraff hanging around the event, either in the crowd or in a temporary role for the company. But some go above and beyond audience cameos or guest ring announcer duties.

Wrestlemania has featured matches from NFL Hall of Famers, Grammy winning recording artists and, uh, Snooki from Jersey Shore. Some show up with their worker boots on. Others just show up.

There have been 14 matches including celebrities at Wrestlemania — in this case, official, advertised bouts between professional wrestlers and people who were famously not that. Ronda Rousey’s foray into the field and subsequent titles kept her from being included. Paul made the cut, though he’s a few matches away from being too much of a grappler to qualify.

Here’s how I ranked all 14, from the stupid (… sumo?) to the sublime.

13 celebrity fans of the Philadelphia Eagles

There are some pretty famous celebrities rooting for the Eagles in the Super Bowl.

The Super Bowl is the biggest event of the sports calendar in America, and for good reason. Everyone shows out, from the fans to the celebrities and the rest in between.

Super Bowl 57 between the Philadelphia Eagles and Kansas City Chiefs should be a great one on the field. And while many of us will be enjoying the game from the comforts of home or out at bars, many celebrities will have front row seats to the action!

There are quite a number of high profile celebrity fans of both the Chiefs and the Eagles. Philadelphia may have some greats like Bradley Cooper and Mike Trout backing them, but you’d be surprised at some of the celebrities that are Eagles fans.

Ahead of Super Bowl 57 on Sunday, Feb. 12, before we look at some of the Eagles’ celebrity fans, check out:

13 celebrity fans of the Kansas City Chiefs

Famous faces rooting for the Kansas City Chiefs.

The Super Bowl is the biggest American sporting even of the year with all the glitz and glam and celebs of a red carpet appearance, but with football and a big shiny trophy awaiting the game’s winner.

And those celebrities — they’re sports fans just like us! Sure, some of them will show up to the Super Bowl because they’re invited, they’re promoting something or they just kinda feel like it.

But there’s a good number of celebrity fans of both 2023 Super Bowl teams, the Philadelphia Eagles and Kansas City Chiefs. And there’s more to Kansas City’s famous fans than Paul Rudd and Eric Stonestreet.

So ahead of Super Bowl 57 on Sunday, Feb. 12, here’s a look at some of the Chiefs’ celebrity fans (and don’t forget to check out our list of the biggest celebrity Eagles fans!)

Photos: Check out the celebrities at the 2023 WM Phoenix Open Pro-Am

Celebrities everywhere.

There’s no shortage of big names in Phoenix this week.

First, the 2023 WM Phoenix Open is in town, and being the first full-field designated event of the PGA Tour’s 2022-23 season, most of the biggest names in golf are at TPC Scottsdale to compete for a $20 million purse.

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Across town in Glendale, the Super Bowl is set to begin Sunday between the Kansas City Chiefs and Philadelphia Eagles.

With both events, it means Phoenix and the Valley of the Sun are littered with celebrities.

Many of them were at TPC Scottsdale on Wednesday for the WM Phoenix Open Pro-Am.

The group of PGA Tour pros Brian Harman and Taylor Pendrith playing alongside CEO of Swire Coca-Cola Rob Gehring shot 16-under 55 to win the pro-am by a shot over Justin Thomas and J.J. Spaun. The Rickie Fowler-Gary Woodland, with a score of 58, was third.

Here’s a look at some of the best photos from the Pro-Am.

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16 famous people you didn’t know attended Notre Dame

Tag a Notre Dame grad and ask them why they’re not included

The University of Notre Dame is known worldwide not just because of having a famed football program but because its academics are viewed amongst the best in the world.  As a result, there have unsurprisingly been countless former students that have gone on to impressive careers in various fields.

It’s not simply just lawyers, business people and athletes that Notre Dame has produced, however.  Actor, astronaut, and United States Secretary of State are just a few of the titles some of Notre Dame’s most famous graduates have held.

Below are 16 people that you may or may not have been aware of that attended the University of Notre Dame.

             More famous alumni from the College Wires Network:

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Angela Kinsey from ‘The Office’ attended the Broncos game Sunday

Angela Kinsey is a Broncos fan!

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The Office, a show from 2005-2013 on NBC then and now, has become a cultural phenomenon. So when Angela Kinsey, who played Angela Martin on the show, made an appearance during the Broncos/Chiefs matchup Sunday, it’s a strong chance it will be news.

“Yesterday was an absolute blast!” Kinsey wrote on Instagram. “Thank you @broncos for a day that my family will always cherish!”

The Broncos would lose the matchup against the Chiefs, 34-28, despite Kinsey’s cameo appearance. But in all seriousness, it’s a great thing that the Broncos still have strong support. The season hasn’t gone as planned, and it wouldn’t be ideal for fans to have written the team off. A 3-10 record isn’t anything to write home about.

So whether it’s a celebrity or everyday fan, support for the Broncos moving forward will help the team’s morale for the rest of the season and beyond. The Broncos will face off against the Arizona Cardinals this Sunday at home. If Kinsey doesn’t show up, perhaps another celebrity may bring luck to the Broncos down the home stretch.

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