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Blacky (band)
Blackie or Blacky is the nickname of: People Blackie * George Blackburn (American football) (1913–2006), American collegiate football head coach * Blackie Chen, Taiwanese television host * Bill Clarkson (1898–1971), Major League Basketball pitcher * Blackie Collins (1939–2011), American knife maker and designer * Alvin Dark (1922–2014), Major League Baseball player and manager * Sam Dente (1922–2002), Major League Baseball player * Paloma Efron (1912–1977), Argentine journalist and singer * Petr Hošek (born 1989), Czech heavy metal guitarist * Blackie Ko (1953–2003), Taiwanese film director, producer, stuntman and actor * Blackie Lawless (born 1956), American singer * James T. Licavoli (1904–1985), American mobster * Gus Mancuso (1905–1984), American Major League Baseball player, coach, scout and radio sports commentator * E. Blackburn Moore (1897–1980), American politician * Blackie Sherrod (1919–2016), American journalist and sportswriter * Carlisle ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nickname
A nickname, in some circumstances also known as a sobriquet, or informally a "moniker", is an informal substitute for the proper name of a person, place, or thing, used to express affection, playfulness, contempt, or a particular character trait. It is distinct from a pseudonym, stage name, or title, although the concepts can overlap. Etymology The compound word ''ekename'', meaning "additional name", was attested as early as 1303. This word was derived from the Old English word ''eac'', meaning "also", related to ''eacian'', meaning "to increase". By the 15th century, the misdivision of the syllables of the phrase "an ekename" led to its rephrasing as "a nekename". Though the spelling has changed, the meaning of the word has remained relatively stable ever since. Various language conventions English nicknames are generally represented in quotes between the bearer's first and last names (e.g., '' Dwight David "Ike" Eisenhower'' and '' Daniel Lamont "Bubba" Franks''). I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blackie Sherrod
William Forrest "Blackie" Sherrod ( ; November 9, 1919 – April 28, 2016) was an American journalist and sportswriter who wrote for the ''Temple Telegram'', ''Fort Worth Press'', ''Dallas Times Herald'' and ''The Dallas Morning News'' in a career that spanned more than sixty years. Voted Texas Sportswriter of the Year a record sixteen times, he was called "the best writer I ever read" by Don January and "the best newspaperman I ever knew" by Felix McKnight who hired Sherrod at the ''Times Herald'' in 1958. Despite not being as well known nationally as he was in Texas, he was the mentor to both Dan Jenkins and Bud Shrake. Sherrod attended Baylor University for the 1937–1938 academic year, but transferred to Howard Payne University where he graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in English in May 1941. He was the color analyst with Bill Mercer on Dallas Cowboys radio broadcasts on KLIF-AM from 1967 to 1969. Sherrod relinquished his duties to Verne Lundquist after he was disgusted ove ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of General Hospital Characters (1980s)
''General Hospital'' is the longest-running American television serial drama, airing on ABC. Created by Frank and Doris Hursley, who originally set it in a general hospital (hence the title), in an unnamed fictional city. In the 1970s, the city was named Port Charles, New York. The series premiered on April 1, 1963. This is a list of notable characters who significantly impacted storylines and began their run between 1980 and 1989. Grant Andrews Grant Andrews is a fictional character on the ABC soap opera, ''General Hospital''. He was portrayed by actor Brian Patrick Clarke from 1983 to 1985, who also played the character's doppelgänger, Grant Putnam. Actor Fred Divel played the body double during the evil twin storyline where Brian Patrick Clarke's face was unseen and both characters were both in the same scene. Grant Andrews was a Russian spy trained to take the place of Grant Putnam, who at the time was presumed dead. To do so, Andrews married Putnam's fiancée Celia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blackford Oakes
Blackford "Blackie"/"Black" Oakes is a fictional character, a Central Intelligence Agency officer, spy and the protagonist of a series of novels written by William F. Buckley, Jr. Early life Oakes was born in 1925. He served in World War II as a fighter pilot and graduated from Yale University. Oakes is an engineer by training (at one point in the series, he is hired by an architectural firm), and Anthony Trust, ahead of Black at both Greyburn and Yale, recruits him for the Central Intelligence Agency in his senior year, 1951. At Yale, Blackford is older than most of his classmates due to his military service. Reference is made to his membership on both the swimming and lacrosse teams there, and he is a member of Zeta Psi fraternity. Sally Partridge, a Vassar graduate, is his main love interest throughout the series. Their fateful meeting and Blackford's courtship of Sally is detailed in Mongoose, R.I.P. Central Intelligence Agency Blackford's missions with the CIA involve var ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Narcos
''Narcos'' is an American crime drama television series created and produced by Chris Brancato, Carlo Bernard, and Doug Miro. Set and filmed in Colombia, seasons 1 and 2 are about Colombian narcoterrorist and drug lord Pablo Escobar, leader of the Medellín Cartel and billionaire through cocaine production and distribution. The series also focuses on Escobar's interactions with drug lords, Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) agents, and various opposition entities. Season 3 picks up after the fall of Escobar and continues to follow the DEA as they try to shut down the rise of the infamous Cali Cartel. Season 1, comprising 10 episodes, originally aired on August 28, 2015, as a Netflix exclusive. The series was renewed for a second season, which premiered on September 2, 2016, with 10 episodes. On September 6, 2016, Netflix renewed the series for its third and fourth seasons. Season 3 premiered on September 1, 2017, but on July 18, 2018, the directors announced that season ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vulture (Marvel Comics)
The Vulture is the alias of several supervillains appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics, most of whom are depicted as recurring List of Spider-Man enemies, enemies of the superhero Spider-Man and part of his adversaries composing List of Spider-Man enemies, his rogues gallery, typically using special suits which allow them to fly at vast speeds. The first incarnation of the character, Isidoro Scarlotti, is an Italian scientist and an enemy of the original Human Torch (android), Human Torch and Toro (comics), Toro. The second and most prominent incarnation of the character, Adrian Toomes, is an Invention, inventive but maniacal genius who designed his suit and turned to a life of crime, becoming an enemy of Spider-Man and a founding member of the Sinister Six, with later characters to assume the mantle including Blackie Drago, a former cellmate of Toomes, and Clifton Shallot and Jimmy Natale, human/bird hybrids of independent origins. Toomes is later reveale ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
