Joe Bastianich's evolution from bon vivant to endurance athlete is something of a New York food world legend by now.
The author, Mathew McCleery, is the President of Marine Money International and a legend in the world world of marine finance so he is writing from a position in the know.
"I have spoken to Alex and Walter lately and to Sir Bobby Robson, who is a legend all over the world and managed England for a time, " he said.
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It signaled not only Ghana's long-awaited arrival at football biggest global gathering but also a fulfillment of a prediction in 1990 by Cameroon legend Roger Milla that the world had not seen the best of African football until the Black Stars made it to the World Cup.
While the rest of the world reacted with stunned disbelief -- legend has it several British newspapers didn't report the score at first, fearing that it had been mistyped and England had really won 10-0 -- back home Team USA's exploits had been met with almost complete indifference.
Maze's 22nd World Cup podium pulled her level with Austrian legend Hermann Maier, having already broken her points record in a season.
For example, Alvin Ailey, the founder of the prestigious Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, and Judith Jamison, the dancing legend who elevated the company to world-class status, would not have been strong and athletic enough to secure spots in the same company if transported a few decades into the future while still in their primes.
The affection was recognised world-wide where he is established as a legend of the fight game.
Ansil Saunders, an 80-year-old world-renown fisherman, boat builder and local legend.
Robb has also been encouraged by the support he received from five-weight world champion Sugar Ray Leonard when the American ring legend visited Scotland last year.
Historically, Timbuktu's legend began to spread throughout the medieval world when the Emperor of Mali made his pilgrimage to Mecca through Cairo in 1324, and dazzled those he encountered with the gold his party carried.
The former England captain was joined by the likes of recently retired England cricket star Andrew Flintoff, Sports Personality winner and champion jockey Tony McCoy, Manchester United legend Ryan Giggs and golf's world number one Lee Westwood.
They were the Rainbow Warriors of Indian legend, who would come to heal the world when it was sick.
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"When you're playing against Bill Russell at the pro level, you realize why the Celtics won 11 World Championships, " Pitino said, drawing upon a legend for a comparison.
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The Gulf countries have only previously been able to attract soccer stars at the twilight of their career, such as World Cup winning Italian defender Fabio Cannavaro and Real Madrid legend Raul.
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To find out, you might do worse than check out a recent article by Frances Frei, a world-renowned guru in service management and a Harvard teaching legend. and Anne Morriss, a leader in strategy, leadership and institutional change.
Reality is that numbers alone have to be taken with a bucketful of salt in evaluating coaches like Martinez or, indeed, David Moyes, who landed one of the biggest gigs in the world game last week when he was appointed to succeed the retiring legend Alex Ferguson at Manchester United.
Earlier this year, the Australian swimming legend Ian Thorpe, holder of nine Olympic medals made world-wide news by re-entering the pool with his sights set on London.
Hamilton replaced seven-time world champion Michael Schumacher at the "Silver Arrow" team after the German legend retired for the second time at the end of last season.
Most people believed the stories to be nothing more than legend however, until the French explorer Henri Mouhot brought Angkor to the world's attention in 1860.
When we looked at the highest-paid athletes in the world three years ago, Tiger Woods narrowly topped the list ahead of German Formula One legend Michael Schumacher.
The legend of an alien landing in Roswell spread across the country, and then the world.
Bruce Jenner, 1976 decathlon winner and Wheaties-box legend, reaped millions giving motivational speeches, sports-commentating and hawking products for world-beating companies like General Mills, Visa, Coca Cola and Merck.
And yet, by the time it was finally demolished, in 1998, Building 20 had become a legend of innovation, widely regarded as one of the most creative spaces in the world.
Dutch legend Ruud Gullit says bikes and being small is why Holland and Belgium would be great World Cup hosts.
Japan's original fiction, according to legend, involved the sun goddess, Amaterasu, retreating into a cave and plunging the world into darkness.
So will industry legend Gordon Bell, who co-wrote a book entitled Total Recall about a coming world in which connectivity, cameras, and processing record your life.
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"It was fantastic to discover this talent amongst us, " added the British multihull legend, who in April was a member of the fastest crew to race around the world.
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Sianis went to Wrigley Field to support the Cubs as they battled the Detroit Tigers in the World Series, according to his tavern's website, which dedicates a page to the legend of the Billy Goat curse.
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