Word: gymnast
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Since Cathy Rigby stepped down from the balance beam after the 1972 Olympics, the former gymnast has done some commercials, a little sports commentary. Now Rigby, 33, who studied singing and acting for years, is unveiling a song-and-dance act she has worked out with Husband Tom McCoy, 29. Showcased at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel before an enthusiastic Los Angeles audience, the $100,000, 40-minute production includes seven costume changes and features Rigby's good-natured takeoffs on Tina Turner, Cyndi Lauper, Patti LaBelle and Debby Boone. Rigby finds shaking a leg more enjoyable than doing flips. "With...
...record for psychiatric fees, Brooke Shields' mother Teri bid $12,000 for a one-hour "consultation" with TV's Dr. Ruth (Good Sex) Westheimer. Asked whether the session was for her or her daughter, Mom reportedly said, "We'll each take half." Meanwhile, out on the slopes, Olympic Gymnast and Advertising Omnipresence Mary Lou Retton (4 ft. 9 in.) derived a different satisfaction from the diminutive Westheimer. Said Retton: "I finally found somebody two inches shorter than me." Dr. Ruth was soon seen in the lodge asking for a ski instructor, preferably one 6 ft. 3 in. tall...
Three-year starter Grant Blair may be the nation's best goalie--or he may not. But there is no finer backstop in the East. With his kick saves and sprawling stops, Blair is as acrobatic in the net as any gymnast doing the floor excercises. Expect him to collect enough gold medal-winning performances this campaign to give Fusco chase for ECAC Player of the Year honors...
...Soloflex, an Oregon maker of body-building equipment, show a woman's hand touching such brawny hunks as Boxing Champ Ken Norton, Muscleman Frank Zane and Olympic Gold Medal Gymnast Mitch Gaylord. The headline: "A hard man is good to find." Says Jerry Wilson, founder of Soloflex, whose sales have jumped 20% since the ads started appearing last spring: "There's no way I can sell the product without selling...
...Editor Anastasia Toufexis and Reporter-Researcher Georgia Harbison make up the Health & Fitness team. Promises Ferrer: "We want to take a newsy story and approach it with enthusiasm and a careful eye. We won't be carried away by faddism." Says Toufexis, a veteran medical writer who likes ballet, gymnastics, diving and bicycling: "I used to be obsessive, but now I enjoy exercise in moderation." Harbison, who is a runner, gymnast and tennis player, believes in the long-term benefits of sport. Says she: "I'm not out to beat other people. I just like to feel good. I couldn...