May 2013
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May 20
David Wells turned 50 today, and there are a few things worth noting:
1) He could probably still give the Yankees some good innings
2) He can’t be in any worse shape than he was when he was playing.
3) OK, maybe he can be.
4) David Wells made it to 50! Woo!
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May 16
Happy birthday to Danny Trejo, who’s, well, whatever age he says he is — fuck, I’m not trying to tell him anything.
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May 13
Happy 49th birthday to Stephen Colbert, our greatest patriot.
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May 8
Alex Van Halen is 60 today. Hopefully he’s wearing a shirt.
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May 7
Phil Campbell, also known as Wizzö, has been the lead guitarist for Motörhead since 1983. As such, he’s no doubt seen shit that you couldn’t even imagine. “Phil Campbell” is also the name of a town in Alabama. It is named after an Englishman, but not the same one. Happy 52nd, Wizzö.
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May 6
Little-known fact: As part of Wille Mays’ contract, he had two white guys to help him get dressed before every game. Also, dude was ripped. Happy 83rd, Willie.
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May 2
Happy 38th birthday to squeaky-voiced football legend David Beckham, who looked like this before all the tattoos and hair products (and, you know, puberty).
April 2013
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April 26
Giancarlo Esposito was born in 1958, which would have made him 31 when he played Buggin’ Out in Spike Lee’s 1989 magnum opus Do The Right Thing. He turns 55 today. Got your boycott right here.
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April 25
Jason Lee turned 43 today. Before he became an actor, he was one hell of a street skater. You should probably watch this.
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April 24
October 19, 2006 was a long time ago. Carlos Beltran is no longer a Met, Shea Stadium is no longer standing. But this still hurts. Ah well, happy 36th, ‘Los.
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April 23
Valerie Bertinelli, born on the same exact day as Def Leppard guitarist “Steamin’” Steve Clark, wound up marrying Eddie Van Halen. COINCIDENCE? Yeah, probably. Happy 53rd, Valerie. Watch the leg.
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April 22
Jack Nicholson, Neptune City’s Finest, turned 76 today. I can’t handle the truth.
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April 19
Marion “Suge” Knight is by far the most famous former UNLV football player to have his possessions sold off on “Storage Wars.” He also turns 48 today. Happy birthday, Suge.
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April 16
Ian MacKaye is 51 today. Listen to Fugazi.
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April 15
Happy birthday Fränk Schleck. Do us all a favor and eat the whole cake, huh?
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April 10
I can’t for the life of me figure out why I was into the Stray Cats when I was a kid. It’s not like I’m old enough to remember the ’50s first-hand (shut up) and I didn’t get into other ’50s nostalgia ephemera like Grease, Happy Days or Sha Na Na. But there it was. “Stray Cat Strut,” all that stuff. Anyway, Brian Setzer - who himself was born right...
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April 5
Christopher “Kid” Reid of Kid N Play fame turned 49 today. Don’t believe it? Back in the day you could have just cut the high-top fade and counted the rings.
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April 4
The best-known BMX rider in the world doesn’t even really ride BMX anymore. Dave Mirra is more into rally cars these days, but never forget what the man could do on a little bike. And would someone please clean up his Wikipedia page? Disgraceful. Happy 39th, Miracle Boy.
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April 3
A very happy 45th birthday to former Skid Row frontman Sebastian Bach, who put the andro in androgynous.
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April 1
A very happy 69th birthday to one-time (actually two-time) Met Rusty Staub, Le Grand Orange. It’s Opening Day, let’s go Mets!
March 2013
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March 27
Quentin Tarantino turned 50 today, which means he’s officially too old to keep using that word he never should have started using in the first place.
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March 26
To be fair, Trey Azagthoth would have never made it as a death metal guitarist if he went by “George Emmanuel III.” Happy 48th, George — I mean Trey.
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March 25
Happy birthday to Sarah Jessica Parker, who while still sprightly at 48 should probably put some clothes on. Enough frolicking, jeez.
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March 20
“Hey Spike. Yeah, OK, Mars, whatever. You’re 56 years old. You could probably lose the cycling hat now.”
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March 19
Happy 40th birthday to the trill OG, Bun B, H-Town’s true finest.
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March 18
A very happy 32nd birthday to Swiss pro cyclist Fabian Cancellara, who celebrated this weekend by almost winning Milan-San Remo. (Aero tuck above from the 2009 Vuelta.)
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March 14
A very happy 973rd birthday to tireless Oscar host and former George Burns baby sitter Billy Crystal.
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March 12
Once upon a time, Darryl Strawberry was my favorite professional athlete on the planet. Then he wasn’t. Now, I’m just happy he’s still around to celebrate another birthday. Happy 51st, Straw. Enjoy it.
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March 6
Hey, if you were named “Warren Anderson Mathis,” you’d probably come up with something else, too. Happy 36th to the man Bubba Sparxxx.
February 2013
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February 28
“Listen up, new drink, named it after Chong daughter — triple shot of ‘gnac, chaser of bong water.” —Viktor Vaughn
Happy birthday, Rae Dawn, and don’t try that.
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February 27
Adrian Smith isn’t my favorite guitarist ever — he might not even be my favorite guitarist in Iron Maiden — but it’s his birthday today, so I’ll cut him a break. Happy 56th, Mr. Smith.
February 26
Johnny Cash would have been 81 today — hard to believe he’s been gone for nearly a decade. Always missed.
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February 25
Happy birthday to former NCAA tourney commentator Billy Packer, who got his start as a scrappy guard (at right) at Wake Forest. By all accounts, he was a tough little monkey.
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February 22
Hey, it’s Vijay Singh’s birthday. And if you bought him a trophy with a baby tiger on it thinking you were being all creative and unique, think again. Hope you kept the receipt.
January 2013
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November 2012
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June 2012
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