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Christopher 'Big Black' Boykin, star of MTV's 'Rob & Big,' dies at 45

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Christopher Boykin Christopher "Big Black" Boykin was an American entertainer and musician best known for his role on MTV's Rob & Big, which followed him and his co-star, skateboarder Rob Dyrdek. Wikipedia Born : January 13, 1972, Raleigh, Mississippi, United States Died : May 9, 2017, Plano, Texas, United States Height : 6′ 6″ Spouse : Shannon Boykin (m. 2008–2009) Movies and TV shows : Rob & Big , The B-List , Sk8 Life Children : Isis Rea Boykin Rob & Big star Christopher "Big Black" Boykin has died. ET can confirm that the 45-year-old entertainer and musician passed away on Tuesday morning. There is no news yet on cause of death, however, TMZ reported that "multiple people connected to Chris... believe it was a heart attack." Boykin and his best friend, skateboarder Rob Dyrdek, starred in their eponymous MTV reality show from 2006 to 2008. The Mississippi native was also Dyrd...

Los Glaciares National Park

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Los Glaciares National Park Los Glaciares National Park is in the Austral Andes of southwest Argentina, near the Chilean border. Its many glaciers include Perito Moreno, best known for the dramatic icefalls from its front wall, into Lake Argentino. In the north, Mount Fitz Roy’s jagged peak rises above the mountain town of El Chaltén and Lake Viedma. The park is home to many birds, such as condors and black-chested buzzard eagles Area : 2,807 mi² Province : Santa Cruz Province, Argentina State Party : Argentina Criteria : vii, viii Established : May 11, 1937 “Its terminus, where the glacier flows into Argentina’s largest freshwater lake, is 5 km wide at an average height of 74 m above the lake’s surface.” Temperatures in the park range from 0.6C in winter to 13.4C in summer. At higher altitudes, the mean annual temperature can be a bitter -3C. To visit, fly to Buenos Aires and catch a bus from Route 40. Entrance costs around £16 with...

Another year, another Game 7. Brace yourselves, Capitals fans.

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Another year, another Game 7. Brace yourselves, Capitals fans. Well, here we are again. Alex Ovechkin and the Capitals are preparing for another gut-wrenching Game 7 against the hated Penguins. Capitals fans are hoping for — and, after Monday’s dominating win in Pittsburgh, maybe even expecting — the best. No one could blame them for preparing for the worst. Washington is 4-10 all-time in Game 7s, including a 3-7 mark at home. The only teams with at least as many Game 7 losses are the Maple Leafs (10), Red Wings (11) and Bruins (12), who make up one half of the NHL’s Original Six. Wednesday also marks the Capitals’ 10th Game 7 during the Ovechkin Era, a 10-year run that has featured twice as many instances of heartbreak and disappointment as euphoria and happy handshake lines. This group doesn’t really care what’s happened in the past,” Capitals Coach Barry Trotz said before Washington closed out the Maple Leafs in six games in the first round...

A devastating tragedy’: Wife of ESPN’s Chris Berman killed in two-car crash in Connecticut

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A devastating tragedy’: Wife of ESPN’s Chris Berman killed in two-car crash in Connecticut The wife of Chris Berman, ESPN’s longtime broadcaster, was killed in a car crash in Connecticut on Tuesday afternoon, the day before Chris Berman’s 62nd birthday. Katherine Ann Berman, 67, and another driver died in the two-car accident that occurred at about 2:15 p.m. EDT on Route 64 in Woodbury. Edward Bertulis, 87, of Waterbury was the other fatality. State police told the Hartford Courant that the two cars collided, with Bertulis’s 2003 Ford Escape then striking a utility pole and rolling over onto its roof. Berman’s 2003 Lexus SC 430, veered off the road and went down an embankment, overturning in a small body of water. Police were investigating whether Bertulis had suffered a medical emergency just before Berman’s car crashed into the back of his car on Route 64 near Tuttle Road, a state police source told the Courant. Bertulis’ daughter, Nancy, told the Courant that...

Defending champion Penguins find Stanley Cup form against Capitals in Game 7

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Defending champion Penguins find Stanley Cup form against Capitals in Game 7 WASHINGTON — For the last period of Game 5, all of Game 6, and the opening two minutes of Game 7, the Pittsburgh Penguins looked like a group of players that had forgotten how they won the Stanley Cup 11 months ago. Then in the fourth and fifth minute of Game 7, the memory of how to succeed all came back to them. “That might be the best game that we’ve played in the playoffs to this point,” Pittsburgh coach Mike Sullivan said after the Penguins downed the Washington Capitals 2-0 in Game 7.  “I thought that was the closest thing to the Penguins’ identity that we’ve seen in the playoffs so far.” After being dominated by the Capitals for four periods in two losses that tied the best-of-seven series 3-3, the Penguins rediscovered the level of composure and efficiency they commanded in last year’s run to the Stanley Cup. “Obviously a lot of people counted us out after last game, a...

Mother's Day: Interview your mom, and record it for posterity on your phone

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Mother's Day: Interview your mom, and record it for posterity on your phone LOS ANGELES — This Mother's Day, do yourself and your family a favor and schedule an interview with your mother. I do it every year. We've spent hours for the family archive talking about her early days growing up in Indianapolis, her late in life vocation of making how-to-knit videos for YouTube and have even gone live on Facebook a few times (including a recent outing from the Hermosa Beach California Pier). So not a day goes by that people don't ask me, "What kind of camera should I buy to interview Mom?" or "what kind of accessories do I need?" We're here to help! The good news is, you don't need an expensive camera, because you have a great one in your pocket: the smartphone. And I can get you with the accessories you need for under $100. Up for the challenge? Great. So now you’re ready to sit down with mom and record video stories for Mother’...