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New BDL Photoshop contest: Eddy Curry, Olympic gymnast
New BDL Photoshop contest: Eddy Curry, Olympic gymnast
Yesterday, I was told to check out Eddy Curry's Wikipedia page , which claimed the Knicks center had aspired to be a gymnast. I didn't really believe it at the time. I just figured some prankster was poking fun at Curry's 300-pound expense. Well, apparently it's true! And we have sources to back it up. The first, via A Stern Warning , this October 2005 article by Scoop Jackson at ESPN: ...
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Posting and Toasting — ... - I knew that Eddy Curry was a gymnast as a child, but I did not know that he can still do a blackflip. (Not a video. Don't get too excited.) ...

Today's Warnings : 22 August, 2008
A Stern Warning - NBA, NBL and FIBA News & Views — ... NBA: Skeets at BDL enjoyed our Eddy Curry gymnast story and has a great little related photoshop competition going -- get involved! ...

Weight Loss Solutions for Eddy Curry
the Blowtorch — ... Just giving birth is an easy way to drop 7-9 pounds, plus Eddy would continue to lose weight while he nursed the baby. Not to mention, he'd also have a new baby that he can enter in to various pageants, even after only two weeks after birth. I assume he would teach his child how to do a backflip, which would be pretty big points in the talent portion. ...

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