No Nudity,
Please, We’re
Playboy
NAKED NO MORE, IT WAS MARY, A
UCLA GREAT, AND A HARD-LIVING YANKEE
KILLER
Since
1953 when
Marilyn Monroe graced its first cover, Playboy has built an empire on the female nude. Because of the proliferation of nudity on the
Internet, Playboy will stop publishing full nudity and change its image.
Joan Leslie was one of
Hollywood’s top stars in the
1940’s. She played opposite
Humphrey Bogart in
High Sierra (
1941),
Gary Cooper in
Sergeant York (1941), and memorably
James Cagney in
Yankee Doodle Dandy (
1942).
Dave Meyers was the last great All-American at UCLA for
Coach John Wooden and helped lead the team to the
1975 National title.
Dean Chance was the hard throwing pitcher for the
Los Angeles Angels who had a magical season in 1964.
Playboy is an
American men's lifestyle and entertainment magazine. It was founded in
Chicago in 1953 by
Hugh Hefner and his associates, and funded in part by a $1,
000 loan from
Hefner's mother.[3] Notable for its centerfolds of nude and semi-nude[4] models (
Playmates), Playboy played an important role in the sexual revolution[5] and remains one of the world's best known brands, having grown into
Playboy Enterprises, Inc., with a presence in nearly every medium.[6] In addition to the flagship magazine in the
United States, special nation-specific versions of Playboy are published worldwide.
The magazine has a long history of publishing short stories by notable novelists such as
Arthur C. Clarke,[7]
Ian Fleming,[7]
Vladimir Nabokov,[8]
Saul Bellow,
Chuck Palahniuk,
P. G. Wodehouse,[7]
Haruki Murakami, and
Margaret Atwood.[7] With a regular display of full-page color cartoons, it became a showcase for notable cartoonists, including
Harvey Kurtzman,
Jack Cole,[9]
Eldon Dedini,[10]
Jules Feiffer,[11]
Shel Silverstein,[12]
Erich Sokol,[7]
Roy Raymonde,[13]
Gahan Wilson, and
Rowland B. Wilson.[14] Playboy features monthly interviews of notable public figures, such as artists, architects, economists, composers, conductors, film directors, journalists, novelists, playwrights, religious figures, politicians, athletes and race car drivers. The magazine generally reflects a liberal editorial stance, although it often interviews conservative celebrities.
Wilmer Dean Chance (June 1, 1941 –
October 11,
2015) was an American
Major League Baseball pitcher.[1] Over the right-hander's 11-year major league career, he played for the Los Angeles Angels,
Minnesota Twins,
Cleveland Indians,
New York Mets, and
Detroit Tigers. With a touch of wildness and the habit of never looking at home plate once he received the
sign from his catcher,
Chance would turn his back fully towards the hitter in mid-windup before spinning and unleashing a good fastball, sinker or sidearm curveball.[2]
In 1964, Chance became at the time the youngest pitcher to win the
Cy Young Award[3] when, as a member of the Los Angeles Angels, he led the
American League in wins (20), innings pitched (2781⁄3) and earned run average (1.65—as of 2015, a franchise record) and was third in the
A.L. in strikeouts.[1] He pitched 11 shutouts (also a franchise record as of 2015) that season, winning five of those by a
1–0 score.[1] At the time, only one Cy Young Award was given in all of
MLB; since 1967, separate awards have been given in the AL and the
National League.[4] Chance's Cy Young Award was the third in a string of five consecutive
Cy Young Awards won by a pitcher from a Los Angeles-based team.
The others were won by
Dodger pitchers:
Don Drysdale in 1962 and
Sandy Koufax in
1963,
1965, and 1966
David William Meyers (April 21, 1953 – October 9, 2015) was an American basketball player with the
Milwaukee Bucks in the
National Basketball Association (
NBA). The forward played college basketball for the
UCLA Bruins. He was an All-American as a senior in 1975, when he won his second national championship with
UCLA. He was drafted in the first round of the
1975 NBA draft with the second overall pick, and played four years professionally with
Milwaukee.
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