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HURLEY PRIMARY CARE PLUS COVER ART BY ROBERTO BIZAMA www.atlanticare.org/primarycareplus MARCH 2014 • www.BoardwalkJournal.com • ISSUE 59 ATLAN 16201_APG Primary Care Plus ad_AC Times_8.375x10.875.indd 1 3/7/14 3:16 PM READY FOR CHANGE ? FOR ADVERTISING RATES EMAIL [email protected] 2 | The Boardwalk Journal | March 2014 The Boardwalk Journal | March 2014 | 3 With him were his wife KiKi and a beautiful little girl, who couldn’t have been more than 3 years old. In this intimate CHASING TYSON setting, seeing Mike Tyson the husband, the father and the man, I once again found myself interested in “Iron Mike”, so much so At one time in my life, I was completely obsessed with all things The truth is, I didn’t want anything, I just wanted to see him up that when his book “Undisputed Truth” came out at Christmas Mike Tyson. close. time, I devoured all 580 pages in two days. I had all of his fights on DVD, even the ones before he was The next time I would see Mike Tyson was in July of 2004, when So it was a no brainer for me when Don Hurley, also a lifelong famous, which I paid to have converted from VCR to DVD. I was in Kentucky for a wedding and Tyson just happened to be Mike Tyson junkie, who spent time with him in the 80’s, hanging fighting that weekend in Louisville. out with him in video store that sold water ice on Florida Avenue, I read virtually every book written about his life and devoured called me and said he was going to interview and photograph the every newspaper and magazine article I could find. Much to my dismay, he lost by knockout in the 4th round in a former champion who was coming to town to perform his one truly unimpressive fight with an even more unimpressive fighter man show. I found Mike Tyson’s story, his rise, his fall, his crass behavior, his named Danny Williams. dominating skills as a boxer and his unpredictability as a human Don’s 5,500 word story about Tyson’s life is one of the best I’ve being to be the greatest show on earth. At this point, I began to sour on “Iron Mike” and his antics, ever read and trust me, I’ve read them all. watching him lose again in 2005 to some Irish hump named Lexie Norcross, Vice President of Digital Operations So I set out to meet him. Kevin McBride, watching him go to jail for cocaine possession To have Mike Tyson on the cover of my magazine is very special & Corporate Services Director for IGM, Philadelphia and balloon up to 330 pounds, Mike Tyson’s life was no longer to me personally and I thank Don for making that happen. Between August 2001 and April 2004, (before I was married the greatest show on earth to me, it became sad to watch. Inquirer, Daily News & philly.com, Rebecca M. Leonard, Esq., Editor-in-Chief of The with children), I made four trips to Las Vegas and finding Mike I hope you enjoy it and who knows; maybe I will re-immerse Boardwalk Journal, James J. Leonard Jr., Esq., founding Tyson was always a priority. I found it amazing that the fast-living, hard-partying Tyson, myself into the world of Mike Tyson and show up with a giant Publisher / CEO of The Boardwalk Journal and Leah then past finished as a fighter, who did everything with reckless tattoo on my face … I would drive the Las Vegas Strip and make a left on East Sunset abandon, was still alive and not in the ground like Sonny Liston. Kauffman, Executive Producer for Entertainment & and make a right on Tomiyasu Lane, where Tyson lived behind a Lifestyle for philly.com at the Academy of Music gala in massive gate right next door to Wayne Newton’s sprawling Casa By this time Tyson had lost his Las Vegas mansion and millions JAMES J. LEONARD, JR., ESQ. Philadelphia de Shenandoah. more to Don King and the IRS and reports of a comeback would President / CEO Founder and Publisher of The Boardwalk Journal always be followed by some bizarre arrest or street fight and it I never made it past the gate. was clear that Tyson’s life was on the ropes. I did find it ironic that less than a mile from Tyson’s home, was Years later in February of 2012, I traveled with my two brothers the Paradise Memorial Gardens Cemetery, which was home to and my friend Mike Calvi again, to see Tyson at a sports the final resting place of one of Tyson’s boxing idols, Charles memorabilia show in North Jersey. “Sonny” Liston, a man whose turbulent life outside the ring paralleled Tyson’s. We paid for pictures and signed gloves and got to spend a few minutes him, but sadly, he was high on drugs and smelled like he In 2003, while in Las Vegas at the Bellagio attending an MMA had bathed in marijuana. fight, I heard someone in the crowd say that Tyson was seated ringside. I swore off following his exploits after this pathetic encounter with the onetime “Baddest Man on The Planet”, who I now This was my chance. thought was the “Saddest Man on The Planet.” Along with my friend Mike Calvi, we snuck into the VIP section, Fast forward five months later and my wife and I were invited to past the ushers, past Bellagio security, past the uniformed police join Joe and Melissa Gorga as their guests while Melissa taped officers from the Las Vegas Metro Police Department and past an episode of “Watch What Happens Live” for Bravo TV in New the other ringside celebrities like Michael Jordan and Dr. Dre, York with guess who … Mike Tyson. and made a bee line directly for Tyson who was sitting ringside watching the fights. While hanging out in the green room while Melissa got her James Leonard Jr. with Academy of Music gala headliner make-up done, in came “Iron Mike” to say hello and meet Me and Mike in Manhattan in July 2012 As I approached him, I found myself fumbling over my words Melissa before they went on camera. & Grammy Award winning songstress Jill Scott and Tyson cut me down with his trademark lisp saying, “Cut the shit man, what do you want.” 4 | The Boardwalk Journal | March 2014 The Boardwalk Journal | March 2014 | 5 table of contents VOL. 6 ISSUE 3 • MARCH 2014 Exceptional people. Extraordinary care. in THis issUE... 4 CHASING TYSON James J. Leonard Jr., Esq. 10 BREAKING GROUND FOR KIPP We’re Reliance COOPER NORCROSS ACADEMY 13 THE RAW FEED 14 "BRIDGEGATE" IS PROVING TO BE A POLITICAL CIRCUS STUNT Harry Hurley 16 ATLANTIC CITY INAUGURAL BALL 2014 24 PHILLIES REMAIN VICTIMS OF BAD KARMA, POOR FORESIGHT Al Morganti 30 HOW MUCH DO YOU KNOW ABOUT WOMEN? Lloyd D. 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