Honestly, I've hardly paid paying any attention to these Olympics. Besides reading the sports ticker headlines, I've watched precisely one event: the first Phelps/Lochte 400 IM race. I also watched the Opening Ceremonies.
I would imagine there are a lot of USC and UCLA teammates on the water polo, volleyball and track teams, right?
Seer, stupid question time...
Is it you or Laxplayer who has the Crespi ties? I'm totally brainfarting, and it's been bugging me ever since one of my old classmates from Notre Dame sent me a list of our famous alumni. Just for fun, I was going to print it up and show it to you until it dawned on me that I couldn't recall which one of you was the Crespi guy.
Anyway, some of the names on the list were real eyebrow-raisers while others just made me laugh. I'm thinking you and Lax may actually be more familiar with some of these names than I am. If nothing else, there's definitely one name on this list that's near and dear to your heart...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Notre_Dame ... alifornia)
Notable Alumni
-Jim Auten (Class of 1975), Professional baseball U.C.L.A. Baseball-All American.
-Lily Aldridge (Class of 2004), Victoria's Secret Supermodel.
-Ed Begley Jr. (Class of 1967), American actor of St. Elsewhere fame. (Bwaaa! The Begster!)
-Rachel Bilson (Class of 1999), American actress. (Nice. Unfortunately for me, ND didn't allow girl students until 1983, the year after I graduated. Fuck.)
-Brian Beauchemin - Head Basketball coach at Glendale Community College
-John S. Boskovich (Class of 1975), Artist, writer, filmmaker, lawyer, and teacher
-Nick Cassavetes (Class of 1977), Daytime Emmy Award-winning American director. (Okay, I know of this guy.)
-Gordy Ceresino (Class of 1975), American football player, CEO Harris Bretall Sullivan & Smith LLC.
-John Cicuto - former head football coach at Glendale Community College current Athletic Director and Prep All American.
-Chris Dickerson (Class of 2000), Major league baseball player for the New York Yankees.
-Jamie Dixon (Class of 1983), men's basketball coach at the University of Pittsburgh. (Damn, Jamie Dixon is now the coach of Pitt, and a millionaire! He was just a decent little hoops player when I knew him. Nothing special. Now look at him.)
-Maggie Dixon (Class of 1995), former women's basketball coach at the United States Military Academy (d. 2006). (Very cool.)
-James P. Docherty (Class of 1975), former president of Hachette Filipacchi New Media, founder of Great Atlantic Trophy Company
-Daniel W. Donahue - Donahue was a member of the Board of Trustees and past Chairman of the International Council of Shopping Centers, which represents 35,000 shopping center professionals worldwide. Projects including Glendale Galleria in Glendale, California; Fashion Island in Newport Beach, California; The Market Place (formerly Tustin Market Place) in Tustin, California; Galleria at Tyler in Riverside, California; and numerous other major shopping centers throughout California. (d. 2003).
-Terry Donahue (Class of 1962), Former University of California, Los Angeles football player and coach. (WTF?! NOOOOOOOOO!! 
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-Kirsten Dunst (Class of 2000), American actress. (She fucked Spiderman. That's gotta count for something, right?)
-Justin Fargas (Class of 1998), USC Trojan and American NFL football player. (Never knew he want to ND until he was already with the Raiders.)
-Nick Folk (Class of 2002), American football player.
-Maureen Flannigan (Class of 1991), Evie in Out of This World.
-Tim Foli (Class of 1969, did not graduate), major league baseball player; first pick in the Major League Baseball Draft in 1968. (Met him at practice my sophomore year.)
-Taylor Fry (Class of 1999), former American child actress best known for her role on the TV show Kirk and as Lavinia in A Little Princess.
-Amanda Fuller (Class of 2002), American actress.
-Donald "The Swedish Hammer" Gibb (Class of 1972), Ogre in Revenge of the Nerds. (No idea who this is, but with a nickname and resume like that, he's got to be awesome.)
-Pat Gillick (Class of 1954), Hall of Fame; General Manager of the Philadelphia Phillies. (Definitely never knew that.)
-Dan Goossen - Boxing Promoter, president of Goossen-Tutor, 5-time winner of Studio City President's Day Chili Cook-off. (Met him and his brother Greg. Love the chili cook-off blurb.)
-Greg Goossen (Class of 1964), major league baseball player/actor (d. 2011). (When I was there, he was still the only guy who had ever hit a HR to center field, which, if you've ever seen ND's baseball field, you would know is a seeming impossibility.)
-Devon Gummersall (Class of 1997), Actor in My So-Called Life, head of the Van Nuys Association for the Advancement of Androgens.
-David Hanna - President, CEO, or Director of more than 15 high technology companies. He is Chairman of the Board of Blue Coat Systems and Tropos Networks, and is on the Board of Directors of Handmark Inc. Chairman of Hanna Ventures.
-Eric Harper - Director/Writer.
-Jimmy Hawkins (Class of 1959), Actor in It's a Wonderful Life, The Donna Reed Show, Petticoat Junction, and Annie Oakley.
-Brett Hayes (Class of 2002), Major League Baseball Player for the Miami Marlins.
-Richard Keith (Class of 1969), Actor in I Love Lucy.
-Myles Helm (Class of 1975), President DAUM Commercial.
-James H. Herndon - orthopaedic surgeon, president of an orthopaedic surgery organization.
-Spencer Johnson - Author of "One Minute Manager" and "Who Moved My Cheese."
-Travis Johnson (Class of 2000), American football player.
-Staci Keanan (Class of 1993), starred in the 1991 TV series Step by Step and the 1987 TV series My Two Dads.
-David Kopay (Class of 1960), American football running back, one of the first professional athletes to come out as gay. (Haaa! We had one of the first famous sports fags! Uhhhhh... 
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-David C. Lane (Class of 1974), professor of philosophy and sociology/author.
-Harper LeBel (Class of 1981), American football player. (He was the left fielder while I was the center fielder. Dude went on to play football at Colorado St before enjoying a ten-year career in the NFL as a long snapper!)
-Marcus M. Maassen - Professor/Doctor at the University Hospital of Tübingen, Germany, Dept. of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery.
-Rami Malek (Class of 1999), American actor.
-Arash Markazi (Class of 1998), journalist, writer for Sports Illustrated.
-Rich Marotta - KFI sports reporter and award-winning boxing commentator.
-Jerry Mathers (Class of 1966), Beaver in Leave It to Beaver. (BWAAAAHAAA! Go ahead and top THAT, fuckers!)
-Jack McDowell (Class of 1984), major league baseball player, 1993 Cy Young Award winner. (Played Little League with him too, but he was on the JV's when I was on the varsity. I owned that fucker. :twisted: )
-Stephen McEveety (Class of 1973), Hollywood producer.
-Katharine McPhee (Class of 2002), Singer and American Idol season 5 runner-up. (That hottie from Glee? Okeydokey.)
-Bob Moretti (Class of 1954), Speaker of the California State Assembly 1971-74. (d. 1984)
-Nigel P. Miguel (Class of 1981), U.C.L.A. basketball player. (This guy was flat out awesome in high school. He was pretty good at UCLA too, but he was a god in high school. He was also the only black guy in our entire school.)
-Michael Minkler (Class of 1970), Three-time Academy Award-winning soundman (Black Hawk Down, Chicago, and Dreamgirls).
-Michael Mullen (Class of 1964), a four-star admiral (ret.) in the United States Navy and former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. (Now that is very, very cool.)
-Dave Navarro (Class of 1985), Guitarist for Jane's Addiction. ( 
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-Stephen Perkins (Class of 1985), Drummer for Jane's Addiction. ( )
-Devon Odessa (Class of 1992), American actress.
-Jim Piechocki - Developed and wrote Re-Mission, the world's most prominent serious game aimed at kids with cancer.
-Jorge Piedra (Class of 1997), major league baseball player.
-Brendan Ryan (Class of 2000), infielder for the Seattle Mariners.
-Steve Sailer (Class of 1977), paleoconservative pundit and film critic for Taki's Magazine.
-Bill Seward - NBC-TV sports anchor, CBS radio sportscaster and Dodgers postgame show host.
-Lindsey Shaw (Class of 2007), American actress on Ned's Declassified School Survival Guide.
-Dave Sitton - UA Rugby Head Coach. Fox Sports Commentator for UA Football and Basketball. 2005 Tucson Man of the Year.
-Frank M. Sontag - disc-jockey, news director, sportscaster.
-Giancarlo Stanton (Class of 2007), Professional baseball player for the Miami Marlins. One of the top rookies in the Major Leagues in 2010. One of the top home run hitters in 2011. (He doesn't suck. He also owns the Giants, every time I see him.)
-Tad Stones (Class of 1970), American animator, screenwriter, producer and director best known for his work for The Walt Disney Company.
-Mary Strong - Sports Broadcaster Fox Sports Net.
-Barry Stubblefield (Class of 1975), Owner Mount Waterman facility (d. 2005).
-Paul Sunderland (Class of 1970), Sports Broadcaster; 1984 United States Olympic volleyball team that won the gold medal.
-Michelle Trachtenberg (Class of 2003), American actress. (Funny-looking nose and all, you would sooooo do her.)
-Guy Tobin (Class of 1973), Homebuilder (d. 2008) is listed in the national 'Who's Who of Homebuilding,' as spearheading the revitalization of the 35,000+ acre, planned community at Rio Rico, Arizona. The Anza Trail Coalition of Arizona honored his many efforts by dedicating the Rio Rico Trailhead to Guy Tobin.
-John Vella (Class of 1968), former USC and Oakland Raiders offensive lineman. ('Atta boy. That's a good 'un.)
-Robert Edward Williams (Class of 1960), mathematician, architect, and designer. He is known for books on geometry for scientists and designers (The Geometry of Natural Structure), the development of theoretical principles of Catenatic Geometry (The Kiss Catenatic: The Introduction of Catenatic Geometry and its Environs), and the invention of the Ars-Vivant Wild-life Protector System for repopulating the Western Mojave Desert in California with desert tortoises.
-Andrew Eben Woodward (Class of 1975), author of "Prettiest World I Know."
-Dennis Zine (Class of 1966), Los Angeles City Councilman. Zine represents the city's 3rd District (Woodland Hills, Tarzana, Reseda, West Hills, Winnetka and Canoga Park).
After I checked out that list, it got me to wondering about other high schools and their notable alumni. You know who absolutely kicks ass, at least in terms of sports figures? Crenshaw High. Christ, they've had a lot of major hoops players, and some killer football and baseball players too.
I haven't looked, but I'm guessing Long Beach Poly, Servite and Mater Dei have acquitted themselves fairly decently as well.
