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2 unusual facts about Topdog/Underdog


Lawrence Gilliard, Jr.

He received positive reviews for his role of Booth in a production of the Pulitzer Prize-winning play, Topdog/Underdog.

Topdog/Underdog

The play had an extended run on Broadway at the Ambassador Theatre from April 7 - August 11, 2002, in which Cheadle was replaced by Mos Def.


Battle of the Network Reality Stars

Mechanical Bull Riding (guest referee Ted Lange of The Love Boat fame) - Team Dark Blue won, followed by Team Green, Team Underdog, and Team Red.

Dan Tan

In November 2010, the 3rd-division Cremonese were drugged by their goalkeeper Marco Paoloni in a failed attempt to throw the match to the underdog Paganese.

Evander Holyfield vs. Mike Tyson II

In the previous Tyson-Holyfield fight, seven months earlier, Evander Holyfield, who opened as a 25-to-1 underdog (eventually pulling to 15-to-2), floored Mike Tyson for the second time in Tyson's career in the sixth round, and scored a TKO over Tyson in round 11.

Guys and Balls

While this genre is far more established in the United States with movies such as Hard Ball (2001) or The Mighty Ducks (1992) in which an underdog team is posed to somehow find the spirit to win an important game against a far superior opponent, these kinds of movies are relatively rare in German cinema.

Hennessy Youngman

This sort of 'underdog in the art world' characterization can be seen in the work of video artist of Alex Bag or motion pictures such as the biopic Basquiat or the art world satire (Untitled).

Jack Dempsey's Broadway Restaurant

Located next door to Jack Amiel's "Turf Restaurant" on Times Square, Amiel became famous as the owner of the "underdog" horse Count Turf who won the 1951 Kentucky Derby.

Jan Nieto

He considered himself as the underdog in the Finale, compared to fellow finalists Magdangal and Mau Marcelo who had been the favorites of both the judges and the audience.

Joanell Dyrstad

Though certainly an underdog in her 1994 attempt for the U.S. Senate, she ran an aggressive campaign in the Republican primary against Congressman Rod Grams, comparing Grams, a former news reporter, to bumbling fictional TV anchor Ted Baxter from the Minnesota-based TV program The Mary Tyler Moore Show.

Kevin Hanchard

He is a two-time nominee for the Dora Mavor Moore Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male in a Principal Role – Play, in 2009 for Miss Julie: Freedom Summer and in 2011 for Topdog/Underdog.

Kyra Sundance

Kyra and her Weimaraners perform live acrobatic shows, and have appeared at professional sports halftime shows, and on television shows such as The Tonight Show, Ellen, ET, Worldwide Fido Awards, Animal Planet's Pet Star, Showdog Moms & Dads, and Disney’s Underdog stage show at the El Capitan theater in Hollywood.

Luke and Q

Through Tyrese, they met production duo Damon Thomas and Harvey Mason Jr. of The Underdogs for Underdog Entertainment, and were introduced to Clive Davis who subsequently signed them to the J Records imprint in 2004.

Maple Shade Township, New Jersey

Suzanne Muldowney performance artist best known for her appearances on The Howard Stern Show to discuss and perform her dance interpretation of the cartoon character Underdog.

Pulitzer Prize for Commentary

2005: Connie Schultz of Plain Dealer, Cleveland, "for her pungent columns that provided a voice for the underdog and underprivileged."

Richard Cummings Jr.

Underdog Films worked with directors such as Hype Williams and The Hughes Brothers and produced videos for platinum artists such as N.W.A., Dr. Dre, Ice Cube, The Red Hot Chili Peppers and Snoop Dogg.

The Bollweevils

The group released a number of albums on Dr. Strange Records; though, their first, minor releases were on Underdog Records(Chicago).

United States House of Representatives elections in Hawaii, 2012

The Honolulu Star-Advertiser described her win as the "improbable rise from a distant underdog to victory".

United States Senate election in Minnesota, 1990

Widely considered an underdog and outspent by a 7-to-1 margin, he was the only Democratic candidate to defeat a Republican senator in the 1990 election cycle.


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