Posted Apr 8th 2009 4:46PM by TMZ Staff
Thomas "The Hitman" Hearns -- the first ever quadruple world champion in boxing history -- just beat the living crap out of a chicken ... in the most humiliating game of tic-tac-toe ever.
In an event that seemed to harness the state of desperation surrounding boxing in America, the former superstar defeated Ginger the Chicken in a publicity event for a casino in Detroit.
But saddest part took place during the dramatic rematch -- when Tommy and the chicken played to a draw.
Filed under: Talk Sports, Critters
Tags: chicken, hit man, HitMan, tic tac toe, TicTacToe, tommy hearns, TommyHearns
Posted Feb 26th 2009 2:40PM by TMZ Staff
The father of John Graziano, the young man left in a vegetative state after Nick Hogan's 2007 car crash, was arrested today for trying to solicit a hit man to kill his estranged wife -- and cops say he tried to pay for it using a gift card.
According to police, Edward Graziano told an undercover officer posing as a "go-between" to a hit man that he wanted to have his wife Debra killed. Perhaps most troubling -- cops say Graziano wanted her killed in an automobile accident.
Graziano allegedly paid for the hit with $1,100 cash, a $1,000 personal check and a $13.06 gift card to Westshore Pizza.
The arrest is the culmination of a two-and-half month long undercover investigation by the Sheriff's Office Criminal Investigative Division.
Debra's attorney released this statement: "She is saddened by all of this. She can't believe so much tragedy can strike one family. Her main purpose is concentrating on John getting better."
Filed under: Celebrity Justice, The Hogans
Tags: car crash, CarCrash, Ed Graziano, EdGraziano, hit man, hitman, john graziano, John Grazianos dad, JohnGraziano, JohnGrazianosDad, kill wife, KillWife, nick hogan, NickHogan
