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Fantastic photo and perfect story for “Before They Were Grandparents”. latimes: The original man of Troy: In 1912, long before anyone thought of naming rights, Times sportswriter Owen R. Bird named USC’s teams the Trojans. Then his story really got interesting. After naming the Trojans, Bird spent the rest of his life wildly and vainly trying to replicate the stature of that achievement while barely being remembered for it. He fought in one skirmish and one war, married three women, worked at least a dozen jobs, lived in at least a dozen homes and continually sought greater thrills, until one day making the only memory more compelling than his Trojans creation. On a winter evening in 1929, Bird returned to his Silver Lake home to find his wife, Laura, conversing with his best friend, Percival Watson. Bird pulled out a revolver and killed Watson with shots through his face, arm and abdomen. Photo: Owen R. Bird in an undated photo. Credit: Bird family

Fantastic photo and perfect story for “Before They Were Grandparents”.

latimes:

The original man of Troy: In 1912, long before anyone thought of naming rights, Times sportswriter Owen R. Bird named USC’s teams the Trojans. Then his story really got interesting.

After naming the Trojans, Bird spent the rest of his life wildly and vainly trying to replicate the stature of that achievement while barely being remembered for it.

He fought in one skirmish and one war, married three women, worked at least a dozen jobs, lived in at least a dozen homes and continually sought greater thrills, until one day making the only memory more compelling than his Trojans creation.

On a winter evening in 1929, Bird returned to his Silver Lake home to find his wife, Laura, conversing with his best friend, Percival Watson. Bird pulled out a revolver and killed Watson with shots through his face, arm and abdomen.

Photo: Owen R. Bird in an undated photo. Credit: Bird family

Before They Were Grandparents, they were world champions. Happy birthday to Muhammad Ali! If your hunger for vintage photos is larger than we can satisfy, we suggest following the Los Angeles Times Tumblr. latimes: Happy birthday, Muhammad Ali: As Muhammad Ali turns 70, it would be easy to say happy birthday and recite his accomplishments as a boxer and humanitarian. But in his heyday, Ali was complicated, columnist Bill Dwyre says. Photo: Muhammad Ali blows out the candles on a cake baked for his 25th birthday in Houston on Jan. 17, 1967. The three-time heavyweight champion, who turns 70 Tuesday, is still a “big kid” who enjoys his birthday parties, his wife said. Credit: Ed Kolenovsky / Associated Press

Before They Were Grandparents, they were world champions.

Happy birthday to Muhammad Ali! If your hunger for vintage photos is larger than we can satisfy, we suggest following the Los Angeles Times Tumblr.

latimes:

Happy birthday, Muhammad Ali: As Muhammad Ali turns 70, it would be easy to say happy birthday and recite his accomplishments as a boxer and humanitarian. But in his heyday, Ali was complicated, columnist Bill Dwyre says.

Photo: Muhammad Ali blows out the candles on a cake baked for his 25th birthday in Houston on Jan. 17, 1967. The three-time heavyweight champion, who turns 70 Tuesday, is still a “big kid” who enjoys his birthday parties, his wife said. Credit: Ed Kolenovsky / Associated Press