Jimmy the Greek

Jimmy Snyder known as Jimmy The Greek became a celebrity picking games on "The NFL Today" in the late 1970s, but his last on-air appearance came in the late 80s and he died in 1996.

4th Annual Jimmy the Greek's Maine Mall 5k for Lyme Disease Awareness information:

Sabah grew up in Steubenville, Ohio - "me and Dean Martin and Jimmy the Greek," he says--one of five siblings raised by their mother after Joe's father died when he was 9.

Now you need to know yours." The so-called celebrity was Jimmy the Greek, a famous gambler.

Jimmy the Greek pieced together the winning shred, and even threw in a Texas plant in the middle of his run to give Austin the ol' Greek salute.

A big-time American gambler called Jimmy The Greek, learning from his sister that women didn't trust men with moustaches and noting that 1948 Presidential favourite Tom Dewey had a pencil one (moustache, that is), paid three women to stand outside a supermarket and poll shoppers.

That's what happens to people ranging from Jimmy the Greek to Trent Lott who make dumb remarks about matters involving race.

And in the last days before Sunday night's ceremony, the stars stop calling their agents and start calling people like Jimmy The Greek and the other big Vegas price fixers.

Other big race victories have come on Quinze (Guinness Gold Cup at Tralee) and Jimmy The Greek in the Scurry Handicap at the Curragh.

The banks bailing out Meriwether was the moral equivalent of bailing out Jimmy the Greek for a bad Superbowl call.

The son of Sadler's Wells was expected to win but gained a stunning success even so, beating Jimmy The Greek by an effortless eight lengths.