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Boggs' life became entangled in a saga of sex and jealousy, and to find a perspective, he tuned into Geraldo Rivera. In a 60-minute Rivera show about sex addiction, Boggs realized his problem--he was a sex addict--and that he's not alone...

Author: By Christine Dimino, | Title: Some Thoughts on the Off-Season | 3/18/1989 | See Source »

Taliaferro illustrates the theory that serious crime makes a good prisoner. A former drug addict who killed his wife, he has become a productive citizen of the Stillwater prison. He has almost completed his bachelor's requirements, and hopes to become a college professor someday...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Mirror A Free Press Flourishes | 3/13/1989 | See Source »

...troublemakers en masse, chaining the school's doors to bar drug dealers and -- whooping audience delight here -- inveighing colorfully against laziness, incompetence and any politician or community leader who questioned his ways. But underneath all that, as the movie points out, were sweetness and caring: Clark redeeming a crack addict (Jermaine Hopkins), mending a mother-daughter conflict, nursing a comic obsession with getting the kids to sing the school song with gusto...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Tough Love | 3/13/1989 | See Source »

Before the game, Oil Can watches an episode of the Geraldo Rivera Show featuring people mentally obsessed with sweetened breakfast cereal. He boldly proclaims, "I was a Cap'n Crunch addict." He repents of his past transgressions and goes on to pitch the game of his life...

Author: By Joe R. Palmore, | Title: The Perfect Sox Surprise Scenario | 3/7/1989 | See Source »

This was refreshing to hear. Athletes such as Dwight Gooden, Wade Boggs and Lawrence Taylor have degraded their sports and let down their admirers. Gooden and Taylor used cocaine, and Boggs was a self-proclaimed "sex-addict". But FloJo is both a model for track and for kids...

Author: By Michael J. Lartigue, | Title: Flipping for FloJo | 2/28/1989 | See Source »

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