Cousy Kane
Hockey Fan
As a child growing up in Gahanna, Ohio, he aspired to be a shoe designer at Nike, as he spent most of his high school career in the Art department. His lack of athletic ability led him to riding the pine in most sports, thus becoming a sports spectator. Following high school, he worked in a shoe store, a video store, and a liquor store. To further expand his resume, he found his way to a community college, an associate degree, and a real job at an animation studio. His name appears as a store-front sign in the film 101 Dalmatians II: Patch's London Adventure, as a cute baby ape in Tarzan II, as well as in the credits. Cousy is also heavily influenced by the world of L. Frank Baum's Oz.
He loves the Blue Jackets and Yankees, hates the Red Wings and Red Sox, and doesn't have anything against the actual color red. On March 26th, 2004, his wedding turned into a media event, as clips of his "Wedding on Ice" were shown all over local television stations, Fox Sports Ohio, the Today Show, and ESPN.
His career goal checklist includes: catching a foul ball, dropping a puck-DONE, visiting every major league ballpark, learning to swim, taking a leak at Fenway Park but missing the urinal, and streaking the quad into the gymnasium.
He and his wife Liza, who spends her days paid and unpaid at the Columbus Zoo, recently returned to his roots and bought a house in Gahanna, and have a pet stuffed monkey and manatee.
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