De La Hoya Throws Down His Own Personal Gauntlet

From: The Washington Post | Date: September 17, 1999| Author: | Copyright information

The normally confident-looking Oscar De La Hoya suddenly appeared nervous shortly after walking into the lobby of the Mandalay Bay hotel. He has been around Las Vegas enough to expect the unexpected, but how was he to know that someone would stick a parrot onto his left arm while a mariachi band blasted its greeting? De La Hoya can radiate like a star in the sky, but a tentative toothy grin was all he could muster today as he stood awkwardly with his arm extended, clearly wishing to be rescued from the perched bird.

A little later, De La Hoya appeared more himself in talking about his meeting ...

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