Archive for June 8th, 2009

Troy and Theodora met in college at the University of Southern California. Theodora’s brother and Troy’s Trojans teammate, Alex Holmes (who’s now a tight end for the St. Louis Rams), facilitated the couple’s first date. Theodora explains that her family has always been very protective of her and about who she dated. Holmes wouldn’t let anyone on the team go out with his sister, but he made an exception for Troy.

“So my brother called him with me on threeway, and Troy was like, ‘Yeah, I want to take you out. Want to go out?’ I said, ‘Yeah,’ and that was it,” she recalls.

When Troy was drafted by the Steelers in 2003, he first made the move to Pittsburgh without Theodora. But he was lonely without her, and she left California for Pittsburgh. Within a year of her move, the couple was engaged: While Theodora’s mother, Katina, was visiting, the three went out to eat at Mineo’s Pizza in Squirrel Hill. Troy proposed to Theodora there with a poem that he had penned and an engagement ring that he had customized. In January 2005, the two were married in the magistrate’s office of Squirrel Hill by Judge Nathan Firestone, a professor of Theodora’s, then a legal studies student, at the University of Pittsburgh.

Kiya Winston is the wife of Mike Tomlin. Tomlin is Pittsburgh Steelers’ head coach. Mike Tomlin is the tenth African-American head coach in NFL football historyand. Mike Tomlin is also the youngest and second african american head coach to lead his team to a Super Bowl.

Kiya Winston met Mike Tomlin in the same college, The College of William and Mary. Kiya was a gymnast when she was in school. They were married in 1996.

Kiya is the editor and chief of the Kid Showbiz Magazine.In the video below, Kiya can be seen modeling her own dress designed for the Steelers Style 2007 charity event.

Orlando Magic basketball star Dwight Howard bought a spacious new house in Seminole County for $8 million — apparently a record price for a single-family home in a county already known for its mini mansions.

The Chateau d’ Usse, which had been listed for $9.7 million, captured all the awards this year during the local Street of Dreams luxury-home show. Karen Arbutine, a real estate agent with Re/Max Central Realty in Lake Mary, helped broker the sale of the 11,026-square-foot home in Longwood’s Lake Club development.