Facts:   - position: first baseman      - birth date: 13 august 1884    - name: bill pettus    - image size: 200px    - image: bill pettus.jpg   Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of bill pettus .
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Answer: william thomas `` bill '' pettus -lrb- august 13 , 1884 -- august 22 , 1924 -rrb- was an african-american baseball first baseman in the cuban league and negro leagues .he played from 1902 to 1921 with several teams .pettus began playing baseball in 1902 for the albuquerque , new mexico team , staying there until the end of the 1903 season .he often shows up by his nickname `` zack '' pettus .in 1904 , he played on the white teams of san francisco and oakland california , and was the only black player on those teams .in 1905 , he returned to albuquerque , new mexico to manage and captain the team , which was made up of ten mexicans and two colored ball players .the team won 48 out of 49 games , losing only one .in 1906 , pettus again was the only black player on a white team when he played for the white albuquerque , new mexico team .in 1907 and 1908 , pettus caught for santa fe , new mexico .during the 1908-1909 he played for the occidental club , a black baseball team in los angeles , california .in 1909 , pettus played first base for the kansas city giants .at the end of that year , pettus re-joined the occidental club in los angeles .in 1910 , pettus joined the chicago giants , a frank leland team that had recently broke off of the leland giants after a legal battle over naming rights .the chicago giants , often called `` leland 's chicago giants '' included big stars of the day , including nathan harris , george wright , dangerfield talbert , cyclone joe williams , bobby marshall , charles `` joe '' green , dick wallace , steel arm johnny taylor , and his brother candy jim taylor .pettus would play there for two seasons , touring much of the upper midwest .he played winter ball in the 1911-1912 season for habana , and returned to split the season between the brooklyn royal giants and the new york lincoln stars where he played on and off until 1916 , continuing on in this way playing on and off with the lincoln giants until 1920 .pettus died on august 22 , 1924 in new york city at the age...


Facts:   - title: grandmaster -lrb- 2011 -rrb-    - caption: igor kovalenko , trzcianka 2013    - fideid: 14117908    - country: latvia      - peakrating: 2665 -lrb- april 2015 -rrb-    - birth date: 29 december 1988    - name: igor kovalenko    - birthname: igor victorovich kovalenko    - image: igor kovalenko 2013.jpg    - birth place: novomoskovsk , dnipropetrovsk oblast , ukraine   Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of igor kovalenko .
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Answer: igor kovalenko -lrb- ; ; born december 29 , 1988 , novomoskovsk , ukraine -rrb- is a ukrainian chess grandmaster now playing for latvia .kovalenko is a chess international master -lrb- 2008 -rrb- and grandmaster -lrb- 2011 -rrb- .he won the latvian chess championship in 2013 and 2014 .igor kovalenko played for latvia in chess olympiads : in 2014 , at second board in the 41st chess olympiad in tromsø -lrb- +5 − 2 = 4 -rrb- .


Facts:   - residence: lighthouse hill , staten island    - preceded: steven sanders    - signature: michael cusick signature.png    - party: democratic      - district: 63rd    - state assembly: new york    - term start: january 1 , 2003    - birth date: 21 february 1969    - name: michael cusick    - image: nln michael cusick.jpg    - birth place: staten island , new york , u.s.    - alma mater: villanova university   Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of michael cusick .
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michael j. cusick -lrb- born february 21 , 1969 -rrb- is a new york state legislator who represents the new york state assembly 's district 63 , in staten island , new york .he is a democrat and has served in the assembly since 2003 .