ABSTRACT
Celebrity couples have always been big box office. In this respect, 1988 proved to be a mother lode. As noted by Mike Lupica,
Mark Gastineau and Brigitte Nielsen were joined in heavenly keister. And Wayne Gretzky gave up Canada for his actress wife; it was sort of a combination of the Duke of Windsor and Holiday on Ice. But nothing compared with the marriage of heavyweight champion Mike Tyson to Robin Givens, the lovely actress from Head of the Class. This was a fun couple the likes of which sports had not really known since … well, since when? Since Bo Belinsky married Mamie Van Doren?
Since Jake and Vicki LaMotta?
Mike and Robin's marriage was one made for our times, which means made for the tabloids. They probably should have tied the knot at a supermarket check-out counter.
