Origin of the name Doris: Derived from the Greek DÅris (Dorian woman). The Dorians were one of the four main tribes of ancient Greece who settled in the mountainous area also known as Doris. The name is borne in Greek mythology by a goddess of the sea. From A World of Baby Names by Teresa Norman.
Biography. Lupica was born in Oneida, New York, but spent his childhood in Nashua, New Hampshire, and graduated from Bishop Guertin High School and later Boston College.He first came to prominence as a sportswriter in Pottstown, Pennsylvania.e also briefly hosted an unsuccessful television chat program, The Mike Lupica Show, on ESPN2, as well as a short-lived radio show on WFAN in New York City in the mid-1990s. He has been a recurring guest on the CBS Morning News, Good Morning America, and The MacNeil-Lehrer Newshour.
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