Before last week, most people probably had no idea Brandon Johnson was the all-time scoring leader at the University of San Diego. That fact was buried in a breaking news story of debatable importance to sports bettors.
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I remember riding a Schwinn Stingray bicycle around my neighborhood on sultry summer evenings when I was young and hearing baseball coming from transistor radios on front porches. Many of those listening to ballgames were women — big women from eastern European countries wearing sleeveless house dresses, because that’s the kind of neighborhood I grew up in.
I assigned myself a moratorium on mocking the Pantheon known as Cashman Field this baseball season. After a while, the tattered shoe sort of grows on you, even the 2,000-year-old moccasin where the 51s play home games.
Just when it seemed the Los Angeles Lakers were sleepwalking, Kobe Bryant stepped up and fired a homophobic slur at an official to remind everyone the NBA playoffs are back.
When longtime Las Vegan Armand “Papa Joe” Chevalier had his syndicated sports talk radio show on the Sporting News Radio network, he became known for “Bite Me Wednesday.” On this day, listeners were encouraged to call in on the 800 number and vent on somebody or something in sports, then finish their rant with that two-word interjection.
Temptation comes in many different forms. Before the cover was blown off his personal life — or lie — Tiger Woods succumbed to the temptations presented by porn stars, prostitutes, random party girls and a Perkins pancake waitress.