Here is a picture of the late, great George Best, doing what he did back in the day, when he was a big-time player - on and off the field.
Why? I like his name, of course, but the idea also is to get you in the mood for today's Giants-Dolphins tilt at Wembley.
Here's another thing: Check out Bob Glauber's tale of his visit to a real football game Saturday night.
Naturally, a former Newsday paper boy plays a key role. If we have learned nothing else in our SportsWatch/WatchDog journey together over the past two years, it is this: Former Newsday paper boys run the world.
Comments (5)
People down here in Florida are actually upset that they took away this Dolphins home game and moved it across the ocean where Dolfans couldn't see it in person. The Dolphins are 0-7--Dolphin Stadium would have either been half-empty today or filled with Giants fans. Instead they are playing this game in front of a sellout crowd many of whom will be rooting for the Fins because they are a very popular team over there according to the papers here.
Neil, did you know that Craig Biggio used to deliver Newsday? I just found that out on Saturday night.
Wow. I did not know that. Thanks, Ken. Next I'm going to find out Hillary Clinton, the Queen of England and Hannah Montana used to deliver Newsday. Oops. I forgot. I don't think we had paper girls. Did we??? I never saw one.
They should have used a wide-angle photo to capture Best with the inevitable bottle of champagne. As he used to say, the worst 10 minutes of his life was the ones he quit drinking. Of course it caught up with him in later years as it did with Mantle.
More George Best quotes
I spent a lot of money on booze, birds, and fast cars. The rest I just squandered.
I used to go missing a lot...Miss Canada, Miss United Kingdom, Miss World