Age Ain't No Thing
Marshawn Lynch's mother is a woman I'd like to meet. Talking about what is going on with her son lately, Delisa said she's ready to take some control.
"Whether you're 22 or 52, I'll do it."
She said aside from the money and fame that has altered his world, she thinks it is time for him to grow up and stop hanging out with the wrong people. Amen!
Lyynch is meeting with Commissioner Roger Goodell today to receive a wrist slap and a game suspension(s) for pleading guilty to illegal gun charges.
Imagine how open Goodell's calendar would be and the amount of free time he would have if more young NFL players parents paid attention to what they were doing and called their sons out for messing up. I know at 18, an individual is an adult and by the time college is over, most should be able to make responsible "adult" decisions. I also know that most 18 year olds don't turn into multi-millionaire's by the time they are 22-23. A little guidance goes a long way...
Now about those brackets of yours... I was in the studio yesterday with Mad Dog discussing some college hoops. He has some interesting ideas about who to watch out for and his picks to make it in the Final Four. Do you agree?
For those who are flipping coins at the desk trying to fill out a work bracket, before you waste 20 bucks on just guessing, maybe take a look this.
I spoke with Lindsey Vonn today... If you somehow have missed hearing about her (my little sister had to use wikipedia) I can promise, come next February that will not be the case. A few weeks ago in Lake Tahoe, CA I hosted the ADT Sports Update while reporting for the Winter Dew Tour. After getting through some hockey highlights, a Syracuse game and some NBA scores I ended the update talking about Vonn's latest accomplishment.
Today she held a satellite media tour from Park City, UT. Normally those are hard interviews to do because by the time it gets to you: A) the person being interviewed has been doing them for just under oh say three hours B) it's completely unpersonal and awkward and C) because of awkwardness it results in lame questions and static answers. Fortunately that didn't happen when we spoke. She is a cool girl and someone younger girls can legitimately look up to. Lindsey Vonn. You will be seeing and hearing much more about her over the next few months.
One last thing... New York Magazine's Daily Intel has an interesting take on a recent article on Alex Rodriguez by Details Magazine. The man conducting the interview meets with Alex and then 12 hours later the story breaks about his steroid use. Now in this article Alex is freaking out over admitting which of Madonna's lovely songs is his favorite. Personally, I'd be more concerned about the photo shoot.
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Despite Threats, Brockton Needs To Construct Statue For Rocky Marciano
40 years ago next Monday, former undefeated heavyweight champion of the world Rocky Marciano died instantly when a private plane that he was a passenger in struck a tree near a small airfield outside Newton, Iowa.
Marciano, who remains the only heavyweight champion in boxing history to retire having won every fight in his professional career with an unblemished record of 49-0, was pronounced dead on the eve of his 46th birthday.
Marciano, the son of immigrants from Italy, was born and raised in Brockton, Massachusetts.
“The Rock from Brockton,” who almost succumbed to a case of pneumonia when he was a toddler, is a member of the International Boxing Hall of Fame.
As a fitting tribute to the fighter that Ring Magazine ranked the sixth greatest heavyweight champion ever in 1998, a bronze statue of Marciano was planned to be unveiled outside of Brockton High School’s football stadium in time for his birthday on September 1.
Unfortunately, construction on the statue, a gift provided to the city of Brockton by the World Boxing Council (WBC), has been delayed because of financial difficulties and threats.
WBC President Jose Sulaiman revealed that sanction fees paid to the council by boxing promoters have dropped nearly 50 percent and construction of the $300,000, 24-foot bronze statue will now not be completed until later this year, or sometime in 2010.
“The statue has been started and we stopped it,” said Sulaiman this past spring. “My opinion is that the statue will be in about six months restarted, when we have enough cash.”
In addition to the serious economic potholes noted, a bizarre string of e-mail threats sent from the Chicago area have also derailed work on the statue.
Brockton’s Director of Community Services, Moises Rodrigues, said that the WBC has received in excess of 1,000 menacing emails from a person or group who, inexplicably, want the Rocky statue based in “The Windy City.”
“The council had hit a little bump on the road from the e-mails they were getting from this psycho in Chicago,” Rodrigues said.
Larry Siskind, the Brockton Historical Society President and a member of the statue committee, predicted that the warnings stem from a harmless loser. Still, he admitted that such consistent barrages of hate mail are a tad worrisome.
“We’re very confident it’s just a bunch of blowhards,” said Siskind. “But, you know, they have maintained a steady stream of invectives.”
More than virtually any pugilist in history, “The Brockton Blockbuster” deserves a commemoration to celebrate his unrivaled dominance in the ring.
Marciano was once quoted as saying, “What could be better than walking down any street in any city and knowing you’re the heavyweight champion of the world?”
"The City of Champions" warrants to be recognized as the city where one of the greatest heavyweight champions of all-time learned to walk, live and fight.
No set of hardships or torments should permanently halt the construction of Rocky Marciano’s statue.
“In the ring, I never really knew fear,” Marciano claimed shortly after he retired.
Hopefully, outside of the ring, political figures in Brockton don’t understand the meaning of “fear” either.