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[johnnyzip84]

This is NOT related to Zip soccer at all, but I thought some of the bigger fans of "football" in general might enjoy it.

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[Z.I.P.]

This is NOT related to Zip soccer at all, but I thought some of the bigger fans of "football" in general might enjoy it.

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Johnny, thank you so much for bringing this column to my attention. Steve Rushin used to be my very favorite sports writer -- and now I better understand why (it just figures we would both be Gunners fans!)-- when he had a weekly column INSIDE Sports Illustrated. He was dropped unceremoniously about three years ago, and I hadn't heard from him since.

Here is the "personal" section about Rushin, and his wife - the former UConn great, from his Wikipedia website:

Rushin is married to college basketball analyst and former basketball player Rebecca Lobo. In S.I., Rushin had written how he had slept with 10,000 women one night. He was referring, of course, to a WNBA game he watched and subsequently fell asleep. Rushin later recalled how Lobo confronted him in a Manhattan bar after reading that story. "She asked if I was the scribe who once mocked, in Sports Illustrated, women's professional basketball," he wrote. "Reluctantly, I said that I was. She asked how many games I'd actually attended. I hung my head and said, "None." And so Rebecca Lobo invited me to watch her team, the New York Liberty, play at Madison Square Garden. We both reeked of secondhand Camels. (And, quite possibly, of secondhand camels: It was that kind of a dive.) But my insult had been forgiven. It was—for me, anyway—love at first slight." He added: "She had the longest legs, the whitest teeth, the best-sown cornrows I had ever seen, and I imagined us to have much in common. I ate Frosted Flakes right out of the box, and she was on boxes of Frosted Flakes. I am ludicrous, and she was name-dropped in a rap by Ludacris. We were, I thought, made for each other."[30]

Rushin and Lobo live with their three children in Western Connecticut.[31][32] In May, 2007, he was the Commencement Day speaker at Marquette, where he was awarded a Doctor of Humane Letters for "his unique gift of documenting the human condition through his writing."[33] "Nineteen years ago, my commencement speaker was the honorable William H. Rehnquist, Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court." he said. "And while I don't remember what he said that day, I do vividly recall being inspired by his example, and I vowed then and there that I too would pursue a career that allowed me to spend all day in a robe. And so I became a writer."

[johnnyzip84]

This is NOT related to Zip soccer at all, but I thought some of the bigger fans of "football" in general might enjoy it.

Link

Johnny, thank you so much for bringing this column to my attention. Steve Rushin used to be my very favorite sports writer -- and now I better understand why (it just figures we would both be Gunners fans!)-- when he had a weekly column INSIDE Sports Illustrated. He was dropped unceremoniously about three years ago, and I hadn't heard from him since.

Here is the "personal" section about Rushin, and his wife - the former UConn great, from his Wikipedia website:

Rushin is married to college basketball analyst and former basketball player Rebecca Lobo. In S.I., Rushin had written how he had slept with 10,000 women one night. He was referring, of course, to a WNBA game he watched and subsequently fell asleep. Rushin later recalled how Lobo confronted him in a Manhattan bar after reading that story. "She asked if I was the scribe who once mocked, in Sports Illustrated, women's professional basketball," he wrote. "Reluctantly, I said that I was. She asked how many games I'd actually attended. I hung my head and said, "None." And so Rebecca Lobo invited me to watch her team, the New York Liberty, play at Madison Square Garden. We both reeked of secondhand Camels. (And, quite possibly, of secondhand camels: It was that kind of a dive.) But my insult had been forgiven. It was—for me, anyway—love at first slight." He added: "She had the longest legs, the whitest teeth, the best-sown cornrows I had ever seen, and I imagined us to have much in common. I ate Frosted Flakes right out of the box, and she was on boxes of Frosted Flakes. I am ludicrous, and she was name-dropped in a rap by Ludacris. We were, I thought, made for each other."[30]

Rushin and Lobo live with their three children in Western Connecticut.[31][32] In May, 2007, he was the Commencement Day speaker at Marquette, where he was awarded a Doctor of Humane Letters for "his unique gift of documenting the human condition through his writing."[33] "Nineteen years ago, my commencement speaker was the honorable William H. Rehnquist, Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court." he said. "And while I don't remember what he said that day, I do vividly recall being inspired by his example, and I vowed then and there that I too would pursue a career that allowed me to spend all day in a robe. And so I became a writer."

Wow, what a great story! I had no previous knowledge of him, but I really liked his writing style in the article. One funny coincidence was that I was just watching the EPL round-up on FSC the other night and they were showing the highlights from the Fulham/Man U game when I turned to my wife and said something like "isn't that the greatest name for a sports venue?".

[Z.I.P.]

This is NOT related to Zip soccer at all, but I thought some of the bigger fans of "football" in general might enjoy it.

Link

Johnny, thank you so much for bringing this column to my attention. Steve Rushin used to be my very favorite sports writer -- and now I better understand why (it just figures we would both be Gunners fans!)-- when he had a weekly column INSIDE Sports Illustrated. He was dropped unceremoniously about three years ago, and I hadn't heard from him since.

Here is the "personal" section about Rushin, and his wife - the former UConn great, from his Wikipedia website:

Rushin is married to college basketball analyst and former basketball player Rebecca Lobo. In S.I., Rushin had written how he had slept with 10,000 women one night. He was referring, of course, to a WNBA game he watched and subsequently fell asleep. Rushin later recalled how Lobo confronted him in a Manhattan bar after reading that story. "She asked if I was the scribe who once mocked, in Sports Illustrated, women's professional basketball," he wrote. "Reluctantly, I said that I was. She asked how many games I'd actually attended. I hung my head and said, "None." And so Rebecca Lobo invited me to watch her team, the New York Liberty, play at Madison Square Garden. We both reeked of secondhand Camels. (And, quite possibly, of secondhand camels: It was that kind of a dive.) But my insult had been forgiven. It was—for me, anyway—love at first slight." He added: "She had the longest legs, the whitest teeth, the best-sown cornrows I had ever seen, and I imagined us to have much in common. I ate Frosted Flakes right out of the box, and she was on boxes of Frosted Flakes. I am ludicrous, and she was name-dropped in a rap by Ludacris. We were, I thought, made for each other."[30]

Rushin and Lobo live with their three children in Western Connecticut.[31][32] In May, 2007, he was the Commencement Day speaker at Marquette, where he was awarded a Doctor of Humane Letters for "his unique gift of documenting the human condition through his writing."[33] "Nineteen years ago, my commencement speaker was the honorable William H. Rehnquist, Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court." he said. "And while I don't remember what he said that day, I do vividly recall being inspired by his example, and I vowed then and there that I too would pursue a career that allowed me to spend all day in a robe. And so I became a writer."

Wow, what a great story! I had no previous knowledge of him, but I really liked his writing style in the article. One funny coincidence was that I was just watching the EPL round-up on FSC the other night and they were showing the highlights from the Fulham/Man U game when I turned to my wife and said something like "isn't that the greatest name for a sports venue?".

I hate 'em, but here's an e-trip to the Ol' Traff:

http://www.manutd.com/default.sps?pagegid=...BA953BCC1600%7D

[johnnyzip84]

This is NOT related to Zip soccer at all, but I thought some of the bigger fans of "football" in general might enjoy it.

Link

Johnny, thank you so much for bringing this column to my attention. Steve Rushin used to be my very favorite sports writer -- and now I better understand why (it just figures we would both be Gunners fans!)-- when he had a weekly column INSIDE Sports Illustrated. He was dropped unceremoniously about three years ago, and I hadn't heard from him since.

Here is the "personal" section about Rushin, and his wife - the former UConn great, from his Wikipedia website:

Rushin is married to college basketball analyst and former basketball player Rebecca Lobo. In S.I., Rushin had written how he had slept with 10,000 women one night. He was referring, of course, to a WNBA game he watched and subsequently fell asleep. Rushin later recalled how Lobo confronted him in a Manhattan bar after reading that story. "She asked if I was the scribe who once mocked, in Sports Illustrated, women's professional basketball," he wrote. "Reluctantly, I said that I was. She asked how many games I'd actually attended. I hung my head and said, "None." And so Rebecca Lobo invited me to watch her team, the New York Liberty, play at Madison Square Garden. We both reeked of secondhand Camels. (And, quite possibly, of secondhand camels: It was that kind of a dive.) But my insult had been forgiven. It was—for me, anyway—love at first slight." He added: "She had the longest legs, the whitest teeth, the best-sown cornrows I had ever seen, and I imagined us to have much in common. I ate Frosted Flakes right out of the box, and she was on boxes of Frosted Flakes. I am ludicrous, and she was name-dropped in a rap by Ludacris. We were, I thought, made for each other."[30]

Rushin and Lobo live with their three children in Western Connecticut.[31][32] In May, 2007, he was the Commencement Day speaker at Marquette, where he was awarded a Doctor of Humane Letters for "his unique gift of documenting the human condition through his writing."[33] "Nineteen years ago, my commencement speaker was the honorable William H. Rehnquist, Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court." he said. "And while I don't remember what he said that day, I do vividly recall being inspired by his example, and I vowed then and there that I too would pursue a career that allowed me to spend all day in a robe. And so I became a writer."

Wow, what a great story! I had no previous knowledge of him, but I really liked his writing style in the article. One funny coincidence was that I was just watching the EPL round-up on FSC the other night and they were showing the highlights from the Fulham/Man U game when I turned to my wife and said something like "isn't that the greatest name for a sports venue?".

I hate 'em, but here's an e-trip to the Ol' Traff:

http://www.manutd.com/default.sps?pagegid=...BA953BCC1600%7D

I don't like Man U either, but that is pretty cool. I was actually referring to this paragraph from Rushin's article:

Ah, Fulham: I was in London last winter when Fulham hosted Shaktar Donetsk in a Europa League match. I wanted to attend, in part to see Shaktar Donetsk, for whom Joe Strummer had named a song, and in part to see Fulham's home ground, Craven Cottage, the best stadium name in world sport. (Craven: "Lacking the least bit of courage; contemptibly fainthearted.")