MORE SUBSTANCE, LESS SLEAZE PLEASE
This column is about who our next president will be, and it begins with a premise: that human beings make mistakes. That they are not perfect. That the ones who run for office have the same temptations, weaknesses and remorse that you and I have.If you don’t...
Once Again, Afc Provides A Sacrificial Super Lamb
MINNEAPOLIS — At the risk of being rude, I think it’s time the AFC took its marbles and went home. This is not its game, this Super Bowl thing. The AFC has about as much fun here as the guy in the sponge toss who gets dropped in the water. Splash! Down goes this year’s AFC sacrifice, the Buffalo Bills, in embarrassing fashion, 37-24, to the Washington Redskins. Don’t let Sunday’s final score fool you. Here was another Super Bowl so lopsided that Washington was ready to dump Gatorade on coach Joe Gibbs — at halftime.
Importing An Enemy Hurts U.S., Japan
MINNEAPOLIS — The Japanese, we are told, don’t want our cars. They don’t want our electronics. They don’t want our work habits.
But they do want our Super Bowl.
That was pretty clear this week, when I spotted no less than 30 Japanese workers from a single Japanese TV station, all here for the big game. I noticed them racing around the Metrodome, seeking interviews with players. I noticed them lugging video equipment, often running from one location to the next, the heavy steel units slamming on their shoulders.
Don’T Get Skinned, Curt, But Jump Off The Wagon
Listen, Curt, I’ve got that rubbing ointment you asked for. I guess your butt must really hurt, considering how hard you jumped on that bandwagon. Washington to win the Super Bowl? Stop the presses! The man goes out on a limb! Of course, I understand why you want to play the favorites this year. Should we remind everyone? Curt? Are you turning red? . . .
Ladies and gentlemen, I give you the man who selected New England to beat Chicago in Super Bowl XX and Denver to beat San Francisco in Super Bowl XXIV and was off only by a mere 81 points.
SKINS FLICKWILLIAMS’ VIDEO EXPOSES SUPER BOWL’S SILLY SIDE
MINNEAPOLIS — The eyes of Williams are upon you, all the livelong day. Click . . . whirrr . . . hummmmmmm . . . zoom! “Jumpy Geathers. Say hello to the people.””Eric Williams, my best friend . . . NOT!”Click . . . whirrr . . . hummmmmm ....
Letters Not Enough For Smith To Leave
MINNEAPOLIS — Drop dead. I hope you die. You are trash. You are scum.
I get letters like this all the time. So do most journalists I know. And most politicians, civil rights leaders, talk-show hosts, and movie stars. Just about anyone in the public eye can scoop through the mailbag and come up with a few juicy gems about how “your type of people” should take the next boat to Russia, Africa or hell — depending on who was offended.
Writers Better Be Game To Weather Super Blitz
MINNEAPOLIS — I am greeted at the airport by yellow balloons and a woman with a name tag, who smiles and says “You here for the game?” I say yes and she points to the coordinator. He smiles and says “You here for the game?” I say yes and he points to a the bus driver. “You here for the game?” the bus driver says.
I say yes. He waves me on.
I am a sports writer.
This is the Super Bowl.
BULL SESSIONQUIT WHINING! PAINFUL TRUTH IS, CHICAGO IS THE BEST
As the crowd began to file out after the Pistons’ two-point loss to the Bulls at the Palace, one fan screamed at me: “Hey! Make sure you write about the damn refs! Make sure you write how they stole another one from us!”My first inclination was to...
WWJ WASTES NO TIME TO SHOUT ABOUT ERNIE
THE LIVE ALBOM:* I’m glad that Ernie Harwell will be on CBS Radio, but it seemed a bit much when WWJ (which will carry the games) kept broadcasting Thursday that “YOU CAN HEAR ERNIE, THIS SUMMER, RIGHT HERE ON WWJ, NEWS RADIO 95.”* Hey, guys, you...Stay Connected
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