The Champ of equal rights
You gotta hand it to Iron Mike. He is the champion of equal rights for women in American sports today. In an article posted by Sports Illustrated today, Tyson says he’s ready to take on women in the ring. I’ll bet there’s a few that wouldn’t mind rearranging that facial tattoo for him.
Betcha didn’t expect me to be a boxing fan. Betcha wouldn’t think I’d read SI. Shows what you know. I sat with several cousins in New York during the infamous ear-biting Tyson Holyfield fight in 1997. I’ll never forget it.
The other night, watching the playoffs (go Cards!), the girl asked why there weren’t any women in major league baseball anymore. I struggled to answer that, confirming that there aren’t any women playing, and haven’t been.
She said, “but there was one woman.”
“There was?” I asked.
“Yeah,” she said, “what about Jackie Robinson?”
October 18th, 2006 at 10:15 am
And here I thought she was talking about “A League of Their Own.” Just tell her “There’s no crying in baseball!”
October 19th, 2006 at 4:28 pm
R.E.M.’s “Man On The Moon” will be stuck in my head for the rest of the day.
Not that that’s a bad thing.