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I’d pay to see that because I think it’d be much better than the de la Hoya - Mayweather slap fest.
Like usual, Bill Simmons over at ESPN has some odd stories and anecdotes that place his mail bag at the top of the pack (the demise of two has-been primadonnas is just one of many gold nuggets).
If nothing else, he has a gratifying list of the most manliness acts at an athletic event, including the Jonathan-Bouchard hockey fight:
Other family-friendly hockey fights: 1 2 3
What do Little House on the Prairie and Tops Drop have in common?
They were both filmed on location.
Seriously, South Dakota has not changed since 1866 — it is a window into the past: theme song and all.
[And in a weird unintentional kind of way, East Germany is a good example of stagnant growth. Located around the same latitude, it is the site of the infamous Plattenbau, which were erected en masse; standing as useless and unwanted public housing complexes that years later would ironically show Westerners "how the other half lived."]
Similarly, the classic rap video by the now dead Fat Pat must have been filmed during a Sunday lunch at the park (if you’ve ever been to Houston or Dallas on a sunny weekend afternoon, this can be a stereotypical sight). Good tune.
Bonus: Rose Wilder Lane (daughter of Laura Ingalls Wilder) and I would have probably hit it off 50 years ago, just like couples do in the above music video…
