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Well, there was one of those sports stories that happened that gets news directors everywhere all excited. And, it's the kind of story that hardcore sports fans usually cringe at.
An old person breaking a record.
You see, sports fans love nothing more than a Nolan Ryan being the oldest pitcher, in his 40s, to pitch a no-hitter. Or Kareem Abdul-Jabbar being the oldest player to win an MVP award.
Or Gordie Howe playing hockey into his 50s (if I remember that right).
But what most people hate is when a stunt is pulled just to break a record. That could involve an incident I remember, where a woman could've scored a lay-up in a college basketball game, but she instead passed it to her teammate, so that she could score and break some record.
The other day it was a guy who, at 73-years-old, played in a college basketball game. This is 52 years after he last played college hoops.
Ken Mink entered the game for Roane State Community College, during their 93-42 victory over King College.
He attempted a shot with three minutes left in the first half.
In the second half he was fouled, and made two free throws.
Back when he was younger, he played at Lees College in Jackson, Kentucky. And he wrote to numerous colleges asking for a chance to play.
I can understand an old person wanting to play again, but to do something just to get in the record books, isn't what records are about. I mean, we can grab some 105 year old guy and put him on the Florida Marlins (I picked that team because of the amount of old folks living in Florida). He can stand up at the plate, letting a pitcher strike him out (or walk him....if you let him use his walker to get to first base). And, would that guy deserve to be in the record books as the oldest player in baseball history? I prefer we keep it Satchel Paige or Rickey Henderson, whom ever it is, that actually played at that old an age because they were good enough to still compete.
Somebody that will never end up playing at an old age, because they were a quitter even at a young age, is Chargers first round draft pick Ryanl Leaf. He basically took his $11 million, and never played a full season in the NFL.
He'd pop up in scrapes at Del Mar's Turf Club (telling people he makes more money than them, among other things).
For the last three years, he's been West Texas A&Ms quarterbacks coach. But he recently quit that job, when police started investigating a drug allegation.
One of the sports stations said it involved him asking a player for a pain killer. But the story isn't being released, and I'm sure we'll hear what happened soon enough.
But my logic is, if you aren't guilty, you don't resign from your job. He said it's because he cares about his team, and didn't want to be a distraction.
Well, that would be the first time he ever did either.
Well, there was one of those sports stories that happened that gets news directors everywhere all excited. And, it's the kind of story that hardcore sports fans usually cringe at.
An old person breaking a record.
You see, sports fans love nothing more than a Nolan Ryan being the oldest pitcher, in his 40s, to pitch a no-hitter. Or Kareem Abdul-Jabbar being the oldest player to win an MVP award.
Or Gordie Howe playing hockey into his 50s (if I remember that right).
But what most people hate is when a stunt is pulled just to break a record. That could involve an incident I remember, where a woman could've scored a lay-up in a college basketball game, but she instead passed it to her teammate, so that she could score and break some record.
The other day it was a guy who, at 73-years-old, played in a college basketball game. This is 52 years after he last played college hoops.
Ken Mink entered the game for Roane State Community College, during their 93-42 victory over King College.
He attempted a shot with three minutes left in the first half.
In the second half he was fouled, and made two free throws.
Back when he was younger, he played at Lees College in Jackson, Kentucky. And he wrote to numerous colleges asking for a chance to play.
I can understand an old person wanting to play again, but to do something just to get in the record books, isn't what records are about. I mean, we can grab some 105 year old guy and put him on the Florida Marlins (I picked that team because of the amount of old folks living in Florida). He can stand up at the plate, letting a pitcher strike him out (or walk him....if you let him use his walker to get to first base). And, would that guy deserve to be in the record books as the oldest player in baseball history? I prefer we keep it Satchel Paige or Rickey Henderson, whom ever it is, that actually played at that old an age because they were good enough to still compete.
Somebody that will never end up playing at an old age, because they were a quitter even at a young age, is Chargers first round draft pick Ryanl Leaf. He basically took his $11 million, and never played a full season in the NFL.
He'd pop up in scrapes at Del Mar's Turf Club (telling people he makes more money than them, among other things).
For the last three years, he's been West Texas A&Ms quarterbacks coach. But he recently quit that job, when police started investigating a drug allegation.
One of the sports stations said it involved him asking a player for a pain killer. But the story isn't being released, and I'm sure we'll hear what happened soon enough.
But my logic is, if you aren't guilty, you don't resign from your job. He said it's because he cares about his team, and didn't want to be a distraction.
Well, that would be the first time he ever did either.