tennis, life and a few things in between

Like father like son ..

Joe’s son Nate is playing, as QB at Notre Dame, his Alma Mater. Very neat. Joe the senior had won four Super Bowls with the San Francisco 49ers but he never had the body of his son who stands at 6-foot-4, and weights 200 pounds. But Nate is tranferring to Pasadena (Calif.) City College for the fall semester. Too many good QBs at Notre Dame? .. Well, I’m looking forward to see a Montana in the NFL soon. Joe’s younger son is 16, also plays QB. So, the Manning bros would soon have company? Hopefully, till the Montanas win couple of Super Bowls too!

Joe looks old now -:)

What a story to add sunshine in New York. It’s been raining for days, thought the Sun Lord had forgotten about us in this corner of the planet.
You go Rulon Davis!

The Denver Post
By Mike Klis

There are many Broncos players who, after their freshman season of college ball, began to realize the NFL was not just possible, but probable.

Others may have been focusing on earning a promotion from backup to starter. Some may have been dealing with other issues, such as grades and girls.

Rulon Davis went off to fight in the Iraq war.

Fight for his country, a far cry from the sports world, where Davis is currently competing, as an undrafted 25-year-old free-agent defensive end, for a spot on the Broncos’ roster.
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Michael Vick has lined up a 40-hour-a-week, $10-an-hour job at one of W.M. Jordan Co.’s 40 commercial construction jobs, said John Robert Lawson, whose father helped start the Newport News company.

The former Atlanta Falcons QB is serving 23-month sentence for bankrolling a dog fighting operation. A huge misstep .. maybe he can come to fix my deck?

The Houston Texans running back Ryan Moats ran a red light, caught by Officer Robert Powell. What’s so sickening’s Moats’ mother-in-law was dying upstairs in the hospital, the nurse came down trying to get him but the police officer just won’t let him go ..

Racing to see his dying mother-in-law at a Plano hospital, an NFL player found himself delayed by a Dallas officer as her life ebbed away. It’s a story that has sparked outrage across North Texas and generated interest around the country.

Raiders’ Marquis Cooper, ex-Lion Corey Smith are missing at sea since Saturday night and Coast Guard is not hopeful of finding them.

欺山莫欺水 .. Chinese likes to say

I’m surprised at the size of the boat – 21 footer, very small, especially given the size of an average NFL players. What were they thinking when they rode out? The unsinkable little boat was no match for the swell ocean. No one is invincible.

NFL is drafting this weekend. All the eligible candidates are showing up, giving their potential employer a final look. The process is no less than rocket science, I’m sure. Few years ago it was held in New York.

When San Diego drafted Eli Manning, he refused to go. He had always wanted to play for the Giants and it wanted him too. It might look very arrogant when you’re unproven commodity. But Eli has proven. I wondered what would happen if a player doesn’t want to play for the team that has drafted him? Does the player has a button to press to say Yes or No to the draft right away so he remains available for the next team?

The first time I saw the draft, it reminded me of the slave auction in the ancient time. The owners would inspect the slave before buying. The same goes with the NFL draft, (other major league as well but football is the most pungent. Actually few football rituals remind me of the Romans, the medieval time, like the QB would knee down if the team is leading to wear out the last couple of minutes.) that they all have stat sheets in hand, just short of poking the player’s eyes, and exam his arm pits (ok ..) .. but you get the picture.