That's right folks. I set this dumb goal a long time ago and I finally accomplished it. I wanted to be in Stewart Mandel's Mailbag, and wanted to have my question answered in one of Bill Simmons chats.
In 2008 I accomplished my Mandel goal. Scroll to the bottom of this post and I am Steve from Chicago.
The coolest thing about writing to Mandel is he responds to your e-mails even if he doesn't post them in his mailbag. I have written him 3 or 4 other questions that I was curious about, like what does the HD stand for in Penn State's Spread HD offense, and he will write a personal e-mail in response. Real cool guy and one of my favorite sports writers.
The second part of my goal got accomplished today. I know it's a long chat, but in there you will find this
Steve (Chicago)
What's Worse. A staute built to Bud Selig, or the NBA championship trophy being named after Larry o'Brien?
Bill Simmons (2:00 PM)
The Larry O'Brien trophy. By the way, I tweeted this yesterday but I'm saying it again... I think the Selig statue should have smaller statues of baseball players roiding up in front of it while the Selig statue looks the other way. And I think it should be blacked out every Saturday afternoon during baseball season.
Amazing! This is right up there with befriending my neighbor Minnie Minoso. I am way to proud of this and yes I am a huge nerd.
Simmons' 'how to fix the NBA' column is one of the best and most incisive pieces of sportswriting by anybody all year. Seriously. What a killer article.
ReplyDeleteOh, and congrats, Noffke!
My crowning achievement in 'mainstream media' --> a guest writer article for the Tribune Online (back when they used to do them once a week) on the 2005 NFL draft (might have been 02, or 03, can't remember).
Congrats! That's pretty cool
ReplyDeleteI got in the ESPN big ten blog mailbag...that should be the next goal Noffke
ReplyDeleteWell done.
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