As part of ESPN's quest for original programming dominance, they selected a topic every football fan enjoys, quarterbacks, as a theme for a series of documentaries in 2011. I happened to catch two of these documentaries this week, the first called "The Marinovich Project" about former USC quarterback Todd Marinovich's difficult childhood with an overbearing father and his subsequent struggles with addiction, and the second called "Everything in Between" about Tim Tebow's quest to transition from college to NFL caliber quarterback. Both documentaries were well done and while Marinovich's
I got a little upset tonight watching 60 minutes report on the murder of Jeff Hall by his 10 year old son. Jeff was a construction worker and professional victim from the Inland Empire, California who allegedly got really mad at immigrants when he couldn't find a construction job during the recession so he decided to become a neo-nazi.
When sports turn weird I get interested. It's generally tough for me to get pulled in to a baseball game in mid-July, especially one involving the Red Sox and Rays, but last night was an exception. Truth be told, I didn't even really start watching the game intently until the 11th inning, but I began glancing at it when it was the background entertainment at a friends bar-b-que. As the innings rolled by in a 0-0 tie we began to notice it a little more until I decided to take my leave at the end of the ninth when the Rays failed to score.
This incredibly talented musician Jonneine Zapata was working at our studio yesterday as a PA. She's just paying the bills until she gets famous which I predict will be in about 4 minutes if she plays it right. Here is a link to the myspace for her band: http://www.myspace.com/jonneinezapata. Go buy her album. If you don't like it I'll pay you back the $10.
Sorry I couldn't help myself from posting this photo from the Vancouver riots following Game 7 of the Stanley Cup last night. These two picked a hell of a time to get it on. I hope their parents missed this.
