Happy GOAT Day!
Today is the birthday of both the greatest football player of all time and the greatest basketball player of all time. Jim Brown is 85 today.
It has been over 50 years since the last time he threw a woman off a balcony, so there is that.
Happy birthday to Mr Brown.
I saw him play for the Browns several times, but never saw him play lacrosse, the sport he was reportedly really good at.
And I was unaware he was the greatest basketball player of all time, or that he had a claim on the title. My guy for that title, a Mr. Russell, celebrated his 87th a few days ago.
Of all his great runs, and he had a lot, I always thought Brown's most impressive was his roof-top hand grenade RPO in Dirty Dozen, blowing up the German High Command as they were getting drunk and laid.
If not for Brown, we'd likely be speaking German today and Red would be Haupt Moderator here in Elba!