andre agassi story and other stuff

Agassi was a rising star in the early 90s, when he came to the ATP at Kings Island. He was also a shaggy-haired pain in the rear. One day he blew off an interview w/me, to go eat lunch at fuddrucker's off fields-ertel road. A kid in my neighborhood had asked me a few days earlier if I could arrange a meeting with her and Andre. I chuckled and said no. As soon as Agassi blew me off, I called her: "If you want to meet Andre, get as many of your friends as you can and go to Fuddrucker's ASAP.'' She did. In a press conference after a match a few days later, someone asked Agassi about the tragedy of being famous. He said something like, "Yeah, the other day I'm eating lunch and like 10 little girls came up all at once and asked for my autograph...''

Don't flush the Reds yet. 13 of their last 25 are against Pittsburgh and the Cubs.

Nice West Coast trip from Big Donkey: 1 RBI, 3 scored, .206, typical nonchalance in left. All that for $7.5 mil.

Junior drove in 2 out there, but at least he scored 8. Harang and Arroyo combined 6-11 since end of June.

Steelers karma isn't good, and that's good... Ben to miss opener with appendectomy... Cowher rumored leaving... Hines Ward hobbled... could Bengals fans be laughing loudly by New Year's Eve?

How does Oklahoma only beat UAB 24-17? If UC wants more fans, only winning will do it. No one expects them to beat OSU in 2 weeks... a win over Pitt here Friday is mandatory...college football games already last longer than marriages, now they've added replay. Brilliant...

This just in: Reds announce Have a Pulse Day. Anyone over the age of 3 days who can prove he's living gets in for half price the rest of the year. Team hopes for a couple sellouts. Live big at GASP.