For me, Google news alerts and automated Ebay search reports are among the Internet's killerest apps. Every day in my inbox, I find email roundups of news stories with the phrases "former NFL" or "ex-NFL" and new sale descriptions containing the terms "1975," "football" and "cards." Browsing these links today brought a chill.
First, from Ebay, ...
"Up for auction is the complete set of APBA football cards for the year 1975. These cards were kept in a locked chest and are all in mint condition. These were my husbands and he was a sports fanatic. He wrote in the corner of each envelope the year and that teams stats for that particular season. Comes from a smoke free but pet friendly home. Please check out my store for other items that he collected! Thanks for looking."
And, then, by Ken Murray in The Baltimore Sun ...
"Heart surgeon Archie Roberts was speaking on cardiac disease to a group of doctors in 1997 when he felt numbness in his right arm and suddenly stumbled over his words in mid-dissertation. The man who had saved lives with his expertise in cardiology was having a stroke because he didn't follow his own advice and, as a former NFL quarterback, didn't think it could happen to him. It did. In short order, Roberts, 55 years old and 22 pounds over his playing weight of 193, was admitted to Bayshore (N.J.) Hospital with his life-threatening condition. ..."
Well, I've got to get to work, so I'm going to cut this short. But let me just line up the following facts in short order to create a framework for future posts:
- I'm almost 41.
- I've got a great wife and 6-month-old baby girl.
- I love football.
- I've got a closetful of old football board games, cards, books, magazines, notes, kitsch, scraps, crap ...
- Twenty-two pounds?!? That's all?
- I really, really love football.
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