Oddz & Ends: a Few FYI Items in Brief
Tuesday, March 13, 2007
Topps on the block; disgraced preacher's massage table on eBay
Sometimes there's just not enough to a story to merit its stand-along stature amid our hallowed virtual white-space. Sometimes, too, a story gets by under our RADAR for a few days, so making a big deal out of it later just makes us look bad. Several items of interest fell into at least one of these scenarios over the past week that we thought we'd want to know about, so here goes:
TOPPS IS FOR SALE - Venerable Topps Company, Inc. agreed last week to be sold to a pair of investment consortia for $385 million. The Torante Company LLC, headed by former Disney chief Michael Eisner, and Madison Dearborn LLC are the firms partnering to acquire Topps. Word is that the change in ownership will not mean a change of direction at Topps - meaning the company is still gonna crank our baseball cards.
MIKE DITKA AUCTIONS RING, SHAMES NFL - Spike Lee's still incendiary "Do The Right Thing" might not be on Mike Ditka's mind, but something about that sentiment must surely be. Last week the retired pro football player and coach did the right thing by many of his retired NFL comrades when he auctioned off the 1975 NFC championship ring he won as a member of the Dallas Cowboys. Why? To raise awareness of what Ditka sees as the deplorable fates that have befallen many of the bygone players who didn't fair so well as he after their playing days. Along with Packers' Hall-of-Famer Jerry Kramer, Ditka has formed the Gridiron Greats Assistance Fund to help former players in need of medical and financial assistance - most of whom played before the money got big in the mid-1970s. His ring sold for $12,000. Find out more at www.jerrykramer.com.
From the bittersweet to the downright weird...
TED HAGGARD'S MASSAGE TABLE ON eBAY - The massage table upon which prostitute Mike Jones "serviced" Ted Haggard - the disgraced former head of the the National Association of Evangelicals - is up for auction on eBay. Yes, truly. Proceeds from the sale of the (alas) lavender table will allegedly benefit "Project Angel," which delivers meals to those suffering from HIV/AIDS. Bidding started at $400 last Friday and the current bid (as of this posting) is $1,250 with five days to go. See it here.
Sometimes there's just not enough to a story to merit its stand-along stature amid our hallowed virtual white-space. Sometimes, too, a story gets by under our RADAR for a few days, so making a big deal out of it later just makes us look bad. Several items of interest fell into at least one of these scenarios over the past week that we thought we'd want to know about, so here goes:
TOPPS IS FOR SALE - Venerable Topps Company, Inc. agreed last week to be sold to a pair of investment consortia for $385 million. The Torante Company LLC, headed by former Disney chief Michael Eisner, and Madison Dearborn LLC are the firms partnering to acquire Topps. Word is that the change in ownership will not mean a change of direction at Topps - meaning the company is still gonna crank our baseball cards.
MIKE DITKA AUCTIONS RING, SHAMES NFL - Spike Lee's still incendiary "Do The Right Thing" might not be on Mike Ditka's mind, but something about that sentiment must surely be. Last week the retired pro football player and coach did the right thing by many of his retired NFL comrades when he auctioned off the 1975 NFC championship ring he won as a member of the Dallas Cowboys. Why? To raise awareness of what Ditka sees as the deplorable fates that have befallen many of the bygone players who didn't fair so well as he after their playing days. Along with Packers' Hall-of-Famer Jerry Kramer, Ditka has formed the Gridiron Greats Assistance Fund to help former players in need of medical and financial assistance - most of whom played before the money got big in the mid-1970s. His ring sold for $12,000. Find out more at www.jerrykramer.com.
From the bittersweet to the downright weird...
TED HAGGARD'S MASSAGE TABLE ON eBAY - The massage table upon which prostitute Mike Jones "serviced" Ted Haggard - the disgraced former head of the the National Association of Evangelicals - is up for auction on eBay. Yes, truly. Proceeds from the sale of the (alas) lavender table will allegedly benefit "Project Angel," which delivers meals to those suffering from HIV/AIDS. Bidding started at $400 last Friday and the current bid (as of this posting) is $1,250 with five days to go. See it here.
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