We just thought you should know
A lot of people ask me, "Jim, what goes on in a sports department between 5 and 6 p.m. that magical time after most writers have finished their assignments and before the copy desk is scrambling to put together the paper?"
An excellent question. For those in the News & Record's upper management who might be reading, let me just say that nothing but hard work is being done during that time.
What? You don't believe me? Hey, I worked up a good sweat today discussing the genius that was George Lazenby. Lazenby, for the vast majority of who don't know, played in one James Bond movie, "On Her Majesty's Secret Service." Then he disappeared from the public eye.
Except for those of us who know better. I was able to stun and amaze - and frighten - my colleagues by revealing Lazenby's connection to sports. He is married to Pam Shriver, former doubles partner of Martina Navratilova.
But wait, there's more! Check out his bio on imdb.com, the greatest website known to man. My other favorite, aside from his marriage to Shriver, is the last nugget of info at the end of the bio. You just can't make this stuff up.
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Jim,
Thanks for the interesting trivia. Here's some for you: In 1974 I played Pam Shriver in the Mid-Atlantic Girls tennis championships. I drew her first round. I was 14, she was 13, and she was already 6 feet tall. Want to guess the score?
Posted on January 31, 2005 10:07 PM