Sports stars raise $ for Klobuchar
Just received this fundraising notice from the Klobuchar campaign (I added the hyperlinks):
Please join
Sam and Sylvia Kaplan along with
Jim Klobuchar and Special Guests
Bill Brown * Jerry Burns * Billy Bye
Mick Tinglehoff * Trent Tucker
Honoring Minnesota's next
United States Senator
Amy Klobuchar
For a pre Vikings game brunch
Sunday, October 22, 2006
12:00noon -2:00pm
At the home of Sam & Sylvia Kaplan
As you know, Amy's father, Jim Klobuchar is a retired sports writer for the Star Tribune and may have something to do with bringing this group together.
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I'm also filing this under the "you learn something new every day category" on Verne Gagne:
"Verne had four Big Ten Wrestling Championships, two NCAA Wrestling Championships, the 1949 AAU Wrestling Championship and a slot on the 1948 United States Olympic team on his resume.
Following a brief stint playing for the NFL’s Green Bay Packers, Verne turned to professional wrestling..."
and on Trent Tucker:
The Trent Tucker Rule
On January 15, 1990, when Tucker was with New York, with 0.1 remaining in a game against the Bulls, he unbelievably got off a wild three-point shot off at the buzzer and the three unbelievably went in. The basket counted and the Knicks won. The NBA then established a rule that states that "0.3 needs to be on the clock in order for a player to get a shot off whether they make it or not."