Which is why we shouldn't expect it from a guy who goes through PR people as if they're handiwipes . Wait a minute. Why, knock me down with a feather. How ironic, then, that we're way too metropolitan to qualify for the NBA's minor-league offspring. But despite the NBA's doldrums, a minor league with its name and money behind it could be worth a shot.
Life goes on.
Thank God the XFL didn't somehow fall into our laps. One half of its hideous debut from Las Vegas was all I could choke down. The obvious thrill of seeing drunk young men leer at helium-filled cheerleaders aside, bad football is bad football is bad football. Which is why, of course, it will be a huge hit. In Thursday's column I noted former University of Michigan football player James Whitley, from Norview High, was to appear in a Michigan circuit court that day to face charges of carrying a concealed weapon.