Cliff Forrest, Jr. of Pittsburgh, PA purchased William "The Refrigerator" Perry's Super Bowl XX ring. He bought the ring for $8,500, which he took from his college-savings fund. After the child bought the ring, he learned of Perry's fight with Guillain-Barre syndrome, which causes paralysis. Forrest, Jr. wanted to return it to Perry immediately after discovering this.
Cliff got a flight to Chicago to meet with Perry and handed him the ring he bought. For his kind actions, Cliff received two signed jerseys and five signed football cards.
"The Refrigerator" was a former Chicago Bears defensive lineman. He put the ring for auction in 2007, but no one knew why. When he was selling it, however, it was sold for $27,000. This could mean that the young boy bought a replica and was ripped off.
What are your opinions on this? Do you think the 10 year old bought a fake? Was spending his college savings a good idea?
Thursday, April 7, 2011
Wednesday, April 6, 2011
By close race, Dale Jr. misses the "W" again in Martinsville to Harvick
This past Sunday's race at Martinsville Speedway in Virginia was supposed to be a show down between Jimmie Johnson and Denny Hamlin. It turned the opposite from a competition of knowing and became the unknown. No one expected Dale Earnhardt, Jr. to come from behind and get the lead after passing Kyle Busch. However, closing right behind him was Kevin Harvick. Harvick passed Jr. with four laps to go. This was Harvick's second win in two weeks.
Kevin Harvick wanted the fan favorite, Dale Jr. to win, but he could not let the win pass him by and took the lead. According to ESPN.com, Harvick stated, "As I was catching him, I'm like, 'Man, I'm going to be the bad guy here. I've got to do what I've got to do. I know the fans want to see him win. I want to see him win. It would be great for the sport and I think today went a long ways to showing how competitive [Earnhardt] can be and that's what we need. We all need him to win. But I'm not going to back down."Dale, Jr. was comfortable with the second place win but was still frustrated. On ESPN.com, Dale, Jr. stated, "I ain't won in a long time. I was thinking at the end I was meant to win the damn race."
I, myself, am a huge fan of Dale Earnhardt, Jr. and have been since I was little. I was upset to see Junior come so close to a win and then watch Harvick steal his race away. Dale, Jr. has not won since 2008 and I do believe his race is coming. After winning second place on Sunday, he is now eighth in the point standings. I really hope that his winning thunder is coming back. He deserves it.Rimerez out of the Rays lineup
Designated hitter Manny Rimerez is getting pulled from the lineup and given a break for the start of the season. He was pulled after having a 0 for 4 record with 3 strikeouts in the Ray's game against the Angels on Tuesday. He's also missing tomorrow's game (Thursday) for a personal matter.Joe Moddon says they made this move because Rimerez's plate is overloaded. He is becoming a Hall of Famer shortly and is in the later years of his career. Rimerez is a great player and is trying to do a lot at once.
Manny was boo-ed at Tuesday's games with his 3 strikeouts. However, he said that it wasn't his first time to strike out 3 times and he is happy with himself regardless. He stated with a smile, "I've got almost 600 homeruns," according to ESPN.com
Monday, April 4, 2011
Urijah Faber - New UFC Favorite
Urijah Faber debuted in the UFC on March 19, 2011. His match was against Eddie Wineland. At first round, his match was rough and Wineland battled well. By the second round, Faber had the match in his hands. His determination came about, and he soon became the first place contender for the UFC's batamweight division. He is a relentless fighter during his matches and the fans love him.
After his match, he challenged the UFC batamweight champion Dominic Cruz for the belt. He stated, "Dominick, if you're out there, hide your kids, hide your wife, hide that UFC belt."
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