BURBANK, CA – Fresh off our big photo op on the Jeopardy set, we imagined a category that our far-reaching and eclectic readership might find appealing. For Alexander Boris de Pfeffel Johnson in London and Wisconsin Walt up in Milwaukee and Yankees Suck not in the Bronx and Oregon Pete in Portland, there is a common thread – one element in our respective lives that we all associate with; our very own Sports Soap Operas. Knowing this, we allowed our vivid imaginations to take us one step further: Our sweeping the board in the Sports Soap Opera category in a rousing Jeopardy win! Let’s review our winning Answers and Questions:
$200 ALEX RODRIGUEZ:
Alex, who is the next sport celebrity likely to emulate Marv Albert and Oscar De La Hoya
and be caught in lingerie?
$400 SEAN AVERY:
What NHL star is now represented by Jose Canseco & John Rocker?
$600 MICHAEL VICK:
Which Pro-Bowl QB funded the slaughter of dogs on his property in for kicks only to be offered millions to once again mishandle pigskins?
$800 BRETT FAVRE:
What one-time representative of all that is right in sports is dangerously close to making Rickey Henderson’s retirement look timely?
$1000 VICTORIA BECKHAM
Who will one day make Joan Rivers and Jocelyn Wildenstein look like Snow White?
$1200 ROGER CLEMENS:
What 6-Time Cy Young Award Winner recently fired his lawyers for not lying as well as they should have?
$1400 GARY OMAR SHEFFIELD-CASHMAN:
What is the name of the love-child that got both New York baseball GMs fired a fortnight after interleague play and a Subway Series in which 30% of attending fans couldn’t see the action concluded?
$1600 JAY CUTLER:
Who’s the biggest baby in all of sports?
$1800 MeetTheMatts.com:
What sports comedy web-a-show has fans bludgeoning each other through their keyboards and has business cards that get the holder a buck off at Starbucks?
So, there you have it… Our winning round of our imagined appearance on Jeopardy! And you know what said appearance even better? The fact that the snide, snotty, pompous Canuck (Alex Trebek) didn’t know the answers!
That’s all for today, look for Cookie’s Corner tomorrow and PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE get some of you pals to join our lively discussion in the Fan Forum.
We leave you with this nugget, one that all fans can appreciate, for this one multi-layered man has something for all of us:
