Who can’t forget the layup DJ made when Larry Bird stole the inbounds pass and threw it to a streaking Dennis Johnson in the playoffs against the Pistons. The Celtics were on the brink of losing that game and being eliminated from the playoffs. But with luck of the Irish they snatched victory from the jaws of defeat. Dennis Johnson was a very underrated player in NBA. Not flashy, just gritty and clutch. No matter if he was 0 for 7 in the game, he would hit the open shot whenever his team needed it down the stretch. DJ was part of three championship teams (2 with the Celtics and 1 with the Super Sonics)
Although Larry Bird might have been the man for those great Celtic teams. Clearly Dennis Johnson was the leader.
NASCAR has lost one of its ambassadors of the sport when stock car legend Benny Parson passed away. Benny Parson was part of the broadcasting team for NASCAR's coverage on NBC. He was good at providing insight and explaining what a bump draft” was and the different pit strategies during the race. He provided novices like me a way to learn the sport quickly. Thanks to Benny I can talk NASCAR with best of them. As my co worker Dave recently told me “For a Gordon fan……..Sarge you are pretty good” That means allot because Dave is a die hard Earnhardt fan who loves Johnny Cash. 
My pointed ears are not that noticeable anymore. Message to Barack Obama, I too was picked on about my ears. (Get over it)
Congrats to Rashad McCants, Raymond Felton, and Sean May for getting your Jersey at Carolina honored and put up in the rafters at the Dean E. Smith Center (Dean Dome) They have joined the likes of Jordan, Worthy, Perkins, Jamison, Cater, Ford, and Stackhouse (just to name a few). The champs had persevere during the dark times and help restore glory back to North Carolina basketball. They won the title back in 2005 (A game I still watch) against a great Illinois team. A combined 7 players from both teams are current playing in the NBA to include the the three I mentioned and Marvin Williams who by the way left Carolina after his freshman year and would a Junior at Carolina if he stayed. 
Love him or hate Coach Bob Knight knows his stuff and he can flat out coach and teach the game of basketball. Now he has pass Coach Dean Smith as the all time winning coach in division one basketball. As a diehard Tar Heel fan it was all about Coach Dean Smith and what he has meant to Carolina basketball. Both coaches approaches to game are stark in contrast, nicknamed the General, coach Robert Knight uses a militaristic approach to coaching his young men. Coach Smith on the other hand took the low key method. The only time I can recall seeing Coach Smith upset during a game was when he was ejected against Kansas in the 1991 final four semi finals. Coach Knight on the other hand outbursts were legendary. Coach Knight was Pattonesque and his players loved him for and remain loyal to him. Coach Smith, if I had to compare him to a General, I would use Omar Bradley. Gen Bradley was the soldiers soldier his leadership style was much different than Patton but just as effective. If I had any ounce of basketball talent to play at the collegiate level, Coach Smith would have been my first choice and Coach Knight would have been my second. Although coaches win games, it is the players that make it happen. Congrats to Coach Knight. 
Six years ago me and a group of my military buddies met James Brown at a restaurant in Augusta Georgia. The Godfather was eating and relaxing with a lady friend just minding his business. The Godfather was nice enough to take a picture with us and sign autographs (which I have since lost) He never said more than two words to us but it didn’t matter. He just smiled and went back to eating with his friend and wave at us when we left. One of buddies has that picture we took. (So T-dawg hook Ol Sarge up with the picture will ya)
I was about two years old when President Ford became our 38th President. It doesn't matter whether or not he was elected with a mandate by the American people, he held the Office that few had held and he served with honor, integrity and and restored a sense of dignity to White House. I can not even imagine in this day and age how President Ford would have been able to lead our nation if the Watergate scandal would have happen now. I ask my father how President Ford did it and he told me that like a Ford truck he was “built tough” and was able to handle that heavy payload. Now granted my dad is a General Motors man and he dislikes the Republicans as much as the Washington Redskins. My dad did not have a bad thing to say about President Ford. 
