LITTLE ROCK — Ex-Giant’s departure still stinks
A couple of weeks ago, Joseph Armento mailed $3.36 to New York Giants running back Brandon Jacobs in a gesture to keep the veteran with the 6-yearold fan’s favorite team.
Granted, the contribution wasn’t likely to cause Jacobs to try to get out of his new contract with the San Francisco 49ers, but Jacobs appreciated the gesture that was made up of money from Armento’s piggy bank.
Jacobs signed a football helmet and sent $5 - “He had some interest in there,” Jacobs told the Los Angeles Times - to Armento, and had another surprise lined up for him Wednesday when the two-time Super Bowl winner was back in New Jersey.
Jacobs took Armento, his 4-year-old brother and Jacobs’ 5-year-old son to the Jump On In! inflatable party center in Boontown, N.J.
By all accounts, the two-hour trip went well.
“It was just us in the whole place, and we were just going room to room, just bouncing and flipping all over the place, hitting each other with balls, sweating,our shirts filthy,” Jacobs said. “We were just dirty, stinky boys, you know?” Flames of love
Trotting along during his portion of the Olympic torch relay, David State took a short detour to take care of some other business.
State, 25, was running his leg between Markse-by-the-Sea and his hometown of Loftus in England on Tuesday when he peeled off the route at the sight of girlfriend Christine Langham.
Handing the torch to a volunteer, State dropped to one knee and asked her to marry him.
Langham, who is also eight months pregnant, was taken aback, according to the BBC.
“I saw him running up the hill and I was pretty proud at that,” Langham said. “I was trying not to cry, and then he gave his torch to somebody and gave me a cuddle, which was nice, and then he got down on one knee and I nearly passed out.
“Nearly had my baby there and then.” Pull of victory
Kentucky fans can rejoice.
Their title drought is over in tractor-pulling.
Fourteen years after the program began, the Wildcats claimed the international quarterpulling title Wednesday in Peoria, Ill.
The nine-student team started the design-and-build process in September, transforming tires and an engine into a “lawn tractor on steroids,” according to The Herald Leader in Lexington, Ky
“We’ve learned over the years that consistency in all the judging categories is what it takes to do well in the overall scoring, but this year it all came together,” team adviser Tim Smith said.
The team was evaluated on a written design report, a design inspection and a formal presentation where members tried to “sell” their tractor to industry experts playing the role of a corporate management team, according to the paper.
“Winning has been a dream and a goal of mine for a long time, and I’m so glad to be a part of it,” team member Chance Corum said.
Maybe now Corum can go pro and watch as John Deere and Massey-Ferguson fight for his services.
Quote of the day
“Sitting at home and watching nationals on the computer, it really
set in that I’ve got to go back out and regain myself.” Andrew Irwin, Arkansas pole vaulter
Sports, Pages 18 on 06/22/2012