I wanted to be a sportswriter because I loved sports and I could not hit the curve ball, the jump shot, or the opposing ball carrier.

I was also in love with the English language.

I got to know Sugar Ray but I certainly would not say we were good friends.

I began learning the sportswriting business very early in life.

Also, I am driven by a wonderful muse called alimony.

If I got paid, it was no more than five dollars a column, and I still think I was overpaid.

Sugar Ray and talked about doing some articles together or writing a book together but dealing with Sugar Ray was a lot like fighting him. He would fake you in and then he'd drop you.