Posts by Jack Sheehan
Hornung was a bigger-than-life figure
Green Bay Packer Hall of Famer Paul Hornung died a couple weeks back at age 84. With his lifelong propensity for breaking records, you’d have thought he was immortal. Any kid that loves sports finds heroes early on. As a boy, mine were Babe Ruth in baseball and Paul Hornung in football. Not sure why […]
Anthony Spilotro not to be messed with
The year was 1981. The location: Alias Smith & Jones restaurant on Twain Avenue on the east side of town, a popular watering hole since burned down in a suspicious fire. I was on a first date with a young woman, sharing chicken fingers, when my companion gently nudged me in the ribs. She had […]
