Both of these gentlemen are indirectly, or directly associated with sports.
Mel Kiper, Jr. has spent his adult life as ESPN's draft guru. He has become a star as the NFL has become a year-round sport, and the draft has become a cottage industry. We are entering his busiest time of the year, as college all-star games are in full swing, including Saturday's Senior Bowl in Mobile, Alabama. Mel is the best-known analyst in an industry full of draft "experts".
Dan Patrick is a newly elected member of the Texas State Senate. He is also owner of and drive-time host on KSEV AM 700 in Houston, and the new KVCE AM 1160 in Dallas. He came to Houston as a television sports anchor in 1979, and eventually became a restarateur before returning to broadcasting and becoming a conservative talk radio host. In case you are wondering, this is not the same Dan Patrick that is on ESPN radio and television.
Coincidentally, both men are originally from Baltimore, Maryland. Mel Kiper still lives in Balmer.
When I first saw a picture of the Houston Dan Patrick, I immediately thought he looked like Mel Kiper, Jr.
I wonder if either of these Baltimoreans will be for the Colts in Super Bowl XLI?
4 comments:
Oh come on! Mel Kiper's snap on hair looks nothing like Dan Patrick's hair. I can't believe that you think they look alike. Okay, they do except for the snap on hair. ;)
Dan Patrick has a little more gray hair now, but not much.
Snap on hair. I love it!
More power to Mel, though. He's created a job for himself, and helped create an industry.
I wish the Snap-on hair was mine, but it was stolen. A message board I used to read about football and fantasy football had it on there ... actually it was some guy's fantasy football team's name (Mel Kiper's Snap on Hair ... or some such). Anyway, that's my confession ... all my good schtick is stolen.
"It's like the Beatles." - Rocco
It doesn't matter is schtick is stolen, as long as it's used. :-)
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