Heading through the news with a MultiCultClassics Monologue…
• A visitor to the new Madame Tussauds wax museum in Berlin tried to take home a souvenir—the head of the Hitler figure on display. The guy managed to rip the head off, allegedly to protest the exhibit. The headhunter was apprehended and charged, so don’t expect the head to pop up on eBay. Wonder if the museum will hire neo-Nazis to serve as security.
• The family of baseball legend Babe Ruth is seeking to have the star’s No. 3 permanently retired across Major League Baseball, and they’re pointing to Ruth’s humanitarian efforts for support. The family claims Ruth was a civil rights activist, barnstorming with Negro League players during the off-season. Additionally, Ruth signed a famous letter in 1942 denouncing Hitler and the slaughter of Jews. Maybe someone should redesign the Madame Tussauds exhibit to portray the Babe knocking off Hitler’s head with a baseball bat.
• Ashley Dupré, the call girl behind the infamous incident involving ex-New York Governor Eliot Spitzer, dropped her $10 million lawsuit against Girls Gone Wild founder Joe Francis. Dupré was seeking compensation for Francis’ use of footage that featured her. Francis declared he feels “vindicated” and added, “I’m having a terrific July Fourth.” Dupré probably realized hookers rarely succeed in conflicts with pimps.
• Gay and lesbian marchers in Budapest, Hungary, were pelted with eggs, bottles and rocks by dozens of protestors. Cops used water cannons and tear gas to disperse the protestors, who also hurled Molotov cocktails and set a police van on fire. Ironically, the event was titled, “Dignity March.”
• Venus Williams won her fifth Wimbledon title and seventh Grand Slam championship after beating sister Serena Williams. Venus Williams is the 10th woman to win five Wimbledon singles titles and only the third in the 40-year history of the Open era after Martina Navratilova and Steffi Graf.
2 comments:
That Williams story is amazing. I'd like to see it followed up by a Manning Superbowl in which Eli beats Peyton.
The Williams sisters still get no due from the tennis establishment. They rag on those women and their ole man like there's no tomorrow. Even when they win, commentators and establishment types (navratilova, mcenroe, bud collins, mary carillo, evrett llyod, etc) still complain about how they won...
it's pathetic.
who'd watch tennis without these folks playing?
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