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Fond farewell to an historic hellhole

By Brian Murphy
Special to Page 2

Monday, January 20, 2003

Yeah, yeah. The "Chucky Bowl" and all that. Blah, blah, blah de freaking blah. You'll spend the next six days pondering the nuances of every Jon Gruden eyebrow arch, and the crinkle of every Al Davis sweatsuit. Not at The Cooler today, dwellers. We traffic in the sentimental, and in the maudlin. We don't necessarily need to congregate at The Cooler to praise our winners. Oft times, we gather 'round to mourn our forgotten. Oft times, we dwell at The Cooler to pour out the last of our Sp ...

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