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The Morning According to Us: The NEXT Redemptive Tale in Sports

By Paul Kix

Monday, February 23, 2009

It's a shame Mickey Rourke didn't win last night, but let us steer him to his next redemptive sports role: a man named Skeet is the best bass fisherman in the world. That's the end of the tale, Mr. Rourke. The beginning and middle is oh so very interesting. It involves, among other things, cage dancing. Skeet Reese was a troubled kid in Santa Rosa, California. No real family. "I raised myself," he says. As a teenager Skeet got big time into goth. Wore eyeliner. Had earrings. Drank. Did a ...

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