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...Barry Switzer, the head coach, was busted this summer trying to take a bag with a loaded .38 in it through the radar detector at DFW Airport. Maybe he was just pretending to be Passenger...
Boarding pass? Check. Two forms of ID? Check. Remove pistol from carry-on? Well, ah... Last week Dallas Cowboy coach Barry Switzer joined thousands of Americans--and dozens of celebrities--in making the silly error of carrying a gun through an airport metal detector. Like most, he'll probably get a hand slap (he was charged with a misdemeanor last week), not the two to 10 years and $10,000 fine the third-degree felony can pack. How to explain the slip-up? Fast thinking, contrition and imagination. Here are some of the most creative excuses from illegally armed celebs...
...BARRY SWITZER BROUGHT: Unlicensed, LOADED .38-cal. pistol EXCUSE: Put gun in a bag to keep away from children; forgot to take...
This year's Marathon is not only a time for personal reflection and Dionysian pleasure, but also for historical perspective. There is particular significance to running this year's marathon as women. We will follow in the literal footsteps of women like Kathrine Switzer, fellow Cantabridgian Sara Mae Berman and Joan Benoit who were among the first women to run Boston's course. While Nina Kuscsik of Huntington, N.Y. won the first official women's marathon in 1972, Switzer, Berman and Benoit stand out as three female pioneers. In 1967, Switzer, a Syracuse University student, applied for a race...
Look for Barry Switzer to punt on fourth and one and Emmitt Smith to have his first good game since January and the Cowboys to come away with an upset. In order for that to happen, the Cowboys beat-up defense must contain Ricky Watters who has asserted himself as the league's premier all-purpose back...