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What Mike Tyson and I have in common

Published Thursday, December 09, 2004 by seanlmccarthy | E-mail this post

No, it's not banging our hands on someone else's car hood, although that's apparently what got Mike Tyson in trouble with the Scottsdale police a couple of weeks ago. Always amusing to read how the media figures out a way to incorporate the old news into the new news -- "In a heavyweight title fight, Tyson was disqualified for twice biting Evander Holyfield's ears, taking a chunk out of one." Oh yes, we almost forgot. Thanks for reminding us. As I wrote before (check my archives), when I met Tyson a couple of summers ago, he seemed shy and a bit vulnerable. And the traffic around the downtown Scottsdale clubs usually is worthy of a smackdown. Just in case you're from out of town and didn't know. Now you know.