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Poor Jermain

One of our sources was out on a Markham Street stroll this afternoon, coinciding with the time Jermain Taylor was having a news conference at the Peabody Hotel.

He reports:

The leeches have definitely latched on to Jermain Taylor. I was walking back from City Hall just after his posse had rolled to the Peabody. Count 'em: one Lamborgini Mercilago, one Dodge Charger SRT-8 (super low production number, super high speed), one Chrysler 300C SRT-8 (ditto), at least one Bentley sedan, and around five pimped-out black SUV's

Jermain Taylor, in about 10years: "I used to have it all ..."

Posted by on December 7, 2006 04:12 PM |

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The whole state is a leech on poor Jermain. Before he came along, who was the middleweight champion? Not 200 people in the state knew. Who is Nikolai Valuev? Answer, the current heavyweight boxing champion. Maybe 300 Arkansans know that. I guess if a Burns Park weekend disc-flipper becomes the Frisbee Golf world champion, we will get the same guilt trip sermon to fill up Alltel for HIS title defense.

Posted by: Sanford [TypeKey Profile Page] | December 10, 2006 06:47 PM

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