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A diary entry from banjo land
Published: 12/20/2006 9:27 AM
Last Modified: 12/20/2006 9:27 AM

Thoughts during a basketball road trip to Nashville: When it comes to sports, doctors sometimes forget all about the hippocratic oath, and which one of the Mandrell sisters is that?
Before OSU played a Monday night game against Tennessee in Nashville, it was learned that freshman Obi Muonelo had suffered a season-ending injury. News leaked out prior to the game and, from talking to a variety of folks, one reason why is because people in the medical profession couldn't resist telling acquaintances about Muonelo's predicament. Apparently, the hippocratic oath doesn't apply if you get to name-drop to your buddies.
Remember when former OSU coach Les Miles had surgery on his noggin a few years back? Same kind of deal.
Also, during a flight to Nashville, a country music mecca, I was told that one of the Mandrell sisters was sitting at a window seat on an adjacent row. My grandfather, who passed in 2002, was a big fan of the Mandrell sisters' TV show in the 1980s. I think he had a crush on all three of them, plus Dolly Parton, but none of them could whip my grandmother in a fight. Take that to the bank. She once lost a pinky toe to a snake bite. She's still going strong. The snake is long gone.
The OSU basketball beat writers from the Daily Oklahoman and the Stillwater News Press are both in their mid-20s. While seated at press row, I told them that one of the Mandrell sisters was on an airplane with me. They both said "who?" The generation gap was showing. They think 50 Cent is an entertainer. I thought it was the cost of a newspaper.



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