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Book 'em Dano
Published: 7/5/2007 6:49 PM
Last Modified: 7/5/2007 6:49 PM

There was a great "Twilight Zone" episode starring Burgess Meredith in which he never has time to pursue his passion of reading.
Don't want to spoil it for you, but I will anyway. A disaster strikes. Meredith survives. He finally has all the time in the world to read his beloved books. Then he accidentally breaks his glasses and can't see a thing. Rod Serling must have been one evil dude.
That said, I read a ton and recently read some books in the line of duty. Among them:
--Former quarterback and congressman J.C. Watts wrote a book -- "What Color is a Conservative?" -- that isn't all about politics. Much of the book digs into his background at Eufaula (my hometown, Locust Grove, got a mention because of a high school playoff game he played there) and his time at the University of Oklahoma.
--Shock rocker Alice Cooper published his life story and a good chunk of the book is angled toward golf. Cooper used an addiction to golf to cure an addiction to alcohol. He's a big sports fan (grew up rooting for the Detroit Tigers) and he once chased away Raquel Welch because she interrupted a golf outing. Alice ran in some interesting circles. One of his best buddies was Groucho Marx.
--Lanny Davis, father of CBS analyst and Sports Illustrated writer Seth Davis, used to be a White House spin doctor when scandals broke during the Bill Clinton regime. He left just as Monica-gate was brewing.
Davis wrote a book about his experiences and I wish it was required reading for all those coaches who are putting up walls nowadays. Davis advises that the best way to handle scandal (hey, a rhyme!) is to tell as much as possible so that there's nothing left to investigate in the days that follow. The longer you cover up a dead fish, the worse it smells.
--Training Tiger is a book by Tiger Woods' late father, Earl. I'm reading it for a story that will be published when the PGA Championship comes to town. I'm hoping there's something in there to cure my ailing tee shots.




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Lee Parman (6 years ago)
Jimmie, wow I think I actually know you being from the great city of Checotah. What a rivalry. Locust Grove coach that went up against J.C. in that championship I believe was Coach Lang and he came to Checotah shortly after that game to coach. He was actually a heck of a nice guy. I enjoyed playing under him.

I think Coach Lang's infamous story about that game was J.C. launching a pass of all passes that beat them toward end of the game.
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Tulsa World sports writer Jimmie Tramel is a former class president at Locust Grove High School. He graduated magna cum laude from Northeastern State University with a journalism degree and, while attending college, was sports editor of the Pryor Daily Times. He joined the Tulsa World on Oct. 17, 1989, the same day an earthquake struck the World Series. He is the OSU basketball beat writer and a columnist and feature writer during football season. In 2007, he wrote a book about Oklahoma State football with former Cowboy coach Pat Jones.

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