Sporting News Magazine offers a “My Profile” in each issue. A sports celebrity shares trivia about himself ranging from values he admires in others to a favorite car or meal. Although many candidates applied for today’s Sports Headliners version of “My Profile,” I selected the person I know best.
Me.
Name: David John Shama, although family and childhood friends often call me Mik (don’t ask). A pal from grade school days calls me Rock (a reference to my muscles, not my head).
Best advice: My mom told me “mind your own business and you will have plenty to do.”
Favorite coach: Phil Jackson.
Childhood sports heroes: Mickey Mantle and Jerry West.
First job: selling TV Guide subscriptions door-to-door.
My heroes today: the men and women past and present who gave their lives in service to America.
Pet peeve: Slow moving motorists who hog the left lane.
What I can’t figure out: Why investment advisors know so much about making money but have to work for a living.
Must see TV: “60 Minutes” (journalism lives!).
Best movies: “Midnight in Paris” and “Animal House.”
Dream date: My wife (she edits my column).
How to recognize a tough week: A bird poops on my writing tablet while sitting on the deck at home. Two days later I am playing golf and victimized again. (Same bird? Nah.)
Greatest love: My family, and college football.