>  ML> Did genius on the football field equate with giftedness
>  ML> elsewhere.
> He was an all round natural athlete and could easily have gone pro
> in either basketball or baseball but he chose football.

There have been a few other multi-sweater
players, though I don't recall any of their
names. Bo Jackson? Yeah, he was one. Also
Danny Ainge. Edited to add: Deion; I am not
living under such a big rock as I thought.

> He was also a prodigious drinker and played a lot of his winning
> games half cut or hungover.

Hence your championing of him, rather than
because of an affinity with the Jets!

>  ML> to pay off his hole he eventually had to become a mob tool
> Not really. He owned a very successful nightclub called Bachelors
> III, which attracted sports and entertainment celebrities, and
> politicians but also gangsters, not unlike Toots Shor's bar back in
> its day and many others, There's absolutely no evidence that he took
> payoffs or threw games, just vicious rumours.  But because of all
> the gossip NFL Commissioner Pete Rozelle ordered him to sell out.
> Namath initially refused and retired (briefly) and his fans went
> crazy.

When I read the newspapers back when, it was
considered a sure thing that he consorted with
and was likely influenced by the same crowd of
bad guys that Sinatra and a lot of others
(including many of the team owners) did. It
was also considered likely that the Super Bowl
had been tampered with, though reading about it
just now it becomes clear that if there was a
fix in, it would have involved the opposing
quarterback, not Namath.

Back in more innocent times I'd not have
suspected a smear against him, but more recent
examination indicates that there were those
who would try to get after him for his
unorthodox private life by making rumors about
his unorthodox public life.

>  >       Title: Corn and Tomatillo Soup
>  >   Based on a recipe by: Mission at Turtle Creek
>  ML> Mansion on Turtle Creek?
> Apparently yes. I googled this up ...
> https://www.recipelink.com/msgbrd/board_14/2012/OCT/37643.html where
> they speak of correcting the name.

Mmm. Now all they have to do is make the
recipe taste better.

> Another chicken thing I came across ...
>      Title: Engagement Chicken
>   Servings: 6

Okay, so what do you do with the other 4 people?

Rosalynn Carter's Southern Fried Chicken
categories: celebrity, political, poultry, main
servings: 6

2 qt vegetable shortening
3 whole frying chickens (2 1/2 lb ea)
2 c flour
2 Tb white cornmeal
2 Tb salt
2 ts fresh ground white pepper

In a large, well-seasoned cast-iron skillet, 
heat shortening to 375F. Wash chickens and dry 
well. Cut each into 8 serving pieces. In a 
large mixing bowl, combine flour with cornmeal, 
salt, and pepper; dredge chicken and set on 
paper towels. Fry chicken in hot oil, turning 
to brown evenly on all sides. (This will take 
from 10 to 12 min; white meat will cook faster 
than dark meat.) As each piece becomes golden 
brown and tender, transfer to paper towels to 
drain. Keep chicken hot until serving in a 
preheated 350F oven; set well drained pieces 
on an ovenproof serving platter on middle 
shelf with the door slightly ajar. For cold 
fried chicken allow to cool, then wrap 
tightly and refrigerate overnight.