ORLANDO, FL - In order to supplement his declining income, Tiger Woods will be releasing his 3rd book this fall. Woods lost several key sponsors after his cheating scandal made headlines last November. He has also yet to pick up a win on the PGA tour this year and is currently ranked only 77th on the money list. His highly publicized divorce from wife Elin Nordegren will reportedly cost him roughly $100 million. Unlike his last publications, the new book will be a hybrid and will be both biographical and instructional.
ORLANDO, FL - JJ Reddick was a basketball star at every level. At Cave Spring High School in Virginia, he was a state champion and a McDonalds All-American. When he left Duke University, he was the all-time leading scorer and had picked up just about every award given out by the Associated Press. He was a player who could do it all. However, after he entered the NBA, everything changed.
Reddick was selected 11th overall in the 2006 NBA draft by the Orlando Magic and was expected to make the transition to the pro league with no problem. At 6'4, he could run the point, play shooting guard, and match up well against small forwards. However, once the regular season started, his stats began to decline along with his minutes. In his first season, Reddick played only 14 minutes a game and averaged just 6 points per contest. More importantly, he looked sluggish compared to the other players and rarely grabbed a rebound.
The next two seasons were virtually identical the first for Reddick. His frustration mounted to the point that he blamed head coach Stan Van Gundy for his lack of playing time. Then earler this season at the suggestion of team doctors, Reddick underwent rigorous testing. When the doctors came back results, all Reddick's questions had been answered. He had White Boy's Disease.
"I couldn't believe it. I didn't think it could happen to me," Reddick noted.
White Boy's Disease, also know as WBD, is a disease of the musculatory system that excellerates deterioration of the thigh and calf muscles. Symptoms includes extreme fatigue after sprinting and a decrease in vertical leap. It's most prominent in caucasion males.
Reddick is not the first NBA player to be diagnosed with WBD. Former players including Dan Dickau, Kurt Rambis, and Shawn Bradley all had their NBA careers shorted because of the disease.
However, Reddick was determined to stay in the NBA and is learning to live with WBD. He attends numerous physical therapy sessions every week. He also bought a large trampoline help strengthen his leg muscles. His hard work seems to have paid off as his stats have have increased steadily over the last few months.
"I know it's not going to be easy living with WBD, but I'm gonna do what I need to do to keep getting those massive checks," Reddick said.
Vaudeville and comedy icon Lou Costello won the hearts of America with his childlike, silly and clumsy mannerisms. Unfortunately; recent studies show evidence that Lou Costello, beloved comedic actor, suffered from an early form of Attention Deficit Disorder. The disorder is painfully evident in almost all of Costello’s filmed performances. However, Costello's A.D.D. is especially prominent in the Baseball Hall of Fame classic “Who’s On First.”
The confusion for Costello begins when he asks Bud Abbott about the names of the baseball team he is managing, the St. Louis Wolves. Bud Abbott explains that his ball players have unique nicknames. The names of the players are primarily common words that function as interrogative indicators in English linguistics---except for third base.
Almost immediately, Costello becomes extremely frustrated with his own lack of comprehension, and his inability to communicate the source of his confusion to Abbott. Because Abbott does not have the necessary training to recognize or interact with a person with A.D.D., Abbott reacts to Costello’s confusion by publicly yelling at him and slapping him while onlookers laugh at Costello, thus adding humiliation to his cognitive burden.
Costello’s frustration becomes so severe during this incident, that he accidentally hits himself in the head with the baseball bat, and knocks his hat off his head. However, what the audience perceives is a moronic act, instead is a horrifying reality. In an interview with retired Universal Studio’s prop-master Jimmy Sherman, Mr. Sherman recounts collecting the props after filming wrapped up for the day.
“There was blood on the bat! And some blood on the inside of Costello’s derby too… I cleaned it up and the next morning Mr. Costello asked me if I was going to go to the ballgame today. I said yes and gave him his hat back,” Sherman recalled.
Although the choices for the nicknames are obscure, they are comprehensible to anyone with normal intellectual capabilities on any educational level. However, as noted by film historian Randolph Nolan; Costello’s success did not rely on any comedic talent, but rather on the consistency of his misunderstanding.
“He didn’t have the ability to focus his memory, and they made millions off him for it,” notes Nolan. “The closest Costello ever came to understanding a ball-players name was when he thought that ‘Naturally’ was playing first base. It’s such a shame because he really liked baseball.”
ORLANDO, FL - JJ Reddick was a basketball star at every level. At Cave Spring High School in Virginia, he was a state champion and a McDonalds All-American. When he left Duke University, he was the all-time leading scorer and had picked up just about every award given out by the Associated Press. He was a player who could do it all. However, after he entered the NBA, everything changed. 
