Sunday, August 1, 2010

Intrusions into Phil Simms world

The man with seemingly all the good things in life, but there's that word, life, which has a funny way of leveling the playing field. The family man who dissects football games for America has had a rough year, a year in which he really hasn't done anything wrong.

A year ago his brilliant and beautiful niece, Natasha Collins died from Leukemia. This was shortly after graduating from Yale Medical School.

A month ago Simms' son Chris was busted at 2 Am in NYC and charged with driving under the influence of Marijuana.

A week ago, Phil's brother in law Tedd Collins was exposed as a serial money fraud and cheat by the NY Times. His sister Mary Anne was named in one of the scandals, trying to rip off a female pastor at a church in South Carolina.

Phil's been working out with Chris at an astroturf park in the wealthy NJ suburbs. When practice is over, he scales the 3 foot fence and returns to his estate on the adjacent property without revealing himself to the other park visitors. You can't blame the man for trying to tighten his circle. Life can intrude on even "perfect" lives.

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