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\n[Photo courtesy sherdog.com<\/a>]\n<\/p>\n \nLook carefully at the man on the left, because you will be seeing a lot more of him. His name is Bob Sapp<\/a>, also known as “The Beast<\/a>” [birth year 197<\/strong>4, silly]. He had short stints in the WCW and IWC<\/a> after playing football for the Raiders and the Bears. Now Sapp is, quite simply, the biggest star in Japanese Mixed-Martial Arts Prize fighting—both physically and commercially. He is 6′5″ [or 6′3″, there are mixed reports] and 356 lbs. of solid muscle. He was on Leno<\/a> the other day. On Friday he KOd Kimo at the Battle at the Bellagio<\/a>. Mike Tyson was watching in the front row; when the match ended, Tyson jumped into the ring and Tyson and Sapp challenged each other to a match. Tyson wants<\/em> to fight Sapp. Sapp wants<\/em> to fight Tyson.\n<\/p>\n \nWhy should you care? I dunno, maybe you shouldn’t. But I<\/em> care. I went to junior high and high school with Bob Sapp (he was a year ahead of me). I just yesterday found out about his relative stardom. I knew he went NFL, but hadn’t heard much else until yesterday (thanks, Katie!).\n<\/p>\n \nWhen I was young, my friends and I used to sit around playing Mike Tyson’s Punch-Out on the old Nintendo, joking about how crazy you’d have to be to step into the ring with Iron Mike. Now, a guy I know might actually do just that. Insane!\n<\/p>\n \nBut the real reason I care is not that I can claim some derivative accolades from knowing someone famous, but because Bob Sapp yearbooks are selling<\/a> like hotcakes, and I have four of them. I’m guessing that the guy trying to sell his for $100,000 is bound for serious disappointment. But I’m not asking for $100,000. I’ll sell mine for a tenth of that.\n<\/p>\n \nAny takers?\n<\/p>\n \n…\n<\/p>\n \nOther people of note from my high school: the Fuzzy Carrot Nipples<\/a>. Because dead chicks are great<\/em>, and so is getting drunk.\n<\/p>\n