Wednesday, April 25, 2007

The Reader-in-chief reads a book on Arnold Rothstein, the gambling kingpin


"[Chronicle reporter Joan Ryan was at the White House Correspondents Dinner this weekend and her husband,] Fox sportscaster Barry Tompkins, positioned himself [near President Bush] to take a photograph.
"Your husband has a great tuxedo," the president said.
Ryan informed Bush that Tompkins, being a sportscaster who covered a lot of boxing, owned many tuxedos.
Bush lit up.
"I'm reading a book now on Arnold Rothstein," the president said. Rothstein was the gambling kingpin most known for fixing the 1919 World Series, the infamous Black Sox scandal.
"They say he fixed the Dempsey-Tunney fight!" Bush gushed.

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