Well, maybe it’s not so much of a beef, as they’re just on opposite sides of a political race. But if things got violent, and they recorded battle rap songs slamming one another, and there eventually were some gunshots involved, I don’t think there’s any downside there.
Swann and Harris were, of course, teammates on the Steelers Super Bowl teams of the 70s. Swann is running for governor of Pennsylvania as a republican, and Franco Harris happens to not share his political beliefs.
“We’ve always been very close,” Harris said of Swann, a fellow member of the Pro Football Hall of Fame. “But right now I feel there needs to be a change in the direction from where our national administration has taken us and where the Republicans in state government want to take us.”
I don’t intend to get into any kind of a political discussion here, but I do want to point out that the Immaculate Reception was awesome, and that Lynn Swann took ballet, so he’s a great big pussy.
Antonio Carlos, Brazilian soccer player, yelled “monkey” at a black opponent during a match last month. The cool part of this story, however, is that racism is actually a crime in Brazil… and Carlos, fuckhead that he is, has to have 10,000 handbills (I think that refers to a little poster or pamphlet) made that say, “We are all equal,” and “Say no to racism,” 
Anderson Varejao assaulted Rasheed Wallace in the second quarter of last night’s game, as Wallace made a move towards the basket. Varejao clubbed him from behind with both arms, and then threw Rasheed to the ground to finish it off. He was ejected.
