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Sports
Tin
Sports exaggerations common
Some people are going to lie
to make themselves look better
in the eyes of others, it’s just a
fact of life. But most people will
lie to make themselves look
better in the eyes of others
when it comes to sports.
A screen pass that does not
matter, suddenly becomes a 90-
yard bomb that is tipped six
times before the receiver catch
es the ball with his legs for the
touchdown. A lazy pop fly turns
into a screaming line drive that
is caught barehanded on the
dive. Almost every sports anec
dote is at least ten times better
than the actual event.
Every athlete exaggerates
their sports feats, but fishermen
have to be the worst.
Clint: “Hey Ed, how was fish
ing today? Did you catch any
thing?”
Ed: “Sure did. I caught a 106
pound perch.”
Clint: “Wow! Can I see it?”
Ed: “Nope. The 223 pound
catfish ate it while I was bring
ing in the two ton trout.”
Other people have been
known to embellish their embell
ishments. Every now and then
they have to add to their story.
“In high school I was the
backup punter, but I did get to
play receiver once when we were
down 73-0.”
A couple of days later ....
“In high school I was the back
up quarterback, but our starting
quarterback broke his leg, so I got
into the game. I threw two touch
down passes, but we still got beat
31-17.”
A week later....
“In high school I was the
backup quarterback, but our
starting quarterback got shot in
the head by the other team’s
linebacker, so I got into the
game. We were down 73-0 at the
half but I brought us back for
the win by throwing 11 touch
downs. The last one was for 63
yards, and the receiver caught it
after it went straight through
the cornerback’s chest. I’ve got
the game ball at home, it still
has pieces of his ribs on it.”
It seems nothing get people’s
lying juices flowing more than
their involvement in sports. But
there is evidence that the exag
geration disease has crossed
over into the workplace?
Doctor: “You would not be
lieve the operation I just did. I
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Heimuli: The Tongan terroi/
□ Heimuli is looking to
make a big impact as a
freshman.
By David Winder
The Battalion
There’s a comedian on the
Texas A&M football team but he
has only been able to make a
few players laugh. Its not that
his jokes are bad, its that his
jokes are in Tongan.
Freshman offensive guard
Semisi Heimuli (pronounced SA-
me-see Hl-mule-ee) speaks flu
ent English but when something
strikes him funny, he usually
says it in his other native lan
guage.
“I’ll be walking with my bud
dies and tell a joke in Tongan,
but none of them will get it,”
Heimuli said. “Then I’ll remem
ber and tell it to them in Eng
lish. Then they get it. Some
times.”
Heimuli was born in Califor
nia but the rest of his family
was born on the island chain
that makes up the nation of
Tonga in the South Pacific,
south of Samoa. Heimuli said it
has been tough coming to a col
lege where he is the only Ton-
gan.
“When I came down here
everybody was like ‘What’s a
Tongan’,” Heimuli said. “Only a
couple of guys on the team
knew. The
guys from
California
knew be
cause they
had grown
up with
(other Ton-
gans).
“It’s dif
ferent here
latti
ball
Ihigl
I
Shane Elkins, THfBfli®
Freshman offensive lineman Semisi Heimuli practices blockingduwl
because
I’ve never
gone to school where there were
no Tongans, there’s always been
a couple. I have to talk to myself
in Tongan or call up my buddies
at home and talk. I don’t want'
to forget my language.”
Heimuli solved his homesick
ness by talking to Tongan play
ers from other schools.
“When we went to play Col
orado they had a Tongan and
three Samoan guys on their
team,” Heimuli said. “When I
saw those guys that was the
first time I had seen any Ton
gans or Polynesians in a long
time. I was happy then, I stayed
there talking to them the whole
time.
“After the
game most of
players
walked into
the locker
room because
they didn’t
want to shake
hands. They
ended up
waiting for
me because I
was out there
talking to those guys. It felt
"He's got a
low center of
gravity for as
big as he is."
— Mike Sherman
Offensive Line Coach
good to talk to someone in your
own language. I didn’t want to
leave.”
Heimuli was introduced to
sports at a young age by his un
cle.
“He got me involved in sports
like tennis, baseball and foot
ball,” Heimuli said. “He’d take
me to sign up and then he pay
for it.”
Even though he played a va
riety of sports growing up, foot
ball was always Heimuli’s
vorite.
“I loved playing it,” Heimii!;
said. “I just loved to hitpeopls
When I was younger and]
ing flag football, I get so excite)
I would just tackle people,
just in my blood.”
As a senior in high schi
Heimuli helped Trinity EuteI
reach the first round oftlij
Texas state playoffs. Namethl
several recruiting lists, Hein
impressed A&M offensive!
coach Mike Sherman with hi
size and speed.
“He’s got a low centeroil
gravity for as big as heis’|
Sherman said. “He’s gotaj
feel for the game and he’sl
tough. He’s stout and can]
erate a lot of power.”
Heimuli hopes to use!
power to fulfill his lifelonj
dream of making it into theNaf
tional Football League.
“All I ever wanted wast
make it into the league,I
Heimuli said. “I think Texa)
A&M is the best place to
me do that with the coache.!
and players we have.”
ea
ESPN taking it to the Extreme
o ESPN's popular series
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ond edition, network and state
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The state, which provided an
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1996, were Austin; Vail, Colo.,
and San Diego.
“The Extreme Games are
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and over 500 million house
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than $14 million, including $7.4
million in direct expenditures
by ESPN, according to a Uni
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