Almost as if he were here with this Grandpa’s Sweeties, Dwight Perry has kids on his mind in this morning’s Sideline Chatter —
For the Minnesota Timberwolves’ Fred Hoiberg, the NBA All-Star three-point shootout is just kid stuff.
“I’d love to go out there and give it a shot,” Hoiberg, the league’s top long-distance shooter, told the Chicago Tribune. “The biggest reason would be to take my kids.
“My 5-year-old (Jack) now has some interest in sports. Before, all he asked me was about Power Rangers.
“It would be fun for him to go out there and meet the guys in his PlayStation.”
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There are Green Bay Packers fans, and then there is 8-year-old David Witthoft of Ridgefield, Conn., who has worn his Brett Favre jersey every day — that’s 409 days and counting — since he received it as a Christmas gift in 2003.
As David’s father, Chuck, told the Green Bay Press-Gazette: “David has a lot of sticktoitiveness.”
And after 400-plus days, we assume, the same can be said for the jersey.