Fact-checking bios

[Evil ... Thy name is Orville Redenbacher!!]

Saw this last week (while on vacation):

Real-life Mowgli woman reveals how she was raised in a cave | Daily Mail Online

Brazilian woman who was adopted by Swedish couple claims she grew up in a cave and even killed another child for food. ...

I am skeptical to say the least ...

 

[outofplace]

No, you didn't, but you just had to drag your political bull**** to yet another thread.

Didn't LaVar Arrington tell stories about a rough upbringing in a tough urban part of Pittsburgh even though his parents were wealthy and he lived in a nice suburb?

 

[TheSportsPredictor]

Well, it's a book excerpt. So any fact-checking is the publisher's responsibility. But I found the story dubious.

 

[heyabbott]

No, you didn't, but you just had to drag your political bull**** to yet another thread.

Didn't LaVar Arrington tell stories about a rough upbringing in a tough urban part of Pittsburgh even though his parents were wealthy and he lived in a nice suburb?

Isn’t that Chris Weber as well?

 

[BitterYoungMatador2]

Who was the Toronto Blue Jays manager who concocted such a great bull**** story about being in Vietnam that the team pitched in and got him a gift. Tim Johnson or something?

 

[Steak Snabler]

My ears are burning ...

 

[PCLoadLetter]

Who was the Toronto Blue Jays manager who concocted such a great bull**** story about being in Vietnam that the team pitched in and got him a gift. Tim Johnson or something?

Tim Johnson is the guy. Told war stories but never left Camp Pendleton in the reserves.

Not a great career move - he's now the manager of Tigres de Quintana Roo.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tigres_de_Quintana_Roo

 

[Huggy]

Who was the Toronto Blue Jays manager who concocted such a great bull**** story about being in Vietnam that the team pitched in and got him a gift. Tim Johnson or something?

Yes, Tim Johnson.

 

[Huggy]

Pat Putnam, a great boxing writer at SI, was another guy concocted a military background that did not exist:

Egg on Their Face - Boxing.com

BOXINGTALK : RECONSIDERING THE LATE PAT PUTNAM

 

[MisterCreosote]

Mowgli is not a headline name.

 

[Buck]

Saw this last week (while on vacation):

Real-life Mowgli woman reveals how she was raised in a cave | Daily Mail Online

Brazilian woman who was adopted by Swedish couple claims she grew up in a cave and even killed another child for food. ...

She learned the secret of making and controlling man's red flower.