30 YEARS AGO TODAY OJ Simpson's Bronco chase interrupted Game 5 of the 94 Finals

Yeah that was some bullshit

 

Twas at Tortillas on Nasa Road One. Wild ish that night.

 

ICYMI

 

I was at Mike`s ultimate sports bar on 1960 (no longer there) and I remember it like it was yesterday.....................we were watching the game and then we were all WTF just happened.............CRAZY

 

I wasn't feeling old and decrepit enough today. Thank you.

 

Was at Cecil's on West Gray. The entire bar area was pretty much ready to give OJ the death penalty right then and there.

 

At my apartment in Pearland with some friends watching on my sweet 25" TV. Had to get super close when the game went PIP in the corner.

 

A day that will live in Infamy.

 

Did you know the bouncer there, Angel?

 

Just finished my sophomore year in HS. That bronco was interesting but I wanted to watch the damn game.

 

I was at Matthias' pub...also on 1960 and also no longer there. Pretty much the same reaction.

 

I was at a sports bar in Huntsville (can't remember the name).

Surprisingly, I remember not being as upset as most because the Rockets weren't playing that well and I didn't think we were going to win that game anyway. If anything, knick fans should be upset because Game 5 was their best game of the series.

 

No. Didn't really know anyone who worked there.

 

I was too young and didn't watch football back then, so I still don't really have a good grasp of the gravity of the situation.

Who would be a modern day NBA equivalent to to 90s OJ Simpson's in terms of stature and image?

Would it be someone with squeaky clean image like LeBron or Steph?

Someone that's both surprising and not surprising like Draymond?

Someone that's not really that surprising like Miles Bridges?

 

JOLLY FOX!!!!!

 

I was a kid watching upstairs and my sister and mom were downstairs making some snacks - when the chase cut in I ran down and said "OJ's trying to run away!!" and they darted up the stairs.

As a youngster seeing a celebrity running from the police was exciting, so I was not as annoyed as most for the interruption.

 

All my years in Huntsville (school, not prison) and I never went to the Jolly Fox. I wore that as a badge of honor. Still do!

 

Only reason I knew him was because he was a friend of a friend and would let us in when we were underaged. Good times.