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Jinae West
Graffiti was found Monday morning on the “Welcome to Fabulous Las Vegas” sign on Las Vegas Boulevard South.
Published Tuesday, July 14, 2009 | 2:46 p.m.
Updated Tuesday, July 14, 2009 | 8:11 p.m.
NOW
A colleague thinks he may have cracked the infamous Las Vegas Sign Graffiti Case.
Did you notice, he said, that the initials "LN" are scrawled at the bottom of the sign where, let's say, a 7-foot guy could easily reach it?
And that Luke Nevill, the 7-foot-2 former Utah standout, is back in town for the NBA Summer League?
Quick, somebody get me Joe Mannix's cell phone number.
Others I'd be calling in for questioning include former Phoenix Suns all-star Larry Nance and Lloyd Neal, who backed up Bill Walton with the World Champion Trail Blazers.
As for "LM," I wonder if LaRue Martin, Luc Richard Mbah a Moute, Loren Meyer, Larry Miller, Larry Moffett, Lawrence Moten and Lamond Murray can account for their whereabouts over the weekend?
I can't really explain the "LAA" because it is a known fact the Los Angeles Angels don't have any fans passionate enough to go through that much trouble.
Which leaves the "RK."
I swear I don't even own a red Sharpie. Besides, I stand only 6-foot-1.
And no, that wasn't me standing on Rich Kelley's shoulders.
THEN
In a few hours, they're gonna play the baseball All-Star Game, and I just know I'm going to flash back to when I was 12 or 13, when I actually cared about the baseball All-Star Game -- because, most likely, I was 12 or 13. And because that was when Pete Rose barreled for home plate, shoulder lowered, like he meant business.
Watched the 1971 allstar game on MLB tv last night... Brooks Robinson, Bench, Clemente, Marichal, Palmer, Aaron, Jackson, McCovey... it just went on and on and on and on. Do tonight's rosters do the same thing in 38 years?
i'm actually amazed that their aren't cameras watching that sign.
that sign is a landmark.
FIND EM AND CHOP OFF ALL FINGER TIPS THE FIRST TIME THEY ARE CAUGHT.
THEN TURN THEM OVER TO THE AUTHORITIES.
6 MONTHS IN THE STREETS CLEANING UP GRAFITTI FROM OTHER GANGS.
IT WILL WORK
Corky:
I guess only time will tell if the players in last night's All-Star game approach the levels of their 1971 predecessors. There's Pujols and Jeter and ...
well, I guess you make a pretty good point.
As for the rest of you, signs, signs, everywhere signs. Good suggestions, one and all.
I worked in a casino on the strip during the All Star game a few years back... The same weekend there were shootings, robberies, etc... If the NBA games, players, crowds they attract never come back, that will be TOO soon!