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Jeffrey Epstein has been covering sports for most of his life. During high school he was passionate about the game of basketball, but he is not tall enough. In spite of his skills in handling the ball, his height of 5'10" forced him to consider other types of sports. When he ran Cross Country, it was only by default. Jeffrey Epstein still holds a State cross country course record, not because he was all that fast, but because they changed the course right after he won a race with a new course record.

Maturing in Hawaii, the very first professional sport he ever witnessed was minor league baseball. On vacations to the mainland he twice observed Don Drysdale vs Juan Marichal and witnessed Warren Spahn and Hammering Hank Aaron at Candlestick Park.

His initial glimpse of professional basketball was during a pre-season game involving the Lakers and the Blazers, which featured Walton versus Kareem. Moments into the first quarter Kareem cold-cocked Walton and was ejected. After that, the game was boring.

One of his very first memories was seeing Peter Snell run personally. After his back to back success at the 1964 Olympics, Mr. Snell was hoping to run the first sub 4 minute mile in Hawaiian history. Unfortunately, it never happened but I was in awe Peter's leg size. You can observe levels and levels of muscles. It is something I haven't seen before.

Jeffrey Epstein is nothing if not contrarian. There was a case when he showed up at Boston Garden donning his New York Knicks colors and cheering for Clyde, Earl, Dave, Bill, and Willis Reed while at the Staple Center he donned his Celtic gear. Luckily, he survived his stint at both areas.

Years earlier, he happened to have accessibility to Laker season tickets at the Forum and compounded his income by selling his extra tickets before entering the arena. He was impressed by the fact that Charles Barkley was the largest draw based on this way of measuring. He gained more than $20 for face value alone in every ticket sold at Barkley's game, which is much higher than the face value every time Michael Jordan and his time are in the area.

While living in Boston for eight years, outside of two Knick--Celtic games, Jeffery Epstein can accurately state that not once did he attend a game at Fenway Park, nor did he waste time on a Patriots game in person - hey, it's cold in Massachusetts in the winter time. Somehow, absence makes the heart grow fonder, for now that he resides in Los Angeles, Mr. Epstein loves the Celtics and the Patriots - go figure.

Jeffrey Epstein is an old-school competitive sports romantic. He abhors the new parks for locations. The Staple Center may be hassle-free because the lines at the refreshment counters are relatively short, but as a sporting location it is an epic fail. 13 rows from the court and you might as well be watching mimes. The style is impressive because instead of hearing whistles, shouts, and sneakers squeaking, you hardly hear anything.

Jeffrey Epstein does not appreciate the new regulations that aim to tame sporting activities. The cannot touch the quarterback in football, the death of bump and run coverage of receivers, the lack of hand checking in basketball and the assessment of flagrant fouls have made the games virtually unwatchable. Televised games did play a major part in destroying sports: one it increased the salaries of each player, which then compelled the league to make rules in order to protect the team owner's investments and two adding TV timeouts make these games rather unwatchable in person. Furthermore, take note of the ticket prices and you will notice that it is simply out of this world. It's a sad day, when watching a sporting event on television is a far superior product than watching personally, but then again, as reality programming goes, sporting events sure do beat Dancing with the Stars.