Safe Bet

Awhile back I told you about how Jim and Carter were betting on the outcome of a Celtics-Lakers basketball game airing on the ESPN Classic channel.

Clever Daddy knew the outcome of the game so he bet on the Celtics, who had one of the greatest comebacks in an NBA final game. Carter, who failed to put the puzzle together before the end of the game, ended up losing the bet and, even after finding out he was duped, made his payment (cleaned the litter box).

That day, Daddy sent off an email to Bill Simmons, who writes an excellent Sports Guy column on espn.com. Once in awhile, Simmons will answer a few of the thousands and thousands of letters he gets in the mail bag. Today, he did again. And today, the anonymous Carter and halfway anonymous Jim made the national press.

Click here to read Simmons' column. It's always worth your time!

Now maybe Carter won't mind so much that he makes my blog -- which only has a "national" audience because of friends and family spread across the map!