They Went and Stole Shawn Bradley’s Bike!

I swear this recently reopened Sportatorium isn’t an afterthought; and bless those of you still posting in Thursday’s item — hey, there’s Merten. Efforts are underway to better reboot this thing sooner than later. But in the meantime, feel free to fill Joe Tone’s inbox with random observerations and enders and recipes. He loves that.

But this item, this nugget of gold, I could not keep to myself. It comes to us courtesy CBS News and concerns not the Cowboys 44-7 win over Buffalo (which somehow didn’t feel as impressive as it might have looked, especially during that very shrugging second half, which i guess one could blame on blowout let-up …?), but the travails of one former Dallas Maverick. It would appear someone stole Shawn Bradley bicycle, a custom-belt Trek. But it has been found. Because, well, how you gonna resell that sumbitch?

Authorities wouldn’t reveal a motive for the theft, but Bradley speculated that anybody who took it simply was looking for something they could pawn for quick cash.

They certainly weren’t going to ride it – as it is about 50 percent larger than what a normal-sized person would ride. Trek never even included a serial number when it built the bike in 2005 because it is so unique.

“I’m guessing he just walked it away,” [Sgt. Brian] Wright said of the suspect, who stands just 6-foot.

I’ll try to better from here on out. And see what Sam’s doing, besides combing his hair.