I feel a little bit like
Page Six, but what the hell. Over the past few days, we've had a number of recurring hits on this site from people using search engines to find "Randy Lerner" and "tattoo". That odd little search made me curious enough to do a little searching on my own, and I've discovered that the owner of the Cleveland Browns is rumored to be sporting a tattoo of his favorite team's logo on his ankle.
Of course, I refer to the new logo of
Aston Villa, the English Premier League soccer team that Lerner bought last year and that's recently been on a brief North American tour playing MLS clubs.
I've found a couple of sources for this rumor, including an Aston Villa
message board (scroll down to the post from "forever claret and blue" at 5:47 p.m. on 7/29) and a somewhat ambiguous reference in
an article in the online version of an English newspaper.
Is it true? Is Randy sporting Aston Villa ink? If so, was he sober when he got it? Is he going to put Brownie the Elf on his other ankle? Inquiring minds want to know.
I've got no idea whatsoever whether this is true, but I'd much rather write about this than ponder the
depressing news from training camp that Orpheus Roye apparently needs knee surgery and will miss the entire preseason (at least).
Read the complete post at http://vinnyandthehornlessrhino.blogspot.com/2007/08/randys-tattoo.html