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Article: Really, It Is Almost Too Much to Bear: Mellow Mike Ditka
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- The Washington Post
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- December 4, 1988
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The question just hung there, suspended in phone space,
waiting-no, begging-for a vintage Mike Ditka insult. This was the
interview equivalent of a fastball down the middle of the plate, a
breakaway layup, getting dealt a four of spades to fill your inside
straight.
"Mike," the reporter asked, "what was your reaction when you
heard about Buddy Ryan almost choking on a pork chop?"
Oh, this would be good. Ditka on archenemy Ryan, the former
defensive coordinator of the Chicago Bears who now coaches the
Philadelphia Eagles. Ditka and Ryan coexisted much like Germany and
Russia did way back when: badly. When Ryan left Ditka's Bears
coaching staff in 1986, he nearly was injured, what with the ...