My crazy life as 21-year-old road manager for The Famous Chicken
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In the fall of 1980, Jack Bowen served as road manager for The Famous Chicken, one of the best-known sports entertainers of his time. The experience was life-changing for Bowen. Hilarious, too. Here's his story about working for the bird (real name Ted GiannoMy crazy life as 21-year-old road manager for The Famous Chicken
In the fall of 1980, Jack Bowen served as road manager for The Famous Chicken, one of the best-known sports entertainers of his time. The experience was life-changing for Bowen. Hilarious, too. Here's his story about working for the bird (real name Ted Giannoulas), as told to Yardbarker's John Banks. The Chicken was inducted into the Mascot Hall of Fame in 2005. My story about working for The Famous Chicken begins in Morgantown, West Virginia, of all places. The year was 1980, and I was a junior at West Virginia University. In January, I was playing intramural hoops with my buddies at Stansbury Hall, a god-forsaken, dingy place where Jerry West played in the late 1950s. Yup, «The Logo’s» home court. I faked a jumper at the top of the key, and this big kid went for my Steph Curry-like move. He was up in the air and then he landed on my back with all his weight. I felt the bones crunch in my right ankle — the worst pain I have felt in my life. I looked down, and my foot was not where it was supposed to be. Eve Read more