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John Walters
June 12, 2000
To Bee or Not to Bee: Last Friday on The Last Word, Jim Rome talked smack about 12-year-old George Abraham Thampy, winner of the National Spelling Bee, saying that anyone who could take first prize in such a competition is "lame, l-a-m-e" (as opposed to someone who listens to sports talk radio daily). Yo, Romey, ease up: The kid's a two-sport nonathlete, having also taken second at the National Geography Bee....
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June 12, 2000

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To Bee or Not to Bee: Last Friday on The Last Word, Jim Rome talked smack about 12-year-old George Abraham Thampy, winner of the National Spelling Bee, saying that anyone who could take first prize in such a competition is "lame, l-a-m-e" (as opposed to someone who listens to sports talk radio daily). Yo, Romey, ease up: The kid's a two-sport nonathlete, having also taken second at the National Geography Bee....

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