Athlete or Rock Star?

A few weeks ago we were treated to the 50th anniversary of The Beatles debut on the Ed Sullivan Show.

For those of you too young to know anything about that show let me tell you it was a staple in our house on Sunday nights. Ed would bring on comedians, singers, dancers, magicians, ventriloquists and, the thing I enjoyed most, rock and roll bands.

When I went to school the day after The Beatles debut in 1964, we were all mesmerized. It wasn’t so much that the boys from Liverpool were the best band we had ever heard because honestly with all the girls screaming that night it was hard to hear th...