Simon Says Sports — Oklahoma vs. Kansas — October 17, 1964

By: Simon J Blattner, III

January 15, 2021

Both of my birth parents and I are huge spectator sports fans. We go out of our way to watch baseball, basketball, football, and even though I never have figured out soccer or hockey, I will still watch.

We went to games. I grew up in Kansas City in the 60’s and we were blessed with college and pro sports bar none. Kansas Jayhawks football was good (really.) The Kansas City Chiefs were good. The Kansas City Athletics, not so good. My Mom…