Back in March, I had just recovered from foot surgery and my stepson, Herb Wills, was over aat our house for dinner with my wife, Melissa, and me when he asked a rather unusual question.
“I have a buddy who works with me and wants to play against you, but can I play with him?” As out of the blue as the request was, it was a reasonable one, so I didn’t have an issue with it. For “Can You Beat Biggy?” – with only few exceptions – anybody in the world can challenge me, so why not?
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