Cin City

The sun is setting. The sky is cambridge, blending to a reddish- orange just over the horizon on the way home. The cooler in the trunk is full of ice and sea life. Four minnow- sized brim, caught by your neighbor and childhood friend, are mixed in with the six mullet your brother caught. He's worn out, asleep in the passenger seat. They were no competition for your eleven brown trouts and three carps, all oil free. Life is good. One last stop to refill the gas tank and pick up a twelve pack and chips will suffice. Arriving at the gas station, you proceed to get out of the car when suddenly a .38 revolver is pointed at your head. "You know what it is! Break yourself!"

Monday night will be forever etched in the mind of St. Louis Rams fourth- round draft pick, wide receiver, Marshawn "Mardy" Gilyard. Returning from a fishing trip with his brother and bodyguard, Gilyard was robbed at gunpoint at a gas station near the University of Cincinnati campus.

"I had that thing pointed at my head," the Cincy graduate told police. "I could have been paralyzed or brain dead or killed."

The two armed robbers got away with $300 in cash and jewelry said to be worth around $1,000. The 6'0" 187 pound native of Bunnell, Florida was truly batting a thousand Monday night, as he has his entire life, including a promising NFL career before him.