Former Dallas Cowboys quarterback Troy Aikman said he once came home to find two female fans swimming in his backyard pool and called police to report intruders. He shared the story on a recent podcast, according to the source material.
Aikman recalled that he was single and living alone at the time. He said he contacted police and asked them to come address the situation. The account does not give a date for the incident or identify where his home was located.
Michael Irvin, who was discussing the story with Aikman, laughed and said police would have been the last people he called. Aikman responded that the exchange reflected how differently the two men might handle the same situation. The source does not report what happened after officers were contacted.
The column also relays reader reactions to sports television commentary. One reader criticized broadcasters who, in his view, shout too often during games and said he preferred a less excitable style. He named Tom Hart and Jason Benetti as favorites and recommended Skycast, a viewing option described in the column as showing the game without broadcasters or commercials.
The column’s writer agreed that Benetti does not overstate the action and criticized broadcaster Chris Fowler’s style. The writer also faulted Kirk Herbstreit for referring to a Notre Dame safety by his jersey number rather than his name during a recent game. The column identifies the player as Luke Talich and says he was in his fourth year at Notre Dame.
Another reader said he and his wife left a concert by The Fixx in Las Vegas after the band made remarks he understood as political. He said the couple had decided to avoid political messaging at concerts and that they left during a song. The account is the reader’s recollection; the column does not provide an independent account from the band or venue.
A different reader recalled attending a 1976 concert featuring the Eagles, Linda Ronstadt, Dan Fogelberg, Jackson Browne and Joe Walsh, before Walsh formally joined the Eagles, according to the reader. He said then-California Gov. Jerry Brown, who was seeking the Democratic presidential nomination, was brought onstage. The reader added that he later married the girlfriend who accompanied him to the show.
The source is a daily sports-and-culture column that combines Aikman’s anecdote with reader submissions and commentary. It does not present the pool incident as a newly occurring event, and it supplies no date for when Aikman discussed it on the podcast.
