Jim Harbaugh, the new coach of the Chargers, fulfills his childhood dream of being in Los Angeles, the city he idolized while growing up in Michigan. He reminisces about the iconic TV show 'The Rockford Files' and its star James Garner.
Corduroy sports coats. Shiny disco shirts unbuttoned to mid-chest. Bell-bottom slacks. Muscle-bound goons with noses crooked as Mulholland Drive. And unsolved capers lining the sun-splashed streets like palm trees. That’s how young Jim Harbaugh saw Los Angeles when he was growing up in Michigan. “Laying on your stomach, hands on your chin, elbows on the floor, looking at the palm trees and mountains, sun, ocean,” said Harbaugh, 60, new coach of the Chargers . “`Wow, I want to be there someday.
That didn’t quell Garner, who grew up a high school sports star in Oklahoma and had a temper when pushed. As the widely told story goes, that same producer later approached Garner at the studio gate and pleaded his case, repeatedly putting his hand on the star’s shoulder. Each time, Garner told him not to steal material and not to touch him. That happened one too many times, however, and Garner dropped him with a single punch.
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