Rock rode his new Vespa south into Pocahontas, Arkansas, from his grandmother's southeastern Missouri farm. Though he had passed this way dozens of times, it seemed unfamiliar to him. He knew he missed a turn when he suddenly found himself on a narrow neighborhood street.
The Vespa would not cooperate. Rock couldn't get it to roll backward or turn significantly enough to reverse its direction. He abandoned it and walked back to where he thought he'd turned off the highway.
He reached a convenience-store parking lot. Of all things, there sat Randy Rainwater behind the wheel of a sports utility vehicle. Rainwater had been Rock's cohost on Drivetime Sports twenty-five years earlier.
"Rock, what are you doing in Pocahontas?"
"I'm just trying to get home, Randy. What are you doing here?"
"The same thing. Jump in."
As they drove to find Rock's motorbike, he suggested a question for the Drivetime sports quiz: Name the native Arkansans in the Pro Football Hall of Fame.
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