"From Wednesday, Oct. 1 to Sunday, Oct. 5, the 57-year-old philanthropist will "Fast for the Hungry" on the main quad. Housed in a tent in front of the SIS building with a sleeping bag and a few friends joining him in the effort, the philanthropist plans to fast for five days to bring attention to the issue of hunger in Africa, fostering awareness of Project Contact Africa and its efforts to alleviate hunger in Kenya."

Not mentioned in the glowing press release about the famous AU alum is that he is among the most famous alums precisely because in 1977 he accidentally re-arranged Rudy Tomjanovich's face with the most brutal right hook in sports history. Obviously, he has more than made up for that incident since then, but yeah ... that was a nasty hit.

• Former NBA Star Aims to Net Big for African Hunger Relief Project [American Univ.]
• The Kermit Washington Story [YouTube]
• Project Contact Africa
• "The Punch" by John Feinstein [Amazon]

At 4:53 p.m. ET, a 4-year-old named Restore the Road will race a 29-year-old named Chad Johnson. Because you can't exclaim "Oh, the humanity!" without "Man." And you can't promote "Man vs. Beast" without "Man." Or, uh, "Beast." (What about "Meast vs. Meast?")

Restore the Road will race 1/8 of a mile. Johnson will run 1/16. Thank god: It's for charity. (FeedtheChildren.org)

And, yet: I'll bet you can still make a wager at your local OTB. Currently, Beast is favored over Man at 5-7.

Full post-race coverage tomorrow. Judge for yourself what more post-race coverage of Chad Johnson than Belmont says about things.

(Memory Lane: Back in March 1983, Chris Collinsworth raced a horse — Mr. Hurry — at Turfway Park in Kentucky. Collinsworth got routed.)
— D.S.

Man vs. Beast [The Sporting Orange]