The full letter is below. First, some background: For its 30th birthday, ESPN commissioned a series of documentaries, called 30 for 30. Tollin's contribution is, in the director's words, a "celebration" of the short-lived United States Football League, "something that was great fun and really could've been successful." Trump owned the New Jersey Generals from 1984 to 1985 and by most any reckoning was responsible for the league's heedless and ultimately fatal attempt to move its schedule from spring to fall and compete head-to-head with the NFL. The death of the USFL was Trump's folly. Everyone, from Wikipedia to Burt Reynolds, owner of the Tampa Bay Bandits, says as much. "I'm not Michael Moore," Tollin says. "I'm not the one speculating here. I wanted to let the participants carry the day."

For the film, Trump gave Tollin an uncomfortable half-hour, then abruptly walked out. (In the interview, Trump characterized his experience with the USFL thusly: "It was a nice experience. It was fun. We had a great lawsuit.") Since then, he's taken every opportunity to slag Tollin, who produced the much-criticized Bonds on Bonds. Trump told Page Six:

The documentary is third-rate, as was spring football. Football was meant to be played in the fall and I realized that early on. Tollin is a sad guy who is living in the past. He ought to get on with his life.

Tollin replied:

The camera doesn't lie. It shows Trump to be rude, impatient, repetitive and boorish. I can't imagine he had the attention span to even watch the whole thing

And so Trump responded with the note you see below, which was scrawled petulantly on top of a letter Tollin had written him:

Mike
A third rate documentary — and extremely dishonest (as you know) —
Best wishes
Donald Trump

P.S. You are a loser

Tollin has the thing on his desk. It's a keepsake now. Note, he says, how the postscript runs parallel to "the rest of the tirade." Tollin laughs. "It kinda looks like he's done this before."

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Thanks for your continued support of Deadspin. Petchesky's here in a bit.

Anyway, Steve Ehrhart, former general manager of the Memphis Showboats, is trying to put together a reunion this weekend at the Grand Casino Resort in Tunica. It's clearly a high class, well organized get-together.

A reception and dinner are set for 5 p.m. Sunday. At 8:30 the next morning, there will be a golf tournament with a shotgun start. Ehrhart said that rooms are available at the Grand (1-800-394-7263) at a group rate and may be obtained with the USFL group code which is S06USFL.

Clearly bringing out the big guns for the reunion; a shotgun golf tournament! Don't forget your group code.

Reunion Celebrates USFL's Short Run [Memphis Commercial Appeal]

"Mark Cuban is a guy who . . . puts so much pressure on the players. He wants to win so much, ya know, he wants to put himself in the position of the players. He wants to be a player, I guess. And he's not a player . . . [Cuban] probably always wanted to be a winner all his life, and if ya look like him, you can't be a winner. So he wants to put himself in the place of the players, so what happens is, the team choked."

Fantastic analysis. In fact, I think Hubie Brown said the same thing. Cuban responded in today's New York Post.

"I guess Donald is still upset that he can't afford to buy an NBA team. No doubt the cash requirements of more than $10,000 created a problem for him. Hopefully he will sell enough Trump Steaks, Trump Perfume and Trump Dolls to save some money and buy a team. Then we can see how he does. Until then he is a wannabe that needs to get a new spiel."

That's great, guys. Really, just fascinating stuff. It's got all the intrigue and excitement of Brian Scalabrine arguing with Mark Madsen about who has the best sitting posture.

I wish Trump would keep his beefs outside of the sports world. I know that it's fun to get attention on television, and I know that you can get it easily by saying mean things about other celebrities ... but really, we have no shortage of people willing to call the Mavericks losers right now. Please find another talk show host to pick on.

The Donald In Basket-Brawl [New York Post]

We ceased being interested in Donald Trump proper some time ago ... we now only follow the exploits of his hair, which we're sure at this point operates totally independently of its host. Godspeed, Trump's hair. A nation is pulling for you.

Wrestling Match Could Cost Trump His 'Do [MSNBC]