Canzano: The "Good News Ducks" go to Japan?
Oregon on a mission in Japan.
Every once in a while, when I was a kid, my dad played hooky from work and took me to see a movie on a summer day. When I was 8 or 9, we went to a theater on Bascom Ave. in San Jose, Calif., and took in a childhood classic — “The Bad News Bears Go to Japan.”
It was the third installment of the ‘Bad News Bears’ baseball movie series. Actor Tony Curtis played a desperate promoter who chaperoned the team on an international trip. The film has an 11 percent approval rating on Rotten Tomatoes. Jackie Earle Haley, who was one of the actors, later called it the worst movie ever made.
Don’t care.
I loved it.
Dan Lanning is taking a bunch of his University of Oregon football players to Japan to play 7-on-7 football in June. Division Street, the school’s collective, is the promoter. The athletes will conduct a live exhibition, demonstrate skills, and Lanning will lead a coaching clinic. I’m popping the popcorn.