Love Riggo. I even had a little crush on him back then.
I still remember him showing up unannounced and hammered with a couple of friends on Joe Theiesmann’s weekly local TV show shortly after the Redskins won the ‘ 83 Super Bowl. It was hilarious.
I was a huge Deadskins fan back in the day, through the George Allen years and such, and Riggins, though a total and complete wreck as a person, marched to his own drumbeat.
I heard him interviewed some time back, and I found it impossible not to like him personally. He wrestled with demons and won.
And he ran like a Mack truck wrestling with demons.
“Loosen up, Sandy baby.”
I forget the details. Was he passed out drunk under the table and they woke him up?
Wasn’t Riggo always half blitzed?