Shout-outs of gratitude

0 Comments | USA TODAY, November, 2006 | by Jon Saraceno

Thanksgiving, by its very nature, is equal parts thanks and giving. While anticipating Thursday's bountiful feast, we'd like to express our gratitude by serving up a thank you-appetizer a day before the big bird lands ... Thank you, Mike Tyson -- that's no misprint. You have made some grave mistakes but somehow managed to survive until today -- the 20th anniversary of your becoming the youngest heavyweight champion in history when you knocked out the late Trevor Berbick on Nov.

22, 1986. Thank you, Andre Agassi, for one last memorable court ride. Thank you, Joe Torre, for being one of the good guys in baseball. Thank you, Borat, for not being the first Kazakh NFL analyst. ("Whaaaaaaat? This Ocho Cinco is crazier than gypsy.") You should be thankful if you did not draft Eli...