Charles Flores

You gotta turn them in by, you know, Friday at noon.

slide the stuff out from the cells to the day rooms, and then those guys would get the stuff and give it to another day room, and then that guy would tell the commissioner, hey, man, I've got these teams out here, and then he would make his way out there with what we call a fishing line, and it's essentially like a long string that he'll slide to the day room, and he'd pull them back in.

slide the stuff out from the cells to the day rooms, and then those guys would get the stuff and give it to another day room, and then that guy would tell the commissioner, hey, man, I've got these teams out here, and then he would make his way out there with what we call a fishing line, and it's essentially like a long string that he'll slide to the day room, and he'd pull them back in.

And then the same way, he would pass out the master sheet. You know? And it's the same thing.

And then the same way, he would pass out the master sheet. You know? And it's the same thing.

I've been here literally 25 years. Before there was no TV. So it was all sports talk radio and it was mostly AM. And when you'd get the station, you would hope it stays in. And so that's where we would get our sports update. Because when you play fantasy football, If you don't know what's going on, you're just donating. You're just donating. You know what I'm saying?

I've been here literally 25 years. Before there was no TV. So it was all sports talk radio and it was mostly AM. And when you'd get the station, you would hope it stays in. And so that's where we would get our sports update. Because when you play fantasy football, If you don't know what's going on, you're just donating. You're just donating. You know what I'm saying?

You just might as well just give your money away. You know, we would have to wait on the newspaper. You got to wait on the newspaper to get the stats because, you know, you don't have the stats. You know, nowadays I know that as soon as the games are played, the stats are online. Right, right. But, man, no, man, you know, people would be waiting for the newspaper.

You just might as well just give your money away. You know, we would have to wait on the newspaper. You got to wait on the newspaper to get the stats because, you know, you don't have the stats. You know, nowadays I know that as soon as the games are played, the stats are online. Right, right. But, man, no, man, you know, people would be waiting for the newspaper.

And then the commissioner, he would add it up because everything has to be official, right? Everybody's agreed that he...

And then the commissioner, he would add it up because everything has to be official, right? Everybody's agreed that he...

Slowly but surely, the guys that played, they've just been pushed out of existence. They've been executed. They're gone. You know, and that's just the reality of being on death row. That's the reality of being sentenced to death.

Slowly but surely, the guys that played, they've just been pushed out of existence. They've been executed. They're gone. You know, and that's just the reality of being on death row. That's the reality of being sentenced to death.

We were fans. We used to watch at home. Of course, we watched when I was little.

We were fans. We used to watch at home. Of course, we watched when I was little.

I was real close with my family. I might have lived... But, you know, on the weekend, I'm going to Mom and Dad's house. Just being with them, and we would watch football all the time.

I was real close with my family. I might have lived... But, you know, on the weekend, I'm going to Mom and Dad's house. Just being with them, and we would watch football all the time.

That was one of the main things that we would talk about. The Cowboys this, the Cowboys that. They continued to watch the football games at home. And so it was the same thing. Back then, I would... wake up early and I would start a letter. And a lot of times I would leave it. I would say half of what I wanted to say and then the game would be going. And then after the game I would have comments.

That was one of the main things that we would talk about. The Cowboys this, the Cowboys that. They continued to watch the football games at home. And so it was the same thing. Back then, I would... wake up early and I would start a letter. And a lot of times I would leave it. I would say half of what I wanted to say and then the game would be going. And then after the game I would have comments.

And oftentimes I would be writing my mom and my dad and they would be writing me at the same time. And I remember that I was writing them, you know, at four o'clock and then I would see that mom had started this letter at four o'clock. And so that was like the synchronicity of it all, right? And yeah, man, you know, it was special. There's nothing like that.