Mike Rapoli
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I still have my house in Long Island.
I spend a lot of time in Manhattan, but...
You know, my parents are first generation, Italy and France, and I was always Mike from Queens and grew up in Woodside and Middle Village.
John's helped me become who I was.
I was a sports management major.
I had a 2.2 grade point average.
Probably not as good as you, Boomer, but better than Gio, I'm sure.
But, you know, Queens never left me, right?
I'm still that kid from Queens.
John's was a big part of it.
And I wasn't the athlete that you were, Boomer, and I didn't get to play at Maryland and Cincinnati and the Jets.
So, you know, this was it.
And I coached at Christ the King High School.
I thought I was going to be a coach one day.
I guess I wasn't good enough, so I had to do something else.
Kind of worked out pretty well, but...