Young Shows Off Arm

Though his mother was a fine tennis player, Texas Longhorns hero Vince Young says he never tried to play the game except casually on occasion as a kid. Nonetheless, as Jim McIngvale’s invited guest, Young made a predictably big splash at Westside on Tuesday night, throwing a few passes between the Andy Roddick and James Blake matches.

Young threw one of them perfectly to Roddick, who ran a length-of-the-court pattern.

“If I’d have dropped that one, I would have been a total dork,” Roddick said.

He, in turn, blasted a serve past Young, just to show him his stuff. Having become an Austin resident when he’s not globe-trotting on the ATP Tour, Roddick is gradually being transformed into a Longhorns fan after rooting for Nebraska (where he was born) since childhood.

Roddick’s grab, by the way, meant $10,000 to the M.D. Anderson Cancer Center. Texas ex McIngvale, who owns the tennis club and Gallery Furniture, convinced Young to fling the football around for a good cause. For every “completion,” Mattress Mack told Young he’d donate 10 grand to the cancer center. McIngvale ended up being on the hook for $40,000.

Triple Olympic medalist Chad Hedrick of Spring also made a Gallery Furniture Stadium appearance.

Read the full article by DALE ROBERTSON at chron.com.