First publicity

Thanks to the Lexington Herald-Leader's Jerry Tipton:

Michael Dann, a sports photographer for the Murray (Ky.) Ledger & Times, became a first-time father last week. He and his wife, Cassie, a social worker for Necco and Associates in Reidland, Ky., became parents of a boy.

Parker Evans Dann was born on Tuesday. He measured 181/2 inches long and 6 pounds, 14 ounces.

"We are very proud parents," the father said. "Tubby will be proud too!!"

That would be UK Coach Tubby Smith. Dann, an unabashed Cat fan (isn't that redundant?), sent a sonogram of Parker to UK.

By the way, Michael Dann has two aliases: treyballa21 when he participates on the Herald-Leader Internet chats and Spyder Mann on his Internet mail. The comic book character spiderman inspired his decision to be a photographer (in civilian life, spiderman was a newspaper photographer). And he named his son after spiderman's alter ego, Peter Parker.

The full column in which these paragraphs were included can be read here.