Being one of the handlers for a buffalo — Ralphie, the University of Colorado mascot — sounded like a much dirtier job than being a parking attendant at Fenway Park or a beer vendor at Wrigley Field. Especially if Ralphie was on an all-bran diet. “We start running and she starts pooping,” Adam Gregory, the handler, told the Sporting News. “And I’m behind her, just trying to hold on and keep up. And it’s flying everywhere; all over my face, my clothes, everything.”
That’s not dirty, that’s downright nasty, and it has to rank near the top — or the bottom — of the Sporting News’ list of dirty jobs, which included being an NHL enforcer, a NASCAR tire man, an NBA stopper, an NFL wedge buster, and a Major League catcher for a knuckleball pitcher.
There were a few other entries on the list, which appeared in the May 26 issue, not the least of which was being the director of football operations at the University of Wisconsin.