Just in from the Steve Francis for Mayor campaign...

FRANCIS BETS SKIP FRYE SURFBOARD
PREDICTS CHARGERS VICTORY OVER PATRIOTS

San Diego, CA...San Diego Mayoral candidate Steve Francis has offered Boston Mayor Thomas Menino a friendly wager between two proud cities prior to this Sunday's AFC Championship game.  Francis, a twenty year fan of the San Diego Chargers, predicts a Charger win over the New England Patriots and is putting up a Skip Frye Pacific Beach surfboard as a show of Charger pride.

Francis stated, "Since I couldn't ask LaDainian Tomlinson to be my running mate, I figured why not show San Diego pride leading up to the game and what better way than a Skip Frye surfboard?"

Part of running a big city is taking pride in your NFL team and having the ability to multi-task.  Francis picked up the responsibility of the bet when Mayor Sanders' spokesman said it isn't a priority for the Mayor.