I can't hear the name Chris Fowler without recalling the night in late June, 1991 where we showed up at the "Hall of Fame" (We called it "Hall of Shame") bar in Southington, about 2 miles West of the ESPN "Campus" at around 12:45A.
I was the first one to get there and the place was closed. I was sent their first to see if they were still open. They were closing for the night but when they asked who was there I said "ESPN" and they opened the door and let me in. Within the next 15-ish minutes I was joined by about a dozen, or so, colleagues. The bartenders stayed and poured and poured and poured alcohol for all there..........except me and 1 other - since I do not drink all that much. The kitchen was closed so they gave us some bags of chips. I was the FIRST one to leave at around 3A. The guys did not charge us for anything but we tipped them plenty. The opened up the foosball tables for us. Fowler was one of those there that night/morning.
One of the stories I remember the most...............and one that no one got in trouble for because back then video cameras were not like they were now. If the cops had shown up that place probably gets shut down that night.