"Nonsense," Bradley scoffed ... changed the subject back to the dismal fate of the Wizards. Ed stays away from sports on "60 Minutes," but in truth he is a blue-chip fanatic about big-time ...

Washington spoke with Ed Bradley in 1999, for a 60 Minutes piece aired in 2000, about why he didn't initially like being compared to Sidney Poitier and why he wasn't being offered romantic films.