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thetickr:

Loose Impediments: The Knickers of Payne Stewart

His life cut short by a tragic plane crash at the peak of his career, Payne Stewart’s golfing resume is as impressive as they come. Most notably, his three major championships (PGA Championship ‘89, U.S. Open ‘91, U.S. Open ‘99) and twenty-four worldwide victories. However, if you ask the causal golf fan what they think of when discussing Payne Stewart the conversation immediately takes a dog-leg to his iconic knickers.

Payne Stewart wanted to stand out on the golf course and it was his father who suggested … “the easiest way to set yourself apart in a crowd is the way you dress”. In an era of golf when everybody conformed to pleated khakis, XXXL white polo golf shirts and ridiculous visors—golf fashion seemed to be at an all time low. Taking the advice of his father, Stewart started wearing knickers in 1982, making the throwback knickers the focus of his ensemble.

Knickers became synonymous with Stewart so much so that when he was wearing regular clothes in public he would go unnoticed. A run-in with Michael Jackson can attest to Stewart’s superhero like secret identity.

From the Guardian:

When he put his Florida mansion up for sale in the mid-90s, Michael Jackson came to view it. The singer had no idea who Stewart was until the estate agent told him he was “the golfer guy with the funny clothes”. Jacko looked at Stewart again and said: “Oh, yeah, I know who you are now.”

Stewart’s trademark look was backed up by a Hall of Fame career, but he will always be remembered as the golfer who wore the knickers.

photo via: golfweek

(via thetickr)

gq:

Terrell Owens: Broke, Alone And In Exile

This morning, the news came that Terrell Owens—future Hall of Fame wide receiver and one of the most famous men in football—will play for an co-own the Allen Wranglers, a tiny, unknown indoor football league team in Texas. It’s a long, long way from the NFL, but at least T.O. has a job. GQ contributor Nancy Hass just profiled Owens in our February issue, and it’s a sad, fascinating portrait of a broke, lonely superstar slowing coming to grips with the twilight of his career. The full piece is here. Below, an excerpt about the remarkable state of Owens’s finances.

Under similar circumstances, a lesser talent with a smaller ego might eat crow and feign gratitude. Owens’s lack of contrition is either principled or plain crazy, considering how much he needs to play. Not just the kind of “need” you see in superstars whose egos are wrapped up in being in the limelight, the ones who can’t let go as age slows them down. Needs it, as he’s not afraid to admit. Owens may have made a lot of money in his career—at least $80 million—but he insists almost all of it is gone.

It’s not a matter of having lived too large—he was never the type to stockpile Ferraris or build himself a compound; the flashiest car he ever drove was a Mercedes, and while he indeed racked up a few homes that cost as much as $4 million, the only crib he classifies as even mildly sick by pro-ball standards was the one he bought in Atlanta to live in during the Philly off-season.

The problem, he says, is that he’s by nature too trusting, loyal to a fault, despite everyone’s carping that he’s selfish. It’s the sad old stereotypical song of the up-from-nothing black athlete: He let other people take care of things. He says his financial advisers (informally recommended by Rosenhaus) put him in a series of risky, highly leveraged ventures that he didn’t discover until autumn 2010, when he finally demanded a full accounting. And of course there were the houses and condos, which he had always figured he could rent out; they became dead weight when the real estate market collapsed in 2008. Individually they weren’t terribly lavish, but together the mortgage nut is reportedly almost $750,000 a year. The Atlanta house is on the market; the south Jersey place he paid $3.9 million for was sold for $1.7 million in late 2010. Most egregious of all was the ill-fated Alabama entertainment complex (with an electronic-bingo component) that cost him $2 million. He invested, he says, at the suggestion of his advisers and a lawyer they steered him to, Pamela Linden. The venture turned out to be illegal in the state, not to mention a violation of the NFL’s policy prohibiting players from investing in gambling. Owens is suing Linden, as is Clinton Portis, the former Redskins running back who also invested. (Several other players and the boxer Floyd Mayweather Jr. also got sucked into the venture.)

“I hate myself for letting this happen,” he says. “I believed that they had my back when they said, ‘You take care of the football, and we’ll do the rest.’ And in the end, they just basically stole from me.”

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(Source : GQ, via sportspage)

nfloffseason:

Well, I’ll be dammed. Tebow was in Vegas and even TM-freakin-Z couldn’t find dirt on the guy. 

According to TMZ:

The Denver Broncos quarterback was spotted strolling through the Bellagio hotel last night along with his brother and a friend … after catching a performance of the Cirque du Soleil show, “O.”

We spoke to Tebow’s rep … who told us Tim was in town for a Nike photo shoot … and was only in Vegas for the day. 

We’re told Tebow didn’t gamble, didn’t party, and definitely didn’t attend the big AVN porn convention that happens to be going on down the street. 

HE DIDN’T EVEN GO TO THE PORN CONVENTION DOWN THE STREET?!?!?!??!?!?

 This kid’s got the will power of a million nuns! (Also, their throwing ability.)

@Suga_Shane 

(Source : nfloffseason)

siphotos:

Gina Carano and Cris “Cyborg” Santos exchange punches during their Aug. 2009 fight in San Jose, Calif. Santos won via TKO at 4:59 of the first round. Carano is starring in in Steven Soderbergh’s latest film, Haywire, co-starring Michael Douglas, Ewan McGregor and Michael Fassbender. The movie will be released nationwide on Friday. (Jon Kopaloff/Getty Images)

HUNT: Carano is ready for her close-up in Haywire
GALLERY: Rare Photos of Gina Carano

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nbaoffseason:

siphotos:

Today is the 50th birthday of Jeff Van Gundy. The former Knicks and Rockets coach may be best remembered for his role in the famous Knicks-Heat brawl of May 1998. As Charles Oakley and Alonzo Mourning squared off, Van Gundy famously grabbed onto Mourning’s leg to prevent the fight. Van Gundy is now an analyst for ESPN’s coverage of the NBA. (Jeff Christensen/Reuters)

SI VAULT: Van Gundy is easy to mock, but he’s shrewd and fearless (10.30.00)

what a coach.

(Source : siphotos, via sportsnetny)

nbaoffseason:

The Detroit Pistons announced that “‘Totally ‘90s’ night Feb. 3 will feature a Ben Gordon poster and a halftime performance by Vanilla Ice.”

What? No Tevin Campbell fathead?

(Source : nbaoffseason)

chitwoodandhobbs:

Get A Good Ball To Hit

One of the greatest hitters in the history of baseball, Ted Williams. Hitting a baseball is largely considered to be the most difficult thing to do in all of sports and Ted Williams could do it better than nearly every one. That’s a one-line resume. No further explanation necessary.

Ted Williams was a naturally gifted athlete with sharp eyesight and quick reflexes. Perhaps the same skills that lent to becoming a top-notch fighter pilot in WWII. What gave Williams the edge was his scientific, systematic approach to hitting.

The now famous Ted Williams strike zone first appeared in Sports Illustrated in 1968, Science Of Batting. In this article he broke down the strike zone into 77 baseballs. The average on each of ball is not what Williams actually hit but rather his projected average — that’s key. Ted Williams doesn’t pretend that he can hit every pitch. Balls low and outside he knows he should lay off, the odds are against him. But right in the center of the plate, that’s his “happy zone”. “The heart of the plate, belt-high, and with some sugar on it.”

Maybe it was Williams’ shear willpower that allowed him to hit .400. He had the self control to wait for his pitch. And then wait some more.

I remember Lefty Chase, who pitched for Washington. He had a hell of a curve and fastball, but he was wild. One day he got me to 3 and 2 with two men on, and threw a big sharp curve, and I took it. Fooled me. Strike three. I got up again in the fourth inning, bases loaded, count goes to 3 and 2, and here comes another, and I’m hanging in there, waiting, waiting, and I don’t think I moved until the ball was right by my ear. It darn near hit my hat and spun it on my head. I walked.

@chitwoodhobbs

(Source : twitter.com, via chitwoodandhobbs)

lowqualityfuture:

Flying men in the Red Line Civic Center station.

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futbol-mexicoandworldwide:

Es confirmado que……”Blatter, el presidente de la FIFA, es madridista desde pequeño”, dio a conocer Murray, en el programa Punto Pelota, transmitido en la televisión española.

Its confirmed, .” Blatter, the president of FIFA, is a Real Madrid fan since he was  small, “Murray announced in Ball Point program, broadcast on Spanish television.

http://protostar.e-monsite.com/pages/sport-1.html

(Source : futbol-mexicoandworldwide)

gdolboys:

Legendary.

http://protostar.e-monsite.com/pages/sport-1.html

(Source : gdolboys)

aakme:

I’m suddenly getting really excited for this.

(Source : aakme)