Found a great website from a coworker today that offered up to date baseball rumors. Got me thinking- what were some of the best sports rumors in our day? Was it the Sosa corked bat? Was it the Tony Parker doing the dirty with Rick Barry's wife? Let's take a look at some bs rumors:
1. The "Madden Curse": OK, let's be honest, it's fun to play along with this idea, but in all reality, its a joke. A curse? Who are we, the dirtbag 04' Sox? Normally the cover is home to a high profile running back or quarterback (09 was the exception with Troy Palamalu and Larry Fitzgerald) who normally get a hell of a beating. The life expectancy of a NFL running back is probably about 3 years anyway. It's football; people get hurt. I'd rather be a hurt megastar/cover boy than a healthy Bobby Carpenter any day.
2. Wilt Chamberlain's dog pound: From his book "A View from Above," readers got the absurd inside look at Will's infatuation with women. He claimed to have sex with about 20,000 women in his life. After doing the math, that would have required Will to bone about 1.4 women a day from the age of 15 until the year the book was written. While I do believe be probably got a ton of tail, two things make this a rumor: At 15, you're not a pro yet. Therefore, you're not getting the "pro pals." Also, I doubt anyone can get it up to 4/10 of a woman.
3. David Stern's "decision": If you are unfamiliar with this rumor, it truly is a great one to check out. During the 1985 NBA draft, David Stern was spinning the good ol' bingo wheel to pick out the envelopes of NBA teams who were in the lottery. Most argue that Stern, a NYC native and self proclaimed Knick fan, knew that the success of the NBA at that time required the big market New York City to be flooded with pro basketball. People "know" that Stern froze the envelope prior to the choosing, therefore leaving the Knicks with the number one pick, allowing them to take Patrick Ewing. Thanks to MJ- Karma is a beech.
No comments:
Post a Comment