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Any big name athletes who's true sports love was something they didn't play
Posted on 2/20/17 at 10:09 pm
Posted on 2/20/17 at 10:09 pm
Michael Jordan comes to mind as he must've really loved baseball to quit being the greatest ever to try it.
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Posted on 2/20/17 at 10:11 pm to Hawgnsincebirth55
Your own Matt Jones comes to mind
Posted on 2/20/17 at 10:12 pm to Hawgnsincebirth55
According to Andre Agassi in his book 'Open' he loathed playing tennis.
Posted on 2/20/17 at 10:14 pm to Hawgnsincebirth55
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Michael Jordan comes to mind as he must've really loved baseball to quit being the greatest ever to try it.
No he really loved gambling which he quit to play baseball
He was not the greatest ever in that.
Posted on 2/20/17 at 10:16 pm to Hawgnsincebirth55
Tim Duncan would probably have been an Olympic swimmer had a hurricane not come along.
Posted on 2/20/17 at 10:17 pm to Hawgnsincebirth55
Barry Sanders, basketball.
Posted on 2/20/17 at 10:17 pm to Paul Allen
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According to Andre Agassi in his book 'Open' he loathed playing tennis.
Which is why he cried when he won tournaments and retired...
Sometimes athletes just spray BS all over the place to try and make a few $
Posted on 2/20/17 at 10:17 pm to Hawgnsincebirth55
Baseball was supposedly Jackie Robinson's 4th best sport. He lettered in 4 sports at UCLA and won the NCAA championship for long jump.
This post was edited on 2/20/17 at 10:18 pm
Posted on 2/20/17 at 10:20 pm to Hawgnsincebirth55
He "played baseball" instead of being suspended for a year after he got his dad murdered over gambling debt.
Posted on 2/20/17 at 10:21 pm to Hawgnsincebirth55
Charlie Ward
Posted on 2/20/17 at 10:21 pm to Hawgnsincebirth55
Supposedly Dave Winfield's favorite sport was football
Sandy Koufax was offered a basketball schol to Cincy and assumed that's where his future lay, but he was offered a 5K bonus to play baseball and signed with The Dodgers
Joe Namath wanted to sign w/his hometown Pirates as a shortstop (lots of future QBs played SS -- requires a strong arm) for the bonus money, but his mother convinced him to go to college
Sandy Koufax was offered a basketball schol to Cincy and assumed that's where his future lay, but he was offered a 5K bonus to play baseball and signed with The Dodgers
Joe Namath wanted to sign w/his hometown Pirates as a shortstop (lots of future QBs played SS -- requires a strong arm) for the bonus money, but his mother convinced him to go to college
Posted on 2/20/17 at 10:23 pm to Hawgnsincebirth55
Most football players love basketball and a few played it at the college level.
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Posted on 2/20/17 at 10:24 pm to Hawgnsincebirth55
Others:
Tom Glavine (hockey)
Tony Gwynn (basketball)
I don't know if either of those was their first love as a sport though.
Tom Glavine (hockey)
Tony Gwynn (basketball)
I don't know if either of those was their first love as a sport though.
Posted on 2/20/17 at 10:25 pm to MontyFranklyn
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Most black people love basketball
Posted on 2/20/17 at 10:27 pm to Kafka
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Most black people love basketball
***tweets whistle***
Kafka commits the foul, sending MontyFranklin to the line.
Posted on 2/20/17 at 10:28 pm to Kafka
Jim Brown
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Lacrosse
Posted on 2/20/17 at 10:29 pm to TbirdSpur2010
Being that I'm black Kafka is almost certain that I will make only one FT at best
Posted on 2/20/17 at 10:30 pm to Hawgnsincebirth55
Some NBA player really loved Nascar but was too tall to fit in the car.
Posted on 2/20/17 at 10:40 pm to MontyFranklyn
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Being that I'm black Kafka is almost certain that I will make only one FT at best
It's aight, I got the rebound/putback, fam
Posted on 2/20/17 at 10:40 pm to Hawgnsincebirth55
I think LeBrons true love is Basketball, but he has talked about football a lot. He has said he misses playing the game, and back in 2013, Lebron said he wants to play in one professional football game before its all over. I doubt this will ever happen but heres the LINK back in '13.
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