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Posted on 2/7/18 at 10:35 am to
Posted by LCA131
Home of the Fake Sig lines
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Posted on 2/7/18 at 10:35 am to
I visited Secretariat's grave last year.

Claiborne Farm....Cool tour of horses hung like Peej...only smaller.

@ DPH....
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Posted by FishinTygah84
LA
Member since Dec 2013
2034 posts
Posted on 2/7/18 at 10:37 am to
About 20-25 years ago, i was around 8-10 years old, Johnny Unitas and YA Tittle came to sign autographs at the Kmart on millerville. there was only like 20 people who showed up so me and my dad just talked to them for about an hour and a half. I didn't truly understand who they were. They were pretty old, but i remember them being super nice and easy to get along with.
Posted by kingbob
Sorrento, LA
Member since Nov 2010
69345 posts
Posted on 2/7/18 at 10:55 am to
Mark McGuire
Posted by ptra
Member since Nov 2006
1460 posts
Posted on 2/7/18 at 11:03 am to
Micheal Moorer. Drunk being rolled in a hotel on an office chair
This post was edited on 2/7/18 at 11:04 am
Posted by ElDawgHawg
L.A. (lower Arkansas)
Member since Nov 2012
3631 posts
Posted on 2/7/18 at 11:04 am to
Karl Malone. Dude is as cool as they come.... and COUNTRY!
Posted by whoisnickdoobs
Lafayette
Member since Apr 2012
9352 posts
Posted on 2/7/18 at 11:07 am to
quote:


Coolest Pro athlete you have met
Drew Brees was a douche.


I don't believe you. I met him at a Lil' Wayne concert and he was awesome.
Posted by Hopeful Doc
Member since Sep 2010
15388 posts
Posted on 2/7/18 at 11:10 am to
I met Aaron Piersol (and a couple other Olympic swimmers) in Baton Rouge when I was in high school.
A buddy was with me and asked him what sort of music he liked to listen to prior to a race. The guy responds with straight-faced sarcasm about how he really likes anything with a banjo and keeps it going for a bit before laughing and letting us know he's much more into Led Zeppelin. I appreciated his humor and personality.
Posted by DrunkerThanThou
Unfortunately Mississippi
Member since Feb 2013
2846 posts
Posted on 2/7/18 at 11:45 am to
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COUNTRY





Flip phone and PFG. Checks out
Posted by the paradigm
Moon Township, PA
Member since Sep 2017
5417 posts
Posted on 2/7/18 at 11:59 am to
Had a drinking contest against former LSU/NBA center Geert Hammink at Sports in Tigerland back around '92-'93. Back then I had a reputation of being able to consume a massive amount of alcohol without getting drunk.

By the end of the night my head was down on the bar. My friends had to carry me to the vehicle and I passed out when I got home and spent the next 24 hours puking my guts out. From what I was told, Geert barely caught a buzz.
Posted by CoonA55
Member since Sep 2013
37 posts
Posted on 2/7/18 at 11:59 am to
If stapling testicles to his leg counts as a sport then Steve-O.
Posted by danfraz
San Antonio TX
Member since Apr 2008
24550 posts
Posted on 2/7/18 at 12:06 pm to
Joe Sakic wanted me to hang out with him in the trainer's room before game 7 of the 2001 Stanley Cup Finals.(media type).

I wanted to vomit I was so nervous. I couldn't be near him. He acted like it was a Sunday BBQ.

One of the nice people I've ever known . Athlete or not.
Posted by Muthsera
Member since Jun 2017
7319 posts
Posted on 2/7/18 at 12:28 pm to
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John rocker at Waffle House during mullet toss


Posted by DByrd2
Fredericksburg, VA
Member since Jun 2008
9933 posts
Posted on 2/7/18 at 12:32 pm to
Met Hershel Walker at a military base in Missouri a few years back. Excellent motivational speaker, ridiculously shredded, and a wonderful human being. Took my phone from my hand and took the selfie from the angle he wanted it.
Posted by Odinson
Asgard
Member since Apr 2014
2861 posts
Posted on 2/7/18 at 12:33 pm to
Deion SAnders ....when he was promoting is music CD lol
Posted by chinhoyang
Member since Jun 2011
25651 posts
Posted on 2/7/18 at 12:38 pm to
Ted Williams was known to be standoffish but he was really nice to my Dad. They were both WWII vets and Williams had actually met my dad during WWII and they were both pilots.
Posted by CWS91
Baton Rouge
Member since Nov 2005
1172 posts
Posted on 2/7/18 at 12:44 pm to
Joe Dimaggio was super cool. Ted Williams... a dick.
Posted by BRIllini07
Baton Rouge, LA
Member since Feb 2015
3182 posts
Posted on 2/7/18 at 2:37 pm to
I was stationed in Hawaii, and during one of the Pro Bowls some of the players took a tour of my submarine (2002?). These were mostly B-list type pro-bowlers. The only player I remember now was Jason Taylor... and Jim Miller.


I am from Chicago and Jim Miller was the Bears' QB at the time, and he showed up on the tour with the rest of the pro-bowlers. I was confused, mostly because there is no way a Chicago Bear QB should be allowed near a Pro-Bowl, so I asked my gut question, which was "What are you doing here?"

He was cool about it, but kinda taken back I think. He was send to Hawaii with the Pro Bowl because he nominated the "Teacher of the Year," and not because his actual skill set warranted a Pro Bowl. Either way, he didn't say much the entire tour.

Posted by PearlyBaker
Member since Dec 2017
441 posts
Posted on 2/7/18 at 2:59 pm to
Ray Lewis. His son was in my class all throughout elementary school and he’d occasionally roll up in his Diablo to drop Ray off (although we didn’t see him for a while during and after his trail). I know a few MLB players and 1st rounders who are from Orlando, they’re all pretty good dudes.
Posted by BunkieWrench
Katy
Member since Nov 2008
5676 posts
Posted on 2/7/18 at 3:14 pm to
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Peter Forsberg. Narrowly edging out Joe Sakic and Patrick Roy.


Jealous [YES] NO

That's awesome. 3 of my all-time favorites.
Posted by TheDeathValley
Louisiana
Member since Sep 2010
20135 posts
Posted on 2/7/18 at 3:55 pm to
I met Shaq at LSU and he was really cool and down to earth. I met Phil Michelson at the Zurich and he was really nice.
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