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(Bleacher Report) Interesting 25 athletes with strange obsessions   (bleacherreport.com) divider line 47
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Cyberluddite [TotalFark]
2011-12-20 12:16:27 PM
They failed to include the most obvious one:

i.dailymail.co.uk
 
The_Sponge [TotalFark]
2011-12-20 12:42:23 PM
Absent from the list:

Nick Van Exel and his obsession with Tyra Banks.

/During a game back in the 90s, he wrote her initials on his shoes.
//Bonus: She was at that game.
///Double Bonus: Before the game, he met her for the first time, could barely speak, and cried when he hugged her.
 
Cyberluddite [TotalFark]
2011-12-20 12:47:56 PM
The_Sponge: Absent from the list:

Nick Van Exel and his obsession with Tyra Banks.

Considering what Tyra Banks looked like at the time, I don't think that really would qualify as a "strange" obsession:

www.hollywoodmemorabilia.com
 
The_Sponge [TotalFark]
2011-12-20 12:49:41 PM
Cyberluddite: The_Sponge: Absent from the list:

Nick Van Exel and his obsession with Tyra Banks.

Considering what Tyra Banks looked like at the time, I don't think that really would qualify as a "strange" obsession:

[www.hollywoodmemorabilia.com image 372x500]


She definitely looked awesome, but writing her initials on your shoes? C'mon man!
 
Cagey B
2011-12-20 01:10:17 PM
The_Sponge: She definitely looked awesome, but writing her initials on your shoes? C'mon man!

That was a misunderstanding. Part of Van Exel's game was psychological warfare, and he wrote "TB" on his shoes to make opponents think he was carrying tuberculosis, thereby making defenders hesitate and creating more scoring opportunities.

Roy "Doc" Halladay makes use of the same tactic to keep batters from crowding the plate.
 
CastorTroy [TotalFark]
2011-12-20 01:25:11 PM
Missing from the list, but soon to be included looking at some of these items: Diabetes.
 
mentallo69
2011-12-20 01:26:47 PM
www.sugarstand.com


Then there is this PNSFW one Link (new window)
 
farkin_in_K-town
2011-12-20 01:29:54 PM
Copy/paste list? Bleacher Report blocked at work.. :(
 
Flappyhead
2011-12-20 01:31:15 PM
Cagey B: The_Sponge: She definitely looked awesome, but writing her initials on your shoes? C'mon man!

That was a misunderstanding. Part of Van Exel's game was psychological warfare, and he wrote "TB" on his shoes to make opponents think he was carrying tuberculosis, thereby making defenders hesitate and creating more scoring opportunities.

Roy "Doc" Halladay makes use of the same tactic to keep batters from crowding the plate.

cached.brentozar.com
 
scottydoesntknow [TotalFark]
2011-12-20 01:31:25 PM
So did anyone else get to Lyoto Machida's and immediately think:

www.theagencygroupspeakers.com
 
hurdboy [TotalFark]
2011-12-20 01:32:13 PM
Herschel Walker still looks like he could kick pretty much anyone's ass. Especially Jimmy Johnson.

/The JaMarcus one made me chuckle
//Gonna grip 'n sip
 
scottydoesntknow [TotalFark]
2011-12-20 01:38:19 PM
hurdboy: /The JaMarcus one made me chuckle
//Gonna grip 'n sip

That one is just stupid (I laughed, but it's a stupid one to put up)

Might as well have Hurd up there with his "strange obsession" to traffic & sell drugs across the country or Favre's obsession to send dick pics. Hell throw in Vick's strange obsession with dogs.
 
DrZiffle
2011-12-20 01:38:46 PM
What about showering lessons?
 
scottydoesntknow [TotalFark]
2011-12-20 01:39:46 PM
DrZiffle: What about showering lessons?

Hahaha I clicked on #27 and a massive Paterno picture popped up. I immediately thought "The strange obsession to protect child molesters."
 
Moosecakes
2011-12-20 01:42:33 PM
could someone please remind me how I can disable slideshows on bleacherreport? I need NoScript or something, right?
 
i_dig_chicks
2011-12-20 01:45:17 PM
They could only find Sean "Frigging" Avery in the NHL with a weird obsession? Didn't Patrick Roy kiss his goal posts?
 
I had Snu Snu
2011-12-20 01:46:05 PM
So...Sean Avery is gay. NTTAWWT, but a grown man who collects women's clothes? It kinda explains all his pent up frustration actually...
 
babysealclubber [TotalFark]
2011-12-20 01:46:36 PM
Is it just me, or does the writer of this list come off as a judgmental prick?
 
I had Snu Snu
2011-12-20 01:47:56 PM
i_dig_chicks: They could only find Sean "Frigging" Avery in the NHL with a weird obsession? Didn't Patrick Roy kiss his goal posts?

He wouldn't step on any of the lines on the ice either, even when he got in his fights he would make sure to step over them. He's one of the weirder farks to have played in recent memory. In all fairness though he is Quebecois, he never had a chance.
 
hurdboy [TotalFark]
2011-12-20 01:50:16 PM
scottydoesntknow: That one is just stupid (I laughed, but it's a stupid one to put up)

Big Ben would like a copy of the recipe, but he failed Chem twice, and the memories from those frat parties in college are fuzzy -- on advice of counsel.
 
funk_soul_bubby
2011-12-20 01:52:45 PM
Cagey B: The_Sponge: She definitely looked awesome, but writing her initials on your shoes? C'mon man!

That was a misunderstanding. Part of Van Exel's game was psychological warfare, and he wrote "TB" on his shoes to make opponents think he was carrying tuberculosis, thereby making defenders hesitate and creating more scoring opportunities.

Roy "Doc" Halladay makes use of the same tactic to keep batters from crowding the plate.

Nice.
 
VvonderJesus
2011-12-20 02:02:02 PM
cdn.bleacherreport.net

This is the greatest photo in history.
 
VvonderJesus
2011-12-20 02:05:03 PM
VvonderJesus: [cdn.bleacherreport.net image 274x400]

This is the greatest photo in history.

I should clarify that I must have continued clicking without realizing that photo is from another story on bleacher report. Whoops.
 
Snort
2011-12-20 02:07:12 PM
Slideshow Deslided (new window)
 
MAYORBOB
2011-12-20 02:09:12 PM
Mike Tyson -- "You know, ever since I ate me some of that tasty Holyfield wobe, I compwetewy wost the taste for pidgeon head. It's totawwy woodacrisp.

Don't be talking trash about Purple Drank -- it's the drank that put "former" in front of NFL Quarterback Jamarcus Russell's name.
 
spack almighty
2011-12-20 02:14:43 PM
I realize obsessions != superstitions, but it seems like Turk Wendell could easily have a place on that list - even just as being obsessed with superstitions.
 
skrame
2011-12-20 02:20:45 PM
Mike Tyson: Well now he raises and races pigeons. Tyson has thousands of them, and he even stars in a reality show on Animal Planet about his new-found fancy.

No, tard. His first fight ever was when he beat the crap out of someone who ripped the head off of one of his pigeons. It's not a "new-found fancy".
 
skrame
2011-12-20 02:23:04 PM
Ochocinco: It's strange and sad to see an athlete that was such a dominant force on the field be relegated to nothing more than an embarrassing online spectacle.

WTF? If you want an embarrassing online spectacle, read an Amber Lee story on Bleacher Report. Ochocinco is a lot of fun on Twitter.
 
Kome
2011-12-20 02:39:09 PM
skrame: Ochocinco: It's strange and sad to see an athlete that was such a dominant force on the field be relegated to nothing more than an embarrassing online spectacle.

WTF? If you want an embarrassing online spectacle, read an Amber Lee story on Bleacher Report. Ochocinco is a lot of fun on Twitter.

For real. If anything, Ochocinco is an embarrassing on-the-field spectacle. Off-the-field he's entertaining and a pretty cool dude.
 
Fleet [TotalFark]
2011-12-20 02:55:40 PM
Former Cincinnati linebacker Dhani Jones likes bowties, huh?

Perfect! (NSFW text)
 
lacrossestar83
2011-12-20 03:20:08 PM
Cyberluddite: They failed to include the most obvious one:

[i.dailymail.co.uk image 468x535]

Done in one.
 
puckrock2000
2011-12-20 03:22:06 PM
"During his career in MLB, Hall of Famer Wade Boggs blah blah blah...

His in-game rituals were even stranger. but I'm too lazy to bother to look them up."
 
MAYORBOB
2011-12-20 03:31:52 PM
Strange obsessions? Perhaps, but at least these obsessions are of the earthly variety, unlike a former Phillie (new window) probably did too much juice during his salad days.
 
rcf1105 [TotalFark]
2011-12-20 03:55:50 PM
"Walker is a strict vegetarian and wakes up at 5:30 a.m. and does approximately 1,500 push-ups and 2,000 sit-ups, and has even used ballet training as strength training."

I wonder what time of the day he uses his steroids?
 
I had Snu Snu
2011-12-20 03:58:08 PM
rcf1105: "Walker is a strict vegetarian and wakes up at 5:30 a.m. and does approximately 1,500 push-ups and 2,000 sit-ups, and has even used ballet training as strength training."

I wonder what time of the day he uses his steroids?

I'd be surprised if he was juicing, that dude has been a complete farking freak since he was in high school. Some people are just put together like that.
 
rcf1105 [TotalFark]
2011-12-20 04:07:46 PM
I had Snu Snu: I'd be surprised if he was juicing, that dude has been a complete farking freak since he was in high school. Some people are just put together like that.

He's either bullshiatting or he's juicing. Looking at his size and definition vs. the amount and type of exercise he claims he does and the diet he claims to follow (another linked article says he only eats one meal per day of salad, potatoes, and bread) the numbers just don't add up, I don't care how genetically gifted you are.
 
Kaiser Chieftess [TotalFark]
2011-12-20 04:14:40 PM
Fleet: Former Cincinnati linebacker Dhani Jones likes bowties, huh?

Perfect! (NSFW text)

Dhani Jones can do whatever the fark he wants in my opinion....

/The Sportsman is a great read, too.
 
culebra
2011-12-20 05:14:44 PM
...and not a word of Hideki Matsui's massive porn collection.
 
Ken VeryBigLiar
2011-12-20 05:18:41 PM
They forgot Tomy Romo and choking
 
Flappyhead
2011-12-20 06:18:32 PM
culebra: ...and not a word of Hideki Matsui's massive porn collection.

He's Japanese, it'd be weirder if he didn't have a massive porn cache.
 
devilskware
2011-12-20 07:20:12 PM
This article is terrible. Most of these are hobbies, interests, and food they like to eat. No Tiger obsessed with sex? No Gooden and Strawberry obsessed with cocaine? How about Mark Grace and John Kruk obsessed with cigarettes? Randy Johnson obsessed with playing the drums?
 
FriarReb98 [TotalFark]
2011-12-20 08:27:15 PM
I knew Wade was in there. Though I wonder if he fixed his time-based habits once games started airing at 7:05 instead of 7:30.

devilskware: Randy Johnson obsessed with playing the drums?

Actually, I thought his main obsession was photography.
 
devilskware
2011-12-20 09:31:54 PM
FriarReb98: I knew Wade was in there. Though I wonder if he fixed his time-based habits once games started airing at 7:05 instead of 7:30.

devilskware: Randy Johnson obsessed with playing the drums?

Actually, I thought his main obsession was photography.

Nah man, he's TOTALLY OBSESSED WITH BOTH!! It's out of control. I'm kinda worried about the guy. And Tim Duncan ... totally obsessed with swords. He should be on some government watchlist.
 
I had Snu Snu
2011-12-20 10:43:46 PM
devilskware: FriarReb98: I knew Wade was in there. Though I wonder if he fixed his time-based habits once games started airing at 7:05 instead of 7:30.

devilskware: Randy Johnson obsessed with playing the drums?

Actually, I thought his main obsession was photography.

Nah man, he's TOTALLY OBSESSED WITH BOTH!! It's out of control. I'm kinda worried about the guy. And Tim Duncan ... totally obsessed with swords. He should be on some government watchlist.

He's rich so it's ok, even though he is brownish so it might even out
 
WienerButt
2011-12-21 12:16:13 AM
Brook and Robin Lopez are obsessed with Disney. Go there all the time, to all the parks around the world. They are your typical DIsney nerd who goes on forums and scrutinizes every ride development, theme park change, movie, etc.
 
UNAUTHORIZED FINGER [TotalFark]
2011-12-21 06:29:57 AM
Surprisingly, there is no mention of Orel Hershiser's obsession with washing his hair. He admitted he washes his hair 4 or 5 times a day. Freak.
 
rjakobi
2011-12-21 09:46:15 AM
rcf1105: I had Snu Snu: I'd be surprised if he was juicing, that dude has been a complete farking freak since he was in high school. Some people are just put together like that.

He's either bullshiatting or he's juicing. Looking at his size and definition vs. the amount and type of exercise he claims he does and the diet he claims to follow (another linked article says he only eats one meal per day of salad, potatoes, and bread) the numbers just don't add up, I don't care how genetically gifted you are.

Oh, really. You think he's juicing because he looks way too good?
That's not a healthy habit, you know. Accusing everyone who is in better physical condition of being on steroids. I bet you'd get in lots of trouble for it in the workplace.
 
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