Dedicated to Mrs. Gillis and our mutual friend Russ (who sat in Ebbets Field)
My sports knowledge is not as in depth as that of my collaborator. I am more of a casual fan, except for the Green Bay Packers. I pick up most of my sports knowledge peripherally.
I used to follow basketball but found my interest level in the game dropped in direct proportion to the length and bagginess of the players' shorts. I did, however, acquire a brief interest in soccer during the Super Bowl this year.
In case you missed part 1 of the Fake Social Science Sports poll, you can check it out here.
Enough of that, no one likes to mix sports and sex.
We move on to the second half of the Fake Social Science Super Duper Sports Poll:
Question 10 overview:
Major league sports in the U. S. have accepted all sorts of visual cultural statements from players and fans. But at times the visual of Tim Tebow praying created a lot of controversy.
Once a year we all become horse racing fans with the Triple Crown excitement. The Kentucky Derby is the crown jewel of racing.
Question 12 overview
Many premiere athletes have found, to their dismay, that their private lives have overshadowed their accomplishments on the field. We call this the Joe Bltzflk Syndrome. He's the little man with the perpetual rain cloud over his head, a creation of cartoonist Al Capp. We gleefully dredge up their peccadilloes from the far and near past.
For your consideration, we offer:
--Joe DiMaggio, the veritable king of baseball, became best known in his later years as the husband of Marilyn Monroe (and for his bromance with Mr. Coffee, of course.)
--Brett Favre has some pretty amazing statistical records, some may never be broken. But he seems best known for his inept way of texting photos to the unwilling.
-- Steve Garvey, known as Mr. Clean for most of his career, named to the all-star team 10 times, winner of 4 golden gloves, suddenly went berserk, becoming engaged to and/or impregnating numerous women at the same time.
-- Tiger Woods, was living a charmed life when suddenly his private philandering was pulled into the limelight by a wife with a golf club in her hand.
-- Wilt Chamberlain - well what is there to say. 20,000 women??!!?!! He deserves to have his career overshadowed. (At his height, the logistics boggle the mind.)
++ Please excuse this entirely unprovoked outburst from my collaborator.