Re: Funniest sports storiesOn Jul 2, 1:11 pm, "RickyBobby" <nasca...@cox,net > wrote:
> "TS02_05champ" <tonystewart02_05ch...@yahoo,com > wrote in message
>
> news:9aca169d-6808-48d9-ae47-8711d0821cd8@w7g2000hsa.googlegroups,com ...
>
>
>
> > On Jul 2, 1:10 am, "RickyBobby" <nasca...@cox,net > wrote:
> >> There are a lot of funny sports stories but I have two nominees for the
> >> funniest I have ever heard.
>
> >> Second place:
>
> >> The Cowboys were set to play the Steelers in the Super Bowl and this
> >> Cowboy
> >> named Hollywood Henderson opined that Terry Bradshaw was so dumb that he
> >> could not spell cat if you spotted him the c and the a.
> >> So the Steelers won and Terry Bradshaw told the press "go ask Hollywood
> >> Henderson how smart I am now?"
>
> >> First place:
>
> >> There was some guy named Rory Sabbatini who decided to talk some trash on
> >> Tiger Woods. "The funny thing is, after watching him play last Sunday, I
> >> think he is more beatable than ever. I think there's a few fortuitous
> >> occasions out there that really changed the round for him at Wachovia.
> >> And
> >> realising that gives me even more confidence to go in and play with him
> >> on
> >> Sunday again"
>
> >> Go right on, Sport. If you even make the cut play him on Sunday and
> >> remind
> >> him how bad he sucks. That should work out real well for you.
>
> >> The honorary mention is some golf story from like the 1920's or 1930's or
> >> something like that. Two guys finish this major tied so they have to
> >> play
> >> eighteen more on Monday. So the one guy is at the nineteenth hole
> >> pounding
> >> down some adult beverages in the wee hours when a reporter tells him that
> >> the other guy is in bed. The golfer says "he may be in bed, but he ain't
> >> sleeping". The inference is that the other guy was worrying about having
> >> to
> >> play him.
>
> >> No matter what, the Rory Sabbatini badmouthing of Tiger Woods may be the
> >> funniest thing I have ever heard in any sport.
>
> >> And the baddest man I ever heard about in any sport was not Earl Campbell
> >> or
> >> Willie Mays or Michael Jordan or anybody like that. The baddest man was
> >> Junior Johnson. One time Junior Johson took a mind that Ford should get
> >> back
> >> into NASCAR. So Junior Johnson said "Ford, get back into NASCAR" and
> >> they
> >> did. Ford's next best option would have been not to listen to Junior
> >> Johnson and they did not want no part of that.
>
> >> And second place in that category goes to Art Shell. Art Shell was a
> >> lineman on the Raiders and one time this guy hits the quarterback late.
> >> So
> >> Art Shell picks the guy up so that his feet are not on the grass anymore
> >> and
> >> says "don't do that again".
>
> > No, actually the funniest sports story is, the '07 NE Patriots filing
> > for two trademark applications "19-0$B!m(B and "19-0 The Perfect Season"
> > only to get their asses handed to them in the SB.
>
> > The New England Patriots - the only team in NFL history to go 18-1 and
> > LOSE the SB.
>
> > Michael Strahan said it best
> > http :// www .youtube,com /watch?v=JBYzzj26_qM
>
> That was one close Super Bowl there. Maybe the Patriots can amend their
> slogan to 19-0 with a minute to go.
>
> When to Dolphins went 14-0 how many regular season games did they win before
> and after that? I wonder if the Patriots have a all time regular season
> winning streak or if they have a ways to go yet? Or maybe nobody cares
> because the NFL is all about winning the last game.
Not sure about the '72 Dolphins. I know they won their first game in
'73 and lost their 2nd.
The Pats won 21 consecutive regular season games a couple of seasons
ago.