Sports idols who lost your respect?
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Hope all is well down your way! 
Any of you old timers remember Lance Rentzel? Dallas receiver that exposed himself to a 10 year old causing his hot actress wife (Joey Heatherton) to hit the road. I'm sure he hurt a few young fans (no pun intended). 
Any of you old timers remember Lance Rentzel? Dallas receiver that exposed himself to a 10 year old causing his hot actress wife (Joey Heatherton) to hit the road. I'm sure he hurt a few young fans (no pun intended).
i hope the crap was beaten out of him when he went to prison. over and over!!!!
A little story about Jim Thome:
He used to grocery shop at a store I worked at while in College. He was extremely down to earth and incredibly nice (and generous to the employees). He drank Millwaukees Best Light Anyways, when he said he was going to stay in Cleveland, I believed him 100%. Needless to say I was very disappointed when he left.
He used to grocery shop at a store I worked at while in College. He was extremely down to earth and incredibly nice (and generous to the employees). He drank Millwaukees Best Light
Anyways, when he said he was going to stay in Cleveland, I believed him 100%. Needless to say I was very disappointed when he left.I have the same amount of respect for them as they have for me. ZERO! I don't know them!
At the risk of sounding like a Rush Limbaugh brainwashee, DITTO!
Even as a kid, I never could understand the notion that there was any connection between athletic excellence and virtue. As Charles Barkley said in the commercial; "It is not my job to raise your kids. it's my job to wreak havoc on a basketball court." And, like me, knows lots of drug dealers who can dunk.
I'll take a stab at it ....
The Captain, Steve Yzerman.
Joe Dumars
Mr and Mrs. Illitch
Notice NO Lions names here
Jimbo
Oddly enough, it's not the players. While I don't respect there abilities, they didn't quit. It's not their fault that they they're Lions, I would have played if they gave me a contract, too. I don't respect the management that put this crap on the roster, starting with Mr. Ford. He hired the yes men that did his bidding.
I've said this before - 40 of these players wouldn't be in the NFL if it weren't for the Detroit Lie-ons. I will point out one player I didn't respect. Shaun Rogers. This guy just plain quit when he was here, and I don't miss him at all. He played hard for half a game, half a season, etc.... Cleveland will see his true colors someday.
I'll take a stab at it ....
The Captain, Steve Yzerman.
Joe Dumars
Mr and Mrs. Illitch
Notice NO Lions names here
Jimbo
I'll toss a few more names into the mix (I could add many, many more)
Al Kaline, Barry Sanders, Dave Bing, Gordie Howe, Jason Hanson (he's never made as much as a wimper about playing for the Lions), Chris Speilman, Lidstrom, etc....
I have to admit that when Don Sutton went off on Steve Garvey about thrity years ago, I initially thought it was just because he was jealous of him.
And I was surprised to recently learn that Jim Palmer had fathered an out-of-wedlock child.
And I was surprised to recently learn that Jim Palmer had fathered an out-of-wedlock child.
John Wockenfuss
Sorry, but as a kid I always loved his stance.
It seemed like every other game I went to at Fenway was Tigers-Sox.
Funny. Because he's been a model citizen on and off the field here. I never saw him give up on a play with the Browns. He played his ass off whenever he was in there and was clearly the class of our defense. He was rewarded with a trip to Hawaii.
And speaking of Shaun and Hawaii, he even purchased a flight ticket and room accommodations to a recently laid off employee of the Browns. With the downturn in the economy, even pro-teams are cutting back. Often times, those from jobs who pay very little. Anyways, this woman had a PR position and Shaun gives her a lot of credit in turning his public image around while in Cleveland. To show his appreciation, he treated her and her husband to a Hawaiian vacation.
John Wockenfuss
Sorry, but as a kid I always loved his stance.
It seemed like every other game I went to at Feway was Tigers-Sox.
Forgot about that guy. That was a strange "stance". I'm still hoping to go to a game in Fenway someday. I missed out on going to Yankee Stadium. Maybe Fenway and Cooperstown, when my son gets older.
BTW, the Lions cut that slug you guys sent us - Bodden. I hope Rogers keeps playing to that level, not for him, but for you. You had to see him in Detroit to understand how Jimbo and I feel.
