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What athletes have you met?

Posted: Wed Apr 11, 2007 3:49 pm
by Mo Cheeks
I got Jerome Brown's (RIP) autograph once, he was a really nice guy

Also a local guy around the way use to bring Ron Anderson (Sixers) around the courts we played at, this was when Ron was washed up and here this guy bringin him around expects us to be impressed with Ron.

The second play of the game this kid who was in high school throws a dunk down on Ron and embarasses the shit out of him, Ron tried D'in up and was getting owned on every play, and this is by a kid who was decent at best


I also got an autograph from a Jeff Manto, whoever the fuck that is

Posted: Wed Apr 11, 2007 4:04 pm
by Random Sample
Jerome Bettis
Jaromir Jagr
Franco Harris
Mario Lemieux
Kevin Stevens
Ken Wregget (I scored a goal on him)
I am sure I am missing a few, but I met a few of the old Pirates one time, but I can't remember who.

Posted: Wed Apr 11, 2007 4:05 pm
by Dwight Strawberry
Darryl Strawberry - Airport and same flight
Dave Meggett - Charity Basketball event
Rodney Hampton - Charity Basketball Event
Leonard Marshall - Charity Basketball Event and lives in my home town
Carl Banks - Charity Basketball Event
John Kruk - Card Show
Rickey Henderson - Card Show
Frank Robinson - Card Show
Cal Ripken Jr. - Lives in my home town
Chris Carter - Lives in my home town
Jose Canseco - Card Show
Ralph Kiner - Friends with my Grandpa
Gary Carter - Card Show
Dwight Stevenson - Lives in my home town

Those are all I can think of off hand. All of the ones who live in my home town used to frequent a BBQ restaurant I worked at in my college days. They have the best ribs ever.


Oh yeah, I can;t forget Rennie Stennett :grin:

Posted: Wed Apr 11, 2007 4:05 pm
by Digs Darklighter
i liked ron anderson...

i have a plethora of stories here

but my favorite is Arman Gilliam....destroyed me in ping pong

i was booked to perform at a house party back back in the day...Arman was there and challenged me in ping pong...and i didnt score one point..he even held the paddle that weird way the pros do..no homeo

I smoked a blunt with Blair Thomas at a Club..

I smoked a blunt while Derrick Coleman stood next to me at a club and told me if he didnt have a heart condition he would hit it but he cant so he is just going to stand next to me

Posted: Wed Apr 11, 2007 4:08 pm
by Philaflava
Mike Tyson (my most memorable and longest experience)
Pete Rose (Used to prank call, but recently saw him with Dwight Strawberry at a bar at lunchtime in a hotel during a weekday. Asked him about the HOF)
Larry Bird (Saw him at a Heat game years ago. Shook his hand and allג€¦)
Ken Griffey Jr. (A sweet kid)
Mike Mussina (Nice guy, met him at a Spring training game and got an autograph)
Rafael Palmerio (Mean guy, rude and self-centered. Didnג€™t want to really sign autographs and was moody. Told him he should be thankful he isnג€™t in Cuba)
Lou Brock (Saw him at a baseball card show in ג€™91. He was trying to kick game to my mother)
Cris Carter (actually bump into him at the mall monthly)
Keith Byars (sat next to him while seeing the movie ג€œGoג€)
Steffi Graf (assisted her when I was working in the Ralph Lauren Polo store in the late 90ג€™s)
Wilt Chamberlain (asked him for an autograph and then told him he was a prick at the ג€™90 US Open)
Monica Seles (asked her to marry me at the ג€™90 US Open)
I got tons more but thatג€™s what came to mind immediately.
Ki-Jana Carter (saw him in a club)
OJ McDuffie (saw him in a club)

Re: What athletes have you met?

Posted: Wed Apr 11, 2007 4:11 pm
by bringinoutbangerz
Mo Cheeks wrote:Jeff Manto
Hell yeah, Temple-alum!

I met Adam Oates in a PF Changs in Rockville. Definitely a nice dude considering in the same situation, Melo would have sent his goons on me.
Hi-fived Brendan Haywood after a wiz win in a nearby bar saying "you're killin' em!" He proceeded to suck.
I've been to several Orioles autograph sessions, meeting luminous players like Jeff Conine, Sidney Ponson, Melvin Mora, David Segui (dick), Jason Johnson, BJ Surhoff, Mike Flanagan, Mike Bordick, Tony Batista, Brian Roberts, etc etc.
Hung out in the Verizon Center baller-baller suite with Jason Cambell (pics have been seen here).

Dango will pwn this thread, but I want to hear more "I got drunk with" stories.

Posted: Wed Apr 11, 2007 4:13 pm
by Philaflava
I met Mike Piazza at California Pizza Kitchen.

Posted: Wed Apr 11, 2007 4:18 pm
by Mo Cheeks
man you guys gotta hook me up with a Chris Carter autograph, my fav football player of all time next to Anthony Carter

Posted: Wed Apr 11, 2007 4:18 pm
by GLUS
most of the younger guys on the current sabres

a whole bunch of the bills from Jim Kelly to JP

i threw up on roger clemens' autograph table at a card show when i was little

matt harpring's wife is my friends sister, he wears size 13 shoes so i have purple shox and a few other pairs of his

im sure theres more older guys from card shows but cant remember

Posted: Wed Apr 11, 2007 4:35 pm
by eris
Ricky Henderson - Literally talked to me (at 11) in the third person.
Tony Gwynn - See him on campus about every other week (SDSU) and met him at his daughters basketball game against my HS.
Barry Bonds - Shook my hand, nice guy.
Charlie Whitehurst - Nice guy, autograph signing.
Igor Olshansky - Another autograph signing. Great guy.
Bip Roberts - at a JC Penney when I was 5.
Will Clark - Before a game when I was 7.
Dave Justice - Talked to me in the middle of a game from right field.
Jake Peavy - Got his autograph.
Reggie Bush - Used to tear up my friends teams in Pop Warner and HS.
Hayden Penn (Baltimore prospect) - Friend in HS and teamate on a basketball team.

That's all I can remember for now.

Posted: Wed Apr 11, 2007 4:38 pm
by Philaflava
eris wrote:Ricky Henderson - Literally talked to me (at 11) in the third person.
:lol:

Posted: Wed Apr 11, 2007 4:38 pm
by Digs Darklighter
i dont think card shows should be included

the random encounters are much better

Posted: Wed Apr 11, 2007 4:41 pm
by Philaflava
Dan Marino and Paul O'Neil in the Boca Mall.

Paul was in Bloomingdales shopping. Marino was trying to pimp teenage girls.

Posted: Wed Apr 11, 2007 4:44 pm
by Digs Darklighter
Mike Bullard at Franklin Mills Mall - Bed, Bath, & Beyond

Posted: Wed Apr 11, 2007 4:55 pm
by Trub320
last week i met ty law at grand lux. he was with the kids and wife sat at the table next to me.

Posted: Wed Apr 11, 2007 5:04 pm
by Trub320
eddie jones- at the mall.
glen rice, shandon anderson- at la fitness last week playing ball.
cliff floyd- at the mall. my cousins friend walked in on floyd and her mom having sex while her dad was at work.
the entire and 1 team- at wet willies.
dennis rodman- south beach.

Posted: Wed Apr 11, 2007 5:05 pm
by Philaflava
Trub320 wrote:last week i met ty law at grand lux. he was with the kids and wife sat at the table next to me.
cheesecake>grand lux

Posted: Wed Apr 11, 2007 5:05 pm
by Mo Cheeks
oh yeah I saw Jaws macking some younger broad at a bar before

Posted: Wed Apr 11, 2007 5:07 pm
by Trub320
Philaflava wrote:
Trub320 wrote:last week i met ty law at grand lux. he was with the kids and wife sat at the table next to me.
cheesecake>grand lux
agreed. however the molten cake at grand lux is greater than any other desert at cheescake. the bread at grand lux sucks. that brown bread at the factory is probably top 3 restuarant breads.

Posted: Wed Apr 11, 2007 5:11 pm
by Philaflava
Trub320 wrote:
Philaflava wrote:
Trub320 wrote:last week i met ty law at grand lux. he was with the kids and wife sat at the table next to me.
cheesecake>grand lux
agreed. however the molten cake at grand lux is greater than any other desert at cheescake. the bread at grand lux sucks. that brown bread at the factory is probably top 3 restuarant breads.
couldn't agree more. nick and i eat about 3 loafs ourselves.

Posted: Wed Apr 11, 2007 5:34 pm
by ThaJim2
I meet pretty much everyone on the Tampa Bay Lighting roster between 94 to 96. I was on a friendly basis with Enrico Chincony (sp) because of awesome t-shirts i made of him so he would let us in the lighting club where the players hung out after the games.

I have also meet a bunch of Phili players but have no idea who any of them though Dango727's brother.

I played basketball with Magic Johnson in the summer of 05 in a charity game.

I don't remember this but i was told i meet Walter Payton as a kid though my Dads boss who was neigbhor or friend.

Frank Middleton cant remember where though.

So Test at an Indian Casino

Talked shit to Sam Walch at the movie theater i worked at in Highschool. I also saw Warren Sapp and a few other Bucs players there too.

I knew a few former Seminoles while at FSU

I have meet numerous wrestlers such as Hogan a huge fucking dick, Edge, John Cena, King Kong Bundy, Edge, and Christian. But two stand out as really good guys Chris Jericho and Big Show who i talked with at Best Buy all the time when i worked there a few years back.

Posted: Wed Apr 11, 2007 5:40 pm
by Gregg Popabitch1
john flaherty (former backup catcher of the yankees and now YES personality)
Paul O'neill
David Justice
Godzilla
Derek Jeter
Alex Rodriguez
Mariano Rivera
Bernie Williams
Robinson Cano
Jason Giambi
Johnny Damon
Jorge Posada
Moose
Farnsworth
Kenyon Martin
Richard Jefferson
Josh Boone
John Starks
Earl Monroe
World B. Free
Kareem Abdul Jabaar
Bernard King
Derek Harper
Mark Messier
Brian Leetch
Adam Graves
Mike Richter
Curtis Martin
D'Brickashaw Ferguson
Chad Pennington
Charles Way

i feel like i'm missing a couple. these are the ones off the top of my head.

Posted: Wed Apr 11, 2007 5:59 pm
by Prophecy
A bunch of Jaguars players, bunch of the guys from all the teams at USF, a bunch of UF Alums.

Posted: Wed Apr 11, 2007 6:32 pm
by wuk
rickey henderson.

used to be neighbors with mad blackhawks, including denis savard.

Posted: Wed Apr 11, 2007 6:36 pm
by Choke
Owen Hart
Jeff Jarrett
Randy Savage

Posted: Wed Apr 11, 2007 7:54 pm
by b0mbs_of_death
I had a few guys in my classes like Andrew DeClerq and Kevin Carter. Jason "White Widow" Williams used to get his sticky icky from my neighbor. Oh yeah and when I worked in academic advising, it was always the Jevon Kearse/Alex Brown late hour. I found out in Boston that Tom Brady hates the people, Lawyer Malloy and Troy Brown love the people, and Walter McCarty loves Jesus and lets e'rybody know it.

Crowning moment in recent memory is botherin Jared "Battleship" Lorenzen, backup fat quarterback of the Giants on his weight and his inability to beat the Gators the day after the Tostito' Frijole bowl.

Posted: Wed Apr 11, 2007 7:59 pm
by blastmaster
Went to high school with and played football with John Wallace's little brother. Rode around in his Range with hydrolics after practice and shit. My friends Dad was having a New Years party once and he came over (they lived in the same development) and gave him a bag of pot. Pretty much endless funny stories dealing with the Wallace fam.... Kippie getting shot and riding his bike into a grocery store and asking for a band-aid...

Got to meet and hang out with PJ Brown in New Orleans. He is a nice fella. Told some hilarious stories about Karl Malone.

Met and drank with Chris "Bridman" Anderson a few months after his suspension. I asked him if he would be playing for the Hornets again, and it turned out he was drinking with George Shinn's son.

Went to school/was aquantences with (I worked in the athletic dept) JP Losman, Pat Ramsey, Meweldi Moore, Shaun King.

Had the pleasure of driving Larry Eustachy around for a day.

Justin Morneau and Joe Mauer when they played in Rochester.

Victor Page.

A bunch of Bobcats/Panthers.

I saw Pirates of the Carribean with Keyshawn Johnson during camp.

Matt Carroll lives close by.

Posted: Wed Apr 11, 2007 8:12 pm
by Sankofa
blastmaster wrote:PJ Brown in New Orleans. He is a nice fella. Told some hilarious stories about Karl Malone.
...

Posted: Wed Apr 11, 2007 8:17 pm
by GLUS
blastmaster wrote:Went to high school with and played football with John Wallace's little brother.
time out....greece athena?

Posted: Wed Apr 11, 2007 8:30 pm
by blastmaster
GLUS wrote:
blastmaster wrote:Went to high school with and played football with John Wallace's little brother.
time out....greece athena?
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