Evidence of brain damage
Ben Roethlisberger continues to make bad choices.
Less than a month after his helmetless, head-through-windshield motorcycle accident, in which he somehow sustained little more than a broken jaw, Big Ben is reentering celebrity life and being very careful to limit himself to public appearances suitable for a Super Bowl-champion quarterback:
Also, a spokeswoman for The PovertyNeck Hillbillies, a country music group in Pittsburgh, announced Friday that Roethlisberger will be shooting a music video with the group on Tuesday at Heinz Field.
The PovertyNeck Hillbillies. Well done, Ben.
She wrote:
More stupid things by athletes:
Chicago Cubs outfielder Andre Dawson on being a role model: “I wan’all
dem kids to do what I do, to look up to me. I wan’ all the kids to copulate me.”
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New Orleans Saint RB George Rogers when asked about the upcoming
season: “I want to rush for 1,000 or 1,500 yards, whichever comes first.”
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Torrin Polk,University of Houston receiver, on his coach, John
Jenkins: “He treats us like men. He lets us wear earrings.”
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Football commentator and former player Joe Theismann, 1996: “Nobody in
football should be called a genius. A genius is a guy like Norman Einstein.”
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Senior basketballplayer at the University of Pittsburgh: “I’m going to
graduate on time, no matter how long it takes.”
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Bill Peterson, a Florida State football coach: “You guys line up alphabetically by
height.” And, “You guys pair up in groups of three, then line up in a circle.”
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Boxing promoter Dan Duva on Mike Tyson hooking up again with promoter
Don King: “Why would anyone expect him to come out smarter? He went to
prison for three years, not Princeton.”
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Stu Grimson,Chicago Blackhawks left wing, explaining why he keeps a
color photo of himself above his locker: “That’s so when I forget how
to spell my name, I can still find my clothes.”
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Chuck Nevitt, North Carolina State basketball player, explaining to
Coach Jim Valvano why he appeared nervous at practice: “My sister’s
expecting a baby, and I don’t know if I’m going to be an uncle or an aunt.”
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Frank Layden, Utah Jazz president, on a former player: “I told him, ‘Son, what is it with you?
Is it ignorance or apathy?’ He said, ‘Coach, I don’t know and I don’t care.’”
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