So I met J.T. O'Sullivan
by Waitingfortheroar on Mar 21, 2010 7:28 PM EDT
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PrintToday. I install home theater systems in San Diego. I figured I would post this cause he was a really polite, humble guy. He still has the crazy long surfer hair. He just had a child, and from what I could see was a pretty attentive father. He was totally a typical laid back So-Cal. kind of guy. He was still in playing shape however I don't know if he got picked up after he was with the Bengals last year. I don't want to go too much into specifics on where he lives because I could lose my job. Anyhow, it was the first Lion or ex-Lion I have ever met. Most of the guys I meet are Chargers and its always a 50/50 if they are cool or completely rude. I like meeting athletes that are personable. So, there you go.
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I have a 9" personality
by Waitingfortheroar on Mar 21, 2010 7:35 PM EDT up reply actions
yeah Michael Turner walked
up to me in our store and I was like "everyones full of it. That isn’t Turner he’s too small. Then he turned side ways and was as thick as he was wide. He also looked blazed. lol. He was chill also though.
I have a 9" personality
by Waitingfortheroar on Mar 21, 2010 7:49 PM EDT up reply actions
I met Charlie Batch
When I was in HS. He played college ball at Eastern with one of the Faculty Members at the school. That was when I went to Roberto Clemente Student Development Center in Ann Arbor/Ypsilanti. He was always cool as a fan, I wished he had worked out. I think he got kind of screwed in a transition period between the end of the Herman Moore/Johnnie Morton era and the Germaine Crowell/Bill Shroeder season. He’s a top notch type of back-up.
I went to Roberto. Class of '97
Best learning experience I’ve been through, personally. Everybody tells a different story about that place- but I will be thankful for it for the rest of my life.
"I didn’t even know Elvis was from Memphis, I thought he was from Tennessee." — Drew Gooden.
Oh wow,
Remember Big lip Mike, and Sexxy Lexxy?
I hope they don’t shut it down, I don’t know what I’d do if it weren’t for good ol’ Berto.
I went to Pioneer
but I had a number of friends that went to Clemente. Small world (though I guess since this is a Detroit site it shouldn’t be that surprising.)
It's alright
I did go to school with a lot of assholes/snobs that came from money. They didn’t hesitate to let you know about it either.
I was lucky enough to go when LaVell Blanchard carried the basketball team to the state championship and won Gatorade national player of the year. Good times.
Lavell Blanchard
never made to the NBA- but he’s a doctor now. Impressive guy.
I got kicked out of Pioneer, and Clemente gave me discipline to succeed. Lexanna entered my art into a contest, and I won an NAACP award and UNCF scholarship as a result.
"I didn’t even know Elvis was from Memphis, I thought he was from Tennessee." — Drew Gooden.
It's a shame how things turned out for them.
If you had told pretty much anybody in Ann Arbor back then that Blanchard wouldn’t make it in the league, they would have laughed at you.
And the way it ended for Sidney at BC was tragic. We had such high hopes for them. Seems like things never go exactly the way you envision it.
That is really dope.
The teachers there are a whole nother breed. They actually care about their students. I think I must have been a little more hard-headed, I had to join the Navy before I got my shit straight.
And I didn’t mean any disrespect to Lexxy, it was a joke, in poor humor. I’m an ass.
if we i going to name drop
my uncal is on a 1st name bases with Derek Jeter and i have met him as well
but i from the zoo so that not a very big deal lol
That's really cool...
no matter where you live 32! Jeter is goign to go down as the best shortstop to ever play the game. How cool is that…
Just give me 25 guys on the last year of their contracts; I'll win a pennant every year....Sparky Anderson
Yep, I grew up in BC
He played at Loy Norrix right?
Just give me 25 guys on the last year of their contracts; I'll win a pennant every year....Sparky Anderson
Kalamazoo Central
Not much different then Loy Norrix.
by coolbreeze42 on Mar 22, 2010 9:02 PM EDT up reply actions
By far your best spelling slip up ever
Uncal
LOL! Love it!
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by CapitolLions on Mar 22, 2010 3:53 PM EDT up reply actions
lol
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by Hyperion Ecta on Mar 22, 2010 7:14 PM EDT up reply actions
Great Post!
Nice to see that someone like Sullivan has managed to stay grounded.
I’ve never ran into a sports athlete, but my roomate ran into Dan Fouts in the 80’s and all he said was “that guy is huge”.
I've talked to Dave Chappelle
a number of times, and had a number of conversations with him. Every time he’d see me he could never remember my name, but he’s such a cool down to earth guy. He lives in a small village in Ohio by the name of Yellow Springs, the same village my pops lives in. It’s so surreal, the downtown consists of not even two city blocks, but if you go downtown at night (usually after 10) you will see him sitting on a bench alone chain-smoking. The first time I asked him to borrow his lighter, and it kinda became a running joke every time I saw him (usually while I was headed down to one of the two local bars.)
He’s a very cool and humble guy, he just really hates people who won’t give him space. If you run up on him with your camera phone out, he probably won’t talk to you. If you just treat him like a normal person, he’ll chat with you. Very cool guy.
I saw him play at the Fox Theatre on 4/20.... damn, must of been '00 or '01
I was like 3rd row, sat by myself as I bought the tickets at a different time from the friends I went with…. Glad he didn’t pick on the white guy…lol.
saw him live
He was just great he went over an hour longer than his show was scheduled just because he was having so much fun.
How do you keep a running back out of your secondary? You put up a LEVY.
by The Profiler on Mar 22, 2010 4:08 PM EDT up reply actions
One thing I love about him
is that despite all his millions, he drives a tan Toyota 4Runner. You would think a celebrity with as much money as him would be in a Bentley, or at least a BMW or a Benz, but his primary vehicle (the only one he drives everyday) is a 4Runner.
Yea
Dave may offend alot of people LOL..But he is a class act all the way
How do you keep a running back out of your secondary? You put up a LEVY.
by The Profiler on Mar 22, 2010 7:45 PM EDT up reply actions
LOL
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by Sean Yuille on Mar 25, 2010 10:56 AM EDT up reply actions
Reminds me of Conan O'Brien
Still drives his old Ford Taurus.
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by Sean Yuille on Mar 25, 2010 10:56 AM EDT up reply actions
yea
Conan seems pretty down to earth too. Alot of the money he got for leaving the tonight show was to take care of his employees.
How do you keep a running back out of your secondary? You put up a LEVY.
by The Profiler on Mar 25, 2010 8:52 PM EDT up reply actions
I met Darryl McDaniels (RUN-DMC) outside Cobo once.
Very humbling for me personally, as a little kid in the 1990s they were responsible for part of my introduction to rap music. Thanks to him, I fell in love with the genre and everything that comes with it.
He was very kind to me, I asked for an autograph and he was happy to sign. I rarely ask for stuff like that, but like I said, he’s a legend to me.
"I didn’t even know Elvis was from Memphis, I thought he was from Tennessee." — Drew Gooden.
i met this guy from the nba
who went to a school around metro detroit for high school, and a school in the south, i think in georgia for college. drafted in the 1st round. but ended up getting hurt and it ruined his career. but i have no clue what his name was anymore. and i’m really upset i forgot it. i’m trying to find it now.
but he was pretty alright, just talked on his phone the whole time. came into my old work in sterling heights.
"Football isn't a contact sport, it's a collision sport. Dancing is a contact sport."
--Duffy Daugherty
by GhostManOnThird on Mar 22, 2010 12:43 AM EDT reply actions
carlos rogers was his name.
"Football isn't a contact sport, it's a collision sport. Dancing is a contact sport."
--Duffy Daugherty
by GhostManOnThird on Mar 22, 2010 12:49 AM EDT up reply actions
never met a pro athlete
The closest I ever got was Mark Dell, Michigan State’s wideout. I played corner for Farmington High in my freshman yr, he was in his last year at Harrison (no I did not cover him)
The beginning of the end of the misery
I did get to meet somebody pretty cool
Detroits very own Darren Mccarty. You wanna talk about a down to earth guy Darren was just a friendly person all the way around. Likes to talk heavy metal really knows his stuff too. He’s not really talkative but he’s very cool got his autograph to add with other wings I have met. Hudler,Draper,Chelios, and Cleary I didn’t get to talk to them much though really. For wrestling fans I got to meet Torrie Wilson once too she is simply Great more beatiful in person, Mick Foley was in detroit for Wrestlemania 23 got to meet him too. Lets see….Rhino and Benoit I both got to meet as well.,
How do you keep a running back out of your secondary? You put up a LEVY.
Back when I was a kid I met Trish Stratus
Very nice — to look at as well.
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by Sean Yuille on Mar 25, 2010 10:57 AM EDT up reply actions
I still have a mad crush on her
They don’t get any better looking than her. Lucky you
How do you keep a running back out of your secondary? You put up a LEVY.
by The Profiler on Mar 25, 2010 8:53 PM EDT up reply actions
I met O'Sullivan as well................
And I thought he was a total tool. He sagged his already oversized jean shorts, wore his 59/50 flat-brimmed hat backwards, wore enough “bling” it could set metal detectors off from miles away, and held his crotch as he walked. He wanted nothing to do with anybody and had this stuck up attitude as if he was someone important. The guy was a joke…..
I sat across the aisle from Charlie Ward on a plane
Great two-star athlete for Florida State. Didn’t have as much success in the NBA.
by WestsideLionsFan on Mar 22, 2010 9:42 PM EDT reply actions
I've jammed/opened for some bigger rock bands
Most were really cool, some were total assholes (Sebastian Bach, Ratt). Met some pro athletes and they were pretty cool. I remember Eminem when he tried being a rock singer with a band called The Scam waaaaaaaaaaaaaaay back in the day. Played a show with the White Stripes before they got big at a dump in Hamtramck and they were booed off the stage. Safe to say they had the last laugh lol.
Life is a waste of time and time is a waste of life... so lets get wasted all the time and have the time of our lives!
I stepped on a pornstar's foot once
damn, thinkgs were going so well before that. lol.
Just give me 25 guys on the last year of their contracts; I'll win a pennant every year....Sparky Anderson
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