Surprised Why Athletes Do Stupid Things?

By Newbear, Section NFL
Posted on Tue Aug 22 2006 at 7:20 AM EST
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On your current sporting calendar, you won't see a championship event in any of the big three (sorry, Hockey, but you've got to earn your spot back).

As the pages of the calendar year turn and we build toward the preclusion to the World Series, the kickoff of the world's greatest game, the basketball World Championship and Tiger's world domination, I want to talk about reasons.

The reasons why athletes do things.

Stupid, ridiculous "can-you-believe-he-did-that" things.

Especially lately, giving me the feeling that the world's just a crazy, mixed-up place. And that most of the athletes listed below have been listening to Brad Paisely's "Celebrity" on loop.

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