***sports lore and legendary stories***

[wlu29]

I heard on the radio about the time barry sanders was late for his pro day and ran in jean shorts and borrowed shoes and still ran a 4.38

I love stories like that, post more. ....

 

[Frank23]

Deion Sanders 40 yard dash in timberlands.

In the spring of 1987, still a true freshman, Sanders won both the 100- and 200-meter dash races at a track and field meet, despite having almost no time to prepare for the competition. That night, he started in the outfield for Florida State's baseball team.

 

[INeedARemedy]

"Who wants to sex Mutombo?"

 

[wlu29]

Deion Sanders 40 yard dash in timberlands.

What was his time though?

 

[Michaelangelo]

Jordan showing up to the stadium in front of the visiting team in his convertible smoking a cigar. Asks them how much are they going to lose by that night.

 

[Frank23]

Wade Boggs told Charlie Day that he drank 107 beers in one day

There’s a longstanding urban legend that during his MLB career, Wade Boggs was capable of drinking 50 beers during cross country flights. It’s a story fit for revisiting in the season opener of It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia, explains series star and writer Charlie Day.

Day went on Jimmy Fallon and discussed the tale and the discussion he had with Boggs surrounding the story.

“He was famous for baseball, he was also famous for the number of beers he could drink,” Day said of Boggs. “Supposedly, when they would have these cross county flights he would drink on average 40 to 50, some say 70 beers.

“He told me that the actual number … he pulled me aside and said ‘Charlie, really, it was 107.'”

Yes, Wade Boggs claimed to have consumed 107 beers in a single day. Day explained that Boggs would start prior to arriving at the airport, and continue throughout the flight and after landing. It’s an incredible number and begs the question Day succinctly posited to Fallon.

“So … how is that possible?”

It’s not possible. Unless … unless Wade Boggs is a mutant.

Readmore:http://ftw.usatoday.com/2015/01/wade-boggs-told-charlie-day-that-he-drank-107-beers-in-one-day

 

[Frank23]

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[Frank23]

what was his time though?

4.18 or 4.2.

 

[wlu29]

I'd believe 38 at the most

 

[faustian]

iirc Dennis Rodman went out and locked down Karl Malone in a 1998 NBA Finals game in Utah on zero sleep after spending the entire previous night at a Vegas casino

 

[Tension]

I'd believe 38 at the most

107 is over 10 gallons of beer. I call bullshit.

 

[wlu29]

Andre the giant and his drink of choice the American concoction of 40 ounces of various alcohol

 

[INeedARemedy]

There was a thread like this a little while back, and I remember thinking that a certain story came pretty damn close to equaling the "Who wants to sex Mutombo?" story for me. I cannot remember wtf it was though

 

[berimBOWLoh]

iirc Dennis Rodman went out and locked down Karl Malone in a 1998 NBA Finals game in Utah on zero sleep after spending the entire previous night at a Vegas casino

thats like every other night for MJ. He was seen at a casino a day before ECF game vs the knicks.

 

[wlu29]

Gaylord "focker" Perry (a pitcher) was asked if he could ever hit a home run he said they'd put a man on the moon before he hit one. The day after Neil Armstrong was on the moon focker hit a home run.

 

[faustian]

thats like every other night for MJ. He was seen at a casino a day before ECF game vs the knicks.

True but my guess is that a competitive adrenaline high fueled MJ's casino binges whereas another chemical might've been involved in Rodman's. fwiw I literally partied with Rodman for 5 straight nights at the Hollywood Hard Rock in the summer of '08 and natural adrenaline wasn't necessarily his drug of choice

 

[My Spot]

107 is over 10 gallons of beer. I call bullshit.

Andre drunk 117 cans in one night.

 

[faustian]

Andre drunk 117 cans in one night.

Pro wrasslin stats are as legit as it gets

 

[My Spot]

119 in 6 hours actually.

http://www.drunkard.com/issues/10_06/10_06_andre_giant.html

 

[AlucardNatasrd]

Wade Boggs told Charlie Day that he drank 107 beers in one day

My God, why do people not know that "begs the question" does not mean "raises the question"?

Question begging is a type of fallacy whereby you assume the conclusion as a premise of your argument.

Wade Boggs totally drank 107 beers.