Esquire Lists Six Announcers As "Role Models"
Wednesday, April 08, 2009
Esquire magazine put together a collection of sixty-three different males, that the average male should emulate. Among the Sports figures were Larry Fitzgerald, Michael Phelps, Dustin Pedroia, Derek Jeter, Shaquille O'Neal and Peyton Manning, but it was the inclusion of six announcers that caught my attention. Charles Barkley, Phil Simms, Troy Aikman, Lee Corso, Barry Melrose and Dick Vitale, all were on the list, and here's the mag's reasoning on each....
Charles Barkley: "For what he said to the cops."You know what, that's not really that bad of an assessment. As annoying as you might find some of them, they all seem to love what they do, and that's really half the battle. I personally wouldn't call them "role models", but you can certainly learn from their work ethic.
Phil Simms: "...and Phil Simms both seemed like towheaded dicks when they won Super Bowls, but each has come into his own as a hardworking, insightful color man."
Troy Aikman: "The manhood of some men emerges over time. They don't seem to be men, and then suddenly — or slowly — they are."
Lee Corso, Barry Melrose, Dick Vitale: "They love their jobs, and as each of them will tell you: It's hard out there for a pimp."
The List of Men: Sixty-Six Guys to Emulate (Esquire)
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2 Comments:
GMoney
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Apr 8, 2009, 4:11:00 PM
Insight about Aikman clearly NOT written by Skipper Bayless.
Secor314
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Apr 8, 2009, 7:25:00 PM
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Why would you want to emulate a piece of shit like Pedroia??? So you can act smarmy toward video game makers who tell it like it is?