Heisman finalists vs. Super heroes edition

You ever notice that someone in sports looks like someone else?  This happens to me all the time, so I thought I’d share my observations to determine whether I was a.) On to something; b.) Off my rocker; or c.) Way too bored.

This week, as I watched the Heisman Trophy finalists flash across Sportscenter, I couldn’t help noticing some of them held more than a passing resemblance to some of my favorite super heroes … or more specifically, their representations in film and TV.

So with that in mind, here are my latest lookalike submissions for your amusement.

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Five sports-type things you may want to know

It’s been awhile since my last post, and am I ever feeling it.  My sports pun skills have faded to the point that I had to resort to using two of them in the headline alone, just to make sure at least one of them worked.  I think my plan failed because I like neither … but what can you do?  If there’s one thing I’ve learned in the electronic media, it’s that everything on the Internet is permanent.*

* This is another bad joke.  I apologize now, before we get any further.

Anyhow, here are some of my observations of the sporting world and some of things that are probably the least anyone should know about sports right now.

1. Tiger Woods is a man-whore — Yeah, I know, you already knew that.  But the latest head count puts the man’s “indiscretions” at a whopping FOURTEEN. That’s not just man-whore territory, it’s Wilt Chamberlain territory.

At least he’s still got his career though.

Whoops.

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