03-04-2005, 01:30 PM
Interesting column by Bill Simmons (Sports Guy) saying that there is no sports equivalent of U2.
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So I gots to thinkin' - who is the Hip of sports? Hard working. Loved in their homeland, ignored elsewhere. Same lineup for two decades. Kept their personal lives out of the media.
The best I can come up with, which is unfortunate given how much I loathe him, is Trevor Linden. No one outside of Vancouver loves Linden as much as Vancouverites do. His production (which I'll call equivalent to sales for the sake of argument) slipped a decade ago. And he does a lot of charity work.
Any other ideas?
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So I gots to thinkin' - who is the Hip of sports? Hard working. Loved in their homeland, ignored elsewhere. Same lineup for two decades. Kept their personal lives out of the media.
The best I can come up with, which is unfortunate given how much I loathe him, is Trevor Linden. No one outside of Vancouver loves Linden as much as Vancouverites do. His production (which I'll call equivalent to sales for the sake of argument) slipped a decade ago. And he does a lot of charity work.
Any other ideas?