This is absolutely hilarious. Photo is as queer as it gets without nudity.
http://jeffpearlman.com/?p=2080
Elvis Grbac: Not as sexy as initially indicated
June 24th, 2009 by Jeff Pearlman
One of my favorite all-time stories is about
Elvis Grbac (left),
Rich Gannon (right) and
People Magazine’s Sexiest Men issue from 1998. It is both outlandish and 100-percent true.
Back in the day I knew many
People staffers, and they were all cool, fun, intelligent—and woefully ignorant about sports. Every year, in planning the Sexiest Men issue,
People’s editors would ask a bunch of us at
Sports Illustrated for suggestions and insight. In 1998, for a reason I’ll never understand, they decided not to seek out help.
The magazine chose
Rich Gannon as its Sexiest Athlete. At the time, Gannon was a member of the Kansas City Chiefs. Still a couple of seasons removed from his golden tenure with the Raiders, Gannon was 33, handsome and likable. In other words, a solid choice. Yet
People, being
People, simply informed the photographer assigned to the piece that the Sexiest Athlete was the Chiefs’ quarterback. Hence, he took pictures of the Chiefs’ quarterback. Well, one of the Chiefs’ quarterbacks: Elvis Grbac.
Yup.
The pictures made their way back to the New York offices, and editors were dumbfounded.
This was their Sexiest Athlete? Yet upon learning the truth, no one with the magazine had the heart (guts?) to tell Grbac that an unfathomable mistake had been made. As a result, Elvis Grbac reigns as
People’s 1998 Sexiest Athlete.
The article’s final line says it all: “His personality makes him sexy.”
Amen.
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Originally Posted by Bump:
if it weren't for the golden age of the Chiefs, which is right now, I'd probably still be saying "Marty shoulda kept that motherfucking Grbac on the bench!" and be a little bitter. They probably would have won the Superbowl if they kept Gannon in, he had the offense rolling pretty good.
urban legend
unless marty had convinced tim brown, jerry rice and charlie garner to play for the chiefs it wasn't happening
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I think most of the Gannon love is purely based on that SF game.
He was very good that day.
It's true he was a lot less chokey than Grbac, but in the end I don't believe he was good enough to beat Denver or Pittsburgh and certainly not Dallas.
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Originally Posted by Hammock Parties:
I think most of the Gannon love is purely based on that SF game.
He was very good that day.
It's true he was a lot less chokey than Grbac, but in the end I don't believe he was good enough to beat Denver or Pittsburgh and certainly not Dallas.
A lot of it is that we were grinding out wins with Gannon and Grbac was poached ballsack in the playoffs.
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Originally Posted by Hammock Parties:
I think most of the Gannon love is purely based on that SF game.
He was very good that day.
It's true he was a lot less chokey than Grbac, but in the end I don't believe he was good enough to beat Denver or Pittsburgh and certainly not Dallas.
I think we get to the SB but fall to GB
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