RIP Diego Maradona

John Kelly

Born Gambler
Staff member
NBA great Hakeem Olajuwon credited his soccer-playing background for his excellent footwork on the basketball court.

Soccer, swimming and wrestling are three underrated sports on the high school level.

Football, basketball and baseball get all the love.
 

railbird

EOG Master
NBA great Hakeem Olajuwon credited his soccer-playing background for his excellent footwork on the basketball court.

Soccer, swimming and wrestling are three underrated sports on the high school level.

Football, basketball and baseball get all the love.
water polo is insane.
 

railbird

EOG Master
My next door neighbor was a college all american in swimming and water polo, has their been any other 2 sport all americans in college history?
 

John Kelly

Born Gambler
Staff member
In this age of specialization, we are less likely than in years past to see multi-sport athletes.

One obvious trend: All the Jrs., II's and III's listed on college football and basketball rosters across the country.

Not to go Jimmy the Greek on you, but the biggest predictor of future professional athletes is pedigree.

So many former professional athletes produce future professional athletes.

The list is growing longer all the time.
 

Patkeats

EOG Enthusiast
I would put Scott Burrell up against anybody, athletic wise, drafted 1st round baseball and basketball. Played against him in football too, he would've had a full ride in that to if he played his senior year of high school. Anybody remember his full court pass to Tate George in Ncaa tournament?
 

John Kelly

Born Gambler
Staff member
I would put Scott Burrell up against anybody, athletic wise, drafted 1st round baseball and basketball. Played against him in football too, he would've had a full ride in that to if he played his senior year of high school. Anybody remember his full court pass to Tate George in Ncaa tournament?


Indeed.

Burrell had an excellent college basketball career at UConn.

Only a bench player in the NBA but he earned a ring with the Chicago Bulls in the 1997-98 NBA season.

The documentary, The Last Dance, portrayed Burrell as Michael Jordan's whipping boy.

Not a good look for MJ.
 

howid

EOG Dedicated
Diego Maradona's death was manslaughter: Report


Police in Argentina are now treating the death of soccer legend Diego Maradona as a case of manslaughter.

Multiple media reports said on Sunday that detectives raided the home of his personal doctor, Dr. Leopoldo Luque.

Maradona, 60, died Wednesday at his Buenos Aires home.

Argentine prosecutors were sanctioned by a judge and are now trying to determine if Maradona was the victim of medical negligence.

Reports said Maradona had fought with his doctor in the days before he died of heart failure.

According to the U.K. Sun, the searches were ordered after the soccer icon’s daughters, Dalma and Giannina, gave statements that questioned whether the meds their dad was receiving were appropriate.

Now, Luque is under official investigation for negligence. However, there is no suggestion he will be charged with a crime.

Maradona’s legal eagles are asking for a probe to be opened into his death. They claim the ambulance took more than 30 minutes to reach the stricken star and that he did not receive any medical checks in the 12 hours before he died.

His nurse allegedly lied about checking on him.

Maradona played for Argentinos Juniors, Boca Juniors, Barcelona, Napoli, Sevilla and Newell’s Old Boys during his career.

He scored 34 goals in 91 appearances for Argentina before he retired from professional football in 1997.

bhunter@postmedia.com

@HunterTOSun
 

railbird

EOG Master
sorry to hear that. how did you he die?
autopsy still done, likely heart attack, he gained lots of weight. great tennis player played for smu and longbeach, was a fellow Christian "altright", 54 yrs old, wallflower jacob dylan brother in law. ladies loved him, he carried me in doubles, he was super funny guy too. i cant stop crying.
 
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