Andy Pettitte Took it Like a Man, Vince Young Back-to-School, Beckham Gets Lei’d, Steve Nash’s Tottenham Hot Spurs?
HE CAME, HE SAW, HE ANSWERED
“I felt like I need to come out, be forward with this,” Andy Pettitte said. “Whatever circumstances or repercussions come with it, I’ll take and I’ll take like a man and I’ll try to do my job.” Well-spoken words from a credible player, talk about refreshing. I don’t know about the rest of you, but during Andy Pettitte’s Steroid-Gate I-did-it-admission yesterday I found myself believing in his sincerity. He wasn’t speaking from a script, or licking his lips ala a liar, or shifting his beady eyes around the room, he spoke (I feel) from the heart. Maybe Pettitte seems like a good guy because he’s currently wedged in between a rapist and a ‘misremembering’ buddy of his, but in any case, he has taken it like a man and its just too bad the rest of the bozo’s didn’t follow the same path as he.
NEVER TOO YOUNG FOR SCHOOL
It’s raining men today as we have yet another pro setting a good example. Tennessee Titan quarterback Vince Young has been a busy little bee, buzzing around the School of Social Work on the University of Texas campus, where he has returned, he says, to complete his academic requirements and graduate. “I have to hunt for a parking space just like everyone else,” Young said. “And they still charge $50 for parking tickets. I know that.” Not sure Vince has to sweat over a $50 parking ticket, he signed a $58M contract two years ago, and has ditched the dorms for a house with a swimming pool, hot tub and weight room until he finishes the semester in June. “I like to get a workout in early, study and go to class and then take care of my NFL business and work on my foundation [for at-risk youth] in the afternoon,” Young said. Young even said “no” to attending the Super Bowl and all of its parties to focus on his studies. He wants his degree because he wouldn’t feel comfortable talking to kids about the importance of education if he didn’t complete his own. “It’s not about the money and fame,” Young said. “It’s about education.”
WHAT’S HIS NAME?
Ringside tickets should be given to the person who properly pronounces the last name of Wladimir Klitschko’s opponent for the upcoming IBF/IBO Heavyweight World Championship fight on February 23rd at Madison Square Garden. Klitschko (R) V Sultan-Achmed Magomedsalichowitsch Ibragimow.
BECKHAM GETS LEI’D
Honolulu got its first taste of Beckham-mania yesterday, as Golden Balls and others touched down on the island in preparation for the inaugural Pan-Pacific Championship exhibition tournament, which starts Wednesday. “I think the beaches are something to be admired and something that we’re all going to enjoy,” he said. “The atmosphere and the warmth of the place. Everybody has such a friendly aura about them in Hawaii.” Not to snub the other hotties playing in the match, the roster includes, among others, Houston Dynamo forward Brian Ching, Sydney FC defender Tony Popovic, and Gamba Osaka defender Satoshi Yamaguchi.
NASH LOVES THEM SPURS
Steve Nash loves the Spurs. And I’m not talking about the San Longoria Spurs; I’m talking about the English Premier League’s Tottenham Hotspurs. “My parents are from north London and so it’s not like I’m some Yank who wants to make a profit out of football. I don’t care about making money. I just want to see Spurs succeed and, if I can help, that’s great.” The sexy Sun recently spoke to the Guardian about his ‘I-want-a-piece-of-the-action’ conversations with Spurs chairman Daniel Levy and director of football Damien Comolli, but the two-time MVP insists any involvement from him would be much further down the line.
“I’m completely behind the group that’s there now and I love what’s going on at Spurs at the moment,” Nash said in the Guardian. But I would definitely love to be part of Spurs once my [basketball] career is over. I’ve got plenty on my plate right now and so I can’t imagine exactly how it might work but it’s a big goal of mine…At this stage I’m just in casual contact with Daniel Levy and Damien Comolli and we’re not necessarily speaking about how I might get involved. They know how much the club means to me but at this point it’s more a friendship than a business partnership.”
