The list for October 11, 1996
The Top 16 Signs Professional
Atheletes Are Overpaid
Atheletes Are Overpaid
- Yankee players hire hundreds of 12-year-olds to “stretch those long fly balls.”
- Next year’s NBA champs: the Chicago Jordans.
- Latest trend in home design? Wine cellars filled with Bud and Colt 45.
- Baseball players now spitting Dom Perignon at umpires.
- You’re sending your kid to Quarterback Camp — and she’s only 5 years old.
- Nothing ends an on-field brawl quicker than a well-timed, “My Limo’s Longer Than Yours.”
- If it doesn’t say “Chanel,” Dennis Rodman just won’t wear it.
- Pitchers and catchers now trading signals via cell phones.
- Most entourages now bigger than Osmond family reunion.
- Latest polls show Clinton/Gore only slightly ahead of Jordan/Gretzky.
- $200K a year to Bill Clinton, leader of the free world. $3.5 million a year to Jeff George, warmer of the free bench.
- “Deion, you’ve just won the Super Bowl! What are you doing next?”
“I’m BUYING Disneyland!”
- NFL athletes rumored to be involved in production of “Star Trek VII: First Down.”
- Typical jock’s dog now sporting more gold than Carl Lewis and Mark Spitz combined.
- Not enough fingers and toes to count all the millions.
And the Number 1 Sign Professional Atheletes Are Overpaid…
- Michael Irvin’s new off-season home? The entire country of Colombia!
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CREDITS
Selected from 98 submissions by 30 contributors.
Today’s list authors were:
- Steve Hurd, San Ramon, CA — 1
- Jennifer Ritzinger, Seattle, WA — 2, 14
- Doug Johnson, Santa Cruz, CA — 3
- Gloria Monti, NY, NY — 3 (Rookie!)
- Mitch Patterson, Melbourne, FL — 4
- Perry Friedman, Menlo Park, CA — 5
- Paul Paternoster, Redwood City, CA — 6
- Jeffrey House, Detroit, MI — 7
- Chuck Smith, Woodbridge, VA — 8
- Bruce Ansley, Baltimore, MD — 9, 16
- Glenn Marcus, Washington, DC — 10, 16
- Matt Alford, Salem, OR — 10
- Sterling Smith, Houston, TX — 11
- David Hyatt, New York, NY — 12
- Steve Hurd, San Ramon, CA — 13
- Blair Bostick, Alexandria, VA — 15
- Ed Brooksbank, Sacramento, CA — 15
- Elizabeth Edgerton, whereabouts unknown — Topic
- Chris White, NY, NY — Listmeister
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