This Week in Sports WTF
Man With Too Much Money Buys Michael Jordan’s Dirty ShoesÂ
This week ESPN Chicago reported that the shoes worn by Bulls great Michael Jordan during his legendary flu game during the 1997 NBA finals were auctioned off. The seller was Preston Truman, who said he asked for MJ’s shoes after the game and kept them in a safe-deposit box for 15 years.
Truman was offered $11,000 for the shoes a season later, but wisely decided to hang on to them. The bidding actually started at $5,000 before quickly reaching territory of the completely absurd. The winner, who understandably wanted to remain anonymous, shelled out $104,765 for His Airness’ used kicks.
Once again proving that some people have far more money than they know what to do with, while most of us are just scraping by. Hope he enjoys his dirty shoes.
Danica Patrick As You’re Used To Seeing HerÂ
On Wednesday NASCAR driver Danica Patrick co-hosted the American Country Awards…for some reason. And at some point she dressed up and did a dance as a Vegas showgirl…for some reason.
The headline for the post on Huffington Post teased: “Look: It’s Danica Like You’ve Never Seen Her.” Which couldn’t be more wrong. At this point we’re all used to seeing Patrick in various stages of undress.
They should save that teaser in case she ever actually wins a race.
Peyton Manning Continues To SurpriseÂ
Last weekend during the Broncos–Titans game broadcast, CBS gave the nation an early Christmas present. This photo of Peyton Manning chilling out with one shoe, a helmet and an iPad was shown with hilariously little context provided.
And of course it went viral—it’s only one of the most weirdly random photos in the history of sports…if not the world. It was such a big thing that the Broncos decided to address it, explaining Manning had his helmet on because he didn’t want to miss any play calls from practice.
Of course he listens to every called at practice with his helmet on! He’s Peyton F***ING Manning.
Advertising In Sports: Apparently Nothing Is Out Of PlayÂ
This week Forbes reported that FC Barcelona landed another lucrative global sponsorship; the deal with Intel will pay out $25 million over the next five years. Something this mundane wouldn’t normally be newsworthy, but this one has a very unique twist.
The twist being the Intel logo won’t be readily visible, but instead will be printed on the inside of Barca jerseys. The “Look Inside” campaign is pretty clever spin on the “Intel Inside” campaign, which has defined the computer chip company brand.
