I love the thrill of competing against other people — and winning. But since I am bound to be at the back of the pack forever when it comes to athleticism, I have to do my competition in things like trivia, fantasy football, and Oscar pools. (Click here to read about the pool I set up for my running club.)
Anyhow, speaking of movies, since its Oscar weekend (as well as my birthday weekend!) the New York Daily News did a pretty good look at athletes’ stellar acting performances in films.(Click here to read it.) Like Brett Favre in “There’s Something About Mary,” Dan Marino in “Ace Ventura: Pet Detective, and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar in “Airplane.”
But I thought of at least one other good performance that could be added. How about Roger Clemens as a character named Skidmark in “Kingpin”? Fun fact: this is one of my all-time favorite comedies, but I didn’t understand that it was a spoof of “The Hustler” until seeing the latter last year! I know Clemens was also in “Anger Management,” but his role in “Kingpin” is much better! He is so convincing, I didn’t realize it was him the first few times I saw the movie. (Warning: Language not safe for work.)
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zFcRLACx-Kw]What else should be added to this list? Please leave your suggestions below!
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