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Good thread. I've met a number of individuals (mostly sports related) through the years and not just in the same room and shake a hand type. Been fortunate with my job. Here is, by far, my best interaction:
I was interviewing for a job at George Washington University in 2000. During the interview, one of the guys asks me who my favorite NBA team is. Not a big NBA guy, but I followed the Celtics the most at the time because of the UK guys on the team. He tells me he has someone he wants me to meet. We go into the men's locker room and he says, "Coach, you in here?" and a voice says, "Leave me alone I'm taking a dump." 30 seconds later, Red Auerbach come walking out of the stall. Got the job and got to know Red a little bit. Even played racquetball against him a few times. I was told to hit the ball to him.
I was interviewing for a job at George Washington University in 2000. During the interview, one of the guys asks me who my favorite NBA team is. Not a big NBA guy, but I followed the Celtics the most at the time because of the UK guys on the team. He tells me he has someone he wants me to meet. We go into the men's locker room and he says, "Coach, you in here?" and a voice says, "Leave me alone I'm taking a dump." 30 seconds later, Red Auerbach come walking out of the stall. Got the job and got to know Red a little bit. Even played racquetball against him a few times. I was told to hit the ball to him.
whitney houston and bobby brown came into finish line, where i worked in highschool, high out of their minds and broke the cash register.
dusty rhodes was my football coach...so met all the nwo guys, ddp, nitro girls, etc etc
nick saban is my boss
dusty rhodes was my football coach...so met all the nwo guys, ddp, nitro girls, etc etc
nick saban is my boss
Steve Zahn - mowed his lawn over the course of a summer while a student at UK. Really nice guy.
Jim Bunning - parking cars at some fancy neighborhood party years ago. Was a total prick.
Elisabeth Hasselbeck - Was a teen when I met her at a party hosted by the survivor guy from Crittenden. Whole cast was there - remember her being hot, but Amber was even hotter.
Jim Bunning - parking cars at some fancy neighborhood party years ago. Was a total prick.
Elisabeth Hasselbeck - Was a teen when I met her at a party hosted by the survivor guy from Crittenden. Whole cast was there - remember her being hot, but Amber was even hotter.
Not to get too personal, but I presume there’s something about your job that lead you to interact with them? Surely not just coincidental......
Met Johnnie Hahn in Hawaii
Meet and Greet, talked with Evie Mays
Won a dinner raffle with Cheryl Collins (my fave)
Son and I hit golf balls with Mark Case
Pit Pass/Garage Pass with Joe Fred McGilly
Meet and Greet, talked with Evie Mays
Won a dinner raffle with Cheryl Collins (my fave)
Son and I hit golf balls with Mark Case
Pit Pass/Garage Pass with Joe Fred McGilly
On my way to Laurel Lake and stopped to gas up when a car caught on fire at the gas pumps. Long story short, it was Tommy "hitman" Hearns Cadillac. He and his brother were headed to Atlanta to watch a fight. Car burnt to the ground. Given the situation, I didn't want to ask for an autograph. I did hook him up with a guy I knew who worked at a dealership that got him a rental.
I've got a picture somewhere with Billy Ray Cyrus and I'm holding an infant Miley. My college buddy went to Russell H.S. with him and their girlfriends/wives were best friends. Somehow I ended up holding the baby while they took the picture.
I ran into Mindy McCready 3 times, Lexington, Nashville and Manchester. Sad when she took her own life.
I seem to always meet people under weird circumstances.
I've got a picture somewhere with Billy Ray Cyrus and I'm holding an infant Miley. My college buddy went to Russell H.S. with him and their girlfriends/wives were best friends. Somehow I ended up holding the baby while they took the picture.
I ran into Mindy McCready 3 times, Lexington, Nashville and Manchester. Sad when she took her own life.
I seem to always meet people under weird circumstances.
Have met several over the years but the most famous was Muhammad Ali. 1973 at a UK football game.
Kevin Costner at 98 FF - seemed nice
Pitino - *******
Tubby - Nice
Frank Robinson - *******. I asked him for his autograph when I was 13. He said “Got $300 bucks?”
All of the members of Nappy Roots - great dudes with good bud
Wrestler Raven - he was aloof and likely high on cocaine.
Pitino - *******
Tubby - Nice
Frank Robinson - *******. I asked him for his autograph when I was 13. He said “Got $300 bucks?”
All of the members of Nappy Roots - great dudes with good bud
Wrestler Raven - he was aloof and likely high on cocaine.
wow, can you tell us more,Muhammad at UK game sounds unusual.( I'm not implying that I don't believe you)
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My most unusual encounter happened about 15-18 years ago in a little country store. I was checking out the DVD's they had to rent and heard a guy come in and ask the cashier if he could write a check to get gas because he was almost out and hadn't been able to find a station that would take a debit card. He said he was on his way from Cookeville TN to Lexington and just needed enough to get him to the next town. She told him she would need an ID so he goes out to his car to get his license. I look over the shelves as he is going out and it is Saul Smith. I asked the lady if she knew who that was and she said his check says Saul Smith but I don't know who that is. I said that is Tubby Smith's son and she replies "Who is Tubby Smith?". I told her he was the UK basketball coach and her response was "Do you think this check will be okay?". :joy::joy::joy:
Another fun one to pass along. Wasn't a meeting per say, but a fun experience. When I worked at GW, my office was in the basketball arena. I needed to access a storage space off the main court and a guy I worked with stopped me from going in. I wasn't sure why and he just kept telling me I couldn't go in. Finally, he cracks open the door and Michael Jordan is right there watching Kwame Brown and DaSagana Diop work out for the Wizards as possible draft picks. I ended up watching about 15 minutes from the upper deck (hiding behind the bleachers). The MCI Center was taken that day for an event.
I played a few rounds of golf with Sam Jones (NBA HOFer from the Celtics) because I am pretty close with his son. That SOB talked trash the entire time.
Had a couple fun conversations with Ted Leonsis, former exec at AOL and owner of the Caps and Wizards. His son went to Penn when I worked there.
When I worked at Oregon, I was at a conference in Vegas looking at a new line of fitness equipment to possibly purchase for the University when Dan O'Brien (track and field olympian) came up and introduced himself (he is from Oregon) and asked if I'd be interested in going over to Andre Agassi's place the following day to he could show me the new line of equipment that they invested in. Had a limo pick me and a couple of my colleagues up the next morning and we went out to Agassi's place. Met Agassi very briefly as he welcomed us. O'Brien then took us through an hour sales pitch of the equipment.
Coolest coach I've met (I work in game day ops for a few years) was Bruiser Flint when he was at Drexel. They played a few games in the Palestra every year and he was just a super cool guy. UNC played at Penn when I was there and Roy Williams was a nice guy in my brief interaction of meeting them at the bus and getting them settled into the locker room for the shoot around.
I played a few rounds of golf with Sam Jones (NBA HOFer from the Celtics) because I am pretty close with his son. That SOB talked trash the entire time.
Had a couple fun conversations with Ted Leonsis, former exec at AOL and owner of the Caps and Wizards. His son went to Penn when I worked there.
When I worked at Oregon, I was at a conference in Vegas looking at a new line of fitness equipment to possibly purchase for the University when Dan O'Brien (track and field olympian) came up and introduced himself (he is from Oregon) and asked if I'd be interested in going over to Andre Agassi's place the following day to he could show me the new line of equipment that they invested in. Had a limo pick me and a couple of my colleagues up the next morning and we went out to Agassi's place. Met Agassi very briefly as he welcomed us. O'Brien then took us through an hour sales pitch of the equipment.
Coolest coach I've met (I work in game day ops for a few years) was Bruiser Flint when he was at Drexel. They played a few games in the Palestra every year and he was just a super cool guy. UNC played at Penn when I was there and Roy Williams was a nice guy in my brief interaction of meeting them at the bus and getting them settled into the locker room for the shoot around.
At that time my dad had seats on the first row of section 226. UK was playing Vandy and a few minutes into the game a group of about 6 people come and sat on the opposite end of our same row. Those first few rows are shorter than the ones above where you walk in. Anyway, as soon as they came in we recognized the man as Ali.
Dad suggested that we (I had a friend with me) get his autograph. We went and grabbed a copy of the Kernel that they had there in the concourse, walked over to his seat and asked for his autograph. Still to this day the only autograph I've ever gotten and I still have it. I reached out to shake his hand and Ali drew his fist back and bit his bottom lip...then gave a big smile and shook my hand. The man had huge hands.
He didn't stay long as I recall...maybe to the end of the quarter and then was gone. No idea why he was there.
Up to that time I had always been a Frazier guy. Seems everyone was either an Ali fan or Frazier fan. Never gave Frazier a second thought afterwards. In fact, his next fight at that time was Ali-Frazier 2.
That's a great story, thanks for sharing.
Whatever you may think of Ali he was a great personality.
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Amazing! Teller is a hero of mine. Got to meet his grandson once. Seems like genius runs in the family
Teller convinced Reagan a weapon, the x-ray laser, could be developed that could destroy incoming missiles at the speed of light. Reagan started star wars. The x-ray laser was never developed but other chemical and electrical lasers were as well as advanced defensive missiles, sensors, radars and optical systems. Many of these advanced systems are in the field or soon will be. Trying to keep up with the U.S. in laser and missile systems was one of the factors in the fall of the Soviet Union. They were running out of money.
I worked in Huntsville Al as a civilian with the army. Was he a government employee or a contractor. I managed some contractor efforts in tracking sensor design and large mirror development.My Dad worked on starwars
I once met Jerry Lee Lewis. My cousin and I sat on his Lincoln hood and ended up with front row seats under a tent in S. Fulton Tn..
Young Dick Clark and American Bandstand:
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Young Dick Clark and American Bandstand:
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