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Hammock Parties 11:20 AM 06-25-2009
This is absolutely hilarious. Photo is as queer as it gets without nudity.

http://jeffpearlman.com/?p=2080

Elvis Grbac: Not as sexy as initially indicated

June 24th, 2009 by Jeff Pearlman



One of my favorite all-time stories is about
Elvis Grbac (left), Rich Gannon (right) and People Magazine’s Sexiest Men issue from 1998. It is both outlandish and 100-percent true.

Back in the day I knew many People staffers, and they were all cool, fun, intelligent—and woefully ignorant about sports. Every year, in planning the Sexiest Men issue, People’s editors would ask a bunch of us at Sports Illustrated for suggestions and insight. In 1998, for a reason I’ll never understand, they decided not to seek out help.

The magazine chose Rich Gannon as its Sexiest Athlete. At the time, Gannon was a member of the Kansas City Chiefs. Still a couple of seasons removed from his golden tenure with the Raiders, Gannon was 33, handsome and likable. In other words, a solid choice. Yet People, being People, simply informed the photographer assigned to the piece that the Sexiest Athlete was the Chiefs’ quarterback. Hence, he took pictures of the Chiefs’ quarterback. Well, one of the Chiefs’ quarterbacks: Elvis Grbac.
Yup.

The pictures made their way back to the New York offices, and editors were dumbfounded. This was their Sexiest Athlete? Yet upon learning the truth, no one with the magazine had the heart (guts?) to tell Grbac that an unfathomable mistake had been made. As a result, Elvis Grbac reigns as People’s 1998 Sexiest Athlete.

The article’s final line says it all: “His personality makes him sexy.”

Amen.



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Hoover 11:22 AM 06-25-2009
GAY ALERT GAY ALERT

I WILL FOLLOW
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gblowfish 11:22 AM 06-25-2009
This thread is gay.
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Hammock Parties 11:24 AM 06-25-2009
Originally Posted by Hoover:
GAY ALERT GAY ALERT

I WILL FOLLOW
I used to own two Elvis Grbac jerseys.

NTTAWWT
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Fat Elvis 11:25 AM 06-25-2009
Originally Posted by gblowfish:
The OP is gay.
FYP
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Gonzo 11:25 AM 06-25-2009
I'm intimidated by the gayness of this thread.
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LaChapelle 11:25 AM 06-25-2009
And Red Ass was born.
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LaChapelle 11:27 AM 06-25-2009
Is Gannon wearing a partial rug?
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Hoover 11:27 AM 06-25-2009
Originally Posted by Claythan:
I jizz all over my two Elvis Grbac jerseys.

NTTAWWT

shocker...
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Gonzo 11:28 AM 06-25-2009
Originally Posted by Hoover:
shocker...
Careful...

He may take you up on that.
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Deberg_1990 11:31 AM 06-25-2009
This is the funniest line in that whole thing:

"But if you need a missle aimed with laser like precision" :-)
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Hoover 11:32 AM 06-25-2009
ahahahah
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InChiefsHeaven 11:56 AM 06-25-2009
I remember that, my wife is a big People mag subscriber. When that issue came out, she showed it to me, and I remember thinking...w...t...f?? She was laughing at it and saying she could name off the top of her head 10 NFL guys alone who she considered sexy. Hearing the behind the scenes story on this is absolutely hilarious.

...should have known. Imagine the ego on Grbac being stroked by a People mag spread calling him the sexiest athlete...that's just hilarious.
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crazycoffey 12:02 PM 06-25-2009
oh yeah, we get to put another of clayton's BS threads over 100, make the tard feel validated people, make his world make sense.
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Hammock Parties 12:05 PM 06-25-2009
Originally Posted by CrazyCoffey:
oh yeah, we get to put another of clayton's BS threads over 100, make the tard feel validated people, make his world make sense.
Jesus Christ you fucking dumbass. This is hilarious, Chiefs-related, news.

SHUT THE FUCK UP.
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