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| Super Bowl, World Series encounters of the unknown kind - YAHOO! Posted: 19 Jan 2011 04:57 PM PST This article was produced by a member of the Yahoo! Contributor Network, where users like you are published on Yahoo! Super Bowl, World Series, both are as much a part of our culture as breathing. Even if you're not a sports fan you are connected to someone who is. Meeting a sports legend is something, as a fan, we dream of. May 1978 I was a contestant in a beauty pageant being held in Kansas City. As a group of 16 year old girls we flitted around the hotel convention center like butterflies, nothing but our events in our thoughts. In between those events we rode the elevator and talked to the other guests of the hotel. While during one of those trips in the elevator three of us tried to influence two men to come to see our pageant. Amongst our giggles and chatter they politely said they were unable to, instead they had a little game to play. I learned later that the little game was between the Minnesota Twins and the Kansas City Royals. One of the polite men just happened to be baseball great Rod Carew. Then just 18 years later my family was again placed inside a Kansas City hotel elevator under similar circumstances with yet another Sports legend. Reggie Smith(notes), Hall of Fame Defensive End for the Green Bay Packers got into an elevator with my husband and my youngest daughter. Immediately, like everyone always does, he fell for her big blue eyes and Shirley Temple curls. Bending down gallantly Reggie begged and pleaded her to talk to him. Stubborn as usual she remained stoic, completely quiet just shaking her curls, no. While he pleaded and offered his jersey and finally his helmet she stood her ground and remained firm. No. Finally Reggie questioned her, did she like football. Yes. Then why won't you talk to me or accept my jersey, he asked. And as kids always do she was honest, brutally honest in fact. Her little words came out to make an unmistakable impact. "No, my Mom's a Chiefs fan." Here tiny Heather had just told one of the greatest "no." Once a Chief's fan always a fan. *Note: This article was written by a Yahoo! contributor. Sign up here to start publishing your own sports content. This entry passed through the Full-Text RSS service — if this is your content and you're reading it on someone else's site, please read our FAQ page at fivefilters.org/content-only/faq.php |
| Posted: 22 Jan 2011 06:23 AM PST NBC has picked up the "Wonder Woman" TV series. So what NBC actresses could play Wonder Woman, and is Taylor Cole tailor-made for the role? The network certainly doesn't have to It was a bit surprising that NBC picked up the Wonder Woman TV series pilot after previously turning it down, but, according to Entertainment Weekly, the same event that ousted Keith Olbermann from MSNBC (the Comcast takeover) is responsible for the network's change of heart. It's definitely going to be a tough task to make the TV series anything but campy, but that's exactly what NBC is hoping to do, and, luckily, the network has experience with plenty of actresses that would be perfect for the role. Here's a look at some NBC actresses that could don Wonder Woman's sexy costume (and I'm hoping they go for a grittier version of the old-school outfit like they did for the new Captain America movie, not the boring new comic book version with pants): Taylor Cole from "Heroes" and "The Event" Taylor Cole already has superhero experience from one show. She played private Rachel Mills, a superhero hunter with super powers of her own, in "Heroes". And she's obviously one of the actresses here that gets lots of love from NBC, also scoring a role on "The Event" as assassin Vicky Roberts. But if you need further proof that this brunette beauty is tailor-made for the Wonder Woman role, just check her out wearing the iconic outfit here. Saffron Burrows from "My Own Worst Enemy" I'm just mad about Saffron...especially the idea of her donning Wonder Woman's costume. There's just something that screams "Amazonian goddess" about the statuesque stunner. However, the 38-year-old might be a tad over-the-hill for the role. Gugu Mbatha-Raw from "Undercovers" And here's another hottie from a cancelled NBC show that would make an interesting choice. I don't see why Wonder Woman has to be white, and I'd definitely go ga-ga over Gugu in anything. This entry passed through the Full-Text RSS service — if this is your content and you're reading it on someone else's site, please read our FAQ page at fivefilters.org/content-only/faq.php |
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