What’s that in the air?
Pollen, yes. Humidity, yes. Sand, from all that time you spend in the traps, yes.
But, no, love! Love is in the air!
It’s a tale as classic as the Bible, as Shakespeare, as a Molly Ringwald movie: Boy meets Girl, Boy loses Girl, Boy marries Girl, Boy plays too much golf and almost loses Girl again.
So here at AVIDGOLFER, we celebrate Local Jock Love … and tell you three such tales:
1. We all want only the best for Dirk Nowitzki, right?
We want him to surround himself with people and things that make him happy. We want him to find love. And we want him to stay in Dallas for the rest of his basketball career.
So what if … the Dallas Mavericks superstar is dating the sister of a pair of soccer standouts … and what if she works for musician George Michael and art collector Kenny Goss … and what if the young lady is Swedish … and what if she happens to live in Dallas?
Would that make everybody happy?
Jessica Ollson is the lucky lady’s name, and that gives her an advantage over Dirk’s previous flame – if only because law-enforcement authorities are still trying to pin down exactly what that con-woman’s name really is.
2. We want the Cowboys to approach this season with total focus, to avoid the sort of distractions that plagued our fair city when Tony Romo was dating pop tart Jessica Simpson.
I don’t know if Tony was distracted. But our fair city was.
So it is with some trepidation that we bless the alleged relationship between Cowboys receiver Miles Austin and junk-in-the-trunk babe Kim Kardashian. The Kardashian girls seem intent on marrying high-profile athletes; Kim’s mom is wedded to the plastic-faced Bruce Jenner, Kim’s sister just married the Lakers’ Lamar Odom, and Kim herself has been “romantically linked” (that’s tabloid talk for “having sex with”) Saints running back Reggie Bush and soccer star Cristiano Ronaldo.
When a Kardashian girl dates a jock, that jock wins a championship. So c’mon into DFW, Kim.
You’ve got until February to produce.
3. Jordan Spieth
Kid, you know AVIDGOLFER has your back. Do yourself a favor, OK? Stay clear of the art-collection girls and the E! network girls and heck, all the girls of any sort. Hug your golf bag. Love your putter. Wine and dine a caddie.
FISH TALES
Biggest lost opportunity with area colleges not joining up with the Pac-10? That means a lot of Texans won’t be playing golf on football trips out West – and it means a lot of guys from California won’t be coming to play golf in Texas … The USA’s World Cup run is full of fun, but what was it like to tie England? Like kissing your sister – and learning she has bad dental hygiene and breath that tastes like cigarettes and Shepherd’s Pie. … Get a load of the child-support argument from Dallas’ own Dennis Rodman: He always pays it – as long as he can afford it. … Congratulations to a pair of friends who do the sort of charitable work that helps make North Texas great: Clothier Jay Lombardo and hockey legend Mike Modano are being honored by the National Italian-American Foundation. … Hey, I’m all for vuvuzelas at sporting events. Just not during my backswing.
Mike Fisher covers the Mavericks at www.DallasBasketball.com, and covers Dallas sports for 103.3 ESPN Radio. You can follow Fish at www.twitter.com/fishsports. |
