We've all seen the stories, a million times over it seems. Star player for [Fill in the blank with the name of your favorite team] is handsome, rich, has it all,then goes and does something incredibly stupid and puts it all at risk.
It might be something big like murder or drugs, it might be something relatively small, but we watch people sel####estruct and say, "Boy, if I were in that situation, I'd never be so stupid."
Well folks, here's your chance to find out. As a public service, Half-Baked Ravings, in association with Foxsports.com (Not really, but it sounds a lot more impressive, don't you think?), presents the following quick quiz, where you can put yourself in the shoes of celebrity/athletes and determine how well you could stand up to the glare of the spotlight.
Each question is multiple choice and there are no right or wrong answers (Yeah, riiiight). Good luck.
1) You are Miami Dolphins running back Ricky Williams. You were recently reinstated by the NFL after numerous drug violations and competed in your first game back as a player Monday night, only to get injured and now your season is officially over. You:
A) Immediately begin rehabbing, determined to be ready for the beginning of practice next summer in order to reward the Dolphins for having so much faith in you.
B) Think you must have hit the lottery, touching the ball six times, fumbling once and then getting hurt and making over a quarter of a million dollars in the process!
C) Realize that at this rate, it will take you 35 years to work off the $8.6 million judgement you owe the Dolphins after retiring just before the 2004 season. You immediately secure tons of high-grade spliff and head for the mountains of Tibet. Who needs football anyway?
2) You are Brazilian race car driver Helio Castroneves. Big money and success on the IRL circuit aren't enough for you, and you just fox-trotted your way to fame and fortune on Dancing With the Stars. Unfortunately, your fiance, Aliette Vazquez, feels you were doing more than just dancing with partner Julianne Hough, and calls off your wedding engagement. You:
A) Send her flowers and proceed to beg and grovel in an attempt to try to win her back.
B) Don't notice, as you are far too busy doing more than just dancing with partner Julianne Hough.
C) Decide to turn ####, realizing you wll never get another woman anyway after spending the last six months ballroom dancing.
3) You are Texas Tech Head Basketball Coach Bobby Knight. You have been accused by two different people of hitting them with birdshot while out hunting. One of the accusers swears you did it intentionally. You:
A) Protest your innocence, pointing to your past record of having shot someone while hunting in 1999 and claim you were misquoted and/or misinterpreted.
B) Claim you are allowed to shoot people, since you expect your players to go to class and graduate on time.
C) Run for vice president.
4) You are St. Louis Cardinals Manager Tony La Russa. You pleaded guilty to drunk driving charges stemming from an incident last March during the Cards spring training, where police found you asleep in your running car, smelling of alcohol. You:
A) Accept full responisibility for your actions, pay your fine, do your community service, and view the incident as an embarrassing lesson to have learned.
B) Realize you had better do your drinking somewhere other than Jupiter, Florida and petition Cards ownership to move the site of the team's spring training facility.
C) Tell the judge that he would drink too if he had to manage the maddeningly inconsistent Cardinals. The judge agrees.
5) You are former NFL star running back O.J. Simpson and have just pleaded not guilty to 12 felony charges that could send you to prison for life. You:
A) Recognize that you cheated justice for over a decade and going to jail will only accomplish something that should have happened twelve years ago.
B) Call Johnnie Cochran, discovering too late that he is dead and thus might not be the best choice to defend you again.
C) Actually, there is no C. It's either A or B.
6) You are New York Knicks guard Stephon Marbury, and you disagree once again with how much playing time Head Coach Isiah Thomas is giving you. You:
A) Handle the situation like a mature adult, discussing your feelings with the coach and laying out all the reasons why your playing time should not be cut.
B) Spout off to the media again, this time saying Thomas sexually harassed you at work and the Knicks management did nothing about it, even though they knew.
C) Hire Bobby Knight to go hunting with Isiah Thomas.
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I've been busy writing - two full-length novels so far, plus over a dozen short stories - and working hard to try to get an agent. If you are curious and have a few minutes, check out my website, www.allanleve rone.com.
If you're a literary agent or if you know one, by all means contact me! In the meantime, I'll be here when I can - love this forum - and as always, thank you for checking out my blog, especially considering how many great ones you could be reading instead....
