Let’s play a game I like to call ‘BlackGuyWhiteGuyGayOrStraight?’ I’ll show you a photo and you guess whether we’re looking at a black guy or a white guy, then try to determine based on looks alone whether he is gay or straight.
You’re probably wondering how this relates to both Seattle and sports. In fact, the person in the photo hails from the Seattle area and is a friend of mine, as well as a loyal reader of Seattle Sportsnet. So there you go. Oh, and he’s also a competitive bodybuilder, which is almost a sport. Kind of like competitive Scrabble.
If nothing else, this should serve as an example to everyone that digital cameras are as much a burden as they are a benefit. Here’s the photo:
Now feel free to take your guesses. There are two right answers, but we’ll consider everyone who participates a winner. Best of luck to you all!
If you happen to be near a radio tomorrow (Tuesday) morning between the hours of 6:00 and 10:00 AM, go ahead and tune to 950 on your AM frequency and enjoy the dulcet tones of one Ryan Divish.
For those of you who don’t know Ryan Divish, he happens to be the Mariners beat writer for the Tacoma News-Tribune and one of Seattle Sportsnet’s most loyal readers.
On a personal note, Divish hails from Havre, Mont. and is a proud alum of the University of Montana. As one of the few Seattleites who has been to Havre, being able to say I know someone from that small town is a huge accomplishment. Husky women’s basketball fans may also recount that former player Loree Payne also hailed from the bustling metropolis of Havre (which, for the record, is pronounced ‘Hav-err’ and does not rhyme with the last name of a quarterback named Brett).
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For those of you who regularly check out the site, you may remember past posts in which I referenced my pride and joy, the Compton Honkies. The Honkies are my fantasy football team and a proud member of the Pearce Fantasy League. We’re known for our bad-ass ways and a penchant for winning in the face of adversity, at least until this year.
Though other incarnations of the Compton Honkies have found ways to win in 2009 (one Honkies squad even took home a championship in a Yahoo! league), the original Honkies organization has compiled a 1-12 record (soon to be 1-13, after our final game) in the PFL this year and is the first team in the league’s history to owe money on top of our $50 entrance fee (each owner pays $50 up front to play, then has the chance to win or lose money on a weekly basis based on various results, all the while competing for a much larger payout in the championship). In short, we sucked badly.
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Let’s be honest. The Seahawks suck. They’re awful. They’re so bad that I don’t even watch them anymore. Part of that is due to a vacation which allowed me to miss three of their ballgames, but I doubt I would have subjected myself to their failure even if I’d been in town.
There are some diehards out there who can’t believe a true fan would turn apathetic on a team, but come on. Forcing the ’09 Hawks down someone’s throat is like taping their eyelids open and sitting them in front of an endless screening of Vanilla Sky. It’s just not right.
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