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Bill Walton is one tall mother****ing dude. Like, really tall.

Bill Simmons always talks about how he is really like 7'3" instead of the 6'11" he was listed at when playing. Apparently he didn't want to be regarded as a 7 footer as he was so athletic for his size; I guess it had a negative connotation associated with being slow and lumbering.

A number of years ago I was in the airport in Nice, France, ticked-off that I couldn't find my mountain bike after the baggage had been unloaded. I was complaining to my buddy when a recognizable Scottish accent says "Why don't you look over there?"

What surprised me was that Sean Connery was as cool in person as you'd imagine. He and his buddy took-off out the door to his jeep and he jumped in the driver's seat like he was Bond. Very cool guy that didn't need to help me out and draw attention to himself.

John Cena is gigantic.

This is going to sound really really gay, but I felt the same way about durrrr the first time I met him. Not from a looks standpoint, but from a "wtf is going on in this guy's head?", and "what is it that seems so special about this person?" standpoint. It was at the final table that Usher made at the 2006 WSOP (where durrrr had a piece of Usher). Just watching him run around and react to hands with Raptor was kind of mesmerizing. Man I am opening myself up for some major blasts here.

Note: this was before I got drunk and lost a huge pot to him. All I knew was that he was some high stakes cash player.

All of these were years ago:

Tom Cruise was shorter than the short person I was expecting him to be.
Nicole Kidman at the time was so pale she looked like she was seriously ill.

Bob Geldof was a really cool guy who had no interest in being treated as special because he was famous and also swore more than 99% of the population.

Prince Charles was surprisingly normal in an old out of touch uncle kind of a way.

Mick Hucknall (Simply Red) came in with a massive hat and sunglasses on and then played the don't you know who I am card.

Joan Armatrading had no problem with me not having any idea who she was.

The South African Rugby team were uniformly massive.

Another person I saw at the old Dunes was the guy who played Grandpa on the Munsters. He was just sitting at a slot machine playing away. Kind of freaked me out. Of course if the guy who played Herman was playing that would have really freaked me out.

The Dunes had a lot of history that I never realized until many years after I left. For example I read Cary Grant and Dianne Canon got married there which I never knew. Also Liz and Dick Burton used to like to eat in their restaurant when in town. In one of their restaurants they had someone playing a harp on a little island that was in a small pool. Was probably a classy place in its prime.

John Voight - relatively small (5'7 - 5'9) with very a bad complexion - red like he'd been sailing kind of look

Bob Lainier - Saw him in about 1995 so he was long since retired and had gained some weight - not sloppy fat, but spare tire chubby. Biggest human I've ever seen 6'10" tall and at least a foot and a half thick front to back. Had to weigh 350 to 400 lbs.

Snap Ban, IMO.

I fap to myself on a daily basis.

Almost bumped into nicholas anelka. What surprised me about him was he was wearing a big sheep skin type coat an sunglasses but it was baking hot summer time.

Met evander holyfield at a book signing an got a picture etc. He looked bored out of his head and you could tell he didnt wanna be there. When ppl would try an speak to him he wouldnt say anythin back but wouldnt be nice about it either. He wasnt very big but you can just tell that the mans in super shape.

Went backstage and met ronnie o'sullivan at a exhibition of his. Ppl where tryin to shoot the **** with him whilst gettin photos an i dont think i saw him say 1 word back He'd smile and politely nod his head. He just looked awkward. Made me think thats how id handle the situation.

Saw steve gerrard once and it made up for a awkward moment. I was on a date at the pictures with some girl waiting to go into a theatre and gerrard walks out with some girl. I'm like wow here's gerrard an the girl i'm with turns away an looks embarrased an me an gerrard end up lookin at each other awkwardly. I didnt know what was going on. Turns out they had been dating not long before.

Seen colleen mcgloughlin a few years ago in a clothes shop an she is 50x better looking in real life. An i think she liked me aswell.

Met a few others aswell but not worth mentioning.

lol

Surprised at how many people have seen Ali in person.

I saw Kevin Garnett a few years back when he was still playing for Minnesota. He looks damn skinny on TV, but his forearms were about the size of my legs. He was buying video games for some kids, so I didn't want to bother him for an autograph. I just complimented him on his game the previous night (he pwned Duncan), and went off. Definitely seems really laid back and nice off the court.

Suzzer,

I had no idea you were related to theBruiser.

hahaha

Saw Paul Wall at the Palms as he was getting on the elevator to the hotel rooms.

He had a huge beer belly and a one man entourage.

TR?

been in a bunch of nba locker rooms (sports freelance writer ftw) and most of them look like what you'd expect buttt:

1. ray allen without his shirt off is one of the most impressive things i've seen nohomo. super nice guy though.
2. mark madsen is surprisingly HUGE. no wonder he sticks around.
3. i met paul pierce twice and he could not have been ruder/more of an ******* each time.
4. dwyane wade is just like he is during tv interviews--chill, nice, willing to talk.
5. kg is a scary ****er and not nice.
6. kobe is too cool to hang out in the locker room with everyone else.
7. derek fischer isnt as nice of a guy as everyone pretends (or at least wasn't with me)
8. chris bosh nice guy...SUPER tall and big.
9. rajon rondo is shy but cool; he really seemed just like an average kid. he seemed to have gained a lot more confidence in the year between the two times i talked to him.
10. chauncey billups has a really, really, really, REALLY deep voice.
11. pops mensah-bonsu could be the nicest person i've ever met (went to undergrad with him so i'm biased, but still)
12. antawn jamison is a really good guy and LOVES to talk.
13. nick young is goofy and funny.

im sure theres more but those jump out. sorry the descriptions mostly suck but really pierce is just a huge *******. and i say that as a huge celtics fan.

i saw matthew lesko at target once. what surprised me was that he was wearing the question mark suit.

Watched the b-ball games today with a guy who's dad played the 6 Million Dollar Man's boss (Oscar Goldman). I think I was more geeked out about that when I found out than most celebrities I've met. That was my favorite show growing up.

He was like "Oh yeah you might have heard of my dad, he was a character actor. Did some stuff in the 70s and 80s..." OMG OMG your dad was Oscar Goldman?!??

I saw Johnny Bench playing tennis down in Florida after he retired. He had kind of a weird build and didn't seem too quick, but I guess crouching behind the plate for 15 years or so will do that to an athlete.

I also saw Bobby Riggs (who played Billy Jean King) at the same club.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bobby_Riggs

He look like such a old geek, but he hit the ball great. I could see how he could make a fortune hustling at tennis because of how he looked.

saw him walking around DC once...wearing the question mark suit

wtf. do you mean jon voight, father of angelina jolie? he is said to be 6'2. can't believe you think he's that small.