He's The Man
Congratulations are in order for Sam Ehlinger after being honored with the Jason Witten Collegiate Man of the Year Award. Sam was selected from a group of 20 semifinalist for the award that focuses on an outstanding record of leadership by exceptional integrity and sportsmanship. Texas fans know Mr. Ehlinger was the right choice to be the recipient and are happy to see him leaving Texas with such high praise. Sam will receive a $10,000 contribution in his name to the University of Texas Athletic Scholarship fund.
Check out Sam's reaction meeting Jason Witten and winning the award.
Get A Tattoo So You Know It's Real
Tampa Bay Buccaneer Safety Antoine Winfield Jr. is a Super Bowl Champion. If you need a refresher, he's the guy who threw up a peace sign to Tyreek Hill upon breaking up a pass. The move was considered taunting and the safety was later fined $7,800.
Being a Super Bowl champion is something that nobody can take away from you. You also receive a giant custom ring to commemorate your accomplishment. But what if you wanted more? What if you wanted something more immediate because waiting a couple months for a ring just felt too long? Get a tattoo!
Winfield Jr. debuted his Super Bowl tattoo on his Instagram story yesterday to much fanfare. It is a pretty big one too taking up most of his forearm. It's so big in fact, that Tom Brady felt the need to comment "make sure you leave some room" also insinuating that more Super Bowl wins will be coming Winfield Jr.'s way.
We've seen them before, the over eager fan truly believes it is his or her teams year to win it all. They are so sure they go ahead and get a Super Bowl Champion tattoo even though the season itself hasn't even started. We then go back to the pictures of those tattoos when it comes time to play the Super Bowl and their team never made it to the dance and we wonder, how will they cover that up?
Antoine did it right. He came, he saw, he conquered and THEN he got a tattoo. Enjoy it sir. It is a work of art.
Break It Down
The All Star players have been named and the schedule for the 1 day All Star special has been revealed.
All of All-Star in One Night on March 7!
- 5 PM ET: NBA Tip-Off presented by CarMax
- 6:30 PM ET: #TacoBellSkills & #MtnDew3PT
- 8:00 PM ET: 70th NBA All-Star Game
- Halftime: #ATTSlamDunk
Now to me, all of this sounds fine and dandy. The question is what happens if this goes off without a hitch? What happens if the players prefer doing it all in 1 day and wish to do so in the future to give them the most time off during the break in the season? Obviously the league and host cities love All Star weekend as it is a huge cash cow, but in a league so driven by its players I think it's worth the discussion on whether or not changes to the typical All Star weekend should or could be made.
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