Pete Sampras, who hasn’t played in a professional tournament in five years, beat the number one player in the world, Roger Federer, in an exhibition match in Macau. Let that one sink in: the number one player in a professional sport lost to a man that hasn’t played in a legitimate professional tournament in five years. In all fairness to “The Great” Federer, Sampras was the best player of his day and probably ever, but that fact by no means gives him a free pass.
If he can beat Federer, my guess is that Pete can still beat a lot of other guys on the ATP. In honor of Pete and his victory, we put together the group of guys in each sport that could come out of retirement and still be pretty damn good. For your viewing pleasure, we present you the Old-Man River Team:
Football – Herschel Walker – Walker was the dictionary definition of jacked during his college and NFL career. He still does around 5,000 pushups and sit-ups per day, so I am fairly sure he is in game shape. There are at least three NFL teams, including the Dolphins, who have a career back-up and a career pot-head splitting carries, that would love Herschel on the squad.
(Herschel Walker – 10 minutes ago)
Baseball – Tony Gwynn – Because Gwynn looked like this for the final few seasons of his career, and still hit .330, I think we could probably take the coaches hat off, dust off the cleats, and bang out 215 hits. Or maybe not.
Basketball – Hakeem Olajuwon – When I saw Hakeem working out with Yao this off-season, I knew he could still put in 20 pts, 12 rebs and 3 blks. Look at those calves for god’s sake. Fourth best center in the East right now (Shaq, Howard, maybe Eddy Curry).
Hockey – Cam Neely – Even if he couldn’t still play hockey, the former 50 goal scorer could act like could play hockey. His resume on the big screen is impressive and he has significant experience on the small screen in Denis Leary’s Rescue Me, where he plays in a charity hockey game.
Professional Wrestling – Ted Dibiase – Dibiase is now a full-time evangelical minister for Heart of David Ministries, whose logo includes a man about to get bodyslammed. His closeness with God has also kept him in excellent shape (probably), and he is poised for a comeback under the pseudonym “The Hammer of God.” (Although the Million Dollar Man was a damn good gimmick as well)
I had Hacksaw Jim Duggan as my comeback wrestler until I realized he was actually still wrestling in the WWE…at age 54…poor Jim.
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