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today!PLANES, TRAINS, AUTOMOBILES?and ... roller coasters? The world is just not
built for the extremely tall, lament those longest of limb. I couldnt get on the
Batman ride at Six Flags! one 6-foot-9 baller says. So to walk a mile in their
ridiculously big shoes, we offered confidentiality to 66 NBA players who measure
6-8 and up in exchange for their honest takes on what it means to be the tallest
guy in the room.* Heres the weather report from way up there.What is the best
thing about being tall?Playing basketball 25 percent (most popular answer)
Standing out/getting attention?19 percent Seeing over people 19 percentI cant
imagine being below everyone and not seeing whats going on. Thatd be scary.
--?Eastern Conference playerWhat is the worst thing about being tall?Hitting my
head on doorways?26 percent (most popular answer) Traveling in cars and
airplanes?24 percent Finding clothes that fit?17 percentYou hit the doorway when
youre tall. You get used to it ... but it hurts a lot.? -- 7-1 NBA playerWhen
you chose basketball as a career, what percent was due to your enjoyment of the
game, versus your size?For love of the game?86 percent (average answer)Do you
think you get fewer calls from referees because of your size?Yes 56 percent
No?44 percentRefs love the smaller guys. Its a real thing.?-- Eastern Conference
forwardWould you change your position if your height were different?Yes 61
percent No?39 percentIf so, what would it be?Point guard?61 percent (most
popular answer)Would you change sports if your height were different?Yes 42
percent No 58 percentIf so, what would it be?Soccer?30 percent (most popular
answer)Outside of the basketball arena, do you sense that people feel threatened
by you because of your size?Yes?52 percent No 48 percentIf Im standing behind
someone in Chipotle, they kind of take a glance at me and theyre like, oh gosh.
They scoot forward. That lets you know.? -- Nine-year NBA veteranDo you fear
long-term health issues due to your size?Yes 19 percent No 81 percentDo you feel
more prone to injury due to your size?Yes 33 percent No 67 percentDoes your
height affect your self-confidence positively, negatively or not at
all?Positively 63 percent Negatively 0 percent Not at all?37 percentIt was awful
growing up ... but as you get into real life, the taller you are, the more you
get praise.? -- Eastern Conference playerDo you think you are subject to more
emotional and/or verbal mistreatment because of your size?Yes 27 percent No 73
percentHow often do people ask you how tall you are?Every day 80 percent (most
popular answer)Does the question annoy you?Yes 46 percent No 54 percentI got a
shirt that said, I am 7-1. Yes, I play basketball. On the back, it said, Leave
me alone. -- Former first-round draft pick*Not all players answered every
question. Percentages are rounded.
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Mens . The CFLs leading rusher kept adding to his gaudy numbers this
season and scored the winning touchdown with just over two minutes to play. The
New Westminster, B.C., native plowed three yards into the end zone for the last
score of a heated, see-saw battle between the two teams with the best records in
the CFL. CHASKA, Minn. -- Henrik Stenson tracked the flight of his shot from the
middle of the 11th fairway and didnt like where it was headed. The ball had
barely settled into a greenside bunker when he flipped the fairway wood
end-over-end into the air like a baton.Welcome to America, Henrik! someone in
the gallery howled with delight.Never mind that Stenson and his family have
lived in a very exclusive enclave in Orlando, Florida, for four years now. More
important is that it was the Swede who had the last laugh Friday at the Ryder
Cup.He teamed with Englishman Justin Rose in the afternoons fourballs to begin
the comeback that Rory McIlory and rookie Thomas Pieters finished in grand style
to pull Europe to 5-3 by the time the gates at Hazeltine National Golf Club were
closed.The closing flourish was something to see.Like Stenson-Rose, the
McIlroy-Pieters duo got beat handily as the Americans rolled out a 4-0 sweep of
the morning foursome. No U.S. team had managed to sweep a session since 1981,
which may explain why Captain Davis Love left his opening and anchor pairings
intact. So did Darren Clarke, his European counterpart, and his turned out to be
the better gamble.No sooner had McIlorys 15-footer dropped for birdie to seal a
3-and-2 win over Dustin Johnson and Matt Kuchar, than he pumped his fist, then
stopped and bowed deeply to the sometimes-raucous and overwhelmingly hometown
crowd ringing the 16th green.I wanted to put an exclamation point on that
session for us, McIlroy said. I thought about that celebration before I hit the
putt.It was the kind of gesture weve come to expect from Spaniard Sergio Garcia.
He teamed with countryman Rafael Cabbrera Bello to win his afternoon match and
has often served as the emotional engine for the European side, a role he
inherited from the late Seve Ballesteros, another of his
countrymen.ddddddddddddBut Garcia was relatively subdued after his win and, if
McIlroy, as well as Stenson and others whose style is less demonstrative, step
forward and claim a leadership role, these Ryder Cup matches will be something
to see.With six rookies on his side, Clarke opted to pair the Olympic medalists
-- Rose won gold at Rio and Stenson grabbed silver -- and put them out as his
leadoff pair for both the foursomes and fourballs. They managed just one birdie
through the 16 holes in the alternate-shot format and got beat 3 and 2 by Jordan
Spieth and Patrick Reed.Obviously, Jordan and Patrick made a few more putts and
got the momentum early, Stenson said.But the Swede had an inkling hed get the
chance to square things.Jordan just told me he would see me this afternoon,
Stenson added, and Spieth turned out to be right.But this time, the Europeans
got some traction early, turning a 1-down deficit around with three straight
birdies by Stenson and leading 2-up before they turned for the back nine. When
Stenson dumped that fairway wood at par-5 11th into the bunker and wound up
making par, Rose stepped up and halved the hole with a nervy 6-footer for
birdie. That fueled another run as Stenson and Rose took the next three holes
and closed out the match 5 and 4.Makes it sweeter when you beat the guys you
lost to in the morning, Stenson said.
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