Hope Solo Again

I have no idea why I find the crazy ones attractive but damn! There's just something wildly sexy about a hot tempered, bar brawling, angry drunk out of her mind, ready to kick anyone's butt, woman! Lord knows I've loved more than my share!

Hope Solo is without a doubt the best keeper women's soccer has ever known, yet it is her off the field life that gets all the attention.

According to Jennifer Sullivan of The Seattle Times, Solo was arrested at the home she shares with husband and former Seattle Seahawks tight end Jerramy Stevens on two counts of domestic violence after allegedly striking both her sister and nephew.

The 32-year-old goalkeeper is being held without bail after a family gathering escalated into an altercation, per Kirkland police Lt. Mike Murray.

"There was a big party going on at her house. It was an out-of-control situation," Murray said.

Murray also noted that, "There were visible injuries on them," in reference to Solo's sister and nephew.

The list is long and troubling, and they were always brunettes with amazing eyes.

I will never forget the night one went off on a guy because his Mustang was a fake Cobra, a six cylinder with the iconic Cobra markings. Over a car! She was going to give this poor guy a beat down right in the parking lot because his car was masquerading as a high performance model. Never mind he outweighed her by 200 pounds!

Yes Heather I'm talking about you! 

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Lisa Pistolis began serving her 6 year prison term on May 30th after being transported from Charleston to the Camille Griffin Graham Correctional Institution in Columbia.

 

 

Graham was constructed in the 70's and shows it's age. It's no country club despite its campus setting.

At 5'2" 118 pounds and age 26 Pistolis was no doubt greeted with a chorus of "Fresh Fish" upon her arrival. SCDOC lists her projected release date as September 9, 2019, though that date will change during her stay at the medium security prison.

The reality they say doesn't sink in until about the 3rd week. 

Doesn't get much worse after that. 

 

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Remembering Payne Stewart Not The Man You Thought You Knew

Today the US Open officially gets rolling over at Pinehurst.

Of course a lot of words will be given about Payne Stewart and his stroke for stroke down to the wire final round finish with Phil Mickelson on Pinehurst's No 2 in 1999.

Stewart would die before he could defend his title on a cold South Dakota prairie in October of that year, the result of an aviation accident.

Stewart was a phenomenal golfer, but also a total jackass of a competitor. A hubris prick who treated caddies, grounds crews and volunteers like the mud covered range balls his view from on top gave him. He didn't have much respect for the USGA officials either.

Stewart was a constant critic of greens, accommodations, course setup, pin placement and pairings. Everyone seems to have forgotten  his endless profanity laced rant at Olymipic over pin placement. I know it's wrong to speck unkindly of the dead. 

I'll admit he had lightened up a little bit up by the time 1999 rolled but my first golf cart ride with Payne in 1991 provided an impression that I have never been able to shake.

The image of him tossing a sweat soaked towel at a club house steward, then glaring at me while shouting "you want me to drive I know where I'm going" as I drove him to the driving range has not faded. Many remember the 1991 Ryder Cup for Langer's choke, I remember it for how Payne Stewart treated the fans, the Ocean Course staff and the volunteers.

You'll say, but it was the Ryder Cup and emotions run high at that event. But you didn't watch Stewart day in and day out snub, staff and fans his ego was beyond repulsive. 

I'll guess it didn't help that the night before that I had sat at the same table with a drunk Payne Stewart before his band "Jake Trout and the Flounders" took to the stage in a massive tent set up on Kiawah Island.

Stewart was a funny guy, but usually at the expense of others. Where Tiger tunes out the crowd, and volunteers like myself, Stewart used us high handicap golfers, the "hired help" and volunteers as the pivot point for his jokes.

His death denied him the chance to live down his outside the ropes reputation. Something that PGA stars like Lee Trevino and John Daley have enjoyed and maybe even Tiger Woods will one day seek. 

I know not everyone can be a Bubba Watson or Phil Mickelson, I just wish Payne had lived to play Pinehurst this week so I could perhaps gain a different perspective.

I yearn to hear these words spoken among the long leaf Carolina pines that are Pinehurst's namesake.

"Ladies and Gentlemen now driving the two time US Open Champion from Springfield, Missouri Payne Stewart!"

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