Entries from Gothamist tagged with 'joenamath'
August 10, 2008
Photograph of a Jets fan contemplating a Favre jersey at the ets store at the Jets training facility in Hempstead, NY by Ed Betz/AP A record crowd showed up Saturday for Jets’ training camp. NFL.com broke a sales record when 3,200 Brett Favre New York Jets jerseys were sold in a day. The Jets’ website crashed because too many fans wanted to get their own jersey. So, the business side of the Brett Favre......
Continue Reading "Making The Call: Brett To The Jets Is Good Business"August 7, 2008
Photograph of Brett Favre during the 2008 NFC Championship game by Mike Roeme/AP It was just over 30 years ago that a franchise, in the midst of a falling out with their star quarterback, traded him and brought an era to an end. It is amazing how similar that trade, where the Jets sent Joe Namath to the Rams, is to today’s announcement that Brett Favre is on his way to New York from......
Continue Reading "From Green Bay to Gang Green: Brett's A Jet"January 28, 2008
Photo of Eli Manning by AP/Bill Kostroun; Photo of Tom Brady by AP/Stephan Savoia When Super Sunday rolls around, there will be a lot of questions that will be answered. Will the Giants stop the undefeated season of the Patriots? How will Eli Manning perform in the biggest game of his career? And how Tom Brady's foot be? While there are clearly lots of other questions, one question that isn't so obvious is...who's the......
Continue Reading "Hot or Not: Super Bowl Edition"November 28, 2007
"Broadway Joe" Namath (who's now hitting AARP-age) will be larger than life when his life story hits sacks the big screen. Starring as the Hall of Fame quarterback (and ladies man) will be none other than Jake Gyllenhaal, who will likely only have to do a touch of bulking up for the role.While other quarterbacks racked up bigger lifetime stats, Namath became the first football player to achieve rock-star status. The pic will tell the......
Continue Reading "Gyllenhaal Goes From Brokeback to "Broadway Joe""May 25, 2005
There's something about macho men acting nuts when being interviewed about football. Joe Namath was extremely bizarre a few years ago when ESPN's Suzy Kolber spoke to him during a Jets game, with Namath saying he wanting to kiss her. And last night, Burt Reynolds slapped a CBS assistant producer during the Chelsea premiere of The Longest Yard. Watch the video here, and you'll see Reynolds get steamed at the hapless producer who admitted he......
Continue Reading "Burt Reynolds Bitchslaps Newsbitch"September 10, 2004
Much of the off-season talk among Jets fans, politicians and residents of the West Side of Manhattan has centered on one thing – the proposed $1.4 billion New York Sports and Convention Center. While Cablevision (the parent company of Madison Square Garden) has led a high-budget campaign for public opinion, while the team has recently started its counterstrike with legend Joe Namath extolling the potential of the project, of which the city would cover......
Continue Reading "Maybe a Bit Easier Being Green"August 23, 2004
For most of the evening, Chad Pennington his teammates looked nearly perfect in Saturday night's 31-7 preseason drubbing of the host Indianapolis Colts, a team many see as a favorite to once again reach the AFC Championship. It was only a preseason game, but it's always a good sign when your defense holds Peyton Manning in check for a half, especially considering Gang Green started three rookie defensive backs in its Nickel package (CBs Derrick......
Continue Reading "If Only it Counted"December 22, 2003
A few things that shows Jets legend Joe Namath's liberated attitude about women: He wore pantyhose in a 1974 Beautymist commercial. He made wearing a fur coat and sunglasses on sidelines popular. And he considers ESPN sideline interviews fair game to hit on women, especially when they are interviewing him. During the Jets-Patriots this part weekend, ESPN's Suzy Kolber was interviewing Namath when he leaned in and said, "I want to kiss you." Kolber deflected......
Continue Reading "Broadway Joe Loves the Broads"
