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Terrible Jersey Hall of Fame, Starring Ki-Jana Carter
Thankfully, I never purchased a Michael Westbrook jersey. Or a Heath Shuler. Somehow I even resisted the allure of Desmond Howard. Of all the mega-hyped Redskins who have come and gone, especially via the top of the draft, the worst I've ever owned is that of LaVar Arrington. Thankfully, that's enough for induction into the Just Call Me Juice Terrible Jersey Hall of Fame.
JCMJ asks bloggers for their most godawful jerseys, and the results so far range from Natrone Means, Jaguars to Mike Hampton, Rockies. It's a great idea for a running series, and my hands-down favorite is Larry Brown Sports' Ki-Jana Carter, Bengals jersey (crappily pictured here). That just can't be topped, can it?
Anyway, for those who care, here's my not-so-terrible jersey story:
For my first 26 years of Redskins fandom I owned two jerseys; Art Monk and Darrell Green. After Green retired, itwas decided in a tailgate or someplace of that ilk that I'd need the jersey of an active player. Since my brothers already had Clinton Portis and Brad Johnson (now THAT is a terrible jersey) taken care of, I turned to Fred Smoot. Standing opposite Champ Bailey and lighting up the local airwaves, I loved Smoot ... until he signed with Minnesota just months after the purchase. So in '05 a new jersey was in order. By then my youngest brother had replaced his Johnson with a Sean Taylor, so the only real choices were Santana Moss, Chris Cooley, Jon Jansen or LaVar Arrington. Of course I chose the one guy who immediately left the team that offseason, to a division rival no less. I think I wore that wretched rag for all of two games before it took up residence in my closet, where it hangs in shame, just waiting for Goodwill to come calling.
Really, that's not so bad. I've got nothing on the guy with Archuleta's jersey (photo No. 11) spotted at Skins camp last August. If you've got an embarrassment of your own hanging in the closet, use the comments to share the shame. Otherwise, laugh at us, not with us.
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i've got the spurrier redskins jersey (authentic personalized) and a throwback tim hardaway utep jersey
p.s. you are so needy -
Having outgrown both Marino and Zach Thomas jerseys when I was younger, the one Dolphins jersey I have left... and hence, the one I still wear to bars to watch the games... is an orange Ricky Williams jersey. I got it as a present from a relative for Christmas, back when the alternate-orange jerseys had just debuted and you couldn't get your hands on one outside of Miami.
Anyway, it still fits, it's in good shape, hence I haven't replaced it. Maybe this year. -
Sportz, there is NO shame in a burgundy Doug Williams. None at all.
Also, I'm anti-personalized jerseys. Just don't like 'em.
I'm also anti-anything but football jerseys, except for basketball, which are just OK. -
Let's see. I have, somewhere, a Lakers' Nick Van Exel jersey. Oh, and a Karl Malone Lakers jersey. I used to have a burgundy Doug Williams jersey.
Again, I've told you before and told you again ... just shell out the extra dough and get a personalized one. The only jerseys I currently own of an actual player now is a Kobe #24. After that, I have a UNC jersey, Skins jersey and Red Wings jersey with my own name and number on it. It saves a lot of money and, apparently, a lot of embarassment.
By the way, have fun buying the new Redskins Okoye/Landry/whomever jersey when it comes out after the weekend.
-Sportz
4/26/07 8:49 PM