No Helmet, No Pads, No Escape (NY Times story)

[atlasien]

The football player in this story, Johnnie Morton, is a black nikkei hapa.

No Helmet, No Pads, No Escape (http://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/22/sports/othersports/22morton.html?ex=1337572800&en=37343dc9f1240288&ei=5124&partner=permalink&exprod=permalink)
LAKE FOREST, Calif., May 16 — When Johnnie Morton finished playing wide receiver in the National Football League, he carefully reviewed his retirement options: be host of a talk show, expand his real estate profile, maybe work on his golf game.

Morton played 12 professional seasons, including 8 with the Detroit Lions. He caught 43 touchdown passes in his career.

After much consideration, Morton decided that it would be best to spend his free time being body slammed into a chain-link fence by two men named Joker and Gun.

“Crazy, huh?” Joker said.

Joker’s real name is Mike Guymon. Gun’s real name is Tony Bonello. Together, they are teaching Morton how to compete in mixed martial arts, one of the few sports that may be more violent and more dangerous than professional football.
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[cattygurl]

Ah, cool... I've been watching the UFC and MMA on and off you about a decade. I'll watch out for dude.

[RebelAzn]

He also got a brother name Chad Morton who also plays in the NFL. Hines Ward from Pitts Steelers (Super Bowl MVP) is also a hapa.

Kali Wong used to play for Houston Texans as middle linebacker. Dat Nguyen also retired (I believe he is now an assistant coach for Cowboys) also played middle linebacker and he won the Lombardi trophy (best college linebacker) in college. Dat also holds Texas A&M's all time tackle record.

[zhangfei]

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2007/writers/arash_markazi/06/03/morton.mma/

"Morton raised his hands at the crowd and even flashed a victory sign as the former USC receiver was carted off the same field where he earned All-American status in college."



Johnnie Morton was knocked out in 38 secs by a 35-year-old comedian, then refused to supply a urine sample for drug testing.

[kimtae]

He got hit so hard I was expecting Chris Tucker to pop out of the audience to tell him, "you got knocked THE FUCK out!"

[atlasien]

I was kind of rooting for him :(