Obscure Athlete of the Week

I'm a guy. We're both guys. And like most guys, we like sports.



A-Rod reeeally likes sports and athletes. Does he have to call "no-homo" for his role in Brokeback Mirror?

 Even as a teen, I could talk about any sport, any league and name athletes that no one has ever heard of. The only other person I knew (at the time) who knew the useless sports trivia I did, was my homeboy Rob.

Chillin in the back of Mrs. Timber's class, separated from the group of kids she thought had a future, we had a lot of time to see who could name the most obscure names in sports. Sometimes we'd start off with names we already knew, like Jon Koncak.

I know you didn't know who he was but just like Gerald Wilkins (money in the Cavs jersey), you wont forget him now.

But the one name that always sent us into a tear-filled frenzy of laughter was Yinka Dare.

Yinka Dare

The 7-foot, 260 pound, Nigerian born "baller" was drafted 14th overall in the 1994 NBA Draft. This guy was horrible! This is the same Draft class that gave us Jason Kidd and Grant Hill (honestly the rest of the draft was also pretty bad). Dare averaged 2.1 points, 2.6 rebounds, and 0.6 blocks.

Haha, so he was about as useful in the NBA Billy Joe Cuthbert

Fear the Mongoose.

Unfortunately, Dare passed away in '04 (not funny) but that didn't stop us from still making him the crowning name on our list of funny ass failed athletes (still funny).

MJ's still king of pop, right? See, it's not that bad.