O.J. Simpson

[The Hippie Satan of Hyperbole]

Dead

[Uncle Rico]

Hope no one takes a stab at making a joke

[tower912]

RIP


I thought he did it.  I thought his attorneys were better than the prosecutors and don't blame the jury for acquitting him.

[4everwarriors]

Adios mf'er, hey?

[Pakuni]

Hope no one takes a stab at making a joke

Cancer? That's no way for a man to die.
A parachute not opening ... that's a way to die. Getting caught in the gears of a combine ... having your nuts bit off by a Laplander, that's the way I wanna go.

[MU Fan in Connecticut]

The white Bronco is off to somewhere.

[Dr. Blackheart]

I hope the family donates his brain to science. 

[4everwarriors]

Wat brain, hey?

[The Hippie Satan of Hyperbole]

RIP


I thought he did it.  I thought his attorneys were better than the prosecutors and don't blame the jury for acquitting him.

I think had it happened a few years later, when DNA evidence was more established in the public-eye, he would have been found guilty in short order.

[tower912]

Fair.

[cheebs09]

He will be happy to know the killer has died.

[MU82]

You know, you (allegedly) kill a couple of people and you get labeled for life.

On a serious note ... maybe the best RB I ever saw, and certainly in the top few. During his prime, he was a rare combination of speed, power, shiftiness and durability. I was a Dolphins fan growing up, and he was on a division rival, but I still loved watching him run.

Hell of an actor, too! Who could forget his star turn as astronaut John Walker in Capricorn One?

[TallTitan34]

Hope no one takes a stab at making a joke

[4everwarriors]

You know, you (allegedly) kill a couple of people and you get labeled for life.

On a serious note ... maybe the best RB I ever saw, and certainly in the top few. During his prime, he was a rare combination of speed, power, shiftiness and durability. I was a Dolphins fan growing up, and he was on a division rival, but I still loved watching him run.

Hell of an actor, too! Who could forget his star turn as astronaut John Walker in Capricorn One?

Hoo kares. He was, is, and eternally will be a POS, aina?

[MuMark]

May he find out that Hell really does exist……..

[Uncle Rico]

Probably from the Covid shot

[Sir Lawrence]

Not an original thought:   If the coffin doesn't fit, do we give a sh!t?

[The Hippie Satan of Hyperbole]

Not an original thought:   If the coffin doesn't fit, do we give a sh!t?

Don't get indignant, the tumor was malignant.

[Biggie Clausen]

As someone who wasn’t around for his football career and the height of his fame, what would the modern equivalent of this be, if it happened today?  Maybe someone like Shaq?  Just trying to get some perspective on how famous he was and how shocking the murders were when they happened.

[DegenerateDish]

I went and re-read the events the night of the murders.

It really is something that he got on a red eye flight to Chicago like two hours after the murders. I know the area around the hotel near O’Hare was searched for the knife/his clothes. Guessing though he dumped them in a garbage can at LAX before that flight.

[The Hippie Satan of Hyperbole]

As someone who wasn’t around for his football career and the height of his fame, what would the modern equivalent of this be, if it happened today?  Maybe someone like Shaq?  Just trying to get some perspective on how famous he was and how shocking the murders were when they happened.

Yeah that's a pretty good parallel.

[tower912]

One of the Mannings.

[Uncle Rico]

As someone who wasn’t around for his football career and the height of his fame, what would the modern equivalent of this be, if it happened today?  Maybe someone like Shaq?  Just trying to get some perspective on how famous he was and how shocking the murders were when they happened.

Yeah, he had the football career and then broadcasting and acting.  He wasn’t very good at either but his impact went beyond his days on the gridiron.

The Naked Gun movies were pretty popular and his character was such a hapless goof, his image with the general public was harmless jock.

Then he murdered two people.  I think the Mannings are bigger but maybe not.  Certainly in that realm.  Barkley might be a better comp but it’s unfair to lump them in with OJ

[Hards Alumni]

Don't get indignant, the tumor was malignant.

Mom's spaghetti

[RJax55]

Yeah, he had the football career and then broadcasting and acting.  He wasn’t very good at either but his impact went beyond his days on the gridiron.

The Naked Gun movies were pretty popular and his character was such a hapless goof, his image with the general public was harmless jock.

Then he murdered two people.  I think the Mannings are bigger but maybe not.  Certainly in that realm.  Barkley might be a better comp but it’s unfair to lump them in with OJ

What about Gronk? Perhaps, I'm focusing too much on the hapless goof character.

I disagree on Barkley. He's always been outspoken on issues, unlike OJ. That was part of the shock with OJ. The general public had almost no knowledge of OJ beyond his carefully crafted persona prior to June of 1994.