SPORTS TRIVIA
Science article cites possible obsessive compulsive behavior by elite athletes
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Sports Stars and Their Pre-game Rituals
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Soccer star Kolo Toure, central defender for Arsenal and the Ivory Coast, likes to be last onto the pitch.
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Curtis Martin, running back for the New York Jets in the US National Football League, reads Psalm 91 before each game.
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In the 1998 soccer World Cup, French defender Laurent Blanc would kiss the shaven head of goalkeeper Fabien Barthez before the kick off of each game.
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Marshall Faulk, former running back with the Indianapolis Colts and the St Louis Rams, habitually wore all black on the way to the stadium.
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Basketball superstar Michael Jordan always wore his North Carolina college shorts under his Chicago Bulls uniform/
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World tennis player Rafael Nadal of Spain: His water bottles must be lined up, with the labels facing the baseline he is playing from.
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Editor's note:
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The copyright police oversee the reproduction of the original article,
so notice this post has a 200-word limit I had to meet - OR ELSE!!!
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Also notice no quotes this time - sorry!!!
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