American Way Magazine February 2009 (2) - page 52

Celebs
56 AMERICANWAY FEBRUARY 15 2009
Jack
Nicholson
Courtside
trademark: Ever-
present sunglasses
Loyalty rating (on a
scale of 1 to 10): 11
Notes: Nicholson
is such a notorious
Lakers fan, he even
received his own
Sports Illustrated
feature in 1986.
Rick Reillywrote:
“Nicholson is at so
many games that
some people
have just stopped
noticing him.…
Says Laker Kurt
Rambis, ‘That’smy
idea of a true fan.’”
Other famous
Lakers fans: Penny
Marshall, Leonardo
DiCaprio,Dyan
Cannon,Denzel
Washington,Tobey
Maguire, and just
about every other
celebrity ever
Jared
Fogle
Courtside
trademark: Foot-
long veggie sub
Loyalty rating: 5
Notes: As Fogle has
been the face of
Subway’s advertise-
ments for much of
the last decade, his
wallet can now af-
ford the high-priced
seats towatch his
hometown Indiana
Pacers. (His waistline,
however, still can’t af-
ford the high-calorie
concession-stand
snacks lest he
lose his lucrative
endorsement deal.)
Other famous
Pacers fans: Maris
Valainis. (Who?
Jimmy Chitwood in
Hoosiers, that’s who.)
Adriana
Lima
Courtside
trademark: Eye-
scorching hotness
Loyalty rating: 0
for theGrizzlies, 8
forMarko Jaric
Notes: Jaric is on
his thirdNBA team
in six seasons, so
there’s a chance
hewon’t be in
Memphis by the
time you read this.
In that case, neither
will Lima, his fiancée.
But as long as he is,
the young, exciting
roster on the court
and theVictoria’s
SecretAngel a few
feet from it make
aMemphis home
game one of the
most underrated
deals in theNBA.
Other famous
Grizzlies fans: No
one, really, unless
Elvis impersonators
count.
Spike
Lee
Courtside
trademark: A Knicks
jersey and limited-
editionAir Jordans
Loyalty rating: 10
Notes: InGame
Five of the 1994
EasternConference
Finals, Lee spent
much of the fourth
quarter jawing
with Indiana Pacer
ReggieMiller.Miller
respondedwith
25 points in the
quarter, leading to
an improbable
win for the Pacers
and a bitter headline
in the NewYork
Daily News that
read,“Thanks a lot,
Spike.”
Other famous
Knicks fans: Woody
Allen,who is as
dedicated to his
Knicks as Lee is but
much,much quieter.
Matt
Damon
Courtside
trademark:
Going-incognito
baseball cap
Loyalty rating: 7
Notes: After
GoodWill Hunting,
Damon (along
with BenAffleck)
became an avatar
for every Boston
sports fan. Prior to
theCeltics’ return
to prominence last
season,Damon’s
loyaltymore than
likely led to this
taunt from oppos-
ing fans:“Hey,Matty!
You like apples?
Well, your team’s
terrible.How you
like them apples?”
Other famous
Celtics fans:
Affleck andDonnie
Wahlberg
Jay-Z
Courtside
trademark: Beyoncé
Loyalty rating: 9-ish
Notes: Would
Jay-Z be aNets
fan if he didn’t own
a piece of the team?
Maybe. But the rap
mogul bought a
share in theNew
Jersey squad partly
because of plans
tomove the team
to Brooklyn,New
York. If that doesn’t
happen— the deal
has hit several snags
— theremight be
some courtside
seats up for grabs.
Other famous
Nets fans: No one
special, but if the
team doesmove to
Brooklyn, expect fans
to include hip-hop
notables and actors
who live inWilliams-
burg and Park Slope.
Jimmy
Buffett
Courtside
trademark: His
carrottopped son,
Cameron
Loyalty rating: 10
Notes: On Febru-
ary 4, 2001, Buffett
was ejected from
his courtside seat
at aHeat game
against the Knicks
for swearing at ref-
eree Joe Forte. In
an interviewwith
Sports Illustrated,
Buffett said,“It was
a bad call. It still is
a rotten call! John
Starks clobbered
TimHardaway. It
was a close game.
I just said, ‘You stupid
[redacted 12-letter
curseword], that
is theworst call I
ever heard.’”
Other famous
Heat fans:
Enrique Iglesias
Jack
Nicholson
Jared Fogle
(a.k.a. Jared the
Subway guy)
Adriana
Lima
Spike
Lee
Matt
Damon
Jay-Z
Jimmy
Buffett