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RIP Diego Maradona
Posted: Wed Nov 25, 2020 12:13 pm
by GuitarBilly
Not sure if we have any soccer fans here but he was a true legend for the sport and an icon in South America.
RIP.
https://www.espn.com/soccer/argentina-a ... atform=amp
Re: RIP Diego Maradona
Posted: Wed Nov 25, 2020 12:51 pm
by itchyfingers
Oh dang, RIP Diego. Dude lived a crazy life, check out the bio / documentary that's streaming right now (can't remember if its Amazon or Netflix), it's really well done.
Re: RIP Diego Maradona
Posted: Wed Nov 25, 2020 12:52 pm
by Ostinato Rubato
Oh shit. That’s gonna hurt a lot of futbol fans.
Re: RIP Diego Maradona
Posted: Wed Nov 25, 2020 4:24 pm
by GuitarBilly
Stupid Twitter is thinking Madonna died and freaking out
Re: RIP Diego Maradona
Posted: Wed Nov 25, 2020 10:05 pm
by RyanDistortion
60 is young, man. What happened?
Re: RIP Diego Maradona
Posted: Thu Nov 26, 2020 12:07 am
by GuitarBilly
RyanDistortion wrote:60 is young, man. What happened?
Heart attack. He has a past of heavy drug and alcohol abuse, even recently, which is most likely the cause although it's impossible to know for sure until a full autopsy is done.
Re: RIP Diego Maradona
Posted: Thu Nov 26, 2020 7:22 am
by skybluegary
So, so talented, then the lifestyle burned the candle out early
Re: RIP Diego Maradona
Posted: Thu Nov 26, 2020 12:31 pm
by RyanDistortion
skybluegary wrote:So, so talented, then the lifestyle burned the candle out early
Well, he certainly lived the shit our of his life. Slaying the pitch, the bitches off the pitch, and altering his reality to oblivion.
I might choose to live his life if given the opportunity
I bet the 2nd half of his life was pretty miserable, tbh. Addiction isn't fun. I already know.
Re: RIP Diego Maradona
Posted: Sat Nov 28, 2020 2:49 pm
by Bonano
His significance to his sport is equivalent to who in the US?
Re: RIP Diego Maradona
Posted: Sat Nov 28, 2020 6:59 pm
by greatmutah
Bonano wrote:His significance to his sport is equivalent to who in the US?
Gretzky to the Edmonton Oilers.
Re: RIP Diego Maradona
Posted: Sat Nov 28, 2020 7:34 pm
by andvari7
Maybe Kobe Bryant.
Re: RIP Diego Maradona
Posted: Sat Nov 28, 2020 8:13 pm
by GuitarBilly
andvari7 wrote:Maybe Kobe Bryant.
yeah or even Michael Jordan. He was considered the GOAT by many, along with Pelé.
Re: RIP Diego Maradona
Posted: Sat Nov 28, 2020 9:50 pm
by RyanDistortion
He was 5'5!
Re: RIP Diego Maradona
Posted: Sun Nov 29, 2020 6:57 pm
by MikeO
He was something to behold. I was a kid when he was in his prime, and I remember him as the best player in the world for a pretty long time. At one point I went back and watched some of his games on YouTube just to make sure memory wasn't playing tricks on me and exaggerating how good he was. My memory was spot on. When you watch him playing in his prime, it's like he had another gear that no one else on the field had.
The dude worked hard and played hard, and probably packed more living into his 60 years than most people could fit into several lifetimes. I'm wasn't surprised when I heard he had passed, because his lifestyle wasnt conducive to living all that long, but it still made me very sad to hear he was gone.