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LEXINGTON – If Jay Harris’ multiple championships as a tennis player and coach don’t impress you, maybe this will.
Harris trash-talked former Baltimore Ravens linebacker Terrell “T-Sizzle” Suggs, a seven-time Pro Bowler, two-time Super Bowl champion and one of the all-time NFL leaders in sacks, and managed not to get face-planted like some quarterback.
It was his shirt that did the talking.
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Harris and Suggs, two of the all-time winningest players on the Ultimate Hoops basketball circuit, were members of teams playing in a U Hoops national tournament in Manhattan.
“My goal,” Harris said, “was to be in a picture with him, wearing a very specific shirt, and I was able to do it.”
Harris arrived at the gym wearing a T-shirt showing his allegiance to the Cleveland Browns, an AFC North rival of Suggs’ former team.
“I walked up to him, and he, like, looked at me,” Harris said, “but he didn’t say anything.”
Harris, who returned to his hometown of Lexington to play in the 91st News Journal Tennis Tournament, is used to being in the presence of sports legends. He has spent the last 10 years in New York on the staff of the John McEnroe Tennis Academy, working with “Johnny Mac,” one of the sport’s all-time greats and his brother, Patrick.
Since he’s made his own name in tennis, it might surprise someone visiting Harris’ Facebook page that his profile picture shows him shooting a jump shot over a defender, not brandishing a tennis racket.
Should we read something into that?
Jay Harris, 52 and a six-time News Journal men’s singles champ, plays in a men’s singles semifinal match against Ethan Remy on Sunday.
“It’s funny, basketball was always (my first love),” Harris said. “Think about how I grew up. My dad’s coaching basketball and I’m going to every little high school gym. He was (head coach) at Cardington. He was (head coach) at Lexington. It…
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Author : Mansfield News Journal
Publish date : 2024-08-05 11:17:46
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