There’s this awesome parody account of presidential candidate Mitt Romney’s VP pick Paul Ryan on twitter and all the tweets start out with “hey girl.” I think it’s so hilarious and have been dying to use it in the title of post. And lo and behold GQ magazine gave me a perfect excuse to do it when they posted pics of the cute caramel quarterback Cam Newton! Now yall know I love my Cammy and I’ll use any excuse to post on him.
This dude exudes charm that is beyond his 22 years.
You can read the cover story GQ here and see other photos of Cam.
Here’s the part of the article I loved the most. I think Cam nailed the public’s hypocrisy when it comes to athletes being confident.
[To read the rest of this post and what I think of arrogant athletes and so-called "divas" click Read More]
Back before the draft, it seemed that Newton’s biggest crime—worse than the Florida stuff, worse than the recruiting stuff—was declaring to Sports Illustrated that he wanted to be more than just a qu
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