Lynch a charmer if Skittles involved
In a home shopping network promo that could easily passfor a “Saturday Night Live” parody of Marshawn Lynch’s love of Skittles, the Seattle Seahawks running back hawked his favorite candy in an entertaining appearanceon Evine Live.
Lynch might abhor speaking to the media, but he was downright charming while singing the praises of his beloved Skittles with host Allison Waggoner, who welcomed “Beast Mode” to the set by saying, “How you doing, big daddy?”
Waggoner then asked Lynch to describe his relationship with the fruity candy.
“We intimate,” he said. “We done became one.”
Lynch said he wouldn’t stay at a party that didn’t have Skittles and wouldn’t date a girl who didn’t like them.
“She’s sour,” he said. “She’s not sweet enough.”
Waggoner and Lynch were selling a case (36 bags) ofthe candy for $14.86.
“You care if I hand (a case) off to you?” Waggoner said to Lynch. “Is there a special way?”
Lynch: “You just gotta slide it right on in. Right in my bread basket. I’m gonna tuck that thang, secure it and make sure it’s all right. You see, it sits right here on my stomach because that’s where most of them go.” Alrighty then. Waggoner also presents Lynch with a Skittles pinky ring that he kisses before putting iton.
“Y’all need to taste the rainbow,” said Lynch, clearly in Beauty and the Beast Mode.
STAY CLASSY, L.A. — Chicago Cubs pitcher Jake Arrieta received some nice partinggifts in the mailfrom the Los Angeles Dodgers after throwing a no-hitter against them at Dodger Stadium.
“Really nice gesture,” Arrieta told ESPN.com. “They sent a bucket of dirt from the mound, and they dug up the pitching rubber, which weighed 60 pounds. That’s something I’ll cherish as much or more than anything I’ve been given throughout the process.”
The Dodgers also sent authenticated game-used baseballs to Arrieta, whosaid he’ll give themto his family and friends.
That was a classy move by L.A., which has had plenty of practice in no-no etiquette after getting no-hit for the second time in 10 days.
Then again, it’s been done before. Pete Carroll sent the Patriots the Lombardi Trophy in February via air mail.
MAC ATTACK — John McEnroe was one of the original bad boys of tennis, but he couldn’t understand the bizarre behaviordisplayed byNick Kyrgiosin the Australian’s first-round U.S. Open loss to Andy Murray.
Among other things, Kyrgios, 20, tried to take naps during changeovers, smashed his racket and yelled at chair umpire Carlos Ramos in a rant about spectator etiquette at Arthur AsheStadium.
The unseeded Kyrgios especiallyinfuriated McEnroe with an ill-advised, between-the-legs shot at deuce.
“An absolute brain freeze. Absolute stupidity,” McEnroe said on ESPN. “I hope he learns from these bonehead moves. He should be a seed already, at least 20.
“You don’t want to be remembered as a clown. You want to be remembered as a player.”
Kyrgios recently asked former world No. 1Lleyton Hewitt to mentor him. —Compiled by Todd Dewey/ Las Vegas Review-Journal