Hairy Situations

What is with men thinking their hair is some secret key to their team’s success? I’ve heard of the lucky jock strap superstition, the crazy pregame rituals that athletes swear by and even the “I don’t wash my socks all season” myth, but hair? C’mon boys – unless you have locks that rival the miraculous and mysterious powers of Amy Winehouse (her ‘do doubles as a drug storage) or Kate Gosselin (somethings gotta be going on up there if she can handle 9 kids counting Jon) you’re SOL. That being said – Ron Artest and Baron Davis? Get over yourselves and those furry badgers nestled on your heads.



Even though he too has a strange obsession with his hair, at least Clippers' Baron Davis can make his beard into a joke. Calling his facial accessory the "key to his swag", you too can now attain Davis’s status by purchasing a Boom’s Beard through his special offer. I mean, who wouldn't want that kind of "swag" when the Clippers have lost 5 of their last 6 games?



Second case in point: Ron Artest recently dyed the word “defense” in purple into his bleach-blonde buzz cut in Hebrew, Japanese and Hindi. This was apparently supposed to serve as “subliminal” motivation for the team to help turn their season around. Hmm… quite literally spelling out your message on your head? Yes, how very “subliminal” of you. Oh, and the Lakers went on to lose to the Magic that game. Further evidence of magical hair powers? Puh-lease.