"Going Off The Grid" is a weekly survey of sports execs and personalities offering their thoughts on a handful of pressing (and trivial) issues in sports and pop culture. This week, we talked to some of the top execs in specialized sports properties.
- USA Ultimate CEO Tom Crawford
-- His ideal fantasy sports team name would be "CeltSox."
- Pro Darts Corp. Chair Barry Hearn
-- Enjoys the theatre and music, but "sport has been my calling in life."
- World Armwrestling League President Steve Kaplan
-- Believes pop culture "sets the tone for communication."
- American Cornhole League Founder & Commissioner Stacey Moore
-- Could see Flip Cup as an Olympic sport, though "Ireland would probably dominate."
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Pick to win The Masters |
Dream venue for your league’s championship |
Viewing habits: are you a cord cutter? |
Favorite Spring Break vacation spot |
Celebrities you’d want to play your sport |
Crawford |
Bubba Watson |
Gillette Stadium or Fenway Park |
No: addicted to the DVR |
St. Barths |
Williams sisters, U.S. women’s Gold Medal ice hockey team |
Hearn |
Heart says Ian Poulter, brain says Bubba Watson |
MSG or Great Hall of the People in Beijing |
Consume everything from every platform I can
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Jumby Bay, Antigua, or Nimmo Bay, B.C. |
Lionel Messi |
Kaplan |
Rickie Fowler |
MSG |
Avid Netflix and Amazon Prime (football) junkie |
Mexico: fun/sun/tequila |
Lindsey Vonn, The Rock, Cristiano Ronaldo |
Moore |
Dustin Johnson, as long as he doesn't "fall" down the stairs |
For U.S., AT&T Stadium. Globally, The O2 in London |
No: consume as much sports, news, mindless shows as I can |
Puerto Rico |
“The Hangover” cast: Bradley Cooper/Ed Helms vs Zach Galifianakis/Ken Jeong |
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