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"Broadway Joe" Namath ... lessons in Swagger & Style & Clutch

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Every football fan knows "Broadway Joe" Namath.  He's a legend. There's a story about him. The night before Super Bowl, he returned to the hotel following practice with a bottle of Kentucky whiskey and was in the company of a lady-for-hire. She apparently wasn't up on her football heroes and didn't know Joe. In the morning while the lady was getting dressed she said ... "what about payment Joe"? He responded, "it's OK just buy me a few ties"!  But, enough about Joe ... he'll be back in a few minutes. I’m a Blue Jay fan. But, this story really isn't really about baseball.  It's about what we should expect from our sports heroes. I met Jay's batting instructor Cito Gaston, in 1985. A Young Clarence "Cito" Gaston That's when we became friends. When he took over as team manager his game insights helped to frame my thoughts about the game and about my home team. His coaching style was very unique and his accompl