Hipsters and sports don’t really go together. I mean, hipsters love a good ironic game of kickball, sure, but will you catch them at a game, decked out in team colors?
Probably not, though you might be able to catch that fucking Hoopster rocking their sweet ’94 Detlef Schrempf Sonics jersey.
But guess what hipsters, I’m here to help.
I’m going to be the hipster-sports liaison here and I’m going to point out when the hipster world and sports world collide and let you know which athletes are hipsters.
For starters, most of the best players in any given league are probably not Hipsters. The exception is, of course, Bobby Orr (a discussion for another post). And most hipsters in sports can be found in the NBA and NHL. And least likely to be found in the NFL.
Also, if they have a sweet mustache, they probably count.
Right now, I don’t know who the patron saint of hipster sports is, but for now a nice mascot is Kurt Rambis circa 1984, since he looks so much like Hipster Jew’s own Duckman.
[Ed note: We recently received this question on our Formspring: Are there any hipster pro athletes? We said: No. none. Impossible. You have to train, and work out, and be good at something other than waking up past 4pm everyday.
We are not above the average college graduate to admit we were wrong on this one. Atleast The Coach can drop us some knowledge.]
