Had Prince only been a funky, sexcrazed midget, instead of a funky, sexcrazed, musical genius midget, I'm pretty sure he could have been a world class jockey.

Sting looks like a regional hurdling champion to me, and Phil Collins, of course, was probably a big hope in luge og bobsleigh.

And also, I wouldn't be surprised if it turned out a hockey puck knocked out at least one of Shane MacGowan's teeth.

Any other world class athletes among the acclaimed artists?

Nick Drake, sprinter.

Prince actually is known to be a decent basketball player. I've actually played hoops with some of his crew at Paisley Park! There's an artice at Sportsline about it!

isn't there a dave chapelle sketch about that? i'll see if i can find. i remember it being pretty hilarious.

..the shirts against the blouses holy summer days..

Charlie Murphy "s True Hollywood Stories - Prince - MyVideo

yes!

thanks, netjade

((and once again my belly's aching)) ... so to you, Greg

... aaand. btw/.... thanks to Moonbeam(...?!??) - - too?

It's classic!

Prince is like 5'2" - I think I'd take Krist Novoselic of Nirvana at 6'7"

Sting actually was an ace sprinter from accounts I've read (as was Nick Drake, that wasn't a joke).

Master P briefly played semi-pro basketball.

Marvin Gaye definitely wanted to play in the NFL (those are NFL players chattering at the beginning of "What's Going On").

Rod Stewart was nearly pro caliber at football, I believe.

Lars Ulrich was a junior champion tennis player.

Just some off the top of my head, it's actually an oddly fascinating topic to me...

Mike Mills plays a lot of golf.

Hell, Alice Cooper wrote a whole BOOK on golf.

Going the other direction, Jack McDowell, who pitched for the White Sox and a few other (baseball) teams--he won the AL Cy Young award in '93 as the league's best pitcher--is in a band called Stickfigure. Their website claims that they sound like Tom Petty, Elvis Costello, and the Replacements. Don't know if they're any good.