“He said, ‘You know, it’s kind of like a marriage,’” Williams said, impersonating Le Batard, the former Miami Herald columnist “’and so what if we did a picture of you in a wedding dress and Coach Ditka in a tuxedo.’”
“The negative reaction to that infamous wedding-dress photo on the magazine’s cover — even though it wasn’t my idea, even though my boss, Ditka, was in the photo, endorsing the joke — was a little overwhelming,” he wrote at the time.
Untold Stories Episode 9 with Ricky Williams@Rickthelaureate’s rookie season from hell:
– Why Master P was his agent
– How @LeBatardShow got him in a wedding dress for a photo shoot
– His relationship with the media
– Being an idealist in the NFL
pic.twitter.com/atWeXLDqjd— Master (@MasterTes) December 18, 2019
That was a bad idea on many levels.
But wow, what a memorable cover.
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