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They're Hot To Hoot
Steve Rushin
November 22, 1999
As sports pages reveal, for athletes, romance is never farther away than the nearest Hooters
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November 22, 1999

They're Hot To Hoot

As sports pages reveal, for athletes, romance is never farther away than the nearest Hooters

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Lonely? Single? Tired of eating dinner from a 50-pound feed sack of Purina Bachelor Chow? Then listen to these heartwarming tales from America's sports pages! Amazing but true stories of your favorite athletes and how they met that special someone! Wives! Lovers! Soul mates of every description! Their stories are next on...Wifestyles of the Rich & Famous!

Then Philadelphia Phillies catcher Darren Daulton: "When Lynne began dating him in 1985—she worked at the restaurant Hooters in Clearwater, Fla.—she used to pack his sore knees with frozen vegetables." ( Philadelphia Daily News)

Tampa Bay Devil Rays designated hitter Jose Canseco: "[Jose and Jessica] had met cute during the 1993 season when she was 19 and working at a Hooters in Cleveland." ( SPORTS ILLUSTRATED)

Atlanta Braves third baseman Chipper Jones: "In March 1997, Chipper began a relationship with Jennifer Rutledge, a waitress at a Hooters restaurant in West Palm Beach, Fla." ( USA Today)

Former NBA guard Scott Skiles: " Skiles has agreed to pay $4,000 a month in child support to Hooters waitress Wendie Adubatto, 23...." (The Orlando Sentinel)

Minnesota Vikings wide receiver Randy Moss: "Her name is Libby Offut, former Hooters waitress, mother of his two children." ( Charleston, W.Va., Sunday Gazette Mail)

Then New York Yankees pitcher David Wells: "Divorced and dating an ex-Hooters waitress...." ( Fort Lauderdale SunSentinel)

Then Chicago Bulls forward Dennis Rodman: "Rodman has been mum...about the identity of his bride. But we hear Julie Williams, a former Hooters waitress, is a prime candidate." ( Chicago Tribune)

Alabama football coach Mike DuBose: "Since it was announced Alabama sidestepped a sexual harassment lawsuit by settling with the secretary, rumors have been rampant: Whispers of a Hooters waitress in Mobile...." ( The Tennessean)

In sports a man never knows where Cupid might strike. It could happen at absolutely any of the nation's 234 Hooters.

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