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Game On

by Morgan Smith
January 13, 2010  |  1

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If ESPN analyst Craig James decides on a bid for Kay Bailey Hutchison's U.S. Senate seat, he will join a less-than-exclusive team of sports figures turned politicos. Jack Kemp, J.C. Watts, Steve Largent, Bill Bradley, Jim Bunning, Heath Shuler and of course, Arnold Schwarzenegger, are all-star players. Seven-time Tour de France winner and Austin resident Lance Armstrong, who often hints at Senate or gubernatorial bids, is another prospective draft. And other Texas sports stars have flirted with political runs in the past, notably Roger Staubach and Nolan Ryan.

Besides "fear of a full-time job," SMU political science ...

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  • donabolding wrote on 1/13/2010 11:05 a.m.

    Don't forget Jesse Ventura!