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DTWS All-athlete cast Season 26

Posted: Fri Apr 13, 2018 7:16 am
by Vandal
Season 26 of ABC's "Dancing With the Stars" will feature all athletes, with Olympic stars making up most of the roster.

ABC announced the cast on Friday and it will feature Olympic softball player Jennie Finch, Olympic figure skaters Tonya Harding, Adam Rippon and Mirai Nagasu, Olympic snowboarder Jamie Anderson, and Olympic luger Chris Mazdzer.

NBA legend and Hall of Famer Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, former MLB player Johnny Damon, Washington Redskins cornerback Josh Norman and Notre Dame guard Arike Ogunbowale, who hit the winning shot to win the women's national championship, round out the cast competing for the mirror ball trophy.

Abdul-Jabbar will be the oldest contestant this season at age 70, while 21-year-old Ogunbowale will be the youngest.

DWTS: Athletes will premiere April 30 on ABC and will be the first season to feature all athlete competitors.
https://www.si.com/olympics/2018/04/13/ ... -season-26

Re: DTWS All-athlete cast Season 26

Posted: Fri Apr 13, 2018 7:23 am
by silverscreenselect
The further Tonya Harding makes it in the competition, the more nervous I would be if I were one of her remaining competitors.

Re: DTWS All-athlete cast Season 26

Posted: Fri Apr 13, 2018 7:27 am
by silverscreenselect
Vandal wrote:
Abdul-Jabbar will be the oldest contestant this season at age 70,
A reminder of how old I'm getting. My freshman year at Georgia Tech, our basketball team (one of the better Tech teams ever) went out to Los Angeles to play in UCLA's holiday tournament (and needless to say, did not win). I was home on Christmas break when the game happened but I remember a lot of newspaper coverage of how our star center Rich Yunkus would fare against then-Lew Alcindor. Yunkus did fairly well; the rest of the team did not.

Re: DTWS All-athlete cast Season 26

Posted: Fri Apr 13, 2018 8:14 am
by ghostjmf
At least I've heard of many of the stars. Who actually *are* stars, as athletes.

Re: DTWS All-athlete cast Season 26

Posted: Fri Apr 13, 2018 8:23 am
by Bob Juch
silverscreenselect wrote:
Vandal wrote:
Abdul-Jabbar will be the oldest contestant this season at age 70,
A reminder of how old I'm getting. My freshman year at Georgia Tech, our basketball team (one of the better Tech teams ever) went out to Los Angeles to play in UCLA's holiday tournament (and needless to say, did not win). I was home on Christmas break when the game happened but I remember a lot of newspaper coverage of how our star center Rich Yunkus would fare against then-Lew Alcindor. Yunkus did fairly well; the rest of the team did not.
I didn't think you were that old. I was at UCLA with Lew Alcindor.

Re: DTWS All-athlete cast Season 26

Posted: Fri Apr 13, 2018 8:58 am
by silverscreenselect
Bob Juch wrote:
silverscreenselect wrote:
Vandal wrote:
Abdul-Jabbar will be the oldest contestant this season at age 70,
A reminder of how old I'm getting. My freshman year at Georgia Tech, our basketball team (one of the better Tech teams ever) went out to Los Angeles to play in UCLA's holiday tournament (and needless to say, did not win). I was home on Christmas break when the game happened but I remember a lot of newspaper coverage of how our star center Rich Yunkus would fare against then-Lew Alcindor. Yunkus did fairly well; the rest of the team did not.
I didn't think you were that old. I was at UCLA with Lew Alcindor.
Well, I'm not quite as old as I thought, although my memory is playing tricks on me.

We did play UCLA my freshman year (and lost), but it was the UCLA team led by Curtis Rowe and Sidney Wicks the year after Alcindor graduated. Ironically, that was the year that many people thought UCLA would be beatable, since it came between the Alcindor and the Walton teams. They still won the national title that year. I could have sworn I remembered Yunkus going up against Alcindor but I was wrong.

Re: DTWS All-athlete cast Season 26

Posted: Fri Apr 13, 2018 11:43 am
by wbtravis007
I was lucky enough to see the Houston Cougars beat Alcindor in the Astrodome in '68. I was 15. Unbelievable game. Also saw Ali fight twice in the Dome. Angelo Dundee later said that he thought that Ali was at his peak when he fought Cleveland Williams there.

Re: DTWS All-athlete cast Season 26

Posted: Fri Apr 13, 2018 1:37 pm
by T_Bone0806
silverscreenselect wrote:The further Tonya Harding makes it in the competition, the more nervous I would be if I were one of her remaining competitors.

I heard that, just in case, all contestants this season will be dancing with their choice of football pads or Baseball Catcher's protective gear as part of their costumes.

Theme nights will include the Rhumba Rumble, the Mangling Merengue and the Patella Pummeling Paso Doble.

Re: DTWS All-athlete cast Season 26

Posted: Fri Apr 13, 2018 1:47 pm
by mrkelley23
T_Bone0806 wrote:
silverscreenselect wrote:The further Tonya Harding makes it in the competition, the more nervous I would be if I were one of her remaining competitors.

I heard that, just in case, all contestants this season will be dancing with their choice of football pads or Baseball Catcher's protective gear as part of their costumes.

Theme nights will include the Rhumba Rumble, the Mangling Merengue and the Patella Pummeling Paso Doble.
I think they need to have Allison Janney as a guest judge one night.

Re: DTWS All-athlete cast Season 26

Posted: Fri Apr 13, 2018 1:53 pm
by T_Bone0806
mrkelley23 wrote:
T_Bone0806 wrote:
silverscreenselect wrote:The further Tonya Harding makes it in the competition, the more nervous I would be if I were one of her remaining competitors.

I heard that, just in case, all contestants this season will be dancing with their choice of football pads or Baseball Catcher's protective gear as part of their costumes.

Theme nights will include the Rhumba Rumble, the Mangling Merengue and the Patella Pummeling Paso Doble.
I think they need to have Allison Janney as a guest judge one night.

Along with a couple of WWE referees..

Re: DTWS All-athlete cast Season 26

Posted: Tue Apr 17, 2018 6:23 am
by earendel
silverscreenselect wrote:The further Tonya Harding makes it in the competition, the more nervous I would be if I were one of her remaining competitors.
:lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

Re: DTWS All-athlete cast Season 26

Posted: Thu Apr 19, 2018 10:17 pm
by SportsFan68
I still recall with great fondness the year that Kristi Yamaguchi and partner Mark Ballas won. It was such a joy to watch. I think when I log off here I'll watch it again on YouTube.