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If you’ve been thinking about buying a favorite player’s replica jersey, you might want to reconsider. Any fair-weather fan can plunk down a hundred bucks for a piece of fabric, but only the truly devoted would consider the permanent gesture of replicating a favorite player’s tattoo on their own body. Before making any (nearly) irrevocable decisions, take our quiz to find out how well you know the intersection of body art and sports.
Take the quiz: Art of a Champion
Ethan Trex grew up idolizing Vince Coleman, and he kind of still does. Ethan co-writes Straight Cash, Homey, the Internet’s undisputed top source for pictures of people in Ryan Leaf jerseys. His last mental_floss article looked at history’s most terrifying sports riots.
Hey, 50%, better than average.
posted by bo on 12-20-2007 at 10:32 am
30% Guess I suck at recognizing other people’s tattoos even though I have 3.
You couldn’t have thrown us a bone with a Dennis Rodman one?
posted by Dusty on 12-20-2007 at 1:58 pm
10%, and I even like sports.
posted by Davo on 1-31-2008 at 9:05 pm