It is safe to say that comedy and sports are continuously entwined in one another, because the majority of comedians working today developed their sense of isolation and neurosis from years of being picked on by jocks. When sports and comedy collide to create a film, the results can vary from brilliant (Slap Shot, Caddyshack), to terrible (Slap Shot 2, Caddyshack 2). This also applies to athletes-as-actors, with performances ranging from the surprisingly hilarious (Kareem Abdul Jabbar in Airplane!) to the not-so-surprisingly awful (Terrell Owens in "Under One Roof".) Below are six giants of modern American comedy, and their counterparts in modern American sports.

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