7-foot-6 basketball star feels your middle-seat plane pain
Flying coach sucks. Flying coach in the middle seat sucks even more. But flying coach in the middle seat sucks the most if you're 7-foot-6. Even if it's an exit row.
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UC Irvine's 7-foot-6 basketball star, whom we were fixated on last March Madness, was caught on camera during a recent flight with his teammates. (The Anteaters are currently playing in the CollegeInsider.com Postseason Tournament, a third-rate end-of-year contest.) Here's what a 7-foot-6 dude jammed into a middle seat looks like.
And now, for more context:
So next time you're jammed into coach and feel like lashing out, just remember: It could be worse.
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Sam Laird is Mashable's Senior Sports Reporter. He covers the wide, weird world of sports from all angles -- as well as occasional other topics -- from Mashable's San Francisco bureau. Before joining Mashable in November 2011, his freelance work appeared in publications including the New York Times, New York Times Magazine, Slam, and East Bay Express. Sam is a graduate of UC Berkeley and UC Santa Cruz, and basketball and burritos take up most of his spare time. Follow him on Twitter @samcmlaird.
