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Article: 'Stache talk: Adam Morrison's mustache growing on fans, even if it's been slow to grow on him.
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- The Spokesman-Review (Spokane, WA)
- Article date:
- February 19, 2006
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Byline: Jamie Tobias Neely
Feb. 19--When Gonzaga University basketball star Adam Morrison grew a sparse thatch of fuzz on his upper lip this season, the land of the Zags exploded in mustache mania.
At last weekend's game against Stanford University, everyone from unkempt Kennel Club members to menopausal moms to ESPN's Dick Vitale slapped on fakes. After the game, spectators picked their way over sidewalks lined with furry, peeled-off mustaches, a caterpillar trail that stretched right across the campus.
"I'd say it's the noblest form of facial hair," Morrison told ESPN's Andy Katz. "So that's why I got it."
Certainly, others may beg ...