When former NBA player David Robinson invests he likes to get a 20 percent return. That doesn’t explain why Robinson’s teamed up with a former Goldman Sachs executive for Admiral Capital Group, a private equity firm.

Here’s the story:

Robinson formed private equity firm Admiral Capital Group last year with a former Goldman Sachs executive, and this week they made their first investment, buying an undisclosed stake in food service company Centerplate.
Robinson, 43, and his partner, Daniel Bassichis, will look to invest in companies that offer a strong financial return as well as making a social impact.

Centerplate has handled big events like Super Bowls, the Belmont Stakes, and six presidential inauguration balls. Sounds like a solid company and 1000 times better than going with Lenny Dykstra’s advice.

NBA legend’s equity firm takes stake in Centerplate [Reuters via Guardian]

For some reason the people that pitch us shaving cream and razors think we need to see two athletes lathered up and having a good time in the bathroom for us to consider buying their product. But what about two men applying shaving cream to one another while handling razorblades is supposed to be appealing? I can’t be the only one that thinks there’s something weird about being crammed in a little bathroom with your homeboy breathing on your neck and checking you out in the mirror’s reflection.

Brett Favre and Reggie White use the classic ‘Old guy teaching young guy’ model that led to David Robinson schooling Tim Duncan about shaving gel.

“What about the gnomes?” That shit floors me every time.

Japanese ad execs have the same ‘two athletes together’ theory so they hooked up Mixed Martial Artist Mark Coleman and Wanderlei Silva.

I didn’t understand a word of this commercial but the message was the same.. Lame.

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