'great Day In My Life': Spike Lee Is Marathon Grand Marshal

NEW YORK (AP) — He's a noted filmmaker, a teacher, an honorary Oscar winner, a crazy New York sports fan and now this: "When we looked at having a grand marshal for this year's TCS New York City Marathon, we envisioned someone the world would immediately recognize as a sports enthusiast and quintessential New Yorker, and Spike was the perfect fit," said Michael Capiraso, president and CEO of the New York Road Runners, in a statement. "When I was in college, at Morehouse in Atlanta, this was really my New York fix, watching the marathon," he said. Because I will go to my grave, you know — hopefully no time soon — saying that New York City is the greatest city on God's planet! Lee, known as one of New York's most avid sports fans for his die-hard support of the New York Knicks and also the Yankees, says he's not a huge runner. Lee said he hadn't planned yet what he was going to say in his speech, but was going to "try to keep it positive." [...] he noted with a generous laugh that "I love my man Michael Jordan, but it's not going to be his Hall of Fame speech," referring to Jordan's emotional and also biting 2009 speech, in which he detailed past slights.

 

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