Though he was long retired from football by the mid-1990s, O.J. Simpson was still a superb athlete and never lost the competitive fire that made him one of the greatest to ever put on pads and cleats. The Juice was a popular sporting icon and often made appearances at charity events. One such tournament was the 1993 Frank Sinatra Golf Classic, where he appeared with his then-girlfriend, Paula Barbieri, as well as Bruce Jenner and his wife, Kris…
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While Simpson’s handicap would reach an impressive 12.4 by the summer of 1994, Bruce’s was even lower, reaching 5.3! Remember, he was declared the world’s greatest athlete by virtue of his 1976 Olympic decathlon win!
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The fifth Sinatra classic was played in March of 1993, and here the four friends posed for photos at the pairing party before play began at Desert Falls Country Club in Palm Springs, Calif.
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Simpson and Paula at the tournament. Paula last saw Simpson in 1994 on the night before the murders when they attended a fund-raiser together. On the morning of the murders, Barbieri left him a 30-minute message on his answering machine, breaking up with him and saying she was going to Las Vegas to be with singer Michael Bolton. Simpson denied ever receiving the message.
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Kris’ close relationship with the star running back before the murder case sparked rumors of an affair. A year later, Kris would say she had her doubts about Simpson’s innocence.
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As a sports legend, Simpson moved in rarefied circles, rubbing elbows with other elite athlete’s such as baseball star Steve Garvey of the Los Angeles Dodgers, a man with such a squeaky-clean reputation that he was nicknamed “Mr. Clean.” Until, that is, his marriage fell apart in 1983 in a sordid divorce.
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Paula visited Simpson while he was in jail, leading her father, Vincent Barbieri, to call her "brainwashed." She stuck with him until November 1995, when Paula herself insisted she ended it after his acquittal, when she believed he was using her to make money from photographs. Nevertheless, she maintained his innocence.
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Golf even played a role in Simpson’s murder trial. According to a 1995 story in “Golf Digest,” on the morning of June 12, 1994, Simpson played a round at Riviera Country Club in Pacific Palisades, Calif., when Juice and movie producer Craig Baumgarten got into a violent argument — nearly coming to blows on the second hole! That night, Simpson's ex-wife Nicole Brown Simpson and her friend Ron Goldman were murdered. Simpson’s alibi? He told his attorneys he was practicing chip shots on his lawn with his 3-wood when the murders occurred!
While Simpson’s handicap would reach an impressive 12.4 by the summer of 1994, Bruce’s was even lower, reaching 5.3! Remember, he was declared the world’s greatest athlete by virtue of his 1976 Olympic decathlon win!
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The fifth Sinatra classic was played in March of 1993, and here the four friends posed for photos at the pairing party before play began at Desert Falls Country Club in Palm Springs, Calif.
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Simpson and Paula at the tournament. Paula last saw Simpson in 1994 on the night before the murders when they attended a fund-raiser together. On the morning of the murders, Barbieri left him a 30-minute message on his answering machine, breaking up with him and saying she was going to Las Vegas to be with singer Michael Bolton. Simpson denied ever receiving the message.
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Kris’ close relationship with the star running back before the murder case sparked rumors of an affair. A year later, Kris would say she had her doubts about Simpson’s innocence.
Photo credit: Getty Images
As a sports legend, Simpson moved in rarefied circles, rubbing elbows with other elite athlete’s such as baseball star Steve Garvey of the Los Angeles Dodgers, a man with such a squeaky-clean reputation that he was nicknamed “Mr. Clean.” Until, that is, his marriage fell apart in 1983 in a sordid divorce.
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Paula visited Simpson while he was in jail, leading her father, Vincent Barbieri, to call her "brainwashed." She stuck with him until November 1995, when Paula herself insisted she ended it after his acquittal, when she believed he was using her to make money from photographs. Nevertheless, she maintained his innocence.
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Golf even played a role in Simpson’s murder trial. According to a 1995 story in “Golf Digest,” on the morning of June 12, 1994, Simpson played a round at Riviera Country Club in Pacific Palisades, Calif., when Juice and movie producer Craig Baumgarten got into a violent argument — nearly coming to blows on the second hole! That night, Simpson's ex-wife Nicole Brown Simpson and her friend Ron Goldman were murdered. Simpson’s alibi? He told his attorneys he was practicing chip shots on his lawn with his 3-wood when the murders occurred!
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