See, the problem with the internet is that it can lead you to believe that people have dropped off the face of the earth, just because you don’t know how to spell their name. I had wanted to put a picture of our favorite 7′4′’ Romanian UMiami grad, or even find out what happened to the guy, but I just wasn’t getting anything searching for “Constantine Popa”. So it happened by chance last night that I typed his name “Constantin Popa” and found tons of results, including this rather relevant one: “Former UM Star is still making an impact; Father of five thrives as Cypress Bay girls’ basketball coach, special ed teacher.”

Yup, that’s right. After bouncing around the US playing in the USBL and moving over to Europe to play in a few leagues over there, Popa’s back in Florida. Now, don’t get me wrong — I think Popa’s a great guy for doing this, and we (as a society) need more people to go into teaching. That said, I’m laughing my ass off imagining him counseling a high school girl who just broke up with her boyfriend. The article gets even more hilarious:

“At UM, he became friendly with several standouts, including Dwayne Johnson (”The Rock”), Warren Sapp and Ray Lewis.”

Popa hanging out with The Rock? Popa chilling with Warren Sapp? Popa going to the club with Ray Lewis and stabbing people? Folks, we’re talking about this guy:

This just made my weekend…

Categories: Nostalgia, donald