"Big Play" Ray Payne
Born: Detroit, MI
Age: 33
Status: married Kids: 2 (daughter 6, son 11)
Hometown: Atlanta, GA
The history of Ray Payne: A youth spent boxing, followed by his high school years playing football and running track, and spent four (4) years serving our country as a U.S. Marine..
Hobbies: boxing/running/working out, spending time with family, love for "old school" cars with aspirations of owning a 1970 Chevy Chevelle SS someday.
Favorite teams: Detroit Lions, Pistons, Tigers, Red Wings, Michigan Wolverines (basketball & football), Philadelphia Eagles, Miami Hurricanes.
Favorite athletes: (all-time): Barry Sanders, Jerome Bettis, Randall Cunningham, Roy Jones jr., Desmond Howard, Mike Tyson, Michael Vick, Shawn Kemp, Julius Erving, Rocket Ismail, Lynn Swann.
Greatest sports moments: Pistons winning the 1989 & 2000 championships. Desmond Howard's "the catch" to beat Notre Dame. Michigan winning the Rose Bowl & co-National Championship with Nebraska in 1997.
Worst sports moments: Mike Tyson losing to James "Buster" Douglass, retirement of Barry Sanders, Bird stealing inbound pass to beat Pistons in the 1988 Finals, Lions going 0-16 in 2008, C-Webb's infamous time-out, 1989 rematch between Hitman Hearns and Sugar Ray Leonard ruled a draw
2008, A.S.S., Inc.