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AJ Hawk Has Brady Quinn's Back

Leitch — Mon, 21 May 2007 15:00:38 EDT

Last week, we published some rather unusual photos of new Browns quarterback Brady Quinn and the wedding of his sister and Packers linebacker A.J. Hawk. Well, Hawk spoke this weekend about the photos and he isn't too happy.

"Yeah, that was just a bad decision on the photographers we chose,. It's been an issue a little bit. We had no idea what happened. Some photos got put up without our permission. I just feel bad for Brady and other people that were at the wedding, because it was just something that the D.J. had set up, I don't know, some 'Village People' thing that they did, and some pictures got out and it's tough. I guess you've got to watch every single thing you do because everything's public now."

We're not sure when in A.J. Hawk's life everything wasn't public — including wedding pictures distributed online — but whichever. We think the world is a better place with this picture of Brady Quinn being passed around. We suspect even Brady would agree.

AJ Hawk Upset About Wedding Photos Featuring Brady Quinn Being Featured Online [Sports By Brooks]
Brady Quinn, Always With The Hetero Photos [Deadspin]

Brady Quinn, Always With The Hetero Photos

Leitch — Wed, 16 May 2007 16:15:38 EDT

Last March, Packers linebacker A.J. Hawk married Laura Quinn, whom you might remember as the double-jerseyed sister of new Browns quarterback Brady Quinn.

Well, the esteemed wedding shooters at Harcar Photography have posted a few shots of the wedding online. We think it's safe to say the wedding was black tie optional.

Harcar Photography [Official Site]
Brady Quinn Is Making Friends [Deadspin]

AJ Hawk Is A Moral Man

Leitch — Wed, 26 Jul 2006 11:30:47 EDT

As a followup to our AJ Hawk/Laura Quinn/shotgun wedding post from yesterday, we look to the Dayton Daily News, which gives us the full report on why AJ Hawk, rather than go through with the planned wedding in March, got married in his lawyer's office while wearing his Under Armour gear. (Seriously.)

The former Ohio State and Centerville High School star has moved to Green Bay to begin a career with the Packers and wanted the sister of Notre Dame quarterback Brady Quinn to join him — but not before first tying the knot. "He didn't want to be living together as boyfriend and girlfriend," said Keith Hawk, the player's father. "He wanted to be living together as man and wife. He's old-school in everything he does, including this."

Uh-huh. We're sure AJ Hawk's sudden Quaker puritism — his family wasn't even present at the wedding — has absolutely nothing to do with, as our source yesterday put it, "facilitate a better financial situation by allowing Laura to be insured and have the rest of her education paid for by the NFL when AJ signs his contract." We're sure it's because he can't live with her before he's married, because he's moral. Yep.

By the way: Even if you're getting married in your lawyer's office, AJ, jeez, put on a freaking tie.

Hawk Opts Not To Wait On Wedding [Dayton Daily News]
AJ Hawk's Shotgunnish Wedding [Deadspin]

(UPDATE: A reader writes in: "At the risk of nitpicking, the Quakers don't have any provisions against living together before marriage. The Quakers are probably the most liberal of all the organized religions in the United States. Go Quakers! "

The more you know!)

A.J Hawk's Shotgunnish Wedding?

Leitch — Tue, 25 Jul 2006 15:00:41 EDT

If you were trying to book a wedding next March in Columbus, Ohio, over the last few months — not that anybody we know might have been — one of the primo spots in town was booked for a huge, lavish wedding between former Ohio State Buckeyes and current Green Bay Packers linebacker A.J. Hawk and Laura Quinn, the sister of Notre Dame quarterback Brady Quinn. (Laura is, of course, most famous for her ridiculous half-Irish, half-Buckeye outfit during the Fiesta Bowl last year.) Afterwards, once Hawk's first season in the NFL was over, they were going to honeymoon in Aruba. It was all going to be beautiful.

So why, then, did the couple hasten to shotgun a recital of vows yesterday afternoon in the Green Bay downtown law offices of Liebmann, Conway, Olejniczak & Jerry? Doesn't that seem a bit unusual? No family or friends were there either.

Hmm. Doing some math ... August ... September ... October ... March ... that's about, oh, eight months. Hmm.

Former OSU Linebacker A.J. Hawk Gets Hitched [Dayton Daily News]

(UPDATE: A source closer to this situation than we are — that is to say, a source who occasionally leaves his/her apartment — says it's not a slip-past-the-goalie situation. "it's simply to facilitate a better financial situation by allowing Laura to be insured and have the rest of her education paid for by the NFL when AJ signs his contract."

OK, that makes sense.)

Keeping The Fiesta Bowl In Your Heart

Leitch — Tue, 24 Jan 2006 16:10:59 EST

For those of you who have been spending the last three weeks depressed about the lack of AJ Hawk/Brady Quinn/Laura
Quinn excitement, here's a sign from that famous Fiesta Bowl game we found particularly amusing. Little blast from the past on a slow sports day.

We're gonna assume this person wasn't in Laura's section.

Laura Quinn Gives Us A Fiesta Of Pain [Deadspin]

Laura Quinn Gives Us A Fiesta Of Pain

Leitch — Tue, 03 Jan 2006 11:00:14 EST

Thoughts while watching about three hundred shots of Brady Quinn's sister, Laura, during the Fiesta Bowl last night:

1. We kind of miss that TV show, Xena, Warrior Princess.
2. We thought A.J. Hawk was some sort of famous skateboarder. Apparently we're confused.
3. Brent Musberger is still alive? Wow.

You know, during her rounds on ESPN Cold Pizza and whatever other shows she was on over the past week, Laura Quinn should have been notified that her boyfriend and her brother would be on opposing teams in the same game. She seemed shocked by that fact on Monday, when Ohio State's Hawk spent more time cuddling Notre Dame quarterback Quinn on than he does, probably, on a typical night with Laura. We just wish Notre Dame's offensive line had done a better job of blocking, so that we didn't have to see so many cutaways of that awful half-and-half jersey.

Laura Quinn Is ... Um ... [NFL Spam]