Las Vegas Aces Coach Bill Laimbeer Finally Gets Haircut (And Aces PR Director’s Hairy Updates Come To An End)
By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com
The COVID-19 pandemic may have turned the sports industry upside-down and made our lives a challenge of adjustments and adaptations, but there was always John “Giggy” Maxwell’s Las Vegas Aces injury report to look forward to.
Most sports team PR emails are stunningly serious missives packed with statistics and player availability times on Zoom. But Maxwell’s injury report was not only an update on player injuries but also included an amusing note that the barber for Aces coach Bill Laimbeer was also out of action during the pandemic in the WNBA Bubble at the IMG Academy in Bradenton, Florida an hour south of Tampa on the state’s west coast.
Laimbeer shaggy hair situation and rather gruff facial look inspired Maxwell to spice the injury report with a dash of humor.
“This year’s focus on Bill’s hair was obviously not planned, but it was certainly a gift,” Maxwell told LVSportsBiz.com Thursday.
One look at the Laimbeer locks and it was obvious to Maxwell that he needed to add Laimbeer’s barber to the Aces injury report.
Imagine opening your email from the Las Vegas Aces and getting treated to this hirsute display.
Maxwell’s Laimbeer hair reports in the press release became must-see laptop screen material. Take a look at this:
“I showed him the one with Megan Rapinoe on it and those different hair styles,” Maxwell said of the looks just above.
Maxwell didn’t limit the graphics to just hair styles, though. There were also beards.
As of Wednesday, though, Maxwell will have to come up with fresh injury report humor material because — and this is a shocker — Bay Boy Laimbeer actually got a haircut.
LVSportsBiz.com reached out to Maxwell to find out the genesis of the Laimbeer hair reports. Here’s Maxwell in his own words after a hair stylist tamed the Laimbeer locks:
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