Bo Jackson suffers intermittent silence.
The multi-sport legend will undergo a procedure later this week to address a bout of chronic hiccups that have plagued him since July 2022, he said on Wednesday An appearance on “McElroy and Cubelic in the Morning” on WJOX-FM,
When asked about watching fellow Auburn legend Frank Thomas' Statue dedication at Plainsman Park in AprilThomas revealed that he didn't attend because he was busy dealing with the hiccup:
“I wasn't there because of dealing with the hiccups. I've had hiccups since last July and I'm having a medical procedure this weekend, I think, to try to cure it. I've been busy Sitting in the hospital with the doctor fucking me, shining a light down my throat, probing me in every way to find out why I had these hiccups, the only reason I wasn't there. “
He was later asked whether the doctors had found the cause of the condition. They didn't, and Jackson has clearly tried to range the treatment from cliché to, um, exotic:
“Hell no. I've done everything: scare me, hang upside down, drink water, smell a porcupine's ass. It doesn't work.”
It sounds like a miserable experience for the former NFL Pro Bowler and MLB All-Star. Hopefully the process will take care of the issue, or else Jackson could end up in a history of chronic hiccups, leading Charles Osborne and his still-unexplained 68-year case of the hiccups,
The causes of hiccups can be incredibly vague with a wide range of possible causes, which usually aren't a problem if they go away after a few minutes, but it can make cases like Jackson's a true test.
Jackson has been enjoying retirement since 1994 and still enjoys a unique legend as the most athletic man to ever step onto the field of a baseball field, and one of the fastest people to run with the ball in the NFL. He spent nine seasons in the MLB with the Kansas City Royals, Chicago White Sox, and California Angels, and four seasons in the NFL with the Los Angeles Rams.