Golf Digest: Interview: Jack Nicholson

The Witches of Rawley Eastwick almost came true! 

What else have you passed up over the years?

Investing in sports. I could have bought into the Yankees for $41 million, and the Lakers for less, with a friend. I’ve been a Yankees fan since my days as a bleacher-seat kid in the ‘50s. Lorne Michaels [“Saturday Night Live” boss] and I go to Yankees games, and Lorne wanted me to throw out the first ball at Yankee Stadium for my 70th birthday this year. That sounded fun until I started getting nervous and then completely crazy, thinking, Should I try to throw a slider? Backed off that one, too. I’ve got my shy side.

Thanks to Was Watching.