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“It Makes Me Feel Like A Rock Star” By Tom Archdeacon
By: Tom Archdeacon
Updated: 04/23/2009 at 11:15 AM
Dayton Daily News -
“It Makes Me Feel Like A Rock Star” By Tom Archdeacon
In the world of cornerback Pisce McCoy, clipping can cost you 15 yards…or $12 without a tip. The Dayton Diamonds defender is a master barber at KJ’s Barber Styling on Salem Avenue. The place reminds you a little of the Ice Cube movie “Barbershop.” There are some old schoolers who perch on the chairs along one wall and hold court. Prime among them is Horace Chisholm, the former Michigan school teacher and record producer, who KJ barbers call “the black Forrest Gump,” because of all of his incredulous life experiences. At KJ’s there’s a good chance there will be rhythm and blues on the sound system, and, of course, there’s the usual barbershop banter. “Barbershops are pretty much country clubs for the guys,” the 31-year-old McCoy said with a grin. “Doesn’t matter who’s here, they just talk away.” Prime topics at KJ’s, she said, are “sports, politics and women.” And thanks to her they get two topics in one independent and outspoken person. “A firecracker” she calls herself — and to some thats an understatement — she was a multi-sport athlete at Troy High and then played basketball at both Edison and Sinclair community colleges before her foray into football a few years ago. She played a season with the Toledo Reign, then one with the now defunct Dayton Rebellion before joining the Diamonds in their inaugural season last year. Among her supporters is her brother Kalen, a football player at Troy High, who used to wear her No. 24 Rebellion jersey to school. As for the other family and friends who follow her, she teasing calls them “my groupies …it makes me feel like a rock star.” And with six interceptions in eight games last season, there has been enough stardom to give her fodder to join the “country club” conversations of the KJ’s men. “No problem,” McCoy smiled. “I can hold my own with them, too.”
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