About 10 days after nearly engineering the upset of a lifetime against Tiger Woods in last year's U.S. Open, Rocco Mediate plopped down against a wall in an airport to get some shuteye.
When he awoke, he says, he couldn't believe his eyes.
"There were about 10 people around me. It was like they were looking at a panda in the zoo," Mediate says. "I thought they might toss me some food or something. They were there just waiting for me to wake up. I looked up, and I went, 'Are you guys serious?' I ended up signing a bunch of stuff and talking to them. It was just priceless." Read entire article