OKOYE PLAYS A PIRATE FOR 1ST TIME SINCE RAIDER GAME: The Mighty MJD of Deadspin and AOL fame reports Survivor creator Mark Burnett is rolling out another ambitious reality series off the assembly line - called “Pirate Master”. The only thing that makes the show remotely interesting is that one of the participants is former Kansas City Chiefs All-Pro running back Christian Okoye.
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From the looks of the three-minute trailer, which mainly features scantily-clad female contestants and some Pirate-looking dude with a scraggly beard, Okoye will be walking the plank in short order.
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Host Cameron Daddo: “What’s going to suck people in about this show is the romance, the adventure and the freedom of Pirates.”
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Romance? Here’s hoping the Nigerian nightmare scores before he’s thrown overboard (goodness knows he had plenty of practice against the Raiders).








