First there was basketball at Georgia Tech, then the NBA and a dramatic move into drag racing.
Now Tom Hammonds is into martial arts, specifically Brazilian jiu-jitsu.
“I have always loved martial arts,’’ Hammonds said. “When I was in the NBA at Minnesota, I used to go into the bookstore at the airport and buy kung-fu books. I remember being on the plane and Kevin Garnett was goofing off and people were playing cards and betting, and I was reading these books.