Former Jets quarterback Joe Namath was being interviewed by ESPN’s sideline reporter Suzy Kolber. During the interview, a clearly drunken Namath leaned over and told Kolber he wanted to kiss her.

A turning point came in 2003, when Namath famously told ESPN’s Suzy Kolber he wanted to kiss her during a sideline interview. The incident led Namath to seek treatment for alcoholism and marked ...

December 20, 2003 – On the sideline at a Patriots-Jets game on ESPN, Suzy Kolber interviews a visibly drunk Namath who says, “I want to kiss you” twice before the camera cuts away.