This summer, the Jheri Curl made a come back. Retired two-time NBA all-star point guard Baron Davis appeared on ESPN’s First Take sporting a high-and-tight take on the activator swirl. Then, in August, Straight Outta Compton featured actors portraying Eazy-E and Ice Cube’s drip-drop dreads. Let’s take a moment and look at Baron’s hair wizardry. Seeing these contemporary examples of the hairstyle invented by Irish-American hair entrepreneur Jheri Redding got me thinking. After Comer Cottrell found an affordable way to bring this style into black homes with his Pro-Line’s Curly Kit, this style exploded in the black community — and athletes were no exception. This made me ask the questions: who had the best Jheri Curl in sports history? Three names come to mind. The Los Angeles Rams great is notable for the loose composition of his curl. A consistent problem with this hairstyle is its tendency to be too tight. When this happens, it comes off looking like a wet plastic helmet. Dickerson found a way to make his h