Editing Alice Cooper (section)

===Sports===
Cooper is a fan of both the [[National Hockey League|NHL]]'s [[Detroit Red Wings]] and [[Arizona Coyotes]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/windsor/detroit-shock-rocker-alice-cooper-loves-hockey-1.1257781 |title=Detroit shock rocker Alice Cooper loves hockey |work=[[CBC News]] |location=Canada |access-date=February 20, 2012 |date=February 20, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120220182603/http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/windsor/story/2012/02/20/wdr-alice-cooper-hockey-fan.html |archive-date=February 20, 2012 |url-status=live }}</ref> On February 18, 2012, the Coyotes gave away his [[bobblehead]] in a promotion for the first 10,000 fans for a game with the [[Dallas Stars]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.cbssports.com/nhl/gametracker/recap/NHL_20120218_DAL@PHO |title=NHL Recap – Dallas Stars at Phoenix Coyotes |date=February 18, 2012 |work=[[CBS Sports]] |access-date=April 17, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140419012354/http://www.cbssports.com/nhl/gametracker/recap/NHL_20120218_DAL@PHO |archive-date=April 19, 2014 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://ftw.usatoday.com/2021/05/alice-cooper-red-wings-song-lightning-game | title=Alice Cooper debuts new Red Wings-inspired track, and it's actually not bad | date=May 2, 2021 }}</ref> Cooper is a longtime baseball fan, supporting the [[Arizona Diamondbacks]] and [[Detroit Tigers]]. As a child, he dreamed of playing left field in the Tigers outfield alongside Tigers Hall of Famer [[Al Kaline]]. He has coached Little League baseball teams since his son played in the early 1990s.<ref>{{cite web |first=Dustin |last=Schoof |url=http://www.lehighvalleylive.com/music/index.ssf/2013/10/alice_cooper_discusses_how_coa.html |title=Alice Cooper on coaching Little League, paying tribute to his 'dead drunk friends' and more |website=LeHighValleyLive.com |date=October 18, 2013 |access-date=August 13, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150904122102/http://www.lehighvalleylive.com/music/index.ssf/2013/10/alice_cooper_discusses_how_coa.html |archive-date=September 4, 2015 |url-status=live }}</ref> Cooper is also a fan of [[National Basketball Association|NBA]] basketball, supporting both the [[Detroit Pistons]] and the [[Phoenix Suns]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.espn.com/espn/thelife/music/news/story?id=7152331 |title=Alice Cooper talks shock rock and jocks |website=[[ESPN]] |date=October 28, 2010 |access-date=August 13, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151016190220/http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/thelife/music/news/story?id=7152331 |archive-date=October 16, 2015 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.yahoo.com/video/nba-finals-2021-phoenix-suns-213205067.html | title=NBA Finals 2021: The Phoenix Suns' Most Famous Fans | date=July 5, 2021 }}</ref>

Cooper is an avid golfer and says that the sport played a major role in him overcoming his addiction to alcohol,<ref name="contactmusic_golf">{{cite web |url=http://www.contactmusic.com/news.nsf/article/coopers%20golf%20addiction_1049258 |title=Alice Cooper – Cooper's Golf Addiction |date=November 7, 2007 |access-date=September 23, 2008 |website=[[Contactmusic.com]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090112144908/http://www.contactmusic.com/news.nsf/article/coopers%20golf%20addiction_1049258 |archive-date=January 12, 2009 |url-status=live }}</ref> and has even gone so far as to say that when he took up golf, it was a case of replacing one addiction with another.<ref name="telegraph_golf">
{{cite news |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/arts/main.jhtml?xml=/arts/2005/11/13/svgadget13.xml |date=November 13, 2005 |title=Club Class |first=Alice |last=Cooper |newspaper=The Daily Telegraph |access-date =August 15, 2008}}{{dead link|date=July 2021|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref><ref name="billboard_golf">{{cite magazine |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/1052343/alice-cooper-saved-by-the-golf-course |title=Alice Cooper: Saved By The Golf Course? |date=May 27, 2007 |access-date=August 23, 2008 |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130212105521/http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/1052343/alice-cooper-saved-by-the-golf-course |archive-date=February 12, 2013 |url-status=live }}</ref> The importance that the game has had in his life is also reflected in the title to his 2007 autobiography, ''Alice Cooper, Golf Monster''.<ref name="randomhouse_golf">{{cite web|url=http://www.randomhouse.com/catalog/display.pperl?isbn=9780307394255|title=Alice Cooper, Golf Monster|date=April 28, 2007|access-date=August 13, 2008|work=[[Random House]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080504075922/http://www.randomhouse.com/catalog/display.pperl?isbn=9780307394255|archive-date=May 4, 2008|url-status=live}}</ref> Cooper, who has participated in a number of [[pro–am]] competitions,<ref group=fn>Details of the [[pro-am]] events Cooper has participated in can be found in ''Alice Cooper, Golf Monster''.</ref> plays the game six days a week, off a [[Handicap (golf)|handicap]] of four.<ref name="FactFiction"/> He also, through golf, enjoyed an unlikely friendship with country guitarist and singer [[Glen Campbell]] after they became neighbors, playing together 'nearly every other day'<ref>{{cite news |first=Max |last=Rodewald   |date=August 9, 2017 |title=Interview with Alice Cooper on late musician Glen Campbell
 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B6q2hsdXenQ |work=Fox 10 Phoenix |location=Phoenix AZ |access-date=January 4, 2023}}</ref>

Cooper has also appeared in commercials for [[Callaway Golf Company|Callaway Golf]] equipment and was a guest of veteran British player and broadcaster [[Peter Alliss]] on ''A Golfer's Travels''.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.clearwaterimages.biz/series1/series1.html |title=A Golfer's Travels – Series 1 |website=Clearwaterimages.biz |access-date=April 16, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120322133947/http://www.clearwaterimages.biz/series1/series1.html |archive-date=March 22, 2012}}</ref> He wrote the foreword to the [[Gary McCord]] book ''Ryder Cup'' and participated in the second ''[[All-Star Cup]]'' in [[Newport, Wales|Newport]], Wales.<ref name="bbc_golf">{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/wales/south_east/5289398.stm |title=Stars turn out for celebrity golf |date=August 27, 2006|access-date=December 23, 2008|first=Nick |last=Dermody|work=BBC |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090116023007/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/wales/south_east/5289398.stm |archive-date=January 16, 2009 |url-status=live}}</ref>