Turns out the guy who said he would play free because he only wants to win doesn’t want incentive clauses based on Bulls’ victories. So, winning isn’t everything. Hypocrisy is.
KID STUFF
Back in Goshen, Ind., they’re angry about the way Bears coach Dave Wannstedt has handled hometown hero Rick Mirer, and none angrier than Ken Mirer, the father of last year’s lowest-rated quarterback in the AFC who threatened to do the same in the NFC.
“He has no one,” Ken Mirer said. “He can’t trust his coaches. He can’t trust people around him.”
Thing is, just about every player who has left the Bears has claimed the head coach misled him, and just about everyone who saw Mirer play the last two years contended he couldn’t make the right decision if he had a two-house paper route.
Sounds like both sides are using the same scouting service.
BUYER’S MARKET
The George Brett group that’s trying to buy the Kansas City Royals includes several Rush Limbaugh associates.
Take two and hit those on the left.
THE NICE ITEM
The Tampa Bay Lightning are wearing shamrocks on their sweaters in tribute to teammate John Cullen, who is returning to Boston this week to undergo extensive chemotherapy and bone marrow procedures for a transplant to treat his leukemia.
In a classy move, referee Kerry Fraser plans to put one of the shamrocks on his equipment bag.
Said Fraser: “I don’t think it will stop anyone from yelling at us, but . . .”
Give him two minutes for caring.
PLANE VIEW
Umpires Greg Kosc and Joe West were among dozens of baseball officials, fans and reporters who were stranded when a World Series-bound flight from Florida to Cleveland was canceled.
Seems the Continental Airlines plane suffered a crack in one of its windshields. Two inner windshields were fine, an airline employee said. So, whatever hit the pane was way outside.
But Kosc still called it a strike.
THE PAYOFF
The NCAA is launching its own investigation into whether Marcus Camby received gifts from an agent during his sophomore year at UMass.
The agent said he showered Camby with clothes and gifts worth $40,000 during his junior and sophomore year.
Camby, however, is refusing to cooperate with NCAA authorities, unless they toss in something from the Armani fall line.
