Michael Jordan: Air Tease.
THE INTRIGUE
This song-and-dance about whether Jordan will return next season might have several twists and turns, but there’s little doubt he will be back, with or without Phil Jackson. Jordan tried to qualify his statements Friday, saying, “If I don’t feel it’s something I’m happy with, I certainly have alternatives.”
Hey, Mike, your alternatives are counting money and making bogeys, and they’ll get old real fast.
SKY HOOKED
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar had a detour on his flight from Toronto to Los Angeles last Sunday. The Toronto Sun reported Abdul-Jabbar was arrested after U.S. Customs officials discovered he was carrying six ounces of marijuana in a glass vial. He turned over the drug, was fined $500 and then was allowed to board the plane.
Abdul-Jabbar flew, but safe to say he wasn’t flying as high.
BOTH WAYS
It is interesting to note Sports Illustrated listed the White Sox under a group of teams that are “Not even trying.” Yet at the time, the magazine picks the Sox to finish second in their division behind Cleveland, which is picked to win the World Series.
That either means the Sox have so much talent they can overcome an unmotivated management, or that SI doesn’t know what it’s talking about.
A FREE PASS
The world’s most famous disabled golfer, Casey Martin, is scheduled to throw out the first pitch at 3Com Park when San Francisco takes on San Diego.
No word yet on whether a judge will allow Martin to ride a cart to the mound.
A DEFINITION
Chicago native Mike Downey of the Los Angeles Times had this to say about making the move from being a sports columnist to a general news columnist:
“A doctor asked, `Would you like to become an ex-sportswriter?’
“I answered. `Sure. How?’
“`It’s like a lobotomy,’ he said. `We drill a hole in your head, but then we add brains.’ “
