Green Bay’s Ahman Green, the NFL’s leading rusher, insists he isn’t Superman. In fact, he’d prefer to be called “Batman.”
The Caped Crusader is tattooed on Green’s left calf. And Green’s not only a fan of the big-screen bat, but of the campy television series of the 1960s.
“I used to watch Adam West in the morning with the wild `Splat’ across the screen,” Green said.
When he was in Little League, Green asked his barber to shave the Batman symbol into the back of his head.
“From then on, I did it every week before every game,” Green said. “Guys on my team, parents and friends that came to the game just called me Batman from then on.”
Rinky-dink?
Columnist Dan Barreiro in the Minneapolis Star-Tribune, advising Vikings fans after the team’s 0-2 start:
“Go ahead and panic. . . . Your favorite team, fresh off a 17-10 loss to the Bears, a rinky-dink, dime-store club begging to be put in its place, is in serious trouble.”
Caps in the mail
One week after baseball resumed play following a six-day shutdown in the wake of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, the Expos finally received their shipment of caps bearing the American flag.
Say what?
`Eventually he will get the car, but not if he keeps harassing me.’
– The Ravens’ Shannon Sharpe, who owes Broncos linebacker Keith Burns a Mercedes after losing a bet concerning Burns’ body fat more than a year ago.
