If his name weren’t already Strange, it would be after the way he managed the U.S. Ryder Cup team.
– Two hottest questions of the week: What is ABC Family, and where is it on my television dial?
– Running down the field to scream at an official after Penn State’s loss to Iowa, Joe Paterno, 75, was clocked at 4.4 in the 40.
– It’s as if the Rams (0-4) are back in Anaheim.
– I didn’t bother phoning the gambling service that offered “a blowout winner” in the Monday night game between 3-0 Denver and 0-2 Baltimore.
– Got to be the man of the year: Nolan Koller. The 50-year-old Idaho man came upon his son being mauled by a 200-pound bear and killed the beast with one shot from his bow and arrow.
– The Red Sox are home watching a series between two teams (Oakland and Minnesota) whose combined payroll was $35 million less than Boston’s $115 million.
– In the spirit of Charlie Finley, the woman who inherited the A’s 1974 World Series trophy intends to sell it.
– Three years ago, he had an astonishing fall for the Atlanta Braves. Now, released by the Texas Rangers, John Rocker has completed an astonishing fall.
– Quarterback Seneca Wallace would swell the list of Iowa State Heisman Trophy winners to one.
– Brett Favre is 68-12 at Lambeau Field, the best home record for a quarterback in the 35-year history of the statistic.
– The Patriots showed everybody how to beat the Rams. Now the Chiefs and the Chargers, with 459 rushing yards between them, have shown everybody how to beat the Patriots.
– With the red-hot Raiders going up against Drew Bledsoe’s Bills, it’s worth noting that the NFL record for points in one game is 113, set in 1966 by Washington (72) and the New York Giants (41).
– According to the New York Post, Latrell Sprewell might have broken his hand throwing an errant punch at the boyfriend of a woman who vomited on his yacht. And who among us can’t relate to that?
