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What? She was expecting a kind Alex Rieger?
Scenes outside Cleveland Hopkins Airport (and this was before the Indians were bounced from the postseason):
“Where ya from?” a Cleveland cabbie asked one of his passengers outside the airport.
“Baltimore,” answered Nina Fisher.
“You’re one of those Oriole wives,” the cabbie said.
“I’m David Wells’ girlfriend,” Fisher said.
“Get out,” the cabbie said. “You’re not riding in my cab.”
If you think that’s bad Nina, your next cab ride will be in New York City. Good luck over the Triborough Bridge.
What’s in a name?
The Macon Whoopee is making Whoopi the team’s No. 1 fan.
Actress Whoopi Goldberg agreed to autograph three pucks that will be used Thursday night in the team’s first-ever game.
In return, Goldberg has asked for the first puck used in the opener against Nashville as a memento of the Central Hockey League team.
Whoopee owner Pat Nugent said he’s happy to oblige, and will have team members sign the puck before sending it to Goldberg. Nugent invited the actress to attend the first game, but she already had commitments.
A loss before they take the field
The San Diego Zoo, - aka, San Diego State football, 1996 - is getting stuck with a huge loss. And this time, it won’t show up in the Western Athletic Conference standings.
Even through the San Diego Padres no longer need the ballpark, the Aztecs’ game with Hawaii must remain on its rescheduled day of Friday at Jack Murphy Stadium. The university will supplement the Rainbows’ expenses to the tune of roughly $100,000.
As part of the recent agreement to move the game from Saturday to Friday, San Diego State is paying the difference that it will cost the Rainbows to fly charter instead of their normal commercial airfare. Hawaii officials rejected San Diego State’s offer to move the game back to Saturday after the Padres were eliminated from the playoffs, saying they didn’t have time to remake the arrangements again.
Caught in rough water
The University of Washington varsity crew team may have solved a two-year mystery when they presumably caught the thief who had been pilfering items from their gym bags.
A suspected thief was arrested after the crew members walked in on him and cornered him while coach Bob Ernst called the police.
“It was just luck,” Ernst said. “It just happened that a glut of all our big guys showed up while he was going through the bags.”
The suspect was holding a bottle of beer and at first cursed the group, but went quietly as they escorted him to the coach’s office.
The suspect, a non-student in his 30s, was booked and told police he stole to support his cocaine habit.
Word on the streets is the market value of a mintcondition oar is worth about two grams.
The last word …
“No thank you. I’m trying to quit.”
- Packers QB Brett Favre’s response when asked by ABC’s Al Michaels if he wanted some make-up powder before a TV interview.
, DataTimes