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Interception parade
It just wasn’t a good weekend for the Washington Huskies.
They lost to Washington State 41-35 on Saturday in a game that included five interceptions by UW’s Brock Huard.
On Sunday, Kansas City defensive back James Hasty intercepted Seahawk quarterback Warren Moon, the sixth pass by a Husky picked off by a Cougar in Seattle over the two days.
Still a Celtic
When the Pacers played the Heat recently, new Indiana coach Larry Bird was asked if he would converse with Miami’s Pat Riley.
“Can’t. Never will,” Bird said. “He’s a Laker. Don’t have time for him. That’s the way I remember it. He may be with Miami now. But he’s one of them Laker guys.”
Welcome to the league
New Boston Celtics Coach Rick Pitino was frantic on the sideline in Milwaukee, yelling for Chauncey Billups to pass the ball to Antoine Walker - a pass that never came.
“Rick, it’s the NBA,” a voice called out from the stands. “They don’t listen anymore.”
When you make a zillion dollars a year, you can afford to have selective hearing.
Sticking with the hearing theme …
Compact discs filled with nothing but the roar of racing engines and the squeal of Indy-car tires would seem to have a limited market appeal, but they apparently have found an audience in the Netherlands.
Lee van Dam Productions in Assen is selling a series of racing “soundtrack” CDs, carrying such titles as “Formula One Sounds: The Complete Experience” (boasting “55 minutes of Formula 1”) and “Sounds of Indy Cars.” And for the hopelessly nostalgic, another disc offers “Sounds of ‘94” and “F1 in the late 80s.”
What? I can’t hear, dude.
It’s all in the name
The Boston-area band Carlton Fisk is the first rock group to name itself after a former Boston Red Sox great, with the possible exception, of course, of the 1980s English band Yaz.
Carlton Fisk, the group, recently released a fivesong EP titled “Smacks of Irony,” featuring liner notes that offer thanks to “the Red Sox organization and Carlton Fisk himself” while claiming to have no use for “anyone who makes Bill Buckner jokes.”
What? I can’t hear, dude.
Spanking Sir Charles
Charles Barkley was more miffed than usual when the Houston Rockets lost to Portland on Friday, Nov. 7.
Why?
Because of the Rockets’ ragged play, coach Rudy Tomjanovich called a Sunday practice, meaning Barkley had to cancel plans to fly to Las Vegas for the Evander Holyfield-Michael Moorer fight Nov. 8.
“I would have gotten my ringside seat for free,” Barkley groused. “Instead, I had to pay $45 to watch it on television, just like everyone else.”
Sounds like grounds for throwing the coach through a window.
The last word …
“I don’t care who you are or how much money you make, if you lose, life seems like a train wreck.”
- Edmonton Oilers center Doug Weight
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