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At least he’s honest
Detroit Tigers pitcher Todd Jones recently was given a contract extension for $2.25 million in 1998 and $2.95 million in 1999.
Jones reaction: “Am I worth it? No. Is anybody?”
Not a pretty sight
Most soccer goalkeepers have enough trouble keeping the ball out of the net. A Portuguese goalie broke his jaw when his teeth got caught in the netting when he dived to make a save.
Adelino Barros was rushed to hospital for surgery after the mishap during a practice with his team, Guimaraes.
“I leaped up to punch the ball and, as I was falling, my teeth got stuck in the net,” Barros said.
“My whole body weight was being supported by my teeth and my upper jaw bone was yanked out of place.”
He ran from the pitch with blood streaming from his mouth.
Missing practice in just one of Barros’ problems. He also has a singing career.
Just another beer ad
Another embarrassing snag developed for the Winter Olympics in Nagano, Japan. Official posters came under fire as inaccurate and in bad taste.
Almost as soon as the organizing committee unveiled the seven posters, designed by artist Koji Kinutani, at a Tokyo news conference, sports officials were outraged.
“Nobody wears ski wear like this one anymore. It looks out of date. It looks like it was painted by an elementary school kid,” Shundo Oyama, general secretary of the Ski Association of Japan, said of one poster.
The poster for the luge portrays a woman in a red uniform sliding down with multicolored hearts and musical notes flying up from the friction of the sled on the ice.
The image is angled such that viewers are looking up her legs with her pelvis prominent in the center of the painting.
“Some people thought the poster was indecent. We requested that it portray the woman from the side, but they did not change that,” said Sumio Minemura, general secretary of the Japan Bobsleigh and Luge Federation.
Do you suppose the NEA kicked in a little money for the project?
Twenty-something Ninja Mutant Hoopers
The Continental Basketball Association is looking to change its image. To help accomplish that, the league has entered into a partnership with New Line Television, best known for releasing the well-received basketball movie “Hoop Dreams.”
The CBA’s claim to fame has been that it is an official developmental league for the NBA for players, coaches and referees.
As for the image change, New Line said it will seek to “position the CBA as a fresh, innovative league that provides exciting entertainment and unparalleled success to its players.”
Chris Russo, a New Line executive vice president, said he hopes to match his company’s success with such other projects as “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles,” and “Lost In Space.”
Looks like they hired the right guy.
The last word …
“This doesn’t count as a National League win, does it?”
-Pitcher Paul Menhart, after he pitched San Diego past Anaheim 9-2. Yes, it counted, and it was Menhart’s first victory in the N.L.
, DataTimes