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Just shoot me
New York Rangers general manager Neil Smith went to a party in Los Angeles thrown by fashion photographer Bruce Weber. When Weber told Smith he’d love to shoot some of the Rangers, Smith replied: “Some nights, I’d like to shoot them myself.”
Ring the Belle
Skip Bayless writing in the Chicago Tribune on controversial Albert Belle, the former White Sox player:
“No wonder Chicago has been so warm and sunny the last few days. A cold, dark cloud is lifting from Comiskey Park, and settling over what used to be one of the classiest franchises in sports, the Orioles.
” … Belle has become the snarling symbol for baseball in the ‘90s - the filthy-rich mercenary, the soldier of outrageous fortune. Have bat, will travel.
“You hire Belle to fight the enemy and hope he doesn’t turn on you.”
Cupcakes fatten, but can’t satisfy needs
Bob Kravitz in the Rocky Mountain News: “I’m going to go out on a limb and suggest K-State might be a part of the Bowl Championship Series picture if the Wildcats didn’t play Marty’s Barber College and St. Aloysius of the Holy Three-Deep Zone in their non-conference season.”
Too fast, too rough
If ballroom dancing makes it to the Olympics, the medics should be ready for action. There might be casualties.
Donna Shingler was taken to a hospital with a concussion and a dislocated jawbone after colliding with an opponent at the British national pro dance sport championships in London.
She and husband Alan collided with another couple during a high-speed spin.
This boat don’t float
Dallas Cowboy lineman Nate Newton often talks about how handsome he is. Last week, somebody put a fake cover of People magazine in Newton’s locker, with a picture of the huge Newton superimposed on the cover under the headline, “America’s Sexiest Man Alive, 1998.”
Joked Newton: “A lot of the Hollywood guys called me. The little guy from ‘Titanic’ (Leonardo DiCaprio), it sunk his ship. He went under after he saw that picture, man.”
Hey, where’s the kick start?
Former Anaheim Duck Bob Corkum, a Harley-Davidson enthusiast, had this to say about Coyotes captain Keith Tkachuk and his new commitment to being a better leader:
“He’s the first guy here in the morning, he’s riding the bike, he’s lifting weights,” Corkum said. “He’s even got me riding the bike now. And I usually don’t ride bikes unless it’s got a motor on it.”
The last word …
“I told him they can give you a lot of money, but you’d still be in Cleveland.” …
- Kentucky coach Hal Mumme, trying to convince star quarterback Tim Couch to stay in school for his senior year instead of being the Cleveland Browns’ No. 1 pick in the NFL draft.