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Sad, but apparently true
“Remember how Mark McGwire offered the Hall of Fame anything it wanted after he hit No. 62? And how Sammy Sosa did the same?,” reports Peter Gammons of ESPN and the Boston Globe.
“Well, there is still nothing pertaining to Cal Ripken’s streak in Cooperstown, because neither Ripken nor his handlers will turn anything over.”
The term ‘gutter ball’ takes on new meaning
New York has a reputation of having some of the most raucous sports fans in the world. The Professional Bowlers Association is trying to capture some of that energy.
The PBA will host its first outdoor championship at Bryant Park in midtown Manhattan on May 1, 1999 on two temporary lanes.
“New York City will show the world that bowling doesn’t have to be limited to an indoor facility with a couple hundred spectators,” said New York Mayor Rudolph Giuliani.
PBA officials plan to install bleachers in a horseshoe shape around the lanes with free seating for about 1,000. There will be a large-screen television for other fans who can’t get seats.
There’s been no announcement on whether muggers will be allowed in the seats.
It’s so easy to criticize
After driving to Notre Dame’s 4-yard line in the final minute last Saturday, Boston College gave the ball to running back Mike Cloud on four consecutive plays.
Cloud wasn’t able to punch it into the end zone and the Eagles lost to the favored Irish, 31-26.
“They needed 4 yards to win,” wrote Dan Shaughnessy of the Boston Globe. “They got 3 yards and a dust of Cloud.”
It’s so easy, II
Tony Kornheiser of the Washington Post was unimpressed last Sunday with Washington Redskins receiver James Thrash, who was playing instead of Michael Westbrook, who had been benched for disciplinary reasons.
Thrash, he wrote, “knocked down so many balls thrown to him you had to wonder if he realized he was on offense.”
The last word …
“My finance classes are easier than this BCS thing.”
- Ohio State linebacker Jerry Rudzinski, on the intricacies of the new bowl championship series rankings.