Method To Her Madness
Actress Carmen Electra on how she coped with the deaths of her mother and sister two years ago:
“I didn’t want to feel the pain of loss. Some people turn to drugs and alcohol. I ended up marrying Dennis Rodman.”
Method to his madness
Los Angeles Times sportswriter Thomas Bonk wonders why PGA Tour pro Mark O’Meara skipped the Byron Nelson Classic for the first time since 1987 so he could play in the Macau Open.
“He likes Hong Kong? He likes those brightly colored birds? He got on the wrong plane?
“Actually there’s a logical reason: an appearance fee believed to be $250,000.
“By the way, total prize money at the Macau Open is $200,000.”
Where’s Mr. Ed when you need him?
New York Yankees public address announcer Bob Sheppard, who was recently honored for 50 years on the job, on problems pronouncing the name of Kentucky Derby winning Fusaichi Pegasus:
“My pattern has always been to go to the athlete and ask personally how to pronounce his name. That obviously can’t happen with a horse.”
Sometimes that can happen with today’s athletes.
Just plain nutty
Nobby Orens, 62, of Encino, Calif., has been named the Golf Nut of the Year by the Golf Nuts Society. Orens, who owns a travel company, is a 16-handicapper.
Last year, Orens played 134 rounds on 36 courses in 27 cities, five states, six countries and two continents. One day, he played 18 holes at Stockley Park Golf Course in London beginning at 4:58 a.m., flew to New York and played 18 holes at Clearview Golf Course, then flew to Los Angeles and played 18 more at Braemar Country Club, finishing at 5 p.m.
A true Yogi-ism
Yogi Berra, concerned about reports that Whitey Ford had experienced a recurrence of cancer, called his former batterymate, according to the Associated Press, and inquired, “You dead yet?”
“I’m still here,” came the reply.
Focusing in
Tiger Woods, at his youth clinic in Oklahoma City, after an 8-year-old took a swing and almost hit a photographer with a golf ball: “I’ve been trying to do that for years.”
The last word …
“Somebody could make a killing by marketing a Bill Walton-to-English dictionary.”
- Sportswriter Joe Posnanski in the Kansas City Star