Another Hands-On College Coach

Temple basketball coach John Chaney, on his friend Bob Knight: “It’s a mystery to me what happened to Coach Knight at Indiana. I’ve put my hands on kids a thousand times; I’ve used profanity.

“I once choked John Calipari, when we were coaching against each other. The next time I saw him, I said, `Your turn. You can choke me.”’

Instead, Calipari’s Memphis Tigers did the choking last week, losing to Temple in Calipari’s first game.

Chaney has more to say

“The president of the university gave Coach Knight zero tolerance. The pope couldn’t live under zero tolerance.”

As good as the opposition

In an interview with running back Edgerrin James of the Indianapolis Colts, Dan Le Batard of the Miami Herald asked: “You’ve said the NFL is easy. Are you serious?”

James replied: “High school, college, what’s the difference? I’m still waiting on the difference. It’s all the same. You work hard, practice hard, you get results. It’s a little faster and more detailed now, but I’m a little faster and more detailed too.”

Lend me your ear

A recent episode of “People’s Court” featured a woman suing because another woman’s dog attacked her dog and bit off part of its ear. The name of the aggressive pit bull? Tyson.

Guess who’s coming to dinner

“Here’s some good news,” says Jay Leno. “Tonya Harding has reunited with her ex-boyfriend. Remember the guy she hit in the face with a hubcap? She doesn’t love the guy - she just needed the hubcap back, or, as she calls the hubcap, `the good silverware.”’

The election that’ll never end

Jim Armstrong in the Denver Post: “Straight from (Colorado) SID Dave Plati’s release for the Nebraska game:

“`Colorado is 4-9-1 in games following presidential elections: 3-3 when Democrats have taken over the Oval Office, 1-5-1 when a Republican made it to the White House, and 0-1 when Floridians tie up the election because a certain number of them can’t punch a hole in the right place.”’

No recount necessary

There were more fouls (53) in Saturday’s Idaho women’s basketball game against Drake at Flagstaff, Ariz., than people in the stands (attendance 50).

The last word …

“When Nebraskan Tom Osborne won his congressional race with 81 percent of the vote, wags accused him of running up the score, not a new rap on the former Cornhuskers coach.”

- Blackie Sherrod in the Dallas Morning News.