That’s D-w-y-a-n-e
The most misspelled name in sports has to be Dwyane Wade of the Miami Heat. Dave Kindred wrote in the Sporting News that he had misspelled the name while writing a recent column.
He’s not the only one. “Editors, bless ‘em, saved me,” Kindred wrote, and he’s not alone there, either.
Kindred did research on the name and found a website devoted to the spellings of Duane, which lists 42 variant spellings.
“Problem is, none of the Duane misspellers – dyslexic birth-certificate clerks? – spells it Dwyane Wade’s way, Kindred wrote. “There is D’wayne and d’wanne and Duainn. But no Dwyane.”
They’ll drink to that
When Irishman Padraig Harrington won the Honda Classic in March, he said, “I’m sure I kept a few pubs (back home) open.”
When it’s 5 p.m. in the Eastern time zone, it’s 10 p.m. in Dublin.
When Harrington won the Barclays Classic last weekend, he said, “The pubs will owe me again.”
Not shopping around
Ryan Scheckler, 15-year-old skateboarder from San Clemente, Calif., is rapidly becoming a favorite among teen girls. After winning a recent event on the Dew Action Sports Tour, he was asked if he is recognized when he goes to the grocery store.
“Why would I go to the grocery store?” he said.
Pumping for laughs
So how bad are gas prices? Said Los Angeles Dodgers announcer Rick Monday: “I stopped at a service station on the way to the stadium just to get an estimate.”
Chewed out
The St. Louis Post-Dispatch published a list of freak baseball injuries that have occurred over the years and included was an incident involving Boston Red Sox pitcher Clarence Blethen, who in 1923 put his false teeth in his pocket before going to bat.
“He forgot about them, then bit himself with the dentures as he slid into second base,” the Post-Dispatch reported.
That’s a reach
Detroit Free Press columnist Michael Rosenberg, hardly welcoming the Pistons’ newest player with open arms, wrote in regard to Jason Maxiell’s 7-foot-3 wingspan: “Something I’ll keep in mind if I ever organize a revival of Hands Across America.”
Took fight out of him
Former Colorado Avalanche wing Warren Rychel relied on clenched fists during his days as an NHL enforcer. His insurance company thinks there was a bit more to Rychel’s game than just fighting.
Rychel hurt his hand in a tussle and can no longer make a fist, so he tried to collect from his insurance company by claiming that fighting was part of his job.
Lloyd’s of London didn’t buy it, nor did a trial judge. Rychel ran out of options when the state Court of Appeals in Colorado refused to reinstate the suit, saying Rychel was only covered for unexpected injuries.
Because Rychel said fighting was part of his job, and his injury came from a game fight, it could not be considered unexpected, the judges reasoned.
What a cut-up
University of Arizona star Channing Frye has some serious lifestyle issues with being drafted by the Knicks and having to move to New York. “I have to get used to not seeing cactuses and deserts,” the Arizona native told the Tucson Citizen. “And I might have to buy a lawn mower.”
Obviously, he has never been to Manhattan.