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Magic Johnson attended the first WNBA game Saturday in Inglewood, Calif., and was impressed.
Sitting at his usual seat for Los Angeles Lakers games, Johnson watched the New York Liberty beat the Los Angeles Sparks and observed:
“As long as I’ve been at the Forum, I’ve never seen so many families invited,” he said. “You could tell it was different because there were more kids.”
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He’ll hire Robbie to spit-shine his trophy
Baltimore Orioles owner Peter Angelos has been given a 1997 “Rodman Award” by Esquire magazine.
Named for outrageous Chicago Bulls forward Dennis Rodman, it has been given out for four years for “dominance in the field of sports obnoxiousness and annoyance.”
Angelos was identified by the magazine as the “windbag owner of the Baltimore Orioles.” It took him to task for publicly suggesting last year that umpire John Hirschbeck should apologize to Roberto Alomar, the Orioles second baseman who spat at Hirschbeck for comments the umpire made.
Two fists up for ‘Con Air’
Greg Zaun, the backup catcher for the Florida Marlins, has an Internet column and is a regular contributor to ESPN SportsZone, where he reviews movies from a distinctly guy’s point of view.
“I don’t like films,” Zaun said. “I want to see flicks.”
Zaun doesn’t think much of his competition in the movie reviewing business, and has this to say about the Gene Siskel and Roger Ebert show: “I saw Siskel and Ebert the other day. They’re getting so nice to each other it’s not even funny. They agreed on three movies. They used to beat each other to death.”
And all three were chick movies.
Making a point … change that to points
The New Jersey Red Dogs, Arena Football’s most successful team this season, set a league record for points last week in a 91-62 victory over Texas.
In the second quarter, New Jersey scored 49 points, and it had 63 for the half, both records.
“All we were trying to accomplish was to win the football game,” Red Dogs coach John Hufnagel said. “I’m not one to try and do that (run up the score), but the team was on a roll and those opportunities don’t come too often.”
He really was looking to move up in the Associated Press Top 25 Arena Football poll.
We said make birdies, don’t bring birdies
One of the spectators at the U.S. Open golf tournament was Casey, a 3-year-old, 2-foot-tall macaw perched on the the shoulders of a fan.
A macaw, reportedly the largest parrot, lives an average of 65 to 70 years. You might see it at the Open in 2059.
By then, Tom Lehman might be able to hold on for four rounds.
The last word …
“Anybody know what big event happened (last) week in 1839? Abner Doubleday invented baseball. And it saved his reputation because before he invented baseball, he was just known as a guy who scratched a lot.”
- Jay Leno
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