THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT
Copyright (c) 1996, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: Friday, May 24, 1996 TAG: 9605240733
SECTION: SPORTS PAGE: C1 EDITION: FINAL
SOURCE: BOB MOLINARO
LENGTH: 58 lines
Hoop du jour: While some are already salivating over the possibility of a Philadelphia 76ers backcourt of Allen Iverson and Jerry Stackhouse, I'm trying to see this from Stackhouse's point of view. I seem to recall that, while at Georgetown, Iverson had a strong aversion to sharing the rock.
Anatomy lesson: The story about the legless man trying to play minor-league baseball is inspiring. But has anybody noticed that the American and National Leagues are full of pitchers with no arms?
In progress: It appears that Indian River rising junior Jason Capel, son of ODU coach Jeff Capel and state basketball player of the year, is shopping out of state for another high school. Still a mystery: Why?
Read 'em and weep: When Dennis Rodman has the No. 1 book on the New York Times bestseller list, it makes you wish Gutenberg had taken up farming.
Full disclosure: If, as reported in this paper, only academic problems are behind the suspensions of two ODU baseball players, the school should come out and say so. In this day and age, secrecy can make an innocent situation seem sinister.
Executive privilege: Anybody who understands Cal Ripken's popularity will assume Davey Johnson was only half kidding when he said that moving Rip from shortstop to third base is something he'll ``have to clear . . . with the president of the United States.''
Wondering: Wouldn't the tumult created by a Ripken move to third only undermine Johnson's best intentions?
Gutless: You'd expect an organization as hypocritical as the NFL to disavow any responsibility for Brett Favre's drug problem, as if the Green Bay quarterback got his pain killers from the corner junkie, not the Packers' doctors.
Money talk: Whatever they turn out to be, Michael Jordan's salary demands will be reasonable compared with the $100 million that playoff dropout Alonzo Mourning is asking from the Miami Heat.
Semi-pro: While in Hampton Roads the other day, U.Va. football coach George Welsh noted that big-time college football ``is now a 10 1/2-month sport. We are asking a lot more of our football players than we did a few years ago.''
Separated at birth: Lookalikes - Seattle Sonics coach George Karl and TV actor John Lithgow.
On ice: You're a puckhead if you know that, a year ago, the Colorado Avalanche of the NHL were the Quebec Nordiques.
Special K: Roger Clemens has named his fourth son Kody. The Red Sox's Mr. Strikeout also named each of his other sons with a K - Kory, Koby and Kacy. Kute. Very kute.
Hyperbole alert: According to Pirates manager Jim Leyland, ``Barry Bonds may be the greatest player of all time to this point. He's the Muhammad Ali of baseball. The Joe Namath.'' Fine. When he becomes the Willie Mays of baseball, give me a call.
Not all bad: As he promised, Art Modell has allowed Cleveland to keep its Browns memorabilia, two truck loads that will be stored at the Pro Football Hall of Fame until the city gets another team.
Stage struck: By becoming the first athlete to sign with the William Morris Agency, teenage basketball prospect Kobe Bryant acknowledged what most of us already know - today's best young jocks want to be marketed as show biz celebrities. by CNB