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The buzz

By Times Staff Writer
Published January 16, 2005


OVERRATED

The hype surrounding Randy Moss' mock mooning. All that fuss for something that netted a $10,000 fine?

Brett Favre's decisionmaking.

The Southeastern Conference as a basketball power.

The acquisition of Carlos Beltran.

UNDERRATED

Eagles coach Andy Reid.

The Colts' uniforms.

The word "moon." RANDOM WEIRDNESS

Women's European Tour golfer Sophie Sandolo of France has released a calendar featuring her in a number of nude and semi-nude poses. A golf analyst for the BBC ended his column about the subject: "Let's just hope Craig Stadler doesn't get any ideas for 2006." ... A Massachusetts father has been banned indefinitely from attending youth hockey games because witnesses said he grabbed an 8-year-old around the neck and cursed him after the boy got into an on-ice shoving match with the man's son. The man, by the way, is 51.