The buzz
By KEITH NIEBUHR
Published March 6, 2005
THUMBS UP
Mallory Code. In a fight for her life against adult respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) in a Denver hospital, the former Chamberlain golf star has been a symbol for the word "courage."
THUMBS DOWNCongress. With all due respect, don't these people have anything else to worry about besides the use of steroids in baseball?
OVERRATEDThe Blue Monster
Randy Moss' impact
UNDERRATEDCreative streaking
Roger Maris The power of an asterisk
QUOTABLE FOR THE WRONG REASONS"I have started to realize that I am really just a world athlete and a world entertainer ... I am a world-known person, I am a global icon." - The always-humble Serena Williams.
WHINE AND CHEESEThis isn't about old events. This is about current ones. Temple basketball coach John Chaney not only demeaned St. Joe's players, he humiliated one of his own, reducing him to thug status. A pro coach tries that, his players will get their revenge. In college, it is up to the university. And if a university would fire a teacher for turning a student into a street punk fighter, then it should fire Chaney. End of story.
- Mitch Albom, Detroit Free Press
WIDE WORLD OF WEIRDA South Boston hockey dad claims he was acting in self-defense when he head-butted another man who swore at him during a game. After knocking the other man to the ground, he was informed the man he struck was an off-duty cop. Oops! ... A hockey rink employee in Rochester, N.Y., was arrested for allegedly using a camera phone to take photographs of showering female players. According to court documents, a man who owns a concession stand said he saw the employee looking into a shower area being used by female members of a recreational hockey league. He said he later saw the man showing his cell phone to another rink employee. "It dawned on me that (he) was probably photographing (women) in the shower," wrote the concession stand owner. Ya think?
Information from various sources used in this report.