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By TIMES WIRES
Published November 3, 2006
keep your crowing to A minimum
The rooster won't crow as much at South Carolina's Williams-Brice Stadium. The Southeastern Conference has told the Gamecocks they can play a rooster crow during timeouts, after a score, before the game, during halftime and when the game ends. South Carolina had been playing the rooster crow before critical third downs and other times to pump up the crowd in Columbia, S.C. The SEC told the Gamecocks they were breaking conference regulations regarding when artificial noise could be played.
Did you say 85? Try a $5,000 fine
By any other name, Chad Johnson is still the guy drawing the ire of the NFL. ESPN.com reports that the league has fined the Cincinnati Bengals receiver $5,000 for wearing "Ocho Cinco" on a Velcro nameplate on the back of his jersey before Sunday's loss to the Atlanta Falcons. "Ocho Cinco" was intended to represent his uniform No. 85. Quarterback Carson Palmer tore the nameplate off the jersey just before kickoff.
Bucs stay near bottom of barrel
Sports Illustrated's Paul "Dr. Z" Zimmerman has the Bucs ranked 23rd in his latest power rankings. That's down from 21 last week.
He's a one-man charity event
A golfer who made a hole-in-one last month at a charity golf tournament near San Antonio, Texas, and won $50,000 is being sued by a teammate. Brit Martin was recruited by Mike Neutze to play on a four-man team Neutze sponsored. Neutze selected Martin to try the hole-in-one competition and Martin sank the shot. Now Martin wants to use the prize to jump-start his dream of becoming a pro golfer. But Neutze said in court filings he wants the team to split the prize with the Kerrville Professional Firefighters Association, the event's organizer. A court hearing is set for today.
"I haven't heard a guy like Ray Allen or Kobe Bryant complain, or LeBron James, guys that can flat-out shoot it. Who's complaining? The guys that can't shoot the ball anyway."
Basketball Hall of Famer George Gervin, in the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel, talking about the controversy over the NBA switching to a new ball
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