Scandal of the Vandals
No, that wasn’t a misprint. The winless Idaho Vandals football team really did receive one vote worth five points in the first Harris Interactive College Football poll. The poll – which will help determine who plays for the national championship – was released Sunday. The 114-member panel included support for three teams with losing records – Idaho (0-4), Arizona (1-2) and Bowling Green (1-2). Essentially, the poll has the Vandals ranked 44th in the nation, out of 119 Division I-A teams. “That kind of thing certainly doesn’t increase the opportunity to have much credibility,” said Ron Stephenson, a Harris poll voter who lives in Boise, Idaho. “That just doesn’t make sense.”
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Burk throws check at ad
Despite objections from Martha Burk, NBC said it was going ahead with plans to air an NHL commercial showing a bare-chested player being dressed by a scantily clad woman. Burk, chairwoman of the National Council of Women’s Organizations, said the ad was offensive. NBC said it had no problem with the spot and planned to air it on its NHL preview show Saturday. “We’ve viewed the spot and find nothing objectionable,” NBC Sports spokeswoman Alana Russo said Tuesday. The ad is among a five-part “Inside the Warrior” series produced for the league. The ads also are scheduled to run on Comedy Central, MTV and VH1.
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No Irish setters allowed
“I’m not sure if they have a family pet, but if it’s a dog, they probably named it Spike.”
Don Sutton, Atlanta Braves announcer,
on Florida Marlins catcher Matt Treanor’s marriage to volleyball star Misty May
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There’s no place like home … with model wife
Tiger Woods, asked Monday how his marriage has affected his career:
“I know that according to some of the press, marriage was the doom of my career. I don’t think that has happened yet. … It has actually helped my golf game, because there are days that I have come home and been angry and bummed out, and (Elin, his wife) turns it right around and puts a smile on my face.”
