Yo, wanna job?
No one had to sprint up the Philadelphia Museum of Art steps or spar in a meat locker. All the hundreds of fans who packed the Philadelphia streets Saturday for an open casting call for extras for the new “Rocky” movie needed was a picture, a résumé and a simple message that would have made the fictional ex-champ proud: “Yo, pick me!” From the old to the beautiful, wannabe actors, aspiring models and regular folks grumbled their best “Yo, Adrian!” impressions at Heery Casting, trying to land a spot as an extra in the sixth “Rocky” movie. Fifteen years after starring in “Rocky V,” Sylvester Stallone is reprising his role as the boxing champ in the upcoming movie “Rocky Balboa.”
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Move over, Lefty
Eddie Sutton passed Lefty Driesell for fifth place on the all-time coaching wins list with Oklahoma State’s 64-54 win over SMU on Saturday night. Sutton, who is 787-300 in his 36-year coaching career, trails only North Carolina’s Dean Smith, Kentucky’s Adolph Rupp, Texas Tech’s Bob Knight and Jim Phelan of Mount St. Mary’s on the career list. Driesell had a career record of 786-394 at Davidson, Maryland, James Madison and Georgia State. The 69-year-old Sutton was 82-50 in five years at Creighton, 260-75 in 11 years at Arkansas and 88-39 in four years at Kentucky before returning to his alma mater in 1990. His record at OSU is 357-136.
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Federal assistance
Chris Evert and former President Bush won a doubles match during a celebrity-filled charity event Sunday in Delray Beach, Fla., that raised $1.2 million to fight drug abuse. Evert, who won 18 Grand Slam singles titles, and Bush defeated top-ranked Lindsay Davenport and singer Michael W. Smith 6-4. The event, played in association with the Chris Evert Children’s Hospital at Broward
General Medical Center, has raised more than $14.2 million in 16 years.
