Trimming loose ends
German police officers must avoid ponytails, stubbly beards and earrings in an effort to tidy up their appearance before the World Cup soccer tournament. The new rules ban “any hairstyle which could be seen as an expression of obvious individualist behavior,” the magazine Spiegel reported Sunday. The rules for Germany’s 30,000 green-uniformed federal police officers will be enforced Feb. 1, the Interior Ministry said. The World Cup starts in June. Male officers without a full-grown beard or mustache must be freshly shaven. Female officers reportedly can wear small earrings and a “socially adequate” amount of makeup.
The Bear facts
Glenn Timmermann’s love for the Chicago Bears is written all over his back, home and car. After getting Bears coaches and players to sign his back, Timmermann rushes to the nearest tattoo shop to get the signatures made permanent. “I like to think I’m the biggest fan,” said the 40-year-old from Round Lake Beach, Ill. So far, he has current players Desmond Clark and Mark Bradley among others. “My wife thinks I’m crazy,” he said. Last summer he painted “GO BEARS” on his roof. Timmermann decorates his car with flags and decals, and the forklift he drives for his job as a packaging plant manager is emblazoned with Bears logos.
Dribbling for dollars on Tobacco Road
The intensity is nowhere near what Mike Krzyzewski or Roy Williams would demand in a Duke-North Carolina matchup. The teams – made up of 12 students from the Atlantic Coast Conference’s fiercest rivals and neighbors – are trying to set a world record for the longest basketball game by playing for nearly 2 1/2 days straight to raise money for charity. The game began Saturday morning at Fetzer Gymnasium on the Chapel Hill campus. It is scheduled to run through tonight, which would break the mark of 30 hours, 12 minutes.
Cash flow in Oklahoma
“A small portion of this windfall will be used to upgrade Stillwater to Sparklingwater.”
Randy Hill, of Foxsports.com, noting that billionaire benefactor Boone Pickens had donated $165 million to the athletic department at Oklahoma State
