No doggin’ the show
“Dog shows are somewhere between a sport and an admiration society.”
Bill Cosby, who is hoping his prize Dandie Dinmont terrier, Harry, can take home the Best in Show at The Westminster Kennel Club show, which starts today
Tennessee selling seats for home improvement
Even old orange seats are too valuable to throw away at the University of Tennessee. The Southeastern Conference school intends to sell them. Some 10,000 seats to be removed from the Volunteers’ Thompson-Boling Arena as part of a major renovation beginning in March will be offered for sale “as is” to fans and supporters. Prices will start at $126 for a single seat. They also will be offered in double-seat combinations for $155, four-seat sets for $247 and as bar stools at $186 apiece. The sale could raise more than $1 million toward the
$15 million renovation of the 20-year-old basketball arena, which also hosts concerts, graduations and other events.
It’s a naughty name
No more Yankees? In some leagues, at least. The Lowell (Mass.) Spinners want to eliminate the Yankees again – from youth baseball leagues in New England. The minor-league baseball team says it will continue the campaign it launched last year. The team will donate hats and pay $200 toward the cost of new uniforms to teams in leagues that change the name of their Yankees teams to the Spinners. The Spinners are a Single-A affiliate of the Boston Red Sox, rivals of the New York Yankees. Last year, 76 Yankees teams were replaced, the team said. The Spinners said 43 teams have contacted them for this season. The promotion will be limited to 100 teams, the Spinners said.
What’s next, bedroom boxing?
This should be interesting. The Pillow Fight League has started in Toronto and apparently will expand to New York, featuring costumed women whacking one another with pillows. “People all have a conception in their head of what a pillow fight is all about,” co-investor Don Lovranski told Reuters. “When they come to it, though, they see it’s not hot blonds in negligees; the fights are real, and there’s some fun to it. I think that’s what the appeal is.”
