They Weren’t Exactly Two Raging Bulls

George Foreman’s comeback didn’t have a Hollywood finish, but that didn’t stop some from comparing his fight against Evander Holyfield to a couple of on-screen scraps.

Alan Greenberg of the Hartford Courant, after Holyfield said he didn’t have a reason to fight Foreman again: “Sounds like what Apollo Creed said the first time he fought ‘Rocky,’ doesn’t it?”

And Mike Littwin of the Baltimore Sun wrote that Foreman absorbed some big punches from Holyfield in the seventh round, “including a powerhouse right that looked like the punch Mongo threw in ‘Blazing Saddles.’ ”

That’s respect: C.W. Post third baseman James Ruocchio had hit two-run home runs his first three times up Friday against Temple. He then came to the plate in the eighth inning with the bases loaded and his team trailing, 13-11.

Temple walked Ruocchio intentionally, forcing in a run. The strategy paid off when the next batter grounded out to end the inning. Temple won, 14-12.

Ruocchio has 15 home runs in 26 games.

Dogging it: All right, the Cincinnati Reds win the World Series and make the front of Wheaties boxes. But now there is something really big--a box starring team mascot Schottzie.

Schottzie, the 8-year-old, 170-pound St. Bernard owned by the Reds’ president, Marge Schott, isn’t making the Wheaties front, though. Schottzie is on Wheaty Bone brand dog biscuits.

The box has a picture of Schottzie wearing a Reds cap. There is a paw print below her name. Meaty Bone will also contribute 25 cents from each box that is purchased to a pet charity.

Trivia time: Who is the coach of the Philadelphia Eagles?

He sure did: From a Seattle Times story on SuperSonic center Benoit Benjamin talking about his career as a Clipper: “My years there were like a dark cloud hanging over my head. But I worked hard. I think I showed what type of character I had as a player.”

More Clippers: What’s been wrong with the Clippers? Just about everything, according to former Clipper Quintin Dailey of the SuperSonics.

“The Clippers have always had a scapegoat for everything and everybody,” Dailey said.

“They had Benjamin, of course, all those years. And all of a sudden, (Michael) Cage couldn’t shoot. (Ricky) Pierce was too slow. (Terry) Cummings had an erratic heartbeat. Norm Nixon had the Achilles’ problem. Reggie Williams couldn’t score. Danny Manning’s knees are gone. You can go on down the line. It was always something.”

Obviously, this team didn’t need a coach, it needed Roseanne Roseanadanna.

A hole in one?: The week before the Masters, Nick Faldo was in Houston for a tournament that wound up getting rained out, so instead of golf, he spent one full day shopping at the Galleria mall.

“I’m going to give my credit card a bashing,” Faldo said before setting out on this shopping trip.

He returned with a pair of socks.

Trivia answer: Rich Kotite.

Quotebook: From Jay Leno on the “Tonight Show”: “The season was off to a great start until Defense Secretary Richard Cheney showed up at Yankee Stadium and closed two bases.”