At His Age, Such Things Aren’t Always What They a Peer to Be

Jeffrey Jordan’s father has picked up his third NBA most-valuable-player award, but that doesn’t make Michael Jordan such a hotshot in the eyes of his 3 1/2-year-old son.

In fact, his father isn’t even Jeffrey’s favorite player. That distinction belongs to baby-faced Bull guard B.J. Armstrong, Jordan told CBS-TV sportscaster Pat O’Brien.

“Jeffrey thinks B.J. is the same age he is,” said Joyce Szymanski, public relations executive for the Bulls.

Add Bulls: In their NBA final series with the favored Bulls, the Portland Trail Blazers will be trying to avoid blowouts that could be emotionally devastating, such as the 35-point loss that the Atlanta Hawks absorbed a year ago. It was described by Atlanta Coach Bob Weiss this way: “We weren’t even the second-best team out there.”

Tale of the tape: Mike Littwin of the Baltimore Sun is excited about the prospect of a final featuring such high-wire acts as Jordan, Clyde Drexler, Scottie Pippen and Jerome Kersey: “This is a made-for-VCR series.”

Trivia time: Who are the three former Dodgers among the nine pitchers who have beaten all 26 major league teams?

Multiple choice: Jennifer Capriati, 16, after mentioning that the clay courts at the French Open seemed slower than last year: “Yeah. No, not that much different. I mean, I haven’t really thought about it until now. Maybe a little slower. I mean . . . no, the same. I don’t know.”

Asked Richard Finn of USA Today: “A, B, or C?”

Da answer: From the June issue of Inside Sports, the Good Doctor answers a letter asking where “Cheers” star George Wendt, who popularized the fad characterization, “Da Bears,” learned to talk that way: “Da bars.”

All-Wet team: Researching a list of former Olympians from USC, Linda Dodge of the Trojans’ sports information department came up with the names of 1964 water polo player Dan Drown and 1980 and 1984 swimmer Jeff Float.

History lesson: Monday marked the 67th anniversary of Lou Gehrig batting for Pee Wee Wanninger during the eighth inning and replacing Wally Pipp at first base to start his streak of 2,130 consecutive games.

Rx pix: Dr. David Lewis, consultant to the NBA for drug and alcohol abuse, will be the subject of a feature film, “The Drug Buster,” by Roger Corman for New Horizons Pictures.

Money matters: From Newsday’s Jan Hubbard: “Orlando General Manager Pat Williams believes he will be able to sign Shaquille O’Neal, but no one else does.”

Trivia answer: Tommy John, Don Sutton and Doyle Alexander.

Quotebook: Philadelphia Phillie pitcher Curt Schilling, on acquiring a dog he named Slider: “I can’t throw one, so I bought one.”