His Acceptance Speech May Be Quite Short

“The Zipped Lips Club,” Philadelphia Eagle players who won’t talk to the media, is growing in membership.

Quarterbacks Randall Cunningham and Jim McMahon and linebacker Seth Joyner refuse interviews. The latest to join the club is defensive tackle Mike Golic.

Golic’s unwillingness to talk started Wednesday after he apparently was told by coaches that he had lost his starting job to Mike Pitts.

Ironically, Golic is scheduled to be honored by Philadelphia sportswriters at a January banquet with a “Good Guy” award for his cooperation with the media.

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Trivia time: Can you identify the Ivy League players who have won the Heisman Trophy?

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Rubbing it in: Stanford Coach Bill Walsh seemingly can’t resist needling USC. When asked about the past season at a Blockbuster Bowl news conference, Walsh said:

“We had a huge win over USC. Bless their hearts, they’re playing Fresno State (in the Freedom Bowl).”

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Wilt’s world: Shaquille O’Neal of the Orlando Magic is only a rookie, but he is already being compared to Wilt Chamberlain.

“I’d like to work with him (O’Neal),” Chamberlain told columnist Scott Ostler of the San Francisco Chronicle. “I’m not saying he needs a lot of help. Everyone can use help. Someone could have worked with me when I was young.

“All I’m saying is that I have some offensive moves a guy of his agility and size could use, that would only enhance his game. I don’t know who would be better qualified to help him.”

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Add Wilt: “During my heyday of scoring, 90% of my shots were jump shots. I only point this out to show there’s no comparison between Shaquille and I, offensively. Our games are very, very different, especially when I came into the league. Worlds apart.”

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Jack’s place: Michael Wilbon of the Washington Post said there’s a popular nickname associated with Washington Redskin owner Jack Kent Cooke’s proposed new stadium: “New Jack City.”

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Schott down: Pete Dexter, writing in the Sacramento Bee, on Cincinnati Red owner Marge Schott:

“There are more stories about Marge Schott’s dog and her employees than there is room for in the newspaper you are holding, but perhaps it is enough for now to say that, as a human being, she is the closest thing we have to Imelda Marcos until Leona Helmsley gets out of the slammer.”

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Jackrabbits: Long Beach Poly is renowned for producing quality wide receivers. Can any high school top this list?

Earl McCullouch (USC, Detroit Lions), Gene Washington (Stanford, San Francisco 49ers), Tony Hill (Stanford, Dallas Cowboys), Stephone Paige (Fresno State, Kansas City Chiefs), Andre Tyler (Stanford, Tampa Bay Buccaneers) and Hank Norman (USC’s all-time leader in receptions when he left after the 1985 season).

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Look out: Abe Lemons, former basketball coach at Oklahoma City and Texas, said he used to punish his players by not letting them come back to their rooms until 10 p.m. whenever the team played in Abilene, Tex.

Said Lemons: “I’d be doing them a favor by letting them come in earlier.”

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Trivia answer: Larry Kelley (Yale) 1936, Clint Frank (Yale) 1937 and Dick Kazmaier (Princeton) 1951.

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Quotebook: Chuck Daly, New Jersey Net coach: “I’ve done two books. The third will probably be called ‘Crisis Management.’ ”