But How Well Does He Throw a Football?

When Daytona 500 winner Dale Jarrett had a run-in on the track with Bobby Hillin during a recent NASCAR race, Jarrett climbed out of the car--owned by Joe Gibbs, former coach of the Washington Redskins--and when the field came by the next time around, he hurled his helmet at Hillin’s car.

“It’s a good thing Gibbs didn’t see him throw that helmet,” Terry Lebonte said. “If he had, he’d come out of retirement and sign up Jarrett to quarterback the Redskins next year.”

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Community property: When the Phillies’ Darren Daulton signed an $18.5-million contract last spring, his wife, Lynne--a poster girl for the Hooters restaurant chain--had “$9.25 M” painted under a cheesecake picture of her on a billboard.

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Trivia time: What is the oldest collegiate track and field record still on the books?

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Friendly guy: Marvin Jones, the Florida State linebacker taken by the New York Jets, describes himself to Rich Cimini of Newsday as a “psycho” on the field, someone who isn’t satisfied unless his victim is knocked cold.

“When I hit the guy, my mind goes black--total blackness. It’s a feeling hard to describe,” Jones said.

His favorite hit last year was on a Duke quarterback.

“Fractured his jaw. Nailed him with a forearm shiver.”

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Golden memories: Olympic gold-medal figure skater Peggy Fleming is 45 today.

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Not much there: When the Boston Red Sox finally let pitcher Matt Young go earlier in the year after paying him $6.35 million for winning three games in three years, Dan Shaughnessy of the Boston Globe wrote: “Matt Young is to (Boston General Manager) Lou Gorman what Al Capone’s vault is to Geraldo Rivera.”

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Productive: Of Barry Bonds’ 26 home runs this season, 12 have either tied the score or put the Giants ahead.

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Helping hand: Links, a new golf magazine for African-Americans, reports that Charlie Sifford has donated copies of his book, “Just Let Me Play,” to all of the golf coaches and libraries of schools that belong to the National Black College Golf Coaches Assn.

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Looking back: On this day in 1970, Bill Singer of the Dodgers pitched a no-hitter against the Philadelphia Phillies for a 5-0 victory in front of 12,454 at Dodger Stadium.

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Heavy competition: Promoter Chris Agajanian has canceled a national championship motorcycle race Aug. 14 at Rocky Mountain Speedway because all the hotels in Denver were booked solid.

Reason: The Pope and President Clinton are scheduled to be in Denver that weekend and the Broncos will be playing an exhibition in Mile High Stadium.

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Trivia answer: Edwin Moses’ 47.45 seconds in the 400-meter hurdles in June, 1977. Moses was attending Morehouse College in Atlanta at the time.

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Say what? Ralph Kiner, master of the malaprop, has his problems with history, too.

The New York Mets’ announcer told listeners the other day that Jackie Robinson wasn’t the first black to play in the major leagues because two others had “played in the 18th Century.”

During the Revolutionary War, perhaps.

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Quotebook: Minor league umpire Ralph DeLeonardis, after a controversial call: “Well, I blew it the way I saw it.”