Rules for Raiders? Whatever Happened to Just Win, Baby?

Greg Townsend, former Raider defensive end, now with the Philadelphia Eagles, recalled his earlier years with the Raiders under owner Al Davis:

“He had three rules--be on time for the meetings, pay attention and play like hell when I tell you to and I’ll pay the fines.

“He said, ‘I don’t want to see you out there getting pushed around. If you’ve got to go across somebody’s head, go across somebody’s head.’ ”

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Trivia time: Who holds the UCLA record for most rebounds in a game?

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Cheer up: Mike Schmidt, a future Hall of Fame baseball player, who played for the Philadelphia Phillies, commiserates with Shawn Bradley of the 76ers: “You can tell (Bradley) that if he’s being booed unmercifully by the Philadelphia fans, he’s in pretty good company. Just tell him to look at the list of guys.”

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Press-ure: Boomer Esiason, New York Jet quarterback, on the team’s getting Monday off: “You have to get away from one another and get away from the other team we play every week--our media. Not seeing them on Monday was good.”

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Reasonable request: Horace Grant, Orlando Magic forward, says he doesn’t want any side payments for relieving Shaquille O’Neal of some of the dirty work on defense and the boards.

“But it would be nice if he’d put me in one or two of his commercials,” Grant said.

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Last is first: Lee Trevino on winning: “My goal is to be the last guy in the locker room on Sunday. That’s the loneliest place in the world. Everyone else has moved on to the next stop. Only the locker room attendant is there to congratulate you.”

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Not a basket case: Phil Jackson, Chicago Bull coach, in an interview with Sam Smith of the Chicago Tribune: “Most teams, if they don’t shoot well, it bothers them. Except the Knicks. They’ve experienced it for so long it doesn’t depress them at all.”

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Looking back: On this day in 1983, the Detroit Pistons beat the Denver Nuggets, 186-184, in triple overtime in the highest scoring game in NBA history.

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Trivia answer: Willie Naulls, with 28 against Arizona State on Jan. 28, 1956.

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Quotebook: Stanford golfer Casey Martin after teammate Tiger Woods had lost a gold necklace during a campus mugging: “He’s OK. It was a Mr. T starter chain.”