Running on Empty? By Now He Should Be Stranded at Curb

How do you get ready for a marathon? Well, if you’re Jerry Dunn of Spearfish. S.D., you run 26.2 miles every day for the 25 days preceding the Boston Marathon on April 15.

Dunn, 50, is a marathon junkie.

In 1991, he ran across the United States, averaging 17 miles a day, six days a week during the 3 1/2 month trip. In 1993, he broke the world record for most marathons in a year, with 104.

“I have a passion for running,” he said. And for understatement.

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Trivia time: When did Dodger Stadium open and who did the Dodgers play?

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Color crisis: Dennis Rodman’s influence has extended to a freshman wrestler at Banks High in Banks, Ore.

Stephen Vandecoevering was disqualified from competing for the school until he shaved off his neon green hair.

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Add Rodman: A recent Sports Illustrated cover pictured Rodman and asked, “The Best Rebounder Ever?”

Dave Kindred of the Sporting News points out that Wilt Chamberlain averaged 22.9 rebounds during his 14-year NBA career and that Bill Russell averaged 22.4 (actually 22.5) for 13 years. Rodman’s career average is 12.5.

Kindred: “Don’t bring that weak Rodman stuff in here again.”

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Score a K for writer: A recently released book titled “The Joy of Keeping Score” reprints the scorecards of some great baseball games. Included is Cal Ripken’s record-breaking 2,131st game, which was scored by the book’s author, Paul Dickson.

Unfortunately, throughout the scorecard, Ripken’s name is spelled Ripkin, a point Dickson failed to mention in the book.

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Trivia answer: Dodger Stadium opened on April 10, 1962, when Los Angeles defeated Cincinnati, 6-3.

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Quotebook: John Kruk, former Philadelphia Phillie first baseman: “Spring training should last one day. We’d have the team golf outing and head north.”