Glanville Exiled to the Siberia of NFL Game Sites

Washington Post columnist Tony Kornheiser, on Fox NFL television color commentator Jerry Glanville.

“There is national coverage and regional coverage--then there’s Glanville coverage. If Glanville is doing a game, Fox is broadcasting to an area so small that your neighbors across the street may not get it.

“Here’s how far down on the pecking order Glanville is: The color man just below Glanville is Boris Yeltsin.”

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Trivia time: Notre Dame has had seven Heisman Trophy winners. Who was the first?

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Not best sellers: Some thin-book titles readers sent to Steve Rosenbloom of the Chicago Tribune:

* “Respect,” by Latrell Sprewell.

* “Dallas Cowboys Role Models,” by Michael Irvin.

* “Incognito,” by Dennis Rodman.

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No “Spree” repeat: Utah Jazz President Frank Layden, on peace on his team: “Nobody fights with [Coach] Jerry Sloan because you know the price would be too high.

“You might come out the winner, but you’d lose an eye, an arm in the process. Everything would be gone.”

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Living dangerously: Jorge L. Ortiz in the San Francisco Examiner, on P.J. Carlesimo: “[His] coaching style is based on prodding, pushing, finding the right buttons and pressing them time and again until he gets the desired results.

“Or until somebody snaps.”

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Allergic: Buffalo’s 20-3 loss to the Chicago Bears on Sunday at Soldier Field marked the 10th consecutive game the Bills have lost on a grass field.

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FYI: Texas A&M; was the defending national champion when the Bruins first played the Aggies on Oct. 12, 1940 at the Coliseum.

Texas A&M;, led by All-American fullback John Kimbrough, was heavily favored but barely won, 7-0. The rivalry will resume Jan. 1 in the Cotton Bowl.

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Looking back: On this day in 1983, John Henry became the first racehorse to surpass $4 million in earnings when he won the Hollywood Turf Cup with jockey Chris McCarron at Hollywood Park.

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Trivia answer: Quarterback Angelo Bertelli in 1943.

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And finally: Oakland Raider lineman Pat Harlow has seven meals a day but, at least, he eats sensibly.

Donnell Harris, a center on Arizona’s basketball team, doesn’t, and he had a gallbladder attack and will have surgery on Friday.

“It was brought on by his diet, which included beef, pork, hamburger, French fries and ice cream--the stuff he likes to eat,” said his mother, Renate Harris. “He can’t eat that stuff anymore.”