She Assures He Doesn’t Pass as That Bill

When former U.S. Senator Bill Bradley played forward for the New York Knicks he was known as “Dollar Bill.”

“The Dollar Bill Knows No Sex” is the title of a book by Wendy Rue, founder of the National Assn. of Female Executives. Rue sent Bradley a copy of her book, along with a note assuring him it was not about him.

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Trivia time: Which state has the most golf courses?

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A different look: After Martina Hingis showed up at Wimbledon with her tennis skirt flying, her pictures filled the British tabloids. In her second-round match, she wore a longer skirt with bicycle shorts underneath. The British tabloids asked about that too.

“I know it wasn’t great, the dress, the shorts were pretty short,” she said. “You don’t see yourself on the court.”

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Football’s here: Inside Sports tabs the University of Washington as the No. 1 team in college football, predicting the Huskies will go 11-0.

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No kidding: New York Jet quarterback Neil O’Donnell on trying to live up to his $25-million contract under new coach Bill Parcells: “I know I’m not on Easy Street right now. You’ve got to prove yourself every day in this league.”

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A Rose is a Rose is a . . . The name Pete Rose could be back in Cincinnati again.

While the all-time hits leader is still banned from baseball, his son, Pete Rose Jr., has been promoted to the Reds’ triple-A team at Indianapolis.

An infielder, the younger Rose hit .324 with 13 home runs and 57 RBI for double-A Chattanooga.

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Perfect timing: On the day a game between the Royals and Brewers was postponed by flooding at Milwaukee County Stadium, the promotion scheduled was a golf umbrella giveaway.

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Just like Lotto: Tim Dangerfield of Aiken, S.C., collected $10,000 for making a hole in one on a National Hole in One Assn.-insured target hole at Leesville, S.C. in April 1966, then collected $10,000 more for making one at The Woodlands, Texas, during the 15th annual Tournament of Aces.

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Priorities: Soccer star Alexi Lalas is the biggest name on the New England Revolution roster, so why did he miss a game against the Connecticut Wolves?

He was in France, shooting a shoe commercial.

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Trivia answer: Florida, with 1,145. California is second with 924.

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And finally: Guy Aubrey is a traveling evangelist often seen in the background of televised sports events holding a “John 3:16” banner. He says he got the idea after reading a quote from the pope.

“The pope once said that the No. 1 religion in America is sports, and you’ll get more people in a sporting event stadium on a weekend than you will in the churches,” Aubrey says.