Agassi Provides Some Serious Lip Service

At a fund-raiser Saturday for at-risk children in Las Vegas, comedian Jay Leno offered $5,000 if Andre Agassi and his wife, actress Brooke Shields, would duplicate their April wedding kiss.

“I’ll make it 10 if I can do it,” Leno quipped.

But Agassi dipped his wife and planted a long kiss on her lips while Leno and the crowd cheered.

Leno will have to dream on.

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Trivia time: Who holds the record for most seasons leading the NFL in rushing?

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Is that all? Steve Rosenbloom in the Chicago Tribune: “The White Sox finally got around to the inevitable, firing Manager Terry Bevington, who was missing only the respect of his players, compatibility with coaches, popularity with fans and a clue with the media.”

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How can we? Reader Kevin McDermott writes that not all “Kinerisms” come from Ralph: “While listening to a Met-Cardinal game last summer, I heard Met announcer Bob Murphy say this on radio. ‘ . . . and here comes Manager Tony La Russa from the dugout. Perhaps he’s going to make a pitching change. Let’s watch.’ ”

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Wrong uniform: Headline in the Denver Post: “Trojans’ Aaron Day gallops for 390 yards.”

Unfortunately for USC, that Trojan plays for Fountain-Fort Carson High in Colorado. USC’s net rushing yardage after four games is 30 yards fewer than Day’s one-game effort.

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Slacker: Dick Vermeil, who was a workaholic when he was coaching the Philadelphia Eagles from 1976-82 and used to sleep in his office, has slowed up by his standards.

“I’m in my house by 1 o’clock,” the Ram coach told the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. “I have no problem then as long as I sleep 5 1/2 hours. My problem is if I wake up and can’t go back to sleep.”

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Man in motion: Buffalo linebacker Chris Spielman on former Detroit Lion teammate Barry Sanders:

“I don’t think you can put a finger on what he does, because I don’t think he really knows what he does. A fly is not that quick to change directions.”

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Looking back: On this day in 1928, Babe Ruth hit three home runs in a World Series game for the second time in his career as the New York Yankees swept the St. Louis Cardinals in four games.

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Trivia answer: Jim Brown of the Cleveland Browns, eight, 1957-61 and 1963-65.

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And finally: When Houston Astro Manager Larry Dierker was 18, he faced the Dodgers for the first time and struck out Frank Howard on three pitches. A veteran pitcher, Hal Woodeshick, asked, “Who told you how to pitch him like that?’ Dierker replied: “My brother.” “Your brother? Does he play ball?” Woodeshick asked.

“Yeah,” Dierker said. “In the Pony League. He’s 14 and he listens to all the Dodger games on the radio. He told me I could get Howard out with a breaking ball, low and away.”