He Knocked K.C. Out of Playoffs, Then Knocked K.C.

After the Oakland Raiders defeated the Kansas City Chiefs, 41-38, in overtime Sunday, Raider defensive tackle Darrell Russell, the former USC player, was asked an innocuous question about the unhip music played at Arrowhead Stadium during games.

“I’m not mad at them,” Russell said. “We’re in the Midwest. It’s not like they’re up on things. I mean, people take flights from New York to California. I don’t know too many people stopping in Missouri, even for a layover.

“You stop in Vegas or Dallas or something.”

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Trivia time: Who holds the Laker record for best three-point shooting percentage in a season?

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Always plotting: Washington Post film critic Stephen Hunt says of the new movie “Any Given Sunday”: “In retrospect, it’s surprising that it took Oliver Stone so long to get around to professional football.

“After all, between every play, the athletes huddle and come up with a new conspiracy.”

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Agony game: Mike Littwin of the Rocky Mountain News writing on the Broncos’ ugly 12-6 season-ending loss to San Diego on Sunday:

“In a game that meant nothing, and was played as if to prove the point, the Broncos offered up their worst performance of the millennium. Maybe any millennium. . . .

“Personally, I’d rather have watched Mike Wallace mud-wrestle with Andy Rooney.”

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Look-alikes: The Cincinnati Enquirer received more than 100 casting suggestions for “The Marge Schott Story,” a TV movie on the former Red owner planned for this year on USA Network.

Kathy Bates was the leading woman, followed by Shelley Winters, Tyne Daly, Kathy Kinney from “The Drew Carey Show,” Roseanne and the late Anne Ramsey from “Throw Momma From the Train.”

The No. 2 vote getter? Ernest Borgnine.

“The facial features are similar, the wrinkles are there. He might look good in polyester,” wrote one reader. Said another: “Have you ever noticed that they are never seen in the same room together?”

Borgnine wasn’t the only male suggested. John Goodman, Dennis Franz, Charles Durning, Ed Asner, Tom Lasorda and Boris Yeltsin also made the list.

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Masochist: NBA writer Peter May in the Boston Globe: “A new year dawns, and we consider the single most inexplicable phenomenon of the 1999-2000 season: What possesses more than 20,000 to regularly attend Bulls games?”

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A lot to swallow: From comedy writer Alex Kaseberg: “Atlanta held an unusual New Year’s celebration. Instead of watching a ball drop, thousands of people watched a huge statue of a foot going into John Rocker’s mouth.”

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Trivia answer: Byron Scott, 43.6% in 1986-87.

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And finally: Philadelphia captain Eric Lindros had a goal and two assists as the Flyers defeated the New York Islanders, 4-1, Sunday to end an eight-game winless streak at Nassau Coliseum.

As for the streak, Lindros said: “That’s way back in the 1900s.”