At Least He Accepts Errors With Humility

Woody Paige, in the Denver Post, figuratively eating crow, for writing that Steve Young would become the Broncos’ next quarterback:

“I was wrong. Sue me, flog me with a switch, make me watch professional bowling and kick me off ‘The Survivors’ island.

“CORRECTION: [Young] will not sign with the Broncos, said West Coast sources [probably the same sources who said he would]. The sports columnist regrets his mistake and wishes he could be boiled in lava and served with melted butter.”

OK, OK, now shut up about it.

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Trivia time: Who holds the major league record for home runs in a season by a switch-hitter?

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Wait a minute: “Man, we did some crazy things all over the world,” said Meadowlark Lemon, who played with the late Wilt Chamberlain in Wilt’s one year on the Harlem Globetrotters.

“Behind the Iron Curtain, they used to close things down around 9 or 10 o’clock. Wilt and I decided to have some fun and hide people’s cars. Wilt picked up people’s cars and walked them around the corner.”

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Songbird: Comedy writer Alex Kaseberg in the San Francisco Chronicle: “Murder and assault charges against NFL linebacker Ray Lewis were dropped after he pleaded guilty to obstruction of justice and agreed to testify about what he saw, answering the question: When does a Raven sing like a canary?”

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Shoe stuff: Jim Armstrong in the Denver Post: “As much as he might want it, Utah [basketball] Coach [Rick] Majerus won’t get the Illinois job. Why? Because he has a multigagillion-dollar contract with Reebok and Illinois is a Nike school. Welcome to the ‘OOs.”

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Precedent: Comedy writer Jerry Perisho on Deion Sanders’ seven-year, $55-million contract with the Redskins: ‘Washington has never before seen such a self-promoting, hot-dogging showboat pull in that kind of money, outside of Congress, of course.’ ”

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Are you serious? PGA Tour player Stuart Appleby referring to “Caddyshack,” which debuted 20 years ago this summer: “It’s probably the greatest film of the 20th century.”

Yeah, Stuart, surely more prominent than “Gone With the Wind” or “Citizen Kane.”

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Wishful thinking: Boston Red Sox pitching coach Joe Kerrigan on Pedro Martinez: “I’d like to have that feeling for one inning--to be able to do what he does with a baseball.”

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Looking back: On this day in 1990, Nolan Ryan of the Texas Rangers pitched his sixth no-hitter, defeating Oakland, 5-0.

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Trivia answer: Mickey Mantle, with 54 in 1961. He also hit 52 in 1956.

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And finally: Peter Vecsey in the New York Post: “In the last two weeks, Shaq has abused more foreigners [Arvydas Sabonis and Rik Smits] than John Rocker.”