Ravens Get a Dressing Down for Their Attire
Maybe the Baltimore Ravens need a fashion coach. Michael Olesker of the Baltimore Sun, complaining about how the Ravens dressed for their recent visit to the White House, wrote:
“They thought that gaudy equals class. Tony Siragusa wore a T-shirt he didn’t even bother to tuck into his pants. Ray Lewis wore jewelry around his neck instead of a necktie. Apparently, he saves his neckties for court appearances.”
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Trivia time: What year did the Yankees first wear pinstriped uniforms?
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Shaqmobile: What would you pay to drive a SUV customized by Shaquille O’Neal? There will be 500 limited edition Shaq SST Expeditions going on sale at some Ford dealerships in the fall.
It will cost about 20% more than a regular factory-loaded Ford Expedition.
“I’ve always been into customizing my cars, and this seemed like a perfect way to share my passion with others,” said O’Neal, whose customized Mercedes-Benz was pictured recently in The Times.
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Stone age: Paul Westphal, appearing at this week’s Southern California Sports Broadcasters luncheon, said when he was with the Phoenix Suns, rock star Alice Cooper, a Scottsdale resident, asked him if he’d played in the triple-overtime game between the Suns and Boston Celtics in 1976.
“I told him, ‘Yes, I played in that game.’ And he said, ‘That’s the only thing I remember about the ‘70s.’ ”
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Mr. Nice Guy: Cooper, who has become the unlikely darling of the celebrity-golf circuit, was asked by Details magazine to evaluate Tiger Woods.
“There are certain people who are so good that whoever is in second place is, like, eight steps behind them,” Cooper said.
“They’re Beatles. Michael Jordan was a Beatle. I’m sure they’re all aliens. Someday Tiger is going to say, ‘But this is what I really look like!’ And he’s going to rip off his mask.
“Everybody is waiting for the bomb to drop. When is it going to happen? When is the scandal going to hit? Where’s the weakest link?”
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Oops: Arizona pitcher Curt Schilling sent Eric Davis an autographed ball for his birthday recently. On the ball Schilling wrote: “Happy 40th birthday, and you were my favorite player growing up.”
It was Davis’ 39th birthday.
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Cashing in: Doug Struck of the Washington Post reported from Japan that Seattle Mariner star Ichiro Suzuki’s father, Nobuyuki, has built a four-story brick building to display all the memorabilia that he has collected. Nobuyuki is charging $8 for admission.
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Curse words: Pedro Martinez, on the “curse of the Bambino”: “I don’t believe in curses. Wake up the Bambino. Maybe I’ll drill him in the . . . . Pardon the bad word.”
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Bear’s duck: John McKay, once talking about confidence, said: “When I went duck hunting with Bear Bryant, he shot at one, but it kept flying. ‘John,’ he said, ‘there flies a dead duck.’ Now that’s confidence.”
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Career saver: Sandy Koufax, in Detroit for the Hank Greenberg Invitational golf outing, was asked by John Lowe of the Detroit News if a split-finger fastball would have prolonged his career.
“I wish I had known about it then,” Koufax said.
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Matchmaker: FoxSports.com’s Randy Hill, commenting on the recent bout between Laila Ali and Jacqui Frazier-Lyde, wrote, “Several readers say it’s a shame that the fathers of Britney Spears and Anna Kournikova never boxed each other.”
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Trivia answer: 1915.
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And finally: So what does David Wells think of New York Met Manager Bobby Valentine? Here’s what Wells had to say in an interview with Playboy.com:
“You ever watch a Mets game? Who do they show, always? He knows where the cameras are. I was pitching against the Mets the day he got thrown out and tried to come back in a disguise. What a loser. Just go to the office and go have a beer and watch it on TV.”
