Find Out How Much a Worthy Is Worth
Cox Communications and ESPN are conducting an “Antiques Road Show”-style event today at the Quail Hill Village Center in Irvine, where sports fans can get free appraisals of sports memorabilia items.
Items expected to be on display include baseballs signed by former Dodger greats Sandy Koufax and Steve Garvey, a USC football jersey signed by Heisman Trophy winner Marcus Allen, and a mini-helmet signed by St. Louis Ram quarterback Marc Bulger.
A word of warning: Now might not the best time to see how much those Slava Medvedenko rookie cards have increased in value.
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Trivia time: What is the single-game NHL record for goals scored by a player?
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Recipe for success? Chicago Cub fans are trying to eat their way back to the World Series for the first time since 1945 by ingesting Steve Bartman’s infamous foul ball.
Liquid flavored with natural fibers of the ball, which was blown up a year ago, has been blended with the regular marinara sauce at Harry Caray’s restaurant to create the “Foul Ball” spaghetti sauce, which is selling for $11.95 a plate.
“Similar plans to add ball shrapnel to the minestrone were quickly dashed,” Dwight Perry of the Seattle Times wrote, “when patrons kept complaining, ‘Waiter, there’s a fly ball in my soup!’ ”
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Mass. invasion: Boston Globe columnist Dan Shaughnessy wondered aloud what message would be emblazoned on the jersey the Red Sox will present to President Bush on Wednesday during their White House visit.
“Maybe something like, ‘Sorry, we were only kidding when we campaigned for John Kerry in New Hampshire,’ ” Shaughnessy wrote.
“We’re counting on Curt Schilling to be front and center, as always. Hope the prez can get a couple of words in.”
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Easy money: Winner Adam Scott made $23,351 for each of the 37 holes he played in the rain-shortened Nissan Open.
Perhaps Miami Heat Coach Stan Van Gundy should put together a similar incentive package for every time Shaquille O’Neal makes a free throw.
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Remembering Roby: Those closest to former NFL punter Reggie Roby heaped praise upon the three-time Pro Bowl selection upon learning of his death earlier this week.
Roby had been a two-time All-American at Iowa, where he averaged 49.8 yards a punt in 1981 and was selected Big Ten defensive player of the week after a particularly impressive game against Wisconsin.
Said Iowa State Coach Dan McCarney, Iowa’s defensive line coach in the 1980s, “A good, solid offense, a tremendous defense and Reggie Roby. That’s how we got to the Rose Bowl in 1981.”
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Trivia answer: Seven, by Joe Malone of the Quebec Bulldogs on Jan. 31, 1920, in a 10-6 victory over the Toronto St. Patricks.
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And finally: Reader Janice Hough, noting Barry Bonds’ assertion that you have to possess serious talent to be booed by 53,000 people, wrote that she bets “that makes Hideo Nomo feel a lot better.”
